Chairman of Home United Basketball Club (HUBC), SAC Tan Puay Kern of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) chaired HUBC’s second Annual General Meeting on 29 March 2005 at the SPANS-JOM Clubhouse.

Since HUBC was formed five years ago, it had maintained a sturdy course of success and a review on 2004 saw no difference. HUBC has performed very well in the National Basketball League (NBL) in both the Men and Women categories. The Men’s Team is the top local basketball team, having emerged champion in the NBL Division One Tournament while the Women’s Team attained second runners-up position in the Women NBL.

The newly formed Youth Women’s Team which comprised of 21 members also participated in the MILO Youth Championship 2004. Another new addition to the club, the Youth Men’s Team, was formed with twenty boys being selected to undergo training.

In the forthcoming December school holidays, HUBC will organise a Youth Training Programme to promote the sports as well as act as an outreach to more youths in Singapore . Plans to organise a Youth Women Invitational Tournament for girls below the age of 18 years in the same month is also on the agenda.

Home United Basketball Club Reaches Out to Nurture Youth Talents

They came from various secondary schools, with different personalities and backgrounds. But they have one thing in common to share – their passion for Basketball. In their December holiday in 2004, these youths were given a chance to share the common passion and become a better player courtesy of Singapore Pools and Home United Basketball Club (HUBC). The Pools Youth Cup (Women) Championship 2004 was held on 18 December 2004 at the Singapore American School (SAS). Basketball teams from various secondary schools participated in the competition to pit their skills for the top prize. Where competitions are concerned, it had to be down to the top two teams of the tournament to battle it out for the coveted Championship title. The final showdown was between Anderson Secondary School and the host themselves, SAS.

Proving too strong for the Anderson girls to handle, the girls from SAS took the home ground advantage in their stride and walked out of the tournament as champions of the Pools Youth Cup. The champions received their trophies from the Guest-of-Honour for the tournament, Director of Corporate Communications for Singapore Pools, Miss Juliana Sim.

While the girls had enjoyed their share of the basketball affair, a mix of boys and girls from other secondary schools enrolled themselves in a training camp organised by HUBC at the Singapore Police Association for National Servicemen (SPANS) from 27 to 30 December 2004. The finale on 30 December 2004 proved that the boys and girls who attended the HUBC camp had dramatically improved in their skills for the game. With swift layouts and breakaway counter-attacking plays, it was a day filled with awe for those present to watch.

An All-Star match was the grand highlight of the camp as the HUBC team faced off with the top selection of youths from the camp. It was definitely a day to remember for the selected boys to play with the players from the top flight.

The youths from both the Pools Youth Cup and the HUBC Youth Training Camp thoroughly enjoyed themselves, making new friends along the way and improving their skills for the game.

HUBC (Youth) Team Debuts MILO Junior 2004 Basketball Championships

The HUBC Women Youth team was formed in April 2004 and it made its debut at the MILO Junior 2004 Basketball Championship. The team had approximately 2 month of preparation time for the MILO Cup which commenced in June 2004.

Under the experience coaching of Tay Lay Leng, the team performed outstandingly in all its matches and has successfully qualified for the 2nd round of the MILO Cup. In the Quarter-Final, the HUBC team managed to ease past Kai Xuan but lost to Combined School Red and T-Net Club. The last match with T-Net Club was closely matched, being tied at the end of the game. However, the HUBC team was ousted during the overtime by a narrow margin of 2 points.

With the team's passion and perseverance, we are confident that the girls will continue with their excellent performance, yielding a better result in 2005. Well done, girls!