[Rossoneri]

It is with great sadness that I read about the passing of Charles Leong, former Singapore junior international and occasional vugraph commentator (his bbo handle was charles_l) in the December edition of the SCBA newsletter (SCBA website, go to newsletters, December 09)

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1. Obituary of Charles Leong
With much sadness, I will like to extend
our condolences for Charles, who played
Bridge actively at SCBA and on BBO. He
passed away unexpectedly on 26th Nov
at a young age of 28 years. Like his
father, he suffered from muscular
dystrophy. It is always depressing when
our beloved friends pass on, especially
when at a premature age.

I don't really know Charles very well, our interactions were limited to the few times I saw him at the clubhouse or to the times when I was on BBO kibitzing him or watching his commentary on vugraph. He was a friendly, approachable guy and I do remember learning a few pointers from him at the club. His sudden passing is indeed a loss to the bridge community both in Singapore and online.

(Edit: Thanks to the mod who moved it to the correct forum! I was a bit mixed up the first time round!)

[mr1303]

Charles used to live in London when he was at university there, and it was there that I had the priviledge of meeting him.

A few of us are planning some sort of memorial ceremony in London over the next few weeks.

[Jlall]

Very sad, RIP.