Shooting Academy Wins 2 National Colours, 19 Zone Colours, 8 Team Awards 44th Singapore Schools Sports Council National Colours Award Presentation

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1 Shooting Academy Wins 2 National Colours, 19 Zone Colours, 8 Team Awards 44th Singapore Schools Sports Council National Colours Award Presentation Jansen Yeo Strategic Communications Senior Executive Posted: 7 November 2014 Singapore Sports School student-athletes received a total of 92 National Colours Awards and 163 Zone Awards. The Sports School also won 40 Team Awards, presented to teams that finished in the top 4 of the national round of competition. Shooter Martina Lindsay P Veloso capped off an excellent year when she was named Singapore Schools Sports Council s Overall Best School Girl. At 14, she became the youngest medallist in the 27-year history of the ISSF World Cup and Singapore s only medallist in the competition when she won the Women s 10m Air Rifle gold medal in Munich, Germany, in June. She also won the silver medal in the same event at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. At the National Schools Games shooting competition, Martina won the gold medal in the B Division Girls 10m Air Rifle event and led the Singapore Sports School B Division Girls 10m Air Rifle team to the title in a new Championship record. Bowler Darren Ong Wei Siong is Singapore Schools Sports Council s Best School Boy for Tenpin Bowling for the third successive year, the first Singapore Sports School student-athlete with such an achievement. Darren represented the Singapore Schools at the 15th Asian Schools Tenpin Bowling Championships in February 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and was the team s sole representative in the Boys Masters Final where he finished 10th but with an impressive average of 244 over 16 games. He was also selected by Singapore Bowling Federation to compete at the 2014 World Youth Championships in Hongkong, China, in August. Table Tennis player Yee Herng Hwee was named Best School Girl for Table Tennis. Herng Hwee was part of the Singapore Women s Table Tennis team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Table Tennis Championships. She also competed at the Nanjing 2014 YOG. Sprinter Kugapriya d/o Chandran, who competed at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the all-singapore Sports School national women s 4x100m relay team, was named Best School Girl for Track and Field.

2 Diver Fong Kay Yian was presented with the Special Award. The recipients of Zone Awards and National Colours in the Shooting Academy are: Individual Awards Adele Tan Qian Xiu (Zone Award) Aqyla Mohammad Affendy (Zone Award) Audrey Lim Jia Min (Zone Award) Brian Lim Wei Lun (Zone Award) Catherine Shi (Zone Award) Fion Pan Cai Feng (Zone Award) Gabriel Lim Kea Seng (Zone Award) Gwendolyn Liang Wenling (Zone Award) Ho Xiu Yi (National Colours, Zone Award) Martina Lindsay P Veloso (National Colours, Zone Award) Mohamad Irwan Abdul Rahman (Zone Award) Ong Yong Qing (Zone Award) Ricky Lim Yun (Zone Award) Samuel Choong Jia Le (Zone Award) Shannon Ng Yun Yin (Zone Award) Sheryl Lieo Wei Xuan (Zone Award) Terrence Ng Shu Hao (Zone Award) Wong Ting Wei (Zone Award) Yang Shuet Hwei (Zone Award) Team Awards A Division Girls (Air Rifle) B Division Boys (Air Rifle) B Division Girls (Air Pistol) B Division Girls (Air Rifle) C Division Boys (Air Pistol) C Division Boys (Air Rifle) C Division Girls (Air Pistol) C Division Girls (Air Rifle)

3 Martina s YOG Medal Comes With Silver Lining NTUC Fairprice Foundation Sports Scholarship Presentation Ceremony Posted: 31 October 2014 Secondary 3 student-athlete Martina Lindsay P Veloso gave Singapore plenty to cheer when she won the silver medal at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games on 19 August. As a reward for her achievement in the Women s 10m Air Rifle event and to encourage her to further her sport, NTUC Fairprice Foundation presented her with a Sports Scholarship on 31 October Martina was the first Singapore athlete to medal in Nanjing. Her score of was just 0.6 points a mere hair s breadth shy of the effort by gold medallist Sarah Hornung of Switzerland. As Martina said in her media interview after her YOG event: This YOG medal is so important to me and Singapore. I hope that it will inspire all young athletes in Singapore that we can make it if we try, and motivate more youths to take up competitive sport. I thank everyone who has believed in me and supported me the SNOC, SSA, the Sports School, my coach, my family and friends. I will celebrate today. Maybe tomorrow, too. Then it's back to the drawing board to prepare for the next competition. The NTUC Fairprice Foundation Sports Scholarship will be helpful in funding the many competitions scheduled for Martina as she sets her perfect eyesight on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Jazreel Reels In The Most Medals Incheon 2014 Asian Games Posted: 20 October 2014 Courtesy of SportSG.

