CIMB NJC 1ST LEG IPOH PERAK

Antara atlet dan pegawai di kejohanan cimb njc 2014 di ipoh perak pada 3-6 april.

Antara Pencapaian terbaik di kejohahanan tersebut ialah 3 atlet mendapat tempat ketiga bagi kategori masing-masing

1.Mohd Farez izwan Bawah 19 tahun
2.Aika Azman          Bawah  19 tahun
3. Lai Wen Li           Bawah  17 tahun

Girls' Team Pools

Girls' Team Pools                      pool matches on Mon-Wed, playoffs Thu-Sat    Mon 22nd, Day ONE:    A: Egypt 3-0 Australia , New Zealand 3-0 Poland   B: USA 3-0 France , Canada 3-0 Czech Rep.   C: England 3-0 Japan , India 3-0 South Africa   D: Hong Kong 3-0 Colombia , Malaysia 3-0 Germany Tue 23rd, Day TWO:   A:  Egypt 3-0 New Zealand , Australia 3-0 Poland   B:  USA 3-0 Canada , France 3-0 Czech Rep.   C:  England 3-0 India , Japan 1-2 South Africa   D:  Hong Kong 3-0 Malaysia , Colombia 1-2 Germany  Dear All, Order of play was 2,1,3. So Rachel went on 1st against Ho Tze Lok. Both started of the 1st game playing cautious squash and Rachel got the 1st few points off good lenghts and good boasts. 4-1, 8-4 and never let her get into the game. 2nd game totally opposite and went for shot early in the game made 3 mistakes and was 0-3 down and opponent played a couple of good shots and was 1-5 down and never really recovered from that and lost 4-11.  Woke up in the 3rd playing good lenghts, couple with her good serve and good drops 5-0, then 6-1, and went on to win 11-4. Started the 4th again making errors and was 1-4 down and 6-9 down but managed to pull herself together to crawl back to 9 all. Then 10 all and 11 all but 2 errors saw her throw away the game 11-13. 5th was a waste of time as she made a lot of errors and didn't really play like she wanted to win, lost 3-11. Vanessa went on next to play Ho Kak Po and lost 6=11, 8-11, 7-11. Played to quick to the front early on in the game and got punished with either counter drops or drives to the back and lost the 1st in 6. The 2nd was really close with her keeping it more to the back and putting it short when the time is right and was close till 8 all then a couple of loose shots and an error saw her lose in 8. 3rd again was close till 7 all then game fell apart and lost in 7. Either she plays to much to the front when her opponent is already in the front or ball hits the side wall and falls loose in the middle and sets up her opponent to play winners. Celine was next and played Choi Uen Shan and lost 7-11, 10-12, 3-11. I feel that if either on the girls had won things could have been different as the HK girl looked nervous. Not a bad result from Celine but again could not get her cross courts wide a lot of the time and could have got a couple of strokes in front if her racket had been up earlier. This could have altered the result. Thanks,
Pool A [1] Egypt           W2 [8] New Zealand W1 Australia            W1 Poland              W0	Pool B [2] USA          W2 [7] Canada      W1 France            W1 Czech Rep.      W0	Pool C [3] England     W2 [6] India         W1 South Africa    W1 Japan             W0	Pool E [4] Hong Kong   W2 [5] Malaysia      W1 Germany           W1 Colombia           W0

WSF WORLD SQUASH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 (15-27 JULY 2013)

17-Jul, Girls' Round Two:
[9/16] Rachel Arnold (Mas) 3-2 Choi Uen Shan (Hkg)  11/5, 11/13, 11/3, 10/12, 11/9 (46m)

18-Jul, Girls' Round Three:
Maria Elena Ubina (Usa) 3-2 [9/16] Rachel Arnold (Mas)  9/11, 6/11, 11/6, 11/5, 11/5 (35m) 

Dear All,

Bad day for us as everyone lost today. Celine lost to English No.1,Victoria Temple-Murray,  0-3((8-11, 7-11,9-11) , Vanessa lost to English No. 2, Anna Kimberly,1-3 (11-5, 12-14, 8-11 ,2-11) and Rachel lost to Maria Elena Ubina from USA 2-3 (11-9, 11-6, 6-11,5-11,5-11)

Celine was on 1st and although she lost it was quite close. Celine is having the flu and having problems breathing but still hung in there but just could not finish off when it mattered. The 1st game started off with both players playing safe squash and it was point for point till 6 all then a few loose shots from Celine gave her opponent chance to play some good drops and deep drives to lead 6-9. Celine played a good deep drive to go to 7-9 but a drop into the tin had her 7-10. ANother good drive and it was 8-10 but another tin gave the English girl the 1st game.

