The Phuket News Novosti Phuket Khao Phuket

Login | Create Account | Search


Fourth gold for Phuket

Fourth gold for Phuket

PHUKET: Phuket nabbed a fourth gold medal in the Phuket Youth Games competition late yesterday afternoon, bringing the island to 14th place in the competition.


By Sukunya Phoonpong

Thursday 31 May 2012 12:12 PM


Anas Seeseng won a gold against his competitior from Narathiwat in the boys’ Pencak Silat (Indonesian martial arts) competition, with a score of 452.

This brings Phuket’s medal tally today to 17 medals – four gold, five silver and eight bronze – putting them 14th on the table. The Games end on June 5.

Gold medals: Girls’ soft tennis team; Phuket students Krit Jamkajornkiet and Panot Kingkaew in the competition’s Go event (a Chinese board game similar to chess); bowler Somkiet Kraisombat in the boys’ bowling competition; and Anas Seeseng in the boys’ Pencak Silat (Indonesian’s martial arts).

Silver medals: The boys’ soft tennis team; Jirawat Thothong in the Changchuan Wushu; Phuket’s Go players Sorawit Kingkaew and Pattarin Waiyakarn; Kanyapak Sor-sakul in the 50-metre butterfly; and Chaowat Chomcheuy in the boys’ Nanquan Wushu (Chinese martial arts).

Bronze medals: Thitisak Mahan-chakornpong in the boys’ Changchuan Wushu; Chaowat Chomcheuy in the boys’ Nantao Wushu. 3,000-metre runner Siriyakorn Kamlai; the Phuket’s girls’ and boys’ tennis teams; girls’ table tennis; cycling team road time trials and the Phuket bridge team.