Piala Dato Seri Rafidah (KK Open) - Cagers All Star

Q4G sent a Cagers All Star team to compete in the Piala Dato Seri Rafidah Aziz (KK Open). The team comprises 7 Form Fours plus Cikgu Jimmy, Syafiq Noh 04, Que 05, Aliep 06 and Qassim 06. Yesterday, they won the first game against Freedom (Tsung Wah Private) 54 - 22. Syafiq Noh started the game with Mokri, Justin, Syahmi and Ammar. The Form Fours played much better compared to their disastrous Spritzer Cup tournament. The Cagers led 16 - 4 after the first quarter and 26 - 8 at the half. Syafiq Noh played well but having some difficulties in following Cagers' rhythm (too fast!!) Que and Cikgu Jimmy played sporadically due to lack of stamina. Aliep and Qassim will be joining them in the next game against Tsung Wah on the 11 August.

18 August

The Cagers All Star won their last group game against KK Market 68 - 35. With the win, the Cagers All Star top their group despite losing a game to Tsung Wah 29 - 48 last week. The Cagers All Star top the group on point difference. The Cagers All Star were represented by Jimmy 91, Que 05, Allif 06, Qassim 06 and the Form Fours.

The Cagers All Star played well with Qassim and Mokri hitting 8 three pointers. The Cagers All Star need to win by 16 points to progress further. Mr. Liew instructed the Cagers to play a full court 2-1-2, making the KK Market veteran team to work hard to bring the ball up. The plan worked when the KK Market players began to tire after the first Quarter. The Cagers All Star pulled away in the second quarter to lead by 25 points at the half. In the third quarter, KK Market tried to go for broke by using the full court press. The Cagers responded well by easily breaking the full court press and extended their lead to 30 points at the break. The KK Market players were a spent force in the last quarter and the Cagers All Star breezed thru and won the game 68 - 35. The locals spectators were impressed with the Cagers All Star. It was a different game compared to the loss to Tsung Wah. Qassim and Allif played a pivotal game by bringing a steady influence and shooting to the team.

The next game is the semifinal against the i-Gate Youth (a KK team). Mr. Liew is hoping to get Syafiq Noh 04 to join the team for the next game. The game will be on 23 August, Thursday at 9:15 pm at Kg. Liman Kati. The Final will be on Saturday 25 August at 8:00 pm, the same place.

The Cagers 07-11

The Cagers 07-11 with their coaches, Pari and Hilmi. They are progressing well, learning the basics of basketball (passing, dribbling and layups), while watching the senior team play. They started with 9 players. After the Kenduri Kesyukuran hosted by Rahmat's parents, the number increased to 19. I guess we have to do more kenduris in the future.

MCKK choses basketball, Rugger & leadership

An article from NST. MCKK chooses basketball as one of their niches. Hopefully, it will come with all the support from all levels; from BOG to the Koleq administrators and PIBG. This would help Q-4-G to concentrate on building the Cagers instead of worrying about the financial aspect of it.

From archery to quizzes, top 30 pick what to excel in

KUALA LUMPUR, Wed:

The 30 top schools in the country will specialise in activities such as lawn ball, drama, wind orchestra and horse-riding, paving the way for a more creative and fun learning experience.

While the majority of the schools chose to excel in various sports, some opted for innovative areas such as leadership skills, public speaking, civil defence and historical quizzes.

Top-notch schools such as Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK), SMK Penang Free and SMK St John — which are among the 30 cluster schools — have chosen to specialise in sports and school bands.

MCKK proposed rugby and basketball and leadership skills, while Penang Free opted for football, cricket, hockey and school band.

St John suggested archery, hockey and school band.
Others, such as the Orang Asli school of SK Pengkalan Tereh, have opted for swimming, while SK Ulu Lubai, located in the interiors of Sarawak, will improve its prowess in English and sports.

Religious schools such as SMKA Sheikh Abdul Malek and SMKA Sharifah Rodziah Melaka will strengthen their Tafsir al-Quran and nasyid activities respectively.

SJK (C) Keat Hwa is concentrating on Mandarin and Tamil school SJK (T) Simpang Lima is specialising in archery, football and choral speaking.

