enquiry letter part 4

Dear Desmond,

Thank you for your enquiry and information on the teams with regards to Fun on Foot : The Heritage Marathon held on Saturday 19th July.

I gather from your email that you sent in two student teams. You also stated that you assisted both student teams in their answers before submission. It would imply that you had helped the two teams in their race as they would not have known what the questions were at each of the 24 sites until the team (and by assocation, yourself), had visited the sites physically.

Our Registration Form clearly states that teams under the 'Educational Catergory' can only consist of 'Full-time students of secondary schools, JCs, ITEs, Polytechnics and tertiary institutions.' This clearly rules out any assistance of any sort from adults, teachers or non-full time students.

By stating that you have physically checked the answer scripts of both teams, this constitutes a breach of the rules and regulations as stated. We have no choice but to disqualify both teams on grounds of flouting the rules and the composition of the team under the educational catergory.
This will make both teams liable to disqualification. We will therefore require you to surrender your prizes for MEZZ in this instance.

Please feel free to contact me if you need any further clarifications and for information on how you can return the prize money.

Regards
S*** H***

enquiry letter part 3

Hi S*** H***,

No, both are under the education category and both are students.

One team name is MEZZ, members are: Pek Zhi Kai, Matthew Liu, Eugene Yeo and Zhi Jie

The other team is ACS(I) Ventures, members are: Louis Leong, Alvin Lin, Zhen Yi and Kyne Wong

Sincerely,

Desmond

enquiry letter part 2

Hi Desmond,

We are having some difficulty retreiving your starter kits. You say that both teams are in the education catergory? One's yours (ie. teachers) and the other is your students?

Cheers
S*** H***

enquiry letter part 1

Dear Sir,

With regard to my query on the results (education institute category), I am wondering what is the outcome of your investigation.

Just a short detail regarding my query:

I sent in 2 teams (MEZZ and ACS(I) Ventures) in the education institute category. Just before the two teams submitted the score card at the check point, I checked and made sure that the two teams have similar answers to the questions. Thereafter, the two teams submitted the score card one after the other, with no other teams standing in between them. Upon the announcement of the results, one team was awarded first while the other team was unplaced. My query is: how is this possible that, when the two sets of answers are similar, no other teams standing in between the two teams and the winning margin was so big, yet one team came in first and the other team was unplaced?

Thank you for your investigation and would anticipate a thorough investigation into this matter on your part.

Mr. Desmond Yap

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fun on foot 2008 - heritage festival

gruelling journey, 24 checkpoints, 6 hours... it was sheer hardwork and proper planning with a little bit of strategy that allows us to defend our title for fun on foot 2008. thus, the team is now $1000 richer and happier for the weekend.

however, the win is not without controversy as our second team left empty handed, even though we submitted similar answers, at the same time. how is it possible that one team came in 1st while the other team ended up empty handed is anyone's guess. lodge an official complain with the organiser but i am not having high expectations that i will get a satisfactory answer. this is organised by heritage board, part of the government sector/stat board. they will give me some stupid excuses which is expected of all government sector/stat board. shall wait for a reply from them.