Team CDL, comprising (L-R) Business Development & Investments Manager Mr Melvin Chay; Property Management Manager Mr Adrian Lim; Business Development & Investments Senior Investment Analyst Mr Joseph Leong; Business Development & Investments Senior Manager Mr Wilfred Tan; Group Chief Strategy Officer Mr Kwek Eik Sheng; and Business Development & Investments Senior Vice President and Head of Property Development Mr Gerald Yong (hidden), put up a tough fight and came in second runner-up for Tug-of-War.
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THE Hong Leong Olympics 2018 has come to an end! Following the finals for bowling, which took place earlier, the games ended with an afternoon of track and field events and novelty games on 14 October.
Team Hong Leong Finance (HLF) emerged champions with a final score of 92 points, breaking Team CDL’s seven-time winning streak. Team CDL came in first runner-up with 86 points while Team Hong Leong & Companies, represented by CBM and other Hong Leong companies, were second runner-up with 70 points.
The top three Mixed Doubles teams for bowling: (L-R) Second runners-up CDL Group Chief Strategy Officer Mr Kwek Eik Sheng and Customer Service Assistant Manager Ms Sophia Peh, champions Mr Poh Leong Yan from Grand Copthorne Waterfront and Ms Violet Leong from Orchard Hotel, and first runners-up Ms Seow Yi Ling and Mr Ricky Ng from CBM.
Team Hotels bowled away the competition for Bowling. Representatives from Orchard Hotel And Grand Copthorne Waterfront earned gold for the Ladies’ Singles and Mixed Doubles and silver for the Men’s Singles categories. CBM, representing Hong Leong & Companies, won gold for Men’s Singles.
At the finals, Team CDL breezed through the finish line for the Track events, scoring golds for both the Men’s and Ladies’ 100m and 4x100m relay events. They also bagged silvers for both categories of the 4x100m relay events, including the Ladies’ 100m, Men’s 1,500m and Pioneer Ladies’ 400m. They earned bronzes for Men’s 100m, Ladies’ 800m, Men’s 1,500m and Pioneer Men’s 800m events. CBM earned a gold for Pioneer Men’s 800m, silver for Men’s 100m and Ladies’ 800m, and bronze for Ladies’ 100m and Ladies' 4x100m. Team HLF bagged golds for Men’s 1,500m and Pioneer Ladies' 400m and a bronze for Men’s 4x100m.
Team HLF taking a shot at the Precision Throw in the novelty events section, where participants had to throw bean bags into baskets at various distances. 
Pictured above are the ladies in the hula hoop contest. To up the difficulty level for the competition, contestants were made to hula hoop while performing other actions such as keeping their arms in the air, or turning around.
In the novelty events, CBM did a clean sweep of the Men’s Precision Throw, winning all podium positions. The top three places for Ladies’ Precision Throw were won by HLF, CBM and CDL respectively. It was a close fight for the hula hoop event, as contestants proved they could hula under a variety of circumstances. After hula hooping with arms in the air and turning rounds, CDL took silver and bronze for Men’s Hula Hoop and gold and bronze for Ladies’ Hula Hoop, while CBM scored gold and silver for Men’s and Ladies’ Hula Hoop respectively. In the Chatek event, a traditional game that requires keeping a feathered shuttlecock in the air for as long as possible by kicking it up with the heel of the foot, HLF took home the gold for the Men’s category, and the gold and bronze for the Ladies’ category. CBM won silver and bronze for Men’s Chatek, while Hong Leong Holdings came in silver for Ladies’ Chatek.
CBM sent in three teams for the Tug-of-War event and eventually took home the gold and silver awards.
The final Tug-of-War event was highly anticipated, and though the rain came down and the ground was muddy, participants put in their all! Eventually, CBM Teams 2 and 3 heaved their way to a first and second place finish, while CDL came in third.
With the exciting finals, Hong Leong Olympics 2018 has come to a close. It’s never too early to start training for the next Olympics in 2020!
A group photo of all the participants and supporters at the Hong Leong Olympics 2018 finals!
