eNews! Volume 545 (July 2016)

Editor’s Choice

Spotlight

Sports Badminton

Bowling

Fencing

Golf

Gymnastics

Swimming

Synchronised Swimming

Track & Field

Awards

School News

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EDITOR’S CHOICE

Xiu Yi Owns National Mark Singapore Youth Olympic Festival

Gail Chia

Executive, Strategic Communications

Ho Xiu Yi created a stir at SAFRA Yishun Indoor Air Weapons Range on 26 June 2016 when she shot

420.3 points to claim the Women’s 10m Air Rifle National Record.

The Secondary 4 student-athlete was taking part in the 2016 Singapore Youth Olympic Festival when she

achieved this feat, which also helped her to comfortably win the Youth 17 gold medal.

In February 2016, Xiu Yi missed qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by a mere 0.4 points when

she shot 417.6 points in the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition. She came back stronger, recording a

Personal Best of 419.0 points at the 2016 Nanyang Technological University Invitational Shoot in March.

Three months later, Xiu Yi set a new PB – and rewrote the National Record of 419.8 points set by

Olympian Jasmine Ser in February 2016.

“Shooting a new Personal Best is a good indication that I’m moving in the right direction in my sport

development. Breaking the National Record is a bonus and motivation for me to continue towards

representing Singapore at the Olympic Games one day,” said Xiu Yi.

Despite several good performances recently, Xiu Yi is not resting on her laurels.

“My short-term goal is to be able to perform not only at local competitions, but at international meets

as well. To get there, I have plans to work on my pre- and mid-competition routines, to achieve

consistency in my mental state at competitions so as to perform my best. I was going through a rough

patch in my sport a few weeks prior to the SYOF. However, that made me stronger. Through the low

point in my sport, I learnt how to cope with bad shots and to persevere during tough times.

“These small successes which I have achieved in the recent months doesn’t give me an excuse to train

less than before. There will come a point in the future when the same effort I’m putting in now will not

be enough for further improvement. I may have to wait to see the fruits of my labour, but I look forward

to the day when the hard work I put in now comes to fruition.”

Altogether, Singapore Sports School’s Shooting Academy bagged 7 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals at

the SYOF. In the 12 events that were offered at the competition, Sports School’s shooters enjoyed clean

sweeps in the 10m Air Rifle Youth 15 Men’s and Women’s events.

RESULTS

Air Rifle

10m Air Rifle Men Youth 13

1 Muhammad Fathir Ahmad

3 Marat Lleyton Veloso

10m Air Rifle Women Youth 13

2 Callie Siah Yong Xin

10m Air Rifle Men Youth 15

1 Muhammad Izzat Junaidie

2 Emmanuel Chan En Yue

3 Ryan Dayne Phang

10m Air Rifle Women Youth 15

1 Fernel Tan Qian Ni

2 Nurul Syafiqa Nassaruddin

3 Cecilia Ng

10m Air Rifle Men Youth 17

1 Mohamad Irwan Abdul Rahman

10m Air Rifle Women Youth 17

1 Ho Xiu Yi

Air Pistol

10m Air Pistol Men Youth 13

2 Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Nazri

10m Air Pistol Women Youth 13

1 Clarice Ng

10m Air Pistol Men Youth 15

3 Ross Lee Yu Bin

10m Air Pistol Women Youth 15

1 Yeo Gin Yee

3 Hew Yun Ting

10m Air Pistol Men Youth 17

2 Terrence Ng Shu Hao

3 Brian Lim Wei Lun

10m Air Pistol Women Youth 17

2 Aqyla Mohammad Affendy

3 Sheryl Lieo Wei Xuan

SPOTLIGHT

Proof That Sports And Studies Can Mix

2016 May IBDP Examination Results

To give up their sport dreams and hole up to prepare for the IBDP November 2015 Examination or defer

the completion of their pre-university education by six months was not a difficult decision that

synchronised swimmer Natalie Chen Mei Qing and netballer Avelyn Leong Kit Yan had to make.

