Pacesetters Athletic Club Issue #13: January 2016

Foreword by President 2015 Reflections & Moving Forward in 2016 Today is New Year’s Day and I woke up at my usual time of 5.30am. I usually start working on my emails each morning at 6.00am but I decided to reflect on PAC after leading the club for 18 months, during which time I went through some re-learning on the job and discovered realistic expectations from my team and the members. My conclusion is that we need to go back to basics on why this club was formed. Our club charges an annual membership of RM36 for ordinary members and RM18 for senior members (over 60) and youth members (under 18). Today RM36 will not enable you to register for any 10km race! The last increase was in 2000 (from RM24 to RM36). I was the president then and one member told me that it is a 50% increase! He was arithmetically correct. The good news is we have no intention to propose any increase in membership fees as we don’t need to. We have in the last one year culled all our major recurring overheads, namely office rental and related utilities and salaries which were almost RM4,000 per month when I took charge in April 2014. The club has managed to operate without an office, only a storeroom for our items with a monthly rental of RM200. Needless to say, the Exco have to share in the administrative work. We have a virtual office that leverages on modern communications like Whatsapp group. This savings are major and the immediate benefit is that club does not need to seek out third party events to pay its overheads. We can now focus on members’ activities. A case in point is the recent trip to Sekinchan cum breakfast run. We paid for the breakfast for our members and the guests paid a token sum of RM5 each. Such activities are affordable, easy for the EXCO to manage and enjoyable for members. This is important given the upward pressure in the cost of living that we have faced last year and which will be even stronger in 2016. We are targeting to organize 4 to 6 breakfast runs in a year, hopefully with 3 outside of Kuala Lumpur. The next confirmed event is a trip to Sungei Lembing (near Kuantan) organized jointly by our Kuantan Area Group and the Exco. Please see details in this issue and join us. Our Allianz Pacesetters 4 x 3km held on 17 October 2015 was reasonably successful, meeting most of the objectives set out. We raised RM51,000 for the Kiwanis Down Syndrome 1|Page

Issue #13: January 2016 Foundation in a difficult year. A total of 175 teams took part. We are working towards having the event earlier this year. After a long development stage and moth-balling the project for a few months, we finally turned on the members’ portal on 22 December 2015. This is a significant milestone for the club as we are the first running club in the country with an online members’ portal. Please see details in a separate article in this issue. After one week, so far so good and hopefully we can cruise through with minimum teething problems. One member actually thought it was a scam when he received the notice to make payments online! This portal will take care of our back office administration processes that the club has struggled on for several years, when our membership increased significantly. It will eliminate the need to manually receive cash which no one wishes to handle. This portal was jointly developed with Hivelocity Events Sdn Bhd. We foresee other clubs implementing their own portals in due course. We like to thank our former treasurer, Mr Chong Ting Chow who spearheaded this initiative. It took about 7 months to firm up all the nitty gritty of the programing. Another development is on the club’s revised constitution. The amendments have been approved by the Sports Commissioner and final document should be approved in due course. It should be ready for our next AGM, tentatively scheduled on 23 April 2016. VP1, Munning has done a lot of work on this. This year, we have also resolved the three long outstanding event accounts with WOS World of Sports (M) Sdn Bhd that went back to 2012. With this settlement, our balance sheet is now cleaned up with no material amounts owing to any third parties. We will give a more detailed report on this at the coming AGM. We have more or less completed our transformation, put our house in order and put the club back on the path we believe it should be, focused on members’ activities. We aim to organise more members’ activities in 2016 and we look forward to your support, both in participation and also helping out one way or the other. We will rebuild the spirit of the club and set the pace in the recreational running scene.

Wan Yew Leong 1 January 2016

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Contents

Vision

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We are the leading running club in the country and aspire to be the leading running club in the Region.

Foreword by President

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Club’s Breakfast Run Among Paddy Field

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Blue Cap Abbvie Relay Run for Prostate Cancer

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Mission

New Year Breakfast Run

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Newbie Columns

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Pacesetters Membership Portal

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Regular Run Activities

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Upcoming Events

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How to Join Pacesetters Athletic Club

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i. Promote running as a sustainable healthy recreational activity among the grass roots, catering for individuals of all ages and capabilities. ii. Organise activities and run events to support the above mission. iii. Use our skills in events management to support CSR and/or Charity run events. Objectives

Pacesetters Athletic Club Executive Committee 2015/2016 President :

Wan Yew Leong

019-356 3091

[email protected]

Vice President I :

Munning Jamaludin

016-238 8043

[email protected]

Vice President II :

Tammy Lim

012-288 8343

[email protected]

Secretary :

