V.I. School Band is World's Best

News taken from NST.

Victoria Institution's cadet corps band proved that it was the best in the world when it clinched the grand prize at the World Band Challenge 2009 in Modena, Italy. With the theme "Volcano", the band, comprising 90 members from Forms One to Lower Six, beat the defending champion from Holland on July 6 to win a trophy and an appreciation certificate.

VI headmistress Azizah Othman said the victory was made sweeter by the fact that the school was celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

"The win is the biggest prize for the school.

"The sweat, tears and sacrifice since January have been worth it.

"I think this will also be an impetus for all students to work hard towards victory in other competitions," she said at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday.

The band was welcomed home by some 50 VI Supporters Club members and parents.

Azizah said the band scored 1,052 points.

This gave it a narrow 13-point lead over its Dutch rival which scored 1,039 points.

"The song selection, which is from the Puteri Gunung Ledang movie and theatre performance obviously gave us an edge and additional points," she said.

"The Dutch team only managed to give a typical band performance," she added.

Viva Victoria!

Rivalry Games 2009 - St. John's Institution vs. Victoria Institution

Venue: St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur.

It was a special day for current students and ex-students of two of Kuala Lumpur's premier schools and sworn rivals, St. John's Institution (SJI) and Victoria Institution (VI) who were there at the St. John's Institution grounds to witness the soft launch of the inaugural Rivalry Games between the two schools.

The idea for the games was mooted by alumni association of both schools, St. John's Institution Alumni Association (SJIAA) and Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association (VIOBA) and over the coming months five events have been scheduled to be played out between these two great institutions.

Football is the first event of the games and the present boys of SJI and VI took the field to kick start Rivalry Games 2009. And of course, the VI boys came out winners (as usual!) with a 5-0 scoreline over the SJI boys.

Next up, presidents of both alumni associations, Dato' Zulkifli Ishak of SJIAA and Encik Amrul Zeflin Anim of VIOBA gave brief speeches and officially launched Rivalry Games 2009. The committee members of both association then faced-off in a penalty shootout which acted as a launch gambit for the games and VIOBA won 4-2.

Highlight of the day came next when ex-Johannians and ex-Victorians played out an interesting and closely fought match. The ex-Johannians took an early lead but in the end ex-Victorians won the match with a 3-2 scoreline.

The day ended with the prize giving ceremony for the winners on the day, but the icing on the cake was the singing of the school songs by students and ex-students of both school. The next event for Rivalry Games 2009 is badminton which is scheduled on 4 July 2009 at St. John's Institution.

Stay tuned...and come join the fun! Viva Victoria!

V.I. Heritage - Umbrellas

V.I. Heritage Umbrellas at only RM 93 each. A special souvenir certificate commemorating VI's declaration as a National Heritage is included free with each purchase. RM 10 from the sale will be donated for VI Board of Committee Society.

Please call Mr Raie at 016 - 230 6589 to purchase.

40th Daniel Shield Games

Old Boys (5) - (2) Present Boys

The 40th Daniel Shield Games which was held on Sunday, 12 April 2009 has once again ended up with the Old Boys declared winners for the second year running. Six events were held on that day and not even a torrential downpour could prevent the games from being played. And the final results are.......

Football (Present Boys)
Old Boys 0 - 2 Present Boys

Rugby (Stalemate)
Old Boys 5 - 5 Present Boys

Hockey (Old Boys)
Walk over

Badminton (Old Boys)
Old Boys 2 - 1 Present Boys

Table Tennis (Present Boys)
Old Boys 0 - 3 Present Boys

Basketball (Old Boys)
Old Boys 37 - 28 Present Boys

Waterpolo (Old Boys)

Old Boys 24 - 6 Present Boys

Exhibition Match ( Football )

VIOBA 0 - OVA 0

The prize giving ceremony was held at the VIOBA Clubhouse at 8.00 p.m. The guests of honor were Mr President, Dato' Yusli Mohamed Yusoff from batch of '74 and the past president of OVA, Mr Aaron. After the prize giving ceremony both associations exchanged gifts. On behalf of VIOBA, we would like to thank OVA for the special plaque given to congratulate VI as National Heritage. Our heartfelt gratitude also goes to Mr Andrew Dev Abishegam from batch of '81 for his kind contribution in making the event a successful one.

The 40th Daniel Shield 'Heritage Edition'

It's back! Presenting the 40th Daniel Shield!

This year's Daniel Shield will be held at Victoria Institution on the 12th of April 2009 .

For all Old Boys interested to participate in the Daniel Shield, kindly contact Tengku Bahaudeen ' 72 @ 013 351 6250 & Ramdhan Susami '99 at 012 339 6895.

Everyone's welcome. Come and give your support and enjoy the occasion with your fellow Victorians and families.

Programme Schedule

1500 Table Tennis

1600 Water Polo

1600 Badminton

1700 Basketball

1700 Hockey (Pantai Hockey Stadium)

1700 Football

1700 Rugby

1800 Invitational Match Football VIOBA vs OVA (Singapore)

1930 Dinner

2000 Prize Giving Ceremony

To all former Victorians who are keen to represent the Old Boys in any of the above mentioned events, please be at the respective venues at least 15 minutes before the start of each event. Log on to www.vioba.com.my for more details.