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Melaka SUKMA To Feature 34 Sports As Nine More Approved By Supreme Council





KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- The 2010 SUKMA in Melaka will feature 34 sports after nine more sports were approved by the SUKMA Supreme Council that met here Thursday.

The meeting which was chaired by Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek today included formula future, canoe, golf, rugby 7s, volleyball (beach and indoor), kabaddi, judo, fencing, synchronized swimming and water polo to the list of 18 compulsory sports and seven of the host's choice.

The 18 compulsory sports are weightlifting, badminton, cycling, football, lawn bowls, gymnastics, hockey, karate, archery, shooting, athletics, sailing, aquatics (swimming, diving), sepak takraw, pencak silat, squash, bowling and wushu.

The seven sports identified by the host were netball, basketball, equestrian, boxing, silambam, table tennis and petanque.

"At the meeting today, I was happy with the presentation made by Melaka and I hope Melaka will be able to host a successful event," he told reporters after the meeting at the National Sports Council (NSC) here today.



Ahmad Shabery added that Melaka had also agreed to change the dates for the SUKMA from the initial date of May 28 to June 6, to June 10-19 so that it falls during the school holidays and the Gawai Festival.

He added that it was also decided that taekwondo be dropped from SUKMA in Melaka due to internal problems plaguing the Malaysian Taekwondo Association (MTA).

"I am disappointed that MTA are not able to resolve the problems, so it is better for the sport to be dropped because it will not be fair for the host state to wait for a decision that may only arrive in the last minute.

"I sincerely hope MTA can settle the issues for the good of the sport," he said.

He added that during the meeting, the issue of the next host for the SUKMA in 2012 was also discussed.

"Perlis are entitled to be the host according to the rotation system but there were concerns that Perlis lacked the necessary infrastructure but at the same time we cannot deny the opportunity for a small state to host such an event.

"For example, Laos though being a small poor country with many shortcomings, it was awarded the host job in the spirit of the SEA Games," he said.

-- BERNAMA

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