ASEAN SCHOOLS GAMES 2013

2 July 2013

Yen Mei bags gold in ASEAN meet in Hanoi

KUALA LUMPUR: Youngster Ho Yen Mei got a timely boost ahead of the Asian Junior Championships when she nailed the girl’s singles title in the ASEAN Schools Games at Hanoi, which ended on Sunday.

Yen Mei, an aspiring badminton shuttler from Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS), staved off strong resistance from compatriot Yap Rui Chen 21-19, 17-21, 21-14 in the final.

She will now head to Sabah with extra impetus to show that Malaysia have talents in the girls singles department when she takes part in the Asian Junior meet starting on July 7. Malaysia have never featured in the final of the girls’ singles event.

The 17-year-old Yen Mei will be joined by five other singles shuttlers — Rui Chen, Sylvia Kavita Kumares, S. Kisona, Lee Zii Yii and Lee Ying Ying for the Asian junior meet.

Meanwhile, in the Asean Schools Games, Malaysia also won another gold medal in badminton through the boys’ doubles Chua Khek Wei-Mohammad Amzzar.

Malaysia returned home from the ASEAN meet with a medal haul of 25-30-30 to finish second overall behind champions and hosts Vietnam. Vietnam ended the Games with a massive haul of 50-27-23 to top the eight-country field.

Besides badminton, the other sports contested were aquatics, athletics, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, sepak takraw, pencak silat and artistic gymnastics.

100PLUS NATIONAL JUNIOR CIRCUIT GRAND PRIX FINALS 2013

PRESTASI ATLET SSBJ

Tarikh: 12 - 16 Jun 2013
Tempat: Kompleks SUKPA, Kuantan, Pahang

	Kategori Umur B-14 tahun
Perseorangan Lelaki	Johan: Leong Jun Hao
	Naib Johan: Chia Wei Jie
	Ketiga: Sim Fong Hau
	Ketiga: Rooben Raj V.
Perseorangan Perempuan	Johan:
	Naib Johan: Toh Ee Wei
	Ketiga: Pearly Tan
	Ketiga: Eoon Oi Xuan
Bergu Lelaki	Johan: Leong Jun Hao & Rooben Raj
	Naib Johan:
	Ketiga: Chia Wei Jie & Lim Chong King
	Ketiga:
Bergu Perempuan	Johan:
	Naib Johan: Pearly Tan & Ng Wan Win
	Ketiga: Seah Lin & Wong Kah Yan
	Ketiga: Toh Ee Wei & Yap Ling
	Kategori Umur B-16 tahun
Perseorangan Lelaki	Johan: Satheishtharan
	Naib Johan: Tan Teck Han
	Ketiga: Aaron Chia
	Ketiga: Tan Jia Wei
Perseorangan Perempuan	Johan: Kisona S.
	Naib Johan: Thinaah M.
	Ketiga: Lee Ying Ying
	Ketiga: Yap Yee
Bergu Lelaki	Johan: Chen Jia Huo & Goh Tze Fei
	Naib Johan: Sim Guo Zheng & Tan Jinn Hwa
	Ketiga:
	Ketiga:
Bergu Perempuan	Johan: Kisona S. & Lee Ying Ying
	Naib Johan: Anna Cheong & Tew Jia Jia
	Ketiga: Eng Pui Yee & Thinaah M.
	Ketiga: Ooi Shi Han & Yap Yee
	Kategori Umur B-18 tahun
Perseorangan Lelaki	Johan:
	Naib Johan:
	Ketiga: Zairul Nizam Zainuddin
	Ketiga:
Perseorangan Perempuan	Johan: Ho Yen Mei
	Naib Johan:
	Ketiga: Lee Zii Yii
	Ketiga: Yap Rui Chen
Bergu Lelaki	Johan:
	Naib Johan: Eric Jong & Ng Di Hua
	Ketiga: Chua Khek Wei & (Woon MC)
	Ketiga:
Bergu Perempuan	Johan:
	Naib Johan: Goh Yea Ching & Peck Yen Wei
	Ketiga:
	Ketiga:

100Plus National Grand Prix Finals

 

Tuesday June 18, 2013

Kisona stays focused ahead of Asian Junior Championships

KUALA LUMPUR: Young shuttler S. Kisona looks like any other ordinary Indian girl but when she speaks, she makes heads turn with her fluent Mandarin.