Chan Kin Hou

012-294 8826

[email protected]

Asst. Secretary :

Ng Chooi Lin

013-389 6978

[email protected]

Treasurer :

Sunny Lee

019-213 6685

[email protected]

Asst. Treasurer :

Winnie Lee

019-384 6338

[email protected]

Committee Members :

William Chin

016-201 2289

[email protected]

Cham Shook Fun

012-385 8128

[email protected]

Ng Vi Vian

012-699 3799

[email protected]

Daniel Chow

016-977 2505

[email protected]

Alfred Chan Hock Kun

016-695 6898

[email protected]

Mah Pung

017-888 0905

[email protected]

Chief Blogger :

Mike Gan

012-225 0289

[email protected]

Official Photographer :

Chan WK

012-399 0766

[email protected]

Racing Team Captain :

Ronnie See

012-279 5208

[email protected]

Jessica Tang

011-2306 6456

[email protected]

Auditor :

i. To promote, develop and encourage the sport of running in the country. ii. To foster mutual goodwill, understanding and friendship between its members. iii. To promote and/or participate in sports and social activities related to running both locally and internationally. iv. To develop and promote running programmes for the benefit of the community. v. To develop and promote other form of outdoor sports activities among its members. – Per Constitution 2010 Version Core Values Passion Team Work Efficient & Effective Camaraderie Integrity Continuous Learning

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Group photo before the run, photo by Chan Wing Kai

Club’s Breakfast Run among Paddy Fields – by Michael Gan Our members took their families for a fun run cum holiday in Sekinchan last Sunday. The club wishes to thank the headmaster of SRJK (C) Yoke Kuan, Mr Lee, for graciously allowing us to have our breakfast in the school canteen. Many of the runners came on Saturday and visited Ah Ma House, Paddy Gallery, Pantai Redang and Mango King.

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Photos taken at the Sekinchan’s Breakfast Run by Michael Gan

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Ah Ma House, which sells specialty cakes and biscuits.

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These paddy fields will be ready for harvesting in about 2 weeks.

This is not just a pretty picture; it is part of the important irrigation system in paddy planting.

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Yummy breakfast of rice porridge, yau cha kwai, braised taukwa and soya sauce stewed eggs

The Mango King shop, where we were given samples of very nice ciku - not too sweet. We then bought a one kg bag of it for RM10.

A rice farmer telling us that rice crop takes between 90 to 100 days from planting to harvest. The "Pearl" variety is not allowed to be planted in Malaysia because of pests. Harvesting is done by large rice harvesters like to one below, which was parked a short distance away.

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Blue Cap Abbvie Relay Run for Prostate Cancer – by Goh Jing Jing On 29 November 2015, Blue Cap Movement held its first annual Blue Cap Relay Run and Health Carnival at University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The main purpose of the run was to promote men's health and to raise funds in support of prostate cancer treatment. There were six categories in the 3 x 3 km relay run which were Open, Mixed Women, Mixed 55, The 50s, Cancer survivor and Family Run. Our club sent two teams and both did very well to get on the podium. The Men Open team emerged as 1st runner up while the Mixed Team emerged as Champion. Congratulations! Special thanks to Ronnie See, the club's Racing Team Men's Captain for selecting and organising the teams.

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Pacesetters Malaysia A (Men Open). Pua Chin Kuan, Amir Syazani and Goh Jing Jing

Pacesetters Malaysia B (Mixed Team). Loh Kah Mun, Yeo Chong Yong, Tan Hui Siang

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Yeah! Let’s Celebrate!!

Just like the Oscar Award Edited by Micheal Gan 11 | P a g e

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Group photo New Year Breakfast Run- by CWK

New Year Breakfast Run 03 Jan 2015 - by Ng Vi Vian On the 3rd January 2016, Sunday, Pacesetters New Year Breakfast Run being held at Sri Hartamas Park. We have around 100 runners including friends and families joined us to celebrate this New Year. We started off with 15KM which started at 0600 hours and follow by 10km at 0630 hours. Thereafter, around 0730 hours we had mini relay team competition with 3pax X 2 KM in a group (2 males and 1 female). After the run and relay, we enjoyed our breakfast of Nasi Lemak, Mihun, Roti Jala, Kuih, Tau Fu Fah and many more. It was indeed an enjoyable run and gathering for all of us. Once again, Happy New Year Runners!

