COMMITTEE - Chinese Swimming Club

BADMINTONSUB- COMMITTEEINTRODUCTIONCSC Badminton continued its growthin 2009, with 142 Section membersand trainees. We also collaborated withnew sports brand powerhouse Li NingSports to organise the inaugural ChineseSwimming Club – Li Ning BadmintonDoubles (Invitational) Championships.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEARThe Ronald Susilo Badminton Training Camp was organised in Marchto raise funds for the CSC Centennial Charity. It attracted 26 youngparticipants and raised $1,500 for Dover Park Hospice. C&T SportsTrading kindly sponsored a T-shirt each for the participants.The Club hosted the Official Launch of the Aviva Open Singapore2009 Super Series in April. Among the participants were top honchosfrom Aviva and SBA, national players from the past, present, andfuture as well as members of the media.CSC Badminton Team Challenge was held in May and attracted 42members ranging from 14 to 70 years of age. The winners receivedprizes sponsored by C&T Sports Trading.The Singapore Badminton Association selected our Club as the AvivaOpen 2009 official practice venue in June for the second successiveyear. In return, the Club was given a full-page advertisement in thetournament’s official magazines that were distributed to the playersand supporters of all the 28 participating countries.The CSC Age Group Badminton Championships was held in June for44 young members to display their array of abilities and tenacity in6 different age categories.The Badminton Section welcomed the prestigious Royal BangkokSports Club (RBSC) in August for a friendly match. It was a chance forus to reciprocate the hospitality they had showered us with whenour players visited their Club for the past three years. RBSC presentedan exquisite Royal Carriage as a souvenir to commemorate the ClubCentennial Celebrations.Our Club teamed up with Li Ning to organise the inaugural ChineseSwimming Club – Li Ning Badminton Doubles (Invitational)Championships for 98 top players in October. Li Ning sponsored$70,000 worth of sports equipment while our Club President,Mr Edwin Lee also supported the competition with $5,000cash sponsorship.Vanessa Neo (25th SEA Games, Women’s Team Bronze)Ronald Susilo & Kelvin Ho (25th SEA Games, Men’s Team Bronze)Thng Ting Ting (Li Ning Youth Intl Girls Singles Under 19 1st)Thng Ting Ting & Mok Jing Qiong (Cheers Age Group Women’sOpen Doubles 1st)Colleen Goh (Cheers Age Group Women’s Open Singles 2nd)Mok Jing Qiong (Cheers Age Group Women’s Open Singles Joint 3rd)Ng Wei Pin & Hamon Shen (Cheers Age Group Men’s Open DoublesJoint 3rd)Noriko Goh & Samantha Neo (Cheers Age Group Women’s OpenDoubles Joint 3rd)Alistaire Chua & Sng Ming Wei (Cheers Age Group Boys Under 13Doubles 2nd)LOOKING AHEADWe look forward to organising more enriching and interactiveevents for the Section members and trainees. We will also provideour young & talented players who represent the Club with our fullestsupport to fulfill their immense potential.APPRECIATIONThe Badminton Sub-Committee would like to thank all playersand members for their fervent participation in the Club’sorganised events, the Organising Committee, Club Officials, LiNing Sports, C&T Sports Trading, Brother International, MalaysiaDiaries Industries, Pilot Pen, Freshening Industries, and theSingapore Badminton Association for their generous support ofthe Club’s events. We would also like to commend Ronald Susilofor his kind gesture to help raise funds for the Club’s CentennialCharity. Last but not least, I would like to thank the CSC staff fortheir tireless efforts to ensure the smooth running of all activitiesand competition.Reported byMr Ronald Lam, ConvenorChinese Swimming Club Age Group Badminton (Invitational)Tournament 2009 was held in December for the fifth consecutive year.1,021 participants ranging from 6 to 17 years of age competed in 380hours of Badminton for top honours. Main sponsor C&T Sports Tradingand co-sponsor Brother International generously sponsored thisyear’s competition.The following Club players achieved outstanding results inprestigious national & international competitions:Deputy ConvenorMr Michael FooMembersMs Doris YoungMr Joseph SngMr Andrew FooMr Tan Koon MengMr Tjoa Tek HinMr Ng Seng LeongMr Philip Lu32