ARFC hat-trick heroes down the years......

08 Jun 1991 - 11-3 :Robin(3), David(4) and Jiong Jiong (3)
29 Dec 1991 - 6-1 :Jeffrey(3)
26 Jun 1992 - 5-4: Jiong Jiong (3)
05 Jul 1992 - 14-2: Robin(6)
09 Aug 1993 - 7-2: Robin(3)
24 Oct 1993 - 5-1: Robin(3)
13 Mar 1994 - 7-0: JiongJiong(5)
20 Mar 1994 - 11-1: Robin(3), Sebastian(3)
17 Apr 1994 - 11-0: Robin(4)
15 May 1994 - 9-0: Jesmond(4)
22 May 1994 - 10-1: Robin(5)
10 Jul 1994- 9-1: Robin(3)
17 Jul 1994 - 6-1: Robin(3)
07 Aug 1994 - 7-0: Jeffrey(4)
30 Jun 1996 - 9-0: Sebastian(3)
10 Nov 1996 - 8-1: Robin(6)
18 May 1997 - 7-2: Heehe(3)
24 Sep 2000 - 5-2: Jiongjiong(3)
08 Oct 2000 - 6-1: Haron(4)
12 Aug 2001 - 6-1: Haron(4)
28 Oct 2001 - 7-1: Heehee(3)
25 Nov 2001 - 9-1: Haron(3)
22 Jun 2002 - 6-1: Haron(3)
07 Jul 2002 - 8-2: Francis aka Hock (3)
23 Feb 2003 - 6-2: Haron(3)
09 Nov 2003 - 5-3: Haron(3)
23 Jan 2005 - 4-1:Haron (4)
02 Jul 2006 - 7-1: Haron(3), Kiat Gulam(3)

game on 05 Nov 06 against Yakeen

ARFC will play Yaakeen on 05 Nov 06 @ 3 pm @ ITE AMK.

You will be receiving SMS from me soon.

Please try your best to make it as this is a crucial game...

Thanks.

Wedding news......

I am pleased to announce that our ARFC scoring legend, Haron, will be getting married on 10 Dec 06 at the Nee Soon Community Club located at No. 30 Yishun Street 81 from 1700 hrs to 2000 hrs.

Some of the ARFC warriors have already received their invitation cards and I believed that Haron should be dishing out some more cards for the other ARFC warriors.

On a separate but also wedding news, Neo Boon Heng, brother of WO Neo, will be having his wedding dinner on 09 Dec 06, which is just one day before Haron's wedding.

Let's party!!!

ARFC overcome determined Loop Revil

In a match played under “no-haze” but hot weather, ARFC overcome Loop Revil 2-0 in front of the returning 77,777 fanatical fans.

Just hours prior to kick-off, ARFC received a crushing news when fast-improving Bernard pulled off due to some last-minute personal commitment. As a result, ARFC only has 11 players to start.

Hardworking Tong volunteered to be GK and he was shielded by astute-reading Elvis, Towering Toh, fit-again Blackburn and determined Huiming at left and right back respectively. Kiat Gulam and Sebastiano were at the centre, with sublime Khim and quick-silver Derrick at left and right flank respectively. Up front, speedy Hee and powerful Alvin led the line in the absence of ARFC scoring legend Haron.

ARFC quickly seized control of proceedings but the opponent put up a determined fight. Just 7 mins into the game, a diagonal long ball from unpredictable Blackburn found the feet of quick-silver Derrick who in turn angled a through ball for Speedy Hee. Naturally, Speedy Hee lived up to his name and thumped the ball into the net for a 1-0 lead.

In the 17th min, ARFC won a free-kick on the right. Spotting their keeper way off his line, Sebastiano delivered a free-kick that bounced off the cross-bar. Unlucky!!

Just minutes before the end of half-time, Speedy Hee received a hefty kick and was carried off to be replaced by ARFC scoring legend Haron who arrived just minutes earlier. The referee soon blew his whistle for the half-time.

In the second half, ARFC continued its assault on the opponent’s goal. However, ARFC was left down by some way-ward finishing and very very surprisingly and to the shock of the 77,777 fans, sublime Khim was one of the culprits.

Luckily, Jinzhong arrived after his work and replaced Tong at goal with hard-working Tong partnering Sebastiano, who was clearly tiring by now, at midfield to lend some bite.