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Here are some of the photos taken by CWK and Ee Kok Jin

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Winner of the relay competition

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Newbie Column – Welcome to PAC! Monica Tan, Mid 30s, Johor Bahru I started running about 2 years ago. I did my first 10k at Great Eastern run in Johor Bahru in Dec 2013 and my first half marathon in May 2014 at the Sundown Singapore. I was coaxed into doing my full Marathon, the Penang Bridge International Marathon, and the same year by a friend who told me “the registration fee was only an additional RM10 & I get an extra finishing T-Shirt”. The gullible me bought the rational and did my first full marathon in excruciating 7 hours. Nevertheless I enjoyed the experience. I always loved swimming and was introduced to open water swimming last year. I joined the Kapas Marang Swimathon which is a 6.5km swim from Pulau Kapas to Marang, Terenganu to challenge myself. I thought to myself, "If I could already run and swim, why not cycle as well?" Hence I bought my bicycle in Oct 2014 but only started cycling regularly in the middle of this year. Swimming, cycling and running helps me to relax and be more positive towards life. It is a great way to make new friends. I knew very few people in KL as I just relocated here in June this year. These activities have made me new friends like the runners from Saturday Beginners Group. Losing weight doing all these activities is also a bonus. I have lost about 13kgs and I’m a lot leaner since I started 2 years ago, so I feel less guilty eating my favourite spicy foods & mee rebus Johor. I get a sense of euphoria when I cross the finishing line. The feeling is more intense in tougher events, like a full marathon or half ironman. I am not a fast runner nor cyclist so I cannot compete on speed. Instead, I like to do endurance sports because this is where mental power overcomes everything. In sports, my inspiration is Sister Madonna Buder. She is currently the record holder for the oldest woman to complete a full Ironman race. She is a late starter, started running only at the age of 48 and triathlon at the age of 52. Despite many challenges, she was persistent & never gave up pursuing her dream. She is a classic example of 'never too old & never too late' to start something.

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Before the start of 2km open water event.

3rd place in my category at 2km open water swim event at Port Dickson on 29th Nov. At the Melaka Century Ride, my first 160km ride.

At Genting Sempah on a Sunday.

At the Nike We Run KL run earlier 2015

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List of Newbie who joined us since September 2015 – WELCOME  NO

PAC NO

Name

Date Joined

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

6673 6674 6675 6676 6677 6678 6679 6680 6681 6682 6683 6684 6685 7000 7001

Tan Hui Siang Daniel Velazquez Collado Marion Demeure Velazquez Lee Ai Ling Nafizah Goriman Khan Yushida Mohd Yunus Nora Binti Esa Makiko Mitzutani Lum Shee Ngai Ng Eng Seong Anand Reddy Gade Monica Tan Hui Lin Vivien Geh Swee Guat Chan Chun Yin Joseph Leong Hee Shy

01-09-15 01-09-15 01-09-15 01-09-15 01-10-15 01-10-15 01-10-15 01-09-15 01-11-15 01-11-15 01-11-15 01-12-15 01-12-15 18-12-15 18-12-15

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PAC Membership Portal– By Chan Kin Hou After months of delay due to technical reasons, the PAC Membership Portal finally went live on 22 December 2015. In the past, managing the membership roster of a thousand members has been a manual and laborious task between the secretariat and the treasury, sending out reminders, keeping track of payments into our bank account, updating members’ records, etc. There were also two membership renewal cycles each year, one at the end of June and the other end of December. Hence the manual renewal process was done twice a year. In 2014, the PAC Exco decided to take the plunge into the age of IT, and created an online portal for members to self-manage their membership and fees payment. This is an initiative from the Strategic Plan 2014-19. Mr. Chong Ting Chow, the treasurer at the time, together with the appointed software developer did a fine job building the portal. It was designed with simplicity in mind for the members, so that one does not have to be an IT expert to use it. We do, however, require members to have an email address and a credit card – two things you should already have if you regularly participate in run events. The portal is hosted on myraceonline.com server. The Exco also decided to consolidate the two annual renewal cycles into one at the end of every December. Hence for those whose membership expires in June, your renewal fees calculated by the portal will include an additional six months of fees so that your expiry will now be re-aligned to the end of December. With the launch of the membership portal, a major administrative activity is now being automated. The Exco can now focus more time and energy into organising meaningful activities for our members. We hope members will continue to support and participate in these activities and bring friends and family along. The membership portal can be accessed at http://pacesetters.myraceonline.com using your PAC no. as ID and the last four digits of your IC/Passport no. as Password. You should verify your particulars immediately and change your password after the first time login. Should you need any assistance, please email to [email protected] with the following Subject line: “[PAC Portal] – Your subject title” (without quotes) The portal allows you to view and edit your profile, check your membership status, change login password and renew your membership via online payment. For more information on the portal, please download the User’s Guide at http://bit.ly/PAC-PortalUG. This user’s guide may be updated from time to time when necessary but the download link will remain the same. 20 | P a g e