“Yes, I do get those surprised looks,” giggled the 15-year-old Kisona.

“I studied at the Yuk Hua Primary Chinese School in Jelebu, Negri Sembilan and so naturally, I speak the language. In fact, I converse in Mandarin with my three siblings at home and with most of my team-mates in Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) too. Knowing Mandarin does help to build stronger camaraderie in the team.”

Kisona is one of the promising girl singles players in BJSS and on Sunday, she underlined her talent by winning two titles – the Under-16 singles and doubles events in the 100Plus National Grand Prix Finals. She won the doubles with Lee Ying Ying.

She had also swept a double in the Under-14 category in the GP Finals last year.

For her consistent performances, she won the right to represent the country in the Asian Junior Championships from July 7-14 at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She will be joined by Ho Yen Mei, Yap Rui Chen, Lee Zi Yii, Sylvia Kavita Kumares and Lee Ying Ying.

If all goes well for Kisona, the slender policeman’s daughter may be able to arrest one of the current problems in the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) – the lack of quality women singles star coming through the ranks.

Kisona wants to make it big but she realises that she needs to be disciplined and diligent.

“I am very focused in my badminton career now. I have been playing in many junior tournaments to sharpen my game and I do hope to become a top player one day,” said Kisona, who admires and aspires to be like India’s Saina Nehwal.

In fact, since coming under the charge of Indonesian Rony Agustinus in April, Kisona has shown improvement. She won the girls’ Under-16 and Under-18 titles in the Thailand International in Trang.
Her strong supporters and motivators are her parents –Selvaduray and Valarmathi.

“My father is a policeman and he is strict. He has encouraged me since I took up the sport when I was four years old. And when I first won a title in the National Close as a Standard Two student, I knew, this was the direction that I wanted to take,” said the Form Three student.

“Currently, juggling between studies and sports is a challenge because I am hardly here. I am going to the Asean School Games next (in Hanoi from June 22-30) but my ultimate goal is to do well in my second Asian Junior championships. If I do well, I have better chance of representing the country at the World Junior championships (in Bangkok from Oct 23-Nov 7),” she added.

For the record, last year, Malaysia had only one representative in the final of the Asian Junior meet but Soong Joo Ven lost to Kento Momota of Japan in the final of the boys’ singles and failed to defend the title won by Zulfadli Zulkifli in 2011.

GERMAN JUNIOR

SEMI FINALIST

• Soong Joo Ven (Men's Single)
• Ho Yen Mei (Women's Single)
• Darren Issac and Ong Yew Sin (Men's Double)

QUARTER FINALIST

• Yap Cheng Wen and Chua Khek Wei (Mix Double)
• Joyce Choong Wai Chi and Darren Issac (Mix Double)
• Soo Teck Zhi and Cheam June Wei (Men's Double)
• Chua Khek Wei and Woon Mun Choon (Men's Double)

Dutch junior international

Dutch Junior International

CHAMPION

• Chua Khek Wei and Woon Mun Choon (Men's Double)

RUNNERS UP

• Ho Yen Mei (Women's Single)
• Yap Cheng Wen and Joyce Choong Wai Chi (Women's Double)

