37th National Inter-Club Swimming Championships 2018 - Invite

Please note that invite has been received from Persatuan Renang Amator Perak  for the 37th National Inter-Club Swimming Championships 2018 for the President Cup, which will be held as follows :-

Venue : Aquatic Tuanku Zara, Perak
Dates : 23 - 25 November, 2018 (Fri - Sun)
Time : Starts at 8:00 am. each day
Date of Reckoning : 1 January, 2018
Rules : FINA Rules apply
Entries : No limit of entries
Organiser : Amateur Swimming Association Perak (ASAP)
Closing Date : 24 October, 2018 (Wed) @ 5:00 pm.
IBSC Submission Deadline : 17 October, 2018 (Wed)

The Qualifying Times with a penalty of RM100/event are tabulated below.

Please download the Invite and Info Package on President Cup 2018.

For IBSC swimmers, please submit your entries before 17th October, 2018 (Wed) using the IBSC Entry Form, to secure your room bookings, free transport  and swim kit entitlement.

The Star : FT swimmer Keith Lim caps last Sukma in record-breaking fashion

KEITH LIM bade farewell to the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in perfect fashion by breaking the Games record twice en route to successfully defending the boys’ 50m freestyle title.

The 20-year-old, swimming for Federal Territories, splashed to victory in 23.19 in the final at the Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre yesterday to improve on the previous record he set in the morning heat.

Keith had posted 23.44 in the heats to qualify fastest for the final, smashing a 10-year record of 23.45 held by Foo Jian Beng of Selangor since 2008.

That record lasted just a few hours as Keith touched home first in the final, shaving a further 0.25 seconds to earn his fourth gold medal of the Games.

Keith won the 100m freestyle three days ago and was part of the winning 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle quartets for FT.

“This is my last Sukma as I am not eligible for the next one, so I’m happy to break the record on the last day,” said the Bukit Jalil-based swimmer, who also holds the national record in the 50m freestyle with a time of 23.10 set at the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco in June.

“I hope it does not stay too long and somebody will come up and break it,” said Keith.

It was a wonderful final day for the FT swimming team as Steve Khiew sprang another surprise by winning the boys’ 100m backstroke event.

The 15-year-old clocked 58.86 ahead of Selangor duo Yin Chuen (58.97) and Jordan Yip (59.06) for his second individual gold medal. Steve won the 200m backstroke event on Monday.

Terengganu swimmer Arvin Shaun Singh notched a double by winning the 1,500m freestyle event when the Brisbane-based swimmer completed the 30-lap race in 15:58.26 ahead of FT’s Sebastian Soon (15:59.52).

Selangor retained their overall champions’ title with 12 golds while Penang and FT earned six each in the pool this time.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/09/22/from-keith-to-man-ft-swimmer-caps-last-sukma-in-recordbreaking-fashion/#qluz1su41sBHLXoB.99

The Malay Mail : Keith Lim cracks Sukma 50m freestyle record twice

IPOH, Sept 21 — National swimmer, Keith Lim of Federal Territories was in top form today at the Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre pool when he rewrote the Malaysia Games (Sukma) 50 metre freestyle record twice.

In the heats, this morning, Keith clocked the fastest time of 23.44 seconds to erase the 10-year-old record of 23.45s set by Selangor’s Foo Jian Beng in the 2008 edition in Terengganu.

In the final, Keith shattered his own record with a time of 23.19s and won the gold medal in style.

“This is my last Sukma appearance... I was hoping to break the national record I created but it did not materialise,” he told Bernama after the race.

The silver medal went to Penang swimmer Lim Yin Chuen who clocked 23.80s while the bronze was won by Selangor’s Lim Zi Win in 24.06s.

The national record of 23.10s was set by Keith in June at the Mare Nostrum Monte Carlo, Monaco to rewrite the record of 23.17s set by Alwyn Tan in 2015.

In all, Keith collected four gold medals in this Sukma including the 100m freestyle, 4x100m medley relay and 4x200m medley relay.

