Korean wins penthouse at 2030 Club-Saigon Times golf tournament

Lim Young Bok (R) receives a cup from Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of 2030 Businessmen Club for hitting a hole in one - Photo: Tuong Vi

Korean female golfer Lim Young Bok, won a US$150,000 apartment by scoring a hole-in-one on the eighth hole in the “2030 Businessmen Club-Saigon Times Golf Tournament 2010” at Vietnam Golf & Country Club (Thuduc Golf Club) in HCMC on Friday.

The penthouse winner who is the manager of World Vina Co. that specializes in polybags, raincoats manufacturing import and export said, “I’m speechless because I’m so happy with such a big prize and it is also a gift for my birthday celebration on Monday.”

The penthouse was sponsored by Amazing Trade-Service-Architecture-Construction Co., Ltd.

The two technical prizes including the nearest to the pin on the 13th hole and the longest drive hole on the first hole went to Nguyen Truong Hai and Tran Quang Huy. The champion of Ladies Division HDCP 0-36 was Pham Thi Diem Le; the champion of Callaway Division was Vu Hong Oai. The champions of Division A HDCP (0-15) and Division B HDCP (16-28) were Ngo Hong Chuyen and Pham Van Nha respectively. Meanwhile Jang An Soo won the champion gross for the Gross Score category. 

This year’s tournament attracted 111 golfers both businesspeople members and nonmembers of the 2030 club. One of the purposes of the event is for businesspeople to meet and network with each other.

Established in 2002, 2030 Businessmen Club under Saigon Times Club is an arena for enterprises to connect.

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RMIT Ultimate Club holds Frisbee Tournament Saturday

RMIT Ultimate Club players jump to compete for the disk - Photo: The organizers

Ultimate Frisbee fanatics can expect some high flying action in HCMC on Saturday, November 20, when the RMIT Ultimate Frisbee Club holds its yearly RMIT One Day Hat Tournament at the university’s fields.

“It promises to be a great day of competition,” the head of the tournament organizing committee, Lam Minh Tuan said.

Registrations exceeded expectations this year, said Tuan, who is a Professional Communications student at RMIT.

The organizers only expected about 45 to register for the ultimate frisbee competition, but they had over 60 so far, he said adding that Saturday’s hat tournament aimed at pitting RMIT Ultimate Club (RUC) players against more experienced players so they could improve their Ultimate skills.

The One Day Hat is also an important training ground for the Vietnam Hat, which is organized by RUC’s sister club Saigon Ultimate Club. Players come from all over the region and the world to play Ultimate Frisbee at the Vietnam Hat. This year’s Vietnam Hat will be on December 18-19 also at RMIT.

Tuan said most of the entrants of this Saturday’s hat tournament were from the two local clubs or RMIT alumni.

He said there are currently about 40 active members of RUC, which started in 2006 with only 10 members with the support of the Saigon Ultimate Club.

The student team has competed internationally at the Singapore Open, Bangkok HAT and Phom Penh HAT.

Tuan, whose Ultimate nickname is Zero, said the team was improving every year… It came 19th at its first Singapore Open in 2007 and worked its way to 14th in 2009.

He said RMIT Ultimate Club provided a friendly and competitive environment at training and competitions.

RMIT has helped out by sponsoring the One Day Hat with the use of the fields, planning, marketing and equipment.

The venue for the RMIT One Day Hat Tournament is RMIT, 702 Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard, District 7, HCMC. For more information email frisbeeruc@gmail.com or Tuan at tuanlm2607@gmail.com.

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Consular Club holds bazaar for charity

Children pose a photo with the Santa Claus at the Consular Club Bazaar at the Legend Hotel Saigon last year - Photo: Kieu Giang

The Consular Club of HCMC is organizing its annual charity bazaar at the Legend Hotel Saigon on November 20.

This year’s bazaar will have 21 participating countries, selling goods and food from all over the world. The annual fundraising activity of the non-profit organization aims to support those less fortunate in the community with all proceeds going to projects for disadvantaged people in southern Vietnam.

Beginning at 11a.m. until 3 p.m., visitors will be encouraged to buy goods, food and tickets for the grand raffle to be drawn at 1p.m. All prizes in the raffle are valued at more than US$100. For a special kids’s Christmas surprise, Santa Claus will make an appearance to have his photo taken with everyone.

This year’s bazaar is expected to attract a large crowd of expatriates and Vietnamese. The annual event attracted 1,500 in 2008 and 2009. Entry tickets cost VND50,000 for adults. Children under 10 accompanied by an adult are free.

The Consular Club of HCMC is made up of representatives from the Consular and Honorary Consular missions in HCMC. The members include spouses of the Consul-Generals, trade representatives, Consulate staff and designated members of the respective country’s community.

The club meets on a regular basis with the principal objective of making a contribution towards improving the quality of life of disadvantaged groups in southern Vietnam. The money raised at the bazzar will be distributed during the year.

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