Sunday 2 June 2013

SP SETIA ANNUAL TOURNAMENT 2013

Aaron (in white) vs Vincent Fum (in yellow) 
The Setia Annual Tournament has attracted many outstation players and some top local names. Some notable ones were the MSSWPKL 2013 champion, Kenny Khew (10), Times BA 2013 champion, Daryl Foo (10), 2012 BAKTI finalist, Muhd Affan Artabek (11), the up and coming Penang star, Gabriel Loo (10), Wah Jia Wei (11) a season campaigner from Penang and even Rahman Sidek’s son Abdul Rahim (11). Some of them are National Junior Circuit players. Immediately, I knew this tournament will not be easy for the boys. 
On the first day, Aaron started off his campaign with a no show from a Penang player. He had to sit longer for his next game. In the second round, he faced Teoh Hong Kai. This player was a worthy adversary as he collected points again and again from his overhead smashes at Aaron’s side- line. At one point, I was convinced Aaron would not make it to the next round.  To make matters worse, the empire had miscounted Aaron’s score. Both were fighting neck to neck and not far from each other.  Fortunately Aaron found in his deep reserves to snatch a few vital points towards the end and won the game 31-28. He lived to battle another day.
Ryan (in white) vs Lim Ming Hong (in yellow)
Due to the larger pool for boys single under 11, Ryan was drawn into a qualifying round. He cruised to a 31-13 win over a KL player. In the next two rounds, he was untroubled and won comfortably to come back the next day for the last 16.
In the second day, Aaron faced Vincent Fum, a circuit player from Melaka in the third round. As the game progressed, Vincent strokes were evidently sharper and Aaron failed to get himself going. He fell 9-21 in the first set.  In the second set, Aaron tried to come back but he gradually fell into his opponent’s game with many unforced errors. He conceded his second set 14-21.
Ryan’s third round opponent was a lanky Penangnite, Lim Ming Hong who dwarfs Ryan by at least a half a foot. What was more intimidating was Lim Ming Hong wore a Gosen sponsored Penang state jersey with his large name printed at the back. I could see Ryan has already lost the battle before the game begun. Ryan was outplayed and lost tamely 10-21, 5-21. Little did we know that Lim Ming Hong went all the way to the final to defeat Muhd Affan Artabek and became champion.
In the end, the boys ended their campaign with wounded pride. So, we took the boys for a movie to unwind themselves and to relax their tired limbs. The next day, it was back to the drawing board as always. Thus their journey continues…

Boys Singles Under 10
1st ROUND :         Aaron Wong (SEL) vs Ooi Yi Hern (PEN)                  Walkover
2nd ROUND :        Aaron Wong (SEL) vs Teoh Hong Kai (KL)                31-28
3rd ROUND :        Aaron Wong (SEL) vs Vincent Fum (MEL)                 9-21, 14-21

Boys Singles Under 11
Qualifying :        Ryan Wong (SEL) vs Yong Wai Meng (KL)                  31-13
1st ROUND :         Ryan Wong (SEL) vs Kok Jia Cheng (KED)                 31-17
2nd ROUND :        Ryan Wong (SEL) vs Jason Cheng                              31-16
3rd ROUND :        Ryan Wong (SEL) vs Lim Ming Hong (PEN)               10-21, 5-21

4 comments:

  1. Note :

    Boys Singles Under 10
    Champion : Kenny Khew (Selangor).
    Runner up : Yong Bin Yan (Melaka)

    Boys Singles Under 11
    Champion : Lim Ming Hong (Penang)
    Runner up : Muhd Affan .

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  2. I"M so PROUD and PLEASE had opportunity to joined SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY for the last 7years,thank you to Dato Liew,Mr hanjian dan Kristin and all the setia workers that i know..THANK YOU for your kindness to me and take a good care for me for so long..you guys,WILL ALWAYS IN MY HEART and there is always a room in my haert for you..mostly thank you for Setia badminton academy..there wasn't place in all over the world to training basic skills of badminton such as SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY..TRUST ME..for givng me the best time and also all the young players no metter what colour their skins..SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY always give them the best they can to makes this players become a better person and player best regards..FERRY/indonesia

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  3. THANK YOU TO SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY..SPECIALLY THANK TO DATO LIEW , MR HANJIAN AND KRISTIN.Y..YOU SIMPLY THE BEST..THERE WASN'T PLACE TO TRAINING BASIC SKILLS OF BADMINTON IN ALL OVER THE WORLD SUCH AS SEITA BADMINTON ACDEMY/MR HANJIAN..TRUST ME

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  4. I"M so PROUD and PLEASE had opportunity to joined SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY for the last 7years,thank you to Dato Liew,Mr hanjian dan Kristin and all the setia workers that i know..THANK YOU for your kindness to me and take a good care for me for so long..you guys,WILL ALWAYS IN MY HEART and there is always a room in my haert for you..mostly thank you for Setia badminton academy..there wasn't place in all over the world to training basic skills of badminton such as SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY..TRUST ME..for givng me the best time and also all the young players no metter what colour their skins..SETIA BADMINTON ACADEMY always give them the best they can to makes this players become a better person and player best regards..FERRY/indonesia

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