After this, Keith who is a finance and investment student at University College Sedaya International (UCSI) will be participating in the Asean University Games in Myanmar in December. — Bernama

Sinar Online : Keith Lim dua kali pecah rekod Sukma

IPOH - Perenang kebangsaan, Keith Lim dari Wilayah Persekutuan menggegarkan Pusat Akuatik Tuanku Zara, Kompleks Sukan MBI hari ini apabila dua kali memecahkan rekod Sukan Malaysia (Sukma ) 2018 dalam acara 50 meter (m) gaya bebas.

Pada sesi saringan di sebelah pagi, Keith melakukan catatan masa terpantas 23.44 saat untuk meleburkan rekod 10 tahun milik atlet Selangor Foo Jian Beng, 23.45s yang dilakukan pada Sukma Terengganu 2008.


Beliau sekali lagi memperbaharui rekodnya sendiri pada aksi final di sebelah malam dengan catatan masa terpantas 23.19s, sekali gus menyaksikan beliau membawa pulang pingat emas penuh bergaya.

“Ini acara terakhir dalam penampilan terakhir saya pada Sukma...sebenarnya saya menyasarkan untuk memecahkan rekod kebangsaan milik saya sendiri tetapi tidak tercapai.

“Saya sedikit kecewa kerana mungkin tersilap percaturan. Tetapi tidak mengapa kerana saya dapat menyumbang pingat buat kontinjen Wilayah Persekutuan,” katanya kepada Bernama selepas menamatkan perlumbaan.

Pingat perak acara itu diraih atlet Pulau Pinang Lim Yin Chuen yang melakukan 23.80s manakala gangsa menjadi milik wakil Selangor, Lim Zi Win dengan catatan 24.06s.

Rekod kebangsaan acara berkenaan ialah 23.10s yang dilakar Keith pada Jun lalu di Mare Nostrum, Monte Carlo, Monaco, memecahkan rekod sebelum ini milik Alwyn Tan (23.17s) pada 2015.

Keith cemerlang mengutip keseluruhan empat pingat emas pada penampilannya kali ini, termasuk 100m gaya bebas, 4x100m rampaian berganti-ganti dan 4x200m rampaian berganti-ganti.

Selepas ini, Keith yang merupakan pelajar University College Sedaya International (UCSI) dalam jurusan kewangan dan pelaburan akan menyertai Sukan Universiti Asean di Myanmar, Disember depan. - Bernama

2 more gold on final day of SUKMA Perak 2018

21 September, 2018 - Final Day 5 of SUKMA Perak 2018 presented 2 more GOLD to Team WIPERS of Majlis Sukan Wilayah Persekutuan.

The amazing feat was achieved by Keith Lim - 50m freestyle who swam 23.19 to renew Foo Jian Beng's 2008 meet record of 23.45. Keith holds the national record of 50m free timing of 23.10.

Earlier Steve Khiew launched himself to gold too in 100m backstroke touching first at 58.86, perfecting his own PB of 58.98 clocked during Asean School Games.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Soon faced stiff challenge from Arvin Shaun (TRG) in the  1500m freestyle as they paced each other very closely. Sebastian settled for silver despite clocking his PB of 15:59.52, shedding more than 10s off, whilst Arvin took to gold at 15:58.26. The bronze went to Low Zheng Yong (MLK) at 16:24.64.

In the penultimate event, Team WPKL also medalled in 4x100m medley relay for the Women. The ladies achieved Bronze with combined effort from Karla Lim starting off the backstroke, Ng Zisyuen (breast), Georgene Wee (fly) and anchored by Latifa Zahra in freestyle as they hit third fastest time of 4:39.63.

In the last event for the game the Men medley relay won Silver made possible by Steve Khiew (back), Adam Afif (breast), Koh Teck Chen (fly) and Chan Jun Jian  (free) achieving a time of 3:55.63.

Huge CONGRATS to all the medallists!

Wilayah Persekutuan medals standing of 6 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze for swimming has improved FT's position to #2 compared to last SUKMA 2016.

Download Full Results of SUKMA Perak 2018.

