We have just got the latest grading list from SSRA. I am still trying to get Eng Kiat downgraded. All the rest of us stay the same except for Frank who is now D2.
Looking ahead, we will need new captains for next years F and D teams. Anyone willing to volunteer to be captains for the teams?
Should also see if Evelyn wants to play for the guys F team. Johann is also a possible addition to the F team as I don't think he is listed in the grading list.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Sunday, 30 September 2007
WAST 2007 Programme
From the Emirates Squash Team:
WORLD AIRLINE SQUASH TOURNAMENT - Dubai 2007 - SCHEDULE
We at Emirates Airlines are proud to announce the Program Schedule for this year’s World Airline Squash Tournament! Most of the activities are being finalised at the moment, and there may be some minor changes between now and the actual commencement of the event. For that uncertainty, we request your patience and understanding.
However, nothing will be allowed to overwhelm the main intent of the gathering, which is to have loads of fun, and perhaps play some good squash along the way! We hope to see you, and as many participants/supporters who are willing to come.
Sunday 14th October Teams Arrival
Team Captain’s Meeting
Opening Function with Dinner and Beverages
Monday 15th October Morning Round robin matches
Lunch
Afternoon Round robin matches
Optional Event Planned
Tuesday 16th October Morning Round robin matches
Lunch
Afternoon Round robin matches
Optional Event Planned
Wednesday 17th October Morning Round robin matches
Lunch
Thursday 18th October Free Morning
Afternoon Mid WAST Function - Desert Safari with
Arabian Adventures Inclusive of Food and Beverages
Friday 19th October Morning Round robin matches
Lunch
Afternoon SEMI FINALS
Free Night
Saturday 20th October Morning Final round
Lunch
Afternoon FINALS
Night Closing Party (Dinner and Beverages)
Sunday 21st October Teams Departure
Don’t forget that there’ll be lots of shopping and activities in
Thursday, 20 September 2007
WAST 2007 Team
Here's the list of people going for WAST 2007.
Please contact Wendy with regards to your accommodation requirements.
Those of you who still have not gotten your WAST letters for getting your Special Leave please contact me.
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Bilateral Games - Singapore Swimming Club (SSC)
The game will be on th 10th of Oct at SIA Sports Club in the evening.
Friday, 7 September 2007
Inter-House Games Reception / Prize Giving
Dinner and prizes for the 1st and Runners-up teams will be awarded prizes. The event will be held on Saturday 8th July at the Sports Club.
Those attending are:
- Jeremy
- Rohaizad
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
WAST 2007 Dubai 14-21 Oct
We have just received the official invitation from the Emirates Team for this year's WAST. It will be held from the 14th to the 21st of October. More information will be sent by email to those who are interested.
Jeremy[11 Jun 2007]
[Appended below is the email invitation from Emirates.]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:38 PM
Subject: World Airline squash Tournament WAST 2007 - Dubai
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Emirates Airline Squash club is pleased to host the 22nd World Airline Squash Tournament, WAST 2007. I take great pleasure in inviting you to this year's event in Dubai from 14th to 21st October 2007
The details are provisional at this time, but I recognise we all need some advance notice.
Dates: Sunday 14th October - Sunday 21st October 2007 (7 nights)
Cost: Fee: US$200 per person
Hotel: AED 450 per room per night (on twin sharing) Please book as early as is convenient.
Approx AED 2350 per person (exchange rate about US$ 1 to AED 3.65) which will include airport-hotel-airport transfers, twin-share rooms (7 nights), welcome package, lunch, and beverages on all squash days, opening/closing functions and 1 or 2 other dinner events.
Tournament registration fee: US$ 100 per team
WAST 2007 is as much a social gathering and a PARTY as it is a squash tournament for the worlds' airline employees. As such, we have to insist that all participants comply with the spirit of the event. Please pay particular attention to the established eligibility criteria.
Whilst we welcome everyone, team players can only comprise of employees of an airline, who perform an airline-related function. Please bring and register your best players by all means. However, those who do not meet the eligibility criteria can only accompany the team as manager/coach, family, friends & supporters. They will be just as warmly welcomed to the event and all our parties/functions.
Please feel free to contact me on e-mail: kaneez.syed@emirates.com if you have any queries. Please also let me know by 15th July, if you have a team interested to participate this year. I hope you are all as excited as we are!
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kaneez Syed
Secretary - Emirates Squash club
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Those who have indicated that they are keen in going for WAST 2007:
Mohd Rizal
Oma Koppe
Eric Phuah
Jeremy Lee
Lenz Fan
Frank Foo
Ng Yak Keng
Johann Pieris Gillian Chew
Millie Moy
Evelyn Kong
Eric Yeow (Reserve)-
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Courts Closure - 13-17 Aug, 1 Court Will Be Closed For Rectification Works
Court Closure 13-17 Aug For Repairs!
As you may have noticed, Court 2 has got a water-stain mark on the front left of the court floor while court 1 has got thick pieces of paint peeling off the front wall. (I wonder who is the one hitting so hard!).
My guess is that the water seepage has gone under the layer of plaster/paint and is causing it to peel.
The club has informed us that the courts will be closed to rectify these problems on from the 6-7th of Aug.
One of the courts will also be closed from 13-17 Aug for further repairs.
The Club appreciates the understanding of the squash section for the inconvenience caused, and we also thank them for acting promptly to the situation and keeping our courts in tip top condition.