The cluster school list was announced last month. In a bid to boost schools with a track record of excellence, the first 30 schools from a list of 300, were given autonomous powers under the Education Ministry’s cluster-school concept in March.

The move aims to make selected schools less dependent on the rigid centralised education system and push them to greater heights.

They are expected to maintain high academic and co-curricular standards under the monitoring and guidance of the Clusters of Excellence advisory board.

Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said some schools had started developing their niche areas.

"We want them to be on par with Raffles Girls School in Singapore and other top schools in India and China," he said after unveiling the National Education Blueprint’s mid-year report card in parliament yesterday.

MCKK Speech & Sports Day

Just got back from KK for the MCKK Speech & Sports Day. The Cagers were well represented in both activities. Mohd Fauzi Mat Jamial won the first prize for Form 3 while the Captain, Rahmat Abd. Rahim won the first prize for Form 5. 4 Cagers were awarded the College Colours for basketball. They were Mohd. Luqman Ahmad Ikram. Zahiruddin Mansur, Mohd. Eizzuan Zamri and Mohd. Hilmi Mohd. Arif.

For the sports day, the Cagers dominated the long distance events. Miki and M won the Class A 800 meter and 1500 meter. Several others won the field event as well. The shot putt, the high jump and several other events. Sulaiman House pipped Ahmad on the last relay events to win the overall Champion. Overall, the Cagers did well, even the Coordinator won the gold medal in tug-of-war, representing the parents.

LIEW PIMPIN MCKK KUASAI BOLA KERANJANG ASRAMA PENUH

The original article and title by YBhg. Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah (Sarp 78) before it was edited and printed in the Berita Harian 9 June 2007. Even the title was changed and several paragraphs has been edited due to space constraint.

Saifuddin Abdullah

Pertandingan bola keranjang lelaki Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) Piala Hamdan Tahir kali ke-32 di Sekolah Menengah Sains Kota Tinggi yang berakhir pada 31 Mei lalu berkesudahan dengan keputusan yang telah dijangka dari awal, iaitu The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) menang perlawanan akhir dengan menewaskan Sekolah Menengah Sains Seremban (SASER) 103-62.

Pertandingan tersebut dimulakan pada 1974 di Sekolah Alam Shah (SAS), dan kecuali pada 1998 dan 1999, ia telah diadakan pada setiap tahun.

Dalam tempoh itu, pasukan MCKK, yang menggelar dirinya Cagers, paling banyak menjadi johan, iaitu 12 kali, di samping 4 kali menjadi naib johan.

Ini diikuti oleh Royal Military College (RMC) yang menjadi johan sebanyak 5 kali dan naib johan 10 kali; dan Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak (SDAR) yang menjadi johan 5 kali dan naib johan 3 kali.

Cagers satu-satunya yang berjaya menang 3 tahun berturut-turut sebanyak 2 kali, iaitu pada 1981-1983 dan 2004-2006. Pasukan lain yang pernah menang 3 tahun berturut-turut ialah SDAR, iaitu pada 1974-1976.

Dengan kemenangannya kali ini, maka Cagers satu-satunya yang pernah menang 4 tahun berturut-turut, iaitu 2004-2007.

Dalam 20 tahun pertama pertandingan ini (1974-1993), Cagers menjadi johan 8 kali dan naib johan 3 kali. Pada tahun tidak memasuki pertandingan akhir, ia sekurang-kurangnya layak ke separuh akhir. Kerana kejayaannya yang cemerlang itu, maka Piala Hamdan Tahir yang asal telah dihadiahkan untuk simpanan Cagers.

Apakah rahsia kecemerlangan Cagers? Jawabnya ialah jurulatihnya, Liew Yong Choon.

Anak Kuala Kangsar ini graduan Universiti Malaya, menyertai Polis Di-Raja Malaysia sebagai kadet Assistant Superintendent Police (ASP) pada 1975 dan bersara pilihan sebagai Senior Assistant Commissioner (SAC) pada 1997.

Dalam bola keranjang, beliau pemain Perak (1968), Exco Persatuan Bola Keranjang Amatur Malaysia (MABA) pada 1980 dan Naib Presidennya (1987-1989), dan pengurus pasukan bola keranjang lelaki Malaysia di Sukan Sea 1989.

