Sports Day 2025 Countdown

Founder's Run 2025 Countdown

Founder's Run 2025

Sports Day 2026 Countdown

Sports Day 2026, The Day Bullseye Resurges!

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Predicted dates for Nobel's Sports Events

Sports Day Future Dates
2026 - 10th April OR 6th July
2027 - 2nd April OR 25th June
2028 - 31st March OR 30th June
2029 - 29th March OR 6th July
2030 - 29th March OR 5th July
2031 - 18th April
2032 - 9th April 

*All currently listed Sports Day dates are on Fridays. Some dates follow a dual-series format (eg one in the beginning and another in the middle of the year)

Founder's Run Future Dates
2026 - 7th February
2027 - 20th March
2028 - 11th March
2029 - 3rd March
2030 - 11th March
2031 - 29th March
2032 - 27th March 

*Should the management team revert Founder's Run back to a weekday, the run will be held on the Friday before the particular date, or on Thursday if Friday is a public holiday. All currently listed Founder's Run dates are on Saturdays

*Note: This is meant to be a prediction only and actual dates will be announced in due course by the school.

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Bullseye White Paper

BULLSEYE WHITE PAPER
MARCH 2025 

The Bullseye White Paper is a plan for Bullseye for the period from 2026 to 2030.

Tldr: Win the 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 Sports Day and Founder's Runs, with a possible further extension to 2031 and provisional extension to 2032.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Origin: Operation Speedrunner

Post 2017: The Replacement Years

Achieving Bullseye Vision 2020

Plans to revive and achieve the four-year victory plan (2021-2024)

Bullseye White Paper Victory Masterplan

Chinese Zodiac Victory Streak for Bullseye (proposed in 2024 by Mr Thomas)

Phase 1A: 2025 Founder's Run

Phase 1B: 2026 Founder's Run and 2026 Sports Day

House Captain Election Candidates

Dates for Sports Day 2026 and Founder's Run 2026

Founder's Run Alternative Dates

Sports Day Alternative Dates

Athletic Capabilities

Marchpast

Dance

Banner

Cheer and Slogan

Pre-Competition Activities

Chinese School/SJKC Principal's Support

2026 Founder's Run

2026 Sports Day

Phase 2: Academic Year 2027 and 2028

If Bullseye wins the year 2026

If Bullseye loses the year 2026

Founder's Run 2027 and Sports Day 2027 dates

Potential House Captains from other houses

The Scenario in 2027

Founder's Run 2028 and Sports Day 2028 dates

The Scenario in 2028

Phase 3: Academic Year 2029 and 2030

Founder's Run 2029 and Sports Day 2029 dates

Founder's Run 2030 and Sports Day 2030 dates

Option to Add: 2031, 2032 Academic Year and 20XX Nobel Cup

Year 2031 and 2032

Founder's Run 2031 and Sports Day 2031 dates

Founder's Run 2032 and Sports Day 2032 dates

20XX Nobel Cup

Core Themes for Bullseye

Management Scenario

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INTRODUCTION

Origin: Operation Speedrunner

In 2013, Bullseye members attempted to win the first Sports Day for Bullseye, which failed. The team succeeded in 2014 under the second attempt. A plan hatched in November 2014 delivered Bullseye's victory for Nobel Cup that year. 

Under plans created from the success of Nobel Cup 2014, another plan was hatched in January 2015 to win the 2015 Sports Day and Nobel Cup, which succeeded. This was further refined in August 2015 to include the 2016 Sports Day, 2016 Nobel Cup and 2017 Sports Day. In total, Bullseye would have a four-year victory streak, comprising of the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, and the same for Nobel Cup, with the exception of 2017 which was to be tasked to a future committee as the planners were graduating from Year 11. The term was coded as Operation Speedrunner, and the plans involved training the athletes, strategizing which areas to win, and also promoting Bullseye while calculating the moves of other houses. 

When Bullseye lost Nobel Cup 2016, the plans were tweaked to win Sports Day 2017, which also failed in a 648-649 lineup between Bullseye and Touchdown. Nevertheless, the plans were changed to win the 2017 Nobel Cup, which ended in a Bullseye victory. 


Post-2017: The Replacement Years

From April 2017, plans were made to win a 2018 Sports Day, as one of the planners planned to become the first alumni to influence a Bullseye victory, as critics pointed out the difficulty of the task. While that failed, Bullseye managed to win the 2018 Founder's Run and create a streak that holds still till this time of writing (March 2025), making it the longest victory streak of any tournament won by Bullseye. With support from the Bullseye members and with anger over Touchdown's two Sports Day victories, the plan was successful in 2019, with the victory of the 2018 Nobel Cup, 2019 Founder's Run and 2019 Sports Day. This project was meant to replace 2017 as the victory year that was part of the existing 3-year victory streak, to have a fourth year for Bullseye. It brought closure to 2017's failures and marked the end of a 700-day journey to get Bullseye's fourth victory year. The planners incorporated some themes into their plans, from the North Korean parades to nuclear explosions in 2017 and 2018, and the watershed elections of 9th May 2018 for Pakatan Harapan for the 22nd March 2019 Sports Day while incorporating the Transformers theme as well as the administrative and enthusiastic style done for the Sports Day by Mr Narish, the then Sports Day coordinator. A Bullseye 4+40 Initiative was planned for 2019 for the victory of Sports Day. 


Achieving Bullseye Vision 2020

Bullseye Vision 2020 is an aim planned by the planners from late 2015 to early 2017 in order to make Bullseye famous by the year 2020, and to fulfill Wawasan 2020, a plan hatched in 1995 by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. While the plan was hatched in late 2015 and meant to be executed by future members of Bullseye, the project was revisited in August 2019, five months after the Bullseye 2019 Sports Day victory on 22nd March 2019.

Bullseye lost Nobel Cup 2019 to Slamdunk on 11th November 2019, leading people to question the Sports Day 2020 plans for Bullseye. Fear of losing Sports Day to Slamdunk kicked in which led emergency plans to revive Bullseye. This resulted in Bullseye's 2020 Founder's Run victory on 14th February 2020. When the Sports Day 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the movement control order (MCO), Bullseye had the highest scores, making it the champion house of Sports Day 2020 and fulfilling the Wawasan 2020 initiative as well as Bullseye Vision 2020.


Plans to revive and achieve the four-year victory plan (2021-2024)

In January 2021, as the pandemic dragged on, Bullseye was able to get 2021 due to it still keeping the 2019 trophy. As such, it had three victory years, namely 2019, 2020 and 2021. This matched the 2014, 2015, 2016 victory streak. Hence, as further lockdowns limited many activities to be done during the pandemic era, plans were drawn up for a future Sports Day following the Covid 19 pandemic. Concerns were raised as to how Bullseye's members would catch up in training and also sporting activity following the graduation of so many Year 11 cohorts and the potential loss of talent from Bullseye, given that the history of Bullseye might be difficult to pass on. 

The main challenge was deciding when the Sports Day would be held, potentially in mid 2022, to celebrate Bullseye's 10th anniversary. Strategies were drawn up for a potential Zoom call Sports Day. The most important strategy crafted was to see if Bullseye can win the first post-lockdown Sports Day. This was crucial in order to recognize the years where a Sports Day was cancelled or not held, such as 2020 or 2021, while also achieving the long-awaited four year victory which foiled in 2017. Plans were also drawn up to win a 2023 Sports Day to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Malaysia, as well as the 2024 Sports Day to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nobel International School.

The 2022 Founder's Run begun with Bullseye achieving the highest registrations, followed by a lead in the scores from those registrations. Then came Nobel Cup 2022. The Nobel Cup was split into two, plus a telematch, and the team had to put up with Homerun, which won the KS4 Nobel Cup on 15th July 2022 and the Telematch on 24th June 2022. Nevertheless, Bullseye won the KS3 Nobel Cup, ushering into a complete overall calendar victory for Bullseye. 

