Tuesday July 22, 2008
Calling former Sportsboys and Sportsgirls
By Y.P. SIVAM
PAST recipients of the Malaysian Schools Sports Council’s (MSSM) Sportsboy and Sportsgirl awards are invited to attend MSSM’s 50th anniversary celebration in Putrajaya on July 31.
The MSSM celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and the Education Ministry’s Sports and Physical Education Department would like all past recipients to be part of the celebrations.
“We would like them to be the special guests at this year's ceremony,” said the department’s deputy director Mohamed Zarra-wi Abdullah.
“Many of the award recipients have gone on to represent the country in many international competitions. They have also done well in their respective careers. Their presence at this year’s ceremony will make the event a merrier one.
First Sportsboy: Legendary badminton players Tan Aik Mong (left) with his brother Tan Aik Huang. Aik Mong was the first recipient of the MSSM Sportsboy award in 1969. “It will also be an opportunity for the past winners to meet their counterparts as well as share their experiences with the young recipients,” said Mohamed Zarra-wi.
The MSSM had initiated several programmes in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebrations.
In April, it organised eight carnivals involving athletics, badminton, squash, bowling, sepak takraw, netball, football and hockey in the Klang Valley.
Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya were given the responsibility to organise the carnivals.
Selangor organised the athle-tics, badminton, squash and bowling carnival; KL was in charge of football and hockey while Putrajaya hosted the sepak takraw and netball carnivals. Putrajaya had also organised the cross country in March.
The MSSM introduced the Sportsboy and Sportsgirl awards in 1969. The inaugural recipients were badminton player Tan Aik Mong and swimmer Ong Mei Lin. Both were from Penang.
Swimmer May Tan received the Sportsgirl award for six conse-cutive years from 1982 to 1987.
Three athletes in the Malaysian contingent for the Beijing Olympics had also received the Sportsboy awards. They are swimmer Daniel Bego, diver Bryan Nickson Lomas and high jumper Lee Hup Wei.
Mohamed Zarrawi said MSSM was keen to get in touch with the past recipients to confirm their attendance at the ceremony.
Special moment: 1986 Sportsgirl and Sportsboy swimmer May Tan (left) and hockey player K. Embaraj. “We hope they will get in touch with us,'' said Mohamed Zarrawi.
Past recipients who are keen to attend the MSSM sports awards ceremony can get in touch with Mohamed Zarrawi at 03-888 4107 or 019-234 9687.
The past recipients:
Sportsboy: Tan Aik Mong (badminton); Soong Poh Wah (table tennis); Lee Kok Pheng (badminton); Chiang Jin Choon (swimming); Harun Rasheed Othman (athletics); Ramli Ahmad (athletics); Roshidi Shaari (football); Lee Chung Keat (table tennis); Tan Kam Seng (hockey); Ellrod Alfred Angin (athletics); Jalani Sidek (badminton); Jefferi Mohamed Nor (athletics); B. Rajkumar (athletics); Izani Ibrahim (athletics); Cheong Weng Kai (badminton); Andrew Adrian Scully (athletics); Abdul Rashid Sidek (athletics); K. Embaraj (hockey); Low Chwee Peng (athletics); Sean Paul (athletics); Loo Tee Wah (athletics); Brian Jayhan Siva (hockey); Wan Azlan Abdullah (swimming); Azmi Ibrahim (athletics); Romzi Bakar (athletics); Elvin Chia (swim-ming); Mas Hafizulhilmi Abdul Rahman (chess); Keevan Raj (hockey); Shahrul Abdul Razak (sailing); Mohamed Nazmi Sharif (sailing); Muhammad Malek Ahmad Tobias (athletics); Alvin Yeoh (sailing); Daniel Bego (swimming); Bryan Nickson Lomas (diving); Lee Hup Wei (athletics); Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian (athletics)
Sportsgirl: Ong Mei Lin (badminton); Tan Sok Hong (table tennis); Junaidah Aman (athle-tics); Mona Chin (athletics); Jamaliah Md Jais (athletics); R. Yammunah (athletics); Rashidah Hanim Abu Bakar (table tennis); Saik Oik Cum (athletics); Mumtaz Jaafar (athletics); Katerina Ong Su Mei (swimming); May Tan (swimming); Matteh Norazey Shah Sadiman (hockey); Faiznur Miskin (gymnastics); Farah Hani Imran (gymnastics); Carol Low Mei Lee (gymnastics); Lim Wai Chee (gymnastics); Lee Chiew Lai (basketball); Alexia Au Li Yen (gymnastics); Farah Zellina Kemal (gymnastics); Thye Chee Kiat (gymnastics); Nik Nor Azura Nik Mahmood (athletics); Farah Begum Abdullah (diving); Durratun Nashihin Rosli (gymnastics); Nurul Fatiha Abdul Hamid (gymnastics); Low Wee Wern (squash); Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman (bowling); Nabihah Ali (gymnastics)
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