DSA Swimming Carnival, 7 December 2013

It’s a wonderful Saturday morning on 7th December 2013. There were a total of 34 swimmers from iBSC gathering at Pusat Akuatik Nasional, Kompleks Sukan Negara Bukit Jalil to attend the 1st DSA Swimming Carnival with the theme ‘Blue Fantasy Carnival’. There were lots of activities lined up for the carnival which included aquatic activities, fun activities for both kids and adults and swimming gala.

All iBSC swimmers gathered as early as 6:45am and started to warm up at 7:00am in the diving pool led by Coach Shazali. A total of 12 swimmers participated in the opening event which was the biathlon event. Congratulations to iBSC swimmers: -

1. Yeong Zhen Yi (Gold medal) and Teo Sze Hui (Bronze medal) in Biathlon (Girls) 10 years old & below
2. Yeong Yik San (Silver medal) in Biathlon (Boys) 11 – 14 years old
3. Farra Dyana Arffin (Bronze medal) in Biathlon (Girls) 11 – 14 years old

The swimming gala kicked start after the prize presentation ceremony for the biathlon winners. Among the events competed are 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke, followed by a prize presentation and lunch break at 1:00pm. The 50m Freestyle and Mixed 50m Freestyle Relay followed after the break.

Congratulation to our iBSC swimmers: -

1. Khor Wei Ren (Silver medal) in Boys 10 & under 50M Butterfly
2. Ng Zi Syuen (Bronze medal) in Girls 10 & under 50M Butterfly
3. Nicolas Sia (Gold medal), Ng Hung Teck (Silver medal) and William Honderich (Bronze medal) in Boys 11 – 12 50M Butterfly
4. Nuraina Naziha (Gold medal) and Lim Chew Yi (Silver medal) in Girls 11 – 12 50M Butterfly
5. Muhd. Alif Afifi (Silver medal) in Boys 13 – 15 50M Butterfly
6. Ng Zi Syuen (Bronze medal) in Girls 10 & under 50M Backstroke
7. William Honderich (Gold medal) and Nicolas Sia (Silver medal) in Boys 11 – 12 50M Backstroke
8. Lim Chew Yi (Gold medal), Nuraina Naziha (Silver medal) and Liew Shue Yuen (Bronze medal) in Girls 11 – 12 50M Backstroke
9. Khor Wei Ren (Bronze medal) in Boys 10 & under 50M Breaststroke
10. William Honderich (Gold medal) and Nicolas Sia (Silver medal) in Boys 11 – 12 50M Breaststroke
11. Nuraina Naziha (Gold medal) and Liew Shue Yuen (Bronze medal) in Girls 11 – 12 50M Breaststroke
12. William Honderich (Silver medal) in Boys 11 – 12 50M Freestyle
13. Nuraina Naziha (Gold medal), Liew Shue Yuen (Silver medal) and Lim Chew Yi (Bronze medal) in Girls 11 – 12 50M Freestyle
14. Muhd. Alif Afifi (Gold medal) in Boys 13 – 15 50M Freestyle

There was also Synchronized Swimming performance after the lunch break. The swimming gala ended at 4:00pm but the carnival continues with everyone enjoying the fun activities and aqua fitness up to 6:00pm.
In summary, iBSC swimmers won 4 medals in the biathlon events and 24 medals in the swimming gala. Congratulations to all medalists and well done to all swimmers who had portrayed the team spirit of sportsmanship.

See Full Results of DSA Swim Carnival here.

By Teo YJ

IBSC Team Manager

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