Well Done Team Wipers!

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Steadfast KL boys broke meet record in 4x200m freestyle relay

The 4th day of swimming in SUKMA Perak 2018 at Pusat Akuatik Tuanku Zara, produced the most gratifying results thus far with the Men Relay Team smashing the meet record in the 4x200m freestyle relay, thanks to steadfast swimmers led by Keith Lim, Steve Khiew, Chan Jun Jian and Sebastian Soon as the anchorman. A brilliant finish at a neat time of 7:40.17 erasing the old record of 7:43.67 previously held by Selangor. Well done Team Wipers!

Team Selangor came second (7:45.98) and Sarawak settled for bronze (7:59.18).

Women 4x200m freestyle relay winners, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan and Sabah.

The KL girls also made commendable effort in winning SILVER in 4x200m freestyle relay with dashing swimmers Ashley Ting, Nuratifa Zahra, Karla Lim Kay Yee and Georgene Wee. Well done.

Ng Zi Syuen, won bronze in her pet event 200m breaststroke

Prior to the relays, Ng Zi Syuen also made Coach Shazali proud as she stood on  the podium receiving her bronze in 200m breaststroke with a new PB of 2:47.14.

CONGRATULATIONS to all the medalists for the day!

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Team Event produced another gold in Day 3 of SUKMA Perak 2018

Day 3 swimming in SUKMA Perak 2018 climaxed as the men's relay team in 4x100m freestyle event teamed up to produce another gold for Team Wipers. The quartet swimmers are led by Keith Lim who sped with a impressive split of 50.63 for the first leg, followed by Low Ken Ji (53.51), Steve Khiew  (53.00) and lastly anchored home by Chan Jun Jian (52.22) to a golden finish of 3:29.36.

Selangor came second at 3:30.29 and Sarawak team settled for 3rd placing at 3:35.44.

CONGRATULATIONS to the WPKL Team.

Earlier in the morning, Adam Afif qualified in the morning heats in 50m breaststroke by clocking 30.83 to secure a lane in the afternoon finals where he improved to 30.17 to settle for a bronze.

Proud moments with Coach Shazali and Adam Afif

See more photos at IBSC Gallery.

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The Star : Chia Tong ends Melaka’s 18-year wait for swimming gold

SWIMMER Goh Chia Tong ended an 18-year agonising wait for Melaka when she powered her way to victory in the girls’ 200m backstroke race at the Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre in Ipoh.

The last time Melaka won a gold medal in swimming was in the 2000 Penang edition when Abdul Hafiz Saleh bagged the boys’ 100m breastroke event. And Chia Tong was not even born yet.

But last night, the Melaka camp erupted in celebration after the 14-year-old Chia Tong overtook Selangor’s Rosalind Pang in the final leg of the 200m backstroke race to win in 2:25.53 and end the state’s gold medal drought in the pool.

Rosalind won the silver with 2:25.63 while Johor swimmer Ong Yong Qi bagged the bronze in 2:28.32.

“I was expecting to win this event as I did a personal best of 2:23.00 during the Malaysian Open in Bukit Jalil in May this year,” said Chia Tong, who started swimming since eight.

“I’ve improved a lot since I joined the national team in Bukit Jalil a year ago. It’s definitely my best outing as I just got a bronze in the same event in Kuching two years ago.

“But I’m not stopping here. I hope to get more medals as I’ll compete in the 400m, 800m freestyle and the 100m backstroke next.”

Federal Territories team also had plenty to cheer about with victories from youngster Steve Khiew in the boys’ 200m backstroke and Keith Lim in the boys’ 100m freestyle.

The 15-year-old debutant Steve led all the way to win the 200m backstroke in 2:08.02 ahead of Selangor’s Terence Ng, who posted 2:09.12.

“I’ve got the gold medal but I’m not so happy with the time. I was hoping to break the Games record of 2:07.02 as I’ve previously did a 2:06.77 in the Malaysian Open this year,” said Steve.

Keith successfully retained his 100m freestyle gold, finishing first in 50.89.