2023 saw Bullseye being challenged by a lead by Touchdown with the telematch scores. When the Founder's Run was opened for registration, Slamdunk had the highest registrants before a heatwave-induced cancellation for Sports Day resulted in points being pooled from the Virtual Run, causing Bullseye to win. This, coupled with Bullseye's Nobel Cup and Sports Day victories, led to Bullseye achieving the highest score for 2023, causing Bullseye to have five victory years in total after the first post-pandemic Sports Day.

The plans for the victory streak were revived in 2021 and extended twice; the second time to include the 20th Anniversary Sports Day. This came close to being a reality, with Bullseye leading the entire standing from the victory of Founder's Run 2024 until a last minute ditch by Touchdown foiled the Bullseye victory for 2024. Additional plans were made to win all the years till 2026 to mark the 10th anniversary of those victory years, as well as an extension to 2031 by Mr Thomas, who suggested Bullseye complete the Chinese Zodiac from 2019 to 2031. Other variations in completing a twelve-year Chinese zodiac include winning all Sports Days from 2025 to 2036, winning years with an animal which had not had a Bullseye victory year, or winning either the 2025 Sports Day or 2025 Founder's Run to mark at least one victory for Bullseye in either Sports Day, Nobel Cup or Founder's Run since 2014.

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BULLSEYE WHITE PAPER VICTORY MASTERPLAN

Sports Day: 
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032

Founder's Run:
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (TBD), 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032

Nobel Cup:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 20XX

Legend:
Bullseye Victory, Touchdown Victory, Slamdunk Victory, Homerun Victory, Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Optional

*Phases 1, 2, 3 and Optional correspond to future planned Bullseye victory years



Bullseye currently has a total of eight Sports Day titles, seven Founder's Run titles and six Nobel Cup titles. Our aim is to try to build on the success of these titles and expand them under the Bullseye White Paper Victory Masterplan, in order to achieve a high standing for Bullseye.

Since the year 2014, Bullseye's victories had brought great joy, entertainment and prestige to all the Bullseye members. In order to ensure the significance of the prestige, it is important for us to continue to win more years and add them to the list. Winning one year may be good, but it is important for Bullseye to win more victory years.

The Bullseye White Paper Victory Masterplan involves a total of five victory years, with two optional years. 

The years in contention are: 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030

The optional years are: 2031 and 2032 (shown in italics)

The optional activity is Nobel Cup 20XX when Nobel Cup is revived.


The aims to win the following years would be as follows:

2026: Celebrate Hing Fook Soon's 70th Anniversary, Kuan Muk Lang's 60th Anniversary and 10 years since the 2016 Bullseye Victory
2027: Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Malaysian Independence and 10 years since Bullseye's 648-649 loss, as well as the 15th Anniversary of Bullseye.
2028: Eight is a lucky number; Chinese would see it a Bullseye victory year. 10th Anniversary of Pakatan Harapan's Victory.
2029: Commemorate 10 years since Bullseye's 2019 Sports Day Victory
2030: Achieve the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals, and mark the 10th anniversary of the Covid 19 pandemic, while celebrating Chee Fooi Foon's 60th Anniversary.

The Founder's Run victory for 2025 should be made paramount and should the means allow, there shall be an extension to 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 to complete 10 years, for the case of 2027, and 12 years, for the case of 2029, of Bullseye's victories.

The years 2031 and 2032 shall be discussed closer to the date. 

2026 shall be the priority year to win both Sports Day and Founder's Run, marking the first clean sweep of all sports events by Bullseye since 2023. 

The plan to 2030 builds on the original legacy by Mr Thomas to "complete the Chinese zodiac" while reflecting the lost years stolen by Touchdown and Slamdunk. The original plan from 2019 to 2023 was proposed by Mr Thomas to extend to 2031 for that purpose:

Chinese Zodiac Victory Streak for Bullseye (proposed in 2024 by Mr Thomas)

2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031

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Existing victory streak (2019-2023)       Proposed extension by Mr Thomas to 2031

Proposed Corridor covered in Bullseye White Paper Victory Masterplan

Option to Add


The purpose of winning both Sports Day and Founder's Run is due to the dependency of Sports Day on the Founder's Run (or even Nobel Cup) if the scores are recombined in the future. 

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PHASE 1A: 2025 FOUNDER'S RUN

The 2025 Founder's Run plans can be found here.

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PHASE 1B: 2026 FOUNDER'S RUN AND 2026 SPORTS DAY 

The rationale for Bullseye to win the 2026 Sports Day is to make a comeback from the two losses that were consequential in 2024 and 2025. We have failed to learn from mistakes from 2017 and 2018. Thus, the main point and goal is to make Bullseye win the Sports Day. Without winning the Sports Day, Bullseye will deteriorate and dissolve into oblivion, never to be seen again.

2023: Bullseye
2024: Touchdown
2025: Slamdunk
2026: Bullseye

House Captain Election Candidates

1. Wong Pey Yi
2. Jun Cheng
3. Aiden Yeoh
4. Joanna Crystal Vijaya
5. Ong Zi Xin
6. Choo Han Yi

Potential Banner Captain: Zoe Siah Su Yi
Potential March Captain:
Potential Dance Captain: 
Potential Athletics Captain: Choo Han Yi

In choosing the house captain, the Bullseye members must choose a serious and determined captain that has passion for Bullseye's next victory. 

There should also be a proposal for an alumni House Captain to get more alumni involved in the house activities for Sports Day. In addition to the traditional committee, there should also be a team involved in plotting Bullseye's strategy for the Sports Day, Nobel Cup and Founder's Run.


Potential House Captains from other Houses

Touchdown: Teh Szi Wei

Slamdunk: Yee Xing Teng, Colleen, Josiah Tsen

Homerun: Alyssa Chang, Cadence

Dates for Sports Day 2026 and Founder's Run 2026

Founder's Run 2026: 6th or 7th February 2026
Sports Day 2026: 10th April 2026

The dates for the 2026 Sports Day will be held after Hari Raya Aidilfitri in March while the Founder's Run will take place before Chinese New Year. As the Chinese New Year 2026 falls on 17th February and Ramadan will take place starting from 19th February to 19th March, with Hari Raya on 20th March, the sports calendar will occur in a way that will put Sports Day after the Hari Raya celebration and Founder's Run before the Chinese New Year celebration. Nobel International School is expected to hold its Chinese New Year celebration in January 2026 to cater to Muslims who can't celebrate Chinese New Year with food due to Ramadan. 

Nobel has to hold Sports Day by the middle of April in order to compensate for the preparation for IGCSE examinations in May and June 2026. Should the beginning of 2026 be unsuitable for a Sports Day preparation, the alternative dates for Founder's Run and Sports Day shall be: 

Founder's Run Alternative Dates
Saturday, 4th 11th or 18th April 2026
Saturday, 23rd May 2026

Sports Day Alternative Dates
Friday, 26th June or 3rd July 2026

Key considerations will need to be taken into account regarding IGCSE exam preparation for Malay and Mandarin.


Athletic capabilities

The house captain shall select athletes with priority of those who took part in MSSD activities, the school team and various CCAs of the selected sports. They can be trained by the respective teachers and should be skilled in the various sports. 

The house captain can propose to the management team (eg Mr Chan Lik Hoong, Mr Lew Wei Him, Mr Loh) to request for more training activities and an extended length of training for the Sports Day. Students from Bullseye can approach Nobel alumni for related advice and training tips such as Sean Mark, Ivyna Ong, or even Mr Ryan who is an alumni of Nobel himself. Mr Ryan led the Bullseye track and field team for the 2015 Sports Day when he was a student. 

