Photo Release From WCG Singapore

SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BATTLE IT OUT FOR PRESTIGIOUS POSITIONS

{mosimage articles/ole1.jpg 15 year old Colin Ong from Anglo Chinese School (Barker Road) emerged champion in Need for Speed Underground 2. The Samsung Campus Gaming Festival is Singapore’s first official cyber gaming competition among secondary schools and tertiary institutions for a prestigious position in the National Final, leading to the Grand Final of World Cyber Games 2005.}

SINGAPORE, 30 AUGUST 2005 – At yesterday’s Samsung Campus Gaming Festival, 89 students from seven secondary schools converged to battle for places in the World Cyber Games 2005 (WCG2005) Singapore National Final.

Participants fought it out in four popular cyber games to be played at the National Final: DOTA All-stars, Need for
Speed Underground 2, Counter-Strike Source and Warcraft III.

The champion of each category won for themselves a Samsung MP3 Player and a coveted seeded position in the WCG2005 Singapore National Final to be held from September 9-11. The National Final is where they will compete for a dream ticket to represent Singapore in the WCG2005 Grand Finals, also to be held in Singapore from November 16-20.

Full List of Winners:

• DOTA All-Stars
  • Fuhua Secondary School: Bart Wong, Neo Zhao Xiong, Lin Ting Sheng, Sim Tzuemn Jye, Kho Yuan Zhang
• Need for Speed Underground 2
  • Anglo Chinese School, Barker Road: Colin Ong
• Warcraft III
  • Saint Andrew Secondary School: Lim Wei Yang
• Counter-Strike: Source
  • Regent Secondary School: Seah Jian Liang, Alvin Chan, Chua Yu Xiang, Jeremy Tan, Joey Chua

Photo release from Edelman, PR firm for WCG Singapore.