Selangor and Penang also took home two golds each. Elynn Tan took her tally to three after winning the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle races. The United States-based swimmer won the 50m backstroke event on Monday.

Selangor claimed both boys’ and girls’ 200m individual medley titles through Jordan Yip (2:06.64) and Nadia Adrianna Redza (2:26.44) respectively.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/09/19/a-success-to-savour-chia-tong-ends-melakas-18year-wait-for-swimming-gold/#Diy27sIdBx9jYMAD.99

2nd Day of SUKMA Perak yielded 2 gold and a bronze

200m backstroke winner with Steve Khiew winning the event

Steve flanked by Team Manager, Cyrena Yong (left) and Coach Zhang Hongbo and En. Haekal from MSWP

Day 2 in SUKMA Perak 2018 shined with gold as Steve Khiew secured the first gold for Team WIPERS in his favourite 200m backstroke event. Steve Khiew finished a neat 2:08.02 to claim victory even though not his PB. Second placing behind Steve went to Terrence Ng (Sel) (2:09.12) whilst Hii Puong Wei (Swk) settled for bronze (2:10.56).

The 2nd gold was scooped up Keith Lim as expected as he raced to touch first with a great time of 50.89 in the 100m freestyle event. Penang's Lim Yin Chuen took silver (51.12) and the bronze went to Selangor's Terrence Ng (52.66).

Keith Lim won gold in 100m free

Meanwhile, in the 200m IM event, Sebastian has to settle for the bronze as he came third with a time of 2:07.66 behind Jordan Yip (Sel) and Arvin Shaun (Trg).

Sebastian Soon managed a bronze in 200m IM

CONGRATULATIONS to all the medalists.

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First debut in SUKMA Perak 2018 for Steve and Sebastian earned them silvers

Congratulations to both Steve Khiew and Sebastian Soon as their first debut in Sukan Malaysia in SUKMA XIX Perak 2018 has earned them silvers on day 1, 17 September, 2018.

Team Wipers officials having a group photos with Steve Khiew and Sebastian Soon.

Steve Khiew

Steve Khiew's 2nd placing came in 50m backstroke as he hit a new PB of 27.26 in the afternoon final. In the morning preliminary qualifying heats, he also swam an earlier best time of  26.57 to be seeded first.

Sebastian Soon

Meanwhile, Sebastian Soon swam to a faster time of 4:30.79 to a new PB but has to settle for silver in 400m IM event as he finished slightly behind Tia'a Faang Der (Johor) who broke the national as well as meet record with 4:30.48

Photos credit to Majlis Sukan Wilayah Persekutuan.

The Star : Silver on his debut isn’t bad at all for FT’s Steve

IT was not gold but Federal Territories swimmer Steve Khiew was a pleased boy.

The 15-year-old made his Malaysia Games (Sukma) debut by taking silver behind Jordan Yip of Selangor in the boys’ 50m backstroke final at the Tuanku Zara Aquatic Center last night.

Steve clocked 27.26 with Jordan sprinting to gold for Selangor in 27.04 while Sarawak’s Hii Puong Wei claimed bronze with 27.56.

Steve said winning a silver was unexpected although he was the fastest qualifier in the morning heats.

“I did not expect a silver in my first event as I’m not so good in the sprint events. Jordan is three years older than me and he has won a few gold medals at the last Sukma in Kuching two years ago, so it is not surprising for him to win.

“I’m happy with this medal as I posted my personal best,” said Steve, whose previous personal best was 27.60.

The strong swim will boost Steve’s confidence ahead of the 100m and 200m distance races next.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/09/18/silver-on-his-debut-isnt-bad-at-all-for-fts-steve/#3p57RAjP6fIx7I5M.99

The Star : FT swimmers out to make big splash in debuts

SEBASTIAN Soon (pic) and Steve Khiew are all pumped up to make a big splash for Federal Territories in their Malaysia Games (Sukma) debuts in the swimming competition starting in Ipoh today.