The Bullseye members should be proactive in training in order to avoid underestimating the capabilities of Touchdown and Slamdunk who aspire to become a Bullseye 2.0.

The Bullseye members must train more athletes for the track and field activities. The key point to note is that Bullseye members individually hone their talents and talents can be scouted if one were to put in the effort to prove them. Further talents can be scouted from the Founder's Run. 


Marchpast

The marchpast squad shall be proposed to don army attire in order to rival the folks from Homerun as well as incorporate strict and coordinated marching moves to ensure the uniformity of the marchpast. 

In the marchpast, it is proposed that the Bullseye members execute some moves like the Chinese People's Liberation Army and learn from their moves. This can allow Bullseye to dethrone Homerun in the marchpast.


Dance

Slow music should be avoided and some martial arts moves coupled with fast music be done in order to allow Bullseye to reclaim the dance competition it last won in 2016.


Banner

Bullseye's banner should contain bright colors with the words, "Hail to Bullseye" and some strong imagery in order to capture the judges'  attention. Emphasis should be put on striking colors to catch the judges' attention. The house banner must contain a full phrase of "Hail to Bullseye" instead of separating the title and house slogan of Hail to Bullseye.

The banner should also have imagery which also reflects the history of Bullseye, the number of victory years as well as all the past athletes and success figures of Bullseye. At the same time, the banner should also have a bit of some tough imagery, such as that of cartoons where characters battle each other.


Cheer and Slogan

The slogan, "Hail to Bullseye" must be included in all cheers, and it shall be a slogan in its own right. This slogan must form the backbone of Bullseye in all aspects of things. The slogan can appear on the house banner, house dance shirt or house equipment as it is a better slogan than "Go Bullseye", which can be found on every single house cheer since 2013 (with the exception of 2023). Hail to Bullseye promotes spiritual awakening and motivation in a catchy tone than the pronounciation of "go".

The experimental usage of Hail to Bullseye as opposed to Go Bullseye has shown that it departs from the traditional notion of Sports Day. 


Pre-Competition Activities

Before the start of the Sports Day or Founder's Run 2026, the House Captain of Bullseye must go around to tell the Bullseye members about the history of Bullseye. This is very important as it will allow everyone to know the true meaning of Bullseye. 

The house captain must also be cool and enthusiastic in order to get everyone to listen to him. In fact, the house captain must come up with a rationale for Bullseye's victory. 


Chinese School/SJKC Principal's Support

The Bullseye members, in addition to Chee Fooi Foon and Kuan Muk Lang, can write a formal proposal to the Principal of SJKC Yuk Chai Petaling Jaya to support Bullseye. The Principal can express support by writing a letter to express their support for Bullseye, complete with the school's letterhead. The principal can make the message as cool and funny as possible. 

2026 Founder's Run

For the purposes of Founder's Run 2026, the Athletics Captain can propose to Mr Meshach, Mr Lew, Mr Loh or the management team to grant a special practice for Bullseye members to train for the Founder's Run, and the Athletics Captain shall be involved in such training.

Before the 2026 Founder's Run begins, Bullseye members shall be encouraged to train for the run. The training is planned to condition the runners to run long distances, since humans are able to run long distances. 

The launch of Founder's Run 2026 is expected for January 2026. Therefore, some form of house captain election for 2026 is to be done in October or November 2025, following the Final Year Examination.

Strategy planning for both Founder's Run and Sports Day 2026 can be done during the school holidays in December 2025 to prepare for the Sports Day 2026. It is expected that Sports Day and Founder's Run be combined starting from 2026. Training for Founder's Run can also be done in December. Every Bullseye member should be encouraged to train in order to make life easier during the Founder's Run.

For new students to Nobel International School, a crash course by the house captain can be done to promote the history of Bullseye. Given that Bullseye has won many years in the past, it is important that Bullseye members be shown this White Paper in order to build the case for a victory to reclaim the trophy from Slamdunk.

Bullseye members should also start fundraising for the registration of Founder's Run and also to register in order to ensure that Bullseye can win. The house captain can write to corporations or businesses to encourage the donation of funds and monies to support Bullseye's registration. Bullseye can build on the proposed Founder's Run Fundraising Programme for 2025 to support the cause for Bullseye's victory. Corporations can expect a tax relief if they donated to Fungates.

This strategy should be used for 2026 regardless of whether Bullseye wins the 2025 Founder's Run in April 2025. Should Bullseye win the Founder's Run in 2025, the 2026 Founder's Run should be seen as an extension of the 2018-2025 victory. Should Bullseye lose the 2025 Founder's Run, this will be a gauge of Bullseye being able to reclaim the victory. The existing strategy from 2025 can be refined in order to have a smooth, unified front for Founder's Run 2026.


2026 Sports Day 

Bullseye will need to win the Founder's Run 2026 in order to win Sports Day 2026. Should Bullseye win the 2026 Founder's Run, there will be a good chance it might win Sports Day 2026. But if Bullseye lost the Founder's Run, or if Founder's Run is not included, it will be very difficult for Bullseye to win the 2026 Sports Day. 

All athletes for Sports Day should have at least 3 months' worth of training in order to ensure they are at their best and also to not rush the practice timeline. 

The Bullseye members should try to get enough rest and also not waste excessive energy which can affect their performance during Sports Day. 

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PHASE 2: ACADEMIC YEAR 2027 AND 2028

The years 2027 and 2028 are crucial in order to achieve smooth gaps and complete 10 years of achievements while also giving a victory year to these two numbered years which do not have a Bullseye victory in the past. The years ending in 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have a Bullseye victory for Sports Days ending in those years. 

This will be the first Sports Day to be led by people born in 2010 and after, with all 2000s kids having been graduated from Nobel International School. Hence, generational trends must be kept into account as the Sports Day progresses. 

2027 is significant due to Bullseye's first loss since the victory steaks begun, ten years ago, in 2017, where Bullseye scored 648 points to Touchdown's 649 points. It also marks the 30th Anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong and the 70th Anniversary of Malaysian independence. 

2028's significance, on the other hand, marks 10 years since Bullseye's first ever Founder's Run victory since the run was first started in 2016.

If Bullseye wins the year 2026

Bullseye will have an opportunity to use the year 2027 to achieve its first back-to-back Sports Day victory since 2020. This will be the third time a dual back to back Sports Day win would have happened, after 2014/2015 and 2019/2020. It will be compensation for Sports Day 2017 which Bullseye lost. Should Bullseye win the year 2028, it also compensates the 2018 Sports Day loss ten years prior, and also it will mark the first three consecutive Sports Day victories in a Sports Day that was formally held, after 2014, 2015 and 2016. It will also be the first third victory year since 2021.

For the Founder's Run, Bullseye winning 2027 will complete a total of ten calendar years worth of Founder's Run victories, on the condition that it won 2025 and 2026 Founder's Run. Winning the 2028 Founder's Run will put Bullseye in good position to achieve the aims for 2029 and 2030.

If Bullseye loses the year 2026

This will be an opportunity for Bullseye to mount a comeback from its loss in 2026 and try to win the next few Sports Days, bringing forth a poor performance for the team since the losses of 2024, 2025 and 2026. 


Founder's Run 2027 and Sports Day 2027 dates

Founder's Run 2027: 20th March 2027

Sports Day 2027: 25th June 2027/2nd April 2027


Potential House Captains from other houses

Slamdunk: Isane Yap


The Scenario in 2027

In the event of a Bullseye loss, nothing is changed.

