Malaysian Contingent Outstanding At APSSO!

11 November 2010, Kuala Lumpur – In today’s The Star Online newspaper reported that Malaysia had won 9 gold medals, one silver and five bronze in football, badminton, chess, table tennis and athletics. The same news was also reported on TV3 news, the 8 pm slot last night.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia was seen given the gold medal by Yeoh Li Tian who had won 3 gold medals at APSSO in chess.

Besides Malaysia, six other countries took part in this year's event. They were Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The APSSO is an initiative by Indonesia's National Department of Education to promote solidarity among children in the region, and is open to pupils below the age of 13 from Asean countries.

To read more, please visit the StarOnline portal or click here.

Malaysia Won 6 Gold, 2 Bronze At Chess APSSO!

11 November 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Latest news: Malaysia won 6 Gold and 2 Bronze medals at the recently concluded ASEAN Primary School Sports Olympiad (APSSO) in Jakarta, Indonesia held 4-10th November 2010.

Yeoh Li Tian won 3 gold medals in individual events (classical, rapid & blitz), WFM Nur Najiha bt Azman Hisham won two bronze medals in individual event (Classical and Rapid).

The Malaysian team consisting of Yeoh Li Tian, Nur Najiha, Faizal Roslan and Harlif b Haniff won three team gold medals (Classical, Rapid & Blitz) events.

Officially, Malaysia won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals as the blitz events do not count!

APSSO, is an annual sports competition event at elementary level which was created to improve and develop sports at an early age to promote an intelligent and strong young generation that foster friendship, sportsmanship and respect with fellow athletes. It is participated by 10 countries - Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei and Philippines. Included also in the competition are sports event football, table tennis, badminton and athletics.

Boys Standard – Final Rankings, APSSO 2010.

Final Rankings for Girls Standard, APSSO 2010.

To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.

(source: sms from Haslindah Ruslan, MCF and hairul’s blog)

Malaysia Win Gold At APSSO, Indonesia

8 November 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Just read a Filipino news on ASEAN chess where their Pinay (girls) chess players won gold. However, I discovered from this piece of news that Malaysia won the boys’ gold at the Asean Primary School Sports Olympiad (APSSO) annual chess event held in Jakarta, Indonesia and participated by 10 ASEAN countries.

A snippet of the news is shown below!

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