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35th National Inter-Club Swimming Championship (President Cup)- Report

35th President-cup

Silver lining in overcast Meet for DSA swimmers

Inclement weather played spoilsport at the 35th National Inter-Club Swimming Championship for The President Cup held in the last weekend of November this year. Over the 3 days, 25th to 27th, there were intermittent bouts of rain, and the weather remained dull and gloomy and this created some concerns for the swimmers of DSA Swim Team.

This year, the team of over 90 swimmers had a fair sprinkling g of newcomers and this was a big Meet for most of them. Unfortunately, many of them had to pull out of their events due to the adverse conditions on the first day affecting the overall performance of the team. The team put in their best efforts in the remaining days to retain the third position overall with a total of 387.50 points.

It was heart warming to see Welson Sim, Malaysian Olympic swimmer, who recently had become the first Malaysian Swimmer to have qualified for the Rio Olympics, voluntarily represent DSA Swim Team in this President Cup in order to encourage, guide and share some of his experiences with his young DSA swimmers. The excitement was visible as the young swimmers listened attentively to Welson and were enthralled that he was able to spend time with them.

The medal winners included young Yap Yong Jie in the Group 4 Boys, who despite being disadvantaged won 2 Silver and 3 Bronze and is promising to be a sound champion for the future. Yumi and Misa Okuzono made the most of the events they participated in the last 2 days. Misa brought home 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze while Yumi won 1 Gold and 2 Bronze in her events. Welson Sim won a solitary Gold in the Open Boys Group for 100m Freestyle clocking in 51.17 with a new meet record. Among other swimmers, Georgene Wee bagged a Silver and Bronze in her events and Darrren Lew also won a Bronze in 100m Free in Group 3 Boys. The big takeaway from the Meet however, was the remarkable improvement in the Personal Best’s (PBs) of a majority of the swimmers. Almost every other swimmer has improved on their timings and that in itself is quite impressive, though the medals count may have dipped from the previous year.

A detailed list of the medal winners are as

NAME AGE GROUP EVENT MEDAL
YAP YONG JIE GROUP 4 BOYS 50M BUTTERFLY BRONZE
“ 50M BACKSTROKE SILVER
“ 100M BUTTERFLY BRONZE
“ 100M FREESTYLE BRONZE
“ 100M BACKSTROKE SILVER
GEORGENE WEE EE JERN GROUP 3 GIRLS 100M BREASTSTROKE SILVER
“ 50M BREASTSTROKE BRONZE
MISA OKUZONO GROUP 4 GIRLS 100M BUTTERFLY GOLD
“ 50M BREASTSTROKE SILVER
“ 100M FREESTYLE SILVER
“ 100M BACKSTROKE GOLD
“ 50M FREESTYLE BRONZE
YUMI OKUZONO GROUP 3 GIRLS 100M BUTTERFLY GOLD
“ 100M BACKSTROKE BRONZE
“ 50M FREESTYLE BRONZE
DARREN LEW CHEN JET GROUP 3 BOYS 100M FREESTLE BRONZE
WELSON SIM WEE SHENG OPEN BOYS 100M FREESTYLE GOLD