In the event of a Bullseye victory in the 2025 Founder's Run, 2026 Sports Day and 2026 Founder's Run, the management will be on full alert for a potential 2027 Bullseye Victory. They will be cautious of a second Bullseye consecutive victory year. 

The management might incorporate Nobel Cup in the month of April or June, thus adding points to the Sports Day and also opportunities to deter a Bullseye victory. There might also be a Notice Board Competition added in order to increase competitiveness, as well as a theme for Sports Day which can be focused on any theme, such as superheroes or endangered species. 



Founder's Run 2028 and Sports Day 2028 dates

Founder's Run 2028: 11th March 2028 or 8th April 2028

Sports Day 2028: 31st March 2028 or 30th June 2028


The Scenario in 2028

In the event of a Bullseye victory in the year 2027, the management will not hesitate to change the difficulty of the Sports Day or Founder's Run. The management will always change the format in order to ensure that Bullseye does not win.

The main challenge faced by Nobel by this time in relation to Bullseye is the difference in generational trends of students born in the middle of the 2010s; the youngest people being born in 2016. 

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PHASE 3: ACADEMIC YEAR 2029 AND 2030

2029 and 2030 are considered very important years for Bullseye if the team is successful in winning the 2026, 2027 and 2028 Sports Day.

2029 marks 10 years since Bullseye's 2019 Sports Day Victory; a plan to reclaim the Sports Day after Bullseye's 2017 and 2018 losses. By winning the 2029 Sports Day and Founder's Run, Bullseye will complete the Chinese Zodiac in winning twelve consecutive Founder's Runs. 

2030 marks 10 years since the Covid 19 pandemic. It also marks the conclusion of Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Should Bullseye win 2030, it also marks 10 years since the 2020 Sports Day triumph of Bullseye, and to pay tribute to a year lost of fun and fanfare due to Covid 19.

2030 also marks the conclusion of Mr Thomas' Chinese Zodiac masterplan; a plan to win 12 years for Bullseye. Given that at the time of writing, 2024 and 2025 were won by Touchdown and Slamdunk, winning these two years would pay tribute and respect to the policy outlined by Mr Thomas. 


Founder's Run 2029 and Sports Day 2029 dates

Founder's Run 2029: 3rd March 2029

Sports Day 2028: 29th March 2029


2029 is the first opportunity for the students in Nobel to attempt four consecutive Sports Day titles in a Sports Day which was held and contested. This is unlike the year 2022 where no Sports Day was held due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The last time such an attempt was done was in 2017 to have four years of consecutive Sports Day wins. 


Founder's Run 2030 and Sports Day 2030 dates

Founder's Run 2030: 11th March 2030

Sports Day 2030: 29th March 2030

2030, just like 2029, is an opportunity for Bullseye to extend the 2029 success to five years instead of four (2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030)


In order to win 2029 and 2030, the advice from outgoing Year 11 batches in 2027 and 2028 need to consistently engage with their juniors from KS3 in order to ensure a success in the 2029 and 2030 Sports Day and Founder's Run. This is very important as the Class of 2027 is the final batch as of this time of writing to experience a Bullseye victory. 


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OPTION TO ADD: 2031, 2032 ACADEMIC YEAR AND 20XX NOBEL CUP

Year 2031 and 2032

These two years, 2031 and 2032, are proposed as replacement for the years 2024 and 2025, which Bullseye lost to Touchdown and Slamdunk respectively.

The Year 2031 can be proposed as an extension of a successful 2030 Sports Day. Originally proposed by Mr Thomas as the end date for the Chinese Zodiac before being revised to 2030, this year is considered as a replacement for 2024.

The Year 2032 will be a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of Bullseye. 

The decision for these two years will be made closer to these dates. Should Bullseye win 2031 and 2032, these will become the longest victory streak ever of seven years (2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031), surpassing the previous streak ever made in 2023 for the 2019-2023 streak,


Founder's Run 2031 and Sports Day 2031 dates

Founder's Run 2031: 29th March 2031

Sports Day 2031: 18th April 2031 


Founder's Run 2032 and Sports Day 2032 dates

Founder's Run 2028: 27th March 2032

Sports Day 2028: 9th April 2032




20XX Nobel Cup

Nobel Cup is a tournament for sports not contested in Sports Day which is held in November of every year. The sports contested are basketball, futsal, captain ball, chess, table tennis and badminton. Currently, Nobel Cup is taken off the school calendar, having last held in 2023. The tournament was first held in 2013 as part of Student Council President Chew Wei Zhuen's manifesto.

Talent scouting can be conducted now to determine the various posts for the tournament. Priority should be given to MSSD and school team and CCA players to play in Nobel Cup. The players can be deployed upon announcement of the Nobel Cup events. 

Should Nobel Cup be revived, the earliest Nobel Cup can be revived is in November 2025 for the purposes of Sports Day and Founder's Run 2026. The school is likely to hold Nobel Cup during the Sports Day season, and the revival of Nobel Cup will be most likely in 2027 if Bullseye continues to win 2026. 

*In case Nobel Cup is held in 2025 or 2026, Aiden Yeoh shall become the basketball captain for Bullseye as he is a cheeky, cool and upbeat guy. He might have been playful in class a bit, but his character is best suited to lead Bullseye in the basketball tournament for Nobel Cup. This can be enough to cause Bullseye to win, but he must also be serious in order to ensure the victory is achieved in the beautiful game. 

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CORE THEMES FOR BULLSEYE


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MANAGEMENT SCENARIO


The Bullseye Founder's Run Strategy

Information prepared by Lau Wei Yiang, alumni of Nobel and Champion for Founder's Run 2017, 2018, 2019 (5km), and 10th place winner for Twincity Marathon 2024 (42km)

FOUNDER'S RUN INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Tldr: To make Bullseye the champion house of the Founder's Run 2025, everyone must sign up and train and run everyday, for at least 10km or more, or walk as long as you please. And we must win at least 8 places for at least 7 categories (include male and female per year level). Only then, Bullseye will win. Unless you want Slamdunk or Touchdown or Homerun to win, then this message is not worth your time. 

Runners' preparation for Founder's Run

Before taking on the Founder's Run, one will need to train. Find a large possible route or any route (preferably outdoors and not on threadmill) to run. 

For those who have no experience running long distances, one should start small, say around running around 800m and gradually increase to 1km, 2.5km and then 5km. It is best for one to continuously run 5km without stopping. 

It is important for everyone to practice running on STEEP HILLS. This is very important so that the body 

 The Virtual Founder's Run

The Virtual Founder's Run requires all the Bullseye members to run at least 5km with their distance being tracked by the Biib application. Hence, as the Virtual Founder's Run will be one that accumulates points for the scores based on km run, it is important for Bullseye members to run as much km as possible. 

With around 200 members from Bullseye, we will net a total of 1000km if everyone runs 5km at least once. We have to do it as a team. Hence, we should try to run 5km every three days, thrice a week. The longer the distance or the more 5km attempts, the better. 

Virtual Founder's Run consists of 4 weeks each. 

Week 1: 17 - 23 March

Week 2: 24 - 30 March

Week 3: 31 March - 5 April

Week 4: 6 April - 12 April

So, we try to clock around 1000km in week 1, 2000km in week 2, 4000km in week 3 and 5000km in week 4. In total, we should have 12,000km and when that happens, we can win the Founder's Run. Everyone should run 5km in week 1, 10km in week 2, 20km in week 3 and 25km in week 4 so that for the final week, we can preserve and save energy for Founder's Run 2025.

Bullseye members are also encouraged to walk and record every movement on the app in order to ensure victory. Ditch the car ride and move your legs so that Bullseye can win. Rather let's be painful for 4 weeks than endure a year of Bullseye losing. 


The Physical Founder's Run

Everyone must attend the Physical Run on 12th April at Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam in order for Bullseye to win.

