Jamit hopes to see badminton champions from Kapit

KAPIT: Six teams took part in the Chinese Inter-Team Badminton Challenge 2017 organised by Tai San Ten Association that was held at the Bletih Indoor Stadium here from July 19 to 25.

The competing teams were Magna Glow, Bahagia K-Box 2020, Beteck, Asia Vision, Tian Huat and Star Light.

The champion was Magna Glow while Tian Huat and Bahagia KBox 2020 were in second and third places respectively.

When speaking at the opening ceremony of the competition, Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat encouraged enthusiasts to take up the game seriously, saying they should strive to be champions not only in Kapit ( juara kampong) but players who are on par or better than those outside.

“I would like to see in future our badminton players able to shine outside Kapit competitions,” he said.

He added that he would like to see various associations or sport clubs coming together to organise bigger badminton competitions in order to identify potential players able to bring the sport to greater heights.

He announced a grant of RM5,000 for Tai San Ten Association to help it organise the annual badminton competition.

Meanwhile, Tai San Ten Association chairman Kong Siau Kui hoped that the annual Chinese Inter-Team Badminton Competition will help to promote understanding and cooperation among the various Chinese organisations in town.

“Every year, we ( Tai San Ten Association) organise this Tai San Ten Chinese Inter-Team Badminton Competition. Our aim is to promote understanding and cooperation among the various Chinese organisations in town. We hope to bring them together for greater unity,” he said.

He added that the inter-team badminton challenge is specially held for the Chinese youth and sports clubs and among others, the aim is to promote competitive badminton and to inculcate friendship and cooperation among the various Chinese organisations like Kwang Tung, Foochow and Chiang Chuan clan associations in the town.

Jamit and Kapit Resident Joseph Belayong presented the prizes to the winning teams.

Hope Place’s representative and ‘Lend a Hand, Help a Man’ committee members with Ronaido Lim, 17, who became paralysed and unable to speak after a road accident last year. Also seen is Lim’s mother.