IWWF Asia Oceania

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LUKE THOMAS WAKEBOARD CLINICS AT PUTRAJAYA
1.Date: Sunday 12th to Saturday 25th September 2010
2.Venue: WWWC Waterski & Wakeboard School @ Maritime Centre,Presint 5, Putrajaya - visit www.waterski.com.my and click “contact us” to view location maps.
3. Luke Thomas Coach & Ride Per Set Rate: RM120 per set of 15 minutes ride on weekends or public holidays or RM100 per set for weekdays.
4.Luke Thomas Coach & Ride Hourly Rate: RM380 per hour on weekends or
RM300 per hour on weekdays.
5.Normal Ride Rates Without Coach: RM75 per 15 minute ride on
weekends and RM60 per 15 minute ride on weekdays. 
6. Accomodation: At 5-star Pullman Putrajaya Hotel right by our boat
dock @ RM280++ with 2 breakfasts upon prior booking with us.
7. Ride Slots: Are available from 9am to 5pm subject to prior bookings
8.Contacts: Hanifah Yoong at email: hanifah@waterski.com.my or
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6012 2721948      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
(approximate conversion rate: US$1.00 = RM3.20)

BRITON LUKE THOMAS WAKEBOARD COACHING TOUR IN PUTRAJAYA SEPTEMBER 2010
UK’s top amateur rider Luke Thomas who is expecting to join the Wakeboard Pro Tour very soon will be visiting Putrajaya’s Waterski & Wakeboard school for a 2 week training cum coaching stint this September. 
The 20 year old from Reading rides behind a Mastercraft X-2 in a local
volunteer club will be supported by Liquid Force in his training tour
through Asia down to Australia and New Zealand. The 2 week stop in Putrajaya will see him doing coaching for the Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Federation’s young trainees and the region’s riders during the weekdays.
Customer bookings are encouraged for the weekends should any riders wish to be attended by Luke and benefit from some good tips from him.
Luke will arrive in Putrajaya on the 11th September and leave on the 26^th September.

Round 3 of the Malaysian Championships concluded yesterday (Sunday 18 July) at Putrajaya.

*         Sasha Christian of Singapore, Asian Women Wakeboard Champion,
took top podium spot in Wakeboard Open event against tough competition.
*         Kuwait participated for the first time in Malaysia, with a 7-strong contingent with a win by Falah Adel Al-Falah in wakeboard men novice.
*         Former Formula 1 racer, Alex Yoong, back in waterski competition, won the Jump event with 31m with little practice after a 13 year lay-off from waterskiing.
*         Former British Junior Champion, Mark Simmons, won Slalom Open event.
*         Malaysia’s head coach, Phillipa Yoong won Shortboard Open, second in Jump and Slalom.
*         Anakin Ali, 8, broke his own Malaysian boys’ Shortboard record with a score of 1040 points in his second ever tournament.
*         Shamal Norman of Malaysia scored an impressive 21.25m winning novice jump having only started jumping in March this year.
*         Youngest competitor in Round 3 six year old Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah rewrote Malaysian Girls’ Shortboard record with 960 points.
*     IWWF Asian Australasian Oceanian Confederation President, Paul Fong, announced that the IWWF AAO will consider MWWF’s bid for the 2011 IWWF Asian Waterski & Wakeboard Championship.
*         Putrajaya City’s President, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman, graced the presentation ceremony and gave away medals to winners.
*         China’s national shortboard coach and world’s top 10 ranked shortboard skier with 6,800 points to her credit, E Min, evaluated Malaysia’s junior shortboard skiers at Round 3 and offered support to coach
Malaysia’s skiers.
Statistics of entries::
Singapore (SIN) - 17, Kuwait (KUW) - 7, Indonesia (INA) - 6, Great Britain
(GBR) - 4, France (FRA) - 5, Japan (JPN) - 1, Canada (CAN) - 2, Malaysia
(MAL) - 40. 
Gold Medal winners:
Aaliyah Yoong Hanifah 6+ (MAL) in shortboard girls under 15, Yerikho Tobias
Sinaga 13+ (INA) in shortboard boys under 15, Phillipa Yoong (MAL) in
shortboard men & women open, Shamal Norman (MAL) in jump men & women novice,
Alex Yoong (MAL) in jump men & woen open, Kalya Kee (SIN) in wakeboard men &
women intermediate, Nadya Atalia Sinaga (INA) in wakeboard women novice,
Falah Adel Al-Falah (KUW) in wakeboard men novice, Styfany Foo (SIN) in
wakeboard women intermediate, Jeremy Chng Chee Kiang (SIN) in wakeboard men
intermediate, Nadiah Nasir 14+ (MAL) in slalom girls under 15, Shamal Norman
(MAL) in slalom boys under 15, Hadi Irfan Rahaizah (MAL) in slalom boys &
girls under 10, Mark Simmons (GBR) in slalom men & women open, Sasha
Christian (SIN) in wakeboard men & women open.
Gold medals table:
Malaysia - 7, Singapore - 4, Indonesia - 2, Kuwait - 1, Great Britain - 1.
For high resolution photos and more stories and info please contact:
Email: hanifah@waterski.com.my or telephone +6012 272 1948

