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School sports: Seng Kang Secondary capture first hockey title

C girls hand school 20th anniversary gift; boys come close but Victoria retain title

Delighted Victoria School players after their second goal against Seng Kang Secondary School. Defending champions Victoria won the C boys' hockey final 3-2 at Sengkang Hockey Stadium. Seng Kang celebrating winning the C girls' final after beating Cre
Seng Kang celebrating winning the C girls' final after beating Crescent Girls' School 1-0. ST PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG
Delighted Victoria School players after their second goal against Seng Kang Secondary School. Defending champions Victoria won the C boys' hockey final 3-2 at Sengkang Hockey Stadium. Seng Kang celebrating winning the C girls' final after beating Cre
Delighted Victoria School players after their second goal against Seng Kang Secondary School. Defending champions Victoria won the C boys' hockey final 3-2 at Sengkang Hockey Stadium. ST PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG
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Their school motto is "Breakthrough" and that is what Seng Kang Secondary School's C Division girls' hockey team did when they claimed the Schools National title yesterday.

Seng Kang had been allowed to develop hockey as a niche sport since May 2009. But it had drawn a blank - until yesterday when, in front of a boisterous crowd of 400, their C girls beat last year's champions Crescent Girls' School 1-0 in the final at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 17, 2018, with the headline School sports: Seng Kang Secondary capture first hockey title. Subscribe