Hydro Training 19th July 2008

Clips

Hello Guys...!

These are the photos and videos from Hydro training two weeks ago!

Enjoy!

~Akid

Shape Run 08

July 20, 2008 (Sun)
The Padang


Congratulations to Hui Qin for her wonderful performance in Sunday's Shape Run 08! She was 1st among the locals in the 10km category with a time of 42:28min.. Hui Qin finished 3rd overall..

Sam

Makan Friday 2

hey peeps its another session of Makan Friday..

Date: Friday 25th July
Time: 5.30pm onwards
Where: After Coach's Training we see how
How Much: $4 after Sam's discount

for those who had already paid, you are good.. those who havent pls pay ASAP.. $4 is alr a discounted price liao rmb Makan Friday 1 we had to pay $5.10?? yeap.. so pay up and enjoy the food!!

Sam

70th Singapore Open Championship 2008 Qualifiers

Congrats to the following peeps for qualifying to the Singapore Open Championship come this august.. Only the top 6 best athletes from the recent local meets (e.g. All-Comers, Sing Juniors) qualifies..

Men 100m
Abdul Rahman Lim (6th) 10.91 NYP

Men 1500m
Marcus Ong (6th) 4:24.57 SWIFT

Men 10 000m
Philip (Invited) NYP

Men Javelin 800g
Akid Chong (1st) 53.70 NYP
Chen Jinlong (4th) 49.24 NYP

Women 1500m
Phua Hui Qin (6th) 5:27.64 SWIFT

Women Shot Put 4kg
Wan Lay Chi (1st) 12.83 NYP

Women Discus 1kg
Wan Lay Chi (1st) 45.97 NYP

Please take note as some of you qualified under SWIFT club.. so your confirmation and payment will be done by SWIFT instead of NYP..

The 70th Sing Open will be held at Gombak on 2nd and 3rd August..

Sam

OSIM Triathlon 2008

Congrats to Philip and Nazri for doing us proud at the OSIM Triathlon on 12 and 13 July..

12 July 2008 Sprint - Open Relay Category
3rd - Danny (Swim), Nazri (Cycle), Philip (Run)

13 July 2008 Olympic Distance - Open Relay Category
2nd - Gerald (Swim), Danison (Cycle), Philip (Run)

WELL DONE! and congrats to Philip for winning an IRONMAN WATCH.. yeap ironman as in the race not the movie..

Sam

Athletics T Shirt

GOOD NEWS!! after weeks or months of waiting, finally we can get our athletics shirt this wed after training!!

"Please note that the Adidas shirt is ready to collect on Wed, after Training. -ASDO Jinlong"

Cya peeps on Wed!

Sam

Citi-MilkRun 2008

Congrats to Team NYP at the Citi-MilkRun 2008!! Only 2 days after doing well in the RP Relay, some of our members did an exceptional job in the run today..

Men Open
Marcus 32:34.40 4th
Philip 33:47.29 8th
Jerome 39:14.04 30th
Naish Top 30

Women Open
Huiqin 38:47.38 3rd

Once again GREAT JOB to everyone.. The road to IVP is now on!!

Sam

Seran at Nationals 08

For those who are still wondering, our DEARRRR Seran had completed his 200m and 400m heats after the first 2 days of competition..

He qualified to the 200m B-Boys Semi Finals by finishing 2nd in his heats with a time of 24.05sec.

In the 2nd day, he won his 400m heat with a timing of 54.29sec.

Both semi finals is scheduled to be on Day 4 of competition, 9th July 2008 (Wed)..

Sam

RP Round de Campus Relay 2008

Congrats to our 3 teams who fought hard and came in top 10 out of 55 registered teams..

Open Category
01 NYP1
02 RP1
03 TP1
04 NP 1
05 TP2
07 NYP2
10 NYP3

NYP1 - Huiqin, Philip, Dorcas, Marcus
NYP2 - Mandy, Eugene, Jiarui, Jerome
NYP3 - Wanwen, Gilbert, Pearlyn, Nazri

Congrats to everyone again.. Now that we had drew first blood, IVP is next!


Champions of RP Round de Campus Relay 2008..


Team NYP at RP..


Certificate presentation by your best manager and vcaptain ever!