Sublime Khim, however, soon made up for his prolifacy by creating yet another goal in the 67th min. Getting the ball near the centre, he delivered a measured ball right up into the path of powerful Alvin who simply toe-poked the ball into the net. His goal sparked wild celebrations from an unnamed babe from China who nearly took off her Liverpool jersey. However, the security staff at ITE Stadia had already learnt its lessons as last week an unnamed female fan also threw her bra and panties at Sebastiano, and quickly stopped the unnamed babe from doing so.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the 77,777 fans applauded ARFC warriors for clinching a efficient win.

Nevertheless, ARFC owed its victory not only to the 2 scorers, but astute-reading Elvis, Towering Toh, Blackburn, determined Huiming and Kiat Gulam for stopping some sporadic attacks by the opponent. Astute-reading Elvis and Towering Toh especially had a superb game. Quick-silver Derrick also had a superb game. Jinzhong also made 2 crucial interventions after coming on.

ARFC blog founder passes basic mahjong test

I am pleased to announce that our ARFC blog founder, Ms Caren Lim, has passed the basic mahjong test conducted on 28 Oct 06 between 1700 hrs to 1800 hrs at the president suite located at Mandarin Gardens.

In the interview after her test, Ms Caren said that she is looking forward to mahjong session with the established ARFC warriors like David Mak (father of Marco Mak) and his lovely wife, Speedy Hee, used-to-be-speedy ARFC right-back Boon, WO Neo, hardworking Tong and ARFC scoring legend Haron.

Tournament Game on 29 Oct 06 @ 3 pm @ ITE AMK

ARFC warriors:

ARFC resumes its tournament game on 29 Oct 06 @ 3 pm @ ITE AMK against Loop Revil...

Supporters of any kind are welcome...

Headliner of the week - 22 Oct 06

Headliner 1: "Return of ARFC tigerish right-back!!"

Headliner 2: "Speedy Hee cements his place as ARFC's No. 2 GK"

Headliner 3: "Sebastiano rounds off win with superb curler"

Headliner 4: "Guest player Raymond's 100% scoring record"

Headliner 5: "ARFC chalks up 108th win"

ARFC strolled to victory in friendly.....

Dear ARFC warriors,

In a match played in front of just 77 fans again due to the haze, ARFC strolled to a 5-0 victory over an enthusiastic opponent.

Just before the match, ARFC received some bad news as Haron, Hock and Jinzhong all withdrew due to last-min work commitment. However, the blow was cushioned by the unexpected presence of fit-again Blackburn and the used-to-be-speedy right-back Boon as well as the hardworking Tong. Raymond, the talented but at times selfish player, also helped out once again.

Boon started in goal, with Sebastiano, Huiming, Bernard and Kiat Gulam forming the "arsenal rear-guard". Speedy Hee and Raymond took up the left and right flank respectively, with Tjioe and hardworking Tong guarding the centre. Up front, WO Neo and powerful Alvin led the line in the absence of ARFC scoring legend Haron. Fit-again but unpredictable Blackburn is the only sub.

ARFC soon stamped its authority on the game. After missing some half-chances, ARFC opened the scoring in the 7th min. A good move on the left involving Bernard, Speedy Hee and Tong resulted in a nice ball down the left for powerful Alvin who delivered a weighted cross for WO Neo to sweep in his 41st goal for ARFC. 1-0!!

However, some wayward finishing by ARFC warriors resulted in only a 1-0 lead into the second-half. Of special note was when WO Neo put the ball into row ZZZ with an open gaping goal at his mercy in the 37 min.

Sebastiano then make a string of positional changes. Barely 70 seconds into the second half, ARFC extended its lead when a ball from Kiat Gulam on the right to the left found Blackburn who laid on the ball for powerful Alvin to leash home his 12th goal for ARFC. 2-0!!

7 mins later, a superb weight ball down the right for Kiat Gulam from Sebastiano saw Kiat Gulam placed the ball home for his 24th goal for ARFC. 3-0 now!!

17 mins later, ARFC furthered its lead when Raymond laid on the ball to Sebastiano in the middle. Spotted that Raymond had continued his run, Sebastiano returned the ball with a chipped ball for him to run almost 47 metres and sidefooted the ball home. This was Raymond's 3rd goal in his 3rd game for ARFC. 100% goal-scoring record. 4-0!!

7 mins from the end, Raymond sent a cross from the right and Sebastiano managed to beat the on-rushing defender for the ball. Taking his time, Sebastiano curled a measured ball into the top right-corner that gave the keeper no chance at all. This was Sebastiano's 43rd goal for ARFC. 5-0!!

Immediately after the goal, an unidentified female fan ran into the field and threw her bra and panties at Sebastiano, who was clearly amused at the passionate fan.

