Smashing Victory For Shuttlers

2020 National Open Championships

Singapore Sports School post-secondary student-athlete Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann and alumnus Jason Teh Jia Heng got off to a winning start in 2020 to claim the Women’s and Men’s Singles championship title respectively at the 2020 National Open Championships.

Top seed Jaslyn, who settled for runner-up position last year, capped a comfortable victory in the Singles finals on 11 January 2020. She took just 33 minutes to defeat second seed opponent Grace Chua with scores of 21-16, 21-8. Jason played an absolute blinder in the Men’s Singles as he secured a 21-14, 21-11 win over Vega Vio Nirwanda of Indonesia in 34 minutes.

Sports School student-athletes and alumni clinched a total of 13 medals (5 golds, 1 silver and 7 bronzes) at the second edition of the Championships. Over the seven-day Championships from 5 to 11 January, the Sports School team went gone from strength to strength as they struck gold in all five events.

RESULTS

Men’s Singles

1st – Jason Teh Jia Heng

Joint-3rd – Darrion Michael Ng Weng Soong and Lee Zhi Yuan

Men’s Doubles

1st – Loh Kean Hean and Terry Hee Yong Kai

Joint-3rd – Abel Tan Wen Xing and Toh Han Zhou, Aaron Yong Chuan Shen and Howin Wong Jia Hao

Women’s Singles

1st – Jaslyn Hooi Yue Yann

Joint-3rd – Nur Insyirah Khan Abdul Hamid Khan and Si To Jia Rong

Women’s Doubles

1st – Crystal Wong Jia Ying

3rd – Elsa Lai Yi Ting

Mixed Doubles

1st – Crystal Wong Jia Ying and Terry Hee Yong Kai

2nd – Mok Jing Qiong