IBSC swimmers top qualifying list for Sports Excel Grand Final 2012

The 2nd Leg of the Sports Excel Junior Swimming Circuit 2012 took place in Pusat Akuatik Paroi, Negeri Sembilan from 23-24 June, 2012. Several swimmers who did not participate in Leg 1 were seen making up their points in Leg 2 to quality for the Grand Final event to be held in September, 2012.

Kompleks Renang Paroi

3 meet records were broken, one of which is by Goh Yue Hong who erased his own previous record in his 100m butterfly of 1:02.64 with a new record of 1:02.49.

The top 24 swimmers for each swim event who garnered the most points from both Leg 1 and Leg 2 will enter the Grand Final. IBSC, with a total of 34 qualifiers, is the top swim team with the most number of swimmers eligible for the Grand Final.

Congratulations to the following IBSC swimmers who have performed so well to qualify themselves into the Grand Final :

Group 2 Girls Nur Hanisah Peh Jia Min Lee Chee Shian Vanessa Lee Yiat Mon Farra Dyana Ariffin Nur Taqiah Bt Ab Rahim Yong Su Ann Amanda Grace Nunis (Swim Off)	Group 2 Boys Keith Lim Kit Sern Yeo Jin Jie Nicholas Soon Tan Ei Siang Goh Wai Hou Amir Yussof Goh Yue Shen
Group 3 Girls Tan Rou Ying Zoe Natasha Bowden Nuraina Naziha Yap Li Wen	Group 3 Boys Goh Yue Hong Wong Jun Bin Desmond Ng Howard Sim Chern How Adam Afif Bin Faizal Muhammad Alif Afifi
Group 4 Girls Anjali Lim Wei Min Karla Lim Kay Yee Pun Pei Jin	Group 4 Boys Sebastian Soon Iqmal Muqhis Low Ken Ji Lee Chee Liang Lee Jia Jing Lee Jia Jun

The full swim results can be downloaded below :-

• Full Results of Sports Excel Junior Swimming Circuit 2012, Leg 2
• List of Grand Final Qualifiers 2012

Enjoy some snapshots from the Leg 2 Sports Excel.

IBSC coaches giving tips

Zoe Bowden

From left, Pun Pei Jin, Anjali and Karla Lim listening attentively to the coach's feedback

Group 3 boys

Wong Jun Bin,12,  swimming free to his medal

Sebastian Soon, 10

The Star : FT swimmer Ian breaks first national record in the Games

HE was out of the pool for three weeks recently with an arm injury but that did not stop Ian James Barr from making a big splash for Federal Territories on the second day of Sukma swimming action at Wisma Belia Swimming Complex in Bandar Indera Mahkota.

The 17-year-old smashed his own national record en route to winning the men’s 200m individual medley in 2:05.82 last night.

Ian had set the national mark of 2:06.98 at the Malaysian Open in Bukit Jalil in May and, in the process, brought down his own Games record of 2:08.09 set in Malacca two years ago.

Ian James Barr

It looked like no one was going to break a Games record in the pool on the second day until Ian kicked in with an explosive finish in the last 25m of the freestyle leg to finish the race nearly eight seconds ahead of Johor’s Tia’a Faang Der.

Faang Der, winner of the 400m individual medley on Sunday, clocked 2:13.60 for the silver ahead of Selangor’s Teh Wei Pin (2:13.96).

A delighted Ian, who clenched his fists in joy after being announced as the first national record breaker at the Games, said he felt very satisfied to close his individual campaign on a high.

Ian is only restriced to swimming two individual and two relay events as he had represented the country at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games and Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010.

“I injured my left arm due to over-training last month and had to stop training for three weeks. I could only do lower body workout, so I did not expect to get a fast time,” he said.

“I’m happy to beat my personal best and have to thank my coach (Paul Birmingham) and my parents for supporting me all the way.

Jubilation: Lim Ching Hwang of Selangor celebrates after winning the 100m freestyle at the Bandar Indra Mahkota Aquatic yesterday.

“This is my most memorable moment in Sukma – setting a national record despite still recovering from an injury.”

It was also a glorious moment for Penang, who celebrated their first gold medal after six years, and Selangor, whose swimmers won four out of the eight finals.

James Chen became the first Penang swimmer to capture a Sukma gold in swimming since Saw Yi Khy in Alor

Star in 2006 when he won the men’s 50m butterfly in 25.86.

Lim Ching Hwang and Caroline Chan claimed their second gold medals in as many days after winning the men’s 100m freestyle and women’s 200m backstroke respectively.

Ching Hwang won the men’s 200m freestyle race while Caroline chalked up an upset win and a new Games record to boot in the women’s 50m backstroke on Sunday.

The other winners for Selangor were Kok Cher Ling (women’s 100m freestyle) and Yai Siew Hui (women’s 50m butterfly).

Bonnie and Jun Bin shines in 36th SEA Age Swimming Championship 2012 in Palembang

This year Indonesia hosted the 36th South East Asia (SEA) Age Group Swimming Championship 2012 in Palembang with 7 countries participating in the meet from 1-3 June 2012.

The medal count after the 3 days event are tabulated below, with Thailand claiming the overall champion title after winning 32 gold, 34 silver and 33 bronze. Malaysia with only a contingent of 10 swimmers, mostly junior ones, did magnificently well too after bringing home 14 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze.

Our KL team, accompanied by IBSC Head Coach, Coach Shazali, was represented by Bonnie Tan Rou Ying, Wong Jun Bin and Tan Gin Yu with their medals collection as follows :

Tan Rou Ying (Girls 12 & Under)
Gold -  400m freestyle (4:41.45); 200m IM (2:29.47);  200m freestyle (2:14.20); 100m freestyle (1:01.13)
Bronze - 50m freestyle (28.43)

Wong Jun Bin (Boys 12 & Under)
Gold - 200m freestyle (2:04.55); 1500m freestyle (17:22.63)
Silver - 100m freestyle (58.16)
Bronze - 400m freestyle (4:24.30); 100m butterfly (1:04.24)

Tan Gin Yu (Boys 15-17)
Bronze - 200m butterfly (2:07.96)


The other Malaysian contingents who have also contributed to the medals collection were Nadia Andrianna and Asmalia Filzati Redzuan (both girls 12 & Under), Wong Fu Kang and Welson Sim (both boys 13-14) and Yap Siew Hui (girl 13-14).

CONGRATULATIONS to all of them and also the whole Malaysian team led by Team Manager, Ms Mae Chen, for achieving such a great feat in this away meet.

Please view the Full SEA Age Group Results 2012

For past reports on SEA Age Group Swimming please view the following Pelapis blogs :
34th Sea Age Group Swimming Championship 2010
33rd Sea Age Group Swimming Championship 2009


Also read related news articles :
The Star : Junior swimmers make big splash at SEA age-group meet
The NST : Juniors prove formidable in Palembang

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