Sports Bites

Secondary 4 cyclist Mikha Zuhayr Norman beat a field of Malaysian competitors in the 16-year-old category to emerge as champion at the Helaz BMX National Series 3 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 26 August 2023.

Chen Xingtong finished 2nd place on the individual leaderboard of the 8th Kartini Cup at the Southeast Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship held from 21 to 24 August 2023 in Malaysia. She finished three-over-par 74 to close her campaign five shots behind Thailand’s Achiraya Sriwong.

Xingtong, her junior in Secondary 2 Passion Hsu Le Ting, and another team member clinched 3rd place for the team event with their 597 total.

Singapore will host the next edition of the Southeast Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship for the first time in 2024.

Pencak silat exponents Muhammad Naufal Abdullah and Rifqah Mursyidah Mistam were crowned overall champions in the Under-18 category at the WoMAU International Martial Arts Competition in Seoul, Korea, from 14 to 22 August 2023. Abdul Raaif Abdul Rashid, Mohammad Ridzqi Mohammad Fadzil, and Mirza Sahrin put up a tough fight and became runners-up in their categories.

Under-18 Female
1st - Rifqah Mursyidah Mistam

Under-18 Male
1st - Muhammad Naufal Abdullah

Under-16 Male
2nd - Abdul Raaif Abdul Rashid
3rd - Mirza Sahrin

Under-15 Male
2nd - Mohammad Ridzqi Mohammad Fadzil

Natalie Goh Sihui soared during Klip 2023 – a local sport climbing competition held from 12 to 13 August 2023 at Civil Service Club. She showed her strength and agility in the Open Woman – Lead Competition, where she finished in 3rd place.

Following her silver-medal win at Pesta Sukan 2023, taekwondo exponent Gwen Koh En Qi headed to two back-to-back competitions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she proved to be an unshakeable force. During the CK Classic International Open Taekwondo Championships on 18 August 2023, she came in 3rd out of 24 competitors in Female Cadet Poomsae. She brought her performance a notch higher when she headed to the MBW International Championships from 19 to 20 August, where she bagged 2 gold medals in Female Cadet Poomsae and Female Cadet Elite Poomsae.

Text by Serena Wong, General Manager, Individual Programme


Kassandra Ong Xue Ling from the Diploma in Business Studies course and Nessya Koh Li Yun from Secondary 2 flew the Singapore flag proudly at the 11th Asian Junior Wushu Championships, contributing 5 medals to Team Singapore’s total tally of 18 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze). The championship was held in Macau, China, from 17 to 20 August 2023.

Kassandra led the way by clinching a silver medal for the Girls’ ‘A’ Daoshu event and collected a gold medal in her Gunshu event later that afternoon. On the same afternoon, Nessya also added to Singapore’s tally with a bronze medal in her Girls’ ‘B’ Daoshu event and continued her fine form with a silver medal in her Gunshu event. Kassandra rounded off Singapore’s medal tally with a bronze medal in the group event.