Never Give Up

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports

Singaporean Roy Wong on his way to finishing 5th in the 10km Wheelchair Race in a time of 52:27 at the Singapore Marathon. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

A 10km Wheelchair Race was incorporated into the Singapore Marathon, making the event an inclusive one for Singaporeans. $200,000 was also raised by runners for the Autism Association (Singapore), the official charity for this year’s Singapore Marathon. Hats off to the runners who each raised a minimum of $500 for the charity.

Here are the top five finishers in the 10km Wheelchair Race:

position – name – nationality – time

1. Jack Lai Pak Lok – SIN – 0:33:56
2. Edwin Khoo Seng Wah SIN 0:50:23
3. Palanisamy S/O Avaday – SIN – 0:50:47
4. Emilio Choo Poh Choon – SIN – 0:51:14
5. Roy Wong Fook Hon – SIN – 0:52:27

Lim Kai Tick of Hwa Chong Institution is followed closely by Yong Shi Kai of Raffles Junior College. Shi Kai eventually finished slightly ahead in 39 minutes 52 seconds while Kai Tick finished in 39:57 min. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Our school athletes also made their presence felt at the Singapore Marathon. In the Women’s 10km team event, Team NUS Babes came in second while Hwa Chong Girls were fifth while in the 10km mixed team event, a team from Singapore Polytechnic came in third while Republic Polytechnic’s team were fourth. Congratulations, runners.

Gary Tse of HCI finished the 10km in 39:34 min. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Team NUS Babes:
Dinah Chan – 0:42:47
Rebecca Tan Ying Ya – 0:47:07
Yap Wee Lee – 0:48:43
Angela Huang Shifei – 0:49:39
Hwa Hui En – 0:50:42
Fang Shi Han – 0:53:33

Ang Wei Xiang (#47552) of ACJC finished the 10km in 43:05 min. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Hwa Chong Girls:

Patricia Chia Xian Fang – 0:47:54
Cheryl Wai Xinting – 0:48:23
Zakiyah Ibrahim – 0:48:47
Claire Soon Jing Min – 0:49:20
Delphine Leong Su-Ying – 0:55:02
Chong Ling Xiu – 1:03:57

Allan Teng of ACJC finished the half-marathon in 1 hour, 37 minutes, 21 seconds. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

SP Track:

Wong Yoke Ying – 0:56:53
Tay Lip Kee – 0:39:07
Darius Sim Weiwen – 0:39:22
Fang Jian Yong – 0:39:34
Chua You Boon – 0:40:28
Zeng Hui Da – 0:40:50

An ACJC runner heading back in the 10km run.

Republic1:

Mabel Lee Ying Yi – 0:50:34
Yeo Dun Quan – 0:40:47
Chen Xin Kai – 0:41:51
Alvin Lim Guo Hua – 0:42:02
Chester Cheong Wen Tan – 0:43:10
Suki Choo Siew Kee – 0:52:19

For more stories on the Singapore Marathon, go to:

Daniel Ling and Vivian Tang – Singapore’s fastest marathon runners

Remember Our Fallen Singaporeans

Reflections on the Singapore Marathon