Dalam Sukan Sea itu, selepas hampir 20 tahun tidak memenangi pingat emas bola keranjang lelaki, kita berjaya memenanginya. Itulah juga kali terakhir setakat ini.

Oleh kerana MCKK tidak mempunyai jurulatih, Liew diundang melatih Cagers mulai pertengahan 1974, iaitu sebelum Piala Hamdan Tahir yang pertama di mana Cagers menduduki tempat ketiga, iaitu di belakang SDAR dan RMC.

Tetapi, keputusan tersebut kurang menarik. Yang lebih menarik ialah pada awal tahun itu, iaitu sebelum Cagers dilatih Liew, ia kalah kepada Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR). Dalam Piala Hamdan Tahir itu, Cagers yang berwajah baru di bawah Liew telah menewaskan pasukan STAR yang sama. Liew telah membuktikan kewibawaannya.

Mulai saat itu, Liew yang ketika itu bertugas di Kuala Lumpur berulang alik setiap bulan, malahan adakalanya setiap minggu, untuk melatih Cagers. Beliau berihat pada 1988- 1989 untuk menjadi pengurus pasukan Malaysia. Beliau kembali melatih Cagers pada 1992-1993 sebelum berehat panjang selepas itu.

Dalam tempoh 20 tahun itu (1974-1993), Liew menjadi jurulatih secara sukarela, iaitu tanpa apa-apa imbuhan. Bukan kerana MCKK atau Persatuan Murid-murid Tua MCKK (MCOBA) tidak menghulurkan apa-apa. Tetapi kerana beliau tidak mahu menerima apa-apa. Sebalik, beliau banyak membelanjakan duitnya sendiri.

Selepas itu, iaitu semasa ketiadaannya selama 10 tahun (1994-2003), Cagers hanya menjadi naib johan pada 1994 dan tahun berikutnya layak ke separuh akhir sahaja. 8 tahun yang berikutnya (atau 6 tahun, kerana tiada pertandingan pada 1998-1999), Cagers bukan sahaja tidak memenangi apa-apa, malahan pernah tidak layak ke peringkat kebangsaan kerana kalah di peringkat zon. Itu zaman kegelapan Cagers.

Pada 2003, atas undangan bekas-bekas Cagers (diketuai Ihsan Ismail yang kini pengurus Cagers, Kushairi Abd Manaf dan Riza Amarallah Beg), Liew kembali menjadi jurulatih. Bekas Cagers menubuhkan program Quest-4-Glory (Q4G) yang lengkap dengan tabung membiayai segala keperluan Cagers. Tetapi Liew masih enggan menerima apa-apa.

Sasaran Q4G ialah untuk menjadi johan semula mulai 2005, iaitu sempena ulang tahun ke-100 MCKK. Tetapi, kehebatan Liew membolehkan Cagers menjadi johan setahun lebih awal, iaitu pada 2004. Kisah seterusnya adalah sejarah bertinta emas.

Cagers menjadi pasukan bolakeranjang yang disegani di Daerah Kuala Kangsar dan juga Pulau Pinang. Mereka pernah dijemput untuk menyertai pertandingan Bola Keranjang Bandar Sungai Siput dan mencipta rekod menjadi pasukan pertama membawa keluar Piala Kejohanan dari Bandar Sungai Siput. Cagers juga dijemput khas untuk menyertai Pertandingan Bola Keranjang Pulau Pinang dibawah 16 tahun (merupakan satu-satunya pasukan dari luar Pulau Pinang). Mereka menunjukkan prestasi cemerlang dan menjadi ‘crowd favorite’ dalam pertandingan tersebut.

Liew membentuk Cagers mempunyai sikap yang betul. Mereka bermain seperti pemain profesional – menguasai kemahiran asas yang tinggi, mematuhi strategi dan taktik yang ditentukan, berstamina, berdisiplin, komited, bersistem dan berlatih sepanjang tahun.

