SMK Beluran (1) SOS 5a-side football champs

BELURAN: SMK Beluran (1) emerged as the champions at the Special Olympics 5-A-Side Football Competition organised by Special Olympics Sandakan (SOS) which concluded at SMK Beluran (1) here over the weekend.

“Although SOS is based in Sandakan, we do our best to ensure that special sportsmen/ sportswomen and athletes under our jurisdiction within the entire Sandakan district are given the opportunity to prove themselves at sports and games.

“Organising events in Beluran and other towns help us achieve this objective. We want to reach out to them no matter where they reside,” said Taren Sunil Manoharan, the chairman of Special Olympics Sandakan and vice-chairman of Special Olympics Sabah.

Both organisations cater to sportsmen/sportswomen with intellectual disabilities at the district and state levels respectively.

At the competition, SMK Beluran (1) emerged champions with full points. Runners-up were the combined team of PDK Beluran/ PDK Kinabatangan while SMK Muhibbah A came in third followed by SMK Muhibbah B.

PK1 of SMK Beluran (1), Muhammad Din Bin Sulaiman, presented the prizes to the winners.

During the closing ceremony vice-chairperson of SOS Maria Julianna Chang thanked SMK Beluran (1) for hosting the competition. She also thanked all those who helped to successfully organise the competition.

Four players from SMK Beluran, and two each from PDK Kinabatangan and SMK Muhibbah were selected to represent Sandakan at the coming Sabah state level 5-A-Side Football competition scheduled in Kota Kinabalu on Sept 22 and 23.