Natalie was looking forward to performing as part of Team Singapore at the Southeast Asian Games for

the second time, while Avelyn was in the running to represent Singapore at the 2015 Asian Youth

Netball Championship. Both were also confident that their teachers at Singapore Sports School would

help them to catch up on their studies after their competitions were over.

Both girls fulfilled their dreams with Natalie winning two gold medals at the Singapore 2015 Sea Games

last June and Avelyn returning with a bronze medal from Hongkong in December. They were also all

smiles when they received their International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Examination results on

6 July 2016 – Avelyn scored 40 points out of a possible 45, and Natalie was just 1 point shy from a

perfect score. Avelyn and Natalie are the only two student-athletes from Sports School who sat for the

May 2016 examination.

“I knew that I would be missing lots of lessons due to my hectic Sea Games training regime. As such, I

chose to defer my examination as that would give me the flexibility to pursue excellence in both sports

and studies,” said Natalie, who, at 14 years old, won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the Jakarta 2011 Sea

Games.

“My teachers were very caring and made extra effort to have consultations with me to help me catch up

on the lessons I missed. I was very confident that this was the best programme for me. I would not have

been able to score 44 points without the kind of support that I was given. I am grateful to the Sports

School for this,” added Natalie.

Avelyn, too, credited her good results to the strong support from the academic staff at the Sports School.

“The resources we have at Sports School are tremendous and I trusted the system enough to take the

risk. It is not easy to juggle sports and studies and we managed to only because we had a team of

dedicated teachers to guide and encourage us,” said Avelyn.

Besides contributing to the 2015 Asian Youth Netball Championship bronze medal, Avelyn was also part

of the team that finished runners-up at the 2015 Netball Super League.

Seven in 10 of Sports School’s first cohort of student-athletes who sat for the IBDP Examination in

November 2015 achieved 40 points and more. Among them were netball player Deborah Wong Weng

Ee, who at 17 years old in 2014, was selected for the National U21 netball team; Bernard Ong Soon Yang

who represented Singapore at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games; and Daphne Oh Xin Yi, President

of the Student’s Council, who won the 2015 Australia National Youth Cup Ladies’ division and 1 gold, 1

silver and 2 bronze medals at the 2015 Australia National Youth Challenge to help the Sports School win

the Overall Women’s Team trophy.

In June 2015, Sports School signed a Memorandum of Understanding with International Baccalaureate

Organization and World Academy of Sport, allowing selected student-athletes in high performance sport

up to four years to complete their post-secondary IBDP. Seven student-athletes who started on this

post-secondary programme on 4 January 2016 have opted for the longer pathway – three on the 4-year

track and four on the 3-year track.

SPORTS

BADMINTON

U17 Shuttlers Dominate

Singapore Youth Olympic Festival

Desmond Tan

General Manager, Badminton Academy

Singapore Sports School’s Badminton Academy participated in the Singapore Youth Olympic Festival on

2 July and 3 July 2016 when our girls and boys teams clinched both U17 titles on offer. Our U17 Girls

defeated Nanyang Girls High School and our U17 Boys beat Adventec – both 3-0.

Our U15 boys settled for silver after losing 1-2 to Nameless; our U15 girls failed to get past the quarter-

finals. Nonetheless, our student-athletes can be very proud of their performances at Jurong Sports Hall

as our coaches had sent a very young team to provide them an opportunity for exposure and

experience.

The Singapore Youth Olympic Festival celebrates sporting excellence in youths and gives Singapore’s

budding young athletes an important platform to improve their skills and pursue their sporting dreams,

with more than 70 teams participating in the competition.

