Arena Country Club, Sunday, July 1, 2012 — Ang Mo Kio Secondary upset four-time defending champions Raffles Institution to win the boys’ category at the 10th Wee Kim Wee Badminton Challenge.

28 teams took part in the boys’ event.

Two teams from Raffles Girls’ School met in the girls’ final. 24 teams took part in the girls’ category.

The Arena Team, led by former Singapore SEA Games silver medallists Hendri Saputra and Hendra Wijaya, beat the Singapore Management University (SMU) 4-1 in the Open Team final.

The Open Team final started off as a tight affair with former national team player Aaron Tan of SMU tied at one set a piece with former national team compatriot Ng Zong Ren of Arena on Court One. However, the SMU player was edged out 19-21 in the final set to give the point to Arena Team.

After that, it was all Arena, who with brothers Hendri and Hendra, as well as other former national players like Ngo Yi Chye and Erwin Djohan, swept the final 4-1, to make it five straight titles for Arena and their ninth since the tournament was inaugurated in 2003. The 2007 title was won by Singapore Sports School.

“Standards have definitely improved this year as a lot more Singaporeans are playing badminton now,” said Hendra, who with Hendri, also won the bronze for Singapore at the 2010 commonwealth Games in Delhi, in addition to their silver medal at the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand.