Dragon Dens Invitational Meet was fun for IBSC's skeletal team

IBSC sent a skeletal team of only 5 swimmers to the Dragon Dens Invitational Swimming Meet 2015 in Singapore just last weekend. The meet was hosted by United World College of Southeast Asia (UWCSEA) at its East Campus.

Team IBSC won 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze contributed by Afiq Imran (3G,1S,3B), Ng Lee Sze (1S) and Tania Thong (1B).

Afiq on podium at UWCSEA

Watch the highlight of the meet via this link.

Team Briefing for SportExcel 2015, Leg 1 to Melaka

Dear IBSC swimmers,

Please note that the Team Briefing for SportExcel Junior Swimming Circuit 2015, Leg 1 will be held as below. Travel itinerary to Melaka and school leave letter will be distributed during the briefing session.

Please attend the briefing especially swimmers going for away meet for the first time.

Thank you.

IBSC Swim Committee

p/s See updated Team Briefing notes here.

Day 3 Results - 51st MAG 2015

The Malaysia Open Age Group swimming competition continued into the third and final day today at the National Aquatic Stadium with more medals contributed by IBSC swimmers to the Team Kuala Lumpur.

Ng Zi Syuen sprung up a pleasant surprise in the Group 4 girls 100m breaststroke event, when she snatched gold at 1:24.52 after shedding a spectacular 7 seconds off her PB. Petite Zi Syuen has proven to be a swimmer with lots of potential.

Meanwhile, Keith Lim, continued his medal hauls when he came first in the 50m backstroke by touching the wall at 27.41 perfecting his individual performance. In 50m freestyle, again he showed the spectators that he is the fastest sprinter by speeding away at 23.86, shy from breaking the meet record by merely 0.3 seconds

Pun Pei Jin, also earned praises as she took home a gold in 200m fly after improving further to a new time of 2:32.70 in the Group 3 girls category.

Pun Pei Jin won 200m fly event

The IBSC achievers are tabulated below.

IBSC Medallists	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Keith Lim	50m Back 50m Free
Ng Zi Syuen	100m Breast
Pun Pei Jin	200m Fly
Steve Khiew		200m Free
Ian James Barr		50m Back
Jack Lakeman		50m Free
Sebastian Soon			200m Fly
Wong Jun Bin			200m Free
Tan Rou Ying			50m Back
Nurlatifa Zahra			50m Back
Desmond Ng			100m Breast

The medley relay races were also very exciting as eventually the Group 1 boys did an amazing job in clinching a much awaited gold for the KL Team. The senior boys comprising of Goh Yue Hong, Desmond Ng, Wong Jun Bin and Keith Lim brought home the gold after finishing at 3:15.16 ahead of Selangor and Hong Kong teams.

Medley relay, Group 1 boys. From left, Goh Yue Hong, Keith Lim, Desmond Ng and Wong Jun Bin

Group 2 boys, Rohan Lee, Anson Chew, Sean Goh and Brandy Chew

Group 2 girls all happy with their silver upgrade. From left, Anjali Lim, Chong Yong Qi, Karla Lim and Phoebe Law

Group 3 boys picked up silver in 4x100m medley relay thanks to Steve Khiew, Lee Jia Jing, Koh Teck Chen and Zachary Lim

Group 3 girls did their best in the medley relay. From left, Pun Pei Jin, Georgene Wee, Ashley Ting, Yeong Zhen Yi

Well done to everyone for such great performances. Congratulations to all medal winners.


The day 3 results can be downloaded here.

View IBSC Gallery for more photos.

Day 2 Results - 51st MAG 2015

The second day of the MAG went smoothly today at the National Aquatic Centre, Bukit Jalil with several records being broken.

 The performers from IBSC are :

IBSC Medallists	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Steve Khiew	400m Free		100m Back 400m IM
Keith Lim	50m Fly
Sebastian Soon	400m IM
Wong Jun Bin		400m IM	400m Free
Tan Rou Ying		100m Back	50m Fly
Ian James Barr		100m Back
Zachary Lim		400m Free
Chew Chee Ming			400m Free 400m IM
Pun Pei Jin			400m Free 400m IM
Ng Zi Syuen			50m Fly
See Zhi-Hahn			100m Back

Keith, flying home to gold in 50m fly with a time of 52.52

Sebastian Soon, impressed with his own achievement to touch the wall first in 400m IM as he clocked 4:52.96, shedding more than 7 seconds off his PB

Steve Khiew continued to collect more medals in the mid-distance events on day 2 where he got gold in 400m free and 2 bronze in 400m IM and 100m backstroke

During the 4x100m free relays, KL teams may not be the strongest but did rather well in producing some silver and bronze medals. The relays received loud cheers from the spectators. Well done to all.