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Regular Run Activities-By Tammy Normal Saturday Training (Planetarium Group) Starts at 7.30am Lead by: Sunny Lee (019.213.6685) and Chan Kin Hou (012.294.8826) Normal Sunday training (11km Double Hill, 15km Solaris, 20 km Sri Hartamas) Starts at 6.00am from Padang Merbuk Lead Runners: 1. Mr Lee - 016.556.7707 (fast) 2. Ng Chooi Lin - 013.389.6978 (moderate) 3. Tammy - 012.288.8343 (slow) 20km starts at 6.30am from Padang Merbuk Lead Runners: 1. Mr Ang - 012.226.9182 2. Ms Fang - 019.829.0708 3. Mr Onn - 012.652.3738 15km or 12km start at 6.30am from Padang Merbuk Lead Runners: 1. Mr Sum - 012.382.1505 2. Mr Foo - 016.2211.3801 3. Ms Winnie - 019.384.6338 4. Ms Sylvia - 012.388.6062 Remarks: If there is an event at Padang Merbuk, the meeting place will be relocated to Petronas at Sri Hartamas.

Kuantan Pacesetters Activity Set Run on 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month. Group Leader: William Chin – 016.201.2289 Assistant Group Leader: Lee Keng Teng – 019.954.2868

Permaisuri Pacesetters Everyday Evening, you may contact Winnie Lee – 019.384.6338

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Upcoming Events

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Hotel Reservation Form Pollock View Resort AB/51, Pollock Creek, Sungei Lembing, Malaysia Twin Room Triple Room Quad Room Five persons Room

Rate RM110 130 150 180

No of Room

Name (in full) Guest 1 (Main)

Total Amount

Main guest: email add:

…………………………………………… Main guest: Mobile No: .…………………………..

Guest 2 Guest 3 Guest 4 Guest 5 Pacesetters Membership No (main guest) Date of arrival Date of departure

Check in time: 12noon Check out time: 1pm

Optional: BBQ dinner @ RM28 per pax (27th Feb 2016)

No of pax

Total amount

Grand Total For reservations please bank into: Pacesetters Athletic Club Public Bank A/c 3191095222 (not later than 18 th Feb 2016) For further enquiry please contact: Ng Chooi Lin 013 3896978 ([email protected]) or Cham Shook Fun 012 3858128 ([email protected])

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How to Join Pacesetters Athletic Club We are a local running club with a mission to promote running as a sustainable healthy recreational activity among the grass roots, catering to individuals of all ages and capabilities. Please note that: 1. Our language of communication is English 2. Our mode of communication with our members is via email. Facebook and our blog, pacesettersmalaysia.blogspot.my 3. We are mainly Klang Valley based with an Area Group in Kuantan We like our potential members to participate in any of our activities first before applying to join, for example our regular Sunday and Saturday runs, our Breakfast runs and competitive events such as the Allianz Pacesetters 4x3km Relay. Only when you feel comfortable with our club, should you apply to become a member. To apply, you need to fill up our membership form and submit it to the Secretary or any of our Exco Members. It is important to note that you must provide your primary email address in the form. No payment is required at this stage. Your application will then be processed and upon approval, the secretary will send you an invitation via email. A link in the email will take you to our membership portal to create your profile and pay the membership fees through the online payment gateway. For more information on registering as a new member, please download the membership portal user’s guide at http://bit.ly/PAC-PortalUG and see “How to Register as a New Member”. In the rare event that we do not approve your application, we shall notify you via email but we may not disclose any reasons for the rejection.

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MEMBERSHIP  FORM  

 

 

 

Name    

 

Email    

Date  of  Birth  

 

 

MyKad,  IC  or  Passport   MyKad  

Gender    

  Male  

 

  Female  

 

 

Profession    

Contact  Nos.  

Mobile  

 

Office  

 

Home  

 

 

Activities  Participated,   Date  &  Location  

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INDEMNITY   I   acknowledge   that   in   participating   in   the   Pacesetters   Athletic   Club’s   activities,   I   will   accept   all   the   risks,   which   may   result   in  death  or  injury  or  loss  of  properties  and  I  will  directly  or  indirectly  absolve  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  members.    

 

Signature       Date  

For  members  below  age  18  years,  parent/guardian   approval  is  required.     Parent/Guardian  Signature        

 

Proposer  Signature         Name  

 

Name   NRIC/Passport  No.   PAC  No.  

Date  

Date  

  FOR  OFFICE  USE  ONLY   Date  Received  

Approval  I  (Signature)       Exco   Date  

Approval  II  (Signature)       Exco   Date  

Approval  Date  

 

Portal  Invite  Sent  

 

   

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