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SPORTS CIVIL SERVICE CLUB 14
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MANY PUBLIC OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY TALENTED SPORTSMEN. WE HELD THREE
TOURNAMENTS TO DISCOVER THE MANY HIDDEN TALENTS IN OUR MIDST. MANY
INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MINISTRIES FORMED
TEAMS AND THEN JOINED US FOR A FEW FRIENDLY MATCHES. READ ON TO FIND OUT
HOW THE COMPETITIONS WENT!

MOE
NETS
MOE WON SQUASH THE
A HARD TOURNAMENT WINNING
FOUGHT AT LAST! POINTS
VICTORY
FOR SPF A T
Avid squash players and afcionados from 11 government
The CCAB netball courts were turned into an Olympic
Stadium of sorts as teams and supporters showed up
agencies gathered at the Club HDB from 19 August to 10
H September 2013 for an exciting showdown in the Public in droves for the Public Service Mixed Netball Carnival
on Saturday, 31 August 2013.
Held over three days from 2 to 4 September 2013 at
Service Squash Tournament 2013.
the Orchid Country Club, the Public Service Golf
In total, there were 43 teams from 22 government
The 14 teams had prepared themselves for the strenuous
Championship 2013 saw 244 golfers from 43 teams
coming together to battle it out for the championship games. The event culminated in the final between agencies such as the Ministry of Education (MOE),
Ministry of Defence and Inland Revenue Authority of
defending champion Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
title. The participants enjoyed a good weather for and Ministry of Education on 10 September 2013. The Singapore. MOE had felded the most number of teams,
three days. MHA team had dominated the sports for more than a with 10 teams in total. Debunking the myth that the
The Singapore Police Force Team from Ministry of Home decade. Adopting a never give up attitude, the MOE sport is for women, many of the men played surprisingly
Affairs came in strongly to score a total of 155 Stableford players had trained tirelessly for the event. With good well during the game. From their expressions, it was
points to beat the defending champion, MINDEF Team. strategy combined with hard work, the team caused an evident that many of them also enjoyed themselves
The team was led by Inspector Ajitpal Singh, who scored upset by defeating the defending champion in a closely playing alongside their female colleagues.
5 birdies for an overall 41 Stableford points and a gross fought match. Low Su Rin, who played in one of the MOE teams, said,
score of 72! Supt Mohd Redhza, SSI Ng Hock Seng and Team Captain Denis Koh said, We executed a play of an I have participated in this tournament for a number of
SSS John Choo all pulled their weight, each scoring all-out attacking style and I was relieved that it worked. years. Many of the team members are regulars, and with
38 stableford points and gross scores of 75, 76 and 75 We managed to capture the title that had eluded us for each passing year, the familiarity breeds friendship. It is
respectively. the past few years. The victory would not have been heartening to see that in the last couple of years, the
Guest-of-Honour Mr Tan Boon Huat, CSC Chairman possible without the fantastic teamwork and support standard has gone up.
Board of Games, gave away the prizes. of all the members and supporters.
Results Results Results
Champion: Ministry of Home Affairs (SPF) Champion: Ministry of Education Champion: Ministry of Education (3)
1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence (1) 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Home Affairs (1) 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (10)
2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence (2) 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Defence
3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Home Affairs 3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Home Affairs (2) 3rd Runner-Up: Inland Revenue Authority
(Prisons) of Singapore

FINDING THEIR defeat the MOE team in the semi-fnals and qualify for
the fnal to play against MOE Team 5. The match went
FOOTING into a deadlock and the winning goal had to be decided
in a penalty shootout. Eventually, the SCDF won and was
crowned champion.
T Team Manager Faizal Kamal said that the team had been
Thirty teams from 15 government agencies congregated
at St Wilfrid Field on 28 to 29 September 2013 for the
preparing for the past years. With only seven players in a
Public Service 7-A-Side Football Tournament. In the
preliminary rounds, the teams played a round robin team, each game is more physically taxing as players have
to cover more ground. The players built up their stamina
format within their respective groups. The top and by sticking to a rigorous training routine. The teams game
second placing teams in the groups then proceeded to plan was to go on the offensive. We played a single Results
play in the knockout stage. passing game. We also sent the players to the fanks, Champion: Ministry of Home Affairs (2)
After many hard fought matches, three teams from the said Faizal Kamal. The team manager also commented SCDF
Ministry of Education (MOE) and one team from the that the tournament was well-executed. There were 1st Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (5)
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) went on to compete in no hiccups or delays and the different team captains 2nd Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (6)
the semi-fnals. Although the odds were against them, were all ready 10 minutes before the commencement 3rd Runner-Up: Ministry of Education (1)
the MHA team, represented by SCDF, played well to of each game.