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In the traditional strengths of swimming and waterpolo, the school teams consistently ranked in the top four placings at the national championships. In 2009, the C div Rugby team reached the finals after beating St Andrews in the Semi-finals.

And faced their brother school Acs ( I ) for the finals, with Chan Howard Ho Wai drawing first blood by scoring the first try of the match for ACS ( Barker Road ) but eventually lost when the game ended with Acs ( I ) winning by 21-15.

In 2006, the school accomplished the 2nd placings in Waterpolo for both ' C ' and ' B ' division at the Inter-School National Championships. It was the first time in history that the ' C ' Division made it into the finals and the second time the ' B ' div made it to the finals.

The first time the ' B ' div won and made its lone appearance in the finals dates back to 2002.

In 2009, the ACS ( BR ) water polo ' B ' Division ( Also Known as Barker Titans ) was the first school in Singapore to have won the School Nationals consecutively for three years in a row ( 2007, 2008, 2009 ). In 2007, ACS ( BR ) edged out its brother School ACS ( I ) 7-5 in the waterpolo final with 2 superb shots from Rahul Shankar Pandey in extra time.

In 2008, ACS ( BR ) yet again edged out ACS ( I ) 10-7 despite a slow start, but made history by repeating as champions and remained unbeaten for that season.

In 2009, ACS ( BR ) faced stiffed competition from their younger counterparts from ACS ( I ) but managed to beat them with a tight score of 6-5.

In rugby union, exchange programmes have been held in other countries to gain experience and develop team-building skills.

The school came in 3rd in 2006 and has also been consistently ranked among the top four in Singapore.

Other sports are snooker and bowling which have also come in 1st and 3rd respectively.

These achievements garnered the Sustained Achievement Award for 2006.