OCM Weekly Highlight - 3 Octoberr 2010

OCM Weekly Highlights

3rd October 2010

OCM Official Website: www.olympic.org.my

Coming Events

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

Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Championship Round 4 – 12th to 14th November 2010 at Precinct 6, Putrajaya.

7th Junior Under-16 (Boys & Girls) Softball National Championship – 20th to 22nd November 2010 at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Taiping, Kamunting, 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.

XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 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 2011

News Items

8th OCM Women and Sport Award Dinner 2010

The 8th OCM Women and Sport Award Dinner was held on 23rd September 2010 at OCM Indoor Sports Complex. The Award Dinner was graced by the presence of the guest of honour, YB Senator Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development. The winners of the OCM Women and Sport Awards 2010 were as follows:

1. Women and Sport Award for Leadership – Ms. Christina Chee Shin Lian
2. Women and Sport Award for Development of Sport in the Community – Ms. Normala Abd Rashid
3. Women and Sport Award for Grassroots Development Sport – Ms. Lucy Read
4. Women and Sport Award - Women Sports Journalism – Ms. Jamhariah Jaafar
5. Women and Sport Partnership Award – Mr. & Mrs. Wong Loy Choy (parents of Wong Mew Choo)
6. Overall Women and Sport Award – Ms. Choo Kon Lee

The IOC Women and Sport Achievement Diploma was awarded to Ms. Zaiton Othman, winner of OCM Women and Sport Award 2009, who was ranked third in the IOC Women and Sport Award 2010 for the Asian region.

(Brief report prepared by Encik Fong Wan Hor, Assistant General Manager, OCM)

SEA Games Federation Sport and Rules Committee Meeting

The SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) Sport and Rules Committee Meeting was hosted by NOC Indonesia on Monday, 27th September 2010 at Jakarta, Indonesia. The meeting was attended by all the 11 SEAGF countries. OCM was represented by Vice President, Y.Bhg. Prof Dato’ Ar. W.Y. Chin. Below is a list of decisions of the Sport and Rules Committee, summarized from a report submitted by Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Ar. W.Y. Chin.

Important decisions made for the 26th SEA Games 2011 were as follows:

1. Indonesia had decided the main venue for the SEA Games, including its Opening and Closing Ceremonies, is to be held in Palembang. The remaining city shall be Jakarta.
2. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled on 11th November 2011.
3. All together 42 sports had been adopted, including golf being the latest inclusion.
4. Hockey and Bodybuilding are put on hold, subject to Government’s approval of funding. Equestrian shall exclude Polo sport.
5. Number of sports for Category 3 was increased from 8 to 12.

Other important decisions made were as follows:

1. Myanmar had confirmed to host the 27th SEA Games in 2013 its new capital city.
2. SEAGF would write to NOC Singapore, encouraging their government’s support to host the SEA Games in 2015.
3. All prospective sports wishing to be listed in the SEAGF Sports Program are to make a presentation before Council, duly represented by their IF/ASF concerned.
4. Category 3 sports shall be limited to the maximum of 20.
5. Acceptance of Muay is subject to verification as to which is its rightful representative IF.

2010 Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly

The 2010 Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly was held on 2nd October 2010 at the Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. OCM’s delegates at the General Assembly were Y.Bhg. Dato’ Roy Rajasingham, Cik Low Beng Choo and Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi. YAM Tunku Tan Sri Imran ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar and Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. M. Jegathesan attended the General Assembly in their capacities as Vice President and Honorary Medical Adviser, respectively.

The General Assembly admitted Rwanda National Olympic & Sports Committee as a new affiliate of the CGF. The General Assembly approved 3 minor amendments to the CGF Constitution, the Honorary Secretary’s report, the reports of the Regional Vice Presidents, and the Athletes Representative’s Update, and the Audited Financial Statements for year ending 31st May 2010.

The Organising Committee of the XIX Commonwealth Games presented a detail status report, outlining the challenges faced and the resolution of most, if not all, the problems and short-comings. The General Assembly decided to conduct a detail post mortem of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010, after the conclusion of the Games to determine what when wrong, and to learn from the mistakes so as not to repeat them in the organization of future Commonwealth Games.

