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Some of the players did an optional extra round at the Tropicana Golf & Country Resort on Thursday, while others just relaxed at the Grand Dorsett Hotel. Dinner took place at Brazilian restaurant Carnaval, owned by Golf Section Member David Gabriel. On Friday, the full group headed to the Rahman Putra Golf Club for a friendly match with the Royal Selangor Club (RSC), playing 18 holes at the Lakes course – aptly named given the prevalence of water hazards. RSC won with 379 points to SCC’s 345. RSC hosted drinks and dinner and gifted each player with golf balls, as is their custom given how many people might lose theirs in the water on the course. Many thanks to Golf Convenor Ganesan, Dato Haris Sangha and all our friends at RSC! Saturday morning, the players headed off to Kluang Country Club (KCC), a somewhat hilly, walking nine-hole course (with caddies, fortunately). Dato Seri Robert Chew of KCC – who, incidentally, was in the overall Best Pair of the day with KCC Golf Captain Desmond Lim – generously hosted the SCC crew both at dinner that evening and at breakfast the next morning. It was there the luck stopped for SCC, with rain settling in and rendering the group unable to play the planned last 18-hole game, which had been set for the Palm Resort Golf & Country Club’s Cempaka course. So the bus headed back to Singapore earlier than expected (with the lines at immigration not too long) and in time for Sunday dinner. At the end, the tour-goers gave a well-deserved three cheers to Tour Manager Krishna Jagateesen, who kept everything running smoothly throughout.

By Tour Scribe: Joanna Ossinger

Squash

Convenor: Rahul Khare | Article by: Rahul Khare

BANGKOK TOUR: 6 – 7 AUGUST

After a long hiatus, the Squash Section went on their first overseas tour to Bangkok. The tour was organised by Timothy Soh and Sarat Chandran, and a total of nine players represented SCC. We played against The Royal Bangkok Sports Club and The British Club Bangkok. Both clubs were great hosts and the players really enjoyed the camaraderie and the hospitality offered by the clubs. SCC managed to win the tie against RBSC but was unable to match their feat against the British Club. All the matches were very well contested and the results were quite close. Quite a few of our players also enjoyed playing at the Jumbo doubles courts at RBSC.

We have extended an invite to both the clubs to visit SCC and we look forward to welcoming them in the near future.

AMERICAN CLUB FRIENDLY: 27 AUGUST

The American Club hosted SCC for the Annual friendly, The Padang Cup, on 27 August and we played a total of 17 matches. This was one of the longest line-up of players we have ever had for a friendly and all the matches were very well contested. While SCC managed to win 11-6 in the end, a lot of matches could have gone either way and the end result would have been much closer. After the matches, the players feasted on some amazing food and we look forward to hosting our friends in 2023. The highlight was that for the first time we had juniors from both clubs participating in the friendly. As American Club also has a good pool of juniors, it would be good to see more friendlies between us going forward. American Club is planning to go on a tour to Perth in February and has extended an invite to SCC players to join them for it. The Section Committee will be reaching out to Members in due course to gather interest.

END OF LEAGUE PARTY: 3 SEPTEMBER

As has been tradition, the Section Committee organised the End of League Party for all players who had represented the Club in the recently concluded National Squash League. The event was attended by close to 50 members including 20 JSMs. The dinner is a chance for players to gather and celebrate their results in the National Squash League with their teammates. SCC fielded a team of 105 players across grades in the National Squash League. In the premier grade, Team 2 was the 2nd runner up. The Division 1 team was also runner up, losing to New Pioneers in the final by 2 points! Grade D team was also runner up in their Division and Grade E team was 2nd runner up. In the mixed event, the team was also 2nd runner up. This was an excellent performance by the teams and we hope to improve on this in the coming year.

From top, clockwise: Team SCC in Bangkok (left to right): Reuben Tay, Timothy Soh, Sung Woo Park, Rahul Khare, Dawn Chan, Bryden Yong, James Mccarthy, Lim Tong Chuan, Yann Mocellin; Team SCC with Team RBSC; Team SCC with Team BCB; Players from SCC and TAC; SCC Convenor Rahul accepting the Padang Cup from The American Club captain Abesh; Simmy Ong and Justin Yap eceiving their prizes from JSM Representative, Zi Hang Tay.

At the recently concluded Squash Ball - an event organized by the Singapore Squash Rackets Association to celebrate the 50th anniversary of SSRA and the achievements of Singapore Squash - our JSMs Simmy Ong and Justin Yap were named as SG Squash Junior Athletes of the year in their respective categories and were even featured in the Straits Times. The Section Committee decided to present both of them $100 F&B vouchers for their achievement.