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51 THE AMERICAN CLUB JUL / AUG 2017
Colonial Cup
This year’s installment of the Colonial Cup was hosted by Tanglin Club. The 3-way golf game between The American Club,
Tanglin Club and British Club took place at the Singapore Island Country Club’s Island Course on May 17, with each club
represented by 12 golfers, all vying for the coveted trophy. We are super proud that our team bagged 6 out 9 points to
emerge as the ultimate champion!
Thank you to our winning team for bringing glory to The Club!
Manny Fernandez (Team Captain), Bryan Banfield, Brett Van Norman, Adam Lawrence, Charles Leong, Bill Gentry, Kevin
Tam, Diederik DeBoer, Craig Johnson, Aaron Farankel, Joey Antonio & Peter Gibson
FITNESS
& LEISURE
The Squash community has been busy with a full program
of activities so far this year.
Last month, a team of seven Members headed to Hong
Kong for the second Annual Tournament with the Hong
Kong Football Club. Supported by friends and loved ones,
our team did us proud by emerging victorious over HKFC!
We are thrilled to be hosting the HKFC team in Singapore for
a return match this summer for a chance to continue our
great squash rivalry (and not forgetting, to return the favor
to our gracious hosts and demonstrate our own American
hospitality for which we are known for!).
The Veteran team is off to a great season in the National
Squash League, coordinated by the Singapore Squash and
Racquet Association. Matches are played weekly against
clubs from all over the country and provides a fantastic
opportunity for our Members to catch up with old squash
acquaintances and make new friends in Singapore's
convivial squash community. It’s still early in the season,
but after three matches, our team leads the league with
a perfect 3-0 record. Hopefully, we can keep this up and
celebrate our first NSL championship this year.
Saturday, April 29 was an important date for our players –
they had waited breathlessly all year for The American Club
Open Tournament! This year, the tournament was held over
two weekends. The first weekend was for our older players
with the best player determined in the over 50 and over 60
categories. The following weekend saw all eligible players
battle it out for the coveted Club open championship.
Congratulations to Sverre Pritz for defending the Open
championship title again this year and to Harvey Glick for
taking the Plate championship. Our congratulations also
goes to Master's Champion Mohit and our Super Master's
Champion Harvey Glick. It was all in all a great event with
lots of participants and supporters, excellent food and
drink and most of all, competitive but friendly camaraderie
that makes the squash community at The Club so special.
In addition to these activities, we also invite interested
squash players to come on down to the courts for our
regular squash socials every Tuesday and Thursday from
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. All levels are welcome. We also have a junior program
which is a great way to help kids stay in shape and teach
them a sport that will stay with them for a lifetime.
For more information or to join the Squash program, please call the Sports
Counter at 6739-4312 or email .
Squash