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Here is the first arrival - Iris Friedrich from Austria in action in Putrajaya on boxing day...photo by Henrik Spranz, Germany who is also training here in Putrajaya...

Alex Yoong won a most unexpected silver in the Men Slalom final by scoring a personal best of 4/58kph/14.25m since making a comeback after a 13 year layoff.

Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah will see action in Women Tricks Final at 11am. 

Prize presentation is at 5pm today at the waterski site.

2.0 Aaliyah's half sister Phillipa Yoong made a mistake and missed the entry gate in her women slalom event round 1 today but nevertheless made the final scheduled at 7.00am tomorrow Thursday 17.11.11. She is still rated a firm favourite for the women slalom gold tomorrow. Phillipa also reinforced her bid for her second gold in women overall when she finished second in women jump round 1 and 3rd in women tricks round 1 today.

THREE YOUNG SARAWAKIANS IN MALAYSIA WATERSKI TEAM FOR SEA GAMES

The Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (MWWF) waterski team for the 26th SEA Games will depart for Palembang with high expectations to outdo their last SEA Games performance of 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes in 1997.

The team is led by two veterans in Phillipa Yoong and her brother Alex Yoong who were medal winners in 1997 with Phillipa winning gold in women jump and 2 bronzes in women slalom and women tricks while Alex brought home the men tricks silver.

Also selected in the nine strong squad are three young Sarawak youths who only started wakeboarding in Kuching in June this year when the Sarawak Wakeboard World Cup held in September included a programme to develop the sport in Borneo Malaysia.

The three who reside and attend school in Kuching are Zahhar Shamsul Anuar age 16 and his two younger siblings, Zaim age 10 and Qamarina age 14.

MWWF's team manager for the SEA Games, Hanifah Yoong said, "Our team of 9 athletes with an average age of 18  selected by the OCM will be the youngest team of all the 5 countries competing in waterski in Palembang. This is a reflection of our 10-year junior development programme which was started in Putrajaya in 2009 and expanded to Sarawak this year," .

"Our trainees include children from as young as 5 and after 3 years we can see the results coming through from this programme with this young team." he added.

The other members of the waterski team are eight year old Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah, Sophea Ayna Yein age 11, Shamal Norman Rahman age 16 and Cheah Hsu Ann age 23. These four are members of the original training squad groomed by MWWF with the support of Perbadanan Putrajaya when the programme started in Putrajaya in 2009.

The President of Perbadanan Putrajaya, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman, handed the flag over to the team on Friday 11.11.11 in a simple ceremony at the city HQ.

For more info and daily updates from Palembang: Please contact Puan Norzeela (Nozie) at: +6012 387 7115 or by email to: hanifah@waterski.com.my

The IWWF Wakeboard World Cup in Kuching from Sept 15-19 has the potential to reach out to an estimated 500 million audience worldwide.

And the figure, according to the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) president Kuno Ritschard , will speak well of Sarawak 's effort to put their state capital on the world tourism map.

In his message to the local organising committee, the Swiss based Kuno, said that hosting the IWWF Wakeboard World Cup along the Kuching waterfront, will have a positive impact.

"And with the live webcast provided throughout the competition and our own television show created for the event, the four-day event is expected to be watched by an estimated 500 million audience world wide.

"All eyes will be on Kuching for sure," added Kuno.

The event will see the participation of the top 32  wakeboarders, women and men, from 19 countries fighting it out for the total prize money of US$100,000.

Among them is the world's top three Harvey Clifford of Australia; Andrew Adkison and Nick Jones of the USA in the men's section while the top three women competitors, Raimi Merritt of the USA, Amber Wing of Australia and Robbie Rendo of Argentina have also confirmed participation.

Malaysia's Phillipa Yoong finished 4th best Asian with 2040 points. Aaliyah said, "Great to beat my Japanese opponents to finish 3rd Asian as I was behind them last year in Jakarta but disappointed to not score 3000 points as judging was very strict for all."

The Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (MWWF) will be represented in a world waterski championship event for the first time in 8 years.

Their team comprising Malaysia's waterskiing sisters Phillipa Yoong, 33 and Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah, 8, will depart for Russia tomorrow to compete in the IWWF Waterski Championship which will be held in Dubna, a city, north of Moscow, from 18 - 24 July.

The last time Malaysia was represented in a world championship event in waterski was in 1993 when the waterski world championship was organised in Singapore.

The team manager accompanying the team to Russia is Hanifah Yoong who is also the father of the skiing siblings ..... read more HERE

International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) and Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Sdn. Bhd. (WWWC), the organisers of the event have delivered a state of the art brand new Mastercraft Pro Star 197 Tow Boat to Kuching last week..... read more HERE

• Waterski Results

• Women Slalom Challenge Results

• Wakeboard Results

International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) and Waterski & Wakeboard World Cup Sdn. Bhd. (WWWC), the organisers will ensure that this legacy of the sport will be achieved with the setting up of a new specialised Academy.

"Legacy building is the more difficult part of our obligations," said Kuno Ritschard, President of IWWF ..... read more HERE

Entries to be submitted before the dateline of 13th May 2011.

Please note that 2011 is an important year for Waterski & Wakeboard in Asia when 3 very important events are also going to be held. These are the IWWF Sarawak Wakeboard World Cup to be held in Kuching (16-18 Sep), the IWWF Asian Championships to be held in Putrajaya (5-9 Oct) and the 2011 S.E.A.Games to be held in Palembang (11-22 Nov).

As such this opening event in Putrajaya, the Putrajaya Waterski & Wakeboard Cups will be a IWWF homologated event for tournament and where the rankings of Asian skiers and riders can be set and used for selection usage by the national Federations and their National Olympic Committees. The key officials shall all be IWWF qualified international judges for this event.

Please do contact us should you need further information.

Dear Waterski & Wakeboard Friends,

A new year is now well upon us and we have many exciting events and coaching clinics lined up for you all in Putrajaya as well as in Kuching, Sarawak!

We have 2 new Mastercraft boats coming our way. A 2011 Mastercraft Pro-Star 197 bound for Putrajaya and a 2011 Mastercraft X-2 bound for Kuching for Sarawak’s first ever MWWF Sarawak Waterski & Wakeboard School which will operate as in Putrajaya 6 days a week from 9am to 5pm with effect from April 2011 ..... read more HERE

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