2011 – Malaysian National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals

 

The Grand Prix Finals was held in Kuala Lumpur on 18-22 May 2011.

Jia Min qualified for the Grand Prix Finals for both the Under-12 Singles and Doubles when she competed in the 2nd Leg of the Malaysian National Junior Circuit held in Melaka on 14-17 April 2011 and coming in ………

1ST for Singles and 2ND for Doubles (with her partner, Arifah)

 

With her Johor team mates

 

And in the Grand Prix Finals 2011 …… finally ……….

 

 

Malaysian National Junior CHAMPION !  Yeah !!!!!

 

Joint 3RD for Doubles. With her partner, Arifah.

With family members and friends who were there to support her. Thank you !

 

Came home from the competition on 22nd May night to a celebration with family members ……. 

with CHAMPAGNE …..  

 

and PIZZA …..     (Thanks to her No. 1 fan, her cousin Cho Pei Lin !!!)

  

Nanyang Primary School

 

Jia Min joined Nanyang Primary School (NYPS) in Primary 3, transferred from De LaSalle Primary after attending a badminton “trial” at NYPS late December 2007 (arranged by Mr Tan Eng Han and Mr Derrick Lim with Mr Patrick Lau). Thanks everyone !

 

That’s Jia Min (in blue jersey) at her 1st training session with Mr Patrick Lau, the coach at NYPS :)

(2008) With her Senior Girls’ team-mates – winning 1st placing at the West Zone Inter-primary schools competition.

(2008) Beaming with joy (with her very 1st medal won in her badminton journey) – with her Senior Girls’ doubles partner, Ninna !

(2008) – 2ND PLACE (Senior Girls”) – Nationals

 

(2009) – West Zone (Junior Girls) – 3RD

(2009) – Nationals (Junior Girls) - 4TH

Cannot find the photos for 2009!!!

 

(2010) – Nationals (Junior Girls) – 4TH PLACE

             West Zone (Junior Girls) – Champion !

 

 

2011 – West Zone : Senior Girls – 2ND

          Nationals: Senior Girls – Top 8

With training mate, Galen, from NYPS’ Junior Boys team.

The medal winners !!!!! 

 

Makan gatherings at NYPS with coaches, team members and parents at the end of competitions period :)

 

  

           

With her NYPS coach, Mr Patrick Lau, and assistant coaches, Mr Tay, Mr Koh and Mr Phua. Thank you coaches !

Thanks Mr Lau ! For all the extra training/sparring sessions at:

Greenview Secondary School

Anderson Junior College

Track & Field

  

Nanyang Primary School - Annual Sports Meet 2011

Jia Min was fielded in the B Division Girls’ 600m event and it was a pleasant surprise when she came in ………..

…… 1ST !  Yipee !!!

  

Singapore Sports School – Primary Schools Invitational Track & Field Meet 2011 – 12 March 2011

As Jia Min did well in the 600m event at the Nanyang Primary’s Annual Sports Meet, the school’s HOD-PE, Mr Lim Chee Min, gave Jia Min the opportunity to participate in this SSP Invitational Meet.

 

She was nervous competing in the Track & Field event as it was a totally new experience for her. She felt that for a run, she has only 1 chance to do a good run whilst in badminton, if she loses a point, she still has a chance to win the next point.  

Warming up before her event….

Getting ready for her event ……..

and …… off she goes with the pack ……….

Trailing behind at the turn …………

but ….……catching up near the finishing line …………

to come in………………

3RD !  ……  with a timing of 1:58:76 ….. Yeah !!!

With the 1st place winner of the 600m event

 

“Good Job!” Mr Lim Chee Min with Jia Min after her race.

52ND NATIONAL INTER-PRIMARY SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

Mr Lim Chee Min said “ OK, let’s proceed to the National.”  :) :) :)

Training ….. managed to squeeze in only 2 training sessions with the Track & Field team in between her badminton trainings.

Jia Min came in 4th in the overall heats for the 600m event, with a timing of 1:58:69, qualifying for the Finals.

Alas…… she did not make it to a medal position in the Finals.

She had a great time taking part in the Track & Field runs and thought she looked quite cool in her running attire….although she felt the shorts were a little too short :) :)

After the National event, we were pleasantly surprised to receive invitations from Nanyang Girls’ High School, CHIJ ST Nicholas Girls’ School and Cedar Girls Secondary School to their Open House Sports Clinic, “Tea with Principal” and a talk on DSA respectively. We, of course, politely declined all the invitations as she still prefers …………… BADMINTON !!!

Thanks Mr Lim Chee Min and NYPS for the experience !!!!!!

CAMP BAKAT NUSA MAHSURI - 2009

This 3 days’ camp in Johor Bahru was organised by the Johor Sports Council and conducted by  DATUK MISBUN SIDEK ! from Nusa Mahsuri Badminton Academy.

It was a wonderful experience for Jia Min when Datuk Misbun Sidek singled her out from the group and gave her special “training time” and advice on the last day of the camp and told us that Jia Min has great potential in badminton.

At the time when Jia Min attended this camp, she had recently  completed the Malaysian National Junior Circuit Grand-Prix Finals where she came in Joint-3rd for singles.

Datuk Misbun told Jia Min, “This year (2009), you are Joint-3rd, next year you will be in the Finals and the year after, when you are 12 years old, you will be the Champion!”

I remember thinking then, “Wow, what a confident statement!”

Well, the “master coach” was almost right …. in 2010, Jia Min almost made it to the Finals (if not for the unfortunate mistake made by the umpire in her Semi-Finals game) and in 2011 (at 12 years old), Jia Min is the Champion ! 

Should I ask him about her chances at the Youth Olympics? World Junior? All England, perhaps?…….. Hahaha….

 

Receiving her certificate of participation from Datuk Misbun Sidek