RESULTS

Boys U15

2 Singapore Sports School

Boys U17

1 Singapore Sports School

Girls U17

1 Singapore Sports School

THE TEAM

Boys U15

Donovan Willard Wee

Kubo Junsuke

Marcus Tan Zhuo Li

Torance Jng Yao Chee

Wesley Koh Eng Keat

Girls U15

Cynthia Tan Yi Qi

Kennise Ang Yan Ning

Koh Yu Han

Lim Su Qi

Rennie Yow Jia Yi

Boys U17

Aaron Yong Chuan Shen

Benjamin Lee Yihui

Darrion Michael Ng Weng Soong

Howin Wong Jia Hao

Ivan Go Wei Hon

Lee Zhi Yuan

Royston Loh Keng Yin

Girls U17

Ashley Lim Xiao Fei

Bernice Lim Zhi Rui

Chiu Jing Yun

Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann

Lim Ming Hui

Tyu Ke Wei

BOWLING

Striking Gold On Home Soil

9th Singapore Sports School-Opulent International Bowling Championship

Nur Amirah Ng and Caitlan Lim Le Yi

Student-Athletes, Bowling Academy

The Singapore Sports School-Opulent International Bowling Championship U18 trophy has been retained

in Singapore – thanks to Secondary 4 student-athlete Jarred Lim Jia Le.

Jarred defeated classmate and Singapore Bowling Federation teammate Aidan Poh 234-191 in the last

round of the Stepladder Finals for the $5,000 cash prize.

“The AMF pattern was a tricky one, but I just told myself to focus on rolling the ball and not forcing it.

This way, I will not rush through my shots, and made sure that I closed every frame so as to keep a

decent score,” said Jarred.

Aidan kept himself in the top 4 during the Masters Final and eventually made it to face off Jarred. He

said his strategy was to just focus on the process and not think about the outcome. Indeed, it was a

good strategy as he achieved his first podium finish in four years.

Anis Shazlin Zulkhisham, who represented Hyster Malaysia, finished third. She was very consistent

throughout the 12-game Masters Final and eventually became the only female bowler to qualify for the

Stepladder Finals.

Round 1 of the Stepladder Finals saw Yeh Chen-Kuang from Chinese Taipei being pitched against Soh

Yong Ping and Timothy Theodore Tham Fu Rong – both post-secondary student-athletes and SBF

teammates. Chen-Kuang knocked down 197 pins to comfortably beat Yong Ping (183) and Timothy (181).

Round 2 saw Aidan top-score with 210 pinfalls, followed by Anis (199) and Chen-Kuang (177).

The Singapore Sports School-Opulent International Bowling Championship lapsed for a year in 2015

because the tournament dates clashed with the 28th Southeast Asian Games which was hosted in

Singapore. The 9th edition of the annual event returned this year from 15 June to 19 June and saw 66

bowlers from Brunei Darussalam, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, including a handful

from the National Training Squad, competing for the U18 title.

Previous winners from the Sports School are Marcus Kiew Jiawei (2014), Howard Saw Hui-Zhe (2012),

Muhammad Jaris Goh Ali Akbar Goh (2011) and Ng Chiew Pang (2008).

Daily reports were filed by Caitlin Lim, Ian Oei, Nur Amirah Ng, Pascal Ching Sarah Nahar Azmi and Quek

Lu Yi.

We would like to thank the many parents who came to encourage the bowlers and helped to host our

guest bowlers and their parents, coaches and managers.

Second Silver For Aidan

16th Chinese Taipei International Open Championships

Alvin Koh

General Manager, Bowling Academy

In back-to-back international competitions, Aidan Poh has struck his second silver, this time, at the 16th

Chinese Taipei International Open Championships, from 1 July to 9 July 2016.

The Secondary 4 student-athlete finished just 14 pins behind Chen Chia-Hsin from Chinese Taipei after 8

games in the Youth Finals, an U21 event.

“It wasn't the strikes but the spares that helped me to qualify for the Masters Final, and this led me to

realise just how important spares are,” said Aidan, who was the runner-up at the 9th Singapore Sports

School-Opulent International Bowling Championship in June 2016.

Two other Singapore Sports School classmates and Singapore Bowling Federation teammates made the

Youth Masters Final in Kaohsiung. Jarred Lim Jia Le, who was in the running for a podium prize, threw a

155 last game and finished 5th, while Oh Han Qin ended his campaign 15th.

In the Men’s Open Division, Jarred was the only Masters Final qualifier from SBF. He entered as the fifth

highest scorer in the Overseas Pool with a two-series six-game average of 214.83, and eventually

finished 36th out of 38 finalists.