Tetapi, Cagers bukan sekadar pasukan bola keranjang. Ia lebih daripada itu. Ia adalah satu kumpulan ahli sukan yang tidak mempunyai masalah disiplin. Liew dan Q4G membuat peraturannya sendiri bagi memastikan rekod bersih ini dikekalkan.

Cagers juga mempunyai rekod akademik yang membanggakan. Liew dan Q4G menentukan sasaran tertentu. Sesiapa yang gagal memenuhinya tidak dibenarkan berlatih dan bermain untuk masa tertentu. Pernah 2 orang pemain utamanya tidak diturunkan dalam Piala Hamdan Tahir peringkat zon kerana gagal satu kertas peperiksaan.

Q4G menyediakan tusyen oleh guru-guru dari luar untuk Cagers bagi subjek paling lemah untuk SPM. Liew sendiri memberi tusyen bahasa Inggeris, matematik dan sains untuk PMR. Manakala pemain senior digalakkan membantu pemain junior.

Dalam PMR 2003, 2005 dan 2006, semua Cagers, kecuali seorang, mendapat 8A, manakala pada 2004, semua mendapat 8A.

Dalam SPM pula, pada 2004, semua Cagers mendapat sekurang-kurangnya 7A. Pada 2006, seorang mendapat 10A, seorang mendapat 9A dan 2 orang mendapat 8A. Rekod Cagers ialah pada 2005 apabila 2 orang mendapat 101A, seorang mendapat 9A, 2 orang mendapat 8A dan seorang mendapat 7A, di mana kaptennya dan juga pemain terbaik Piala Hamdan Tahir, Ahmad Amirul Hafidz Ab Rahman, adalah pelajar terbaik Malaysia dalam kategori 101A.

Bagi Liew, dan ini mempengaruhi Cagers dan Q4G, bola keranjang bukan untuk MCKK sahaja. Liew mahu mutu bola keranjang meningkat. Justeru, beliau melatih Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF) dan membantu Sekolah Menengah Sains Pokok Sena, Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud (SESMA), dan, mulai Julai ini, Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC).

Bagi bola keranjang perempuan SBP Piala Hajah Zainab tahun ini, yang diadakan serentak dengan Piala Hamdan Tahir itu, dua didikannya, iaitu SESMA, telah untuk pertama kalinya sampai ke separuh akhir, manakala, STF, setelah 16 tahun kemarau johan, telah berjaya menewaskan Sekolah Seri Puteri (SSP), iaitu kuasa utama bola keranjang perempuan SBP, dalam perlawanan akhir.

Ini bermakna tahun ini, Liew mengetuai juara berganda, iaitu MCKK dan STF – satu sejarah yang pertama kali terlakar.

Sesungguhnya, perjalanan Liew melahirkan kecemerlangan Cagers dan kesinambungan Q4G, serta penerimaan orang lain terhadapnya, adalah amalan terbaik (best practice) yang unik dalam semangat dan pendidikan kesukanan yang par excellence.

34th HKSBP in SMS Kota Tinggi

The Cagers were grouped together with last year's 2 semifinalists and one of the tournament's favorite. No complaints from us because we know as in previous PHT tournaments, the Cagers will ALWAYS get the short end of the stick. They will always put us at the furthest end of the dormitories with the worst facilities (non working lights and fans). Every year, the Cagers will always raise to the occasions and proved it will take more than take to bring us down. This year, the Cagers have proven beyond doubt that they are simply the best in SBP basketball! Read on...

MC Cagers vs. SMS Kuching

27^th of May 2007, 9.30 am

The Cagers started slowly, offensively, in the first quarter. They only managed to score 25 points at the half time, but they managed to hold SMS Kuching to only 12 points. The Cagers exploded, offensively, in the third quarter by scoring 27 points and allowed SMS Kuching to score only 3 points. The second five took over in the fourth quarter. The Cagers won the game 61 – 27.

All in all, the Cagers played below their own standard in this opening game and showed apparent signs of nervousness. The scoring was well spread, with Justin leading the score with 12.

MC Cagers vs. SMS Machang

28^th of May 2007, 8.00 am

The Cagers started well by scoring 27 points in the first quarter, while holding SMS Machang (last year’s finalist) to only 6 points. The offensive prowess continued in the second quarter with the Cagers leading 48 – 19 at the half. The second five took over in the second half. The Cagers won 86 – 35, the biggest winning margin in the tournament!