2nd game started off with Celine hitting good deep drives and using her lobs effectively and coupled with some delicate drops to take a 5-1 lead. The a few errors off the lob, some drops into the tin and some loose shots saw her opponent crawl back to 7 all. AFter this it was all errors and lost that one too.

In the 3rd saw Celine a bit tired and struggled to get the balls deep and was punished with deep dives, good boasts and a few tins by Celine saw her opponent take a 1-8 lead. Then her opponent relaxed a bit and made a few errors and since there was no pressure on Celine she started to play some nice drops, good boasts and deep lenghts. This saw her crawl her way back to 9 all. Then a drop from the back hit the tin and another volley into the tin gave the game away. Game lasted 35 minutes.

Vanessa was next and won the 1st game easily with some good drops, nice boasts and opponents mistakes. But the 2nd was different and her opponent this time played safe and good basic squash which saw both players fighting neck to neck with the English girl wining 12-14. Towards the end it was clear that Vanessa was getting tired and made 2 unforced errors. Vanessa hit 4 tins, loose shots in the middle of the court which her opponent either punished her or played winners. Long 30 minute game,

The next game Vanessa was always tailing and seemed tired and not able to give her best. Started going for quick shots to the front and managed to get a few points but after a few her opponent started to read this and it was over. The 4th was a mere formality as she didn't really try and gave up.

Rushed to see Rachel's game and by the time I got there she was already 1 up. Again in the 2nd she started playing her shots very quickly to the front but managed to get a few winners to win it easily.

After this her opponent changed her game and started to play some nice boasts to the front and Rachel was caught many times by this. Her front court also were not effective as her opponent was reading it and getting there and playing some deadly returns. Despite this Rachel still kept going for her shots and lost the game easily.

The next 2 games were the same despite me telling her to get it more to the back. Not sure, but I suspect she was a bit tense and not thinking. Will have a chat with all of them tonite and try to see what can be done to overcome this.

 

 

 

Asian Junior Squash Championship 2013

30 June 2013

Malaysians make squash history at Asian Juniors

By AFTAR SINGH

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia created history in the Asian Junior Squash Championships, winning five out of the eight titles at stake in Amman, Jordan, yesterday.

Malaysia were victorious in both the girls’ and boys’ Under-13 and Under-15 categories as well as the boys’ Under-17 title.

Kah Yan Ooi, the joint third-fourth seed, delivered the first title for Malaysia by stunning second seed Liu Hui Lam of Hong Kong 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8 in the girls’ Under-13 category.

Mohd Hafiz Zhafri Abdul Harif then delivered title No. 2. He lived up to his top billing, beating second seed Veer Chotrani of India 11-6, 14-12, 12-10 in the boys’ Under-13 final.

In the girls’ Under-15, second seed Andrea Jia Qi Lee ended joint third-fourth seed Zoe Foo’s gallant run with an 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4 win in an all-Malaysian final.

Top seed Mohd Farez Izwan Mohd Mukhtar then came back from the brink of defeat to beat second seed Mohammad Alsarraj of Jordan 9-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 in the boys’ Under-15 final for title No. 4.

Malaysia’s fifth crown was won by second Ng Eain Yow who upset top seed and compatriot Mohd Syafiq Mohd Kamal in the boys’ Under-17 final 11-4, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6.

Previously, Malaysia’s best-ever achievement was three titles – in Jordan in 2011 and Iran last year.

“The future of squash looks bright,” said SRAM general manager Christopher Brodie.

Asian Junior Squash Championship 2013

Farez Izwan in Action

Farez: Asian Junior U-15 Champion 2013

 

Ng Eain Yow retrieving a shot

 

Ng: Asian Junior U-17 Champion 2013

 

Shafiq: Asian Junior U-17 Runner-Up

Zoe: Asian Junior U-15 Runner-Up

Asian Junior Squash Championship 2013

30 June 2013

SQUASH: Five of the best

THE national juniors put on an impressive display to sweep five of the eight finals at the Asian Junior Championships in Amman, Jordan yesterday to improve on last year's tally of three.

Only the girls' and boys' Under-19 finals did not feature a Malaysian but that was not the case with the lower age-group categories.

Two of the finals were all-Malaysian affairs and the depth of the national juniors was clear to see when girls Under-15 defending champion S. Sivasangari was ousted in Friday's semi-finals by a teammate.

