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Top Sporting Stars Honoured At The Singapore Sports Awards 2012
29 May 2012
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Top Sporting Stars Honoured At The Singapore Sports Awards 2012
Fu Mingtian and Joseph Schooling Earned Top Spots at the Event
Singapore, 29 May 2012 - The Sporting Singapore fraternity gathered tonight at the Singapore Sports Awards (SSA) 2012 to honour the nation's top sporting talents for their notable achievements in the past year. The event, graced by President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Mrs Mary Tan, saw athletes and officials being awarded with Singapore's most prestigious recognition for sporting achievements.
2. Speaking at Awards ceremony at the Swissotel The Stamford, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs said, "We are here today to pay tribute to our top sporting talents, congratulate them on a job well done and spur them on to do even better in their future sporting pursuits. 2011 has indeed been another momentous year for Team Singapore."
3. DPM Teo who is also the President of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) added, "The Singapore Sports Awards Selection Committee found ourselves having to make a difficult decision in choosing the finalists, and subsequently a winner, for each award category. But this is indeed a happy problem as it only means that Singapore has more and more talented athletes that we can be proud of."
4. Unlike previous years, where the winners of the main awards were announced prior to the Awards night, this year's SSA saw a change in format. In April 2012, the SSA Selection Committee selected the finalists for the main awards and a secret ballot was then carried out to choose the most deserving winners. The winners were only revealed at the Awards ceremony. This new format will continue for future editions of the SSA.
Winners Unveiled
5. Guests at the SSA 2012 waited with bated breath for winners of the main awards to be announced by Chairman of the SSA 2012 Organising Committee, Mr Low Teo Ping who is also the Vice-President of the SNOC.
The winners are:
Sportsboy/Sportsgirl Team of the Year (Event): National Optimist Sailing Team at the World Team Racing Championship
Team of the Year (Event): National Wushu Women's Duilian Team
Coach of the Year: William Woo Nam Fatt
Sportsgirl of the Year: Amanda Lim Xiang Qi
Sportsboy of the Year: Quah Zheng Wen
Sportwoman of the Year: Fu Mingtian
Sportsman of the Year: Joseph Isaac Schooling
6. The loudest cheers from the room were heard when the winners of Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year were announced. The complete list of winners can be found in Annex A.
7. Winners for three new award categories, the "Best Sport Event of the Year (International)", "Best Sport Event of the Year (Local)", and "Most Inspiring Sports Story of the Year" were also revealed at the event.
The winners are:
Best Sport Event of the Year (International): 2011 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
Best Sport Event of the Year (Local): OCBC Cycle Singapore
Most Inspiring Sports Story of the Year: "Not just flesh and blood, but the football HEART" by Terrence Voon from The Straits Times
8. The SSA is our country's most prestigious recognition for our athletes since its introduction in 1967. Honouring our athletes' achievements and contributions, the SSA pays tribute to our athletes who have gone head to head with some of the best in the world to bring glory to our country.
Annex A - List of Awardees
Meritorious Awards
I. Sportsboy/ Sportsgirl Meritorious Awards (Individual)
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S/N | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|
01 | New Hui Fen | Bowling |
02 | Terry Tay Wei An | Gymnastics |
03 | Elisa Yukie Yokoyama | Sailing |
04 | Audrey Yong Pei Lin | Sailing |
05 | Shana Lim Jia Yi | Swimming |
06 | Teo Zhen Ren | Swimming |
07 | Arren Quek Xin Hui | Swimming |
08 | Jeremy Kevin Mathews | Swimming |
09 | Isabelle Li Siyun | Table Tennis |
10 | Muhd Norhalim Mohd Zahruddin | Taekwondo |
II. Sportsboy/ Sportsgirl Meritorious Awards (Event)
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S/N | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|
01 | National Optimist Sailing Team at the Asian Team Racing Championship | Sailing |
02 | National Table Tennis Junior Men's Team | Table Tennis |
03 | National Table Tennis Junior Women's Team | Table Tennis |
III. Sportsboy/ Sportsgirl Meritorious Awards (Team Sport)
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S/N | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|
01 | National Hockey Under-18 Boys' Team | Hockey |
IV. Meritorious Awards (Individual)
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S/N | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|
01 | James Wong Tuck Yim | Athletics |
02 | Zhang Guirong | Athletics |
03 | Remy Ong | Bowling |
04 | Shayna Ng Lin Zhi | Bowling |
05 | Cherie Tan Shi Hua | Bowling |
06 | Geraldine Lee Wei Ling | Canoeing |
07 | Peter Edward Gilchrist | Cuesports |
08 | Victoria Chan Jing Hua | Sailing |
09 | Danny Yeo Kai Quan | Swimming |
10 | Gao Ning | Table Tennis |
11 | Samuel Lee Wei Kang | Taekwondo |
12 | Joyce Lim Soon Yi | Taekwondo |
13 | Jason Tan Junwei | Taekwondo |
V. Meritorious Awards (Event)
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S/N | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|
01 | National Bowling Women's Team | Bowling |
02 | National Athletics 4x100m Relay Men's Team | Athletics |
03 | National Canoeing Women's K2 Team | Canoeing |
04 | National Bowling Women's Doubles Team (World Cup) | Bowling |
05 | National Bowling Women's Doubles Team (Asian Cup) | Bowling |
06 | National Bowling Women's Doubles Team (Commonwealth Championship) | Bowling |
07 | National Women Artistic Gymnastics Team | Gymnastics |
08 | National Sailing 470 Men's Team | Sailing |
09 | National Sailing 470 Women's Team | Sailing |
10 | National Bowling Team | Bowling |
11 | National Shooting 10m Air Rifle Women's Team | Shooting |
12 | National Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men's Team | Swimming |
13 | National Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay Women's Team | Swimming |
15 | National Table Tennis Women's Team | Table Tennis |
16 | National Table Tennis Men's Doubles Team | Table Tennis |
17 | National Swimming 4x100m Medley Relay Women's Team | Swimming |
18 | National Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay Men's Team | Swimming |
MAIN AWARDS
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S/N | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|
01 | Best Sports Event of the Year (Local) | OCBC Cycle Singapore |
02 | Best Sports Event of the Year (International) | 2011 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix |
03 | Most Inspiring Sports Story of the Year | "Not just flesh and blood, but the football HEART" by Terrence Voon from The Straits Times |
MAIN AWARDS - CONTINUED
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S/N | AWARD | AWARDEE | SPORTS |
|---|---|---|---|
04 | Sportsboy/ Sportsgirl Team of the Year (Event) | National Optimist Sailing Team at the World Team Racing Championship | Sailing |
05 | Team of the Year (Event) | National Wushu Women's Duilian Team National Bowling Women's Team (is awarded the Meritorious Award) | Wushu Bowling |
06 | Coach of the Year | William Woo Nam Fatt | Bowling |
07 | Sportsgirl of the Year | Amanda Lim Xiang Qi | Swimming |
08 | Sportsboy of the Year | Quah Zheng Wen | Swimming |
09 | Sportswoman of the Year | Fu Mingtian | Badminton |
10 | Sportsman of the Year | Joseph Isaac Schooling | Swimming |