Briefings were presented by the Organising Committee of the Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games 2014, WADA, 2018 Candidate City, Gold Coast, Australia, Organising Committees of the Commonwealth Youth Games, Isle of Man 2011, and Samoa 2015.

The 2011 General Assembly of CGF will be held in St. Kitts & Nevis from 7th to 11th November 2011.

XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010

The Opening Ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 was a spectacular show of lights, sounds, dances and fireworks. For the first time in a Games Opening Ceremony, the parading athletes were provided seats on the field of the stadium, to listen to the speeches and to witness the show after the Games was declared opened. All 71 member Commonwealth Games Associations of CGF participated in the Parade of Athletes at the Opening Ceremony. India had the largest contingent, and received the loudest cheers from the full-house crowd. The Malaysian Contingent received good applauses and support from the spectators.

Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and South Africa too have large contingents. Malaysia with 200 athletes and 97 officials, participating in 14 sports and para-sport has the largest Commonwealth Games Contingent to-date.

Condolences

The Office Bearers and Members of OCM wish to extend our condolences to the family of the late Mr. Matt Mckeown, General Manager of Astro Arena, who passed away peacefully on Monday, 27th September 2010 at the age of 43.

Mr. Matt McKeown joined Astro Arena back in September 2009 and was the main driving force behind it since then. He was a great man, friendly and very committed in his works for Astro Arena. May his soul rest in peace.

Celoteh Kepten Shafari - LKY

Captain Shafari

Salam to all,

My condolences to Mr Lee Kwan Yew, his family & to all Singaporeans on the passing of Mdm Kwa Geok Choo. May her soul rest in peace.

No matter what, I have this great respect to MM LKY. If he were to be a Melayu, than there would not be a Singapore but only Malaysia and by now, Malaysia is the "Switzerland of the East". All of us, no matter what job we are holding, what colour is our skin and what religion we practice, we all shall be working for 6 months in a year and holidaying for the next half year. We are driving Mercedes, Ferraris, BMWs, Hummmers and our clothes are of CK, Prada with rolex watches and millions in our accounts.

And WHY cant we? What do Singapore has? It is only a small state without natural resources. And what Switzerland has? Lakes, mountains and some cottage industries. And Malaysia... we have all the natural resources and we are blessed with good weather all year round and no earthquake, volcanoes or typhoons. So if we were to compare to those 2 countries.... we are damned bloody rich and being lucky too. But where are we now? Economically, we are even lacking behind Thailand and Vietnam. We are far behind Singapore...very,very far behind. If Singapore were to be as high as our twin towers, than Malaysia is like Bangunan LGM, across the road from KLCC. Yeah I am still a Malaysian at heart, but then our so called guardians of Malaysians from 1981 till today...to me, they have failed miserably. They betrayed their country men. Yeah... where are all the country's riches? Evaporated? Diluted? Missing? Well... you and I have the answer to it. We are all matured.

I am fed up with politicians. When we were in Laos, we were given the hope that Famemas were to be in GAG as the official Malaysian supporters. The promise was made after Malaysia had won the Women's badminton gold and Soccer's gold. But now, the same politicians are singing a different tune... kalau dulu depa nyanyi "Dondang sayang"... now they are singing "Funky music".... and I wonder what they'll be after their death.... maybe 'blacker' than charcoal.

EPL? I hate whenever there is this interruption of Euro Cup. I am not bother to watch Germany vs Turkey or other inter Euro matches. But I'll watch "sepenuh jiwa & raga" whenever Blackpool (I dare not write as Blackfool- very sensitive) play, or MU or any clubs in EPL. For this season, I think most of the teams are of almost equal standard, less Chelsea which I compare it as Singapore and Norwich as Malaysia. You better find where Norwich City is playing now... which division... Proton did sponsor them before.

