Meon3 Ultimate Streetball Challenge - Play Basketball in Orchard Road?!

It's the FIRST day of July 2013!

Mid-year is officially here and I thought my first post for the next half of 2013 will be about SPORTS.

That's right, what better way to get myself motivated to keep in shape and stay healthy?

EXERCISE!!!
It starts with thinking about it.  :p

An overwhelming response of 210 teams, over 600 participants, took part in Mediacorp's Meon3 Ultimate Streetball Challenge and spent a fulfilling weekend playing basketball in the middle of Orchard Road!

I'd say I'm very smart because I manage to beat the crowd and reached the venue earlier at 12 noon to find myself able to manoeuvre myself comfortably in the crowd on the second day. 

I heard the crowd on the first day was MADNESS. 

挤得水泄不通~

Prior to the final showdown, I was at the Meon3 Basketball Clinic held at Anglican High School, learning more about basketball with Bloggers Smith Leong, Maybeline, Benjamin and Celebrities Jeffrey Xu and Elizabeth Lee. Read about my previous Meon3 post here!

I mean, where else can you find a basketball event with:

#1: Studio recording cameras filming down your matches



#2 Celebrities like Pornsak who's hosting the match?
PORNSAK OMG PORNSAK!!!



#3 Beautiful Gorgeous BLACK Spalding basketballs to play with!




#4 Ronald Mcdonald Mascot giving out attractive prizes and photo-taking session




#5 Handsome and tall Singapore Slinger-player, Steven!
AHHHHH!!!!



#6 Free flow of 100 Plus to quench your thirst in this scorching weather!





Organised by MediaCorp and held at Ngee Ann City, the three-on-three basketball tournament was a huge success, seeing the outdoor atrium full of curious onlookers, basketball-lovers and star-struck fans coming down to support this extravagant event.


MEon3 (Me-on-3)  The Ultimate Streetball Challenge is one of Singapore’s biggest 3-on-3 competitions which was held at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza on 15 and 16 June 2013.





Divided into 8 different categories, the top three teams from each category will win sports apparel vouchers worth S$1,000, S$600 and S$400 respectively, while the top eight finishers will be entitled to a special prize.

I wasn't dressed appropriately for the event because I have to host another event later in the evening but I really wished I did because the games prepared were games I've always loved to play! I wanted to try the basketball-related game booths but I was freaking scared that my dress might drop when I throw the ball.

That would've been extremely embarrassing.  :p




I can't wait for the matches to start!!!



But wait, what's this commotion about -Techno-disco revived?
Why is everyone on Kee-qiu mode?

I HAD TO Squeeze in front to check out what's going on.
Ohhhh!!!






Mcdonald



That's Ronald Mcdonald playing games with the audience and giving out attractive prizes!





There was the fixture board showing the teams who were still in the game.



While waiting, some of the teams are trying out the basketball-related games at the various booths located all around the venue.



Spotted this boy who is so pro at the shooting game:




Over at the slam-dunk court, more players were trying out slam-dunks. There are 2 baskets, a shorter one on the left for the girls to try dunk a basketball.

In many courts, dunking is NOT ALLOWED.
It's really a blessing to have a dunking court for us to try out dunking.

I WANT TO PLAY!!!!!
But I'm wearing a dress, OH MAN.



Look at the guy on the right in mid-air.
That looks so cool!

I've always imagined myself being able to hang at the basket. :p



In this game, you've to score 10 goals CONSECUTIVELY in order to be the top scorer. Top scorers get to write their names on the whiteboard. :)





The games finally began with all 5 courts (if i'm remembered correctly) in use.
Teams have to report to their respective courts for a 7-minute challenge to score as many goals as possible.

To read about the rules and regulation of the matches, read here.

Match Time!





I really love this random shot:


Supporters cheering for their friends:









We have foreign friends too!





The girls' matches are equally excited!


Spotted my poly classmate, Victor, as one of the referee!



Hello Victor, you are very SHUAI!


As the match got more intense, I can't help  but notice the expressions on these players:
IT'S WAR.





I still prefer friendly matches like what these. awwww….. :)


Interesting triplets on the court. :)



By 3pm, the crowd doubled.
every court was flocked with curious people and supporters cheering for the teams.

Go go go!






While enjoying the matches, I found myself seated in a shady,unblocked spot and started on my complimentary mcdonald lunch + a COLD COLD COLD Drink. Wohooooo~!

SHIOKNESS Index 10/10!



See you at the next Meon3 Event!
The organisers are considering to extend it into a night game segment.

YES PLEASE!

