competitions

Martial House will be participating in the upcoming Wushu TrailBlazer 2015, Xin Xiu ELITE Summit. The Wushu competition aims to accumulate all the years of practice of the athletes from all corners of the world in a dazzling display of Wushu talent and expertise that has been forged and sharpened through determination and grit. The details of the competition are as follows: Date: 31 July 2015 – 4 August 2015 Venue: Bedok Sports Hall, 3 Bedok North Street 2, Singapore 469643 Website: http://wushutrailblazer.com/ If students from Martial House are interested in participating in this competition, kindly approach any of the Martial House coaches. To find out more about the competition, kindly visit the website stated above.

And so, we have come to the end of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! The finals of the competition was held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall where Wushu teams from the various schools had their last showdown in the Group Events! During the final day, Wushu teams under Martial House have performed well as they attained a total of 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze and 3 3rd Runner-Up medals! The outstanding Wushu teams for today are: Group Quanshu – C Boys: Victoria School – Silver Group Quanshu – A Boys: Meridian Junior College – Gold Anderson Junior College – 3rd Runner-Up Group Quanshu – A Girls: Meridian Junior College – Bronze Group Weapon – C Boys: Victoria School – Silver Group Weapon – B Boys: Beatty Secondary School – 3rd Runner-Up Group Weapon – A Boys: Meridian Junior College – Gold Anderson Junior College – 3rd Runner-Up Group Weapon – A Girls: Anderson Junior College – Bronze Congratulations to all medallists on their achievements as well as all participants for completing their inter-school Wushu competition journey this year! Each athlete has put in lots of effort in training, logistics preparation, styling, etc. Without the active support of the parents, teachers and alumni of the various Wushu teams, the athletes would not be able to focus and compete at ease! A big thank you to all the heroes behind-the-scene who made everything possible! It was also an emotional day for some athletes (especially those who are in the final year in their junior college) as it marks the end of their inter-school competition journey. Whether the journey ended with happiness or disappointment, it is the experience that matters. Hope you guys will treasure the moments spent with your team mates and may these precious memories and valuable friendships last forever! After 7 intensive days of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015, Martial House is proud to announce that the Wushu teams from the following schools have made it to the Top 4 placings for the respective divisions: Meridian Junior College: A Division Boys – Champion A Division Girls – 2nd Runner-Up Victoria School: C Division Boys – 1st Runner-Up The A Division Boys from Meridian Junior College have performed exceptionally well by attaining Gold medals for both Group Quanshu and Group Weapon events for the first time since 2008! Also, their astonishing total accumulated points of 196 has secured them the division championship trophy! Well done boys! Wayne Tay, the Captain of the Wushu team from Meridian Junior College, was interviewed after the prize presentation by National School Games, a sports programme on StarHub’s SuperSports Arena channel that traces the highlights and profiles of young sports talents! Do keep a lookout for the show once it is aired! Martial House is also pleased to announce that its athletes have achieved a total of 92 medals in the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! The consolidated results can be found below: Well done Martial House Stars! Martial House is truly proud of each and every one of you! Do continue to train hard to reach your fullest potential!

Day 6 of the competition was literally a long day as it was filled with a series of Long Weapon events. Martial House athletes were faced with strong opponents and attained a total of 6 Gold, 7 Silver, 3 Bronze and 2 3rd Runner-Up medals! The medallists from today’s competition are: Nan Gun (1st International) – A Boys: Sean Ng (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Joel Ng Ye Day (Anderson Junior College) – Bronze Nan Gun (1st International) – A Girls: Lee Yin Cai (Meridian Junior College) – Bronze 4-Duan Cudgel – C Boys: Ong Pang Jan (Victoria School) – Gold Cudgel (1st International) – B Boys: Ong Pang Zan (Victoria School) – Silver Cudgel (1st International) – A Boys: Ng Geng Jui (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Deng Min Long (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Spear (2nd International) – A Boys: Adrian Tan Kai Xi (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Cudgel (2nd International) – B Boys: Cheong Neville (Hwa Chong Institution) – Silver Teo Jun Wei, Tobias (Victoria School) – 3rd Runner-Up Spear (1st International) – C Boys: Tay Kai Jie, Worden (Victoria School) – Silver Spear (1st International) – A Boys: Ong Shi Jie Gordon (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Clement Soo U-Jie (Meridian Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up Spear (2nd International) – A Girls: Chong Rei Yin (Anderson Junior College) – Gold Ho Yingjie (Meridian Junior College) – Bronze Cudgel (2nd International) – A Boys: Wayne Tay (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Tan Guan Ren, Melvin (Meridian Junior College) – Silver Cudgel (2nd International) – A Girls: Yap Yuan Xin (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Congratulations to all medallists! All individual events have ended and tomorrow is the final day of the 11th National Inter-School Wushu Championships 2015! All the best to participants who participating in the group events! P.S. Note that the first event will commence at 10.00am tomorrow at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.

There was a total of 12 Short Weapon events in today’s competition. The Martial House athletes have performed well once again by attaining a total of 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 3rd Runner-Up medals! The outstanding athletes for today are: Nan Dao (1st International) – B Boys: Ryan Soh Bolin (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver Nan Dao (1st International) – B Girls: Josephine Lee Sze Min (Anglican High School) – Gold Chua Xin Qi (Beatty Secondary School) – Silver 4-Duan Broadsword – C Boys: Ong Pang Jan (Victoria School) – Gold Nan Dao (1st International) – A Boys: Sean Ng (Meridian Junior College) – Gold Joel Ng Ye Da (Anderson Junior College) – 3rd Runner-Up 32-Style Taiji Sword – C Boys: Tay Yu Xuan (Victoria School) – Gold 32-Style Taiji Sword – C Girls: Melissa Mak Ziqi (Ngee Ann Secondary School) – Gold Cheong Vanessa (Nanyang Girls’ High School) – 3rd Runner-Up Broadsword (1st International) – C Boys: Koh Hao Xuan (Victoria School) – 3rd Runner-Up Broadsword (1st International) – B Boys: Ong Pang Zan (Victoria School) – Silver Well done athletes! Keep up the great work! We are now down to the last 2 days of Wushu competition which will be held at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. Note that the competition tomorrow will commence at 10.30am instead of the usual 12.30pm.