Group 3 boys earned a silver in free relay with team members Chung Ze Xuan, Koh Teck Chen, Steve Khiew and Zachary Lim

Group 3 girls got 2nd placing, from left, Ashley TIng, Yeong Zhen Yi, Georgene Wee, Pun Pei Jin 

Group 2 boys managed a bronze in the team relay. From left, Anson Chew, Low Ken Ji, Sebastian Soon and Iqmal Muqhis

Gruop 2 girls grabbed bronze with Karla Lim, Chong Yong Qi, Phoebe Law and Nurlatifa Zahra 

Group 1 boys all happy to have silver, anchored by Keith Lim, left. Team members include Wong Jun Bin, Chin Yu Zheng and Goh Yue Hong

Group 1 girls, from left, Zoe Bowden, Amanda Nunis, Yap Li Wen and Bonnie Tan got a consolation third placing in the closed results

The meet will see its last day tomorrow at Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre, Kuala Lumpur.


See full results of Day 1 and 2 here.

Day 1 Results - 51st MAG 2015

Congratulations to IBSC swimmers, Ian James Barr and Keith Lim, representing the Team Kuala Lumpur, who both have broken meet records today in the 51st Malaysia Invitational Age Group Swimming Championship 2015 at Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre.

Ian James Barr re-wrote the meet record belonging to Shaun Yap last year of 2:13.37 with a new time of 2:07.72 in the 200m IM event.   Ian also grabbed gold in his 200m breaststroke event.

Ian James Barr

Meanwhile, Keith Lim smashed the 100m fly record with a faster time of 55.40 (2014 : 55.95 by Alwyn Tan) and that he achieved after claiming a silver earlier in his 100m freestlye with a personal best of 51.88.

Keith Lim, feeling proud with his record breaking feat

The IBSC medallists on day 1 are :

IBSC Medallists	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ian James Barr	200m Breast 200m IM (MR)
Keith Lim	100m Fly (MR)	100m Free
Steve Khiew	1500m Free	200m Back	200m IM
Sebastian Soon	200m IM		200m Breast
Pun Pei Jin		800m Free
Rohan Lee		100m Fly
Chew Chee Ming			1500m Free
Desmond Ng			200m Breast
Tan Rou Ying			200m Back
Ng Zi Syuen			200m IM

The Group 4 boys relay swimmers have done a good job too as they managed 2 silver in the freestyle and medley relays today.

Group 4 boys relay team, from left, Ng K-Yang, Darren Lew, Wesley Kam and See Zhi-Hahn

Well done to all medallists and those who have surpassed their personal best too. Keep up the good work!


Day 1 results can be downloaded here.

NAG 2015, a qualifying event for World Championship 2015 and 39th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship

The 51st MILO/PRAM Malaysia Invitational Age Group Swimming Championships 2015  is on-going today from 24-26 April, 2015 at Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre, Kuala Lumpur.


The championship is a qualifying meet for those wishing to participate in the FINA World Championship in Kazan, Russia. The qualifying times are displayed below.

Meanwhile, for Malaysian swimmers wishing to qualify for the 39th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship 2015 in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, the qualifying times are published below.

NAG 2015 Team Briefing - KL Team

Dear KL Team swimmers,

For those who have missed out the team briefing on 21 April, 2015, kindly note the following :

The 51st MILO/PRAM Malaysia Invitational Age Group Swimming Championships 2015 will be held as follows :-

Date :  24 to 26 April, 2015 (Fri-Sun) Venue :  National Aquatic Centre, Bukit Jalil, K.L. Organiser :  Association of Swimming Union Malaysia (ASUM) Rules :  FINA Rules Apply Competition Format      :  Timed Finals basis Age of Reckoning :  As of 1 January 2015

Scratching of Events

Any swimmers who wish to scratch their events, are advised to do so before 2pm on 23 April, 2015 (Thurs). Please contact the Team Manager, Ms Cyrena Yong.

Warm-up Time

Swimmers are advised to arrive at the pool for warm-up before 6:45 am. each morning as the meet starts at 8 am.

Attire

The order of T-shirts to be worn are :
- Day 1, Friday  : 24 April, 2015 (Blue)
- Day 2, Saturday : 25 April, 2015 (White)
- Day 3, Sunday : 26 April, 2015 (Pink)

Swimmers are reminded not to wear caps that belong to other state or country.

Relay Events

Swimmers are reminded to swim their best times during the competition as relay selection will be based on the fastest times swum during the meet. Team members including parents are to sit together as a team to ease identification of swimmers for relay events.

School Leave Letter

Students who require school leave letter to apply leave from their respective schools can download the letter here.