SEMI FINALIST

• Soong Joo Ven

Pencapaian 2012

• 13 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili remaaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan 'Vietnam International Challenge' di Vietnam.
• 6 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Terbuka Vietnam di Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• 2 orang atlet dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan 'Indonesia International Challenge' di Surabaya, Indonesia
• 6 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Piala Walikota Surabaya di Surabaya, Indonesia
• 10 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili Remaja Alfaemart Indonesia di Jakarta, Indonesia
• 19 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan 'Singapore International Series' in Singapura
• 35 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan 'Singapore Youth International' di Singapure
• 32 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Terbuka Malaysia (GP Gold) di Alor Setar, Malaysia
• 6 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Remaja Terbuka German di Berlin, Germany
• 6 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Remaja Terbuka Belanda di Harleem, Belanda dan 2orang menjadi Johan (Bergu Wanita)
• 4 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Remaja Asia (Mixed Team) di Lucknow, India dan berjaya menjadi Naib Johan
• 23 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Remaja (Bawah 15 & Bawah 17 Tahun) Asia di Chiba, Jepun
• 7 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan remaja Malaysia ke Kejohanan Remaja Dunia di Taiwan dan 5 pemaian wanita berjaya mendapat pingat Emas untuk acara berpasukan
• 54 orang atlet telah dipilih menyertai Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka Pompui di Trang, Thailand. Mereka berjaya mendapat 2 pingat Emas, 3 pingat Perak dan 5 pingat Gangsa
• 3 orang atlet telah dipilih menyertai Kejohanan Sukan Remaja Komanwel di Isle of Man dan berjaya mendapat 2 pingat Emas
• 19 orang atlet telah dipilih mewakili pasukan negeri masing-masing dalam Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka Malaysia
• 6 orang atlet telah layak untuk Kejohanan GP Kebangsaan (Akhir) dan dua orang masuk pusingan separuh akhir
• 61 orang atlet telah layak untuk Kejohanan Remaja Kebangsaan (Akhir) di Bukit Kiara
• 50 orang atlet telah mewakili pasukan negeri masing-masing untuk Kejohanan Sirkit Remaja Kebangsaan (Antare Negeri). 6 orang berjaya mendapat pingat Emas dan 3 orang pingat Perak
• 50 orang atelt telah dipilih menyetai Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka Kuala Lumpur (Sirkit Kebangsaan) di Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Mereka berjaya mendapat 4 Johan & 4 Naib Johan
• 53 orang atlet telah dipilih menyertai Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka Kedah (Sirkit Kebangsaan) di Alor Setar, Kedah. Mereka berjaya mendapat 2 pingat Emas, 2 pingat Perak dan 8 pingat Gangsa
• 6 orang atlet telah dipilih menyertai Kejohanan Badminton Terbuka PBVKL-Axel 2011 di Kuala Lumpur dan berjaya mendapat 4 pingat Emas
• 16 orang atlet telah mewakili pasukan Malaysia ke Karnival Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah ASEAN (ASG) di Singapura dan berjaya memenangi 2 pingat Emas, 2 pingat Perak dan 4 pingat Gangsa
• 59 orang atlet telah mewakili pasukan MSS negeri masing-masing dalam Kejohanan Badminton MSSM dan berjaya mendapat 8 pingat Emas, 7 pingat Perak dan 12 pingat Gangsa 

Woon all smiles after reaching All-England q-finals with Vivian

http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2013/3/9/sports/12814206&sec=sportsGunning for more ranking points: Vivian Hoo (bottom) and Woon Khe Wei will play Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna of Japan for a place in the semi-finals.

THERE was a sparkle in Woon Khe Wei’s eyes after reaching her first-ever All-England quarter-finals.

It was her best result since hurting her ankle in January last year. The injury made her a bench-warmer for the most part of the year.

On Thursday, however, she was on fire as she combined superbly with Vivian Hoo to knock out fourth seed and world No. 7 Eom Hye-won-Jang Ye-na of South Korea 21-13, 17-21, 21-17 in 66 minutes in the women’s doubles.

The breakthrough has given Khe Wei and Vivian a big boost in their bid to qualify for this year’s World Championships in August.

Khe Wei, who welcomed the breakthrough as an early birthday present, was overjoyed.

“Vivian and I played well to reach our first Super Series quarter-finals after a year – and to do it at the All-England is great,” said Khe Wei, who will turn 24 on March 18.

“I felt no pain during the match against the Koreans but I can feel it now,” she laughs.

