IBSC crowned as the champion for the 1st MILO Age Group Swimming Championships 2022

 It was a firing start by the IBSC swimmers for swimming calendar year 2022. 

Represented by 76 heroic swimmers above 13 years old, IBSC was crowned as the overall champion for the 1st Milo Age Group Swimming Championship 2022 with 17 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze. A massive congratulations to all IBSC family, swimmers, parents, coaches and all hardworking committee for the astonishing results. Bravo IBSC!

The championship, organized by Malaysia Swimming Federation was held from 14th January 2022 until 16th January 2022 at National Aquatic Centre, KL Sport City, Bukit Jalil. The three day event managed to attract a total number of 504 swimmers from 34 swimming clubs and schools all over Malaysia.

IBSC swimmers with 350 entries have showed a tremendous fighting spirit in their respective events. As a result, they were able to improve their PBs at the percentage of 65% out of 350 entries. Well done boys and girls!

Our top performer were Khiew, Hoe Yean (Steve) in open category and Muhammad Dhuha in age group 13-14. Steve Khiew contributed 7 gold medal from his individual event and 1 gold for 4x100m freestyle relay while Muhammad Dhuha contributed 6 gold for individual event and 2 gold for 4x100m medley and 4x100m freestyle relay in their respective age groups.

Steve Khiew (white cap) took the chance to improve 3 more PBs in MILO Age Group

Muhd Dhuha, splashed to 8 gold in the 1st MILO Age Group 2022

To add on the gold medal haul for IBSC, our own Ng, Zi Syuen has made a surprise comeback to win her 100m back in open category. She was able to snatch one more bronze for her 100m breast in the same age group category.

Following are other IBSC swimmers who managed to win in their respective events.

1. Jayden Tan, Khai Xin  : 3 silver

2. Ashley Ting : 1 silver

3. Khiew, Tze Yen : 1 silver, 3 bronze

4. Lay, Kye Xern : 1 bronze

5. Lee, Boon Wei David : 2 silver

6. Low, Kenji : 1 silver, 2 bronze

7. Muhammad Arif : 1 silver, 1 bronze

8. Sebastian Soon : 1 bronze

9. Whisky Chew : 1 bronze

10. Yap Min Shun : 1 bronze

11. 4 x 100m Freestyle Boys Open: Gold ( Yap Min Shun, Low Kenji, Khiew Tze Yen &  Khiew Hoe Yean )

12. 4 x 100m Medley Boys Open : Silver ( Khiew Tze Yean, Ng Kai Wen, Low Kenji & Yap Min Shun )

13. 4 x 100m Freestyle Boys group 15-16 : Bronze ( Muhammad Arif, Ho Jia Ming, Jerieck Cheong & Whisky Chew )

14. 4 x 100m Freestyle Boys group 13-14 : Gold ( Lee Boon Wei David, Tan Eng Lok, Brendon Wong Kai Xuen & Muhammad Dhuha )

15. 4 x 100m Medley Boys group 13-14 : Gold ( Lee Boon Wei David, Shaun Lee Dinggou, Muhammad Dhuha & Tan Eng Lok )

Our golden quartet for 4 x 100m freestyle relay boys open category ( From left : Jackson Khiew Tze Yen, Steve Khiew Hoe Yean, Low Kenji, Yap Min Shun, Coach Daniel Bego)

In a nutshell, this meet was a great success. We believe that our swimmers will continue to train harder to achieve better PBs for their upcoming meets. On behalf of the IBSC meet committee, I would like to thank all participants for their cooperation, discipline and understanding throughout the competition. See you in our next meet!  

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Reported by :

Zulfikry Wahi, Team Manager

New Meet Records by IBSC at 8th Selangor ARENA Short Course Sprint Invitational 2019

55 swimmers recently represented IBSC in the 8th Selangor ARENA Short Course Sprint Invitational Swimming Championship 2019, held from 27th to 29th September 2019 at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan (PADE), Shah Alam.

