CHAMPION (Foil Gold) & BRONZE (Sabre) in Final U12 Fencing Competition 2019

U12 FOIL - CHAMPION

( Amir Faiz Amirul - U12 Foil Champion,
S.K.TTDI 1 2019 Fencing Competition )

( All U12 Foil Medalists )

( Pool Results. 3 Wins from 3 Bouts )

( U12 Foil Rankings after Pools )

( FOIL Eliminations. Bye as Top Seed )

SABRE

( Amir Faiz - Bronze, U12 Sabre 

SK.TTDI Fencing Competition 2019 )

( U12 Sabre Medalists )

( U12 Sabre Pool Results. 3 Wins from 3 Bouts )

( U12 Sabre Rankings after Pools )

( SABRE Eliminations. #2 Seed  )

( Amir Faiz with Cikgu Afham - SKTTDI 1 Teacher in Charge of Fencing )

Finally, SILVER in NATIONAL Competition - MFF U12 Sabre

( Amir Faiz with other Sabre Medalists)

( Sabre Medalists with Medal Presenter )

( OCM Hall, KL )

Finally, after numerous attempts Amir Faiz Amirul managed to qualify for his FIRST National Fencing finals competition organised by the Malaysian Fencing Federation (MFF) at OCM, KL. Was not expecting much in Faiz's last competition in the U12 category especially since against my advice,  he decided to compete in the Sabre event instead of his 'perceived' stronger foil event where he regularly qualify for the 1/16 or QF stages.

Lo and behold, to everyone's surprise (including Coach Zul & me) he managed to qualify for the finals despite finishing 4th in his pool. Along the way he disposed 3 Sabreurs ranked higher than him(seeded 10th) including the 2nd seed from IFCM (others were the 6th & 7th ranked)

( Sabre U12- Eliminations Table. 

Amir Faiz in the Bottom Half of the draw)

(Ranking after Pools, Amir Faiz-ranked 10th)

(U12 Semi-Finals, Part 1 - First to 5 points)

(U12 Sabre Semi-Finals, Part 2 - First to 10)

( Earlier Eliminations)

SILVER in SCRABBLE - KL ENGLISH CARNIVAL 2019

UNDER Pressure - KL Finals

( Permission Letters for SCRABBLE & CHESS )

The last Hurrah for Amir Faiz Amirul in the U12 category in the  KL Finals 

for Scrabble (SK Seri Bonus - 3 days) and Chess (SK Ayer Panas - 3 days).

Ranked 5th at U12 FOIL, NATIONAL (After MFF - Circuit 1 & 2 2019)

In the recently updated MFF rankings, Amir Faiz Amirul is ranked 5th nationally in the U12 Boys, FOIL category.

Amir Faiz with 36 points is ranked 5th after Kaerlan(96pts), Jayden(72), Jonas(54) &  HY(42).
Crcuit 3 will be held in September after UPSR whilst the Grand Finals is slated for November.

Hope he can break into the Top 4 by year's end.

Refer HERE

Top 8 NATIONAL, U12 Boys FOIL - MFF Circuit 2

( MFF Circuit 2 Venue. A familiar place for some Fencers & Chess Players )

The Foil and Sabre scheduled clashed and a decision had to be made as to which event to participate in. Taking into account his recent results in both local and international, Foil was chosen but only just as Faiz was initially registered for the Sabre event.

POOL ROUNDS

 ( Amir Faiz in Pool 2 )

Ranked #13 after the Pools with 3 Wins & 2 Losses.

ELIMINATIONS.

( FIRST TIME - Foil Repair, helped by Zul Aidan  in the midst of a bout due to 'loose' grip.

Eventually, had to change to a new 'stiff' Foil due to touches/thrusts not registered ) 

1/32:

v. Muhammad Khairul (#Joint 19th Seed), BLADE

WON, 10 - 6

1/16:

v. Alex Yong (#4), MUSKETEERS

WON, 10 - 5.

QUARTER-FINALS:

v. J. Goh (#5), TOUCHE

lost 3 - 10.

Note: 

MFF Circuit 2017 - 2019. U12 Boys FOIL
2019: QUARTER-FINALIST, OCM-KL(Circuit 2) & 1/16, OCM-KL(Circuit 1)
2018: QUARTER-FINALIST, KL (Ranked 6th in MFF, Refer HERE )
2017: 1/16, Putrajaya

MINIME SINGAPORE - 1/16 in U12 Foil & Sabre and 1/32 in U14 Foil & Sabre

Second time in Singapore after Y-Sparks 2017 (U10) at Marina Bay. 

This time the event was held at Temasik Club, Singapore.

Identical results in both U12 and U14 categories.

U12 - FOIL & SABRE

Advanced to 1/16

U14 - FOIL & SABRE

Advanced to 1/32

U12 BOYS FOIL

( Waiting for Round 1 of U12 Foil Pool Rounds to start )

U12 BOYS - SABRE

( U12 Eliminations )

( U12 Sabre, Pool )

( U12 Sabre, Pool )

( U12 Sabre, Pool )

( U12 Sabre, Pool )

( U12 Sabre, Pool )

( U12 Sabre, Pool )

( U12, Pool )

CHAMPION(U12 FOIL) & Bronze (U12 SABRE) - MUSKETEERS CHALLENGE, Circuit 2

( CHAMPION - U12 FOIL, Musketeers Challenge )

( BRONZE - U12 SABRE, Musketeers Challenge )

3rd Fencing Title: CHAMPION, U12 FOIL - Musketeers Challenge, Circuit 2 2019

Note:

1st Title  - U8 Foil Champion, Touche Challenge Junior - Circuit 4, 2015.

2nd Title - U10 Foil Champion, Touche Challenge 2017.

3rd Title - U12 Foil Champion, Musketeers Challenge - Circuit 2, 2019.

A Difficult Choice - " Train for BOTH or, GO For BROKE? "

( SILVER, U12 Boys FOIL - 23rd FEB. 2019)

( SILVER, U12 Boys SABRE - 24th FEB. 2019 )

1 month to go for nationals at OCM, a difficult choice lays ahead - which weapon or, weapons to train for? 

A Surprise SILVER in U12 SABRE - Musketeers Challenge 2019, Circuit 1

An interesting thing happen today, a surprise silver in U12 Sabre for Amir Faiz.
... everybody including his Coach was surprised, WaQAQA!

( SILVER, U12 Boys SABRE - 24th FEB. 2019 )

Another SILVER in U12 FOIL - MUSKETEERS Challenge 2019, Circuit 1

POOL 1 (5pax)

Match 1
WON: 5-3, 27 secs left.

Match 2
lost: 0-2, 2 mins.

Match 3
WON: 5 - 1, 21secs left.

Match 4
WON: 5 - 2, 14 secs left.


QUALIFIED for ELIMINATIONS
( Ranked 2nd, Direct to Semis )



SEMI - FINALS ( First to 10pts )
v. Megat Abu Bakar (SK TTDI 1)

Round 1 (2mins)
1 - 0,
2 - 0,
3 - 0, 3 - 1,
4 - 1,
5 -1

REST (1 min)

Round 2
5 - 2, 5 - 3, 5 - 4, 5 - 5,
6 - 5,
7 - 5,
8 - 5,
9 - 5, 9 - 6, 9 - 7,
10 - 7 WON.


FINALS ( First to 10pts )
v. Jian Gooi (BSKL)

Round 1 (2mins)
0 - 1,
1 - 1, 1 - 2,
2 - 2, 2 - 3, 2- 4
3 - 4,

REST (1 min)


Round 2
3 - 5, 3 - 6, 3 - 7, 3 - 8,


REST (1 min)

Round 3
4 - 8,
5 - 8, 5 - 9,

5 - 10 lost, 20 secs left.

( Achievement Certificate, U12 FOIL 2019 - SILVER )