The Cagers did well by hitting 9 3-pointers. Syahmi led the scoring with 25 points, making 5 3-pointers.

MC Cagers vs. SDAR

28^th of May 2007, 4.30 pm

SDAR was one of the favorites to enter the final. The Cagers struggled against the bigger SDAR players in the first quarter. SDAR used the man-to-man marking on Em, Miki and Rahmat. It failed miserably when Ammar and Justin began hitting their shots. After a pep talk by the coach, the Cagers began playing with confidence. They used their quickness and better stamina to negate the difference in size. Justin began showing his true ability when the SDAR players slowed down in the third quarter. The Cagers pulled away in the third quarter and led by 30 points. Mr. Liew decided to rest the main players and put in the juniors to play in the fourth quarter. The juniors couldn’t contain the SDAR players and began committing too many fouls. SDAR took advantage of the free throw given (20 points) and managed to narrow the score. Cagers won 91 – 79. Justin led the scorers with 23 points, followed by Miki with 22 points. The Cagers committed 23 fouls with Mokri fouled out of the game.

MC Cagers vs. RMC

29^th of May 2007, 8.00 am

This was the last game of the pre - round for the Cagers. RMC had to play SDAR in the evening. The Cagers started off sluggishly. The previous game against SDAR seemed to take its toll on the Cagers. The Cagers played too casually against RMC. Luckily RMC couldn’t take advantage of the lapse in the Cagers. Miki, played very well, despite the man-to-man marking by RMC, scoring all his 26 points in the first half, he even outscored the whole RMC team in the half! The Cagers led 33 – 12 at half time. Mr. Liew took out the first five after the third quarter when the Cagers led 48 – 18. The juniors took over in the second half. RMC took advantage of the junior players and managed to make the score more respectable. The Cagers won 51 – 38. Miki led all scorers with 26 points. This is, by far, the worst game for the Cagers in the tournament.

Semifinal:

MC Cagers vs. SMS Dungun

30^th of May 2007, 8.00 am

The Cagers started cautiously against Dungun. They struggled offensively but managed to defend aggressively against Dungun. The Cagers led 29 – 26 at the half. In the second half the Cagers began hitting their shots. Mr. Liew took out the first five and let the juniors played in the fourth quarter. Cagers won 70 – 49. Miki and Em led the scorers with 19 points each. Em did an outstanding defensive job by shutting down SMS Dungun point guard and their best player while contributing offensively as well.

The Finals

MC Cagers vs. SMS Seremban (SASER)

31^st of May 2007, 9.30 am

SASER did Cagers a favor by eliminating SDAR in the semifinal. Even though overall, SASER players are taller, the Cagers are fitter and faster.

The game was over within 7 minutes in the first quarter when the Cagers led 28 – 3. Mr. Liew instructed the Cagers to play full-court press, denying the SASER guards getting the ball to their tall players. The game plan worked well when SASER taller players couldn't get the ball to trouble the Cagers effectively. Em and Rahmat continued harassing SASER guards. Em capitalized on the turnovers by the SASER players to score easy baskets. The second team took over in the second quarter and kept SASER at bay. At the end of the half, the score was 50 – 24. Most of the spectators left the court to see the Debates Semifinals.

The second half continued with the Cagers shooting very well. They made a total of 8 3-pointers in the game, Em and Rahmat contributed 3 each. The score was 75 – 37 at the end of the third quarter. HM was seen urging the Cagers to go for the century during the break.

The final score was 103 - 62; the Cagers emerged triumphant with a margin of 41 points, a record for the highest scoring in any final game of the tournament. It was the only 100 points game in the tournament. Em led with 29 points in scoring. The prize-giving ceremony was held subsequently, with Em being named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Special thanks to Mr. Liew, for his undying spirit and his gift of this 12^th PHT, Q4G Project coordinators and supporters, old boys who were there to cheer the Cagers; the college administrators themselves; Mr. Rauhi, the principal, teachers, the players themselves, present boys, supporters, and all those who were involved directly or indirectly.

