Something unusual that happened in school

Today, I had to leave school at 1.05pm when my timetable ended at 4pm as Victoria school was holding the annual inter-school east-zone badminton tournament. Every year all the schools in different zones gather in their respective zones to have a competition to see which school is the best. The top four schools of each zone (north south east west) will go to the nationals where the champions will be crowned national champions for that year. For secondary schools there are two divisions B and C divisions. The B division make up of upper secondary students while the C division consist of lower secondary students. In the competition, there will be 3 singles matches and 2 doubles matches. This year I will be playing doubles.

After leaving class, I brought my bags to the hall where we had to set up 4 courts and arrange some chairs for the students and coaches of the other schools, and then we went to eat lunch. When we finished lunch we went up to the hall where the other schools were warming up. The secondary 2 students were assigned to give out water to the coaches and teachers to the other schools. As Victoria was not playing today, we had to umpire and linesmen the games. Our teachers told us to use this as an opportunity to observe our opponents and find out more about their weakness. Our coach also told us that this was a good time to learn new skills or see how good footwork is useful on the court.

The matches took place really fast and when the matches were finished we collected the results for tallying. I thought it was fun to watch them play and I learn quite a few things from the other players and I hope to learn more as the competition progresses. Victoria will be playing next Monday against another school all supporters are welcome.