Three Young Women Division members, namely Vanessa Yong aged 18, Adrienne Ser aged 19 and Jasmine Ser aged 16, clinched the first medal for Singapore in the Asian Games 2006 held in Doha.
The three girls came in second place in the 10 metre Air Rifle Team event, where they beat strong opponents like India, Korea and Japan.
Amongst them, Vanessa Yong was also awarded Singapore’s best young sportswomen for the year recently. She represented Singapore in the recent SEA Games and was a bronze medalist in the Commonwealth Games.
(SSA Times issue 252)
