Hi. I felt that I should give some assurance here. I was a canoeist throughout my 4 years in Crescent and I was an average student, most of my teammates were. At the end of the 4 years, all of us were eligible for JC (but I chose to go to a polytechnic). I am currently in my final years of my Chemical Engineering degree programme in Technische Universität München.


When I first started out, I did very badly for my exams (it was always just enough for me to continue to the next level) because I was getting used to training intensities and fighting to concentrate in class. It was to the exent that my parents threatened to pull me out of the team or transfer me to another school. Canoeing was my life and Crescent was my other home, apart from Macritchie, and upper secondary was still a struggle. My teachers IC helped us a lot. They always reminded us that we were students before canoeists and on non-training days, we will sit together and have informal consultations for any subjects we were weak in.

Managing training and my grades was a tough feat but I came out a more disciplined person. I think most of us did, regardless of our CCA. By the way, all my canoeing teammates are currently in universities, local and abroad. I must also add that none of us retained in Crescent, we came in and graduated together