VOV5 : Vietnam ranks first at the 5th ASEAN School Games

Friday, June 28, 2013

(VOVworld) – Vietnam has topped the table at the 5th ASEAN School Games with 50 gold medals, followed by Malaysia. The event attracted 1.500 athletes from 8 delegations competing in 9 sports. Ngu Duy Anh is deputy head of the organizing board: “The Games has left a deep impression on all participating delegations. Everyone is satisfied with Vietnam’s preparations and hosting of the event.”

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan and the delegation heads. Photo : VGP

During the Games, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan held a reception for the delegation heads. He thanked the ASEAN Schools Sports Council for choosing Vietnam to host this event. He said that the sports activities organized by the Council had helped to strengthen mutual understanding among students and develop school sports movements in Southeast Asia.

source : http://vovworld.vn/en-US/News/Vietnam-ranks-first-at-5th-ASEAN-School-Games/163619.vov

5th ASEAN School Games 2013 - Day 4 results

Day 4 abridged results

Swimmer	Event	Final Time	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kok Cher Ling	50m Freestyle	27.46s	1
Welson Sim	1500m Freestyle	16:10.12s	1
Ng Shi Jie	50m Freestyle	24.56s		1
Vernon Lee	200m Butterfly	2:06.88s			1
Team Malaysia Men	4x100m Medley Relay	3:57.80s		1
Team Malaysia Women	4x100m Medley  Relay	4:24.47s		1

5th ASEAN School Games 2013 - Day 3 Results

Day 3 abridged results

Swimmer	Event	Final Time	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ian James Barr	200m Breaststroke	2:20.52s	1
Vernon Lee	400m Freestyle	4:00.13s	1
Nadia Adrianna Redza	200m Breaststroke	2:44.87s		1
Angela Cheng	400m Freestyle	4:30.00s			1
Team Malaysia Men	4x100m Freestyle Relay	3:32.45s	1
Team Malaysia Women	4x100m Freestyle Relay	4:02.03s		1

Current medal tally as at 26 June 2013 including all games competed in 5th ASG 2013 is tabulated below.

BaoMoi.com : Swimmer Vien leads VN gold rush

Water woman: Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (centre) celebrates after sealing another hat-trick of swimming gold medals in the ASEAN Schools Games yesterday. — Photo gdtd.vn

HA NOI (VNS)—

The swimmer began her domination in the girls' 100m freestyle with a time of 58.69 seconds, followed by Tanchanok Sangsawang from Thailand (59.92sec) and Vietnamese Ho Nhat Song Vy (1:00.35).

In the 200m backstroke, Vien, who became the first athlete from Viet Nam to seal their place at Spain's world championships later this year, yet again romped to victory.

She finished with a time of 2:17.33, trailed by Nurul Fajar Fitriyati from Indonesia and Naipaporn Vorawech of Thailand.

Vien's completed her hat-trick with gold in the 200m individual medley event. She took the race with a time of 2:18.94, while second and third were Erika Kong Chia Chia of Malaysia and Pornsuda Viniyompong of Thailand.

Meanwhile, Le Thi Viet Trinh became Viet Nam's second gold medallist when she clocked 1:14.33 to win the girls' 100m breaststroke event.

Malaysian duo Nadia Adrianna Redza and Koh Jia Yi grabbed the two runners-up spots.

With 16 gold medals, Viet Nam leapt to the top of the rankings yesterday.

Malaysia were in second place with six gold medals, and Thailand were third with five golds.

The ASG is an annual sports festival for regional students. This year, more than 1,500 participants are competing in nine events. The Games will conclude on July 6. — VNS

5th ASEAN School Games 2013 - Day 2 Results

Congratulations to the following medallists of the 5th ASEAN School Games 2013 who have collected more medals for Team Malaysia in day 2.

IBSC member, Ian James Barr managed to haul a gold in his 200m IM and a silver in the 100m breaststroke events.


