Labuan International School 1st Swimming Championship

The First Labuan International Swimming Championship was successfully organised by Labuan International School on 19 & 20 November 2016 with 318 swimmers from Borneo region participated in this championship! 

There were 20 swimming teams/clubs from Labuan, Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines arrived Labuan on 18 November for this first ever international meet organised by the school since its swimming pool launched earlier this year. The turns-out rate with approx. 400 swimmers, parents and officials was very encouraging. 

The championship started from 8am on 19 November and ended at 2pm on 20 November with 150 events and the total of 270 heats conducted within that 2 days. This championship was supported by Labuan FSA, followed by Gold sponsors: TOS Logistic and Shipping Sdn Bhd, Mariner Hotel Labuan, Aewon Garment & Embroidery, and Thirteen K Trading Sdn Bhd. Other contributors were: 

Alpha Testing Services Sdn Bhd, Shermadef, CIMB Bank Berhad Labuan Offshore branch, AMS Trust Company Limited, Labuan Liberty Port Management, Fast Global Link Services Sdn Bhd, and Anonymous Art. The organiser would like to acknowledge each and every sponsors, LIS staff, parents, students, officials and volunteers that made this event successful.

1^st Labuan International Swimming Championship results:

Overall Champion:

Category	Team	Resuts
1st Place Overall Champion	MASUM	29G, 13S, 8B
2nd Place	PREPS	25G, 16S, 19B
3rd Place	PJMS	16G, 16S, 16B

Individual Best Swimmers:

Category	Boys Best Swimmers	Results	Girls Best Swimmers	Results
Open	Ng Kee Nain (MASUM)	2G 3S	Tham Khai Xin (MASUM)	7G
Group 1 (15-19)	Alex Tiong Sie Hung (MASUM)	8G 3S 4B	Heng Khor Jin (MASUM)	6G 1S
Group 2 (13-14)	Gerard Tsen Xiang Zh (PJMS)	5G 2S	Ilyani Shairah (PREPS)	8G 1 S
Group 3 (11-12)	Jeremy William (PREPS)	4G 2S 1B	Lee Wei Len (VSA)	3G 2S 1B
Group 4 (9-10)	Jay Lo Vui Seng (PJMS)	8G 2S	Sharifah Destinee Dickerson (PREPS)	3G 4S 1B
Group 5 (8 & under)	Tom Parrot (RBRC)	4G 1S	Kayley Goh (RBRC)	4G 2S

Labuan International School as the host also bagged 2 Golds, 9 Silvers and 13 Bronze. This is the first time the swimming team participated in this international meet since the swimming team established this year under Head Swimming Coach Clement David. This result is very significant and meaningful for the young swimmers.

Abbreviation:

MASUM – Malaysian University Sports Council, Penang

PREPS – Persatuan Renang Penampang, Sabah

PJMS – Kelab Renang Akuatik PJMS, Sabah

RBMC – Royal Brunei Recreation Club, Brunei

VSA – Victoria Swimming Club, Labuan

For more information, please contact Kimlee Choy (Labuan International School) at 014-9292820.