The Kuala Lumpur Bar Blog

6 January 2018 4 th KL Bar Pool Open Competition - 10-Ball Singles The 4th KL Bar Pool Open competition was held at 5ive Star Pool & Bar, SS15 Subang Jaya on Saturday, 6 January 2018. The format of play was 10-Ball in a mixed category, i.e. ladies and men play in the same draw. The players were ranked on their apparent abilities with the better ones giving the weaker ones a handicap of a certain number of frames in order to even out the competition. 10 Ball is not played as much as 8 Ball or 9 Ball. It requires a combination of strategies of the latter two formats. Some of the participants were playing 10 Ball for the first time, but to their credit, they got an understanding of the game really quick. None more so than when they only had to pot one ball to win the game, i.e. the 10 Ball itself, when their opponent had potted all 9 balls in sequence only to fail to pot the 10 ball! The players were separated into two groups. After the round robin group stage, the top...

Introduction For the past 13 years, Charity Night has been organised as an annual event by the Kuala Lumpur Young Lawyers Committee (‘KLYLC’) to raise funds for worthy social causes. Previous beneficiaries include the National Autism Society of Malaysia, the National Kidney Foundation, Project Light A Home, Mercy Malaysia, and the Selangor and the Federal Territory Association for the Mentally Handicapped. This year’s Charity Night 2017 was held on 10 November 2017 at MAKESPACE @ QUILL CITY MALL and the beneficiary this year is the Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Malaysia (CLAPAM). CLAPAM is a non-profit, non-government organisation and a support group consisting of volunteers from parents with children born with cleft lip and/or palate, adults with cleft lip and/or palate and healthcare professionals who manage such individuals. Although cleft lip and palate are common, public’s awareness about it remains low. CLAPAM serves as a one stop centre to assist children b...