The physical run consists of a 5km route. The route direction is available on the Founder's Run Information. 

Bullseye members MUST visit the place before the run on 12th April and train there. Otherwise, we will lose. 

It is advisable to sleep for at least 9 hours on 3 consecutive days (from 9 - 11 April) before the run on 12th April. Your urine color must be transparent before the run to ensure hydration, so please drink a lot of water the day before the run (11 April)

To train for the physical run, Bullseye members must run a total mileage of 30km per day in order to succeed. Run 5km, rest, and run again. If one can run 10km continuously non stop, that is good. Or else, try to aim for 6km or 7km if you aren't confident.

There are 10 steep hills on the Founder's Run route, so please train properly.

Awards will be given for male and female for Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. So, we need to win at least the Top 8 for Bullseye, and at least 4/5 year levels. Plus, we need to clock at least 60,000km cumulatively on the virtual run for us to win.

If the score is 


Points Allocation for Founder's Run

One point for every km run for the Virtual Run

Rankings by Year Level for the following placings:

1st - 10 points

2nd - 9 points

3rd - 8 points

4th - 7 points

5th - 6 points

6th - 5 points

7th - 4 points

8th - 3 points

9th - 2 points

10th - 1 point


So, will Bullseye win the Founder's Run?

Champion House for Founder's Run is the total cumulative score for the entire Virtual and Physical Run. 

Bullseye is predicted to LOSE Founder's Run to SLAMDUNK (again!), but if Bullseye wins, it will be only scraping Slamdunk by a small margin. If let's say everyone in Bullseye were to follow as per the plan written here, Bullseye will win not only the Founder's Run, but the Sports Day score combined with the Founder's Run will cause Bullseye to win again!

The Founder's Run Prediction can be viewed here. (Click the link)


It may be painful initially, but as the body adapts, you will no longer feel painful as the muscles expand. But it will require a month or two, so please train well.


Bullseye needs to win the Founder's Run as it has won every single Founder's Run since 2018. This streak is longer than any Sports Day or Nobel Cup streak. We hope the Bullseye members can use the Founder's Run as a small stepping stone for Bullseye's initial success, with the ultimate aim of recapturing the Champion House Trophy in Sports Day 2026, while also winning two Founder's Runs in one go!

We hope the Bullseye people can cooperate in order to achieve this aim and bring back the winning spirit last seen from 2019-2023, while also remembering the power of victory in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The time to make Bullseye famous is TODAY, not one year later.

If we don't do it, Bullseye is going to lose and we will be dead forever. 



We plan to train Principal Chee, Bullseye's biggest supporter, for a marathon soon. I believe she will do well. If she can do it, I'm sure you can, too!

Saturday, February 22, 2025

2025 Founder's Run

The Dates and Details for the 2025 Founder's Run.

Date: 12th April 2025
Venue: Taman Botani Negara, Shah Alam
Time: 7:30am - 11:00am

Categories: 5km

Route Map and Elevation Profile (5km)

The route map of the Founder's Run begins and ends at the main entrance of Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam. Shown here is the amount of hills expected on the run (note that the hills are tough and steep)


Elevation Gain: 124 metres
*Elevation gain is calculated by adding up all uphill ascents. The elevation chart is the green hill below.


The Founder's Run is a 5-kilometer charity road race held annually since 2016 at Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam, a botanical garden located in Shah Alam, the capital city of Selangor. The botanical garden consists of hills which can be very challenging for one's muscles. Hence, it is important to prepare before running. 

Funds collected from the Founder's Run registration fees are donated to Fungates Superflow Foundation as part of their charitable activities. The run is named after Ms Clarine Chun, the founder of Nobel International School as well as the chairwoman of Fungates Superflow Foundation.  

The Founder's Run, aside from being a charity run, also serves as the cross country championship of Nobel International School, showcasing Nobel's best long-distance runners. 


The History of Founder's Run

2016 - 2019 

In the early years of the Founder's Run, the race consisted of both a 5km and 10km race.

The Founder's Run 


Dates of the Founder's Run

2016 - 26th February

2017 - 8th February

2018 - 7th February

2019 - 22nd February

2020 - 14th February

2021 - 7th to 21st April (Virtual Run)

2022 - 28th March to 14th April (Virtual Run)

2023 - 22nd July (Virtual Run from 27th May to 2nd July)

2024 - 27th April (Virtual Run from 12th to 27th April)

2025 - 12th April (Virtual Run from 14th March to 12th April)



Founder's Run Winners

5km Category (2016 - 2019)

2016: Edmond Chue (M), Krishanti Devaraj (F)

2017: Lau Wei Yiang (M), Michelle Ott (F)

2018: Nicholas Liang (M), Areeya Amali (F)

2019: Darryl Keith Tan (M), Enid Chow Ming Wai

10km Category (2016 - 2019)

2016: Nieshaal Thambipillay (M), Hong En Eng (F)

2017: Nieshaal Thambipillay (M), Heng Le Anne (F)

2018: Lee Chun Hang (M), Alysha Yuen (F)

2019: Adam Abelman Toh (M), Alysha Yuen (F)


5km Winners by Year Level (2020 - present)

2020 (to be updated)

Year 7: 
Year 8: Darryl Keith Tan (M), Enid Chow Ming Wai (F)
Year 9: Matthew Rohan Thaver (M), 
Year 10: Zoe Yow Cui Yi (F)
Year 11: Tharun Rhagavan M), Areeya Amali (F)

2023 (to be updated)


2024 (to be updated)


Founder's Run Champion House

2016: Touchdown

2017: Touchdown

2018: Bullseye

2019: Bullseye

2020: Bullseye

2021: Bullseye

2022: Bullseye

2023: Bullseye

2024: Bullseye




Friday, February 21, 2025

Sports Day Rehearsal, 19th and 20th February

The Sports Day Rehearsal took place at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 20th February 2025, with the Pre Sports Events held at Stadium MPAJ on 19th February and also on 20th February during the Rehearsal. It was a combined rehearsal for the Elementary and Junior/Senior School. Currently, Touchdown is leading while Bullseye is reduced to last place again. 

Each house is given a mascot, namely lion (Bullseye), wolf (Touchdown), dinosaur (Homerun) and eagle (Slamdunk). 




















Pre Sports Events at Stadium MPAJ.









 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Sports Day 2025 Forecast and Prediction, 22nd January 2025

 






Predicted scores for Sports Day:

Bullseye: 4030

Touchdown: 4330

Homerun: 3940

Slamdunk: 1810


Inset: Tug of War scores




Scoring format for judging events: March, Dance, Banner and Cheer

1st: 250

2nd: 200

3rd: 100

4th: 50


Scoring format for other events:

1st: 100

2nd: 50

3rd: 20


Founder's Run 2025






Predicted scores for Founder's Run:

Bullseye: 1597

Touchdown: 1538

Homerun: 1373

Slamdunk: 1588


Sports Day scores with Founder's Run:

Bullseye: 5627

Touchdown: 5868

Homerun: 5313

Slamdunk: 3398

Important notes to consider:

  1. The points allocation are calculated based on the potential scenarios of other houses and the composition of the athletes. 
  2. The predictions are based on the available events that took place during the 20th Anniversary Sports Day and may not reflect any addition of new events for the 2025 Sports Day.
  3. Green numbers highlighted on the prediction chart represent the events predicted to be won by Homerun athlete Caleigh Chan Li Ern from Year 10.
  4. The predictions are quite accurate and have guided Bullseye's planning for most of the years which are won by Bullseye.
  5. Predictions may be updated from time to time as the planners see fit. The creators of this prediction do not assume any loss or responsibility from reliance to these predictions.