And Tony Fernandez is suing Proton for the rights to use Team Lotus? Aiyaah... adik beradik bergaduh pun mahu bawa kes ke England. I just cant understand why cant they settle the case amicably. Let it be a win-win situation. Please do not tarnish Malaysia's name any more. We are already known for the wrong reasons... dont put extra salt in the wound please.

So tomorrow is Famemas gathering... dinner at Bagan Hailam restaurant in Port Klang. Hope many to come. I'll like to apologise cos my plan of supplying a few fishes cant be done cos my favourite kolam pancing was closed since Tuesday. They are cleaning the pond. And I dont like recommending fishes from other kolams cos they have that muddy smell and taste.

Again, please come for the gathering ok. Apa salahnya kita berkumpul, bercerita, bertukar pendapat, menanya kabar.... sambil makan. Tak salahkan. Just to get together among Famemas members...

Till we meet tomorrow... take care and the very best in whatever you do.

Salam.

capt....Si Dia datang atau tidak?

OCM Weekly Highlight - 26 September 2010

OCM Weekly Highlights

26th September 2010

OCM Official Website: www.olympic.org.my

Coming Events

50th Putra Cup 2010 – 27th September to 1st October 2010 at the Royal Selangor Golf Club.

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

Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Championship Round 4 – 12th to 14th November 2010 at Precinct 6, Putrajaya.

7th Junior Under-16 (Boys & Girls) Softball National Championship – 20th to 22nd November 2010 at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Taiping, Kamunting, 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.

XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 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

Handing of Jalur Gemilang Ceremony

The Handing of Jalur Gemilang to YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Halil bin Mutalib, Chef de Mission of the Malaysia Contingent to the Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games 2010, by Y.B. Dato’ Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia was held on Monday 20th September at 5.00 pm at Palm Garden Hotel Bangi.

In his address to the Malaysian Contingent, the Hon. Minister urged the athletes to strive their best in Delhi, by winning the most number of gold medals. He stated that the targets for the XIX Commonwealth Games is 10 gold medals and for the 16th Asian Games, 9 gold medals. He expressed confidence that the Malaysian athletes will fulfill their targets as they did at the 2009 SEA Games held in Vientiane, where the Malaysian athletes surpassed the gold medal target set at between 30 to 35, by winning 40 gold medals.

The Flag Bearer of the Malaysian Contingent of the XIX Commonwealth Games is Ms. Siti Zalina Ahmad, from Lawn Bowls. She won the Women’s Singles gold medal at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games and the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She will be going for her hat-trick of gold medals at Delhi.

16th OCM Executive Board Meeting

The 16th OCM Executive Board meeting was held on 21st September 2010. The following were decided at the meeting:

• Ms. Stephanie Chok from the Triathlon Association of Malaysia (TRAM) and Encik Mohd Zarrawi Ravi Abdullah from Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) were selected to attend the Study Tour Project for Leaders of Asian Youth Sports in Japan from 3rd to 10th November 2010.
• Awarded the 2010 IOC Trophy: “Sport – inspiring young people” to the Schools Sports Division of the Ministry of Education of Malaysia for their 1student 1sport programme.
• Approved the Double Trap Team, the Skeet Team and the Men’s Beach Volleyball team to participate in the 16th Asian Games under Category B.
• Approved Dr. Yeo Wee Kian, Head of ISN Research Unit, to attend the 16th Asian Games Sports Science Congress in Guangzhou from 10th to 12th November 2010.

2010 Malaysia International Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2010 Malaysia International Ice Hockey Tournament was successfully organized from 22nd to 25th September 2010 at Sunway Pyramid Ice, Bandar Sunway. Malaysia beat Kuwait for the Asian Trophy by a score of 5 goals to 4 goals. It was a very close and exciting match with both teams showing great fighting spirit. At the end of regulation time, Malaysia led by 5 goals to 4 goals, with the Kuwait having the opportunity to win as they had three chance to score from penalties. Unfortunately, the Malaysian goalkeeper was in top form saving all the three penalty attempts, leaving Malaysia to win by the score of 5 goals against 4.