IBSC swim team with Coach Daniel Lee

Our Group 3 (11-12 years old) swimmers made us proud with 3 new meet records in relays. Ho Jia Ming, Don Lim, Ng Jun Yi and Aniq Muqri gained 1st place with 55.09s for 4 x 25m Medley Relay, surpassing previous record of 55.59s by Klass Torpedoes in 2016.

Similarly, they clocked in 49.71s in 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay, beating previous record of 49.88s by team PADE in 2017.

During Mixed Relay, two of the Group 3 boys, Ho Jia Ming and Aniq Muqri together with another two girls from same age group (Ng Lee Sze and Rebecca Chan Xing Li), broke another meet record with time 1:53.14, which toppled previous meet record of 1:53.25 by 11 miliseconds. Such was the excitement in competitive swimming that keep it's audiences on their toes.

Group 3 Mixed Relay - from left - Aniq Muqri, Ng Lee Sze, Rebecca Chan, Ho Jia Ming

On the individual level, Bryan Leong Xin Ren was one of the swimmers who broke 50m Butterfly meet record with timing 24.74s for Group 1 Boys (15-17 years).

Whilst Ho Jia Ming, was also one of the swimmers who broke two meet records in 100m Freestyle and 50m Freestyle with timing 57.01s and 25.86s respectively, for Boys age 11 - 12 years old category.

With 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze placements, Ho Jia Ming gathered 50 points and was awarded as 2nd Runner-Up Most Valuable Swimmer in Boys Age Group 3 (11 - 12 years old) under the State Category.

Ho Jia Ming (right) won 2nd Runner Most Valuable Swimmer Award for Boys Age Group 3 (11 - 12 years old) 

As for relays, our swimmers did fairly well by getting 2nd placements in six events:

- Girls Group 4 (10 years old and under) with Isabel Grace Kennington, Riona Elaine Morgan, Shelly Ting Xin Ru and Awwal Zasfika in 4 x 25m Freestyle and 4 x 25m Medley.

Girls Group 4 (10 years old and under) relay team
From left: Riona Morgan, Isabel Kennington, Awwal Zasfika and Shelly Ting

- Girls Group 2 (13 - 14 years old) with Ng Yen Sze, Jolin Ong Shuk Xien, Julia Yap Yuan Yi and Elavinyah Ganesh in 4 x 25m Freestyle and 4 x 25m Medley.

- Mixed Group 2 (13 - 14 years old) with Ng Yen Sze, Harry Chong Guang Ming, Dom Lim and Julia Yap Yuan Yi in 4 x 50m Medley.

- Boys Group 1 (15 years old and over) with Nu'aim Nizarudin, Cliff Ng Han Yang, Muhd Danial Osman and Ben Siew Tzer Bin in 4 x 25m Freestyle.

And 3rd placement in two Mixed relay events (4 x 50m Freestyle and 4 x 50m Medley), with Group 4 (10 years old and under) boys and girls (Ho Jian Xuen, So Ern Hao, Ryan Chin Zi Yang, Isabel Grace Kennington, Riona Elaine Morgan and Shelly Ting).

Group 4 (10 years old and under) Mixed Relay Team for 4 x 50m Freestyle
From left: Shelly Ting, Isabel Kennington, So Ern Hao and Ho Jia Xuen.

Congratulations to all the winners, those who improved their personal best timings (PBs) and those who had put their best efforts. Thank you to Team Manager Mr Ho Seng Onn, Assistant Team Manager Mr Farouq Affandi, chaperones Ms Yen Ling and Puan Zaszima in coordinating our team. 

Much gratitude to coaches who attended and guide our swimmers during the meet - Coach Shazali, Coach Kamarudin, Coach Daniel Lee and Coach Tan Ei Ling. As well as meet officials, IBSC admin members, swimmers' parents and families, for without their support, we may not have a wonderful team to assemble in the first place.

