We're proud that two of our young UCSC-sans, the Pang brothers, Ka Wai and Ka Hoe, were selected to represent Singapore in the recently concluded Asian Junior Individual Championships.

Ka Wai, participating in the U-19 category, lost in the first round to Muhd. Addeen Idrakie of Malaysia. However, Ka Wai gave a good account of himself against a more established player who eventually went on to finish 7th in the event. Ka Wai came close to winning the first set but lost 10-12. The next two sets weren't that far off either at 6-11, 7-11. We have no doubts that KW can only get better.

Meanwhile, younger brother, Ka Hoe, had an unfortunate draw in the U-15 category. Ka Hoe had previously beaten a number of the participants who eventually made it to the quarter-finals of this event. After receiving had a walkover India's Roshan Kumarakannan in the first round, Ka Hoe ran straight into HK's No.1, Hong Kong's Chris Lo Cheuk Hin. Ka Hoe unfortunately lost 1-3 after giving Chris a royal scare by taking the first set 11-9. The next 3 sets were close affairs with Chris Lo winning these by 11-9, 11-7, 11-7. Chris eventually finished 5th in the event. Ka Hoe then went on to win the U-15 Classic Plate Final by beating Malaysia's Darren Chan 11-9, 11-3, 11-6. We look forward to our young UCSCsians continuing their fine progress and development.

More details on the Asian Junior Individual Championships may be found on the following link:   http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/asianjunmas2010.htm

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