Only 16, Sebastian is looking promising to upset the form book in the boys’ 400m individual medley for FT following his record breaking performance at the Asean Schools Games in Kuala Lumpur in July.

Sebastian clocked 4:30.85 in the boys’ 400m individual medley to break Lim Ching Hwang’s national record of 4:31.01 set at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games last year. He also won the 200m individual medley and 1,500m freestyle titles at the school meet.

His time is already well inside the existing Sukma record of 4:34.14 held by Die Ung Manggang of Sarawak since 2002 and he is up for the challenge.

“I hope to do another personal best time again and hopefully, it will be good for a medal.

“I expect Selangor swimmer Jordan Yip, my teammate Steve and Johor’s Tia’a Faang Der to pose a strong challenge, so it will be an exciting fight between us.”

He will also be swimming in the 200m individual medley, 400m and 1,500 freestyle individual events.

The individual medley discipline is the hardest to focus on as one needs to be good in all four strokes and both Sebastian and Steve have put in the hard work.

Steve, who is only 15, is also in with a chance to create an upset in the pool.

His personal best of 2:06.77 clocked in winning the 200m backstroke at the Malaysian Open in May this year makes him a strong contender to take gold.

Steve’s time is faster than the existing Sukma record of 2:07.02 set by Tern Jian Han of Johor since 2014.

“I’m not so good in sprinting, so I’m focusing on the 100m and 200m backstroke. This is a senior competition for me, so it will not be easy but of course, I will try my best,” said Steve.

“Jordan (Yip) will be my strongest rival for the backstroke events.”

Selangor ruled the roost with 20 golds in Kuching two years ago but they can expect FT, Melaka, Penang and Sarawak to give strong fights over the next five days.

Sarawak will be counting on middle and long distance female swimmer Angela Chieng while FT can bank on 100m freestyle national record holder Keith Lim to deliver the goods.

Selangor will be banking on Rosalind Pang, Nadia Adrianna Redza and Jordan to lead the way while Melaka will be hoping Goh Chia Tong can steal the show in the backstroke events.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/09/17/ft-swimmers-out-to-make-big-splash-in-debuts/#tPIOBiWpiGDfjW32.99

The Star : Keith eyeing national records in his final Sukma

IT’S time to rock the pool with swimmer Keith Lim aiming for a smashing time in his final Sukma appearance at Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre in Ipoh next week.

The 20-year-old will be swimming for Federal Territories and is aiming to sprint away to a new national record in the 50m freestyle or the longer 100m freestyle race.

Keith clocked 23.10s in the 50m freestyle at the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco in June to erase the previous national record of 23.17s set by Alwyn Tan back in 2015.

His personal best is already well inside the Sukma Games record of 23.45s held by Foo Jian Beng of Selangor since 2008.

The national record for the 100m freestyle is 50.16s held by Daniel Bego since 2009.

“I have gone faster than both Games records for the 50m and 100m freestyle, so I will try to repeat it in Ipoh.

“Hopefully, I can dip under the 23 seconds mark.

“It’s my third and also last Sukma outing, so I just hope to swim as fast as I can to defend the two sprint titles,” said Keith, who is based at Bukit Jalil.

He is a first year student at UCSI University in finance and investment but studies will not take a backseat for the moment.

“There is the Asean University Games in Myanmar in December, so I will continue to train in Bukit Jalil after Sukma,” added Keith, who will also swim the 4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays for FT.

A total of 38 gold medals are up for grabs in the swimming competition, which takes place from Sept 17-21.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/09/15/keith-eyeing-national-records-in-his-final-sukma/#rM3e1ZyQFbc1sYHE.99

All the best to KL Contingent to SUKMA Perak 2018

All the best to the contingent WIPERS (Wilayah Persekutuan) to SUKMA Perak 2018.

The Star : Double mission for swimmers

FEDERAL Territories aquatics team have a duty to put up a big splash at the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Perak.

The team harbour hopes that their sterling performance in Sukma will help convince the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to provide funding to refurbish the Bandar Tun Razak Swimming Complex in the city.