Saturday, January 18, 2025

History of Bullseye

Background

Since the founding of Sekolah Sri Nobel in the year 2004, a Sports Day is normally held in order to gauge the performance of students in the field of co-curricular activities. At the time of Sri Nobel's establishment, there were four houses, namely red, blue, green and yellow and they were mainly addressed by their house colors. The naming convention and sports culture took effect during the 2006 Sports Day; the very first Sports Day to ever be held in Sri Nobel.

On 29th April 2011, it was announced that Sekolah Sri Nobel would rebrand into an international school beginning from January 2012. The new system in which the four houses were accorded their current names; Bullseye, Touchdown, Homerun and Slamdunk, was applied to the Elementary School on 26th March 2012, and the Junior and Senior School on 21st February 2013.


Etymology

The names of the sports houses were crafted by Mr Paul Lau, the then head of CCA of Nobel International School, when first planning the names following the transition and rebranding of Sekolah Sri Nobel to an international school. The word 'Bullseye' comes from the act of hitting the center of an archery board when scoring a goal in archery. The other houses were named after sporting events. Touchdown was named after an act of scoring a goal in rugby; Homerun after scoring a goal by hitting the home run in baseball; and Slamdunk after scoring a basketball goal. 

There are two variations to the name of Bullseye. The first variation is the current form of 'Bullseye' while the second was the division of the name into two, 'Bull's Eye'. The names of all four houses received approval from Ms Michelle Loh, the then principal of the Elementary School, and Ms Evelyn Tay, the then principal of the Junior and Senior School, in February 2012 and January 2013. 


2012

In 2012, the original colors of the Elementary School were blue for Bullseye, purple for Touchdown, lime for Homerun and orange for Slamdunk. The Junior and Senior School continued to use the red-blue-green-yellow format from 2004 for its sports events until the corresponding team names were announced on 21st February 2013 by Ms Evelyn Tay. 

Bullseye was the first sports house to win an overall points tally in Nobel International School following the rebranding to the Cambridge syllabus. The first event ever to be contested by Bullseye following its formation was the Games Gala, which was held from 16th to 20th April 2012 and consisted of a number of sporting events, from badminton to basketball and netball. The team won the Games Gala in 2012 and then the Sports Gala on 7th September 2012. Alongside the Family Marathon Day on 15th October 2012, which Bullseye also won, Bullseye was the first champion house in the international school age. The Family Marathon Day, on the other hand, was Nobel's first time organizing a cross-country run, with succeeding runs being the 2013 National Day Run and the Founder's Run, which is held annually since 2016. 


2013

Following the successful implementation of the sports house names in 2012, attention was directed to the Junior and Senior School for the 2013 Sports Day. The 2013 Sports Day was originally scheduled for 22nd March 2013 before being postponed to 5th April 2013. It was also the first Junior and Senior School sports day to use the current house names. 

The aim for the 2013 Sports Day for Bullseye was to achieve its first ever sports day victory. However, the house struggled in most aspects with the exclusion of athletics. Dominic Chow, a Year 11 student, became the first house captain of Bullseye, taking office in 2012 as captain of the defunct Red House. To this day, he is the longest serving house captain of Bullseye. In its first sports day outing as the Bullseye brand, Bullseye failed to win the Sports Day, ending up in third place. Sean Lam, the assistant march captain, pledged his motivation to future members of Bullseye, hoping that they will do well in the next edition. 

The dance team was led by Chia Yan Mei in its first outing, while the marchpast was led by Lim Chor Lit. Overall, Bullseye did quite on average in the first ever sports day, which was held at Panasonic Stadium Shah Alam.


A student council election for Nobel International School was held on 17th June 2013. Four days prior, Chew Wei Zhuen, a candidate for the President of the Nobel International School Student Council pledged to implement a Nobel Cup if he was elected president. He won the election and set the inaugural Nobel Cup for 20th and 21st September 2013. The Nobel Cup badminton matches were played at a sports complex outside of Nobel, as well as in the school premises for other sports. The matches for the basketball competition were quite intense, with the KS4 basketball match seeing quite a number of trips, falls and injuries as if it was a gladiator match, with many players getting injured. Overall, Homerun won the Nobel Cup, with Bullseye winning the KS3 basketball tournament and Touchdown winning the netball tournament. Bullseye eventually got third place for netball, fourth for futsal and second for basketball. The Nobel Cup had a separate house captain election to lead the Nobel Cup, and Brian Ong and Emily Liew were elected as house captain and assistant captain.




2014

The Nobel Cup 2013, despite being a loss for Bullseye, was quite successful for Brian Ong and Emily Liew. The Bullseye members took part in a house captain election on Friday, 7th February 2013, to elect them in absentia, as Brian Ong was on holiday in Korea while Emily was under the weather. The duo were reelected unanimously due to their leadership in the 2013 Nobel Cup.

Sports Day 2014 was the 10th Annual Sports Day. Held on 9th April 2014, it is also the only Sports Day to take place at a venue other than the Panasonic Stadium in Shah Alam, commencing at the Kelana Jaya Stadium near Paradigm Mall. It is also the first Sports Day to be held between two active schooling days and was the only schooling day to officially start at 9:00am instead of 7:45am. Rain threatened to disrupt the Sports Day, but it commenced without issue. This Sports Day was the first Sports Day to include telematch events, including a Tug of War on 4th April 2014. The Sports Day is best known for Slamdunk blasting vuvuzela horns and the rise of Bullseye's number one athlete, Sean Mark, who majored in track and field sprinting. It is also the only Sports Day to have a documentary of the event in a DVD rom.

Naomi Seah debuted as the first female marchpast captain of Bullseye, while the dance for Bullseye was choreographed by Jarod Ee, then a Year 10 student and president of the Dance CCA. However, Emily Liew was criticized for asking the dancers to practice for the whole day on the eve of Sports Day without any rest. 

The 2014 Sports Day was won by Bullseye in its first ever Sports Day victory after two years of hard work. It is the first victory by Bullseye in the Junior and Senior School's Sports Day. Brian Ong and Emily Liew lifted the trophy as Bullseye won with a score of 5200.

Following the success of Sports Day 2014, plans were made for Bullseye to win the Nobel Cup 2014. A draft blueprint was presented on a series of strategies, from how the game was to be played to who should be elected as the House Captain, along with the character traits of the House Captain. Lim Wei Ming was eventually elected as Bullseye's House Captain and was the first captain to be elected on a term extending to Sports Day 2015 and the second after Brian Ong to preside over a Sports Day and Nobel Cup. Deanna Lee was chosen as the Assistant Captain. 

The 2014 Nobel Cup was played at the Lee Chong Wei Sports Arena at Jalan Kelang Lama, Kuala Lumpur, and the SS6 Basketball Court. This Nobel Cup is well known for Aristotle Koh of Homerun hanging on the futsal goalposts and being scolded by Mr Paul, causing Homerun to be deducted of points. 

Bullseye won the Nobel Cup, achieving a year-long dream and becoming the first sports house to sweep the two major tournaments of the academic year. 



2015

Immediately after the school year begun in January 2015, discussions were underway to replicate and expand the plans drawn up for Nobel Cup 2014 into the Sports Day 2015. There was serious concern over whether Bullseye would successfully defend its 2014 Sports Day win and secure a second win on the Sports Day victories. 

The 2015 Sports Day is known as the greatest coming out party for Bullseye because of the significant advances in the improvements of Bullseye over the years. The athletics team was led by Sin Hou Nan and Ryan Chan; Jarod Ee once again coordinated the dances and the banner was laced with glitter to give it a striking outlook.

The school year for 2015 was originally slated to begin on 5th January 2015, but it eventually begun on 12th January 2015 due to the flood-induced postponement of school reopenings.

