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).
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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