4 Jazreel Tan Shi Hua was both competitor and Singapore s Goodwill Ambassador to the Incheon 2014 Asian Games and she discharged both duties excellently, including bringing home 1 gold, 2 silvers and 1 bronze from her bowling events. Jazreel first won the Women s Singles silver medal before following it up with the Women s Trios silver medal with Cherie Tan and fellow Singapore Sports School alumnus New Hui Fen. The three then teamed up with Joey Yeo, Shayna Ng and a third alumnus, Daphne Tan Shi Jing, for the Women s Team of 5 gold medal. For her accumulated pinfalls in the Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team events, Jazreel won the Women s All-Events bronze medal. Singapore is one of only seven countries which has competed in all 17 editions of the Asian Games and the Women s Team of 5 gold medal was the first that Singapore had won in the Asiad. Jazreel s four-medal haul has placed her among the most bemedalled athletes at a single Asian Games in recent history, according to Singapore National Olympic Council. Andrew Paul Chan and the Men s sailing team also persevered to win the J80 Match Racing gold medal. Another sailing medal came from Cecilia Low Rui Qi, who had paired up with her sister Priscilla, for the Women s 29er silver. Tao Li won the Women s 50m Butterfly silver and 100m Butterfly bronze. Table tennis alumnus Isabelle Li, as a member of the Women s Team, won a bronze. Shooting staff Nigel Lim Swee Hon and his team won the Men 25m Standard Pistol Team bronze medal. Nigel also recorded a personal score in the Men s 50m Air Pistol. Among the Singapore athletes who did not medal, swimming alumni Clement Lim Yong En and Pang Sheng Jun, together with Danny Yeo and Teo Zhen Ren, rewrote the Men s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay National Record when they completed the race in 7:25.46s. Clement also clocked a personal best in the Men s 100m Freestyle in 50.61s. Altogether, Singapore was represented by 223 athletes and brought home 5 golds, 6 silvers and 13 bronzes, of which Sports School alumni and staff won 2 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes.

5 Courtesy of SNOC.

6 Courtesy of SportSG.

7 Nigel Pins On Perseverance For Pistol Medal Incheon 2014 Asian Games Posted: 26 September 2014 Nigel Lim Swee Hon (right) celebrating with his teammates. Competing against a world-class field of pistol shooters, Shooting Academy Coach Nigel Lim Swee Hon had a modest target at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games to qualify for the final in the Men s 50m Pistol Individual, which was his pet event. He had achieved just that when he shot a personal best score of 559 out of 600 to finish 6th in the qualifier and made it into the final, which took place on 20 September Unfortunately, a poor 7.3 in his 9th shot and a dismal 4.4 in his 11th saw him eliminated after 12 shots and placed 6th in the final. Nigel did not let the disappointment affect him as he still had other events to aim for. Picking himself up, Nigel set his target on doing well in his next event the Men s 25m Standard Pistol. I just wanted to do my best and achieve a new personal best. I believe the results will eventually come, said Nigel. On 25 September 2014, Nigel shot 563 out of 600 to finish 11th in the Men s 25m Standard Pistol Individual event. His score, together with those of teammates Gai Bin (567) and Poh Lip Meng (562), combined for a total score of 1,692, which was good enough to clinch bronze in the Team event, behind shooting powerhouses China (1,710) and South Korea (1,707). In the process, the trio made history by

8 becoming the first men to win a medal in the pistol event for Team Singapore in the Asiad. It took a while for reality to sink in as I was just focused on my game. But yes, it feels so good to be able to win a medal for Singapore at the Asian Games. This medal will give our Singapore shooters confidence and hopefully inspire them to podium finishes as well. Martina Guns Down Silver Medal Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Posted: 19 August 2014 Shirley Tan-Oehler Senior Manager, Strategic Communications Martina Lindsay P Veloso finished second in the Women s 10m Air Rifle event on 19 August 2014 to become the first Singaporean to medal at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. "I am absolutely thrilled. I can only compete in one edition of the YOG because I will outgrow the age cap in four years. I won't have a second chance, so this is a once in a lifetime experience and achievement, said the Secondary 3 studentathlete, in a post-event interview. Martina opened fire with a during qualification and followed it up with a 104.2, and to finish fourth (415.7) behind Sarah Hornung (416.4) from Switzerland, Najmeh Khedmati (416.3) from Iran and Julia Budde (416.1) from Germany. The other qualifiers represented Serbia, China, Mongolia and Croatia.

