Results from the 13th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2017 Day 2

Day Two of the 13th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2017 spelled more excitement for the spectators as the competitors fought it out in the ‘Quan Shu’ events. In fact, titles for all the three different styles of Quan Shu– Changquan, Nanquan and Taijiquan – were contested for today. The spectators had the chance to enjoy the wonderful display of the athletes’ skills in 5-Duan Changquan, 1^st International Changquan, 5-Duan Nanquan and also the 42-Style Taijiquan routines. The colourful and contrasting display made it a really interesting day for all spectators especially when the Taijiquan routine was performed adjacent to the Changquan and Nanquan routines on the other court. Such display really shows the variety in the event of Wushu Taolu.

Out of the sixteen events available, Xuan Sports had athletes in thirteen events for this day! A total of twenty-eight of our athletes were involved in the events for the day. Our cheerleaders definitely had a busy day cheering for our athletes and there were instances in which our athletes were up for the competition on both courts simultaneously. Fortunately, that wasn’t too difficult a task for our cheerleaders as they were able to ‘multi-task’ by cheering for Xuan Sports athletes from both courts. (Check out pictures of our cheerleaders below...)

The day started with 5-Duan Changquan on court A and 5-Duan Nanquan on court B. Our very first gold medal was won by Brayden Cheong from Keming Primary School in the junior boys’ 5-Duan Changquan event on court A, followed by Douglas Leow (Xuan Sports athlete) who struck gold in the junior boys’ 5-Duan Nanquan event. That was indeed a good start for Xuan Sports Wushu.

Our 5-Duan Changquan athletes then went on a winning streak with gold and silver medals in the junior girls’ category won by Berlynn Ng and Cheryl Leong respectively, and in the senior boys’ category, Austin Chong took the gold while Zavier Tan got the bronze. Following that, in the Changquan (1^st International) event, Nicholas Loh and Gareth Lau, both from Catholic High School, napped the gold medals for the junior boys and senior boys categories respectively. Xuan Sports athlete, Jevon Mok, also won a silver medal in the senior boys’ Changquan.

Over on Court B, our Nanquan boys continued the winning streak as Matthew Lee clinched the top spot in the senior boys’ 5-Duan Nanquan event.

The action in Court B slowed down in intensity as the Taijiquan events took over. Henceforth, grace and form dominated the court and so did we. Xuan Sports is proud to announce that we have medallists in all four of the Taijiquan categories that were competed for yesterday. Isaac Wong from Keming Primary School started the ball rolling with a silver medal in the junior boys’ 42-Style Taijiquan. His female counterparts, Goh Wen Xi and Ng Jing Tong then went on to win the gold medal and fourth placing respectively in the junior girls’ category. The senior boys won another gold medal through Clement Gwee from Catholic High School and last but definitely not the least, Chen Shaohan from Keming Primary School took the final medal for the day for Xuan Sports – a silver medal in the senior girls’ 42-Style Taijiquan event.

In summary, here are our medallists for the day:

Brayden Cheong (Keming Primary School) Gold, Junior Boys 5-Duan Changquan
Berlynn Ng (De La Salle School – Xuan athlete) Gold, Junior Girls 5-Duan Changquan
Cheryl Leong (Nanyang Primary School – Xuan athlete) Silver, Junior Girls 5-Duan Changquan
Austin Chong (De La Salle School – Xuan athlete) Gold, Senior Boys 5-Duan Changquan
Zavier Tan (Mee Toh School) Bronze, Senior Boys 5-Duan Changquan
Nicholas Loh (Catholic High School) Gold, Junior Boys Changquan
Gareth Lau (Catholic High School) Gold, Senior Boys Changquan
Jevon Mok (Chua Chu Kang Primary School – Xuan athlete) Silver, Senior Boys Changquan
Douglas Leow (Gongshang Primary School – Xuan athlete) Gold, Junior Boys 5-Duan Nanquan
Matthew Lee (De La Salle School – Xuan athlete) Gold, Senior Boys 5-Duan Nanquan
Isaac Wong (Keming Primary School) Silver, Junior Boys 42-Style Taijiquan
Goh Wen Xi (Keming Primary School) Gold, Junior Girls 42-Style Taijiquan
Ng Jing Tong (Keming Primary School) 4^th place, Junior Girls 42-Style Taijiquan
Clement Gwee (Catholic High School) Gold, Senior Boys 42-Style Taijiquan
Chen Shaohan (Catholic High School) Silver, Senior Girls 42-Style Taijiquan

Fifteen medallists out of our twenty-eight athletes, medallists in eleven of the thirteen events we had athletes in and nine gold medals won out of the thirteen events we took part in; this is definitely fantastic results for Xuan Sports Wushu on day two of the National Primary Schools Wushu Championship.

Once again, this would not be possible without our supportive teachers-in-charge from the schools, our coaches and parents and also, our most wonderful cheerleaders who relentlessly sacrificed their voices to cheer our athletes on. We would also like to thank our parent-photographers who did the most amazing job capturing shots of our athletes.

Do keep your eyes peeled here for more updates on the 13^th National Primary Schools Wushu Championship 2017!

Last but not least, we dedicate the following picture to our parent-volunteers who have generously donated to all the photographs used in this post.

THANK YOU!