May we shine brighter in the next swimming championship!

Reported by Farouq and Zaszima.

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IBSC is top medal winners in 4th ASUM Mid and Long Distance Swimming Championship 2019

Big shout out to medalists and record breakers of IBSC in the 4th ASUM Mid and Long Distance Swimming Championship 2019 last weekend on 5th & 6th October, 2019 at Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre.

IBSC scored the most medals with 24 gold, 19 silver and 8 bronze, not withstanding that we did not have a full team out in the meet as many athletes are having exams.

In terms of points collection, IBSC points are also impressive as we are first runner-up with 709 points.

Summary of individual performances of swimmers who brought home medals and points is summarised below.


































While Steve Khiew collected top 60 points for the club with 4 gold (3 meet records) and 1 silver, Muhd Dhuha has clean sweep of 5 gold in all the events he took part with 3 new meet records.

Muhd Dhuha emerged as star performance with 100% achievement having 5 gold with 3 new meet records under his name. Splendid!

Also bravos to those who swam with over achievements and broke the meet records. The new record holders of IBSC are:

The Committee thanks all the coaches for valuable guidance, team managers and chaperones for their hard work during the 2 days meet. Well done to all!

Photos by Mr CK Wong, the Team Manager can be viewed from the link below.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dakEp8XPXeLNyvYg9

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Muhd Dhuha awarded Group 4 Boys Age Group Champion in SportExcel Grand Final 2019

The cheers of IBSC led by our senior swimmers was a great opening roar to the SportExcel Grand Final 2019 which was held at IBSC homeground, Kompleks Renang Kuala Lumpur Cheras on the 3rd and 4th August, 2019.

A total of 38 IBSC swimmers qualified to the SportExcel Grand Final 2019. The format for the Grand Final involving preliminary heats as qualifying round to the afternoon finals, was a good exposure to the swimmers to test their endurance, focus, stamina and psychological strength.

Day 1 - Qualifiers adorned with red/black T-shirts earned by them 

Day 2 - Qualifiers looking smart in turquoise blue 

The preliminaries was started at 9:00 am under a hot morning sun for both days and resumed at 3:00 pm under a blazing hot and dry weather for the finals.

The overall club champion was determined by the total points gained by the swimmers. Only swimmers who qualified to the finals in the evening sessions were awarded with points. IBSC managed to grab the second spot on the table with 266 points despite only having 18 swimmers were qualified to the finals in the evening sessions for both days.  

The top performer for IBSC was Muhammad Dhuha who managed to clinch 7 golds and 1 silver in all 8 events for the finals. What is astounding is that he  broke 50m fly meet records for 10&U twice. Dhuha clocked 30.91s in the preliminary heat in the morning of day 1 to erase his own previous record of 30.93s. Later in the afternoon final, he further eliminated his prelim record to a better PB of 30.67s. With the performance he displayed during the meet, he was awarded with 10&U Boys Age Group Champion. Congratulations to Muhammad Dhuha.

Muhammad Dhuha was awarded with the Overall Champion for Boys 10&U.

Another top performer for IBSC was Ng, Zi Syuen who managed to clinch 3 golds (50m Back, 100m Back and 100m Breast) and 1 silver (50m free) in the Girls group 13-14 yrs.   

The other IBSC swimmers who were able to contribute to the medals are:

1) Ho, Jia Ming (Bronze-50m Free, Boys 11-12 yrs)

2) Medhavinz Ravindran (Silver-100m Breast, Bronze-50m Breast, Boys 13-14 years)

3) Muhammad Arif (Bronze-100m Free, Boys 11-12 yrs )

4) Ng Lee Sze (Bronze-100m Back, Girls 11-12 yrs )

5) Tobin Sia Xianhua (Bronze 100m Fly Boys 11-12 yrs)

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all IBSC swimmers who qualified in this SportExcel Grand Final 2019 and a special thanks to all the coaches for their efforts in preparing the swimmers for the grand finals.

