Friday, September 28, 2007

13th Kepong Juniors Open on 28 October



Update(25 Oct): All participants must report to the Official In-Charge at the Confirmation Counter, Assembly area of the school BY 8.30 AM on this Sunday.

Update(12 Oct): The U-08 Category was closed for registration. Any registration form for this category that are mailed to SJK(C) Kepong 2 will be pushed to U-12 Category.

Update(6 Oct): The registration deadline has been extended to 15TH OCTOBER 2007.

Update(3 Oct): The U-10 Category has been closed for registration as of yesterday. Any registration form for this category that are mailed to SJK(C) Kepong 2 from today onwards will be pushed to U-12 Category.

SJK(C) Kepong 2 will be organizing a 6-round international chess competition on 28th OCTOBER (Sunday) at the school premise. This 13th edition event will begins from 8 am until 6 pm.

The categories to be contested are Under-08, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, and Under-16. A total of 73 individual prizes and 5 team prizes awaiting the prize winners for the 5 categories.

So, for those who wish to take part in this annual event, please download the entry form, then fill it up, attached a cheque of RM 15 and post it to the given address in the entry form. The registration fee is inclusive of lunch, snacks, and drinks. For more information, please call Mr. Lim @ 012-2984922

Chef De Mission for the World Youth Chess Championship 2007

The founder of the Academy, Mr. Lim Tse Pin, is selected by Malaysian Chess Federation to become the Chef-De-Mission for the Malaysian Contingent to this year World Youth Chess Championship in Antalya, Turkey.

A total of 10 players contesting in 9 different categories together with 3 accompanying parents will be going to Turkey in November. The contingent will goes in two batches due to a huge fluctuation in pricing for air ticket to Istanbul using Turkish Airlines.

The 1st batch is expected to arrive in Antalya airport at 8.30 am on 17 Nov, while the 2nd batch will be flying using Malaysian Airlines is expected to reach around 8.30 pm on the same day. Round 1 for the event will start at 3 pm on 18 Nov.

The contingent list is as follow:
No. Name [Category]
01) Lim, Tse Pin [Chef De Mission]
02) Yeoh, Li Tian [U-08 Boy's]
03) Azhar, Puteri Rifqah Fahada [U-08 Girl's]
04) Tan, Wei Hao [U-10 Boy's]
05) Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila [U-10 Girl's]
06) Yeap, Eng Chiam [U-12 Boy's]
07) Zullkafli, Amira Syahmina [U-12 Girl's]
08) Azhar, Muhammad Syakir Shazmeer [U-14 Boy's]
09) Lim, Zhuo Ren [U-16 Boy's]
10) Lee, Kim Han Edward [U-18 Boy's]
11) Ong, Way Justin [U-16 Boy's: Extra Player]
12) Yeoh, Chin Seng [Accompany Parent]
13) Siow, Susan [Accompany Parent]
14) Che Doi, Azman Hisham [Accompany Parent]

Sterling Performances in MSSM Kuching 2007

Trainees from the Academy who either representing KL or Selangor have helped their states to win gold medals in 7 categories. This year, both Selangor and KL have amassed as Champion in 10 categories from a possible of 12 categories offered in this year MSSM.

A month earlier, the trainees have captured 4 individual gold medals, and a dozen of gold, silver and bronze (combined together) from the Team categories at the State-level Schools Championship.