39 IBSC swimmers qualify to SportExcel Grand Final 2018

Congratulations to the swimmers who have made the cut as the top 24 swimmers for each event competed at the recent Leg 1 & 2 of the SportExcel Junior Swimming Circuit 2018, held in Melaka and Shah Alam respectively.

Those who qualify for the final leg will be able to try their best to grab some medals and points at the forthcoming SportExcel Junior Swimming Circuit - Grand Final 2018.

This year the Grand Final will take place at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil instead, on 11-12 August, 2018 (Sat & Sun).

From the pool of qualifiers, there are 39 IBSC swimmers who succeeded in booking their lanes in the Grand Final 2018. Great job to the swimmers and the Club hopes that the swimmers will cease the opportunity to better their PBs in due course.

IBSC qualifiers below enjoy free entry fees to the Grand Final as an added incentives to them.

Group 4 Boys	Group 4 Girls
Brendon Wong Brian How Jun Bing Duran Yaspi Harith Miqael Hisyam Low Wenxi Muhd Dhuha bin Zulkifry Shaun Lee Dingguo Tan Goh Jun Roy Tommy Peter	Nur Ariessa Safiya Shelly Ting Xin Ru
Group 3 Boys	Group 3 Girls
Benjamin Lee Jingguo Dom Lim Dylan Wong Wei Han Jareick Cheong Muhd Arif bin Zulkifry Ng Yi Xuan, Destin Pan Gurujan Thinlay Teo Zun Jet Tobin Sia Xianhua Toh Chun Hong Whisky Chew	Ng Lee Sze Ng Yen Sze Tee Boon Xi Teo Sze Hui Yap Yuan Yi
Group 2 Boys	Group 2 Girls
Daud Agam Bin Mirzaini Harry Chong Guang Ming Medhavinz Seew Ravindran Ng K-Yang Nu'aim Bin Nizarudin Sharizan bin Shazali Yap Min Shun	Ashley Ting Xin Rui Ng Zi Syuen Tan Jancy Vanessa Wong Suet Yan Wong Ze Yi

Those who are in a tie position for 24th place will be required to swim-off before the start of the race on day 1.

Congratulations again to all and continue to train for the best!

See Top 24 Qualifiers List- Grand Final 2018 and Invite

Team Briefing - Perak Age Group Swimming

Dear parents/swimmers,

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

Swim Meet : Perak Age Group Swimming Championship 2018
Date : 14 July, 2018 (Sat)
Time : 9:00 am
Venue : Cheras pool

Agenda :
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 swimmers, unless you have an exemption slip.

Team Manager,
Vincent Low

Silver for Medley Relay Senior Boys and Bronze for Sebastian in 42nd SEA Age Group Swimming 2018 on closing day

Congratulations to Team MAS for getting a silver in the Boys 18&U 4x100m medley relay on the last day of the SEA Age Group swim meet in Manila today.

The quartet who swam the relay event were Steve Khiew,  Ng Jing Fu, Bryan Leong and Tong Yu Jing with the split times displayed below, finishing second placing with a time of 3:56.94.

Boys 18&U Medley relay won by Team Vietnam (gold), Malaysia (silver) and Indonesia (bronze).

Steve Khiew also managed to cut his PB in his 50m backstroke by shedding 0.15s to clock a faster time of 27.61 on the third day of the meet with a commendable 4th placing.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Soon, managed a bronze in the 1500m freestyle event held towards the end of the meet when he clocked 16:22.73 short of 3s off his PB.

Sebastian Soon

The other IBSC swimmers, Law Li Wei, Whisky Chew and Zachary Lim also participated in the age group meet and have taken the opportunity to improve their PBs whilst immersing themselves in new swimming experience in Manila while having some fun time.

Congratulations to the medalists and achievers.

Full results can be downloaded at the Results Page.

Team MAS did some K-pop dancing during the gala dinner yesterday night

Steve Khiew won bronze in 42nd SEA Age Group Swimming Championship 2018 in Philippines

The 42nd SEA Age Group Swimming Championships 2018 is currently on-going in Manila, Philippines from 6th to 8th July, 2018.

IBSC swimmer, Steve Khiew, did the club and Team Malaysia proud by starting a good momentum in his 200m backstroke by clinching a bronze in the 16-18 boys category.

Steve clocked 2:07.47 behind Indonesian and Philippine swimmers who did 2:02.31 and 2:06.80 respectively.

Steve Khiew

Meanwhile, Sebastian Soon, 17, achieved a commendable 4th placing for his 400IM when he achieved 4:35.65.

The results of the 42nd SEA Age Group can be followed viewed via Meet Mobile.

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Sharizan broke 50m backstroke record in SportExcel Junior Swimming Circuit, Leg 2 in Shah Alam

The Leg 2 of SportExcel Junior Swimming Circuit 2018 ended last Sunday (30th Jun -1st July, 2018) at Shah Alam pool.

IBSC sent a contingent of 141 young and dedicated swimmers to the meet and managed to collect 1881.5 points to rank top 2 in the competition and bagging 9 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze and a meet record.

Sharizan Bin Shazali, 14 did handsomely well in his favourite backstroke sprint as he awed the crowd by breaking a 9 year old record (28.76) held by his mentor Ian James Barr (IBSC) in 2009 as he clocked a faster time of 28.20s. Sharizan  secured 131 points and added to his medal collections of 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.

Sharizan Shazali (left) feeling good with his 50m backstroke record

Meanwhile, Ng Zi Syuen, 12 earned 178 points and managed to get 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. She is the top scorer from IBSC for this leg.

