Thursday, July 1, 2010

MALAYSIAN CONTINGENT BEGINS TRAINING FOR ASEAN SCHOOLS MEET

THE Malaysian contingent, for the Asean Schools Games (ASG) in Kuala Lumpur, will start centralised training today.

All the athletes involved in the 10 sports — netball, volleyball, gymnastics, golf, badminton, basketball, hockey, aquatics, athletics and sepak takraw — will be based at the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS).

The Selangor Education Department have been given the responsibility to co-ordinate five events — volleyball, golf, aquatics, athletics and sepak takraw — while the Federal Territories Education Department will be in charge of five sports — netball, gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), badminton, basketball and hockey.

As the co-ordinators, both FT and Selangor will be providing the technical expertise.


No time to rest: The women volleyball team being given a pep talk by its coach Choo Kon Lee (in yellow) before a training session.


BJSS principal Marina Chin is the chef-de-mission for the Malaysian contingent.

However, three sports — basketball, netball and volleyball — will be reporting late. The basketball team, with the majority of the players from the ASG squad, are involved in the Southeast Asia Basketball Association (Seaba) championship in Myanmar.

The players from the netball squad are representing Malaysia in the Asian Junior championship in India while the volleyball squad are in Indonesia for a training stint.

The Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) have shortlisted the players. They were identified during the recent MSSM championships as well as the Malaysia Games (Sukma).

During the centralised training, the Malaysian teams will get the chance to train at the competition venues.

The Asean School Games venues (July 12-21)

Netball (Olympic Hall, Bukit Jalil Sports School)

Volleyball (MPSJ indoor Arena, Sri Serdang)

Artistic Gymnastics ( Gym 1, Bukit Jalil Sports Complex)

Gimrama (Gym 3, Bukit Jalil Sports Complex)

Golf(Impian Golf and Country Club, Kajang)

Badminton (Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium)

Basketball (MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur)

Hockey (Tun Razak Stadium Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur)

Aquatics (Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre, Shah Alam, Selangor)

Athletics (National Sports Council Training Centre, Bukit Jalil)

Sepak Takraw (Precinct 11 Community Centre, Putrajaya)

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