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Malaysia looking at finishing as Asean schools champions

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will host the second Asean Schools Sports Carnival from July 12-2 with 11 sports in the programme.

A total of seven countries have confirmed their participation in the carnival – featuring athletics, aquatics (diving and swimming), golf, netball, badminton, basketball, volleyball, artistic gymnastic, gymrama, sepak takraw and hockey.

Malaysia are taking part in the carnival for the first time.

The other contingents in the fray are from Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.

The Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) are the organisers of the event.

“We did not take part in the carnival in Thailand last year because of the H1N1 scare,” said the MSSM organising secretary, Mohd Zarrawi Ravi.

“Our teams were ready to go but cancelled the trip after being advised to stay home.
So this will be a new experience for us and we hope to be good hosts as well.
“You can call the carnival a mini SEA Games.”

Zarrawi added that netball and hockey were the new additions to the list of sports in the 10-day carnival for athletes in the Under-18 age-group.

“There are a total of 105 gold medals at stake in the 10-day event. Thailand were the overall champions last year and we hope that we will be able to emerge as the winners this time,” he said.
The carnival will involve more than 1,600 athletes and 1,000 officials and all the contingents will be housed at Kolej Zaaba in the UKM.

Zarrawi said that most competition venues would be in KL while a few, among them sepak takraw and volleyball, would be held in Shah Alam while golf will be held at the Impiana Golf Course in Kajang.
He added that Malaysian teams for the various sports were selected from the recent national schools (MSSM) championships.

“The teams are already in training. We are hoping to put up good shows and hopefully be competitive in all the events we are taking part in,” said Zarrawi.

Singapore, who will host the Youth Olympics in August, will be home of the carnival next year.


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