17 Aug 2007
The courts are open for business again. Hopefully no further defects surface in the near future.
Inter-House Games - Squash
CLICK HERE FOR THE DETAILS OF THE RESULTS
Please note that there will be a new format of play for the inter-house squash game this year.
Tournament Duration : Games will commence on 3rd August'07 and all games must be played by 8th September'07
I have sent to the house captains a preliminary list of players available in their house. Captains are requested to send me their finalised lineup before we start the games (so that we can entertain any dispute).
Players are to be ranked according to their SSRA ranking.
Each house is to field 4 men and 1 lady for the games - total of 5 ties
Games will be played to best of 5 sets - British Scoring.
Scoring : 1 point will be awarded to each team for each tie won. One more additional point will be awarded to the house that wins the match.
eg. if Team A wins 3 ties and team B wins 2 ties, Team A gets 3+1 points and team B gets 2 points.
Score cards will be emailed to team captains for score submission.
Team Captains are as follows
Seletar - Jeremy Lee (96229889)
Tengah - Frank Foo (98554799)
Changi - Oma Koppe (94788996)
Paya Lebar - Felix Chen (96156022)
Club members who are able to represent their houses for the interhouse squash game can contact the house team captains directly.
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Yes, Frank Foo raised the point that 5th Aug is our game against Chinese Swimming Club.
So can the captains of the two teams scheduled to play on Sunday 5th please mutually arrange another play date.
Jeremy -
sorry for the delay.
Rizal
Lenz
Frank
Hing
Greg
Denni
woman
no one yet...
vicki no more squash liao. -
Oh yes, if you guys value your position on the ladder, you better start practising to defend it. Results of ALL INTERHOUSE matches will be used in updating the ladder.
Jeremy -
Line up for Seletar House amended. Colin to play above Yak Keng.
Sorry my typo error as Colin's SSRA ranking is higher than Yak Keng's
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
SIA Squash Blog
Things are moving on...
We have now moved from a webpage at siasquash.tripod.com to this new blog so that we don't have to depend on one person to update the info. Anyone in the SIA squash fraternity can contribute.
It is also much easier to do housekeeping and getting rid of old info.
Hope that everyone contributes to this Blog. Happy Squashing.
SIA - Chinese Swimming Club Bilateral 5th Aug 2007
The annual bilateral with CSC will be held on Sunday 5th August at Chinese Swimming Club.
CSC will be hosting the game and we will start at 2pm.
Those who can play for the club please put your name down on this blog and i will update the player list.
Kalidas says that we need 5 guys and 1 Lady.
The Line up will be as follows:
- Eric Phuah
- Felix Chen
- Jeremy Lee
- Frank Foo
- Hing C M
- Millie
- Gillian
A gentle reminder from the club - do not bring kids/maids to the dinner.
Thanks
Saturday, 21 July 2007
Marigold Graded
End of the road for me! Played against a JC girl on the first day. Second day I played against the guy from SAFSA. I think Eric Yeow played against him during the league.
As you can see from the scores...i ran out of steam ha ha.
Rizal is storming through the ranks as usual.
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
SQ vs CX 2007
SQ vs CQ update - See Felix's comment below:
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Guys and Dolls,
I am afraid I just heard that CX will not be able to make the June 29th date.
-From Ronnie-
June 29 is looking like a NO GO!
What I suggest we do now is, anytime between now and September, if we have 5 or more players coincidently having days off at the same time, we'll send a team over.
We'll be able to give a minimum of 2 weeks notice(likely to be more than that) for you to book courts etc.
It may be any day of the week(not necessarily a week-end).
And regardless of whether we can pull it off, we will host SQ next year.
How does that sound to you?
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We were champions at WAST 2006 in UK
SIA beat Cathay Pacific in the finals to win the 21st World Airlines Squash Tournament held in London from th 18th-22nd of September'06.
This is our 3rd title win in the tournament, the last one 14 years ago when we won the title in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1992. Our other title win was in Singapore in 1991.
Jeremy & Eric Phuah [27 Sep 2006]
SQ vs SSC 2006
A morale boosting 7-0 win for the SIA team against Singapore Swimming Club just one week before leaving for the World Airline Squash Tournament in London on the 16th of September.
Jeremy & Eric Phuah [10 Sep 2006]
SQ vs CSC 2006
Congratulations to our Squash Team that beat their Chinese Swimming Club counterparts by a score of 4-3 in the annual bilateral games. It is our first win against CSC in 9 attempts.A lot of people were surprised during the presentation dinner that squash won. With our win, SIA managed to beat CSC with an overall score of 5-3( we also won bowling, tennis, golf, soccer but lost table tennis, badminton and one other sports).
Special mention goes to the ladies who helped tip the scale in our favour by winning their matches. Hopefully they will be able to do the same magic in the upcoming World Airlines Squash Tournament held in London in September.
Next bilateral games is 10th september against Singapore Swimming Club.
Jeremy & Eric Phuah [23 Aug 2006]
We were runners up at WAST 2005 hosted by Qatar Airways in Doha
Players representing the airline are as follows:
Men:Ladies:
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WAST Admin Progress
Accomodation
Eric Phuah is trying to check for better rates at our crew hotel.
Budget
Wendy is looking into it
Publicity
Jeremy and Kalidas have already contacted sports club for posters and magazine placement for WAST 2007 publicity.
Training / Selection
Frank will be in charge of the playoffs should we have more players than places for WAST2007 and will be working with Rizal and Oma for team training.