9 At the 11 am final, Swiss girl Sarah led from start to finish and completed her 20 shots with points. Martina finished with 207.2; only a marginal 0.6 points stood between her score and that of the gold medallist. The German shooter, Julia, completed the podium finish with points. The gold medallist She really deserved it. I m just glad that I did my best. I m very happy. I can t find any more words to describe how I feel right now. I know many Singaporeans had pinned their hopes on me to win a medal, so I felt some pressure. Throughout the competition, and all other competitions, my coach would remind me, One shot, one kill. So I gave 100 per cent to every shot. I m glad she s with me. This YOG medal is so important to me and Singapore. I hope that it will inspire all young athletes in Singapore that we can make it if we try, and motivate more youths to take up competitive sport. I thank everyone who has believed in me and supported me the SNOC, SSA, the Sports School, my coach, my family and friends. I will celebrate today. Maybe tomorrow, too. Then it's back to the drawing board to prepare for the next competition."

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11 Photos by Singapore National Olympic Council.

12 2 Alumni On SNOC Athletes Commission Posted: 16 July 2014 National hurdler Dipna Lim Prasad and national shooter Aqilah Sudhir have been elected Members of the Singapore National Olympic Council Athletes Commission. Their four-year term of office started with effect from their successful election on 31 May The Athletes Commission represent the views of Singapore s athletes within the SNOC. Their roles include being representatives for athletes in advising the SNOC on matters related to the athletes, promoting Olympism, sporting excellence, fair play and athlete development. They also maintain contact with the IOC Athletes Commission. Members of the SNOC Athletes Commission were nominated by the National Sports Associations through election by their athletes who had competed at the Nay Pyi Taw 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Dipna graduated from Singapore Sports School in 2007 and Nanyang Technological University (Sports Science and Management) in She holds the Women's 100m Hurdles National Record (she has broken it 6 times), Women's 400m Hurdles National Record, Girls 100m Hurdles National Junior Record (she has broken it 4 times) and Women's 4x400m Relay National U23 Record, which is on the Asia Top-10 list. Dipna represented Singapore in Women's 100m Hurdles at the 2011 IAAF World

13 Championship, Jakarta 2011 Southeast Asian Games and London 2012 Olympic Games. She was also a member of the Women s 4x400m Relay team at the 2011 Sea Games. Dipna was the Team Singapore flag-bearer at the Nay Pyi Taw 2013 Sea Games, where she won the Women's 100m Hurdles bronze medal. Dipna was selected for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games but gave it a skip to nurse a hamstring injury. Aqilah also graduated from Singapore Sports School in At the Laos 2009 Sea Games, she won a silver and a bronze medals. At the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, Aqilah won the Women's 50m Rifle Pairs gold medal, and Women's 50m Rifle Individual bronze medal. She also represented Singapore at the Jakarta 2011 Sea Games and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games. SNOC Athletes Commission ( ) Chairperson Yip Ren Kai (Water Polo) Vice-Chairperson Ruth Ng (Fencing) Honorary Secretary Jasmine Yeong Nathan (Bowling) Members Dipna Lim Prasad (Athletics) Derek Wong (Badminton) Annabelle Ng (Canoeing) Lim Heem Wei (Gymnastics) Ng Pei Ru (Karate) Aqilah Sudhir (Shooting) Jasmine Ser (Shooting) Mark Chay (Swimming) Ex-Officio Chris Chan

14 Martina is ST Star Of The Month Posted: 11 July 2014 National shooter Martina Lindsay P Veloso is ST Star of the Month (June 2014). The Award recognises Martina s achievement at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany, on 8 June 2014, when she defeated some of the best shooters in the world to win the gold medal, including Czech Katerina Emmons, the 2008 Olympic gold medallist who holds both the World Record and Olympic Games Record, and Serbian Andrea Arsovic, the 2010 European Champion. At 14, Martina was one of the youngest participating athletes at the ISSF World Cup, and the only Singaporean to ever win the title. At a luncheon hosted by The Straits Times and sponsored by 100PLUS on 11 July 2014, Martina said she was surprised to the point of speechless when she learnt about ST s decision to present her with the ST Star of the Month Award, the first of the year. I m sorry that because of the time difference between Singapore and Germany,

15 some journalists had to scramble late in the night to put a story together for the next day s newspaper, said an appreciative Martina. Martina thanked her primary school, Innova Primary School, for teaching her how to enjoy sport; Singapore Sports School, especially Coach Lim Chea Rong, for choosing her for the Shooting Academy; Singapore Shooting Association for grooming her and providing her with all the opportunities that she never thought possible; and 100LUS which feted her and also sponsors Singapore Sports School. Martina also thanked her parents and siblings for always being here for me, for being my biggest fans and best supporters. I appreciate that you get more excited than me whenever I compete. I love you all very much. On 14 July 2014, Martina will leave with the national shooting team for Scotland to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. There will be expectations for me to do well, and even win a medal. I hope to be able to handle the pressure. To the Singaporeans rooting for me, I look forward to your support. I will do my very best for Singapore at the Commonwealth Games, and in August, the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. 14-Year-Old Martina Wins ISSF World Cup By Shirley Tan-Oehler Senior Manager, Strategic Communications Posted: 9 June 2014

