Sunday 28 October 2018

Swimfest 2018 - Invite




Kindly be informed that invite has been received from Victorians Sports & Aquatics (VSA) for the participation of the Swimfest 2018.

Date : 2nd December 2018 (Sunday)
Time : 7:15 am to 4:00 pm
Venue : Kelana Jaya Municipal Pool
IBSC Closing date : 10th November 2018
Entrance Fees: RM85 (excluding lunch)
Organiser : Victorians Sports & Aquatics (VSA)

Eligibility:
1. Swimmers are ELIGIBLE to join SWIMFEST 2018 if the swimmer does NOT:
  i. Qualified for 3rd Leg Sport Excel Junior Swimming Circuit 2018.
  ii. Joined National Age Group Swimming Championship 2018
  iii. Joined the State/National Swimming Team
  iv. Joined competition/s that are state level and above.

2. To join the respective age group
  i. Open group (Born on 31/12/2002 and before)
  ii. Under 15 years and below (Born between 01/01/2003 and 31/12/2004)
  iii. Under 13 years and below (Born between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2007)
  iv. Under 10 years and below (Born on 01/01/2008 and after)

IBSC swimmers may register their entries online via the link below.

Signup Online - Team IBSC Entries

Download Invite here.

For further information please contact IBSC's Team Manager Mr Vincent Chin at 012-221 3363

Friday 26 October 2018

Team Briefing - PRAKL Talent Carnival 2018




Dear parents/swimmers,

Please note that a team briefing for IBSC swimmers will be held as follows :

Swim Meet : PRAKL Talent Carnival 2018
Date : 31 Oct, 2018 (Wed)
Time : 7:00 pm.
Venue : Cheras pool

Agendas :
1. Swimming rules
2. Scratching of events (Fill Online Scratching Form)
3. Meals order & payments
4. Distribution of goody bags
5. School leave letters
6. Other matters

Please note that attendance is compulsory for IBSC participating swimmers, unless you have an exemption slip.

Team Manager,
Vincent Chin

Wednesday 24 October 2018

A memorable trip to Thanyapura Super Sprint 2018

Our small and spicy team of fourteen swimmers (including IBSC Coach Daniel Lee) and families went on our maiden trip to 2018 Thanyapura Invitational Super Sprint Meet (5th - 7th October 2018) organised by Phuket International Sports Club at world class Thanyapura Sports Resort in Phuket, Thailand.



Held for three days, the meet attracted about 237 international participants mainly from swimming clubs and international schools in Phuket, a club from China (Wellington Shanghai), a club from Singapore (Cis Huskies) and two clubs from Malaysia (Flying Eagles and IBSC).

Despite our small number, we brought home 11 Gold, 21 Silver, 9 Bronze medals and numerous ribbons (for swimmers who achieved 4th to 8th places in their events). A total of 41 medals! Not bad for a swim team of fourteen swimmers :)

Besides medals and ribbons, there are High Point Trophy Awards given for top three swimmers (both for men and women) in each age group.

Riverling Choo (9) was awarded best swimmer for her age group (Female 9-10 years old) and contributed 287 points to our club. She was top three swimmers in almost all her events and received 4 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals. Well done Riverling!


The High Point Trophy Award for this category was presented by Irankunda Isihaka, a national swimmer from Rwanda.

Next IBSC swimmer who received the award was Ho Jia Ming (12). He got second highest point in his age category (Male 11-12 years old) with 213 points and brought home the most medals, a total of 15 that consist of 5 Golds, 7 Silvers and 1 Bronze. Congratulations Jia Ming and family.

The award for this category was presented by Pak Mi Song, a national swimmer from North Korea. 

Meanwhile, Oswin Wong became the third highest points (192) collector for his age category (Male 13-14 years old) and brought home 10 medals (2 Gold, 6 Silver and 2 Bronze).

One special feature in Thanyapura Super Sprint was 50m freestyle elimination race that was held on Friday 5th October late afternoon. It was a new experience to some of our novice swimmers, who usually competed in Time Finals. Only swimmers who 'checked in' (registered personally) were allowed to race. The events were divided into three rounds - preliminary (all who checked in), semi-final (8 fastest) and final (4 fastest swimmers).

Though there were several hiccups in the coordination of the events and tallying of results, matters were solved and results were reflected rather accurately, with some of our swimmers like Awwal Zasfika (10), Raiyan Raesh (10) and Tang Jun Han (8) received their first individual Silver and Bronze medals.


Another unique feature of Thanyapura Super Sprint was their Mixed 8 x 25m Freestyle Relay which we had never tried previously (because the usual relays in swim meets are 4 people per team). So this was interesting and proved to be a challenge to our small team as we did not have 8 swimmers in the same age group category. Moreover the mixed relay requirement was 4 male and 4 female swimmers. Though the saving grace was the exception that younger swimmer may 'swim up' to older age group category.Despite the obvious age disadvantage, our team manage to secure second place in the relay with timing 2:07.83 minutes. Congratulations everyone.