To be hosted by the Indonesian Federation in Jakarta the 2010 AAO Championships & the Asian Championships could see record numbers of participants with 130 potential competitors in the AAO three events tournament skiing, barefoot and wakeboard. Representing 17 countries or regions. Dates 5-10th October 2010 venue Lake Sunter, Jakarta Indonesia.

If there is sufficient interest on 6th October 2010 Ron Fergusson will organise a Tournament (waterski) Judging Seminar please contact Ron directlly if interested further details are available in Bulletin II below.

Official Hotel: Sunlake Hotel (http://www.sunlakehotel.com)

Will be available on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd October 2010 at the official site, Lake Sunter,

• Waldie Priekulis (AUS) – Chief

• Park Kwang-sang (KOR) –

• Lauma Circluis (AUS) – Chief

• Jassem Al Derbi (UAE) –

• Mustafa Walli (UAE) –

• Agnes Supadmi (IDN) –

• Kevin Green (AUS) - Judge

• Christine Hui (TWN) –

• Muhammad Suhardi (SGP) –

• Jung Sanghan (KOR) – Boat

• Zhen Li Hua (CHN) – Boat

• Ashley Stebbeings (AUS) –

• Peter Arnel (AUS) – Video /

Final event schedule, information on tow boats, etc to be advised in the next bulletin.

 We are pleased to announce that a new Asian Jump record has been recognised. The new jump record of 56.8m was set by  Korean Ji-min Jeong  at the John Roach Memorial tournament at the Jim Grew Lake, Florida, USA  on 16th April 2010. The previous record was held by Eum-yoon Young of 55.2m who still holds the Asian Championship record of 54.9 set in New Zealand in 2000. 

The Indonesia Water Ski Association will host the 2010 Asia Australasia Oceania Regional Championships (incorporating Asian Championships):

• Dates:  4th to 10th October 2010
• Venue:  Lake Sunter (located 23 km from Jakarta’s international airport)
• Disciplines:  Tournament, Wakeboard & Barefoot
• Official Hotel:  Sunlake Hotel (http://www.sunlakehotel.com) - located next to the event venue

Gavin Brain to lead the A.W.W.F in his tenth year at the helm.
On the weekend 17/18th October the AGM of the A.W.W.F. was held in the home of the Sydney Water Ski club. For the first time eight states were represented with newcomers Sid Burgess from Tassie and Kelly Burns from Northern Territory welcomed to the AWWF structure.  The feeling in the meeting was buoyant as President Gavin Brain and  CEO Gary Humphrey presented key wins to the table. A real growth of 10% in the membership across all Divisions, new States on board, increased club affiliation and a new Show Ski Division in the wings. On the water this year the Aussies have excelled at International events with Gold Gold Gold and now World Champions in the Wakeboard World. All Presidents presented comprehensive reports on progress across all States
On the Sunday the AWWF Board met and again endorsed a very successful year for the AWWF. Gavin Brain was re elected unopposed as President for another two year term which will see him spend 10 years in the top job. With 30 years in key administration roles in Australian Water Skiing, Gavin’s contribution to the sport has been significant.  On completion of his current term Gavin is exploring all options for his future direction.

The 1st Asian Wakeboard Cup was organised by the Chinese Water Ski Association in Fuyang City, China this past weekend.  The best riders (12 men and 8  women)  from the Asia Australasia Oceania region were invited to compete for a USD22,800.00 cash purse.

