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SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB MAGAZINE Established 1852 THE PADANG Available on www.scc.org.sg November / December 2018 Experience the World’s Best Business Class Redefine your expectations with a new level of luxury in our award-winning Business Class, as recognised by the 2018 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Enjoy the privacy of your own personal suite, or work, dine, and share your journey with colleagues in our fully adaptable quad-seating configuration. With up to 4,000 in-flight entertainment options, our world-class service, and a rapidly expanding network, discover Business Class like never before. Experience Qsuite on flights from Singapore starting 1 November. qatarairways.com Contents SSundayunday ner KidsKids CornerCor “ ” Deepavali BIG RED Night 8 Italian Wine Dinner24 47 2 DJ Rocks Poster UPCOMING EVENTS SPORTS NEWS 18 Wed Buzz from the Bar 28 Annual Pot Games CLUB NEWS Sat Buzz from the Bar 30 Annual Golf Championship 3 President’s Message Quiz Night 4 New Members Election Night: October Sunday Kids Corner SPORTS 6 Club News Remembrance Day 32 Balut 7 Staff Townhall DJ Rock Stumps 33 Billiards 8 Sunday Kids Corner Poster Deepavali Night 34 Bowls 9 Guest Visits to SCC: 19 Festive Calendar: 36 Bridge William Angliss Hotel Christmas Wine Party 37 Darts HMS Albion Visit Christmas Children’s Party 38 Football Elaben Gandhi SCC Christmas Eve Lucky Draw 40 Hockey New Year’s Eve Countdown Party ADVERTORIAL 41 Netball 42 Rugby 10 The Bespoke Club RECENT EVENTS 44 Squash 20 Qatar Lucky Draw Winner 45 Tennis FOOD & BEVERAGE Intersection Quiz Night 12 Spirits & Wines Promotion 21 SCC Night Race 46 Christmas Membership Promotion 13 Club-Wide Beverage Promotion 25 Oktoberfest Sponsors Ackowledgement Wine Down Thursday SCC Wine & Gourmet Series New Craft Lager Beer – Viva Espana Fiesta 47 Deepavali Night 14 Chef Arfin’s Specialities 26 2018 Bali Memorial 48 Club Information Cake of the Month Business Hours Taylors of Harrogate PROMO 15 Dinner Specials 24 Big Red Italian Wine Dinner IBC SCC Media Kit 16 Daily Set Lunch F&B and Events Calendar FEATURE 11 In Conversation with Chef Arfin 27 In Conversation with Nanthini & Ranjini Visvalingam SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB MAGAZINE Established 1852 THE PADANG Available on www.scc.org.sg November / December 2018 On the Cover Cheers to a joyous Singapore Cricket Club Christmas and a Established 1852 great New Year! Connaught Drive Singapore 179681 Tel: 6338 9271 Fax: 6333 0119 Email: [email protected] Web: www.scc.org.sg MCI (P) 094/07/2018 | The Padang is published bi-monthly and is produced for the Singapore Cricket Club by Grenadier Press Pte Ltd. All rights reserved, copyright ©2018 by Singapore Cricket Club. Opinions expressed in The Padang are solely those of writers and not necessarily endorsed by the Singapore Cricket Club. For editorial and Like and follow the Singapore Cricket Club on Facebook advertising enquiries, please contact the Marcom Department at [email protected] NOV / DEC 2018 THE PADANG 1 DJ TINC ROCKS STUMPS Terrace Come and party the night away with Singapore’s well-known DJ Tinc here at Stumps Terrace! Free Entry party at Stumps Terrace Saturday, 3 November 2018 8pm onwards For more information, please contact Ms. Becky Xu at [email protected] Tel: 6338 9271 Ext: 377 or Ms. Louis Neubronner at [email protected] Tel: 6338 9271 Ext: 263 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE We are now halfway through the present term. It has been We have also started refurbishment work at the Main Lounge busy times so far and the Club has achieved a very positive that will see the interior design and furniture updated, lighting financial performance to date. improved etc. Please rest assured that normal service will still proceed as per normal as the work will be done after By the time you read this message, the 71st edition of the operational hours as we try our best to minimise inconvenience SCC International Rugby7s tournament would have started. to our Members. We appreciate your kind understanding as Not only does this event host many prestigious international we improve our facilities to provide you with an even more teams converging on the Padang field to compete for glory, its comfortable environment. other side tournaments – including the Corporate Touch and Youth tournament – bring different groups together for one The work will be completed by 9 December 2018, just in time common love of sport, and the SCC should be proud that it is for our festive celebrations for Christmas and the New Year! able to be an advocate of this not just on this island-city, but beyond its shores too. Our F&B and Events Departments have organised and created many merry programs and rich luscious buffets and The Clubhouse was also