Congratulation and thank you!

IBSC Cheering led by the seniors swimmers

Finalist boys Group 11&12 yrs. 

Smile is the best therapy to ease the heat for the finals

The IBSC swimmers in their final participation in SportExcel. Thank you guys!

IBSC junior development team triumphed in ASUM Junior Splash Swim-Leg 1

ASUM/NSC/MILO Junior Splash Swim-Leg 1 was held last weekend on 19th-21st July, 2019 at the National Aquatic Center, Kuala Lumpur Sports City.

It was such a thrilling moment to witness our Team IBSC once again defending the championship title with the most points collected against 34 other clubs, a testimonial to our great development program. Even though not the largest team, IBSC has a pool of most talented swimmers with 147 kids eager to gain experience on the battle field.

Through this platform many newly groomed IBSC junior swimmers excelled in their events giving promising results. Congratulations to IBSC medalists who fruitfully reaped what they sowed, despite having busy schedules with school works and other activities.

Individual points score

Ho Jia Ming, 12 collected the most points for the club and has unprecedentedly accomplished 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze for his individual and relay events. His consistent training proved to have paid off handsomely.

Top medalists, Hannah Maegan Riseley,  8, outshone her peers in Group 5 as she swiftly shielded 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze for her individual events that she has participated.

Hannah Meagan, all smiles with her tri-coloured medals

Medhavinz Seew Ravindran in Group 2, demonstrated that nothing is impossible. His persistence edged him  1 Gold and 1 Silver in 100m and 50m Breaststroke events respectively. Medhavinz was also one of the great contributors who has helped Group 2 Boys Relay team win a Bronze in the  4x 100m Medley Relay.

Medhavinz Seew

From left, Dom Lim, Ng K-Yang, Bowen Ng and Medhavinz

Meanwhile, Eleanor Kennington is happy to join IBSC recently, especially in anchoring the relay team to win 1 Silver and 1 Bronze in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay and 4x50m Medley Relay. Despite being in the disadvantage year group, she still managed to beat her senior rivals to a Gold in the 50m Fly. Well done!

Group 3 girls (from left) team mates Riverling Choo, Shelly Ting, Eleanor Kennington  and Abril Allende

Group 3 boys relay team, from left, Teo Zun Jet, Ho Jia Ming, Aniq Muqri and Jareick Cheong

The Group 3 boys relay team comprising of  Teo Zun Jet, Ho Jia Ming, Aniq Muqri and Jareick Cheong swam with such lightning-like speed breaking not one but three meet records out of 4 relay events.

Teo Zun Jet, an active Water polo player, managed to improve tremendously in his own PB and won a Silver and a Bronze in the events of 11-12 Group 3 100m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle.

Up-coming athlete, Jereick Cheong also managed to achieve 1 Silver and 2 Bronze in 200m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 100m Backstroke. Both of them together with their comrades clinched 4 Golds for the Relay events in 11-12 Group 3 for  4x50m Freestyle, 4x50m Medley, 4x100m Freestyle and 4x100m Medley relays. Congratulations for the marvelous team effort!



Teo Sze Hui was able to pick up 2 Silver in her pet events of 50m and 100m Breaststroke.

Her teammate, Ng Yen Sze, was able to shield the 13-14 Group 2 events of 200m IM a and 50m Backstroke with 1 Silver and 1 Bronze respectively. Both the girls also contributed in the relay events by wrapping up 3 Bronze in 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 4x50m Medley Relay and 4x100m Freestyle Relay. Big applause to the girls for such splendid achievement.

Group 2 girls, from left, Teo Sze Hui, Ng Yen Sze, Julia Yap and Ong Jolin

Group5 Girls, from left, Lem Yi Shuen, Hannah Meagan, Wong Joelyne and Hannah Khoo

Group 5 girls (7-8 years) relay team comprised of Lem Yi Shuen, Hannah Meagan, Wong Joelyne and Hannah Khoo yielded 1 Gold and 2 Silver in 4x100m Freestyle,  4x50m Freestyle and 4x50m Medley Relays.

