Dear All,

Section Update August 2005

1. SHF League Update

Women Premier (WP)
A very brave fight we had on the 25th June where we lost narrowly to the
Theresians, the eventual champions, who subsequently beat SRC 4-1 at the
Finals. So… we are joint 3rd with Police. A very good season and we will do
better next year!!

Women Division 2 (W2)
The WP played well too with a team made of more juniors and some of us who
…umm…have been around for quite a while. It was not as tense as the Premier
league games and we had some fun, amidst some of the tense moments that we
can always do without. We finished 5th out of 9 teams, not too bad an
achievement for a more social division.

Division 1 (W1)
This has started and Ms Rose'Ain as captain leads the team. A majority
junior team, as we wanted this to be a development league for the JSM. We
made a 'not-more-than-4 seniors' allowed on the pitch rule. We have to date
won 1 game against Police, lost 2 games against SRC and Crescent. The latter
2 games were played back to back and also after the Indoor Hockey on 30
July, Saturday. Almost overdosed with hockey that weekend, but it was
nevertheless a good weekend. 3 more games to go and we hope to get into the
Semi's.

U18
I know the scores do not show well for this league, we lost the 3 games, 2
narrowly, 0-1 to SRC and Crescent, and 0-3 to CSC. But I am still very happy
with our junior squad, led by Miskarmalia. Many are new to the section and
some are still new to the game, but they have so much commitment and
determination, the burning desire to improve that we have seen significant
jumps in performance. They will led towards the strengths for Division 1 and
then form a strong U21 for next season before the cream of the crop will
represent us in the Premier League next year.

Can look up the SHF website for more details: www.singaporehockey.com

2. Friendly Tournaments

Interport against RSC on 9 July 2005
This has always been tough for us and the cup still remains with RSC after
more than 10 years! They have a very strong junior squad and with just 3
senior players, we are no match for them with superior skills and fitness. A
0-5 loss was a reminder of the score we last had with them in KL 2 years
ago… sigh! But we must always work at it and hopefully we will see SCC
engraved on the cup in the near future.

Friendly against Greenwood School 12 July
Good to play teams from overseas as an exposure for our players. Our
opponents were aged 16-18 and were excellent exposure for our junior
players. Won both games against their junior and senior squad, 3-0 and 3-1.
We held a reception at the club after the game.

SCC Indoor Hockey Tournament 30 Jul 2005
This was another much looked forward event as indoor is fun! But very tiring
as Coach Kevin can vouch for it. This was planned more for the youth
development with seniors coming in strength to boost the event and increase
the standard of play. Rose organised the league with Richard from the Hockey
Section and though both could not meet the 7 am arrival time to set up the
pitch, the games were run well and on schedule. An initial confusion on the
number of players allowed on each game saw yellow cards sending players out,
but we soon got our act together. We played in 2 leagues, 5 teams each.  It
was fun to see the youngsters especially Dankar's young boys from St
Michael's School. It was funny to watch, though maybe not for them when
Richard who was very strict with the rules sent 2 boys off on yellow cards
leaving the ACS team 2 players and a keeper to play. 10 minutes per game saw
us play past 12 noon with 2 play offs, the top M team against the officials
and the top L team against the 2nd team from the M league.

Photos can be seen on this link:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2122964273&code=17501620&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite
I will put in in the SCC website in due course.

And many thanks to all the helpers who woke up bright and early to help with
the sideboards.

Siew Hua's 'Farewell' Game and Makan

This is today in case you still do not know. Siew Hua is leaving for London
on 3 Septmeber for her fellowship attachment be a world class journalist and
we fear that she will like the life there so much that she will not return!
She has been an excellent goalkeeper with the Premier team and we wish her
success in her fellowship with this social. Also as important is that we
really miss playing friendlies with our SCC guys, a weekly event that used
to be at the Padang that we now do not have and sorely miss. So we look
forward to a fun evening on the pitch and at the Marquee at the club, a
get-together for both the sections.

3. Training schedules

Remaining dates for training:

Tuesdays: 16, 23, 30 at 7-9 pm, CCAB

Keep up the good work, ladies! Good efforts and turnout. Lots of training
games to play every week.

4. Tour Calender

4.1 The Penang Sports Club 9 Aside Tournament 17-19 June 2005

A huge success in Penang where the team led by Denise as captain and Karina
as Manager saw the SCC ladies lifting up the cheer in the tournament. Please
see the article by Joanne Momsen on the SHF website!

http://www.singaporehockey.com/c_HeadLines_Reports_16.html

4.2 Royal Selangor Sports Club 9 Aside Hockey Tournament Kuala Lumpur ,12 to
14 August 2005

This is up next weekend and we are bent on having a roaring time too! We are
sending 2 teams for this tournament, much thanks to our host who has agreed
to our request so that we can expose our juniors to the other side of hockey
in SCC where few other clubs can provide, exposure to hockey outside
Singapore… International Hockey if you wish it. We are leaving form the club
on Friday 12 August by coach.

4.3 Hong Kong- Kowloon Cricket Club Hockey Festival, October

An informal invite has been issued, looking at 8th October weekend for this
tournament. Andrew Lim has volunteered to be the Tour Manager, so he will
organise the flights and hotel. So if you want to go, please let me know and
deposits will be asked in due course and position will be confirmed only
when this is in and will be forfeited if you withdraw at short notice.

4.4 Bangkok- Royal Bangkok Sports Club Hockey Festival- 3-4 December

This is the ever favourite with many of us. For the great games, food,
massage and shopping! Sure to come in later. Will keep you posted.

4.5 Big Tour for 2006

Rose has indicated interest in planning for a big tour for 2006. So those
interested in coming along, please come forward if you want to have a say on
where you want to go. Managers needed for this.

5. Other events

Events in the pipeline include:

SCC Quiz night on Friday, 16 September 2005

@ $15 for free flow of soft drinks and finger food. A fun night for sports
quiz. A team from us is wanted. Do sign up.

SCC Youth Night, 24 September 2005

This is on 24 September organised by the JSM for the JSM with a few senior
guidance. Josephine Ee is the mama in this team. It will be our very first
club event to bring the club's youth together for an afternoon and games and
a night of party. Dragon boating is on the schedule with some other games in
line, dinner will be a sumptuous BBQ and the night will be filled with table
games, live performance by our very own JSM band plus a mobile disco…sounds
like a lot of fun! Meant for juniors only unless senior members come forward
to help out in the organisation or contribute towards the cause with
donations of cash or gifts for the raffle draw. The committee has not
decided on the attendance of senior members, and possibly on invites only!

Hockey Section Annual Dinner
- To be after the SHF season. Denise is the boss here.

Hockey Camp
- We are planning for a 3 day camp of hockey, hockey and more hockey in
Kuantan, M'sia. Targeted for the juniors, but the not so young welcome too!
Chaperons and "mother-hens" will be needed! Scheduled for 16-19 Decemeber.
Do keep these dates free if you want to come along.



So much for now, see you at training!!

Cheers
Benita