Day 2 abridged results

Swimmer	Event	Final Time	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ian James Barr	200m IM 100m Breaststroke	2:08.01s 1:05.62s	1	1
Welson Sim	100m Freestyle	52.90s		1
Tern Jian Han	200m Backstroke	2:07.12s		1
Nadia Adrianna Redza	100m Breaststroke	1:14.83s		1
Erika Kong Chia Chia	200m IM	2:22.76s		1
Koh Jia Yi	100m Breaststroke	1:14.86s			1

5th ASEAN School Games 2013 - Day 1 Results

The 5th ASEAN School Games 2013 news update can be obtained from the following blog http://aseanschoolsgames.wordpress.com/

Extracts from the blog :

2 Pingat Emas Buat Malaysia Pada Hari Pertama

Hari pertama kejohanan, atlet renang Tern Jian Han dari Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil telah memperoleh 2 pingat emas buat kontinjen Malaysia.  Emas pertama beliau diperolehi melalui Acara 100 meter Kuak Lentang  dan emas kedua melalui Acara 100 meter Kupu-Kupu.

Tern Jian Han Bersama Pingat Kemenangannya

Dalam Acara 100 meter Kupu-Kupu Perempuan, atlet renang Yap Siew Hui telah berjaya mendapat pingat Perak dan Erika Kong Chia Chia juga telah memperolehi pingat Perak dalam Acara 400 meter Individual Medley,  manakala  Welson Sim telah berjaya memperolehi pingat Gangsa dalam Acara 200 meter Gaya Bebas.

Yap Siew Hui Pemenang Pingat Perak Acara 100 meter Kupu-Kupu

Welson Sim Pemenang Pingat Gangsa Acara 200 meter Gaya Bebas

Erika Kong Chia Chia Pemenang Pingat  Perak Acara 400 meter Individual Medley

Source : http://aseanschoolsgames.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/2-pingat-emas-buat-mssm-pada-hari-pertama/

The Brunei Times : Fifth ASEAN School Games officially kicks off

AJEERATUL ABDULLAH
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

THE FIFTH ASEAN School Games was officially opened by the Vice State President of Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Doan in Hanoi on Sunday, with Brunei among the eight Asean countries in the fray.

Held at the Hanoi Indoor Athletics Palace, the opening ceremony was graced with a variety of cultural performances from the participating countries in this year's tournament which was performed by Vietnam School Students, according to a press release issued by the Co-curriculum Education Department, Ministry of Education yesterday.

Present as special guests and representatives of Brunei Darussalam were Acting Head Director of Education, Hj Kassim Hj Mohd Yassin and Acting Principal of Sports School, Pg Hj Zahari Pg Hj Ahmad.

This year, the 79-member Brunei contingent comprising of 51 athletes from secondary schools and 28 secretariat officer are attending the games.

The country's athletes will be participating in six out the nine sports: athletics, badminton, table tennis, sepak takraw, silat and swimming,

A total of 1,500 athletes from eight ASEAN countries are competing.

Hosts Vietnam are joined by Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Laos.

The ASEAN School Games began on Saturday and will end next Sunday.

This is the fifth year Brunei has participated in the games since 2009.

Brunei produced their best showing of the annual tournament last year after winning eight silver and six bronze medals in Surabaya, Indonesia all coming from pencak silat, which was held for the first time.

Brunei sent 17 silat exponents out of the 79-athlete team to Surabaya, and all of them returned home with a medal.

A previous report in The Brunei Times states that Thailand defended their 2011 title with a medal haul of 38 gold, 28 silver and 47 bronze last year.

Hosts Indonesia were runners-up with 33 gold, 33 silver and 27 bronze medals.

Malaysia were third with 29 gold, 36 silver and 35 bronze medals.

Brunei will hold the Games in 2015.The Brunei Times


Source : http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2013/06/25/fifth-asean-school-games-officially-kicks

Jun Bin progressed well in 44th SNAG 2013

The 44th Singapore National Age Group (SNAG) 2013 was competed few months ago and the competition took place in Singapore Sports School Swimming Complex.

Wong Jun Bin, who has just crossed the causeway in Jan 2013 to take up the scholarship to further his secondary studies in Singapore Sports School, progressed well in the SNAG.