FENCING

15 Medals In First Overseas Ranking Competition

Australia U15 and Cadet Fencing Championship 2016

David Chen Chien-Yuan

Coach, Fencing Academy

The Australia U15 and Cadet Fencing Championship 2016 is an event recognised by Fencing Singapore as

one of the ranking events in the new local ranking system. Being the first overseas ranking competition

for the 2016/2017 fencing season, the event saw many Singaporeans participating – besides Singapore

Sports School. It is also the first time since our Academy’s inception that we had 33 student-athletes

across five levels (Secondary 1 to IBDP Year 5), three coaches and one General Manager involved in one

event, making it the largest team in our Academy’s history.

Sports School fencers brought home 4 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Secondary 1’s

Yu Sihan scored double gold in both the U15 and Cadet (U17) Individual Women’s Epee event, while

Secondary 4’s Nicole Wee Sher Tynn won the gold medal in the Cadet Individual Women’s Sabre event.

She then led the gold medal team consisting of Secondary 4’s Lee Kar Moon, Secondary 2’s Megan Au

Cheok Tung and Secondary 1’s Jean Koh. Our fencers’ next competitions are the National Cadet Fencing

Championships on 22 July and 24 July, followed by the Hong Kong U20 Open Fencing Championship

during the last week of July.

To help save costs and to enable our student-athletes to learn to be more independent, we decided to

stay in a hostel and relied on public transport to get to the venue each day, instead of chartering a bus.

Our student-athletes did their own grocery shopping, prepared their own breakfast and did their own

laundry. On a lighter side, the Fencing Academy had the chance to interact and train with Australian

fencers. We toured famous attractions such as the Sydney Opera House and participated in an exciting

jet boat ride at the harbour.

RESULTS

Cadet Men’s Foil Individual – Silver (Brian Koh Shao Yang)

Cadet Women’s Epee Individual – Gold (Yu Sihan)

Cadet Women’s Foil Individual – Silver (Tatiana Wong Yu Rong)

Cadet Women’s Sabre Individual – Gold (Nicole Wee Sher Tynn)

Cadet Men’s Epee Team – Bronze (Xavier Chan Jun Xi, Jefferson Cheong Jia Hui, Simon Lee Renjie, Ryan

Yeo Yuan Zhen)

Cadet Men’s Foil Team – Silver (Brian Koh Shao Yang, Matthew James Lim Quan Rong, Max Neo Wei Kit,

Joven Tey Qi Long)

Cadet Men’s Sabre Team – Silver (Sean Elisha Koh Tze Li, Danial Haqim Mohammad Sophian, Jared Ng

Jun Heng, Ahmad Huzaifah Saharudin)

Cadet Women’s Epee Team – Bronze (Siti Nursuhailah Selamat, Aaliyaa Shu Qi Omar Marcus Tan,

Veralyn Tan Chou Xin, Yu Sihan)

Cadet Women’s Foil Team – Bronze (Chua Yi Jia, Eleanor Tan Shu Ya, Tatiana Wong Yu Rong)

Cadet Women’s Sabre Team – Gold (Megan Au Cheok Tung, Jean Koh, Lee Kar Moon, Nicole Wee Sher

Tynn)

U15 Men’s Epee Individual – Silver (Simon Lee Renjie)

U15 Men’s Sabre Individual – Bronze (Sean Elisha Koh Tze Li)

U15 Women’s Epee Individual – Gold (Yu Sihan)

U15 Women’s Foil Individual – Bronze (Eleanor Tan Shu Ya)

U15 Women’s Sabre Individual – Bronze (Megan Au Cheok Tung)

U15 Men’s Sabre Team – Silver (Sean Elisha Koh Tze Li, Jared Ng Jun Heng, James Ng Xuan-Xin, Chan Phu

Xien)

U15 Women’s Sabre Team – Silver (Megan Au Cheok Tung, Jean Koh)

Fencing 101

Holiday Camp Cum Learn To Fence Programme

Loo Zhao Rong Luan

General Manager, Fencing Academy

Singapore Sports School’s Fencing Academy hosted its inaugural holiday camp as part of its Learn To

Fence Programme from 21 to 23 June 2016. This year’s class was the largest ever, with 41 Primary 4 and

5 pupils attending the introductory programme since its inception in 2014.

