In the early morning of Saturday, our table-tennis team, comprised mainly of boarders set out for our first ever match against 4 other schools at REAL International School. Both excitement and fatigue were in the air as we travelled the 1-hour journey to participate in the tournament. When we arrived the sheer number of good players present immediately intimidated us. Despite that, we gathered our courage and battled bravely in the tournament for both the U-13 and U-15 categories for both the individual and team events. We eventually brought home the gold for the team event in the U-15 while Aiman won the silver for the individuals event. It was truly an impressive show as regardless of a lack of training, we did extremely well against other schools. As one of the players present in the competition, I am truly and extremely proud to be part of such an amazing team.