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九龍會 - 體育組 Sports
Subgroup - Tennis
About us
Formed by a group of vivid tennis lovers from
all walks of lives since the early 90’s, we do
have one thing in common – the passion for
tennis. It all started with a handful of players
addendum to the footballers at the Singapore
Polytechnic at Clementi. It has today developed
into a 20-member group with close fellowship.
Since then Sunday morning tennis has become part
of our lives.
We practice every Sunday morning between 8-11
am. Rains can hardly stop these die-heart
players. It is not uncommon to see some players
with a mop on one hand and with a tennis racket
on the other.
While we are imitating Rafael Nadal or Roger
Federer, our beloved families are always at the
top of our mind. Our family members are growing
up together, some from toddlers to NS-men while
some from crawling babies to become youngsters
bouncing everywhere. It is the joy and
comradeship that we share together and one thing
is for sure – our passion for tennis is the
binding force.
We better describe ourselves as veteran seasoned
social players - “veteran” because the majority
of us are aged between 45 and 63; “seasoned”
because all of us have been playing for n number
of years; “social” because we enjoy the laughter
more than anything else. On the other hand, we
are young at heart and strong in fitness. See to
believe it – we all appear to be at the 30-ish
who are sliding and grinding every inch of the
court. Recently we have a new member who is aged
mid-thirties. This helps bring down our average
age to a certain extent. In terms of skill
level, based on the NTRP rating system, we rate
ourselves somewhere from -5 to 5. Therefore, our
skills are as good as anybody else.
While the majority of our group members came
from Hong Kong, we do have our international
flavor. We have a very committed member who is a
Brazilian-Japanese, or perhaps we should say
Japanese-Brazilian. Come and find out why we say
that. We also have an Indian national who has
been in Singapore for some 30 years. There are
local Singaporeans frequently participating in
our gatherings as well.
Events
We organized mini-tournaments/friendly matches
and dim-sum gatherings to foster relationships
among one another. The following provides a
snapshot of our milestones in the recent years:
• October 2007 – Kowloon Club Doubles
Championship
• June 2007 – Friendly match with Rivervale
Condo
• May 2007 – Friendly match with Valley Park
• February 2007 – friendly match with
Regentville Condominium
• November 2006 – Kowloon Club Doubles
Championship
• May 2004 – Kowloon Club Team Matches , Doubles
• February/March 2004 – Kowloon Club Team
Matches, Doubles
• Others
What’s New
We regularly organize various events for our
members. Do watch out for this space. You are
most welcome to be part of us.
Committee
Our committee is formed by 3 dynamic individuals
overseeing the functions of the overall
leadership, finance and logistics. The
tenure-ship is 2 years.
• Mr Raymond Lau, raylym@singnet.com.sg
• Mr Luiz Tsukuda, luiz.tsukuda@firmenich.com
• Mr Patrick Yu
Please feel free to contact anyone of them
should you have any questions or suggestions.
We will treat it with the strictest confidence.
Membership & Venue of Practice
You are most welcome to join us for a game or
two, or be a regular with us. Our home court is
at the National University of Singapore Bukit
Timah Campus (the former Institute of Education)
which is adjacent to the Botanic Garden at the
Bukit Timah entrance. Please refer to the
location map below for details.
We are a non-profit making organization and we
receive no subsidies. To cover the expenses of
court hours and balls, $5 will be charged per
session (one Sunday morning is considered one
session), or $18 for a month, regardless of how
many Sundays in the month.
Please take note of the following details and we
would like to extend our warm hospitalities to
you:
• Date: every Sunday
• Time: 8:00 am – 11:00 am
• Venue: NUS Bukit Timah Campus
Just bring along with you your tennis gears and
we will take care of the rest. At your
convenience you may want to bring some drinking
water as there is no cooler in the vicinity.
Contact Us
We are most delighted to receive you in the
court. Please feel free to contact anyone of us
should you be able to join us, or for any
question or suggestion you may have:
• Mr Raymond Lau, raylym@singnet.com.sg, +65
9673-6319
• Mr. Patrick Yu, +65 9734-5036
We welcome players of any race, gender, age and
with any skill level. If you fit these criteria
(do you?), congratulations as you are likely
qualified to join us. Come and find out for
yourself how friendly this group is and how fun
it is to be with us.
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