There was also great enthusiasm for Bullseye to win the 2015 Sports Day as it would help make Bullseye famous. The organizing team for Bullseye was the best of all time. The Bullseye members that year were on high morale, leading to Bullseye winning so many athletic competitions. Bullseye won the dance competition and subsequently secured the Championship with 5554 points. All of this was thanks to a great work well done and the successful implementation of strategies from Nobel Cup 2014.

The Nobel Cup 2015 was also placed on a high bar because of the success of defending Sports Day 2015. Once again, a clear leader had to be placed to lead Bullseye. Hence, Sabrina Qistina was elected as the captain of Bullseye. 

Originally, Soon Yee Yang, who was elected as assistant captain, was slated to be the House Captain of Bullseye, but the Bullseye members flipped the vote around, making Sabrina Qistina the captain. 

The preparations for Nobel Cup 2015 were severely elected by the 2015 Southeast Asian Haze. Nevertheless, the plans from 2015 were refined and improved. Bullseye managed to successfully defend Nobel Cup and win the 2015 edition. At the same time, it was Bullseye's best ever Nobel Cup performance when the results were announced by Ms June. 



A handwritten journal by Lau Wei Yiang from November 2015 displaying the results of the 2015 Nobel Cup.


2016

For the 2016 Sports Day, a new guideline and management of the event was instituted as Mr Narish Tamilarasan, who was the head of ICT, became the Sports Day Coordinator. He introduced a new, refined format for Sports Day, which included a theme as well as a motivational, exciting approach. Mr Narish organized the Sports Day and introduced classification standards based on athletics for the 2016 Sports Day. In addition to the 2016 Sports Day, Nobel International School also instituted the Founder's Run as both the school's annual cross country tournament as well as a charity fundraiser, being the brainchild of Ms Lim Mee Wee; the then head of student affairs. The theme of the Sports Day 2016 was 'Rise of the Empires'.

The 2016 Founder's Run, being the inaugural Founder's Run, showcased cross country running at the Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam on Friday, 26th February 2016. The inaugural run consisted of a 5km and 10km category. The course was hilly, and the run was won by Edmond Chue (male 5km), Krishanti Devaraj (female 5km), Nieshaal Thambipillay (male 10km) and Hong En Eng (female 10km). The overall champion of the Founder's Run is Touchdown. Aside from that, the first 20 runners were also recognized by the judges. 

From the beginning of the competition of Sports Day, Bullseye maintained a healthy lead throughout the entire event, as it approached its third consecutive Sports Day victory. Sabrina Qistina declared war on all the other houses during the first ever house meeting on 18th January 2016, comparing Nobel Cup to a battle and Sports Day as the great war. Bullseye managed to do very well, maintaining its lead and winning the Sports Day hands down. An attempt to do another banner for Bullseye by Lau Wei Yiang was rejected by Sabrina Qistina due to it being too much of propaganda. The plan was meant to allow Bullseye to have two banners in order to rival the other houses.

The 2016 Sports Day was the only Sports Day where each marcher came up with their own salute. The original plan was to have the salute look like Hitler's, but the march captain, Jeremy Yeap Jien Ming, was told to amend it to look like a high-five after complaints from the management. 


As the 2016 Nobel Cup approached, the management begun changing the format of Nobel Cup from a knockout format to a round-robin format. The house captain election was also changed, with teachers nominating candidates for students to elect. Four candidates were chosen, namely Chia Yan Ying, Yeo Eu Lynn, Alex Chia and Sean Mark. Sean Mark was elected as captain and Yan Ying as assistant captain.

The 2016 Nobel Cup took place on 4th November 2016 at iM4U Sentral, Puchong. Touchdown won the Nobel Cup with 100 points, followed by Bullseye with 90 points, Slamdunk with 70 and Homerun with 60. It was Bullseye's first loss of the Nobel Cup since 2013. 


2017

On 13th January 2017, Mr Narish launched the Sports Day 2017 gala with Ms Sylvia. The theme of the 2017 Sports Day was 'Soaring Together', but what caught the eye of the whole school was that the Nobel Cup 2016 scores were included as part of Sports Day 2017, alongside the Founder's Run. 

The idea was backlashed by the house captains of all four houses, calling it an unfair decision. There was a letter sent to Mr Narish opposing the decision. Nevertheless, the scoring system proceeded as planned. 

There was a plan by Lau Wei Yiang to brand the Bullseye house meets as the 'Bullseye National Convention' just like how political parties branded such meets. However, the idea was met with brickbats as it was based on the naming of the Republican National Convention and the recent election of President Donald Trump for his first term, which he had supported in 2016. Nobellians at the time have negative sentiment on Donald Trump.

The 2017 Founder's Run was the first major event to take place in the 2017 Sports Calendar. Held on Wednesday, 8th February 2017, the 2017 Founder's Run was notable for the victory of Lau Wei Yiang in the 5km male category. The 5km female category was won by Michelle Ott, while Nieshaal Thambipillay defended his 2016 title in the 10km race. Heng Le Anne, meanwhile, won the female category of the 10km. Following the Founder's Run, Chia Yan Ying left for the United Kingdom and was replaced by Chong Vicky as assistant captain.

Bullseye started out in second place in the competition and dropped to third place following the Cheer Competition. A victory in the athletics competition and a tie with Touchdown in the tug of war caused it to gain ground. On Sports Day, Bullseye won a majority of the athletics competitions, and when the judging scores were announced, the scores were Bullseye at 648 points, Touchdown at 649 points, Slamdunk at 638 points and Homerun at 579 points. To this day, it remains the closest score in Nobel International School history. 

2017 was also the first year where Sean Mark and Laura Mark, both siblings, won the Sports Boy and Sports Girl and were from the same family. 


The 2017 Sports Day scores showing the one-point gap between Bullseye and Touchdown.



Following the 2017 Sports Day, emotions ran high during the 2018 House Captain Election on 11th September 2017, as it was the first house captain election following the loss of Bullseye to Touchdown and the one-point gap. The date was also the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States and was a sombre date. But it was also a date for reflection and hope; not just for America, but also for Bullseye. 

Every single member was really baffled as to the house captain election, which would decide the future of Bullseye as it did in previous years. Many Bullseye members wanted Bullseye to win again. This house captain was important due to the desire of Bullseye members wanting to win again. 

A house captain would need to meet strict criteria outlined by Mr Narish, namely being free of disciplinary records, receive good feedback by teachers, demonstrate good behavior and would be a Year 11 student in 2018. It was the first house captain election to have strict criteria. 

During the election, sentiment about the one-point gap was raised as many grieved the loss of Bullseye. Koo Shi Tian was elected as the house captain, with Ethan Chan as assistant captain. 

Bullseye eventually managed to win the 2017 Nobel Cup, and this Nobel Cup is the first Nobel Cup with a tie between Homerun and Touchdown.





2018

In the 2018 Founder's Run, Lau Wei Yiang defended his 5km title, and Bullseye managed to wrest the Founder's Run from Touchdown, becoming the second house to become champion of the Founder's Run. Frustrated with sentiment from 2017, the victories of Bullseye in the Nobel Cup 2017 and Founder's Run 2018 brought a fresh start for Bullseye. It appeared as though Bullseye was leading again. However, Bullseye failed to win the Sports Day as Touchdown overtook Bullseye in the standings. Bullseye managed to secure second place with 751 points for Bullseye to 828 points for Touchdown.

The 2018 Sports Day had Justice League as the theme announced by Mr Narish, and was renowned for the eventual rise of Danial Hafiz from Slamdunk as a sports sprinter. 

The loss of Bullseye in Sports Day 2018 resulted in the election of Chia Zheng, Ashwin Jeyabalan and Alyssa Kok as the next house and assistant captains. For the first time in Nobel International School's history, each sports house is required to have a female assistant captain.