Participants were taken through a curriculum designed by our team of coaches. The curriculum covered

fundamentals of the sport such as agility and coordination exercises, footwork drills, simple attacks and

simple defences. Fencing Academy student-athletes were also present to guide the participants through

each session – correcting movements and providing one-to-one coaching at times. Despite having to

perform physically-demanding drills from Day 1 of the camp, the budding fencers remained committed

throughout the three-day camp. We were most impressed with their enthusiasm and perseverance

despite being new to the sport.

On the final day of the programme, six teachers from Lianhua Primary School, who were in Sports School

to learn how to teach basic fencing to their pupils, joined in the camp. They, too, assisted our fencing

coaches and student-athletes in coaching and assessing the participants.

Before the camp concluded, Fencing Academy student-athletes performed demonstrations of all three

weapons – épée, foil and sabre – to the delight of the participants and their parents. In an informal poll

at the end of the programme, the majority of the participants indicated that they had enjoyed

themselves very much and would like to continue learning the sport, while parents were most eager to

know the next step forward for their children. Through the camp, several promising participants were

identified by our Sports School coaches to join the Fencing Academy’s Learn To Fence Programme

weekly advance classes to develop their skills and ability. Pupils who show potential in the sport at

Primary 6 may be invited to enrol at the Sports School the following year.

GOLF

Nicholas Secures JTNC Crown

Junior Tour of Northern California Summer Series III

Boys’ Championship winner Nicholas Mok Chee Yong (left). Photo by Junior Tour of Northern California.

Post-secondary student-athlete Nicholas Mok Chee Yong took one step closer towards his goal of a

college scholarship in the USA when he won the Boys Championship at the Junior Tour of Northern

California Summer Series III.

He shot an even 144 to beat Thomas Hutchinson by one stroke at the two-day tournament on 20 June

and 21 June 2016.

Key to his victory was his performance on the second day, when the 18-year-old posted five birdies and

an eagle to card a final round of 69 at the par-72 Coyote Creek Golf Course in San Jose, California.

“It was a nice win, and I hope this will convince college coaches that I can play as well in the US as I can

in Singapore,” Nicholas said. “Perhaps I can land a spot in a college golf team and earn a scholarship.”

GYMNASTICS

Phebe Is International Junior IAA Champion

13th Singapore Open Gymnastics Championships (Rhythmic)

Serena Wong

Acting General Manager, Individual Programme

Phebe Meredith Lau Zhi Ling did Singapore proud as she won the International Junior Individual All-

Around title at the 13th Singapore Open Gymnastics Championships (Rhythmic) from 24 to 26 July 2016.

The Secondary 3 student-athlete also won two golds from her Hoop and Ball finals.

Phebe’s twin, Michele Petrova Lau Xin Ling, also contributed to Singapore’s medal tally by winning a

silver and a bronze in the Rope and Hoop finals at Bishan Sports Hall. Teammate Leah Chew then

rounded up the medals for the Junior competition with a silver medal in her Clubs routine.

Lyn Yeo Siew Lyn and Edlyn Ho Zen Yee, meanwhile, competed in the International Senior category

where they helped Team Singapore win the gold medal in the Team event. Lyn also clinched a silver and

a bronze in the Ball and Clubs Individual finals.

RESULTS

International Junior

Gold

Phebe Meredith Lau Zhi Ling – Individual All-Around, Hoop, Ball

Silver

Michele Petrova Lau Xin Ling – Rope

Leah Chew – Clubs

Bronze

Michele Petrova Lau Xin Ling – Hoop

International Senior

Gold

Lyn Yeo Siew Lyn – Team

Edlyn Ho Zen Yee – Team

Silver

Lyn Yeo Siew Lyn –Ball

Bronze

Lyn Yeo Siew Lyn – Clubs

SWIMMING Sports School Duo Headed To Hawaii Singapore National Swimming Championships

Singapore Sports School will have two representatives at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming

Championships after Maximillian Ang Wei and Ryan Wee Wei Hao met the “A” qualifying marks at the

Singapore National Swimming Championships.