Final Results

Women

1st Amber Wing - Australia

2nd Chen Li Li - China

3rd Miku Asai - Japan

4th Han Qiu - China

5th Sasha Christian - Singapore

6th Yuka Oehara - Japan
Men

1st Harley Clifford - Australia

2nd Padiwat Jaemjan - Thailand

3rd Jeff Weatheall - New Zealand

4th Yasui Toshiki - Japan
5th Tatsanai Kuakoonrat - Thailand
6th Park Sung Jun- Korea

MEDIA RELEASE THE MELBOURNE AWARDS CEREMONY AND GALA DINNER HELD ON SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 2009 MELBOURNE TOWN HALL THE CITY OF MELBOURNE IS PROUD TO HOST AN AWARDS PROGRAM THAT HONOURS THEM.

HELD ON THE EVE OF MELBOURNE DAY. AUGUST 30 – THE DATE THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS LANDED ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE YARRA RIVER – THESE AWARDS CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND COURAGE UPON WHICH OUR CITY IS FOUNDED. AS WELL AS HONOURING OUR SHINING LIGHTS, THEY ALSO INSPIRE OTHER POTEENTIAL ACHIEVERS TO MAKE THEIR ONTRIBUTION. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AWARD RECIPIENTS. WE ARE FORTUNATE YOU CALL MELBOURNE HOME OUT OF 800 ENTRANTS AND IN THREE AREAS LISTED BELOW. THE AWARDS EXPLAINED SINCE 2003, THE MELBOURNE AWARDS HAVE CELEBRATED THE PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS WHOSE VISION AND HARD WORK SHAPE OUR CITY. HIGHLIGHTING THESE ACHIEVEMENTS INSPIRES AND CHALLENGES OTHERS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTION TO CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR MELBOURNE. THRESS AREAS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY OF MELBOURNE AS VITAL ELEMENTS FOR SECURING MELBOURNE’S FUTURE AS A THRIVING, FORWARD-THINKING CAPATIAL CITY. THE AWARDS HONOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO MELBOURNE’S PROFILE, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONENT. WITHIN EACH OF THESE THREE AREAS, WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNISED WITHIN THREE SEPARATE DIVISIONS RESULT IN A TOTAL OF NINE AWARD CATEGORIES. MELBOURNE AWARDS DIVISION CONTRIBTUTION TO INDIVIDUAL ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY PROFILE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY PROFILE CORPORATION ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY PROFILE IN FRONT OF 500 GUEST MAX KIRWAN OAM, RECEIVED IN THE INDIVIDUAL DIVISION, CONTRIBUTION TO PROFILE.

MAX KIRAN OAM, DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PROMOTING MELBOURNE’S MOOMBA FESTIVAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE MOOMBA MASTERS INTERNATIONAL WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS. IN 1956 MAX APPROACHED THE THEN CITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION WITH A PROPOSAL TO RUN EXCITING EVENTS ON THE YARRA RIVER FOR ONE WEEK, THE MAJOR OBSTACLE BEING A 5 MILES P/HR SPEED LIMIT. IN 1060 HE NEGOTIATED THE FIRST OF MOOMBA’S WATER SKI COMPETITIONS AND THIS SIX-DAY EVENT IS NOW ONN OF THE WORLD’S GREAT WATER SKIING COMPETIONS. IT CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF COMPETITION IN 210 AND MAX CONTINUES WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN

Womens’ Final Results

1.  Sasha Christian - Singapore   45.43 points

2.  Chen Li Li - China 44.46 points

3.  Ai Takenouchi - Japan 33.23 points

4.  Miku Asia - Japan 26.67 points

5. Wan Weidan - China 19.23 points

6.  Hong Seung Hyun - Korea 15.67 points

Mens’ Final Results

1.  Padiwat Jaemjan - Thailand  71.24 points
2.  Shota Tezuka - Japan 64.13 points
3.  Kim Yong Il - Korea  51.10 points

4.  Ko Hari - Korea 40.57 points

5.  Vincent Law - Hong Kong - 39.34 points

6. Shutaro Segawa - Japan 37.14 points

Team Overall Results

1.  Japan 200 points

2. Korea 155 points

3. China 125 points

4. Thailand 100 points

5. Singapore 100 points

6.  Hong Kong 85 points

7.  Kuwait  72 points

8. Chinese Taipei 30 points

9. Philippines 14 points