Asia Australia News

After 15 years on the NZWSA exec, Ed Donald recently resigned to allow John Weller to take on the role of NZWSA President.

We extend a warm welcome to John and fond temporary farewell to Ed. 

At the recent AGM Mr Thomas Lin stood down from the position of President together with his hard working Secretary General Christine Hui after four years in office.
In the subsequent elections Joe Jean-Nan CHOU was elected President whilst Dr. James C.I. CHIEN, who currently teaches at National Taipei University, was appointed General Secretary. Their terms commence 1^st July 2010.
The IWWF AAO extends its sincere thanks to both Thomas and Christine for their past efforts in rejuvenating waterskiing in Chinese Taipei and in particular in making the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung such an outstanding success.
The IWWF AAO extends a warm welcome to Joe and James.  

A)   MWWF PUTRAJAYA WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD OPEN (ROUND 4 OF MALAYSIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS) in November 2010 new date and new format announcement:

Originally scheduled for the first weekend in November the dates are now changed to 11-14 Nov 2010 for Round 4. The event will run over 4 days from Thursday to Sunday.
Round 4 will feature once again Slalom, Tricks (Shortboard),Jump and Wakeboard for Open and age group categories.
Invitations will be extended to more Asian countries including China, Korea and Japan as well as all other Asian Federations / Associations. Each country’s national Association/Federation can nominate up to a total of 3 open skiers and open riders for Round 4 of which at least 1 must be female.
Other categories will be on a first come first served basis till the maximum of 6 entries has been reached for the non-Open event categories.
Applications from prospective participants from non IWWF affiliated Associations/Federation will be wait-listed and considered for
acceptance after entries are closed…where after they will be informed of acceptance or not. 
Entries forms and Bulletin No.1 will be emailed or available at
www.waterski.com.my from the 15th of September 2010 (or before) on which date entries will open. Entries close on the 15th October 2010.

We are pleased to advise that the Lebanese Waterski Federation has recently changed it’s name to the Lebanese Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. We wish them well.

The AAO Confederation congratulates the newly affiliated Australian WWF  Cable Wakeboard Team who did themselves proud with a solid Bronze medal at the World Cable Championships in Germany last weekend. A great event with Aussie Team Manager Lauren Ormsby finishing a strong second in the Open Women’s event only being pipped by 6 points from Kirsteen Mitchell from Great Britain with another Aussie Angelika Schriber finishing third. The Team performed well with James Windsor and Nathan Tucker a strong finish in  Boys,  Jaimie Oxlade third in Girls, and the mini kids went to Ezmerelda Warnecke and Quinlee McAlister in the girls with  Callum Seymour in the boys. This year they held the  Wakeskate Worlds in conjunction with the Worlds with the Aussies finishing second  with strong performances from Deon Nagy, Mayce Dipple and Ben Jackson.

BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!!
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.