Chess help Malaysia win APSSO 2010!

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysian - Y.A.B. Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Bin Haji Mohd. Yassin with the APPSO Malaysian contingent

Malaysia emerged as the overall winner at the ASEAN Primary School Sports Olympiad (APSSO) 2010  which was held this year in Jakarta , Indonesia from 4-10 November 2010.  The Malaysian contingent was greeted to a ceremony held at the Deputy Prime Minister office right after they arrived from KLIA yesterday. Malaysia won 9 golds to overcome host country - Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam.

Our chess players produced a memorable performance and was  the main contributor to our overall medal tally. Chess won  4 golds and 2 bronzes. Other sports who won golds is football (1), badminton (3), and  athletics (1).

According to Gregory Lau,   chess actually won 6 golds but blitz events was not counted in the overall medal tally. Yeoh Li Tian is the hero of the contingent with 6 golds ( including blitz individual and team).

In front- from left: Ee Hong (Director of Department of Sports, Arts and Co-Curriculum, Ministry of Education), Y.Bhg. Dato' Abd. Ghafar bin Mahmud (Director General of Education Malaysia), Nur Najiha Azman Hisham, Yeoh Li Tian and Harlieff Haniff
Back - from left: Haslindah Ruslan (Vice President of MCF), Gregory Lau (Honorary Secretary of MCF), Hj Wan Zid Wan Ismai (team manager)l, Mohd Faizal bin Roslan, and  unidentified person.

From left: Yeoh Li Tian , Mohd Faizal  Roslan,  Harlieff bin Haniff and WFM Nur Najiha Azman Hisham

Malaysia mainstream  newspaper - Utusan Malaysia cover the report about this success and Yeoh Li Tian photo with the Deputy Prime Minister was publish in the online version here.

Deputy Prime Minister have a look on Yeoh Li Tian's medal. Photo from Utusan Malaysia 

Photo source: Haslindah Ruslan