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MoH swings

MHA scoRes its wAy to VictoRy
A Bulls eye! 1 april 12 may 2014
Over the period 1 April to 12 May 2014 saw the gathering of the best tennis
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players from the Public Service, competing for honours in the Public
T Service Tennis Tournament 2014 at the Yio Chu Kang Tennis Centre.
There is more to a game of darts than just aiming and throwing. Experts
As in previous years, Ministry of Health (MOH) team was a force to be
will speak of throwing techniques, the types of grip and even the stances
reckoned with. In the fnal against the Ministry of Education team, MOHs
to adopt. On 14 June 2014, Saturday, the AUPE Sports & Recreation Club
was teeming with many of these experts, all eager to score points at the Dr Colin Theng produced a stunning upset against his opponent to give
Public Service Darts Competition. the team a lifeline. Longtime doubles pair Harold and Gin Tsen also scored
the winning point despite steady opposition. Other doctors such as Liaw
Overall Champion Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sent in a total of fve Chen Mei, Mark Fernandez and Evan Woo also pulled their weight to give
teams. The commitment to win the Championship title was evident all MOH its deserved win.
along, said convenor Elangovan M. For MHAs Team Four, one key factor is
their willingness to commit themselves to practise. All the players under MOH Team Captain Dr Harold Choi described this years tournament as
Wendy Hon Pei Ling and Alan Chau Zhi Wangs leadership are committed the most exciting one yet. We won every tie 32 from the frst round
and passionate. to the fnals. A good number of players were injured and I had a nerve-
wrecking time leading a bare-bones team to defend the title.
After every game, the team meets up, discusses the good and weaknesses,
motivates each other and prepares for the next game. This is the teams Guest-of-Honour and CSC Executive Committee Member Mr Addy
secret to winning. Suhairi Selamat gave away the prizes to the winning teams.

Results Results
Champion: Ministry of Home Affairs Champion: Ministry of Health
1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (1)
2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of the Environment and 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (2)
Water Resources 3rd Runner-Up: National University of Singapore
3rd Runner-Up: Housing and Development Board

A VictoRy lAP
foR MinDef

thurSday, 26 may 2014

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On 26 April 2014, Saturday, avid swimmers in
the civil service sector gathered at Tessensohn
Clubhouse for the Public Service Swimming
Meet. With speed, agility and powerful
techniques, the teams from Ministry of Defence
swam their laps and eventually took home the
Championship title.

Convenor Desmond Yeap said, We were always
quite confdent of our mens team and we hoped weekly. As defending Champion, Desmond Results
our womens team would clinch the runner up said they had to feld the best swimmers and
position. When they surpassed expectations selection was based on discussions with the Champion: Ministry of Defence
and came in frst for two events, we knew we committee and coach Eric Yan. The credit Joint 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education
had achieved our objectives. really goes to the management, coach and and Sport Singapore
individual swimmers! he added. Guest-of- 3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Home
For two months, the team members took time Honor and GM, CSC, Mr Charlie Ng presented Affairs
out of their busy schedules and trained twice prizes to the winners.