Ng Eain Yow (boys' Under-15) and Nur Aliah Anis Mohammad (girls' Under-13) were the other winners last year in Kish Island, Iran.

Ooi Kah Yan, who upset top seed Aifa Azman in the semi-finals, started the ball rolling by winning the girls' Under-13 title with an 11-78, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8 victory over second seed Lui Hui Lam of Hong Kong.

Hafiz Zhafri Abdul Harif lived up to his top billing in the boys Under-13 event after beating Veer Chotrani of India 11-6, 14-12, 12-10.

Andrea Lee took advantage of the shock semi-final defeat of top seed Sivasangari to fellow national junior Zoe Foo to win the girls' Under-15 title 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4.

Farez Izwan Mukhtar then rallied from two games down against second seed Mohammad Alsarraj of Jordan before winning the boys' Under-15 title 9-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4.

Nazihah Hanis Abdul Razak however lost in the girls' Under-17 final to top seed Choi Uen Shan of Hong Kong 11-7, 11-9, 11-6.

The fifth title came in the boys' Under-17 event where top seed Syafiq Kamal and Eain Yow were playing in all-Malaysian final late yesterday.

Malaysia did not have a representative in the girls' Under-19 final after Vanessa Raj was beaten by top seed Anaka Alankamony of India 11-6, 6-11, 11-3, 11-8.

All eight Malaysian finalists won tickets to next year's British Junior Open in Sheffield, England courtesy of CIMB Foundation through their junior development programme.

By Devinder Singh


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Malaysian Junior Open Championship 2013

20 June 2013

GEORGE TOWN: LOCAL challengers made the country proud by capturing seven of the 10 titles in the Malaysian Junior Open Championships at the Nicol David International Squash Centre in George Town recently.

   Juniors from Kedah and Bukit Jalil Sports School kept up with their superiority when their players clinched two titles each while Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Sabah collected the rest. Hong Kong won two titles while India took one.

  Kedah maintained their dominance at junior level in the national meet for the third consecutive year.
The northern state provided six challengers in five finals, winning two titles and four second places. Last year, Kedah won three titles.

   As for hosts Penang, their two top players failed to deliver. In the Girls' Under-13 final, Nur Aliah Izzati Muhammad Anis, who was a losing semifinalist last year, went to Negri Sembilan's Ooi Kah Yan 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-0, while the country's top junior, Vannesa Raj Gnanasigamani, who had  wanted to win the Under-19 title, to complete a sweep of all the junior age-group titles, could only finish third, defeating her arch rival Rachel Mae Arnold of Bukit Jalil Sports School 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9.

    The six-day tournament was hosted by Squash Racket Association of Penang and sanctioned by Squash Racket Association of Malaysia, Asian Squash Federation (ASF) and World Squash Federation (WSF).

   The main sponsor for the championship was the Penang Water Corporation with Nestle and Dunlop as co-sponsors. The event was organised with the cooperation of the state government, Penang Island Municipal Council and the state sports council.

   Organising chairman Linda Geh said the WSF has awarded the event Tier II status whereby the Under-19 players would accumulate World Junior Ranking points, while the ASF has awarded the event Platinum status on the Asian Junior Super Series where participants would earn Asian Junior Ranking points.

     Geh, a former national player, said a total of 516 junior players and 127 officials (of which 177 were foreigners) were in Penang for the tournament. More than 5,000 people flocked to the island during the tournament.

    "Participants from 12 countries came. Singapore had the largest contingent of 62 participants, India with a strong contingent of 47 participants and Hong Kong with six participants."

     The others who came were South Korea (21 participants), Australia (12), New Zealand (11), Japan (5), Pakistan (2), Sri Lanka (3), Iran (2), China (1) and for the first time Taiwan came with four participants.

    Geh said all the states, except for Perlis, Johor and Bukit Jalil Sports School, participated in the event which offered a total of RM10,000 cash prize.

    The juniors contested in 10 age groups: Boys' and Girls' Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19.

     All the Malaysian winners at the championships received the CIMB Foundation's sponsorships to participate in the British Junior Open from CIMB Bank vice-president/area retail manager Frankie Tan Jek Cheng. At the ceremony was  SRAM deputy president Huang Ying How and Penang Water Corporation general manager Jaseni Maidinsa.

                

The age-group champions with CIMB Bank vice president-area retail manager Frankie Tan Jek Cheng (third from left) and SRAM deputy president Huang Ying How (fourth from left) who handed out the CIMB Foundation’s incentives at the Nicol David International Squash Centre in George Town recently. Pix by K. Kandiah

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