Past Events , Mails & Emails received in 2008...................

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6th Sandakan Open Fishing Competition

9th November 2008

The 96 participants set off as early as 5am today, blessed with a wonderful Sunday Morning Sun. Undeterred by the afternoon rain, they all came back before 5:30pm for the 'weight in' session. The biggest catch of the day was a 20.5kg Garoupa which is equivalent to RM 1,500.00 in Prize Money plus trophies and souvenirs.

Also present was Sabah Anglers Association President, Datuk Wilfred Lingham who was the honorary judge of the event and the closing ceremony was graced by Minister of Youth & Sports, YB Datuk Peter Pang.

In his address, Datuk Peter commended the efforts of John Chin, the Organizing  Chairman for successfully organizing the event. He urged that such event should be carried out on an annual basis as it would make Sandakan a popular fishing destination.

Finally, here are the full results of the competition:-
 

(Full results/details was not available during update)

Inter Yacht Club Games 2008

24th to 26th October 2008

With the Inter Yacht Club Games (IYCG) over, came another problem, the Hangovers. Three nights of partying, fellowship and games among the 3 clubs was indeed a success.

Overall, Kinabalu Yacht Club emerged as the winner while Sandakan and Tawau Yacht Club came in second and third respectively.

This year, 4 subcategory events was created in this IYCG whereby Group Dancing, Karaoke, Impromptu Speech Competition and Half Yard Drinking Competition were introduced. Although the results did not affect the main games score, everybody has a good time.

Here are the results of the Subcategory or Social Events :-

Finally, the SYC Committee and the IYCG Organizing Committee wishes to thank all the participants  for making this event a success and sincerely apologize for any short comings.

See you in the 2009 Inter Yacht Club Games in KOTA KINABALU!

SYC Committee 'Buka Puasa' with the Staff

23/9/08

For the 1st time in SYC, the Committee lead by the Commodore had a 'breaking of fast' with the personnel of SYC.

Official Opening of SYC Wine Bar

15th September 2008

Inspired by the Vice Commodore to revive this section of the club, the SYC Wine Bar offers the best view of the Sulu Sea, complimented by the new furnishing and bar.

Although it is not fully operational, the Wine Bar will be 'The' place to lounge during sunset and Karaoke sessions towards the night. A projector screen will be installed for the Karaoke and highlighted Satellite TV programs.

Merdeka Regatta

Kota Kinabalu

29th August 2008

Today at SYC

31st July 2008, 10:30am

Minico	Scotia
High Tide	The club is sinking!

SYC BBQ With Special Performances by Ady Wow

25th July 2008

It was a sold out function with more than 50 members and guest attended the event. A big thanks to Vice Commodore for her efforts made with the preparations of the BBQ food which was then complimented with the performances of Ady Wow.

The performances by Ady created a new standard of entertainment for the SYC. Although he was alone, the choices of songs and his ability to get the members involve has made the evening a memorable event especially for Jacob Pang, as it was also his birthday.

The SYC Committee wish to thank all members who has supported this event and will continue to provide better entertainment and events for all members.

Sabah Times, 17th July 2008

Oldest In the country

The Sandakan Yacht Club (SYC) located next to the marine police base at Jalan Buli Sim Sim is the oldest yacht club in the country......Click on image to expand

Happy Hours at Sandakan Yacht Club

20th June 2008

By : Cletus Fernandez

Harvest Festival Regatta 2008

31st May to 1st June 2008

Kinabalu Yacht Club - Kota Kinabalu

SYC Harvest Festival Celebrations 2008

23rd May 2008

With less than a month to prepare for this event, the committee wasted no time and results were astonishing.

The Guest of Honour of the event, Sandakan Municipal Council President, Mr. Yeo Boon Hai was not able attend the function and was represented by the Councils Director of Finance & Development, Mr. Peter Hampadu. In his opening address, Mr. Peter congratulated the SYC Committee for having such event as not many NGO's in Sandakan were in tune with the Local Council's efforts in promoting Harvest Festival. He reiterated that the Local Council, in their efforts to promote Harvest Festival which coincides with Tourism in Sandakan will render its full support to SYC for holding such events in the future.

Upon ending his address, a thunderous applause was received from the audience and he proceeded by officiating the event with 7 beats of the Gong.

Thereafter, The Sri Tari Sandakan was invited to perform the cultural dance. Among the traditional dances they performed were the Rumbai, a traditional dance from Kinabatangan, Sumazau from Labuk, Sumazau from Penampang and finally, the Anggalang Magunatip, a bambu dance from the Murut clan of Sabah.

As soon as the Traditional performance was over, we started the 'Unduk Ngadau' or Harvest Queen competition where the participants were judged based on their Costume (20%), Presentation (20%), IQ (20%) and finally Beauty (40%).