Sam

Akid's SSF Interview

The SSF Interview: Akid looking to spear national mark next

BUOYED by his national junior record-breaking feat at the recent 34th Singapore Junior Athletics Championships last week, javelin thrower Akid Chong is now setting his sights on spearing two much-bigger prize catches in the next two years.

In an interview with the Singapore Sports Fan, the 17-year-old Nanyang Polytechnic student revealed that he is now gunning for the 20-year-old national open mark of 59.22m ( by Ng Bock Huat in 1988 ) by the end of the year.

Once that mission is accomplished, the second-year Sports and Wellness Management undergraduate plans to turn his sights on representing Singapore in the South-east Asia Games one day.

Akid, who is of Chinese and Malay parentage and has a 31-year-old elder brother, still remembers vividly how stunned he was at the Bukit Gombak Stadium on 22 June, the last day of the Championships, when he heard the judges announcing his new national junior record.

His distance of 53.70m had erased Huang Huaren’s 16-year-old record of 53.25m.

“Honestly, I was confident of throwing a good distance because I actually threw an unofficial 55.35m at the Wings Invitational meet the previous week,” said Akid who also won a gold at the Akira Swift Open with his 50m effort.

“But even then, I was still shocked when the judges announced that my throw was a new national junior record.”

Here’s another reason why Akid was shocked: he only went into competitive throwing last year when he joined Nanyang Polytechnic. In other words, he never thought he would end up breaking any major records so quickly.

Before that, the former Teck Whye Secondary School badminton player had never represented his alma mater in the javelin at national schools level.

“I picked up the javelin in Secondary One but I only threw for my house in Teck Whye,” explained Akid. “I never threw for school because our Track and Field team was closed down after Mr Choo and our seniors left.”

He was referring to former Teck Whye throws coach Choo Chee Kiong who single-handedly created that awe-inspiring golden generation of Teck Whye throwers that regularly swept most of the field titles at stake at several National Schools Track and Field Championships in the late 1990s.

And because he was just a house thrower, Akid never seriously trained for the sport.

But that all changed after he entered Nanyang last year. “Now I know how much more I can possibly achieve with a proper training programme,” said Akid who won a silver in the event at the Inter-Varsity-Polytechnic Track and Field Championships last year.

In fact, he credits one member of that Teck Whye Golden Generation - Chen Jin Long - for helping him to pick up the javelin again when he joined Nanyang Polytechnic last year and refining his throwing techniques.

“I also have to thank Mr Muhamad Hosni, who is the sprints coach of NYP Athletics, and Mr Guru Oly, who is the NYP staff in charge of athletics,” he said.

“Last year, I was still toying with playing badminton. But they all advised me to choose between the two sports and to concentrate on my final choice. It was because of them that I finally became serious about the javelin this year.”

Even then, he never expected to break the national junior record so soon.

But now that he has done so, the feat has effectively opened up his mind to new possibilities and new targets to conquer. Such as the national open record and qualifying for the SEA Games one day.

And Akid knows what he needs to do to get there.

“I really have to work on my strength training and on improving my explosive power,” said the NYP Athletics skipper who trains three times a week with Jin Long and goes to Hosni to work on his speed.

“I also have to work on my techniques and run-up.

“Finally, I have to stay focused, disciplined and positive. It is not easy trying to juggle studies and sports. In fact, it is very easy to fall into the temptation of being lazy about evening training after a full day of school.

“But now that I know what I can achieve with hard work, I’ll be working extra hard from now on to get to the next level.

“I want to break the national record and I want to represent Singapore at the SEA Games one day.”

Here’s wishing Akid all the best as he pursues his sporting dreams.

Yours in sport
Singapore Sports Fan

You can also find this interview here.

Sam

RP Road Relay Info (Revised)

4th July 2008, Friday
Republic Polytechnic, 5pm

Team 1 - Philip / Marcus / Huiqin / Dorcas

Team 2 - Jerome / Eugene / Jia Rui / Mandy

Team 3 - Nazri / Gilbert / Wanwen / Pearlyn

We will be gathering at the Sports Club at 2.30pm and those who need excuse letter pls inform Sam.. =) All the best!

Jia Rui

**edited by sam