The 31st Singapore Open Asian Windsurfing Championship 2012 held from 11-15 January kicked off on day one with a luncheon hosted by Adjunct Professor Lee Kwok Cheong, CEO of SIM Global Education and the opening ceremony at the NSRCC Sea Sports Centre.
Dr Ben Tan, President of Singapore Sailing Federation (SSF); Timothy Khoo, President of Windsurfing Association of Singapore (WAS) and Ceri Williams, Secretary of International Windsurfing Association, were there to lend their support whilst Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC, Mr Seah Kian Peng was Guest-of-Honour.
A total of 125 participants from Malaysia, Korea, Thailand and Indonesia travelled to Singapore to take part in the five day championship. Sanctioned by the International Windsurfing Association, the first day got underway with action from the Olympic Class RS:X. Competitors saw off challenging wind conditions as few were thrown off their boards with wind gusting to 15 knots while some had their race called off due to low wind speeds.
Worthy of mention are Singaporeans Leonard Ong and Audrey Yong who came in first in the Men and Women Olympic class RS:X, respectively.
