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CSC saw lots of action in both the battle of the brains and brawn, with chess,
scrabble, swimming, bowling, golf, tennis, rock climbing and snooker competitions that
wowed the crowd!

MPTTOEUONUBHNLRITINCSOASPMESREVNICTE “The doubles matches were nail biters and we AWCCMOHCOITCEMHHSUPSWRSEPATIENICTEYSIDONAND
won 9-8 in the Women’s Doubles and 9-7 in the
1 APRIL TO 19 MAY 2015 Men Doubles,” he added. Indeed, the team’s 24 MAY 2015
strategy to find the best pairings at their training With brain power, Ministry of Health (MOH)
Over the period of 1 April to 19 May 2015, 26 teams sessions had contributed to them clinching the triumphed in the Public Service Chess Competition
from 21 government agencies met nightly at the Yio championship title! held at the Club CSC @ Tessensohn on 24 May 2015.
Chu Kang Tennis Centre to battle it out for the top Guest-of-Honour Mr Vincent Goh, CSC Executive The day’s event saw 16 teams from 12 organisations
position in the Public Service Tennis Tournament. In Committee Member, presented prizes to the competing.
each tie, teams had to play five matches to decide winning teams. The ministry fielded two teams, with strong players
the winners. in all four boards. In addition, they had two reserve
Results players to rotate with the third or fourth board
For Ministry of Health (MOH), the main highlight at Champion: Ministry of Health player who needed to rest between rounds.
the finals on 19 May was to once again encounter 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (1) The third round in the competition proved crucial
their regular opponents -Team 1 from Ministry of 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (2) for MOH (1) when the team met its arch rival from
Education (MOE). Both teams were no strangers 3rd Runner-Up: National University of Singapore the Ministry of Education. This has often been the
to each other as they had met many times at this deciding match since MOH started competing in
level of the competition in the last 10 years of the relay events were the high points that day for the the chess competition in 2000. “There were some
tournament. entire team. Lawrence added that his team relished heart stopping moments throughout. At one stage,
the opportunity to compete and looks forward to it looked as though we would draw the match.
“We’ve become rivals and friends at the same time! next year’s swimming meet. We eventually triumphed 3-1 which gave us a
Great sportsmanship. That’s what these games are Guest-of-Honour Mr Charlie Ng, General Manager comfortable two-point lead with two rounds to
about,” said Dr Julian Theng, MOH’s Tennis Convenor. of CSC, presented prizes to the winners. Results go,” said Alvin Ong, MOH Team Convenor.
are given below. The MOH teams scored by focusing on time
MMASWTAINPIKMUDEBMESLFIWINCAGSVEMREVSEIECTE management and playing fast without making
Results mistakes. They had started practising three weeks
25 APRIL 2015 Women’s Category prior to the competition, coming together to
Champion: Ministry of Education play speed chess which is also known as ‘blitz’.
Self-discipline and regular training paid off for 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Health They enjoyed catching up with one another at the
members of the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) team 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence practice sessions and during the competition.
at the Public Service Swimming Meet held at the Club 3rd Runner-Up: Sport Singapore Guest-of-Honour Mr Lau Wah Ming, CSC Executive
CSC @ Tessensohn on 25 April 2015. The MINDEF team Men’s Category Committee Member, presented prizes to the
made waves at the event, beating arch rival Ministry Champion: Ministry of Defence winning teams.
of Education to win the overall championship title 1st Runner-Up: Sport Singapore
and maximum points for the organisation. 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Home Affairs Results
3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Education Champion: Ministry of Health (1)
This was no mean feat, given the fact that the team Overall Position 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education
members could not manage to come together Champion: Ministry of Defence 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Health (2)
for centralised training due to conflicting work 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education 3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence
schedules. Nonetheless, members took it upon 2nd Runner-Up: Sport Singapore
themselves to train for their events. “We have 3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Health
committed swimmers who train on their own
time, and they all rallied when called upon to
compete for Mindef” said Lawrence Yee, Mindef
Swimming Convenor. He said that his swimmers
are very motivated and performance driven and
they actively participates in other swimming meets.

“We take pride in building strong teamwork. This
is clearly evident whenever the team competes
in relay events. While the swimmers may not be
the best in individual events, they complemented
each other as a relay team member and emerged
victorious.”, said Lawrence. It was obvious that the