“I must continue to monitor (her ankle condition). It’s been a tough one year for me. I have stayed away from competition for many months. I’m glad that despite all the difficulties, Vivian has stuck by my side.”

Before picking up the injury at last year’s Malaysian Open, Khe Wei-Vivian were riding high. They showed that they were able replacements for former internationals Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty by winning the Indonesian Open Grand Prix Gold in 2011.

“The injury stalled our progress. I could take the physical pain but it was a mentally taxing experience. I’m stronger now and hope to build from here,” said Khe Wei

Vivian, who will turn 23 a day after Khe Wei’s birthday, feels that the hard work they’ve been putting in under coach Rosman Razak is finally bearing fruit.

“We came here with good preparation. We did well to control the Koreans from the start and we hope to continue playing with confidence against our next opponents,” said Vivian.

Their last eight opponents are sixth seeds Mi­­yuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna of Japan. The Ma­­­­laysians have beaten them once in three meetings – in the second round of last year’s Ma­­­laysian Open where Khe Wei injured her ankle.

Whatever the outcome, world No. 28 Khe Wei-Vivian’s good showing here will surely help them break into the top 24 – and strengthen their claim for a place in the world meet.

Results:

SECOND ROUND

Men’s singles: Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) bt Chou Tien-chen (Tpe) 21-12, 21-8; Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) bt Sourabh Verma (Ind) 21-19, 21-19; Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Wang Zhengming (Chn) 21-17, 21-19; Jan O Jorgensen (Den) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) 11-7 (rtd); P. Kashyap (Ind) bt Kenichi Tago (Jpn) 21-18, 21-12; Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 21-9, 21-11.

Men’s doubles: Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif-Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari (Mas) bt Ricky Karanda Suwardi-Mohd Ulinnuha (Ina) 21-19, 21-15; Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) bt Robert Blair-Tan Bin Shen (Sco-Mas) 17-21, 21-13, 21-14; Liu Xialong-Qiu Zihan (Chn) bt Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) 11-21, 21-11, 27-25; Kim Ki-jung-Kim Sa-rang (Kor) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata (Jpn) 21-18, 21-18; Mohd Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Lee Sheng-mu-Tsai Chia-tsin (Tpe) 23-21, 21-16.

Women’s singles: Saina Nehwal (Ind) bt Belaetrix Manuputi (Ina) 21-16, 21-11; Wang Shixian (Chn) bt Jiang Yanjiao (Chn) 21-11, 21-8; Lindaweni Fanetri (Ina) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Tha) 21-14, 21-10; Tine Baun (Den) bt Li Han (Chn) 21-13, 22-20; Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt P.V. Sindhu (Ind) 21-17, 21-14; Eriko Hirose (Jpn) bt Bae Yeon-ju (Kor) 20-22, 22-20, 21-19.

Women’s doubles: Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth-Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Ina) bt Lee So-hee-Shun Seung-chan (Kor) 21-12, 21-17; Ma Jin-Tang Jinhua (Chn) bt Anggia Shitta Awanda-Greysa Polii (Ina) 21-14, 21-15; Eun Kyung-eun-Kim Ha-na (Kor) bt Poon Lok Yan-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 22-20, 21-19; Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna (Jpn) bt Anneke Feinya Agustin-Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Ina) 17-21, 21-12, 21-9; Cheng Shu-Zhao Yunlei (Chn) bt Bao Yixin-Tian Qing (Chn) 21-17, 11-6 (rtd); Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei (Mas) bt Eom Hye-won-Jang Ye-na (Kor) 21-13, 17-21, 21-17.

Mixed doubles: Mohd Rijal-Debby Susanto (Ina) bt Jorrit de Ruiter-Samantha Barning (Ned) 21-12, 21-14; Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee (Tha) bt Ong Jian Guo-Lim Yin Loo (Mas) 21-14, 21-13; Tantowi Ahmad-Lilyana Natsir (Ina) bt Kim Ki-jung-Jung Kyung-eun (Kor) 21-5, 21-11; Robert Mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba (Pol) bt V Diju-Jwala Gutta (Ind) 21-17, 21-16