Jun Bin, who trained under China coach, Coach He Tinglan for 2 years since end of 2010 under the PRAKL swimmers' development program has impressive swim records in Malaysia prior to his venture across the border. Coupled with his good academic achievements, that made him a successful recipient of the full scholarship offered by Singapore Sports School at the start of this year.

Prior to this he was coached by IBSC Head Coach, Coach Shazali Salleh.

Jun Bin realised that if he wanted to achieve something, he really needs to work hard for it as there's no short cut to success.

Adapting well to a change of environment in a boarding school, in a matter of less than 3 months, Jun Bin's results in the SNAG speaks for itself. Under the boys 13-14 years category, Jun Bin garnered 1 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze in the annual championship. His results are tabulated below.

Event	Prelim Time	Final Time	Gold	Silver	Bronze
800m Freestyle		8:47.94	1
200m Freestyle	2:01.66	2:01.22		1
100m Butterfly	1:01.59	1:02.00		1
400m Freestyle	4:18.26	4:13.60		1
200m Butterfly	2:15.28	2:14.00		1
1500m Freestyle		17:19.81			1

When asked to describe his experience in the NAG of Singapore compared to Malaysia, Jun Bin has this to say. "Although Singapore is smaller, there are many good swimmers here. So it's challenging for me. In SNAG, I was most satisfied with my 800m freestyle despite being my first time swimming in that event, I managed to swim a good time to get a gold medal."

In the sports school, soft-spoken Jun Bin trains 2 sessions a day and because everything is self-contained in the school, he can do a lot of things in a day. He adapted extremely well in juggling the training with his studies and he finds the schedule in the school very productive even though sometimes it can be tiring.

Jun Bin's first overseas competition was the 36th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship 2012 in Palembang last year, where it was an eye-opening experience for him. During the 36th SEAAG, Jun Bin has the height of his achievement when he secured 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. "It was quite exciting experience as I could see a lot of outstanding swimmers from the SEA region. The competition is much more intense", he said.

Jun Bin (far right) with team mates and Coach Shazali (left) during the 36th SEAAG in Palembang

Jun Bin credited both his parents and coach equally for his success as they have played a big role in his swimming career and contributed a lot of time for him.

He keeps his aim high and set his next target to swim faster than some of the national swimmers.

To the younger swimmers, he advises "Train hard consistently and do what your coach tells you to do."

Proud father, Wong senior with Jun Bin

So far, Jun Bin's list of achievements are :

Swimming Meet	Meet Record	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 (Group 5)
PRAKL			1
2008 (Group 5)
PRAKL	1	4
MSSS (Under 10)			1	1
2009 (Group 4)
PRAKL		2	4
MSSS (Under 13)		1	1	1
2010 (Group 4)
PRAKL			5	3
2011 (Group 3)
PRAKL		3		2
MSSS (Under 13)		2	5	1
MSSM (Under 13)		2	3
Sports Excel Grand Final				1
47th NAG			1	1
2012 (Group 3)
PRAKL	4	6	6
MSSS (Under 15)		3	2	1
MSSM (Under 15)				1
Sports Excel Grand Final			4	1
48th NAG	1	7	2
36th SEA Age Group		2	1	2
2013 (Group 2)
44th SNAG, Singapore		1	4	1
49th NAG		1	1	1

Here are some facts about Wong Jun Bin :

Year of birth	:	1999
First learned swimming	:	6 years old
First selection as KL state swimmer	:	10 years old
First overseas competition	:	36th SEA Age Group Swimming Championship in 2012, at 12 years old
Favourite swim stroke	:	Freestyle
Least favourite stroke	:	Breaststroke
Favourite swimming idol	:	Ian Thorpe
Favourite subjects in school	:	Maths and Science
Favourite past time	:	Watch movie/TV
Favourite food	:	Western
Ambition	:	To be an Olympian

Group photo with Ian Thorpe who visited the Singapore Sports School

Jun Bin on lane 4 during SNAG's 400m freestyle final

54th National Schools Swimming Championships 2013 in Singapore

Jun Bin (second from right) with Inter-Schools relay team members from Singapore Sports School

* photos courtesy of Wong Kam Yuen