SECTI ONS
Billiards
Convenor: David Yim | Article by: David Yim
From left, clockwise: Group Photo at CSC with their VP Peter Liew in Green, David Yim and CSC Snooker Convenor Michael Hoon; Osman with his wife on his side with Section Members; BS Section Plaque to Osman; SCC receiving the Plate Runners Up represented by Jason Teo; Jason Teo & Victor Yeong vs RBSC; Clive Cheng vs RSC; Matthew Lim vs RSC.
CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB NATIONAL DAY SNOOKER EVENT We wish to thank Chinese Swimming Club for inviting us to their annual social event on7 August which we have been a part of for the last few years. It was great to see old friends again after a two-year COVID-19 break.
OSMAN RETIREMENT AWARD CEREMONY The Club organised a small award ceremony for the retirement of our marker Osman (Mr Sabidullah Bin Osman) after 29 years of dedicated service to the Club. It was held at the Men’s Bar and a plaque was presented by our Club President Zoher Motiwalla. We thank him for his dedication and services and wish him all the best for the next stage of his life.
LAKE CLUB MALAYSIA DAY INTER-PORT SNOOKER TOURNAMENT IN KUALA LUMPUR Our team of Jason Teo, Matthew Lim, Clive Cheong and Victor Yeong made it up to KL to represent us in this 12-team event. It featured 2 singles and 1 doubles in this 6 red event. Congrats to the team for being runners up in the plate event.
Although visitors are limited, please contact any of the Section Committee Members if you wish to visit him. We continue to pray for him and he appears to be getting better day by day.
VICTOR YEONG WILL BE TAKING OVER AS SCC CAPTAIN UNTIL THE NEXT AGM IN 2023 We welcome Victor back to the Committee and he has full support of the Section as he takes on the duty as Captain of the Section. Victor has been a part of SCC and the section for the last 20 years and we look forward to his contributions.
2023 NATIONAL SNOOKER LEAGUE BEGINS IN DECEMBER / OTHER EVENTS We have several events planned in Q4, including: • Our traditional Christmas Dinner resumes this year • Friendly Match with Tanglin Club • Singapore Billiards Open in November 19-20 at ROSSA • World Billiards Championship in November 21-24 at ROSSA
SCC CAPTAIN TAN BAK CHOON IS RECOVERING WELL Our beloved Captain, Bak Choon, unfortunately suffered a stroke shortly after we returned from Bangkok after the inter-port with RBSC end July. After spending six weeks in hospital, we are happy to update everyone that he is now in a nursing home at Villa Francis in Yishun.
Recent Picture of Bak Choon (second from left) in RBSC with Virapol and Potch and Clive Cheong.
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