McDonald’s 2010 Olympic Day Run

The McDonald’s 2010 Olympic Day Run was successfully organised on 26th September 2010 at 7.30 a.m. at Dataran Merdeka (Independent Square), Kuala Lumpur. Almost 7,500 runners divided into 9 categories for adult men and women and 4 categories for schoolboys and schoolgirls and 2 categories for the disabled athletes participated. HRH Tunku Imran flagged off the runners and stayed back to present some prizes to winners. The winners of a few categories are shown below:

Men’s Open (7 Km) Women’s Open (7 Km)

Muniandy Ramdas – 24 min. 44 sec. Yuan Yu Fang – 30 min. 28 sec.

R. Rubern Kummar – 24 min. 50 sec. K. Ganthimathi – 30 min. 38 sec.

Shaharuddin Hashim – 24 min. 57 sec, Noor Amelie Musa – 31 min. 35 sec.

Lavtredovx Jean Pierre, won the Men’s Junior Veteran and recorded the fastest tome for all the categories, with a time of 24 min. 39 sec.

ISU Junior Grand Prix for the 2010-2011 Season

For the first time in Malaysia’s figure skating history, Malaysia will be represented at an ISU Junior Grand Prix for the 2010-2011 season. The Malaysian National Junior Champions, Ryan Yee and Raya Willoughby will be representing Malaysia in the Men Single Skating category and Ladies Single Skating category respectively.

The Men Category consists of 20 competitors from 15 countries, and the Ladies Category consists of 28 competitors from 24 countries. The first Championship will be held in Courchevel, France from 25 August – 28 August. The second Championship will be held in Karuizawa, Japan 23 September – 28 September 2010. These competitions will also prepare them for their next big challenge the Asian Winter Games in January 2011 where they will compete with skaters who have participated in the Winter Olympics. Raya and Ryan are now in Japan and we wish them all the best.

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is an elite ice skating competition series where top junior level skaters from more than thirty countries compete. The Junior Grand Prix series gives future champions a chance to compete at an international level. Participants in the Junior Grand Prix must be Under 19 years if they compete in singles and Under 21 years if they compete in pairs or ice dancing. The Junior Grand Prix series was started in 1997.

OCM’s Relationship with BFM 89.9FM

Following regular contact between OCM Media Committee and BFM 89.9FM, OCM is pleased to advise that OCM is moving ahead with our association and to provide content for their weekly programme - “Sports Un-illustrated” - hosted by Ross Yusoff on Sundays from 10.00am to 12 Noon.

All NSA’s are urged to make contact with Encik Chris Syer, Member of the OCM Media Committee by e-mail <> or mobile 012 3895950, and provide details of up-coming events and personalities that the NSAs would like to feature on the BFM 89.9FM “Sports Un-illustrated” programme.

Tahniah dan Syabas!

Buat Dato’ Lee Chong Wei yang menjuarai Terbuka Jepun menundukkan Lin Dan dan Dato’ Nicol David yang menjuarai Kejohanan Dunia buat kali ke 5 dan menyamai rekod sebelum ini. SYABAS, Kami bangga dengan pencapaian Dato’ Dato’ semua dan diharapkan agar kegemilangan ini akan diteruskan untuk EMAS SUKAN KOMANWEL DELHI DAN EMAS SUKAN ASIA GUANGZHOU…. TERUSKAN USAHA, SYABAS DAN TAHNIAH, MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Majlis Hari Raya Famemas dan Countdown Asia Games

Tarikh: Sabtu 9 Oktober 2010

Masa: 7.30 malam

Tempat: Bagan Seafood Restaurant, Port Kelang

RSVP: famemas@gmail.com

RM20 untuk setiap ahli Famemas

MAHU BERSAMA FAMEMAS DI SUKAN ASIA GUANGZHOU?

