Hong Leong Club (HLC) started a basketball interest group in May 2024 to create a community of staff members across Hong Leong Group Singapore who share a passion for the game.

With strong support from the HLC committee, a team of 15 men represented the Group to participate in the Men’s Corporate category in this year's Pesta Sukan Basketball Competition. Pesta Sukan (“Festival of sports” in Malay) is an annual event held in the lead-up to Singapore’s National Day. It's a celebration of sports that aims to foster camaraderie and raise the standard of sports through friendly competition.

In their first game, they fought hard against the team from the Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association (SAFSA). Despite it being their first time in an external competition, they played through the nerves and performed admirably with a score of 34-79 against the much younger and fitter team.

2 weeks later, in their second and final game, they played a nail-biting, close match against Team HBK and emerged victorious, scoring 66-58 at the final whistle.

Even though they came from different companies and departments, they trained hard together, played as one team, gave their all in both matches and did Hong Leong Group proud. Their determination, teamwork and sportsmanship truly embodied the Team Hong Leong spirit!

Congratulations, Team Hong Leong, for your great showing in this year's Pesta Sukan games!