abuzz with activity recently when meals for you to feast on so I hope your tummies are prepared we jumped right into a full weekend of partying with the SCC for the onslaught of food! Detailed information is available in Night Race 2018. Members and guests alike got to experience our special festive booklet supplement accompanying this the exciting circuit action live right beside the track while issue of The Padang. For Members who are hosting their own feasting on scrumptious buffet spreads, fuelling themselves private parties outside of the Clubhouse but still want to enjoy from packed bars, and enjoying the many fringe activities. SCC quality cuisine, we have the Christmas Take-away Order Thanks to your strong participation, the Club’s performance Form in the booklet too. was higher not only over the last edition, but was also one of the best ever. Going forward we shall keep investing in improving and uplifting our Club and its facilities. As part of this drive to always improve our service and Member experience, the Club recently underwent a major renovation This festive season, I hope you will enjoy your celebrations at of its Oval Kitchen so we can be better equipped with a more the Singapore Cricket Club with your families and friends. On efficient, clean and safe facility to serve you even better. behalf of the General Committee, I wish you and your loved ones all the joys of the season, and a fantastic start to the Due to the impact on our cooking capabilities during those New Year! two weeks, the F&B Department introduced alternative dining options – including lunch buffet spreads and evening hawker fare at The Oval & Verandah and The Courtyard respectively – that became so popular there have been requests to repeat these more regularly! We thank our Members for your patience with us during that period, and our Culinary team is excited Sher Baljit Singh to serve you with even more interesting and delicious dishes. President, Singapore Cricket Club NOV / DEC 2018 THE PADANG 3 CLUB NEWS New Members’ Election Night 8 October 2018 Corporate Nominee Mr Sunil Srivastava, GC Member Mr Lim Khoon, Mr Kiran Sreedharan Ms. Sara Cheng Ordinary (Transferable) Members Mr. Saurav Mr. Noah B Beckwith Mr. Sameer Dev Bhattacharyya GC Member Mrs Margaret Cunico, Mr Mohan J Bhojwani, Mr Victor Olsen, Mr Martin Tupila, GC Member Mr Martin Goerojo, GC Member Mr Ananda Kumar Mr. Nikhil O J Eapen Mr. Archit Gadicherla Mr. Md Enayet Husain Capt. Prabhjeev Miglani, Mr Karan Miglani, GC Member Mr Anwar Gaffoor, President Mr Sher Baljit Singh, Mrs Yasmin Gaffoor, Ms Mallika Pradhan, Mr. Karan Miglani Mr. Ishaan Prakash Mr. R Balakrishnan Mr Archit Gadicherla Mrs. Iira Roy Mr. Martin Tupila Term Member 1. Mr. Sunil Srivastava Mr M M Patel, Mr Shahriar Antu, Mr Md Enayet Husain, GC Member Mr Ananda Kumar, Mr Martin Tupila 4 THE PADANG NOV / DEC 2018 CLUB NEWS Mr Teh Leong, Mrs Sonali Bourne, GC Member Ms Fathima Mohietheen, GC Member Mr Martin Goerojo, Mr Nikhil O J Eapen HE Mr Patrick Bourne Ms Sara Cheng, Mrs Genevieve Chase, Mrs Iira Roy, President Mr Sher Baljit Singh, Mr Teo Kwang Whee GC Member Mr George V Abraham, Mr Ishaan Prakash, GC Member Mr Ananda Kumar Mr M M Patel, GC Member Mr George V Abraham, Mr Sunil Srivastava, Mr Archit Gadicherla, GC Member Mrs Margaret Cunico, Mr Md Enayet Husain, Mr Shahriar Antu General Manager/Secretary Mr Sean Boyle, BEM Mr Sameer Dev, Mrs Priyashree Deorukhkar, Mr Edward Higgins, Mr Noah B Beckwith GC Member Mr Martin Goerojo NOV / DEC 2018 THE PADANG 5 CLUB NEWS Congratulations to the following SCC TAGLINE COMPETITION The Club held a tagline competition for Members Members for being recipients of the to express what the Club meant to them in a tagline. * Following that, the top five taglines were shortlisted Public Service Medal 2018: and Members also voted for their favourite tagline. Congratulations to Mr. Subin Subaiah who contributed the winning tagline ‘Heritage, Sportsmanship, Camaraderie’ Mr Krishnasamy Rajaram Chairman, Telok Blangah CC IAEC West Coast GRC Mr Charles Ng Pooh Cheok Member, North West CDC North West CDC Mr Chew Kwee San Board Member, National Council of Social Service Board Ministry of Social and Family Development Mr Subin Subaiah, Grand Prize Winner The winner for the Lucky Draw was Mr Bryan Lim Chin Yaw, who won a $50 SCC F&B voucher for voting the winning tagline. *The Medal is awarded to any person who has rendered commendable public service in Singapore or for his A hearty congratulations to our winners and we achievement in the field of arts and letters, sports, the sciences, thank all Members who have participated in the business, the professions and the labour movement. SCC Tagline Competition! OBITUARIES ANNUAL STAFF FUND Members are hereby invited to voluntarily contribute The Club records, with deep regret, to the SCC Staff ‘Annual Ang Pow Fund’.