This Article is taken from the Star Metro section of November 7, 2011.
JUNIOR shuttlers from the Hooi Yee Sport training camp will be up against a hectic competition schedule featuring several junior tournaments starting this month.
In the pre-season exercise — a build up to face the challenges next year — former national women’s doubles and mixed doubles shuttler Chor Hooi Yee was hopeful that her charges would overcome the demanding pace and prove themselves as emerging talents in their respective age-groups.
The trainees have been going through two hours of physical training on weekdays and this was increased to four hours on weekends.
“They are aware that they will need to be in good physical condition to go the full distance.
Good job: Chor (right) having a friendly chat with one of her trainees after a competition.
“We have been putting them through conditioning training to prepare them to face gruelling matches, especially towards the end of a meet. They will need to be ready for it,” said Hooi Yee.
The team, comprising 22 players aged from 10 to 16 are now taking part in the Kota Star Badminton Association junior meet in Alor Star.
The five promising players leading the pack are Koh Sian Hern (boys’ Under-10); the boys’ Under-12 trio of Chew Lok Kin, Chew Lok Hong and Ng Chen Wai; and Tai Jing Ying (girls’ Under-14).
Hooi Yee admitted her charges would be facing stiffer contests from the stronger northern contenders.
“In their previous outing at another tournament in Kuala Lumpur, the trainees have done well by advancing to the semi-finals and finals.
“They only failed to clear the tougher rounds as they faced more superior state representatives.
“It will be another interesting journey for them over the year-end school break.
“They are also teaming up with partners of similar playing ability from other states to increase their chances of winning.
“We are offering attractive incentive to spur them to rise to the challenge. The outstanding performers will be receiving equipment sponsorships as a boost for them to reach greater heights,” she added.
Currently, they have almost 100 trainees going through the paces under four trainers at the private training outfit.
They will return to provide the excitement at the third edition of Hooi Yee Sport Junior Badminton Championships at their training centre based at Sports Affairs’ 15-court badminton hall in Taman Segar Perdana, Cheras from Nov 18-20.
And the hosts are expecting more than 300 competitors to take part in the 12 categories of the three-day meet.
The boys will compete in both singles and doubles in four age-groups — Under-10, Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16 — while the four sections for the girls are Under-10 singles, Under-13 singles, Under-13 doubles and Under-16 singles.
“The number of entries is nothing to shout about at the moment.
“As usual, we are expecting a last minute rush to register before the closing date (Nov 11).
“We are confident of reaching our target in attracting another huge turnout,” said Hooi Yee.
In addition, they will also join the fray in three other tournaments in the Klang Valley before heading down south to Segamat, Johor over the year-end school break starting from mid-Nov.
JUNIOR shuttlers from the Hooi Yee Sport training camp will be up against a hectic competition schedule featuring several junior tournaments starting this month.
In the pre-season exercise — a build up to face the challenges next year — former national women’s doubles and mixed doubles shuttler Chor Hooi Yee was hopeful that her charges would overcome the demanding pace and prove themselves as emerging talents in their respective age-groups.
The trainees have been going through two hours of physical training on weekdays and this was increased to four hours on weekends.
“They are aware that they will need to be in good physical condition to go the full distance.
Good job: Chor (right) having a friendly chat with one of her trainees after a competition.“We have been putting them through conditioning training to prepare them to face gruelling matches, especially towards the end of a meet. They will need to be ready for it,” said Hooi Yee.
The team, comprising 22 players aged from 10 to 16 are now taking part in the Kota Star Badminton Association junior meet in Alor Star.
The five promising players leading the pack are Koh Sian Hern (boys’ Under-10); the boys’ Under-12 trio of Chew Lok Kin, Chew Lok Hong and Ng Chen Wai; and Tai Jing Ying (girls’ Under-14).
Hooi Yee admitted her charges would be facing stiffer contests from the stronger northern contenders.
“In their previous outing at another tournament in Kuala Lumpur, the trainees have done well by advancing to the semi-finals and finals.
“They only failed to clear the tougher rounds as they faced more superior state representatives.
“It will be another interesting journey for them over the year-end school break.
“They are also teaming up with partners of similar playing ability from other states to increase their chances of winning.
“We are offering attractive incentive to spur them to rise to the challenge. The outstanding performers will be receiving equipment sponsorships as a boost for them to reach greater heights,” she added.
Currently, they have almost 100 trainees going through the paces under four trainers at the private training outfit.
They will return to provide the excitement at the third edition of Hooi Yee Sport Junior Badminton Championships at their training centre based at Sports Affairs’ 15-court badminton hall in Taman Segar Perdana, Cheras from Nov 18-20.
And the hosts are expecting more than 300 competitors to take part in the 12 categories of the three-day meet.
The boys will compete in both singles and doubles in four age-groups — Under-10, Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16 — while the four sections for the girls are Under-10 singles, Under-13 singles, Under-13 doubles and Under-16 singles.
“The number of entries is nothing to shout about at the moment.
“As usual, we are expecting a last minute rush to register before the closing date (Nov 11).
“We are confident of reaching our target in attracting another huge turnout,” said Hooi Yee.
In addition, they will also join the fray in three other tournaments in the Klang Valley before heading down south to Segamat, Johor over the year-end school break starting from mid-Nov.
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