It was great to see the return of Boon who gave a whole-hearted performance at right-back. Speedy Hee also performed well once again when he took up the keeper position in the 2nd half, thereby cementing his place as the No. 2 GK in ARFC.

We will miss the physical presence of Tjioe who will only return sometime in mid-Dec.

ARFC news flash for game on 22 Oct 06.........

(i) Towering Toh out due to personal commitment

(ii) Turbo-engine Hock making a come-back

(iii) Haron doubtful due to work commitment

(iv) Jinzhong back in goal

(v) WO Neo shrugs off Yvonne + children to play

(vi) David Mak (father of Marco Mak) still nursing lovely Dora & Marco Mak

(vii) Sublime Khim out due to Creative Technology's commitment

(viii) Powerful Alvin returns to strike terror into opponents

ARFC news flash for game on 22 Oct 06.........

(i) Towering Toh out due to personal commitment

(ii) Turbo-engine Hock making a come-back

(iii) Haron doubtful due to work commitment

(iv) Jinzhong back in goal

(v) WO Neo shrugs off Yvonne + children to play

(vi) David Mak (father of Marco Mak) still nursing lovely Dora & Marco Mak

(vii) Sublime Khim out due to Creative Technology's commitment

(viii) Powerful Alvin returns to strike terror into opponents

super retro pictures

Just wanna express my gratitude to Kiat Gulam for rolling back the good old years by publishing our "super retro" pictures then....

An informed source commented that our Speedy Hee had changed the most - from an innocent and young looking guy to a "chow-lao" looking person...... :P

Tjioe staying another week....

I am pleased to announce that our US-based hard-man Tjioe is staying for another week.

Hence, I am trying my very very best to arrange another friendly match for him....

Hope most of our ARFC warriors can turn up....watch out for my SMS to you...

Cheers...

Snapshot pictures of friendly match-15 October 2006

Pictures from Top to Bottom

Picture 1 - Star of the day and the reason for today friendly match.

Picture 2 - ApexRangers players preparing for the match.

Picture 3 - Guest players ; David & Zhongzi in the background.

Picture 4 - Midfield Maestro Joe catching up lost time with Haronaldo & Towering Toh.

Picture 5 - Speedy Hee warming up on the soccer pitch.

IPPT update of ARFC warriors

I am pleased to announce that our used-to-be-speedy right back, Boon, has astonishingly passed his IPPT test conducted recently. Congratulations to him, though our ARFC sources revealed that Boon has dangled an undisclosed sum for him to pass....

On a sadder note, our astute-reading sweeper, Elvis, failed his chin-up and running, and thereby has to report for more training. Sources revealed that he is now in Brunei under-going extremely tough Navy Seal-type of training....We look forward to a fitter and slimmer Elvis when he returns.....

Headliner of the week

Headliner 1: Hard-man Tjioe makes scoring return!!

Headliner 2: Sebastiano denied Tjioe from hat-trick

Headliner 3: Towering Toh rules the air!!

Headliner 4: ARFC scored 2 free-kicks in same match for the first time in its history.

Guoxiong's lap-top lobang

Our mobile phone entrepreneur, Guoxiong has a lap-top lobang as follows:

Brand-new IBM thinkPadx60 (x series)
12.1 inch screen, weight 1.4 kg, 80GB hard-disk, 512 Mb RAM, 1.83 GhZ dual-core (duo processor), blue-tooth, integrated wireless wide area network, fingerprint security, SD card reader, recovery disc, , win XP loaded/charger and instruction manual.

Selling @ $1,800 (market price is around $3,800)

Pl contact Guoxiong at 9108 8598 if interested.

ARFC strolled to easy victory

In a match specially arranged to commemorate Tjioe’s return to Singapore (albeit only for 2 weeks), ARFc strolled to an easy 4-0 victory over a young but enthusiastic Indian team. The match was witnessed by only 77 fans due to the haze created by our Indonesian friends.

The haze also severely affected the attendance of ARFC as only half the usual team was present. As a result, 4 outsiders were activated to help out. Just before the start of the match and while changing at the side-line, returning Tjioe realised that he had brought his working leather shoes instead of his soccer boots. Thankfully, he was able to borrow a pair from the pitch organizer.

ARFC started with ARFC scoring legend Haron in goal, Sebastian and Toh partner at the centre of defence with Bernard and Kiat Gulam flanking it. David Heng (guest player) was the right-winger, Tjioe and Raymond (guest player) at the centre and Weng Tuck (guest player) on the left. Up front, Speedy Hee was joined by Zongzi (another guest player). No subs at all!!!