The swimming complex is an outdoor pool maintained by DBKL. It was also the venue where Nurul Huda Abdullah splashed to win eight gold medals when Malaysia hosted the SEA Games in 1989, a feat that has never been repeated since.

It has since became the training ground for the FT swimmers and divers but it is badly in need of a roof and a new scoreboard.

Sebastian Soon

“The scoreboard has broken down for some time and we are unable to host any national level meets because of this,” said Nancy. “The existing scoreboard has to be changed as it is too old.

“It’s also been our hope for many years that we have a roof over the pool.

“We either conduct training in the morning or late in the evening because of the hot weather. A simple roof will do.

“Swimming is a good all-round sport and we want to entice more kids to take up the sport with better facilities.

“If we get good results in Sukma, it will help our cause,” she added.

FT, spearheaded by talented youngsters Sebastian Soon (pic), Steve Khiew and Keith Lim, should better the previous haul of five golds from the previous Sukma outing in Kuching, Sarawak two years ago.

“Sebastian and Keith are national swimmers holding national records in the 400m individual medley and 50m freestyle respectively.

“We hope the three of them will finish on top this time. Together with diving, we are hopeful of getting nine or 10 golds from aquatics although we do not have the services of Wong Jun Bin.

“Jun Bin, who took part in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games last year, could not swim for us as he had to start his studies in the United States this month.

“He would have been a good bet to win in the longer distance freestyle races.”

The FT swimmers have engaged the services of Chinese coach Zhang Hongbao to prepare for the Perak Sukma.

Swimming takes place in Ipoh from Sept 17-21.


Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/09/13/double-mission-for-swimmers-ft-team-hope-good-results-in-sukma-will-convince-dbkl-to-refurbish-swimm/#bwuRg1H4QMlvtPF8.99

PRAKL Talent Carnival 2018

Persatuan Renang Amatur Kuala Lumpur is pleased to extend its invitation to all swimmers of affiliated clubs/schools of PRAKL to participate in the PRAKL Talent Carnival 2018 to be held at Kompleks Renang Kuala Lumpur, Cheras on 3rd November, 2018.

The Carnival is also opened to novice swimmers from clubs, schools and swimming academies with addresses in Kuala Lumpur.

The closing date for submission of entries is at 5.00pm, 12th October (Friday), 2018.

Download Invite and Rules of competition.

Download IBSC Entry Form

Malaysia International Masters Swimming Championship 2018

The invite for the Malaysia International Masters Swimming Championship 2018 is out with details are follows :

Championship Date	:	Saturday, 8th December 2018
Championship Venue	:	Pusat Akuatik Amanjaya, Perak
Entry Closing Date	:	31st October 2018
Rules & Regulations	:	FINA Masters Rules
Entry Categories	:	Team and individual entries
Entry Fees	:	Registration fee RM50.00 per swimmer RM15.00 per swimmer per individual event RM60.00 per relay team per event
Date of Reckoning	:	31 December 2018

Age Groups

Order of Events

For rules and regulations and entry forms, please download here.

An awesome IBSC swim trip to 14th SICC Invitation Swimming Championship in Singapore

Team IBSC made another enjoyable away meet last weekend at the prestigious Singapore Island Country Club located in Singapore. The team and accompanying parents had a fun bus trip from Cheras pool cross border to Singapore on Friday 24th Aug 2018 for 14th SICC Invitational Swimming Championship 2018. Held for two days on 25 - 26 Aug 2018, the meet attracted some 200 participants from 12 clubs from Malaysia, Singapore and The Phillipines. Although it was a first time trip to SICC for some of the swimmers and parents, they all managed to put behind all the fear and challenges away to give their best for their team.

The 22 IBSC swimmers plus Coach Daniel Lee as the 23rd swimmer have pushed the team's position to the top three with 13 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals for individuals and relays. Well done once again team IBSC for bringing home 24 medals!

Team IBSC won the third place with total points of 425.5 whilst the Phillipines Swimming League, who sent the largest group of 74 swimmers, won the first place with 1851.5 points, followed by Singapore Island Country Club at 701.5 points.