A total of six participants joined the competition with RM 500.00, RM 300.00 & RM 200.00 for the 1st, 2nd and third placing respectively.

The competition, divided into two rounds where the 1st round involved a catwalk and the 2nd round an IQ test.

After the the 2nd round, the Commodore invited the Guest of Honour for a light meal together with all the participants while the judges compiled all the results of the competition.

The fairest of them all went to Stavanie Wee Mei Li, followed by Ms Victoria Yam Pei Ling and Christylyn Rambong. Congratulations ladies!

On behalf of the Committee, we wish to thank Guinness Anchor, Paul Sabinus who sponsored the trophies, crown & sash, and the members who attended and supported the inaugural event.

Miss Harvest Sandakan 2008, Ms Jessica Johndery (Left), Mrs Peter Hampadu & Chief Judge of the Harvest Queen Competition, Ms Betty	Representing the Guest of Honour, Mr. Peter Hampadu seated beside the Commodore	Members from the Sri Tari Sandakan Traditional Dance	SYC Paramount Leader, Paul Sabinus
Commodore & the Mrs dancing the 'Sumazau'	Sandakan Harvest Queen dancing the Sumazau with Mr. Peter Hampadu while the Commodore is seen almost flying	Without seconds to wait, the Sri Tari Sandakan Traditional dancers randomly picked up members and guests to dance with them
Past Commodore, Christopher Lee was one of the Judges appointed that night	Yien, Ricky & Dr Arasu enjoying the traditional dance performance	John Chin & Family were there to support the event	Shakila, Rufina and friends were there too
Commodore with the Ladies	Paul Sabinus singing 'Proton Saga Kelabu'	Emily and her dancing team was there too	The Harvest Festival 3rd Place went to Ms Christylyn Rambong
2nd Place went to Victoria Yam Pei Ling	The 2008 SYC Harvest Queen title went to Stevanie Wee Mei Li	Group Photo of all the participants	2008 Harvest Queen doing her 'Cat Walk' before the event ended
Later that evening there was a drinking competition ('Yard')	3rd place went to Johnnie Tan	2nd place went to SYC new member Fernando Rulloda	The Champion went to non other than our own Paramound Leader, Paul Sabinus
After the Yard there was a  Guinness Stout drinking competition where straws were used	The 1st prize went to Jennifer, our resident band singer	2nd went to Emily	3rd went to Yien Pua. After which the 3rd place winner swore never to ever drink stout.

Co-sponsored by

Karaoke Competition 2008

2nd May 2008

After competing 3 consecutive Fridays since the 18th of April, tonight, the winners were voted by the members and Carlsberg.

Johnny Tan & Family	Carlsberg Representative	Supporters of the Eng sisters	John Chin and his supporters
The youngest singer in the competition, Rafael Tan	Amy posing with her beautiful daughters	'Ah Sang' won the non-members category	Vertex Computer group. Thank you for doing the DEMO for us.
Simon Tan singing a 'Hockkien Song'.	Eugene's new band members	Frank Tang - The Legend	While the adults were busy singing, this boy had better things to do with the new PC installed.
More supporters of the event	Diana Eng singing away	Elder sister Melissa Eng proving that she could also sing	The last contestant for the night went to John Chin
After all the contestants finished singing, Carlsberg together with the Organising Committee were busy counting away the votes and the results are.......
The 3rd Prize to Frank Tang		2nd Prize went to the youngest contestant,  Rafael Tan
	The Champion : John Chin
As a token of appreciation to the Sponsor, Johnny Tan presented a Burgee to Carlsberg Marketing.

Thank you Carlsberg!

Letter received from Robin Stock, UK

8th April 2008

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Dr Edmond leads again...

2008 Annual General Meeting

29th March 2008

The SYCs EGM & AGM ended today with strong support from the floor to revamp SYC.

It was expected that Dr Edmond continue to be the commodore without any contest from the floor.

A few nominations was proposed for the Vice Commodores post but most of them declined. However, Edward Cheng & Kelly Ho were nominated for the Rear Commodores post and Edward came out as the winner through a secret ballot.

The Hon Sec & Hon Treasurer post went to A.R. Natarajan and Henry Liau respectively. Both posts were also uncontested.

Two new faces were nominated for the Committee post. They were Paul Sabinus and Shakila Tan. Ricky Chin & Daniel Liaw was re-nominated.

As soon as the new committee was introduced by the election chairman, Mr. Frankie Poon. Dr Edmond and his newly elected committee took their respective chairs and requested that Mrs Cathy Pua be made the Vice Commodore for SYC. Initially, Cathy declined the post but with the overwhelming support from Cathy's family and the floor, she accepted the post.

Finally, here's the lineup of 2008 - 2009 Committee Members :