Predictably, ARFC soon gained control of proceedings but was let down by some lackluster display. Speedy Hee got into very good scoring situations but both were very well-saved by their drama-mama keeper. Tjioe also showed signs of rustiness in the first half. The half-time ended 0-0 and ARFC was booed off the pitch by the 77 fans.

Not wanting to let the 77 fans down, Sebastian immediately brought about a change of positions. Scoring legend Haron returned to his predatory self with David Heng partnering him. Speedy He took over the keeper, Weng Tuck goes to right-back, with Kiat Gulam partnering Tjioe and Zongzi goes to the left. Tiring Weng Tuck, who was playing his 3rd game of the day, goes to right-back with impressive Raymond on the right flank.

Barely 70 seconds in the second half, ARFC opened the scoring. A series of brilliant exchange of passes between Bernard, Zongzi, Tjioe resulted in Kiat Gulam delivering a through ball to Haron who raced clear of their defence and faced their keeper. In a move similar to Adebayor’s goal last night, Haron squared the ball to the on-rushing Raymond who easily slot the ball home. 1-0!!

7 minutes later, ARFC went 2-0 up. Kiat Gulam threaded another brilliant pass to Tjioe who delivered an exquisite lob over their keeper for his 31st goal for ARFC. Brilliant!!!!

Another 7 minutes later, scoring legend Haron could have added to his goals tally but his well-executed rebounded off the bar after their keeper was hopelessly beaten. Unlucky!!

In the 67th min, ARFC won a free-kick about 27 metres away from goal. Haron dummied the ball and Tjioe drove home the 3rd goal!! Perfect!!!

In the 77th min, Speedy Hee pulled off 2 top-class saves to preserve the clean sheet. With these saves, he would be officially promoted to ARFC’s 2nd –choice keeper.
70 seconds before the end, ARFC won another free-kick just outside the box. Sebastiano made his only foray upfront to take the kick and scored ARFC’s 4th goal with a well-placed free-kick that had their keeper beaten all the way.

In the post-match interview, Tjioe was happy with his 2 goals but felt that he could have netted a hat-trick if Sebastiano did not take the last free-kick. He informed that he would be back again in mid-December 06 to put on the prestigious ARFC jersey.

Handsome ARFC warriors at Maki Mak & Dora wedding dinner banquet

Most of the Apex Rangers Warriors at Maki Mak & Dora wedding dinner held at Pinetree Country Club.

ARFC 1st Pulau Ubin Cycling Trip in Year 1994

Our very 1st ARFC Pulau Ubin cycling trip. It was a fun-filled expedition for the young, energetic & vibrant ARFC warriors. The pictures are all very well-taken against the nice quarry backdrop & all of us swam in the crystal clear quarry lake.By then if you can see in the pictures...influential Sebastiano Rossi & dashing Khim had already been drafted into the prestigious Apex Rangers FC.

ARFC 1st Canoe trip in East Coast- Year 1992

Our very 1st canoe trip in East Coast Park. It was gruelling workout for the few selected warriors back in Year 1992. Look at our fashionable super tiny shorts show casing our firm muscle beefy legs & big Ray-ban sunglasses covering our handsome face in those popular days.:-)

ARFC 1st Chalet gathering in 1991

Check it out our wonderful BBQ session and I think we're also celebrating Huiming's birthday during our chalet gathering with a follow-up champagne party.Mmm..you can also see & imagine how the ARFC boys squeezed & sleep inside the tiny chalet pigeon hole during the night in 1 of those vintage pictures. Hahaha..in 1 of the naughty pictures..Poor Ah Hwee bin Hwee was "stripped" butt naked during a sabotage plans!!!:-P

ARFC 1st Chalet Gathering in Year 1991

Managed to "dig out" some really old vintage pictures taken during our 1st ARFC NTUC chalet gathering in Pasir Ris 15years ago!! Goodness..see how young & hunk we used to be and what we are now...:-)

Apex Rangers Recent Team Photos in Classiq Tournament

Back Row-Left to Right Blackburn,Alvin, Sebastiano,GuiGui,Toh, Bernard, Hee Hee & Kiat Gulam

Front Row (Left to Right)-
Haronaldo, Elvis, Huiming,Jingzhong,Khim & Tong

ApexRangers players & player's wives/girlfriends reunion party at Marco Mak (son of veteran Maki Mak) "Full month" reunion at Maki Mak prestigious grande exclusive residence "Charles De Corsac Castle" celebration on 8th October 2006.