Ng Zi Syuen

Our another star swimmer from group 4, Muhammad Dhuha, 9, even though a year younger than his team mates, proved age is not a barrier by garnering 4 gold and 1 silver with 72 points.

Muhamad Dhuha Zulkifry

Joining the team's performance, Ashley Ting, 14, swam to 2 silver, 1 bronze and managed to get 159 points for the team. 

Ashley Ting

In addition, Whisky Chew, 12, gave a surprise gold in his 100m fly with a new PB of 1:06.76.

Congratulations to all the medalists and point earners of IBSC and well done to swimmers who have achieved good improved times.

Sharizan Shazali secured gold in his 100m back (meet record 28.20) and 100m backs (1:02.40)

Harry Chong, slashed his time again in 100m breaststroke to record a new PB of 1:11.90

Destin Ng, won 1 silver and 1 bronze in his breaststroke events

Below is the list of top 20 points collectors. 

Our grateful thanks go to Coach Shazali, Coach Kamal and Coach Hisham for special guidance to the swimmers, Team Managers Mr. Hazrulhisyam and Mr. Vincent Chin, Chaperones Ms. Yen Ling and Lily for all the arrangement in this meet.

View meet results here.

Cheers,

HO Seng Oon

Team Manager

See more photo* here (*courtesy of Mr CK Wong)

7th Selangor ARENA Short Course Sprint Invitational Swimming Championship 2018

We are pleased to inform that IBSC has been extended the annual invitation again to the 7th Selangor ARENA Short Course Sprint Invitational Swimming Championship 2018, as a Guest Club.

The gist of the meet is as below :

Host	:	Persatuan Renang Amatur Selangor (PRAS)	Events	:	50m & 100m – all 4 strokes & IM 200m - freestyle & IM 4x25m free & medley relays 4x50m mixed free & medley relays
Date	:	17th – 19th Aug, 2018 (Fri-Sun)
Venue	:	Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan	Pool	:	25m competition pool
Start Time	:	8:00 am.	Registration Fee	:	RM35 per swimmer
Rules	:	Rules and By-Laws of  FINA	Entry Fee	:	RM6 per event
Age as of	:	1 January, 2018	Closing Date	:	10 July, 2018 (IBSC)
Age Group	:	Open, Group 1, 2, 3 & 4	Team Manager	:	Mr Vincent Low
IBSC’s Entry	:	60 selected swimmers only

Please download Invite and Meet Information here.

Due to the limited number of participants (60) imposed on Guest Clubs, eligible IBSC swimmers will be selected by the Swim Committee to represent the Club in the above invitational meet.

As in previous year, the above meet will be open to all swimmers who may be interested to participate and final selection shall be based on top times of entries submitted with due consideration given to forming a relay team in each age group. If you're interested to bid for a lane, please submit the IBSC Entry Form to IBSC office for selection latest by 10 July, 2018 (Tues), before 7:00 pm. Entries received late will NOT be considered.

Team Briefing will be advised later.


Download :
Meet Information
IBSC Entry Form (submit before 10 July 2018)

Thanks for your cooperation.

Best Regards,
IBSC Swim Committee

Team Briefing Notice for SportExcel Leg 2

Dear swimmers/parents,

Kindly note that the team briefing for SportExcel Junior Swimming Circuit. Leg 2 shall be held as follows :

Date : 27 June, 2018

Time : 7:00 pm

Venue : Cheras Pool

Regards,

Hazrulhisyam

Team Manager

Keith Lim broke 50m free national record in Mare Nostrum Monaco

Congratulations to Keith Lim, IBSC swimmer, who is in the national team, for breaking the 50m free national record during his outing to Mare Nostrum Monaco, in Monte Carlo on 16 June 2018.

Keith, 20, swam to 5th placing in the 1/8 final round with an impressive new time of 23.10 and broke the 2015 MAS national record previously held by Alwyn Tan (Penang) of 23.17.

In the preliminary heat, Keith qualified into the finals by swimming 23.56. His previous personal best was 23.33 clocked at the recent Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia last April 2018.

Once he touched down to the homeland, Keith related in a text message : "I feel really happy as I was aiming to break the (50m free) record for quiet some time. In addition, I also did well too in my other events of 100m & 200m free and happy with the timings."

In the 100m free event, Welson Sim did well too with 50.86 (7th placing) in the Final A. Meanwhile in the Final B, Keith has a decent timing of 50.73 for 100m free. 

Well done Keith! We are so proud of your achievement!

Other results by the Malaysian swimmers are displayed below.

See Full Results of XXXVIe Meeting International de Natation.

Congratulations to IBSC swimmers selected to be part of WIPERS Team in SUKMA XIX Perak 2018

Huge shout out to the IBSC swimmers who have made it to the selection to represent Team Wilayah Persekutuan (WIPERS) in the forthcoming Malaysia Games 2018 in Perak.

The bi-annual SUKMA Games for aquatic events will be held at the new Perak pool at Pusat Akuatik AmanJaya, Perak from 17th to 21st September, 2018.

The IBSC swimmers are :

Male
1. Keith Lim
2. Sebastian Soon
3. Steve Khiew
4. Adam Afif
5. Brandy Chew
6. Low Ken Ji
7. Sharizan Shazali

Female
1. Nurlatifa Zahra
2. Evon Chan
3. Ng Zi Syuen
4. Jasmine Liew
5. Wong Ru Yi
6. Ashley Ting
7. Karla Lim

CONGRATULATIONS!

See more here.

IBSC wishes the Muslim Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

See training notice here.