FZ Forza 2014

Lee Qi Hong (L) & Aaron Wong (R) with their cash winnings

The timing of this tournament clashed with a few state closed and ranking competition. Therefore quite a number of the top players had to skip this tournament.  This gave Aaron a free passage to the second round which he has no trouble moving on to the third.

Wong Han Sheng is an Forza top exponent and gave Aaron quite a resistant but Aaron managed to overcome this match to meet his Putrajaya teammate Azam next n the quarterfinal. Aaron has a favourable record over Azam and as expected he moved on to the semi-final to meet an unlikely challenger in Alvin Chia whom Aaron lost 2 years ago in the 2012 BAKTI tournament.

On paper, Alvin seem to have a slight edge but surprisingly in this game, Alvin did not play to his potential . Aaron seize this opportunity to even out their head-to-head record and suddenly found himself unexpectedly in the final and very motivated to win the top prize money of RM1,000.

In the final, he has to overcome a much improved Lee Qi Hong whom has been ranked as the top KLBA player for next year junior circuit. The match was tense with Aaron taking the early lead in the first half but Qi Hong caught up and snatched the first set away from Aaron’s grasp. In the second set, Qi Hong came in strongly tactically to catch Aaron at the base line. Aaron has no answer to the strong play by his cool opponent. With unforced errors after another, Qi Hong took the second set and with it the RM1,000 purse. Aaron had to settle for the runners-up with RM500 which is still a record winning for him.

There wasn’t much celebration here because we immediately had to work on switching his attention to the Putrajaya Closed tournament on the next day of what seem to be the most important tournament of the year. Both brothers need to finish in the top 4 will qualify into Persatuan Badminton Putrajaya as a ticket to play in 2015 Junior Circuit. More to come next.

BOYS SINGLES U11

1^st Round – Aaron vs  Walkover

2^nd Round – Aaron vs Akmal Aqil Edham                    30 – 14

3^nd Round – Aaron vs Wong Han Sheng                      30 – 24

Quarter Final – Aaron vs Ahmad Azamuddin             21 – 23, 22 – 20

Semi Final – Aaron vs Alvin Chia                                   21 – 13, 21 – 19

Final  - Aaron vs Lee Qi Hong                                         19 – 21, 12 - 21 

BOYS DOUBLES U13

1^st Round – Aaron/Jie Yang vs Chee Zhe Yong/Harold Ong                           30 – 15

2^nd Round – Aaron/Jie Yang vs Wong Han Sheng/Wong Jia Cheng              27 – 30

1^st Round – Ryan/LLyeo Luaran vs Yeap Wei Yang/Ng Feng Sing                 30 – 24

FZ FORZA – ATM BADMINTON CHALLENGE 2013

Ryan & Aaron's last hurrah in 2013

The final tournament of the year ended in a disappointing finish for the boys. They were obviously exhausted from the strings of non-stop tournaments for the past one month. Even the jaded world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei conceded defeat to Kenichi Tago for the first time after a grueling back to back super series tournaments in Europe.

The tell tale signs were there as Ryan was nagging about his muscle fatigue on his ankle and calf since his Ipoh trip. Only now will he be able to take a deserved rest. As the curtain closes on 2013, we will take stock on the bitter sweet memories of our journey throughout the year.

We did right by making a difficult decision to move out of MBA. Be that as it may, our gratitude to the MBA coaches shall never cease. We also invested quite abit into private coaching although it is still in an infancy stage, we were very encouraged by the prospect of it whereby, Aaron was within a point short to become Champion in the Merdeka Challenge by Times BA. The boys also began to savour more podium finishes in the doubles category as well. 

On the other side of the coin, we as parents also shared the agony of Aaron’s ankle injury. We pray that we will never have to endure to see our sons suffer like that ever again. We also had to make an emotional decision to stop their violin classes after their 3rd grade exam in August. They can henceforth fully focussed on their first passion.

I guess the highlight in 2013 has been the successful entry into the Putrajaya state team. No doubt I admit they may not measure up with the top lot, but the opportunity to immersed themselves in top tier National Junior Circuit will definitely give them a new dimension to their badminton game.

So there you have it for 2013. Onward now 2014.        

Boys Singles Under 11

1^st Round        : Aaron vs Wong Yee Zheng                    30 – 17                                 

2^nd Round       : Aaron vs Muazzam Danish                    12 – 30

1^st Round        : Ryan vs Tan Ming Yue                            30 – 20

2^nd Round       : Ryan vs Edmund On                               24 – 30

 

Boys Doubles Under 11    

1^st Round        : Ryan/Aaron vs Alex/Johnson                                 Walkover

2^nd Round       : Ryan/Aaron vs Tan Ming Yue/Chong Ee Jack      23 – 30