Maximillian will be swimming in the 400m Individual Medley after clocking a personal best time of

4:33.26s to secure his spot. He will also be competing in the 200m IM.

“I am very excited and looking forward to the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. I am

especially keen to see how I will fare against my peers from the region,” said Maximillian.

Meanwhile, post-secondary student-athlete Ryan will also be racing in two events at the Junior Pan

Pacific Championships. He booked his ticket to Hawaii after clocking in a personal best time of 4:07.11s

in the 200m Freestyle. His time was good enough to see him qualify for the 4x200m Freestyle Relay as

well.

Singapore last sent swimmers to the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship, an U18 swim meet, in

2005. All members of that 11-strong contingent, which included Sports School alumnus Ho Shu Yong,

went on to represent Singapore at various multi-sport Games.

The Singapore National Swimming Championships was also a good meet for post-secondary student-

athlete Benedict Boon Ji Chao. He was presented with the Most Valuable Swimmer Award after winning

the 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle events on top of his two bronze medals from the 50m Freestyle

and 100m Freestyle races.

Altogether, 36 swimmers from the Sports School won 4 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze medals, while setting

73 personal best times and 2 school records at the OCBC Aquatic Centre from 24 to 26 June 2016.

RESULTS

Female Category

200 Fly

Chin Khar Yi

400 Free

3 Ervina Lim Qianhui

800 Free

2 Ervina Lim Qianhui

Male Category

50 Back

3 Malcolm Low Wei Yang

200 Back

2 Malcolm Low Wei Yang

50 Free

3 Benedict Boon Ji Chao

100 Free

3 Benedict Boon Ji Chao

200 Free

1 Benedict Boon Ji Chao

400 Free

1 Benedict Boon Ji Chao

2 Oh Yao Jie

1500 Free

1 Oh Yao Jie

50 Fly

3 Oh Yao Jie

200 IM

2 Malcolm Low Wei Yang

400 IM

1 Maximillian Ang Wei

3 Malcolm Low Wei Yang

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING Debbie’s Double Delight National Schools Synchronised Swimming Championships

Post-secondary student-athlete Debbie Soh Lifei won two gold medals at the National Schools

Synchronised Swimming Championships on 2 July 2016.

The 17-year-old recorded a score of 73.6 to beat Singapore Sports School teammate Gwyneth Goh Xiao

Wei and clinch the “A” Division Solo title at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex. Both girls later teamed up to

win the Duet crown with a score of 73.06.

“Gwyneth is not my usual Duet partner, and we had only three weeks or so to polish our routine. I’m

happy with the win as it is also the highest score I have ever made with Gwyneth,” said Debbie.

RESULTS

‘A’ Division

Solo Event

1 Debbie Soh Lifei

2 Gwyneth Goh Xiao Wei

Duet Event

1 Debbie Soh Lifei and Gwyneth Goh Xiao Wei

TRACK AND FIELD Jay Excels In Hong Kong Hong Kong Inter-City Athletics Championships

Pedro Edmundo Soto Acuna

Head Coach, Track and Field Academy

Fifteen student-athletes from the Track and Field Academy competed in the Hong Kong Inter-City

Athletics Championships from 25 to 26 June 2016 with Jay Choo Zhan Xian emerging as Singapore Sports

School’s top performer.

The post-secondary student-athlete bagged a silver medal in the 110m Hurdles (Junior Category) before

teaming up with Marcell Tan Yann Guang, Mohammad Irfan Qabeel Md Daud and Muhammad Nur

Haqim Abu Mansor to win the bronze medal in the 4x100m Relay (Open Category).

Jenny Lim, Senior General Manager of the Track and Field Academy, was naturally pleased with the

result. “This is a good result considering they are a relatively new quartet. I believe they have the

potential to go far,” she said.

Altogether, our student-athletes returned with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals and 4 personal best times.

Even though they were competing against older athletes and facing a strong head wind, our student-

athletes remained focused, whilst showing determination and composure.

