Primary Track and Field: 25% fewer athletes since 2008

By Les Tan/Red Sports

52nd inter-primary track and field championships

Joshua Lim of ACS (Primary) celebrates his win in the C-Boys 200m. He clocked 28.77s. Kaushik Varma Dorishetti of Griffiths Primary was second in 29.57s while Hoh Jun De of Opera Estate Primary was third in 29.76s. The record of 26.05s for the event was set in 2009 by Kang Yee Cher of Fuhua Primary. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

The 52nd Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships saw 1,888 athletes from 74 schools take part from March 30th to April 12th, 2011.

This is about a 25% drop in numbers since 2008 when 2,536 athletes took part.

13 records were set at this year’s championships, with three events seeing the record broken twice over the course of the championships.

Vanessa Low of Nanyang Primary won the Joe David Challenge Trophy for winning four golds and breaking two records.

Divisional Results
A-Boys
1st South View Pri — 49 pts
2nd Greenwood Pri — 36
3rd Fuhua Pri — 33
4th Lianhua Pri — 29

B-Boys
1st Temasek Pri — 73 pts
2nd Gongshang Pri — 40
3rd St Stephen’s School — 37
4th Greenwood Pri — 34

C-Boys
1st Anglo-Chinese Sch (Pri) — 62 pts
2nd St Stephen’s Sch — 39
3rd Gongshang Pri — 37
4th Greenwood Pri — 25

D-Boys
1st St Stephen’s Sch — 54 pts
2nd Ang Mo Kio Pri — 48
3rd Gongshang Pri — 35
4th Temasek Pri — 27

A-Girls
1st Balestier Hill Pri — 57 pts
1st Sembawang Pri — 57
3rd Gongshang Pri — 40
4th Marsiling Pri — 28

B-Girls
1st Nanyang Pri — 72 pts
2nd Sembawang Pri — 55
3rd Pei Hwa Presbyterian Pri — 42
4th Gongshang Pri — 36

C-Girls
1st Nanyang Pri — 52 pts
2nd Sembawang Pri — 50
2nd Gongshang Pri — 50
4th Fairfield Methodist Pri — 36

Participation Numbers
2011 — 1,888 athletes, 74 schools
2010 — ~ 2,000 athletes, 84 schools
2009 — ~ 2,300 athletes, 89 schools
2008 — 2,536 athletes, 97 schools

52nd inter-primary track and field championships

“This is how you do it.” Hairul Syamil Bin Mardan of Fuhua Primary confidently clears the height. Hairul eventually won the gold with a jump of 1.42m. The record for the event is 1.70m set by Wayne Yap of Red Swastika School in 2004. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

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