A Look at Our Recent Events

A Look at Our Recent Events

CINCO DE MAYO Cocktail Making Class and Dinner

AAS and Brown-Forman partnered to host a fun-filled night at Crane Club, featuring yummy Mexican food and instruction in how to make three cocktails with Tequila Herradura. ¡Olé!

A Taste of Mystery Dinner Tour We had so much fun solving clues to find each location on this mystery dinner tour. The first clue took us to Levant in Duxton Hill for a cocktail with a view. From there, we took a party bus to Southbridge on Boat Quay, with a fantastic view of Marina Bay Sands. After another drink and some snacks, we were treated to a boat ride down around the marina, and back to our dinner location at the National Gallery, Gemma. Following a terrific steak dinner and lovely dessert, we finished with a nightcap and yet another gorgeous landscape at Art, also at the National Gallery.

We can't wait to do it again!

The TD Ameritrade Ambassador’s Cup Golf Tournament presented by XCL American Academy

After a two-year Covid delay, it was wonderful to be back on the course and continue the Ambassador’s Cup golf tradition started back in 1935. What an amazing day we had at The Singapore Island Country Club playing the TD Ameritrade Ambassador’s Cup Golf Tournament presented by XCL American Academy. It was great seeing all the teams having fun, hitting some long drives and sinking some great putts!

A huge thanks also to all our prize donors: Avo & Co, Banyan Tree Bintan, Hard Rock Cafe, Jabra, Seamless Bespoke, The Fullerton Hotel and Titleist.

This event would not be possible without their incredible generosity and support.

And one more round of applause to our Golf Pro Hector McAulay, Golf Chair Chris Milliken as well as SICC Sponsor, Chuan Campbell and his wife Nory for their incredible support and guidance. And It was a thrill to welcome our new ambassador, finally ... a huge thanks to our small, but mighty Jonathan Kaplan, to this year’s tournament. He team at the American Association of Singapore. played with Chris Brankin, CEO of TD Ameritrade; So while it was a crazy fun day, we also had some Brian Rogove, CEO of XCL Education; and Ashok rain. A lot of rain, in fact! With the rain delay, many Lalwani, who represented AAS. Ashok is the golfers were unable to complete the course which treasurer on our Executive Board as well as a made it challenging to calculate the score. Chris Partner at Baker McKenzie. Talk about a power and Chuan spent hours trying to find the fairest team! way to determine the winners. The final score was We would like to say thank you to all of our calculated by taking the team score for the number fabulous sponsors who made this event a smashing of holes played, dividing by the number of holes success. played, then multiplying that number by 18 then subtracting the team handicap. Whew! A huge Title Sponsor: TD Ameritrade thanks to them for working this out and to you all for understanding that no scoring system would be Presenting Sponsor: XCL American Academy perfect given the circumstances.

Eagle Sponsors: Expat Dental, GRTActive, and Covid restrictions prevented us from having the Singapore American School usual after-tournament awards dinner so we had Birdie Sponsors: Brown-Forman, JW Marriott, a small awards ceremony at the Hard Rock Cafe PengWine, The American Club and VanMedia Group. the week after the tournament. Unfortunately, not

all the winners could attend to claim their prizes, Novelty Golf Prize Winners but those who came enjoyed their burger, beer Closest to the Line and prizes!

Praveen Lingamneni won a Callaway leather bag.

And the winners are...

Longest Drive First Place Winners Henry Wood won a bottle of Woodford Reserve.

Kari Jokela, Juha Kuntola, Anssi Seikkola, Nearest to Pin Matti Talala Glenn Ong took home three bottles of PengWine.

Each player received an engraved mug, Glenn also won the top Lucky Draw Prize: a a customized tailored shirt of Italian fabric from staycation at Banyan Tree Bintan complete with Seamless Bespoke and a one-night staycation for daily breakfast and a round of golf! Lucky guy! two including breakfast at The Fullerton Hotel.

Our charity Second Place Winners Thanks to our golfers’ incredible generosity when Sam Ahmad, Fraser Jamieson, Tommy buying mulligans and taking a chance against the Rathleff, Ming Wong Pro! We are so proud to announce that we raised Each player received an engraved flask and a set $6,000 for LOVE, NILS, our charity for the day! And of Jabra Elite4, Active noise-canceling earbuds. that’s with only about half of the golfers getting to the Beat the Pro hole because of the rain. Bravo!