Many thanks to friendly Thanyapura Super Sprint 2018 organising team. A few names that I remember are Coach Charlie Pike, Coach Miguel Lopez, Grace and Zara. Hope to see you all again.


Last but not least, much appreciation to all the swim parents who help the team in one way or another. Our participation in Thanyapura Super Sprint would not have been successful without your support.


Thank you May for helping our swimmers keep tab of their heat at the marshall reporting area.

Thank you Evi and Choo, Joan and Damian, Yen Ling and Ho, Ummi, Brenda, and our backbone Ms Nancy Yap.

Till next swim trip abroad, happy training everyone.

Warm regards,
Zaszima Abu Samah
Team Manager

Tuesday 23 October 2018

3rd ASUM Mid & Long Distance 2018

The 3rd ASUM/NSC/MILO Mid & Long Distance Swimming Championship 2018 recorded a huge jump in participants this year. 404 swimmers from 21 clubs took part in the competition held at Natio
nal Aquatic Centre, Bukit Jalil from 13 to 14 October, 2018. Team IBSC registered 83 swimmers in the annual meet.



Steve Khiew, swim under Group 1 Boys, rocked the pool with 5 golds in 5 events he participated in. He also rewrote his PBs in 400m IM from 4:40.14 to 4:39.59.

Steve has a total of 5 records under his belt.



Steve Khiew

Muhd Farhan Andi, took away 2 golds in 200m & 400m freestyle Boys Group 2. He clocked 4:22.98 to renew his PBs of 4:24.46 in 400m freestyle. He later went on to renew his PBs in 200m freestyle from 2:02.37 to 2:01.81.

Andi Farhan

Ng Zi Syuen, from Group 2 girls, proved her girl’s power when she bagged gold in 400m IM and silver in 200m breast and 200m IM. She renewed her old record in 200m IM from 2:38.15 to 2:33.85. She later teamed up with Chelsea Lee Ning, Vanessa Wong and Wong Ze Yi to win the 4x200m freestyle gold with a new meet record of 9:54.17.

Ng Zi Syuen
From left, Ng Zi Syuen, Chelsea Lee, Wong Ru Yi and Vanessa Wong

Whisky Chew cliched gold in 200m fly and renew his PBs from 2:29.85 to 2:27.45. He later went on to bag silver in 800m freestyle and 2 bronze in 200m back and 400m freestyle.



Our rising star Muhd Dhuha continued to bring joy to IBSC after he bagged 3 silver in 200m IM, 200m fly and 200m free despite being in the advantaged year group. He flipped his own record in 200m IM from 2:47.23 to 2:45.60. He also renewed his own record in 200m freestyle from 2:29.62 to 2:24.99. He later went on to win the 4x200m freestyle gold with his team mates Brendon Wong, Duran Yaspi and Matthew Goo.

Muhd Dhuha
From left, Brendon Wong, Duran Yaspi, Mohd Dhuha and Matthew Goo

Jackson Khiew, scooped up gold in 200m breast with a new PBs of 2:27.10 renewing his own meet record. He also won silver in 200m back, 200m IM and 400m IM.


Jackson Khiew

Meanwhile, Sharizan Shazali also presented a pleasant gold in Boys Group 2 200m IM with a new PBs of 2:19.61 (his old timing was 2:23.32).

Sharizan with Coach Shazali 

The 13-14 boys relay comprised of Yap Min Shun, Lay Kye Xern, Sharizan and Andi Farhan broke the  4x200m freestyle relay as they swam to a faster time of 8:19.27

In the same age group's mixed relay, the team consisting of Yap Min Shun, Ng Zi Syuen, Chelsea Lee and Andi Farhan repeated the amazing feat again in breaking the meet record at 8:51.75.



We congratulate to all medalists and swimmers who contributed points to the club and also those who managed to improve their personal timings. Below are the achievers.



Sincere thanks to my team mate Mr. Ho, the chaperones, Ms. Lily and Yen Ling, and the great supports and cooperation from the parents, which are the cores for making it a successful event.

Bravo to all.

C.K.Wong
Team Manager


See Full Results of 3rd Mid & Long Distance SC 2018

View more photos here.




Sunday 7 October 2018

IBSC Team Briefing - 3rd ASUM Mid-Long Distance Swimming Championship 2018

Dear parents/swimmers,

Please note that a team briefing for IBSC swimmers will be held as follows :

Swim Meet : 3rd ASUM Mid-Long Distance Swimming Championship 2018
Date : 10 Oct, 2018 (Wed)
Time : 7:00 pm.
Venue : Cheras pool

Agendas :
1. Swimming rules
2. Scratching of events
3. Meals order & payments
4. Distribution of school leave letters
5. Other matters

Please note that attendance is compulsory for IBSC participating swimmers, unless you have an exemption slip.

Team Manager,
CK Wong
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