quah zheng wen overall best school boy 2012

Quah Zheng Wen (left) of ACS(I) receiving his Overall Best School Boy Award from Mdm Liew Wei Li of MOE. (Photo courtesy of MOE. Used with permission.)

Nanyang Polytechnic, Friday, September 14, 2012 — Swimmer Quah Zheng Wen, 15, of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) won the Overall Best School Boy Award at the National School Games closing ceremony.

Quah Zheng Wen won one bronze, one silver and one gold medal at the 2011 South-east Asian (SEA) Games.

In May 2012, Quah Zheng Wen won the Sportsboy of the Year award.

At the SEA Swimming Championships in June 2012, Zheng Wen won three golds, and in doing so, he set a new national record in the 200m individual medley (IM).

Zheng Wen then went on to represent Singapore at the 2012 London Olympics in the 400m IM and 200m backstroke.

Zheng Wen was selected from among the 21 Best Boy award winners. The award is given to student athletes with exceptional sporting achievements and exemplary conduct on and off the field.

More than 650 students from 100 schools also won National Schools Colours Awards at the ceremony. 165 of these students received their awards for representing Singapore Schools at the ASEAN Schools Games.

Another 1,317 students were also presented with the Zone Colours Award at the ceremony.

The National and Zone Schools Colours Awards are given to student athletes who have represented the Singapore Schools Team and their achievements in their respective sports.

50,000 students took part in the National School Games at the primary, secondary and junior college level this year.

Best School Boy Awards

Badminton
Hee Yong Kai Terry (Singapore Sports School)

Basketball
Tee Chai Sim (Anderson Junior College)

Canoeing
Brandon Ooi Wei Cheng (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent))

Cricket
Varun Sivaram (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent))

Fencing
Joshua Ian Lim (Hwa Chong Institution)

Football
Adam Bin Swandi (Singapore Sports School)

Gymnastics (Artistic)
Martyn Danial Hazwan (Raffles Institution)

Judo
Chua Jun Kai Ambrose (Hwa Chong Institution)

Rugby
Samuel Koh Giap Yang (St. Andrew’s Secondary School)

Sailing
Terence Choo Jian Jie (Raffles Institution)

Sepak Takraw
Shah Amirul Zulkarnain Bin Shariff (Ping Yi Secondary School)

Shooting (Air Pistol)
Sean Chua Eng Oon (West Spring Secondary School)

Shooting (Air Rifle)
Tay Seng Liang Sean (Raffles Institution)

Softball
Foo Say Kian (Catholic High School)

Squash
Pang Ka Ho (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent))

Swimming
Quah Zheng Wen (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent))

Table Tennis
Duan Lian Zheng (St Gabriel’s Secondary School)

Tennis
Lee Kai Yi (Raffles Institution)

Tenpin Bowling
Ong Wei Siong Darren (Singapore Sports School)

Track & Field
Wong Kai Yuen (Hwa Chong Institution)

Taekwondo
Lim Hong Bin, Vincent (St. Andrew’s Junior College)

Volleyball
Gan Wei Kiat Patrick (St Hilda’s Secondary School)

Wushu
Fung Jin Jie (Victoria Junior College)