Bullseye eventually won the 2018 Nobel Cup which was held on 13th November 2018, scoring 290 points. Touchdown got 285 points, Homerun 280 and Slamdunk 270. Originally, Homerun was declared as the champion of the Nobel Cup, followed by Bullseye and Touchdown being in a tie, and Slamdunk with 270 points. Another score showed Bullseye and Slamdunk being tied. The management eventually announced Bullseye as the winner as the scores from the badminton matches of Nobel Cup were riddled with flaws. 





2019

Bullseye, fresh from winning Nobel Cup 2018, won the Founder's Run 2019 on 22nd February 2019 in its largest margin since the Founder's Run was incepted. Successfully defending the Founder's Run title from 2018 and the Nobel Cup title from 2017, Bullseye maintained a steady lead just like in 2016, winning the Sports Day on 22nd March 2019. 

The 2019 Sports Day is seen as the equivalent of 9th May 2018 in the Bullseye version, as Bullseye members toppled Touchdown after over 721 days. It was a watershed moment in which alumni helped topple Touchdown's lead. 

The theme of the 2019 Sports Day was Transformers, and Alysha Yuen won the Sports Girl title for Bullseye. Bullseye also managed to win the banner competition for the first time, but Slamdunk managed to come in a close second place. Touchdown was defeated in its worst performance in history, getting last place. 

On 30th August 2019, the next house captain election was held, and Ashley Cheah was elected as Bullseye's second female house captain after Sabrina Qistina in 2016. Bullseye failed to win the Nobel Cup 2019, losing to Slamdunk and tied with Touchdown.



2020

The year 2020 is seen as the year where Wawasan 2020 was to be achieved, and was to be a brand new year for everybody. 

At the start of 2020, Australia experienced a bushfire, prompting Mr Narish to put the theme as 'Endangered Animals' as a tribute to the bushfire. It was the final theme Mr Narish would coordinate as the Sports Day coordinator. Mr Narish felt that it would be beneficial for the school to appreciate animals, and hence, Bullseye's mascot was chosen as an Ethiopian wolf. 

The outbreak of Covid 19 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, caused a lot of concern and resulted in Founder's Run being declared an internal event, barring alumni and parents from the race. As cases rose, safety precautions were taken to prevent the spread of Covid 19. Nevertheless, Bullseye managed to defeat Slamdunk by winning the Founder's Run, and got back the first place win.

Founder's Run 2020 was held at Bukit Jalil Park on 14th February 2020, to promote the launch of Seeds Connections, which is a psychological counselling unit under Fungates Superflow Foundation and that the launch of Seeds Connections promotes its headquarters in Bukit Jalil.

The Sports Day 2020, scheduled for 27th March 2020, was also to be made an internal event with no parents and alumni allowed. However, as cases rose in March 2020, Sports Day was cancelled due to Covid 19 and the consequential movement control order. 

After the resumption of in-person learning in June and July 2020, plans were made to hold Nobel Cup on 10th November 2020 in a safe manner. In August 2020, an election for the house captain for the year 2021 was held, but no result was announced. Nobel Cup had to be cancelled due to the imposition of the second conditional movement control order in October 2020. Mr Narish subsequently left Nobel in December 2020 and is now based in Sri KDU International School.



2021

2021 was seen as a year which is the only virtual academic year for Nobel due to Covid 19, along with a virtual Founder's Run, which Bullseye managed to defend its title. An athletics day scheduled for 14th April 2021, alongside the 2021 Nobel Cup, scheduled for 30th November and 1st December 2021, had to be axed due to the pandemic. With Bullseye having the Champion House Trophy from 2019 and lead from the 2020 scores, 2021 is also considered a Bullseye victory year, and Bullseye managed to achieve its first three year victory since 2016.



2022

Nobel International School launched Founder's Run 2022 in March 2022, resulting in a Bullseye victory thanks to the largest amount of registrations. With the telematch competition on 24th June 2022 and the KS4 Nobel Cup on 15th July 2022, Homerun emerged as the next potential challenger to Bullseye. 

The KS4 Nobel Cup was instituted because it was to act as a replacement Sports Day for the benefit of Year 11 students. The KS3 Nobel Cup, held on 22nd November 2022, saw Bullseye win the tournament, securing a fourth year in power and overtook its first victory streak from 2014 to 2016, achieving a dream dreamt of in terms of winning four years since 2013.

The 2022 victory commemorated the 10th anniversary of Bullseye's establishment, alongside 10 years of Nobel under Cambridge's syllabus.



2023

After Nobel International School relocated to Damansara Jaya in 2023, a telematch competition was held which put Touchdown in first place, at 1400 points, followed by Homerun at 1250 points, Bullseye at 1200 points and Slamdunk at 1000 points. It was the biggest challenge to a Bullseye victory, as winning 2023 would confirm the victories of 2020, 2021 and 2022, making a total of five years of Bullseye victory. 

Plans were made to celebrate Hing Fook Soon's birthday as the Sports Day coincides on 23rd June. A ribbon cutting ceremony and a ground breaking ceremony using a ceremonial Chinese groundbreaking stone was planned, but it had to be cancelled as critics said that the stone reminded one of Chinese graveyards. 

A statue was also proposed to be placed at the new campus in Damansara Jaya to commemorate the Bullseye victories, but it was never followed through. 

In April 2023, Founder's Run was launched and consisted of a virtual run and a physical run, scheduled for 1st July. However, the races had to be postponed, along with Sports Day, due to a heatwave occurring in the middle of the year. 

Bullseye managed to win the Founder's Run due to the highest distance covered in the virtual run. However, during the physical Founder's Run which was held on 22nd July, a downpour disrupted the race, with runners billing it as the flood marathon. Bullseye also managed to win the Sports Day on 20th November 2023 in solid fashion, along with the 2023 Nobel Cup. This meant that for the fourth time since 2014, Bullseye managed to win every single major tournament held in the academic year, after 2014, 2015 and 2022, which was the first to involve the Founder's Run.

The 2023 Sports Day involved the support of Principal Chee Fooi Foon of SJKC Shin Cheng (Harcroft), which was instrumental in crafting the fifth year. At the same time, the Sports Day was the first Sports Day to be held in the morning since 2010. The 2023 Sports Day was presided over by a new format which elected captains based on gender. Thus, there were four captains, namely the male and female official captain and the male and female assistant captains to promote gender balance. The four captains were Derrick Chou, Lim Zi Xuan, Cayden Onn and Chin Yu Xin.


2024

Since 2021, Bullseye members have dreamt of winning the 2024 Sports Day, billed as the 20th Anniversary Sports Day, in order to commemorate the 10th Anniversary since Bullseye's first ever Sports Day victory. This was to ensure a grand celebration and tribute to all the Bullseye members who worked so hard over the past decade to make Bullseye win for so many years. The plan was billed on the premise of Kongsi Raya, which is the joint celebration of Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri which last occurred in 1998 and would occur again in 2029.

Fresh from the 2023 Sports Day, Bullseye managed to win the 2024 Founder's Run. However, changes to the scoring system for Sports Day and the emerging talent from other houses challenged the Bullseye victory. On the 20th Anniversary Sports Day, Bullseye was leading till it dropped to third place during the competition. An investigation confirmed that without the judging events, Bullseye would have won the Sports Day. 

There was no Nobel Cup for 2024, and the 20th Anniversary Sports Day was coordinated by Mr Mishach David, the head of PE in Nobel International School. The loss of Bullseye in 2024 meant that it had lost a Sports Day for the first time since 2017 and 2018. It was the worst Sports Day record for Bullseye since 2013. 







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