Thursday, April 29, 2010

Piala MBA 2010

Piala MBA 2010 is a junior team event badminton tournament that was held on the 17 to 20 March 2010. Hooi Yee Sport has sent two teams for the competition.

The 1st team consists of Chew Lok Kin, Lee Jing Yea, Chew Lok Hong, Koh Sian Hern and Tai Ming Nan.

The 2nd team consists of Lim Chong King, Cheng Chee Tiong, Ng Chen Wai, Arthur Chee Chow Keong and Choo Jun Bin.

This is the first team event that we have participated and very fun for all of us. It is a nail bitting every moment from the start till the end of every match. In the early round, it is a group event and both of our team got champion for their respective group. We are still strong when we went into the quarter-final. However, both of our team journey is ended in the semifinal.

Our 1st team has given all out but we have stopped by Wira Tangkis the eventual Champion in the semifinal. Chew Lok Kin (11 years old) unable to cope with the speed from the older opponent and he lost in two set. The small size Lee Jing Yea has gone all the way and bring the game to rubber set but unable to finish. He runs out of stamina in the rubber set. It has been all gone but Chew Lok Hong (11 years old) partner with Koh Sian Hern (9 years old) has just gone in for the final game.
Our 2nd team looks good while they take on the Selangor state's player in the semifinal. Lim Chong King (10 years old) took the 1st game by beating the 12 years old boy from Selangor. Our second single Cheng Chee Tiong has no match with the Selangor player and he lost out in straight set. There comes the double match. We submit a combination of Ng Chen Wai and Arthur Chee to take on the final match. It is a nail bitting match from the 1st set to the end of the match. Our opponent has easily take the 1st set and we come back strong to take the second set. In the rubber set, it is point to point till the last. We are able to grab the winning point at 20-19 but the service from Chen Wai was out and the duece is on. Then the point to point continue and we run out of luck. In the last set we lost at 24-26 and we unable to advance to the final.

We have a very young team and the team event is new to us. We are lack of experience and we will train more and come back strong next year. Indeed, all of us go back with our medal and prize for the third placing. See you 2011.