OCM Weekly Highlight - 01 August 2010

OCM Weekly Highlights

1st August 2010

OCM Official Website: www.olympic.org.my

Coming Events

14th Malaysia Woodball International Open Championship 2010 – 28th July to 2nd August 2010 at Taman Metropolitan Batu, Kuala Lumpur.

ASEAN Women Softball Championship 2010 – 29th July to 1st August 2010 at Senayan Stadium, Jakarta.

Launch of OCM Trust Fund and Signing of OCM Trust Fund Deed – 3rd August 2010 at 4.00 p.m. at OCM Board Room, 1st Floor, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur.

UKM-Malaysian Malays International Inter-Varsity Invitational Cricket Tournament 2010 – 29th July to 5th August 2010 at Bayuemas Oval, Kinrara Oval & UKM Oval

Malaysian Ladies Amateur Golf Open 2010 – 3rd to 5th August 2010 at The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Selangor.

10th Asian Karate Federation Junior & Cadet Championships Hong Kong – 5th to 8th August 2010 at Hong Kong.

15th OCM Executive Board Meeting – 10th August 2010 at 4.30 p.m. at OCM Boardroom.

2010 Malaysia International Ice Hoceky Tournament – 22nd to 25th September 2010 at Sunway Pyramid Ice, Bandar Sunway. Time – all day.

2010 Olympic Day Run – 26th September 2010 at 7.30 p.m. at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

158th OCM Council Meeting – 30th October 2010 at 9.30 p.m. at Level 2C, Wisma OCM Phase II.

Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Championship Round 4 – 6th and 7th November 2010 at Precinct 6, Putrajaya.

7th Junior Under-16 (Boys & Girls) National Championship – 20th to 22nd November 2010 at Ipoh, Perak

8h OCM-Tan Sri Alex Lee Charity Golf Tournament 2010 – 1st December 2010 at the Saujana Golf and Country Club.

MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS 2010

1st Youth Olympic Games 2010 – 14th to 26th August 2010, Singapore.

CGF General Assembly 2010 – 2nd October 2010 at Ashok Hotel, Delhi.

Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 – 3rd to 14th October 2010, Delhi, India

XVII ANOC General Assembly 2010 – 20th to 22nd October 2010 at Acapulco, Mexico.

1st World Olympic Sport Convention – 23rd October 2010 at Acapulco, Mexico.

NOCs/IOC Executive Board Joint Meeting – 24th October 2010 at Acapulco, Mexico.

16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 – 12th to 27th November 2010, Guangzhou, China

29th Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly 2010 -13th November 2010 at the Garden Hotel Guangzhou.

2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 – 8th to 16th December 2010, Muscat, Oman.

7th Asian Winter Games 2011, Astana-Almaty, Kazakhstan – 30th January to 6th February

News Items

Congratulations

The OCM wishes to congratulate Y.Bhg. Dato’ Billy Ng for being conferred a Datoship by DYMM Sultan of Johor, recently. The Award is in recognition for his outstanding contributions as a National Badminton player in the 60’s and a member of the victorious Malaysian Thomas Cup team, which won back the Thomas Cup in Jakarta in 1966. Y.Bhg. Dato’ Billy Ng was inducted to the OCM Hall of Fame in January 2008.

Singapore Youth Olympic Scholarship (SYOS)

The Olympic Council of Malaysia wishes to congratulate Ms Angeline Tang An Qi for having been offered the Singapore Youth Olympic Scholarship by the Singapore Sports School, to enter the Preparatory Class 2011, in preparation for secondary school education in Singapore in Academic Year 2012, to pursue up to 6 years of studies, leading to the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education “Normal” Level (or equivalent) and/or if suitably qualified, leading to the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education ‘Ordinary’ Level Examination (or equivalent), and/or if suitably qualified, to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (or equivalent) at the Singapore Sports School.

The SYOS offered 6 scholarships, one each for the 5 continents and the 6th scholarship for a Singaporean. Angeline Tan An Qi was among three Malaysians who applied for the scholarship. She was successful in winning the scholarship for Asia. Angeline Tang is a junior Table Tennis player and is presently in Standard 6, in a Primary School in Penang.

Signing Ceremony of the OCM Trust Fund Deed

The OCM Trust Fund Deed was approved by the OCM Council at its 153rd meeting held on 25th July 2009. The first meeting of the OCM Trust Management Committee was held on 2nd June 2010. The 2nd Meeting of the OCM Trust Fund Management Committee will be held on 3rd August 2010 at 2.30 p.m. at the OCM Board Room, 1st Floor, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. After the meeting, the Signing Ceremony of the OCM Trust Fund Deed and the official launch of the OCM Trust Fund will held at 4.00 p.m. at the same venue. YAM Tunku Tan Sri Imran ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar, President of OCM will sign the Trust Deed on behalf of OCM. Y.Bhg. Dato’ Krishnan K. T. Tan, independent OCM Trust Management Committee member will sign as witness.

Representatives of the media, including photographers are cordially invited to attend this historical event of OCM.

2nd Basic Sports Administration Course 2010

The 2nd Olympic Solidarity Basic Sports Administration Course was successfully conducted from 26th to 29th July 2010 at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Recreation Club, Kuala Lumpur. The course was organized by the Royal Malaysian Air Force Cricket Association, with 20 participants from the Air Force and 5 participants from National Sports Associations.

The Course Coordinator was Lt. Col. Gerard Dennis Singam. The Course Director was Encik Wan Yew Leong, with Encik Aloysius Lee and Dr. Tan Siew Eng, the Director of the National Olympic Academy, the Consultants. Facilitators were Encik Andrew Gopal, Encik Stanley Charles Louis, and Encik Lee Wan Teik. The coordinator at the Secretariat was Capt Hardeep Singh of the Royal Malaysian Air Force Cricket Association