Four years the Q4G project has been carried out, and four years we tasted victory. Records after records has been achieved and broken. This year the Cagers created history by becoming the first team to achieve 4 in a row (double back-to-back) championships and also breaking the highest scoring game in the finals (103 points).

Q4G continues.................

Letter from Cepe

Received this email from Cepe, the Cagers 05 Captain and MVP. He's in Sydney, Australia doing his degree (Hope he doesn't mind me posting his email here!). The Cagers are getting ready to defend their PHT for the fourth time consecutively and twelveth overall. The fourth consecutive would be a record in the tournament.

Assalamualaikum,

Ok, don't ask me why I suddenly come out with this, no valid answer. Spontan je, tibe2 rase nk menulis. Haha. Please convey this to the boys eventhough I realize that I'm giving them no clear message pun, the whole idea is vague. Anyway all the best retaining the cup n please convey my warmest wish to all, especially Mr. Liew. I'll try give a call nanti if possible.

Salam from Sydney,

I heard that you guys are doing terrific jobs in your preparation en route to the forthcoming PHT. Congratulations for what you have achieved but always bear in mind that the journey doesn't stop there- never rest on the laurels of past glories and contemplate on easy path ahead, at least not until the final whistle of the final game is blown and you're officially crowned as the champion.

In my frame of mind as player back then, I remember winning as the sweetest feeling you could ever imagine to experience. Well, sweet when you take in unbearable hard works that you've put in into account. Some say that it's plain silly to go that far and gain that little- after all you'd only be walking on the stage and claim your medal, then five years of sweat is finished- but I reckon for us the scope of winning reaches far, far beyond that.

I vividly remembered crying when we lost in 2003 simply because it hurt when we try to come to the term of being in the losing side. For me, the loss seemed endless. I bet none of you guys had ever experienced anything similar or even close to that, and hopefully never will. Yes I cried again the next two years, but it was the flip of the story. I believe with all my heart that this is the kind of story that you guys are trying to create and live with forever.

Being part of the CAGERS was one of the highlight of my college life; in fact probably the best bit of all. To be presented with the chance to don college jersey, and ultimately strolled on the podium of success I reckon are the greatest honor one could dream of when they set their steps into the college ground. I was lucky enough to have the taste of them both, and I'm sure you guys have too. But lest we forget, for we humans are always forgetful, the pursuit of success, as far as I know, never has a full stop. My batch or Aliep's would simply give up to those tormenting suicide drills whatnots and decide not to work to retain the cup if early on we were complacent with what we had spectacularly achieved in 2004. My college days are over, but you guys still have those incredible opportunities to put in every effort and give everything you can to lift up the good name of college. Being the CAGERS, pretty much you're blessed with every opportunity to do just that.

Life as CAGERS, I reckon, throws us way beyond the unambiguous line of the sacred basketball court or the recurring sound of afternoon dribbles, whether you like it or not. Well, if it doesn't, would you expect those throngs of old boys to unwaveringly come back to the college basketball ground time and again, leaving their wives and kids on weekends to merely savor a moment playing with kids they barely know? Learning to play basketball in college and becoming CAGERS in this sense, for me, run parallel to learning to live a real life, and becoming a man.

Of course, at the end of the road, the success that everyone embraces is merely a team label; it does little to reflect one's true color. One still ought to jump the hurdles and wade through the road, unless he feels what he did is already enough. The biggest sin is perhaps to brag about wearing college's name while in fact you've got nothing inside your pocket.

In Mr. Liew we have a wonderful, greatest treasure one could ever ask for, while continuous support from Abang Ise, Kak Ana, Cikgu Jimmy and old boys alike as in previous years will prove to be the driving force and provide the thrust for further success. I wish the very best of luck and every success in your endeavor of retaining the cup, you guys can surely make it!

