Glory, glory for BJSS’ best 2012

By Y.P. SIVAM
sivam@thestar.com.my
Photos by MOHD FAIHAN GHAN



Good reason to smile: Eain Yow (left) and Ying Ting with their trophies.



Squash player Ng Eain Yow and wushu exponent Loh Ying Ting were rewarded for their outstanding results in their respective sports at the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Excellence Awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Eain Yow, who is from Kuala Lumpur, was awarded the Most Promising Male Athlete and the Malacca-born Ying Ting was presented with the Most Promising Female Athlete awards.

Eain Yow is considered a squash champion in the making. The youngster has been impressive in local and international age group competitions. He was happy to receive the award and was keen to justify his selection for the award.

“Of course I am excited as there are so many good sportsmen in the school. I am even more motivated now and want to win more competitions,’’ said Eain Yow.

The 15-year-old Ying Ting won the bronze medal in the Gunshu event in the Malaysia Games in Kuantan this year. She was also a gold medal winner in Group B changquan (barehands northern style) in the World Junior Wushu championships in Macau. The jovial lass said winning the award was unexpected.

“But I am happy to win the award,’’ said Ying Ting.


 

The annual excellence awards ceremony was organised by BJSS to appreciate the students who had brought glory to the country in international events.

Synchronised swimmer Emmanuelle Mah Thilda was presented with the Best All-Round Athlete award.

The Best Male Athlete award went to archer Haziq Kamarudin while diver Pandelela Rinong, who won the 10m bronze medal in the London Olympics, was named the Best Female Athlete.

Besides the duo, archer Nurul Shafiqah Hashim and divers Wendy Ng Yan Yee and Traisy Vivien also represented Malaysia in the Olympics. All five were presented with the Olympic award.
 

For school and country

 (From left) Traisy Vivien, Nurul Shafiqah Hashim, Haziq Kamaruddin and Wendy Ng Yan Yee with their awards.

Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin, who presented the awards to the winners, said he was impressed with the BJSS for playing an active role in grooming athletes for the future.

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Ying Ting and Clement win gold in World Junior Wushu Championships 2012

SEPANG: Malacca already boasts one of the best wushu exponents in the world in Chai Fong Ying, who has won the world title three times and the Asian Games gold medal twice.
Should the taiji exponent decide to retire, Malacca need not fret as Loh Ying Ting will be ready to step up.
Ying Ting and Clement Thian flew the flag high with golden acts as the Malaysian wushu team returned with a 2-6-5 medal haul from the World Junior Wushu Championships, which concluded in Macau on Monday.
The 15-year-old Ying Ting took gold in the girls’ Group B changquan (barehands northern style) while 13-year-old Clement of Sarawak came out tops in the boys’ Group B nanquan (barehands southern style) events.
Ying Ting continued Malaysia’s proud tradition of winning at the world and Asian juniors. She was a double gold medallist for Malaysia at the Asian junior championships in Singapore last year in gunshu (stick) and daoshu (broadsword).

Hope of the nation: Malaysia’s wushu team showing their medals upon arrival at the LCCT after competing in the World Junior Wushu Championships in Macau on Monday. — MOHD SAHAR MISNI / The Star

Ying Ting was delighted to have pulled it off in her second attempt at the world junior meet.
There are three age groups in the world junior meet – A (16-18), B (13-15) and C (10-12). Each exponent is allowed to compete in three disciplines.
“I got one silver in daoshu and one bronze in gunshu at the last world junior meet two years ago. I finished fourth in daoshu and gunshu this time but I got a gold in changquan, which is perfect as I have to move up to the A category if I go for the next championships,” said Ying Ting, who credited her win to the dedicated coaching of Chinese coach Mao Yaji and former SEA Games champion Lim Yew Fai.
“I was selected for the back-up squad to train full-time at Bukit Jalil early this year and I’ve improved a lot. Fong Ying is an inspiration to everyone who follows wushu and I hope to be able to match her achievements one day, although our events are not the same,” said Ying Ting.
Clement, who is not from the Bukit Jalil programme, was a double medal winner as he also bagged a silver in nandao (swordplay).
“I did not expect to win the gold as this was my first world junior championships,” said Clement, who is from Kuching.
Yew Fai, who has been coaching the juniors for the last two years, was happy with the overall performance, considering half the 12-member squad were first-timers.
“We hauled in 2-1-2 at the last world junior meet in Singapore. We got more silvers and bronzes although there is only one exponent who is under our back-up programme at Bukit Jalil. This shows our juniors have the potential to go up although the standards have risen,” he said.