RESULTS

Boys Junior Category

110m Hurdles

2 Jay Choo Zhan Xian

3 Chong Wei Guan

Shot Put

3 Kang Jun Jie

Girls Junior Category

400m Hurdles

2 Celeste Goh Jia Rui

Long Jump

3 Tia Louis Rozario

Men’s Open Category

4x100m

3 Jay Choo Zhan Xian , Marcell Tan Yann Guang, Mohammad Irfan Qabeel Md Daud, Muhammad Nur

Haqim Abu Mansor

SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL TEAM

Celeste Goh Jia Rui

Chong Wei Guan

Chong Wei Kit

Diane Hilary Pragasam

Dylan Wong U Fai

Ismi Zakiah Kashful Anwar

Jay Choo Zhan Xian

Kang Jun Jie

Kerstin Ong Jing Rong

Marcell Tan Yann Guang

Mohammad Irfan Qabeel Md Daud

Muhammad Nur Haqim Abu Mansor

Ryan Teo Tze Jun

Shawn Jong Tze Chean

Tia Louise Rozario

AWARDS

Celebrating Champions 2016 Singapore Sports Awards

Past and present student-athletes and one staff from Singapore Sports School strode up the stage 66

times to receive the Singapore Sports Awards on 23 June 2016 – the majority of who had won gold

medals at the 28th Southeast Asian Games on home soil in 2015.

New Hui Fen, Kimberly Lim Wei Yan and Shelby Lian Koh were the big winners at Raffles City Convention

Centre after they took home the top prizes in the Team of the Year category.

Bowling alumnus Hui Fen won her second consecutive Team of the Year (Event) award after partnering

Shayna Ng and Cherie Tan to win silver in the Bowling Trios Team event at the 2015 World Women’s

Championships. She also won the Meritorious Awards (Individual) and Meritorious Awards (Event) prizes

as a member of the Women’s Trios team at the Asian Bowling Championship and Women’s Team at the

World Women’s Championship, together with fellow alumni Daphne Tan Shi Jing and Jazreel Tan Shi Hua.

Meanwhile, Kimberly and Shelby, along with the National Netball Squad, were recognised in the Team of

the Year (Team Sport) category after winning the gold medal in the netball tournament at the 28th Sea

Games. Like Hui Fen, this is also Kimberly’s second straight year winning the award.

Additionally, Shooting Coach and Range Executive Nigel Lim Swee Hon was presented a Meritorious

Award for winning the 50m Free Pistol Men’s Team gold medal in shooting at the 28th Sea Games.

SINGAPORE SPORTS AWARDS WINNERS

Team of the Year (Event)

Bowling Trios Team (2015 World Women’s Championships)

New Hui Fen

Team of the Year (Team Sport)

Netball Team (28th Sea Games)

Kimberly Lim Wei Yan

Shelby Lian Koh

Meritorious Awards – Sportsboy/ Sportsgirl (Individual)

Fencing

Amita Marie Nicolette Berthier

Neville Lim Woon Juin

Ryan Ong Ren An

Pencak Silat

Sheik Farhan Sheik Alau’ddin

Track and Field

Veronica Shanti Pereira

Meritorious Awards – Sportsboy/ Sportsgirl (Event)

Gymnastics: Women’s Team (28th Sea Games)

Zeng Qiyan

Shooting: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Team (ISSF Junior Cup)

Adele Tan Qian Xiu

Ho Xiu Yi

Martina Lindsay P Veloso

Meritorious Awards (Individual)

Bowling

Daphne Tan Shi Jing

Jazreel Tan Shi Hua

New Hui Fen

Pencak Silat

Muhammad Iqbal Abdul Rahman

Muhammad Nur Alfian Juma’en

Nurul Suhaila Mohd Saiful

Swimming

Amanda Lim Xiang Qi

Roanne Ho Ru’en

Tao Li

Waterski and Wakeboard

Sasha Siew Hoon Christian

Meritorious Awards (Event)

Badminton: Girls’ Doubles (Asia Youth Championship)

Crystal Wong Jia Ying

Yeo Jiamin

Bowling: Women’s Trios (Asian Bowling Championship)