The overall best performer was Bryan Leong (15) who won all Golds in the six events he participated in. Furthermore he broke three Meet Records in 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly (which he did in 26.04s, 79ms faster than Joseph Schooling's record in 2010).

Bryan Leong with his deserving overall champ trophy

Our breastroker Harry Chong (14) contributed gold and silver medals in 100m and 50m breastroke respectively. So did Harith Miqael Hisyam (11) who won bronze in 50m breastroke event for his age category.

Harry Chong with proud dad, Gavin

Similarly in the girls category, Nur Ariessa Safiya (11) made us proud by winning first place for 50m breastroke event. A position that she shared with Hanna Rafflyn Sales from the Phillipines Swimming League (PSLSI). It was such a competitive swam towards the end, that our team were screaming for Nur Ariessa with all our heart.

Nur Ariessa all smiles winning the 50m breaststroke

Our youngest swimmer in the squad, Riverling Choo (9) improved tremendously to the effect that she is in top five rank for five events. The cherry on top was when she won silver medal for 100m butterfly.

Riverling Choo with proud mum, Evi

Our 'flying' Coach Daniel Lee proved that he is not only a coach but still can perform splendidly in the pool by winning gold for 50m butterfly and silver for 50m freestyle in the Boys 18 & Over category. Truly an inspiration to the swimmers.

Coach Daniel flying off to a golden finish

Finally, the events that brought our team together were the relays. Team managers, coach and even parents took hours to decide strategically the timing and position of each swimmer in the relays.

The effort paid off when our team managed to achieve first places in four relay events, second places on another four events and third places for the other two relays.

Our strong 14-15 years old boys relay team with Harry Chong, Lay Kye Xern, Oswin Wong, Bryan Leong and Sarvesh Pillai won gold for both the freestyle and medley relays in their age category.

And so did Kenneth Choy, Danish Kasyfi, Linzhen Chew and Muhd Danial Osman who won gold for both freestyle and medley relays in Boys 16-17 years old age group.

Meanwhile, Toh Chun Hong, Nitesh Anbazhagan, Tang Jia Jin, Dylan Wong and Harith Miqael Hisyam in the Boys 12-13 years old relay team contributed two silvers in both freestyle and medley relays.

Pleasant surprises came from Girls 10-11 years old team which we thought would face the fiercest battles from the other four competitors, based on the competitors’ swimmers PBs (personal best) time. Yong Zoe Yee, Riverling Choo, Awwal Zasfika and Nur Ariessa Safiya pulled through beautifully by winning bronze in freestyle relay and silver in medley relay. A pat on your back  girls!

Similarly, Valerie Wong (10), Tefilah Felicia (11) and Tang Jia Xin (11) swam up their age group category to join Shaena Jilaysha (13) to form Girls 12-13 years old relay team. They too made us proud by winning bronze in freestyle relay and silver in medley relay.

Seems all swimmers came home with medals. Congratulations! :)

During farewell lunch and award ceremony at the SICC Grand Ballroom, the swimmers and parents were entertained by awesome group dance and beautiful singing by groups of swimmers. But it was IBSC’s talented swimmer, Muhd Danial Osman, who’s single-handedly mesmerized the audience with his solo human beatbox performance. Bravo Danial!

The Team Manager Mr. Hazrulhisyam (Harith Miqael’s father) and Assistant Team Manager Mr. Farouq (Awwal Zasfika’s father) had both done their job well in looking after the team throughout the swim trip.

Also thanks to Coach Daniel Lee for making sure the team in great shape and morale throughout the championship and for proving us that you are also still a great swimmer.

Special thanks to Coach Lorraine from UK, her first time and short visit to Malaysia, who had also provided support, and valuable tips to some parents and swimmers as well.

The team departing from Cheras pool, accompanied by Coach Daniel Lee and also Coach Lorraine who joined the team from UK

The continuous support from parents volunteers and support team also count in making a successful overseas swim trip.

Cheers!
Farouq Affandi Mamat
Assistant Team Manager