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DSA Swimming Club completes the year with

    10 Meet Records at the President Cup

DSA Swim Team under DSAS                   support under the DSAS banner.            swimmers is to see their favorite coaches
        Swimming Club celebrated a                                                   in action, and DSA Coaches Leong
        glorious finish to the year’s      Outstanding performances included 8       Wan Ying, Gerard Goh and Anukul
swimming activities with a First Runners-  Golds with 7 Meet Records from Alma       Wong stepped up to the challenge by
Up position in the 38th President          Louise Bendix Dahl and 4 Golds with       participating this year. Swimmers were
Cup 2019 Inter-Club Swimming               2 Meet Records from Yap Yong Jie.         ecstatic and cheered as they witnessed
Championship. Held at Pusat Akuatik        Other outstanding performances were       their coaches in action. Leong Wan Ying
Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam, Selangor           by Sebastien Rion Azlir, Mellissa Nailly  who was ex Sarawak SUKMA Swimmer,
Darul Ehsan, the President Cup brings      Darwin, Chong Hiong Kiet, Chong Xin       has won a Silver in 50m Butterfly, adding
together Swimming Clubs from all over      Lin, Liew Xiao Rou, Liam Eu Li-An (1      much to the thrills of the young fans.
Malaysia, vying for the Top spot and the   Meet Record), Carynn Kay Chan, Fatin
Championship title.                        Amira Ahmad Hadri, Leong Wan Ying         An added attraction was the presence of
                                           (DSA Coach). Besides these, sterling      DSAS Team Mentor, Dato’ Setia Aubry
The young DSA swimmers did the club        performances by the young upcoming        who visited the venue and the team on
extremely proud as the final scores saw    champions and other swimmers who          the second day of the Meet. He was there
the Club standing just 67.50 points        gave it their all, was the reason that    to understand the developments in the
behind the leader, a massive step up       DSAS was within reach of the title        Malaysian swimming in Selangor and to
from the previous year when they were      and finished at first runners-up spot. A  give encouragement to DSAS swimmers.
at second Runners-Up position, trailing    detailed medal tally can be accessed at
about 400 points behind. This was the      our website www.dsaswimteam.com           Having reached the greatest result in
biggest team for the Club at the Meet                                                the Meet so far, the Club can look ahead
with a total of 316 swimmers roaring       A source of inspiration for the young     for greater achievements in the future
                                                                                     and also look back at the years gone by
                                                                                     and recognize the efforts of everyone
                                                                                     who had a part to play in the team’s
                                                                                     performances. From a very few meets a
                                                                                     few years ago, the team now participates
                                                                                     in more than 12 Meets every year and
                                                                                     this requires the utmost dedication of the
                                                                                     Team as a whole. Undoubtedly, there a
                                                                                     lot of sacrifices not only by the young
                                                                                     swimmers, but also the parents, the
                                                                                     coaches and the DSA team members.
                                                                                     This large support system of the parents,
                                                                                     the DSA swim coaches and all the staff
                                                                                     have been at their very best to make
                                                                                     these great results happen.

                                                                                     Hats off to the team, thank you DSA
                                                                                     Swim Team, One Team, One Dream and
                                                                                     all the best for the year 2020. n

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