Friendly with IRAS on a Saturday on 28th Jul 2012 from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Date      :              Saturday 28th Jul 2012 Time      :              1:30 pm to 4:00 pmFormat  :              4MD, 3XD, 1WD & 1 Veteran (>45 years);  Players can repeat but can max 2 matches;  No rubber set;

Players confirmed:  Please take note of the change of dates… let me know if it is still fine with you…let me know if I missed anyone of you… those who have yet to respond, please let me know…. we need more ladies….and more men…..for more playing opportunities and exposure….

 

By the way, there are other friendlies in the pipeline like Law Society, etc… stay tune..

 

1)      Jeral

2)      Chong Yew

3)      SK Gan

4)      Jeremy Gan

5)      Chng

6)      Michael

7)      Yee Fong (Ms) – Need to leave by 3 pm

8)      Sew Meng

9)      Ang SC

10)   KC

11)   Davis – Only can play after 2 pm

News flash - Results of 1st round on 19th May SBH Badminton Pentangular Challenge - NUSS 2nd position after 1st round

 Dear all,

News flash:  1^st round kick off last evening (19^th May 2012);  We started playing at about 6:45 pm and our last match ended at around 11:00 pm (yes, no mistake in my typing);

 

1)      Background:

 

NUSS was once again invited by Singapore Badminton Hall (SBH) to participate in Badminton Pentangular Challenge;  The other four (4) teams are:

1)      SBH

2)      Swift

3)      Team from China

4)      Team from Philippines

 

2)      Match format:  5 Doubles (Open) played over 4 rounds;  The five (5) doubles pairs were ranked accordingly and all the 1^st ranked players from all the five (5) teams will play among each other in court 1;  This applies to 2^nd ranked in court 2, 3^rd ranked in court 3, and so on till 5^th ranked;  To spice up the game and allow more players to play including "players might need to "retire" due to injury, each team is also allowed to play their substitutes (newly added after this evening kick-off meeting among Team Captains);

 

3)      In all, each doubles pairs would have to play 4 matches (2 games of 21 points; Handicap given to losing team in 1^st set based on difference in score in 1^st set, minus 2 divide by 2 and round down);  No rubber set;  A win is 3 points, draw 1 point and no point for loss;  At the end of each round, all the teams will be ranked according to points scored;  1^st position team will be awarded 5 points, followed by 4 for 2^nd, 3 for 3^rd, 2 for 4^th and 1 for 5^th;

 

4)      At the end of each round, all the Team Captains will meet to discuss to review the performances of all teams;  In order not to have a runaway winner, the weaker team(s) will be given additional handicap if required by the stronger ones so that every team is a winner!  Sounds complicated?  Never mind… just go straight to the 1^st round results;

 

5)      NUSS 1^st round results (Win/Draw/L/Points):  Some of the games were very close with deuce….sorry I don't the full matches score details…

 

1^st Doubles – Daniel/Sew Meng:  2/1/1/7 points

2^nd Doubles – SK Gan/Jeremy: 3/1/0/10 points

3^rd Doubles – Charles/Davis: 1/2/1/5 points

4^th Doubles – Francis Tan/Michael: 2/1/1/7 points

5^th Doubles – Alex/Ah Boon: 2/1/1/7 points

Total: 10/6/4/36 points (60% marks out of maximum 60)

 

6)      At the end of 1^st round:

 

SBH: 37 points

NUSS: 36 points

PILIPINAS: 31 points

SWIFT: 17 points

SAT: 14 points

 

7)      Round 2 matches kicks off on Sunday, 8^th July 2012, tentatively at about 3:00 pm (to be confirmed);  Please let me know if you are keen to come and support us in person;  I have attached the road map to SBH for your convenience in case you want to surprise us!

 

With Best Regards/Francis

NUSS Badminton Convenor – 2012

NUSS Badminton Section Members – Guidelines on Players’ Conduct

Objectives:

• To promote mutual respect for one another;
• To foster harmony on the court and good manners; and
• To exercise good stewardship of assets belonging to the Section

1) Etiquette on the Court

a) All players are to practise fair play and  respect fellow players
b) Each player shall exercise due care to prevent accidents or the injury of other players


2)  Court Rotation Play

a) Each player is allowed a maximum of a one-time warm up session of five (5) minutes  on court for each Section Night
b) No singles match is allowed (except when number of players have dwindled or when there are insufficient players for a doubles play)
c) Each doubles play is allowed a game of 21 points. At the end of each game, all  four (4) players must leave the court to allow the next four (4) players-in-waiting to play;


3)  Care of Equipment

a) All players are encouraged to handle shuttles with care during play
b) All players are to exercise restraint in changing shuttles while in play and during warm up
c) Approved players who withdraw new tubes of shuttles from the gym counter are required to record the withdrawal in the log book for proper record-keeping
d) The last remaining player shall assume the responsibility for the return of the Badminton Section Box to the gym counter at the end of each Section Night.

Issued by:
NUSS Badminton Section Sub-Committee - 2012
MAY 2012

Thank you for your support for the 2012 - ISG cum S&R Night & looking forward to your continued support for 2013 ISG!

Dear ALL,

1) I would like to share some of the magical moments of 2012 ISG; 

2) Bowling – Our Badminton “A” team emerged Champion with a total score of 1,909 points;  2nd was Golf with 1,895 points followed by Secretariat at 1,771 points;  Our “B” team also did us proud to come in at 8th position with 1,590 points;

3) Table Tennis – Our Badminton “A” team emerged Champion after straight games victories over Teams from Squash Section (heats), Billiards (quarterfinals), semis over Soccer (given a very favourable draw – Straight away enter into semi-finals) and Golf (2-1) in the finals;  Our “B” team defeats in the heats was by Golf whom our “A” team exacted “revenge” in the finals;

4) Badminton – There were No takers from other Section Members except two (2) Tennis players;  Last year, some found out that badminton was too strenuous and punishing for them because no one wants to kill the shuttle (including our badminton players) resulting non-badminton players panting for their breadth!

5) Darts & Balut – We fielded one team each and did incredibly well too;

6) S & R Night – We filled up one full table and two of our Members sportingly participated in the evening program;  Ang SC our Hokkien football commentator for a Malaysia Cup match and Yee Fong trying to put 5 wedding rings and 5 watches all in one hand;  Kudos to Ang SC eldest son who participated in the football juggler demonstration and Martin’s wife, Theresa also giving another football commentary in English;

7) Other highlights – Prizes were given away for the winners for the various games;  Table Tennis was awarded Sports Section of the Year;  There was also a talk on “Chiropractic and Sports” – See attached material;  The other wholesome program is football jugglers in action which is a refreshing change.

On behalf of the Sub-Committee, I want to express our appreciation to all our participants and supporters (at the sports ground or at home cheering us on);      

Cheers!

Francis Tan