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

Lianhe Zaobao – 1 Sept 2010

 

4th ASEAN Primary School Sports Olympiad (APSSO) 2010

Jia Min was part of the Singapore team who was in Jakarta, Indonesia from 4-10 November 2010 to compete in the 4th APSSO.

Some of the photos taken (by Ms Serene from MOE) at the 4th APSSO:

 

Warming up before the action began !

Sizing up the opponent ……..

  

On the bus back to the hotel - after a tiring day on the badminton court !

  

Fresh, the next day – to face another battle !

         

                                                  A well deserved ice cream treat