New Hui Fen

Bowling: Women’s Team (World Women’s Championship)

Daphne Tan Shi Jing

Jazreel Tan Shi Hua

New Hui Fen

Bowling: Men’s Doubles (28th Sea Games)

Howard Saw Hui-Zhe

Keith Saw Hui-Xun

Bowling: Women’s Trios (28th Sea Games)

Bernice Lim Hui Ying

Fencing: Foil Women’s Team (28th Sea Games)

Nicole Mae Wong Hui Shan

Gymnastics: Women’s Rhythmic (28th Sea Games)

Edlyn Ho Zen Yee

Pencak Silat: Artistic Male Doubles (16th World Pencak Silat Championship)

Sheik Ferdous Sheik Alau’ddin

Pencak Silat: Artistic Female Team (16th World Pencak Silat Championship)

Nur Fazlin Juma’en

Nur Shafiqa Sheik Alau’ddin

Nurul Khairunnisa Azlani

Pencak Silat: Artistic Male Team (16th World Pencak Silat Championship)

Hamillatu Arash Juffrie

Muhammad Haziq Zainal Abidin

Sailing: Female Fleet Racing Keelboat (28th Sea Games)

Daniella Ng Hui Min

Jovina Choo Bei Fen

Sailing: Mixed Nacra 17 Fleet (ISAF Sailing World Cup)

Denise Lim Kexin

Sailing: Men’s 470 (28th Sea Games)

Darren Choy Wong Loong

Sailing: Women’s Skiff 49er (28th Sea Games)

Griselda Khng

Shooting: 10m Air Rifle Women’s Team (28th Sea Games)

Martina Lindsay P Veloso

Shooting: 50m Free Pistol Men’s Team (28th Sea Games)

Nigel Lim Swee Hon (Staff)

Swimming: Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team (28th Sea Games)

Clement Lim Yong’En

Swimming: Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team (28th Sea Games)

Amanda Lim Xiang Qi

Hoong En Qi

Swimming: Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Team (28th Sea Games)

Clement Lim Yong’En

Swimming: Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Team (28th Sea Games)

Amanda Lim Xiang Qi

Roanne Ho Ru’en

Tao Li

Swimming: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team (28th Sea Games)

Pang Sheng Jun

Swimming: Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team (28th Sea Games)

Amanda Lim Xiang Qi

Synchronised Swimming: Team Routine (28th Sea Games)

Crystal Yap Yu Hui

Debbie Soh Li Fei

Gwyneth Goh Xiao Hui

Lee Mei Shuang

Natalie Chen Mei Qing

Stephanie Chen Mei Qi

Table Tennis: Men’s Team (28th Sea Games)

Clarence Chew Zhe Yu

Table Tennis: Women’s Team (20th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship)

Pearlyn Koh Kai Xin

Yee Herng Hwee

Zhang Wanling

Table Tennis: Women’s Team (28th Sea Games)

Isabelle Li Siyun

SCHOOL NEWS

Warmly Welcoming Educators From Malaysia

Visit By MOE Malaysia

Singapore Sports School Principal, Mr Tan Teck Hock, hosted a 23-strong delegation of educators from

Malaysia on 15 July 2016.

Our guests included Mr Zainal Abas, Deputy Director (Sports Division), Madam Lucia Quek, Senior

Principal Assistant Director, Assistant Directors Mr Mohamad Nizam Ismail, Mr Sahrul Tahiri, Madam

Fauziah Ahmad, Madam Wan Ruslina Wan Hussin and principals from the various states of Malaysia.

The schools headed by the visiting principals are strong in sports such as archery, basketball, cycling,

football, hockey, judo, netball, rugby, sepak takraw, swimming and track and field, and the discussions

the principals had with our sports academies’ general managers proved to be interesting and beneficial

for both hosts and visitors.

Our guests saw how lessons were conducted at our IB Centre, toured the sports facilities, and had the

opportunity to watch bowlers, fencers, netballers and shooters at training. They also toured the NYSI

Hub @ Sports School and were briefed on how sport science supports high performance athletes. Their

visit ended with the experience of eating the same lunch as our student-athletes.