Officials

The KL Team offcials are :
KL Head Coach : Coach Noel Bertwistle
Team Manager - Ms Cyrena Yong (017-2153122)
Chaperons - Mdm Poh Lin and Puan Suraya

KL Head Coach, Coach Noel drumming up some spirit with the KL swimmers

Qualifying Event

This competition has also been sanctioned by FINA as the qualifying event for the  FINA World Championship 2015 in Kazan and also the 39th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship in Myanmar 2015.

See qualifying times here.

Order of Events 

See more details of 51st MAG 2014.


GOOD LUCK TO ALL KL SWIMMERS!

Interim Change of Swimming Schedule - 23-26 April, 2015

Interim Change of Swim Classes on 20-21 April, 2015

Notice on Change of Weekend Training Classes

SportExcel 2015, Leg 2 at Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre, Shah Alam

Kindly note that the invite for 2015 Sport Excel Leg 2  has been received from the organiser, PRAS, Selangor Amateur Swimming Association and the competition will be held at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam.

Details are as follows :

Date : 13-14, June 2015 (Sat - Sun)
Time : 8.00 a.m.
Venue : Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam
Rules : FINA rules apply
Date of Reckoning : 1 January, 2015
No. of Entries : No Limit
Age Group : Group 2, 3 and 4 (ie. up to age 14 years only)
Eligibility : Malaysian citizens who are members of affiliated clubs of ASUM
Entry Fees : RM4 per event
Team Managers' Meeting : 3;00 pm, 12 June, 2015 (Fri)
Closing Deadline : 5.00 pm on 15 May, 2015

The qualifying times are the same as Leg 1.

Order of Events are :

Please download Sport Excel 2015, Leg 2 Invite and rules here.

For IBSC swimmers who have yet to submit their form, please download IBSC Entry Form-Leg 2.

The Star : Malaysia sending smaller swimming squad to SEA Games

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will have a smaller group of swimmers compared to their main rivals at the Singapore SEA Games in June.

National swimmers Khoo Cai Lin (left) and Daniel Bego, winners at the 2013 Myanmar SEA Games, will compete at the Singapore Games in June. - Filepic

The Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) have named 17 participants – nine men and eight women – for the Games.

Multiple SEA Games gold medallist Daniel Bego will lead the men’s squad. The others are Welson Sim, Wong Fu Kang, Lim Ching Hwang, Kevin Yeap, Tern Jian Han, Shaun Yap, Vernon Lee and Alywn Tan.

Christina Loh, the United States-based breaststroke specialist, will head the women’s team. Khoo Cai Lin, Erika Kong, Yap Siew Hui, Chui Lai Kwan, Phee Jinq En, Angela Chieng and Carolyn Chan are the others selected.

Four swimmers – Alwyn, Angela, Carolyn and Jinq En – will be making their debuts.

Seasoned campaigners Yap See Tuan, Ian James Barr, Asmalia Filzati Redzuan and Nadia Adrianna Redza all failed to make the squad.

Asum acting secretary Mae Chen said they would be happy to maintain the four-gold haul from the 2013 Myanmar Games.

“All those going are capable of bringing home medals. I believe there could be some surprises as some of them did pretty fast times at the recent Malaysian Open.

“But we do not want to be over confident at this point as we don’t know how our rivals are doing,” said Mae.

At the Myanmar Games, Christina won the 100m and 200m breaststroke golds. Daniel (400m freestyle) and Cai Lin (800m freestyle) contributed one gold each.

The Star : Malaysia will send over 600 athletes to SEA Games

BY TAN MING WAI

The closing ceremony of the Myanmar SEA Games in 2013 which signifies the next host of the Games - Singapore - in 2015. - Filepic

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be represented by a 659-strong contingent consisting of 356 men and 303 women at the Singapore SEA Games from June 5-16.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) finalised the number following their final selection committee meeting on March 30 and have submitted the names of the athletes to the organisers on Wednesday.

Earlier, the OCM had 610 names but that was before the inclusion of athletes from athletics and swimming.

The Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) and Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) had only decided on their respective team list after their national opens last week which served as the last qualifying platforms for the Games.

A total of 425 athletes – billed either as medal hopefuls or future prospects – will be going under Category A while the remaining 234 fall under Category B, which means they are competing under their National Sport Associations (NSAs) expenses.

But these athletes will be fully reimbursed should they return with a gold or silver while the bronze medallists will only foot half of the bill.

The Malaysian contingent also comprise 212 officials, coaches and support staff with 149 going under Category A and the rest in Category B.

Malaysia are taking part in 35 of the 36 sports with the exception of the traditional boat race.

OCM had earlier made it clear that no gold medal target will be set for the biennial Games.

Malaysia will be banking on aquatics, archery, bowling, hockey, netball, sailing, squash, waterski and wushu for the golds.

At the last Games in Myanmar, Malaysia finished fifth overall with a 158-medal haul of 43 gold, 38 silver and 77 bronze.