Here are the ME on 3 Winners (2013)

*All teams in order of 2nd runner up, 1st runner up and champion.

Prize Title:  Under 15 (Girls)
2nd Runner Up: Jerks
1st Runner up: Jumpshot Junior (A)
Champion : Team Bee

Prize Title: Under 15 (Boys)
: SKP Red
: Team DMN
: SKP Blue

Prize Title: Under 17 (Girls)
: T-Net Club @ Ang Mo Kio
: WCL
: Shooter

Prize Title : Under 17 (Boys)
: SKP Blue
: Team International
: Team Canberra

Prize Title: Under 20 (Girls)
: K5 Star
: Anything
: PPS

Prize Title: Under 20 (Boys)
: Beginners
: SKP Orange
: SKP Blue

Prize Title: Women Open
: Western Black Rinoceros
: Team Cap
: Stawberry Ladies

Prize Title: Men Open
: Kaplan Khights
: J Woods
: Siglap

Prize Title: Inflatable Hoop Top Scorer
: Mei Geok
: Bei Xuan
: Megan Quan

Prize Title: Shooting Machine Top Scorer
: Edwin Tan
: Nicholas Wang
: Kenneth Tan


Next Meon3 Event, I'm wearing something I can PLAY those games in.
Double Confirm!

Basketball Clinic for Mediacorp MEon3 Ultimate Streetball Challenge

Image source from here.  

Mediacorp brings to you:
MEon3 The Ultimate Streetball Challenge

Basketball shooting in Orchard Road?!
The only sport I ever considered doing in such a place is (i'm gonna sound like a bimbo but i don't care) SHOPPING. 

I DO know friends around me, many of them, participate actively in regular sports and exercises, mostly jogging and marathons. I know Cheryl Tay and Christine Ng did Bikram Yoga.  Sharlene, my good friend since secondary school, does Muay Thai, then a group of them was so into wakeboarding and so many others to name but basketball lovers?

Hmmm... perhaps the only friend I can think of for now is Smith Leong.


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ANSWER: The response was so overwhelming that ALL 200 team entries were filled up before the closing date!


About MEon3 (Me-on-3) The Ultimate Streetball Challenge

MEon3 The Ultimate Streetball Challenge is one of Singapore’s biggest 3-on-3 competitions which will be held at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza on 15 and 16 June 2013.  Divided into different categories, the top three teams from each category will win sports apparel vouchers worth S$1,000, S$600 and S$400 respectively, while the top eight finishers will be entitled to a special prize.

The registration is closed and you couldn't take part?
Don't know how to play basketball?
Star-struck or just want to Kpo-Kpo?

Whatever the reason is, friends who come down on both days will not only be able to watch the matches, we'll also enjoy fringe activities at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza between 10.30am to 6pm.

Fringe Activities like:

• Celebrity 3-on-3 matches
• Slam dunk Challenges
• Long distance shootout contest
• Final 1 top 10 contestants meet and greet

The celebrities are... (star struck fans get ready to scream)



Image taken from http://www.meon3.sg

MediaCorp stars Tay Ping Hui, Lee Teng, Brandon Wong, Yuan Shuai, Shane Pow, Jeffrey Xu, Ya Hui, Elizabeth Lee, Tracy Lee, Paige Chua, Zhou Ying and Hong Huifang!

The emcee alone owns my world immediately.
PORNSAK~

*Chants Pornsak*
I wish I can be there right now to be influenced by Pornsak's bubbly voice right now.

Argh~



My Sports Background

The love for sports runs in my family.

My uncles are badminton champions while my aunts and mummy played volleyball for years during their school days. When I was younger, we used to organise family outings like bowling, cycling, trekking and badminton sessions for the cousins and siblings.

I LOVE sports but I admit, I can't play them well.
During my school days, I've tried basketball, captain's ball, netball, floorball, poison ball, women soccer, girl's rugby, bowling etc. during PE lessons. I even took up golf. However I always end up with injuries such as a muscle tear, ligament tear, broken toe nail or/and crooked spectacles.

ALWAYS.
#ReflexFail

Later, I fell in love with leisure ice-skating, pool(snooker) and para-para dancing in secondary four.
There was also DDR (Dance Dance Revolution).

Aw come on, these are some forms sports too right- dance and skating?

Meon3 Basketball Clinic

To get myself warmed up and to revive those slam-dunk-craze days, I attended the Meon3 Basketball Clinic held at Anglican High School on Monday afternoon. Secondary School Students, both guys and girls, from about 20 schools located in the east of Singapore were present for the basketball clinic too!

