The youngest member of the SGA Team, Marc Ong claimed the 1/2 point needed to secure the win for Singapore against Malaysia in the SGA vs MGA Annual Match. Marc might have been the youngest and least experienced player in this years competition but that didn't stop him going through the series undefeated.
Both teams started the Singles Matches with 6 points each after the Fourball and Foursomes. The SGA took an early lead when its players won their first five matches. In Match 1, Stephanie Loi beat Joanne Lagan 7 and 6; Match 2, Joey Poh beat Sharon Lau 6 and 4; Match 3, Kok Jo Ee beat Ainil Johani 5 and 3; Match 4, Koh Sock Hwee beat Vivienne Chin 4 and 2 and in Match 5, Johnson Poh beat Chan Tuck Soon 1 up. This gave SGA an overwhelming 11 points.
MGA took the next 2 points in Matches 6 and 7 when Abel Tam beat Gregory Foo 3 and 1 and Mohd Iylia Jamil beat Jerome Ng 4 and 3 to bring their tally to 8 points.
Jonathan Woo gave SGA another point in Match 10 when he beat Kenneth De Silva 3 and 2 whilst MGA took a point in Match 9 when Asman Basharuddin beat Kenji Cheung 2 and 1.
The 1/2 point needed to successfully retain the trophy then came in Match 8 when Singapore Sports School student Marc Ong squared with Jeremiah Kim giving SGA the 12 1/2 points needed for victory.
MGA secured 1 point in Match 11 when Gavin Green beat George Foo 1 up. SGA's additional 1/2 point came from Match 12 when Lam Zhiqun squared with Iszaimi Ismail.
Congratulations to the Singapore Team and well done Marc on a terrific effort!!
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