Singapore and UCSC flags flew high as PANG Ka Hoe (seeded 17 - 32) played above himself in the British Junior Open 2011 Boys' Under-15 (BU-15) category to beat a member of the formidable Egyptian entourage, Karim TAREK (seeded 9 - 16) by a scoreline of 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 in 50 minutes to earn a spot in the quarter-finals. The win was particularly impressive as TAREK is said to be the Egyptian BU-15 No. 2 and could have been seeded much higher than 9 - 16 officially accorded him for this BJO 2011 event.

Dear UCSC-sians,

Please be informed that quite a number of UCSC players who will play in the UCSC 2010 Team Challenge Final & 3rd/4th Placings, will also be involved in the Tanglin International Doubles this Saturday (27th Nov).

As such, the Team Event Committee has decided to have the UCSC Team Challenge Final & 3rd/4th Placings postponed a week from this Saturday (27th Nov) to next Saturday, 4th December 2010.

Please pass on the word. SP Courts for our regular social hit remain unchanged.

The UCSC team events on 4th December will feature:

FINAL           : "Losers Buy Drinks"    vs.   "Born 2 Win"

3RD/4TH       :  "Shaolin Squashers"    vs.   "Flying Fireballs"

UCSC Lives & Breathes Squash!

It was a weekend of exciting squash fest which saw the JCC Squash Invitational 2010 take place from Fri 5th Nov through to Sunday 7th Nov.

There were some eye-openers in many of the matches and upsets galore. It bodes well for the future of Singapore squash.

The 3rd/4th placing between Darren Subramaniam and Pang Ka Hoe started just moments before the Final between Samuel Kang and Marcus Phua overlapped. Some spectators probably expanded as much energy as the players when they traversed constantly between the two exciting matches.

In the 3rd/4th placing event, Darren strolled to an easy 11-2 win and it looked like Ka Hoe was about to be steam-rolled. But typical of the talented younger youngster, he came up with some scintillating shots to give Darren some pause for a cause when Ka Hoe snuck home the 2nd set by 11-9. It was close in the 3rd and 4th sets with Darren asserting his superiority to edge home by 11-9, 11-7 to win 3-1 overall and emerge 3rd overall in the event.

In the Final, it was a mouth-watering match-up between two immensely talented Singapore national players. Exciting shot-making from Marcus, stoic discipline before pin-point tuck-aways from Samuel and exciting athletic retrievals from both players, gave the packed audience "value for money" (even though entry was FREE). The first match didn't prepare the crowd for what was to come when Marcus eased into a 11-5 first set win. Samuel then dug in and came away  a 11-9 winner in the second. Then both players kept spectators on the edge of their seats (for those sitting especially) with superb atheleticism and outrageous winners after energy-sapping rallies. Marcus sealed victory with a superb cross-court smash volley nick which a fully stretched Samuel just failed to reach. With this victory, Marcus has won the title for the 3rd consecutive time since the inaugural event in 2008.

Kudos to JCC resident-coach & chief UCSC coach Simon Yang, JCC convenor, Robin Soh, and JCC/UCSC member, Bobby Pang, for putting together such a hugely successful event. Congratulations!

JCC and UCSC, Live & Breathe Squash!

Attachments:

JCC Squash Invitational 2010 (Final Results).xls

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UCSC-sians!

We have completed the 3rd week of the UCSC 2010 Team Challenge and our congratulations to Shaolin Squashers, Losers Buy Drinks, 'B'orn '2' Win and Flying Fireballs for having confirmed their slots in the semi-finals. The kung-fu masters from Shaolin Squashers will take on the misleading Losers Buy Drinks in one semi-final and 'B'orn '2' Win, having trounced B4 The Rest (and ahead of the rest) take on the almost-doused Flying Fireballs this coming Saturday (20th Nov) at the Singapore Polytechnic courts.

See the attached spreadsheet for all results up till the 3rd week.

UCSC Lives & Breathes Squash!

Attachments:

UCSC Team Challenge 2010 - 3rd Week\'s Results (Updated).xls

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