Random:
As I stepped into the school, I tweeted to my music classmate Jona.
She was extremely excited because it's her secondary school.
She asked me whether her's school beautiful.

Indeed, indeed.
It's also big and spacious.



To Lee Kuo Chuan Indoor Stadium for the MEon3 Basketball Clinic, chiong ah!!!










The students were already doing basketball drills and warm up exercises.

I got to know the names of some popular basketball players and receive updates on how the basketball scene is like. One of the names that remains vividly in my head is Steven Khoo who played for Singapore Slingers.

HE. IS. SO. TALL.

What impresses me most about Steven is his ability to double drill; meaning he can bounce 2 basketballs, 1 in each hand, AT the same time!

That's Steven on the extreme left:




Short introduction about Singapore Slingers from Wikipedia

The Singapore Slingers is a professional basketball team that currently competes in the ASEAN Basketball League. The basketball club formerly competed in the National Basketball League in Australia. It is the first - and so far, the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/2007 season.


The students are so BLESSED because the coach-of-the-day is none other than the Malaysia's National Basketball League (NBL) commissioner, Tan Kee Hian.

Hello, I'm ready for some bb practice with the official Meon3 game ball, Spalding.



The black bb are so cool I have to take a close-up:


Meet the bloggers who were with me:
(Left to right) Smith Leong, Maybeline Sim and Benjamin ChocolatePistol.
Finally after hearing his name for so long, I got to meet Benjamin. :D
Maybeline told me her peers in school couldn't recognise her in her fitness outfit!




Celebrity Appearances

Two special celebrity-guests Elizabeth Lee Qiao Er and Jeffrey Xu Ming Jie was invited to have a game with the students.




During a short interview with Jeffrey Xu and Elizabeth earlier, they are extremely excited to be part of MEon3.

Inspired by the Japanese anime Slam Dunk when he was younger, Jeffrey still plays basketball with his peers sometimes while Elizabeth finds MEon3 meaningful as she gets to keep herself fit via playing a sport.

Both of them voluntarily signed up to be part of MEon3.
From the conversation, anyone can easily tell just how much both Jeffrey and Elizabeth are looking forward to 15 and 16 June!



Left to right: Benjamin, Jeffrey, Elizabeth, Smith and me.


Friendly MEon3 Basketball Matches

After more than an hour of warming up exercises and drills, it's match time!

The students were invited to team up with Jeffrey to play a friendly 3-on-3 match, 5 points to win. Jeffrey's team won!

Then, Smith was invited to team up with the Singapore slingers to compete against the student's team. Just to make it more interesting,  the student-players will have to do 5 push-ups should they lose the match. However, Smith and the Singapore slinger players had to do 10 push-ups for EVERY BALL they lost.

Team S (Students) VS Team SSS (Smith and the Singapore Slingers)

Eh, suddenly I realise there are so many names that begin with the letter 'S' in this post: Smith, Student, Singapore Slingers, Steven, Secondary School, Spalding... 

Anyway, it was two friendly matches but super exciting to watch!
The LIVE ambience in the court is so different from watching on television.


I screamed a lot to support and cheer for Smith until Maybeline is most probably suffering from ears-ringing. OPS.









In the end, TEAM SSS WON by 1-point (from what I remembered).
What a close fight!


Meon3 Basketball-Shooting exercises

Thankfully it was much easier for the girls.

Elizabeth, Maybeline, a basketball teacher and I didn't know/ didn't know much about basketball so we were given something easier to accomplish -- aim and try to score points by shooting the ball into the basket from a distance.

5 points to win!



Practice run:


GAME STARTS:





Praying for Elizabeth to score. Everyone was so engaged.

You can hear "ooooooooooo... Aiya" from the crowd when no one manage to score, or a cheer and some applause from the spectators when someone scores. The anticipation of basketballs to go through the basket so as to score.

Happy faces filled up the sports hall; simple joy of life.




I feel myself taller after all this jumping. :p





Look at our smiles!





I HAD A HAPPY TIME WHILE KEEPING FIT.
Got the urge to play basketball!



I'm so petite standing next to them!



Come down and immerse yourself in fun and sports.
Cheer for the players, play the games, it's for the whole family!


Image taken from http://www.meon3.sg

MEon3 The Ultimate Streetball Challenge

Date: 15 and 16 June 2013 
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 10.30am to 6pm
Venue: Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza
(If you're lost, look for Takashimaya)


Here's to Basketball!



I'll be there for #MEon3 on 16 June 2013, Sunday.

Visit http://www.meon3.sg for more information.