Billiards & Snooker

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.

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. 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

Balut

Convenor: Vashi Sajnani | Article by: Anwar Gaffoor

From top left, clockwise: September winner Fatema with her special limited edition Chivas prize; October winner Huned Hassanbhai; Everyone’s a winner in Balut, even with lowest score - Renee with her prize.

MONTHLY SECTION GAMES

There was no section game in August owing to the extended closure of the Gilmour Room so when we held the Saturday afternoon game on 17 September, the response was overwhelming. We had 30 Members and 6 guests who were all in for a pleasant surprise when they turned up; instead of the Gilmour Room, we were given the Padang Restaurant for the afternoon.

Results for September :

• Champion: Fatema Sadiq with 641 points • Runner Up: Vashi Sajnani with 633 points • Lowest score: Huned Hassanbhai with 455 points Fatema was given a special limited edition Chivas Regal whisky bottle courtesy of Rajan Menon who kindly donated it. For everyone’s information, prizes are given only to Members whose scores are recorded officially. October’s game was a midweek night on Tuesday, 4 October. A total of 34 members and guests attended including new Section Members Jan and Molly Singh and Rajan Alwani.

Results for October:

• Champion: Huned Hassanbhai with 684 points • Runner Up: Fatema Sadiq with 645 points • Lowest score: Renee Balagopal with 482 points In a total reversal of fortunes, Huned Hassanbhai went from lowest scorer in September to highest scorer in October. This is what makes Balut fun and interesting as nothing is certain and your scores can change with each game.

INTERCLUB BALUT TOURNAMENT 2022

Round 3 was held at NUSS on 17 August. Our Team 2 did well in this round coming in second place with a mere 17 points below the winners Khalsa Team 1.

Our players who did well in this round are: • Yasmin Gaffoor with 642 points • Roland Pereira with 626 points • Ben Cunico with 624 points For Round 4 held at The Tanglin Club on 14 September, we again emerged champions with Team 4 comprising of Renee, Philip, Foo Yong and Jasmine taking top spot having scored 2,455 points - a commanding lead of 77 points over the second place winner NUSS Team 2 with 2,378 points. Our players who did well in this round are: • Yeoh Foo Yong with 656 points • Philip Ng with 622 points • Vashi Sajnani with 621 points