Sailors Loh Jia Yi and Bertha Han win Overall Best School Boy and Girl awards

Loh Jia Yi (extreme right) and Bertha Han (second from right) celebrate with their teammates (from left to right) Fathin Rasyiqin Mohd Firdaus, Edward Tan, Koh Yi Kun, and coach Fernando Alegre after they finished as world champions when they beat Italy in two out of three races in the finals at the 2013 World Optimist Championship. Jia Yi also finished as the individual champion while Bertha topped the girls’ standings and finished fourth overall. (Photo © Matias Capizzano. Received via SingaporeSailing)

Singapore, Friday, September 20, 2013 – Loh Jia Yi of Raffles Institution and Bertha Han Jing of Raffles Girls’ School won the Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) Overall Best School Boy and Girl awards respectively for 2013.

The two sailors were selected from the Best School Boy and Girl award winners of each sport.

Loh Jia Yi, 15, was crowned world Optimist champion after he comprehensively beat a field of 259 sailors aged 15 and below from 58 nations at the 2013 World Optimist Championship. Bertha Han Jing, 15, topped the female standings which was also good for fourth overall at the same event.

A total of 606 students from 87 schools won National Schools Colours Awards. Of these, 152 students received the National Schools Colours Award for representing Singapore Schools at the 2013 ASEAN Schools Games.

Who are your favourite award winners? To vote, go to: Who are your favourite 2013 School Boy and Girl Award winners?

Overall Best School Boy
Loh Jia Yi (Raffles Institution) – Sailing

Overall Best School Girl
Bertha Han Jing (Raffles Girls’ School) – Sailing

Best School Boy Award Winners
Bimo Adi Prakoso (Monfort Secondary) – Badminton
Chia Wen Han (Anderson Junior College) – Basketball
Ng Jiong Hao Jarret (Gan Eng Seng School) – Canoeing
Abhiraj Rajdeep Singh (Raffles Institution) – Cricket
Karthic Harish Ragupathy (Hwa Chong Institution) – Cross Country
Joshua Lim Ian (Hwa Chong Institution) – Fencing
Irfan Fandi Ahmad (Singapore Sports School) – Football
Loh Jia Yi (Raffles Institution) – Sailing
Shah Amirul Zulkarnain Bin Shariff (Ping Yi Secondary) – Sepak Takraw
Tay Seng Liang Sean (Raffles Institution) – Shooting
Joshua Tam Jun Wen Toshifumi (Raffles Institution) – Softball
Benedict Chan (Anglo-Chinese School Independent) – Squash
Quah Zheng Wen (Anglo-Chinese School Independent) – Swimming
Yin Jing Yuan (Raffles Institution) – Table Tennis
Cheong Xuuen (Bedok Town Secondary) – Taekwondo
Ong Wei Siong Darren (Singapore Sports School) – Tenpin Bowling
Chan Sheng Yao (Hwa Chong Institution) – Track and Field
Ho Zhe Wei Royston (St. Hilda’s Secondary) – Volleyball
Samuel Tan Wei Han (Victoria Junior College) – Wushu

Best School Girl Award Winners
Citra Putri Sari Dewi (Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School) – Badminton
Chan Chu Yin (Hwa Chong Institution) – Basketball
Wang Nan Feng (National Junior College) – Canoeing
Quek Qian Ying Jolene (Raffles Institution) – Cross Country
Thalia Lee Ping (Raffles Institution) – Fencing
Sitianiwati Binte Rosielin (Queensway Secondary) – Football
Tan Sze En (Raffles Girls’ School) – Gymnastics Artistic
Han Jing Bertha (Raffles Girls’ School) – Sailing
Martina Lindsay P Veloso (Singapore Sports School) – Shooting
Chua Shining Nina (Hwa Chong Institution) – Softball
Au Yeong Wai Yhann (Singapore Chinese Girls’ School) – Squash
Yeo Ginn Samantha Louisa (Raffles Girls’ School) – Swimming
Ang Wan Qi (Singapore Sports School) – Table Tennis
Chelsea Ann Sim Shu Zhen (Meridian Junior College) – Taekwondo
Yeo Ruoqi Joey (Raffles Girls’ School) – Tenpin Bowling
Lynette Lim En Xuan (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – Track and Field
Lau Yue Ting Rachel (Nanyang Junior College) – Volleyball
Vera Tan Yan Ning (Dunman High School) – Wushu