Contributed by Ronda Ng
Terence Choo, who recently claimed the 2009 Byte CII Canadian Championship, is currently in second place. (Photo courtesy Fulford PR)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 25, 2009 – Asian Youth Games gold medalist Darren Choy overhauled teammate Terence Choo to take the lead on Day 3 at the 2009 Byte CII World Championship. Terence was leading after Day 2 and now sits 3 points behind Darren on 23 points. Another Singaporean, Asian Youth Games silver medalist, Najwa Jumali, is in third with 37 points.
The race continues and ends on August 27.
Before the start of the world championship, Youth Olympic Squad sailor Terence Choo had claimed the 2009 Byte CII Canadian Championship last Saturday.
The annual competition sees 39 sailors from various countries competing for top honours. Singapore has 14 sailors from the Youth Olympic and National Byte CII squads.
The sailors' current standings are:
Darren Choy, 1st
Terence Choo, 2nd
Najwa Jumali, 3rd
Chai Xun, 4th
Germaine Teo, 7th
Nathan Tang, 8th
Clement Lim, 9th
Mark Wong, 10th
Natasha Michiko Yokoyama, 12th
Airiel Ruth Ho, 13th
Koh Ling Ying, 14th
Jeremiah Yeo, 16th
Ten Jen-U, 17th
Geneve Teo, 19th
For full results, visit http://cork.org/results2009/BWC.HTM
In a concurrent event, the IWA Junior, Youth and Masters Windsurfing World Championships, the Youth Olympic Squad windsurfers continue to compete in the Techno 293 under-15 category at Weymouth, United Kingdom.
After completing two races yesterday, the Singapore sailors are currently in the following positions:
Jeddy Tan Wei Jin, 29th / 66 boards
Chuah Jun Ler, 36th / 66 boards
Audrey Yong, 18th / 48th boards
Amanda Ng, 26th / 48th boards
For full results, visit http://www.sailracer.co.uk/events/10076/Techno_other.htm
The race continues and ends on August 29.
About the Youth Olympic Games sailing events
The Byte CII and Techno 293 were chosen as equipment by the International Sailing Federation for the four sailing events at the Youth Olympic Games to be held in at the National Sailing Centre in Singapore in August 2010.
The four sailing events and equipment for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games are:
One person dinghy boys - Byte CII
One person dinghy girls - Byte CII
Windsurfing boys - Techno 293
Windsurfing girls - Techno 293
The Singaporean sailors competiting at the 2009 Byte CII World Championship. (Photo courtesy Fulford PR)
The Youth Olympic Games squad which is currently competing at the IWA Junior, Youth and Masters Windsurfing World Championships. (Photo courtesy Fulford PR)
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