Balut

Convenor: Vashi Sajnani | Article by: Anwar Gaffoor

From left: GCB Chairman Sam Sharpe with Balut Section Committee; June winner Else getting her bottle; NUSS Friendly second placed winner Huned.

We had a record-breaking 39 Members and guests for the monthly game held on 14 June which included guest of honour Sam Sharp, Chairman Games Control Board. Sam came to find out what Balut is all about and after a quick coaching session, gamely stayed on for all six rounds. It was evident he enjoyed the game as the evening wore on. He didn’t do badly too as a beginner and came in nineth position. We look forward to having you with us again, Sam, and we hope your interest in Balut will be sustained. Results for June: • Champion: Else Stokkmo with 666 points • Runner Up: Vashi Sajnani with 661 points • Lowest score: Anwar Gaffoor with 483 points The Stokkmos have been consistent and taking turns between Rolv and Else to win. As they say, some people have all the luck! For July, we arranged an alternative social game at NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House on 13 July. The premises at Kent Ridge were recently renovated and we had a very enjoyable evening with our good friends from NUSS. This match was a friendly game so the scores do not count towards our annual in-house championship; the results are: • Gana from NUSS in top position with 686 points • Huned Hassanbhai in second place with 645 points • Jasmine Fisher taking third spot with 634 points Thanks to Sunita and Soma for donating respectively a whisky and a wine bottle for this game. The Section also contributed four bottles of wine which were matched by NUSS and allowed for a wider range of prizes to be awarded that night. We look forward to making this an annual event between the two clubs and we will keep Members posted once we have finalized plans to reciprocate and host NUSS.

Round Two was also held at SRC but hosted by Eurasian Association on 29 June. Despite a very good start in the first round, we stumbled in this second round and could only manage a fourth placing by our Team 1. NUSS took the top two positions followed by Khalsa in third place. As mentioned, only our Team 1 managed fourth placing while our three other teams came in last. Our players who did well in Round Two are: • Huned Hassanbhai in second spot with 661 points • Jasmin Fisher in fourth spot with 645 points • Zoeb Sadiq in nineth position with 622 points There are four more rounds to play so scores and positions can change as each round is played. Round Three will be hosted by NUSS at their Kent Ridge Guild House on 17 August followed by Round Four hosted by Tanglin Club on 14 September, Round Five hosted by us on 19 October and the final round hosted by Khalsa Association on 9 November

Our contingent of 15 players had a very enjoyable and memorable time in Kuching on 22 - 23 July for this annual Invitational Inter-Club Balut Competition. It was special coming as it is after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. A total of 84 players representing nine clubs from Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore participated in over eight rounds. SCC did well with the following results: • Team results - Else, Rolv, Roland and Raj in second place with a combined score of 3,155 points and only 23 points shy of the champions from SKA who had a total of 3,178 points • On the pairs level, Else & Rolv took second spot as well with 1,644 points, a mere 14 points away from the champions from The

Kinabalu Club and Kinabalu Golf Club with 1,658 points. • For individual scores, our best scorer was Rolv in fourth placing with 839 points. Scores aside, a great time was held by all. Sarawak Club did very well in the organization of the games, the food and ample liquid refreshments and entertainment at the prize giving dinner. The icing on the cake was an announcement that The Kinabalu Club will organize this Invitational in 2023 at Kota Kinabalu. And topping off that announcement was another one made that The British Club Bangkok has agreed to host the 2022 Interport in Bangkok come 25 -26 November.

From left: Our best scoring team at Sarawak; Second place pair at Sarawak.

Convenor: David Yim | Article by: David Yim

From top left corner, clockwise: Glenn Yeo - 2022 National Billiards Champion; Glenn in action on his way to a 2-0 win over Alex; B&S Section Committee from left to right - David Yim (convenor), GP Yap (treasurer), Jason Tan, Peter Gilchrist, Tan Bak Choon; our new marker Winston Tang (left).

Congratulations to Glenn Yeo for wining the National Billiards Championship in February. The tournament was played in ROSSA and Glenn played well to beat Alex Puan 2-0 in a best of 3 final.

Our Section AGM was held on 25 Feb and we had a good turnout and lively discussion over how Men’s Bar should evolve after the COVID-19 relaxation rules kick in. The elected Section Members areDavid Yim, Tan Bak Choon, GP Yap, Peter Gilchrist, Jason Teo and Jason Tan. We wish to welcome our new Marker Winston Tang who has joined the Club full-time.