Wong Joelyne secured 2 individual Bronze in 50m Fly and 100m Breaststroke.

Baltazar Allende

Baltazar Allende, in the 7-8 year group, is a talented swimmer splashing up 2 Silver in his 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle and  a Bronze in 100m Freestyle.

He also helped to anchor his team to 3 Gold in 4x50m Freestyle Relay, 4x50m Medley Relay and 4x100m Freestyle Relay, all together a fantastic outcome with team members Yap Zhen Kok and Gabriel Kwong, both of whom are tiny Ikan Bilises but their strength and will power proved otherwise.

Yap Zhen Kok, happy with his team achievement

Gabriel Kwong made his parents and coach proud

Gabriel Kwong, 7 is our youngest swimmer, one with a bright potential. Apart from 3 Gold in the above relay events, he also pocketed a Silver in his favourite 50m Fly. Thanks to the guidance of his coach and his former swimmer mum. A testimonial that "Size Does Not Matter"!

Choo Diwen, 8 grinning happily as he revealed his ability in winning a silver and bronze in his 100m and 50m Breaststroke respectively.

Group 5 Boys, from left, Baltazar, Diwen Choo, Gabriel Kwong and Yap Zhen Kok, broke the 4x50m medley relay meet record

From left, Adam Malik, Ho Jia Xuen, Lem Yi Chern and Matthew Goo

Good showing by the Group 4 boys above as they settled for 2 Bronze in 4x100m Freestyle and 4x100m Medley Relay.

The Junior Splash swim meet have given opportunities for our swimmers to shine, credit to our coaches who have relentlessly sacrificed their times in coaching, molding and sharing great tips with swimmers.

The new record breakers from IBSC who charted their names in the meet all stamped from relay events:

223 Boys 11-12 4x50 Medley Grp 3 Relay 2:04.00 20/7/2019
- Jareick Cheong, Teo Zun Jet, Ho Jia Ming, Aniq Muqri B.Syahril

227 Boys 8&U 4x50 Medley Grp 5 Relay 2:42.65 20/7/2019
-Baltazar Allende, Diwen Choo, J Gabriel Kwong, Yap Zhen Kok

231 Boys 11-12 4x100 Free GROUP 3 Relay 4:06.40 20/7/2019
Jareick Cheong, Aniq Muqri B.Syahril, Teo Zun Jet, Ho Jia Ming

235 Boys 8&U 4x100 Free Grp 5 Relay 5:24.88 20/7/2019
- Yap Zhen Kok, Ashton Low, J Gabriel Kwong, Baltazar Allende

236 Girls 8&U 4x100 Free Grp 5 Relay 5:35.18 20/7/2019
- Joelyn Wong,  Hannah Khoo, Y Lem, Hannah Riseley

325 Boys 11-12 4x100 Medley Grp 3 Relay 4:31.61 21/7/2019
- Jareick Cheong, Teo Zun Jet, Ho Jia Ming, Aniq Muqri B.Syahril


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Report by:
Asst. Team Manager
Patrick Lee

More photos can be viewed below, courtesy of Team Manager, Mr CK Wong

Day 1 & 2 Album
Day 3 Album - Part 1
Day 3 Album - Part 2

Sponsors for the meet were Milo, ARENA and AquaSwim

IBSC champions the Junior Splash Leg 1 in Bukit Jalil National Aquatic Centre

Big shout out to Team IBSC for having the most talented junior swimmers who have successfully collected points to perch IBSC as the Champion Club in Leg 1 of the ASUM/NSC/MILO Junior Splash Swim, Leg 1 held for the past 3 days, 19th to 21st July, 2019 at Bukit Jalil National Aquatic Centre.

More posting to follows.

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