Pertanyaan, email famemas@gmail.com

Photo: Presentation to Air Asia

Majlis Hari Raya & Countdown Guangzhou, Register for Asia Games

Assalamualaikum & Salam 1Malaysia,

Majlis Hari Raya & Countdown Famemas to Guangzhou Asia Games 2010

Famemas akan menganjurkan majlis diatas bersama dengan media, kenamaan, penaja seperti berikut:

Tarikh: Sabtu 9 Oktober 2010

Tempat: Bagan Seafood Restaurant Lot 4546, Lingkaran Sultan Hishamsudin, Off Jalan Pelabuhan Utara, Kampung Baru, Pelabuhan Klang, Malaysia, 42000 Phone: 03-3176 4546 / 03-3176 3442 (Sila lihat peta dilampirkan di bawah)

• Makanan: Sea-food (Pork Free)
• Pakaian: Baju Raya atau Baju Famemas
• Bayaran: RM20 untuk setiap ahli Famemas

Sila tempah tempat anda dengan menghantar email ke famemas@gmail.com

Peta Bagan Sea Food Restaurant

Guangzhou Asia Games 2010

Kos keseluruhan RM3,500
Dari 20 hingga 27 November 2010
Berminat? Sila lihat borang yang dilampirkan, isi dan hantar melalui fax ke famemas.

Kos RM3,500 = bayaran pertama RM1,000 setelah fax borang, RM1,000 sebelum 15 Oktober, RM1,000 sebelum 31 Oktober dan baki RM500 sebelum 10 November 2010.

Sebarang pertanyaan kepada famemas@gmail.com

Sekian,

Salam Ikhlas dari Famemas

Borang

OCM Weekly Highlight - 19 September 2010

OCM Weekly Highlights

19th September 2010

OCM Official Website: www.olympic.org.my

Coming Events

Handing of Jalur Gemilang Ceremony – the Handing of Jalur Gemilang to YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Halil bin Mutalib, Chef de Mission of the Malaysia Contingent to the Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games 2010, by Y.B. Dato’ Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia will be held on Monday 20th September at 5.00 pm at Palm Garden Hotel Bangi.

16th OCM Executive Board Meeting – 21st September 2010 at 4.30 p.m. at OCM Boardroom.

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

Carlsberg Athletes Retirement Scheme Presentation Ceremony – 23rd September 2010 at 10.30am in OCM Hall of Fame

8th OCM Women and Sport Awards and Dinner 2010 – 23rd September 2010 at 7.30 p.m. at Level 3, OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur.

Volkswagen 2010 Women’s World Cup – 24th to 26th September 2010 at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

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

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

Malaysian Waterski & Wakeboard Championship Round 4 – 12th to 14th November 2010 at Precinct 6, Putrajaya.

7th Junior Under-16 (Boys & Girls) Softball National Championship – 20th to 22nd November 2010 at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Taiping, Kamunting, 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.

XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 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

Condolences

The Office Bearers and members of OCM wish to extend our condolences to Y.Bhg. Dato’ Krishnan Tan, Independent Member of the OCM Trust Fund and his family including his brothers Encik Velayuthan Tan and Dr. K. H Tan, on the sad demise of their beloved mother on 19th September 2010. The service will be on 21st September 2010 at 22, Leboh Tamarind Southern Park, Klang.

Handing of Jalur Gemilang Ceremony

The Handing of Jalur Gemilang to Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Halil bin Mutalib, Chef de Mission of the Malaysia Contingent to the Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games 2010, by Y.B. Dato’ Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia will be held on Monday 20th September 2010 at 5.00 pm at Palm Garden Hotel Bangi.

OCM’s Relationship with BFM 89.9FM

Following regular contact between OCM Media Committee and BFM 89.9FM, OCM is pleased to advise that OCM is moving ahead with our association and to provide content for their weekly programme - “Sports Un-illustrated” - hosted by Ross Yusoff on Sundays from 10.00am to 12 Noon.

All NSA’s are urged to make contact with Encik Chris Syer, Member of the OCM Media Committee by e-mail <> or mobile 012 3895950, and provide details of up-coming events and personalities that the NSAs would like to feature on the BFM 89.9FM “Sports Un-illustrated” programme.

OCM Hari Raya Aidilfitri Open House 2010

The OCM Haro Raya Aidilfitri Open House was successfully organized on 18th September 2010 from 12.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. at Level 2C. All the guest had the opportunity to visit the newly upgraded OCM Hall of Fame and Sports Museum, at Level 2B.

