OUR STORY

BUILT AROUND THE GAME.

Founded by Tan Wee Kiong, TWK welcomes beginners, recreational players and those working towards competition in Kuala Lumpur.

FOUNDER

TAN WEE KIONG

Representing Malaysia on the international stage, Tan Wee Kiong won Olympic silver and the Denmark Open men’s doubles title with Goh V Shem in 2016. His national team experience includes the Thomas Cup.

2016 Rio Olympic Games · Men’s doubles silver

2016 Denmark Open · Men’s doubles champions

Achievement sources

Olympic Council of Malaysia · Denmark Open · BWF Thomas Cup team list

THE COACHING TEAM

IN YOUR CORNER.

Head coach

Coach Tan

Former BAM men’s doubles player and former BJSS player.
BAM Level 1 certified coach.
Managed Tawau Badminton Academy from 2012, with more than 10 years of coaching experience.
Professional men’s doubles coach for the Shanxi team in China.
2015 Bahrain International Series — champion.
2012 SUKMA Games — bronze medal; team event — silver medal.
2009 World Junior mixed team — silver medal.
2009 Asian Junior team event — silver medal.

Coach

Coach Chris

BAM Level 1 certified coach; Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science.
2017–2019 MSSM participant.
2018 AirAsia–BAM National Junior League, state level — semi-finalist.
2019 AirAsia–BAM National Junior League, state level — second runner-up.
2023 TAR UMT Inter-Faculty Games — runner-up.
2023 TAR UMT Intra-Faculty Games — quarter-finalist.
2024 Melaka Smash Cup men’s doubles — quarter-finalist.

Coach

Coach Zach

BAM Level 1 certified coach; Sports Science graduate.
2018 MSSM Bangsar boys’ doubles under 15 — quarter-finalist.
2019 MSSM Bangsar boys’ doubles under 18 — quarter-finalist.

Coach

Coach Chia

Former Sabah player.
2014 100PLUS national circuit — men’s singles third place and Sabah representative.
2015 100PLUS National Junior Circuit — men’s singles third place.
2016 Tawau Badminton Academy closed tournament — men’s doubles runner-up.
2017 YB Datuk Sebastian Ting year-end tournament — men’s doubles third place.
2018 100PLUS National Junior Circuit — Sabah representative in men’s singles.
2019 Sabah school sports competition — men’s doubles third place.

Coach

Coach Yandy

BAM Level 1 certified coach.
2017 under-30 amateur doubles — runner-up.
2017 24th Global Chinese Badminton Championships, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China.
2017 46th World Morning Cup and Wu Wen-Ta Memorial, Taipei.
2016 amateur women’s doubles and mixed doubles champion.
2016 inaugural International Badminton Challenge, Goyang, Korea.

Coach

Coach Vinny

Former Sabah player and BAM Level 1 certified coach.
Competition experience recorded from 2012 and 2013 across junior singles and doubles events.
2019 Terbandi City BC tournament participant.
2020 doubles tournament experience.
2022 SUKIPT and other university competitions, including women’s doubles and mixed doubles achievements.
2022 Wildcard tournament participant.

Coach

Coach Chin

BAM Level 1 certified coach.
FEA-certified personal fitness coach.
Three years of coaching experience recorded in the academy profile.
2017 Sabah MSS mixed doubles — quarter-finalist.
2017 Tawau district community games badminton tournament — champion.
2018 IPGKIK Principal’s Cup Sports Carnival — champion.
2019 SR Exuberant Badminton Open — third place.

Coach

Coach Leong

Former Sabah player.
2017 Sabah schools under-18 badminton championship — bronze medallist.
2016 Malaysian Chinese Secondary Schools under-18 badminton championship — runner-up.
2015 national junior badminton circuit, second series, Sabah under-17 — champion.
2014 Malaysian Chinese Secondary Schools under-15 badminton championship — bronze medallist.