Sports Bites

The drive to play at the highest level has put golfers Chen Xingtong and Passion Hsu Le Ting on the greens of success. They both played in the Singapore Junior Golf Championship 2024 from 4 to 7 June 2024. Xingtong’s exceptional performance bagged her 3 awards – Best Local Girl, Best Gross Day 1 and Day 3 for Division 'A' Girls, and the coveted 'A' Division Girls' Champion Trophy. Passion also added a 2nd runner-up trophy to her collection for performing well in the 'B' Division Girls category. They rounded up the competition by being crowned Champions in the Team Singapore event.

Passion continued her fine form at the Mandiri Ciputra Golfpreneur Junior World Championship 2024, which was held from 12 to 14 June in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her senior Aaron Wee Zheng Kai also participated in the competition, which attracted 113 participants from 20 countries. Against tough competition from top junior golfers around the world, the duo secured a commendable 4th place in the Boys’ A and Girls’ B divisions respectively.

Chloe Ng Ker Ee also had a successful outing to the Chang Thailand Junior Golf Circuit from 29 to 30 June 2024. The golfer placed 3rd in the Super Junior Girl category after Thailand and Japan respectively.

On 9 and 16 June 2024, the Secondary 1 and 2 shooters participated in the inaugural Singapore Youth Olympic Festival for Shooting to pit their skills with their peers ahead of the upcoming National School Games ‘C’ Division in July. Kaiven Siu Hoi Fung from Secondary 2 and Freya Kylie Lim Li from Secondary 1 won the top spot for Men’s Air Pistol and Women’s Air Rifle respectively.

30 shooters were also hosted by the Chinese Taipei Shooting Association at the Meihua Cup from June 13 to 20. Student-athletes valued the experience of competing in various categories, including University, High School and Junior, in both mixed team and individual events.

RESULTS

10m Air Pistol Men (Y14)
1st - Kaiven Siu Hoi Fung
3rd - Corwyn Koh Zheng Xiang

10m Air Rifle Women (Y14)
1st - Freya Kylie Lim Li
2nd - Jeslyn Woo Jia Xin

From 8 to 9 June 2024, Gwen Koh En Qi competed in the Singapore Virtual Taekwondo Open Championships 2024. She participated in the Junior Mixed 13-15 years old category, which featured  15 competitors. Throughout the competition, Gwen had a series of 4 bouts, ultimately achieving 3rd place overall in her category. This outstanding performance secured her the bronze medal in the event.

Student-athletes took the opportunity to pit themselves against strong competitors during the June holidays including the ASEAN School Games 2024 from 31 May to 9 June 2024, Taiwan Open from 1 to 2 June, Thailand Open from 13 to 17 June, and Malaysia Open from 14 to 16 June.

At the ASEAN School Games, Lucas Fun Le Cong broke his personal best in 110m hurdles, clocking 13.78s in the race, which won him a bronze medal. He was one of the two trackers in the 100-strong contingent that participated in the competition from 31 May to 8 June 2024 in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Alumna Tia Lousie Rozario bagged a silver medal in long jump at the Taiwan Open, while alumnus Andrew George Medina is now the all-time 3rd-best triple jumper after a new personal best of achieving a distance of 15.43m at the competition.

At the Thailand Open, it was second-year Diploma in Business Studies student-athlete Huang Weijun’s turn to hit a new personal record in Men’s 200m.

Lim Cheng Yu made a splash on the shores of Bintan as he emerged 2nd place out of 58 competitors in the Bintan Triathlon held from 31 May to 2 June 2024. Participating in the Male 16-34 years old category, the triathlete successfully completed the multi-sport race consisting of swimming, cycling and running, and secured a top 2 finish in the category.

He continued his fine form at the Perak Triathlon on 30 June where he bagged a 3rd-place podium finish after completing his race in 1:11:55.

Charlene Tio, Clarissa Tio and Loh Yuxuan were part of Under-24 women’s water polo team that participated in the 59th MILO/PRM Malaysia Invitational Age Group (MIAG) Water Polo Championships 2024 in Kuala Lumpur from 21 to 23 June 2024 and emerged champion. They played Hong Kong and the Malaysia A and B teams before beating Hong Kong 13-10 in the finals. Secondary 5 student-athlete Charlene Tio was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) for two games, including the finals.

Another 5 water polo players in the Men’s National Development Squad finished 4th at the Ogaki Cup before they headed to the World Aquatics Men’s U16 Water Polo Championships 2024 in Malta where they competed against the world’s best youth teams. They finished an impressive 20th out of 32 teams, making them the highest-ranking Asian team.

Post-secondary student-athletes, Aryan Azman and Marren McClaren Ravin wrestled their way to the top at the 1st Sambo Sport & Combat Bandung Open 2024. Aryan Azman pinned the competition and brought home the gold in the U79kg category, while McClaren grappled his way to silver in the U71kg category.

Heba Lutfina Jbour fought hard and won the silver medal in the 46kg U17 Women's Freestyle Wrestling, executing three pins and an impressive technical fall at 10-0. She won a silver after a close 5-4 win against her opponent.