The inaugural Asian Youth Games will get underway in less than two weeks’ time, and our young athletes are in their final stages of preparation for the big event.

Medal prospects or not, they will go all out to do our nation proud.

And a little encouragement from you will go a long way.

These youths could be your classmates, primary school acquaintances, neighbours, nursery mates. Or total strangers.

But for sure, they are our fellow Singaporeans, our sporting future.

So just drop them a note of encouragement in the comments section to cheer and urge them on, to wish them well and that as they rise to the fore in the face of adversity, you will be there with them.

1st ASIAN YOUTH GAMES SINGAPORE 2009
TEAM SINGAPORE CONTINGENT

Chef de Mission: Mr Lee Wung Yew

Athletics
Boys
Syafiq Poh Shahabiddin (Triple Jump, Long Jump)
Edwin Tay Shi Wei (400m Hurdles)
Sean Lim Zi Qing (Pole Vault)
Shahrir Mohd Anuar (100m)
Jared Lim Jun Ting (400m)
Zachary Ryan Deveraj (800m, 1500m)

Girls
Ranjitha Raja (800m, 1500m)
Inez Leong Hui Xin (100mH, 400mH)
Liang Wei (100m)
Nuraishireen Mohd Rahim (Triple Jump)
Melissa Wu Qin Yu (Long Jump, High Jump)
Clara Poon Jia Xin (400m)

Basketball FIBA33
Boys’ Team
Goh Kong Tat
Larry Liew Hua Sen
Russel Low Wenqiang
Jabez Su Mingrong

Girls’ Team
Sharlene Huang Qiaolin
Nicole Lau Shu-en
Hannah Ng Jia Hui
Tok Hui Min

Beach Volleyball
Boys’ Team
Melvin Goh Teng Kuan
Qing Shan

Girls’ Team
Dorita Peng Yet Ting
Tan Yi Ting

Bowling
Boys
Christopher Hwang Eu Wei (Singles, Doubles, Team)
Justin Lim Chun Liang (Singles, Doubles, Team)
Brandon Lee Bing Xiang (Singles, Doubles, Team)
Basil Low Eng Howe (Singles, Doubles, Team)

Girls
Darshini Krishna (Singles, Doubles, Team)
New Hui Fen (Singles, Doubles, Team)
Anthea Soh Wei Xuen (Singles, Doubles, Team)
Ilma Nur Jannah Fadzal (Singles, Doubles, Team)

Football
Goalkeepers: Md Fashah Iskandar (Singapore Sports School), Hamzah Fazil (Hong Kah Sec)

Defenders: Md Firdaus Md Sham (Hong Kah Sec), Md Amirul Iskandar, Syazwan Radhi Kasim, Md Izwan Abdul Rahman (Singapore Sports School), Jeffrey Adam Lightfoot (C) (Victoria School), Md Nurhidayat (Northlight School), Dhukhilan Jeevamani (Punggol Sec)

Midfielders: Ammirul Emmran Mazlan (Hong Kah Sec), Brandon Koh Kim Leong, Md Adri Adnan, Md Irfan Asyraf (Singapore Sports School), Sunny Ng Qiu Yang (St Gabriel Sec), Tan Zen Yang Jonathan (Tanjong Katong Sec)

Forwards: Md Syazwan Md Zin (Greenview Sec), Md Hanafi Md Akbar, Md Muhaimin Suhaimi (Singapore Sports Sch)

Sailing
Boys
Chuah Jun Ler (Windsurfing)
Darren Choy Wong Loong (Dinghy)

Girls
Audrey Yong Pei Lin (Windsurfing)
Najwa Jumali (Dinghy)

Shooting
Girls
Jodie Tan Jing Lin (10m Air Rifle)
Goh Jia Yi (10m Air Rifle)
Carene Loo Yan Jun (10m Air Pistol)
Teh Xiu Hong (10m Air Pistol)

Boys
Abel Lim Wen Yi (10m Air Rifle)
Wan Tian Chong (10m Air Rifle)
Hoong Shi Xiang (10m Air Pistol)
Dominic Cheong Shao Wei (10m Air Pistol)

Swimming
Boys
Joseph Isaac Schooling (200m Fly)
Jonathan Poh Soon Qin (50m/100m Fly, 4x100m Free)
Dzulhaili M Kamal (50m Back, 50m/100m Fly, 4x100m Medley)
Ho Wei Ming (50m/100m/400m Free, 4x100m Free)
Pang Sheng Jun (200m Breast, 200m IM)
Joel Chong Cheng Peng (50m/100m Breast)
Daniel Tay Jing Han (200m Fly)
Clement Lim Yong En (50m/100m/200m/400m Free, 4×100 Free, 4x100m Medley)
Rainer Ng Kai Wee (50m/100m/200m Back, 4x100m Medley)
Yeo Chia Chen (200m Free, 100m/200m Back)
Lionel Khoo Chien Yin (50m/100m/200m Breast, 4x100m Medley)
Mattias Ng Jia Hui (4x100m Free)

Girls
Lynette Lim Shu En (200m/400m Free)
Koh Hui Yu (400m Free,200m Medley, 4x100m Fee)
Quah Ting Wen (50m/100m/200m Free, 4x100m Free, 4x100m Medley)
Rachel Goh Wen Li (200m Fly)
Rachel Yeo Li Yuan (50m/100m Fly)
Roanne Ho Ru'en (50m/100m Breast, 4x100m Medley)
Deborah Chua (50m/100m/200m Back)
Tiffany Koh Wyn Min (50m/100m/200m Fly, 4x100m Medley)
Adeline Shu Jian Winata (50m/100m/200m Back, 4x100m Free, 4x100m Medley)
Amanda Lim Xiang Qi (50m/100m Free, 4x100m Free)
Charmaine Tan (50m/100m/200m Breast)
Cheryl Lim Xin Jing (200m Breast)

Table Tennis
Girls
Chau Hai Qing (Singles, Mixed Doubles, Mixed Team)
Isabelle Li Siyun (Singles, Mixed Doubles, Mixed Team)

Boys
Clarence Chew Zheyu (Singles, Mixed Doubles, Mixed Team)
Tay Jit Kiat (Singles, Mixed Doubles, Mixed Team)