16 Gold medalist Martina Lindsay Veloso competes in the 10m Air Rifle Women Finals at the Olympic Shooting Range Munich/Hochbrueck (Photo: ISSF Website) Singapore Sports School s Martina Lindsay P Veloso won the Women's 10m Air Rifle gold medal at the ISSF World Cup Munich, Germany, on 8 June At 14, Martina is one of the youngest participating athletes at the World Cup, and the only Singaporean to ever win the title. Martina defeated some of the best shooters in the world, including Czech Katerina Emmons, who holds both the World Record and Olympic Games Record. "I'm really happy to win the gold medal. There were older and more experienced shooters in this World Cup. I was quite floored at the opportunity of competing against them. But, I stuck to what my coach, Ms Lim Chea Rong, always told me: Don t be distracted. Stay focused. " said Martina, who fired some of the best shots of the day, and stayed at the top of the scoreboard throughout the event. She finished with points. Emmons took the silver medal with points. Andrea Arsovic of Serbia had to settle for the bronze medal with points after fighting head and head against Emmons. "When I found out that I had won, I was really shocked. Beating Katerina Emmons, who won the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games gold medal, is a big deal for me," said Martina, a Secondary 3 student-athlete on the School-Within-A-School programme. With this win, expectations rise. The responsibility to always shoot excellently becomes heavier. I thank Singapore Sports School for starting the Shooting Academy three years ago, and mapping my development plans while helping me to keep up with my studies. I cannot thank my coach enough for her belief in me, always encouraging me. Singapore Shooting Association has given me many opportunities and I m grateful. Martina wrote her name in the Singapore's book of national records at 13 when she hit a perfect 400 points in the Women's 10m Air Rifle event at the HomeTeamNS Invitation Shoot on 3 February She broke Olympian Jasmine Ser's record of 399.

17 SNOC Accepts Nomination Of Martina For Sportsgirl Of The Year Singapore Sports Awards 2014 By Jansen Yeo Senior Executive, Strategic Communications Posted: 7 May 2014 Martina Lindsay P Veloso, who at 13 years old, wrote her name in the Singapore s book of national records when she hit a perfect 400 points in the Women s 10m Air Rifle, has received the nod from the Singapore National Olympic Council for consideration for the 2013 Sportsgirl of the Year award. Martina broke Olympian Jasmine Ser s record of 399 at the HomeTeamNS Invitation Shoot on 3 February Martina proved that she is not a one-hit wonder by continuing her consistent form to win the Women s Junior 10m Air Rifle event at the 19th International Junior Shooting Competition, considered the largest international junior shooting event in the world and includes all International Shooting Sport Federation Olympic and non-olympic events, in Suhl, Germany, on 7 June At 13, she was competing in the U21 category. At the Nanjing 2013 Asian Youth Games, Martina won Singapore s first medal a bronze in Women s 10m Air Rifle competition. She was the youngest shooter amongst the 38-strong field but age did not matter as she came within 0.1 point

18 for a place in the final two and a shot at the gold medal. Two alumni have been nominated for the Sportsboy of the Year award national bowler Muhammad Jaris Goh Ali Akbar Goh, who won the Men s Singles silver, Men s Doubles gold and Mixed Team gold medals and finished 2nd in the Men s All-Events at the VI Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships, and national silat exponent and Nay Pyi Taw 2013 Southeast Asian Games gold medallist Nur Alfian Juma en. The Singapore Sports Awards presentation ceremony will take place at Orchard Hotel on 7 June Ho Xiu Yi Shoots 394 For New Rifle C Championship Record National Schools Championships Koh Aik Beng General Manager, Shooting Academy Posted: 25 April 2014 Our shooters established two Championship Records and equalled one at the 18th National Schools Championships. Secondary 2 s Ho Xiu Yi (second from left) erased the C Girls Rifle Championship Record when she won the gold medal with a score of 394. Her performance contributed to the C Girls Rifle Team equalling the Championship Record. Not to be outdone, the B Girls Rifle team set a new Championship Record. We also

19 won 3 Team titles and 2 individual titles. More than 600 shooters competed for individual and team honours at SAFRA Yishun s Indoor Air Weapons Range from 9 to 21 April RESULTS Team C Boys Pistol 3rd C Girls Pistol 1st C Boys Rifle 3rd C Girls Rifle 1st (Equaled Championship Record) B Girls Pistol 2nd B Boys Rifle 4th B Girls Rifle 1st (New Championship Record) A Girls Rifle 3rd Individual C Boys Pistol 3rd Terrence Ng Shu Hao C Girls Pistol 3rd, Stacy Ho Ting Ting C Girls Rifle 1st, Ho Xiu Yi (New Championship Record of 394) B Girls Pistol 3rd Fion Pan Cai Feng B Girls Rifle 1st, Martina Lindsay P Veloso Click here to view more images from the National Schools Shooting Championships.