Over 100 representatives of National Sports Associations, sponsors, ex-national athletes, media personnel, OCM Office Bearers and staff and friends and supporters of OCM attended the Open House Gathering. Present to greet the guests was YAM Tunku Tan Sri Imran ibni Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar, President of OCM and IOC Member in Malaysia and Office Bearers and staff of OCM.

Among the guest present were former Badminton ‘greats’ Y.Bhg. Dato’ Punch Gunalan, Y.Bhg. Dato’ James Selvaraj and Rasif Dato’ Sidek. Also present were Y.Bhg. Dato’ Peter Velappan, former General Secretary of AFC, Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Darshan Singh, former President of Asian Cycling Confederation, Y.Bhg. Dato’ A. Sani Karim, President of Asian Squash Federation and Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia and Vice President of OCM, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Naim Mohamad, Deputy President of Malaysian National Cycling Federation, Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Ar. W. Y. Chin, President of Malaysian Snooker & Billiards Federation, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Seri Kee Yong Wee, President of Wushu Federation of Malaysia and Hon. Treasurer of OCM, Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Zakaria Ahmad, President of Malaysian Gymnastics Federation and Vice President of OCM, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Gan Boon Leong, President of the Malaysia Weightlifting Federation, Y.Bhg. Hji Arshad Haji Yahya, Secretary General of the Sepaktakraw Association of Malaysia.

Sponsors were represented by Y.Bhg. Dato’ Kamal Harun, Encik Ng Ping Loong, Cik Emily Tan of Berjaya Sports Toto, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Dina Rizal, Encik Venu Ramadas of Astro Arena. The Media was represented by Encik Ahmad Khawari President of the Sports Writers Association of Malaysia and many journalists of both the print and electronic media.

10th KL Open Handball Major Cup 2010

The 10th KL Open Handball Mayor Cup championship was completed on 19th September 2010, at OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Wisma OCM Phase II. A total of 12 men’s team & 12 women’s team competed in the one day Handball carnival. A team from Singapore, comprising expatriates participated in the championship for the first time. There were also two teams from Segamat (Johor), and one team each from Perak and Negri Sembilan with the rest of the teams from the Klang Valley.

In the Men’s competition, Hoisan of Kuala Lumpur became the Champion by defeating UiTM team with a score of 6 goals to 4. In the first semi final, Hoisan defeated the Singapore Expatriates team by a score of 10 goals to 9 after extra time. In the other semi final, UiTM defeated UPSI with a score of 10 goals to 9.

In the Women’s competition, MZH won the Championship by defeating Legend with a score of 7 goals to 5. The two teams were tied 5 all after extra time and in the Penalty Shootout, MZH won by 2 goals. In the semi finals, MZH defeated Bulit Jalil School by a score of 11 goals to 2, whilke Legend defeated UiTM by 8 goals to 5.

All the matches were very exciting with narrow scores. To add to the excitement of the closely fought matches, 7 players were stuck in the lift on the 3rd floor for about 30 minutes. They were finally recued by the Fire Brigade who were called to force open the lift door.

Y.Bhg. Dato’ Haji Suhaimi Haji Yaakub presented the Challenge Cup and medals to the winning teams and medals to the runners-up and the two losing semi final teams.

2010 IOC Trophy: “Sport – inspiring young people”

Since 1985, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made available to all NOCs an annual IOC Trophy, each year with a different theme. The NOCs are responsible for identifying and selecting a recipient of the Trophy in their countries.

For the year 2010, the title of the IOC Trophy is “Sport – inspiring young people”. The Trophy will be presented to any athlete, official, organisation and other people, who are involved in sport, who are role models and an inspiration to young people.

OCM has the pleasure to invite NSAs, Media and the public to nominate candidates for consideration to be the recipient of the 2010 Trophy, which will be presented at the XVIII OCM Annual Dinner in December 2010. The closing date for nomination is 15th September 2010.