Third Place Winners Click here to learn more about the great work John Malone, Darren Murphy,Jonny Owens, LOVE, NILS does.

Henry Wood In short, it was a fabulous day on the green Each player received an engraved thermal surrounded by many who make the American wine glass and a fabulous gift basket provided by Association’s community so great. We’re thrilled The American Club. we were able to host this hallmark event once more and look forward to our next marquis event.

Thank you to our sponsors who made this tournament possible and added to the fun with amazing prizes and gifts!

Eagle Sponsors

Birdie Sponsors

Golf Pro Sponsors

Segway Tour of Marina Bay Several AAS members enjoyed a tour around the marina and Gardens by the Bay with a unique mode of transportation - a Segway!

[Saint Jack Movie Screening & Walking Tour] We had a great time watching the 1979 film, Saint Jack, filmed entirely in Singapore, and enjoying terrific local foods. Before the movie began, we heard from Ben Slater, author of Kinda Hot: The Making of Saint Jack in Singapore, about the history of the film and how it was secretly made.

A huge thank you to XCL World Academy for hosting the screening!

Some of the group got together the following weekend to take a tour with Jane’s Tours of some of the film’s locations, comparing what they look like today to how they appeared 40 years ago!

Beach Clean Up at Pasir Ris Park We once again teamed up with Stamford American International School to clean up the beaches at Pasir Ris Park. Great work, everyone!

We love the holidays! It is a time to give and that is what we did! Scouts from BSA Troops 07, 10 and 1010 as well as USA Girl Scouts Overseas Troop 83 all helped to set up boxes and collect new toys at International Community School, Marsh, Sembawang, Singapore American School, Stamford American International School, The American Club, and the US Embassy.

The overflowing boxes were taken to the US Marines who distributed the toys to children around Singapore.

To celebrate, The American Club and the American Association worked together on a virtual event sponsored by Marsh. Kids were thoroughly entertained by their host, Merry Nut Cracker, who played some games and decorated some cookies with them.

Claire and Charlotte were very creative and won our cookie decorating contest while Ben, Zoe and their dog took home the Most Festively Dressed prize. The kids left with big smiles on their faces, especially after a surprise visit from Santa!

Thanksgiving Sunset Cruise Official Sponsor

What a magical way to celebrate Thanksgiving! Our sunset dinner sail sponsored by Singapore American School was truly delightful – and yummy! It was lovely to see people eyeball to eyeball including special guests Chargé d'Affaires and US Chief of Mission Rafik Mansour and his wife Nermine as well as Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck and his wife, Lesley.

The Silent Auction and Raffle brought in $5455, half donated to The Mission to Seafarers Singapore. A huge thank you to all who donated to make the evening a success!

Thanksgiving Sunset Cruise Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors!

Valerie Brandt Designs, Tatiana Alieva & AT ART GALLERY, and Craigellachie

On board the cruise, we held a silent auction.

Half of the proceeds from these events, $2,727.50, was donated to The Missions to Seafarers Singapore (MTSS). The MTSS supports the 1.5 million seafarers who work to bring goods to the rest of the world. Many of these seafarers have not been able to leave their ships, with some being stuck on board for over a year. This donation will help to provide seafarers with wifi routers, allowing them more stable connections to communicate with their families. We also wrote letters to seafarers to thank them for their tireless efforts aboard the ships. Thank you to all who participated in our silent aution and letter writing!

Turkey Trot with XCL World Academy Turkey Trot is back! On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, 35 runners (the max under current Covid restrictions) wound their way through the beautiful XCL World Academy campus. After the run, everybody enjoyed a picnic breakfast then took home participation medals and a goodie bag. What a fun way to burn off all those Thanksgiving calories!

Congratulations to our Most Festively Dressed family!

Halloween at Universal Studios We had a spooky good time celebrating Halloween with Universal Studios Singapore. KT’s Bar and Grill served up scary bites, we held a best costume contest, and kids guessed how many pieces of candy were in a giant tub to win it all!