Best regards,

Cepe

The Cagers doing the Bung Wak

The PHT North Zone Championship 2007

The Cagers have won the 5th consecutive PHT Northern Zone Championship in SMS Pokok Sena with style. The Cagers have showed that they are heads and shoulders above the rest in basketball game in the Northern Zone. The games were played with a 7 minutes non stop every quarter (a total of 28 minutes per game), despite that the Cagers managed to score an average of 56 points per game while limiting the opponent to under 14 points per game. Other schools struggled to score more than 30 points per game, with most of the game scores around 15 – 25 points per game.
The Cagers left Kuala Kangsar at 6:00 am with 22 players (12 players, 1 statistician plus 9 junior players) accompanied by Cikgu Nor Suhaimee and led by Cikgu Roslan PK KoKu plus the Debaters. They arrived safely in SMS Pokok Sena at 11:00 am. After unloading and settling down in the respective dorms, the Cagers get ready for their first game again SMS Tun Syed Sheh Shahabuddin of Penang.

31 March 2007 at 2:00 pm;
MCKK vs. SMS Tun Syed Sheh Shahabuddin of Penang:

The Cagers started well by hitting their shots, while holding the opponent to one basket. They led 16 – 2 after the 1st quarter. Mr. Liew took out the 1st five and put in the 2nd five to start the 2nd quarter. The 2nd team did well to increase the lead to 26 – 4 at the half. Mr. Liew continued rotating the second team in the 3rd quarter and the Cagers continued their excellent play by stretching the lead to 43 – 8 after the 3rd quarter. The rotation continued in the 4th quarter, all the Cagers have the opportunity to play in the game. The Cagers won the game 55 – 14.

31 March 2007 at 8:00 am;
MCKK vs. SBPI Gopeng

Mr. Liew started the game with a new combination by resting two players from the 1st five. The Cagers continued the good shooting by leading 15 – 0 after the 1st quarter. Mr. Liew continued rotating the Cagers, giving every Cagers the chance to play. The Cagers led 25 – 2 at the half. SBPI Gopeng scored 6 quick points to begin the third quarter and the supporters became rowdy and started to jeer the Cagers. Mr. Liew quickly sent in the 1st five and managed to stop SBPI Gopeng from scoring any more points. The Cagers led 34 – 8 after the third quarter. The 1st five continued playing most of the 4th quarter. When the SBPI supporters began to mellow down, Mr. Liew took out the 1st five and sent in the 2nd team to finish the game. The Cagers won 47 – 11.

31 March 2007 at 2:00 pm;
MCKK vs. SMS Teluk Intan

The 1st team started the game and set the tempo by making their shots. The 2nd team continued the hot shooting with an excellent defense. The Cagers led 28 – 4 at the half. Mr. Liew continued rotating the Cagers and they continued their hot shooting by leading 44 – 8 after the 3rd quarter. The Cagers made 5 3-pointers in the 4th quarter to finish the game a total of 8 3-pointers. The Cagers won 69 – 10 for the biggest winning margin in the tournament.

1 April 2007 at 8:00 am;
MCKK vs. SBPI Kubang Pasu

This is the lowest scoring game for the Cagers. The Cagers led 37 – 0 till late in the 4th quarter. They didn’t play their normal game by allowing SBPI to attack (under instruction from Mr. Liew!) SBPI KP just couldn’t score and the Cagers barely did any defense. SBPI KP manage to score a 3-pointer from the many ‘hail mary’ tried in the game. The Cagers won 39 – 3.

1 April 2007 at 2:00 pm;
MCKK vs SMS TS Putra, Kangar

SMSTSP was using the full-court press tactics in their previous games and they tried the same tactics against the Cagers. The Cagers were well exposed to this full court pressure tactics when they were playing in the Penang Open last year. The Cagers easily overcame the full court which resulted in easy baskets for them. The Cagers led 22 – 7 after the 1st quarter. The Cagers showed SMSTSP how to execute a proper full court pressure by using the tactics on them. SMSTSP couldn’t break the full court pressure and remain scoreless in the 2nd quarter. The Cagers led 41 – 7 at the half. Mr. Liew replaced the 1st team with the 2nd team and continued pressing them all the way. Final score; The Cagers won 63 - 19

1 April 2007 at 6:00 pm;
Semi-Final MCKK-SMS Pokok Sena:

The Cagers started sluggishly against the host. They seemed to be in slumber, not fully awake from their rest after the afternoon game. They missed their shot while defended loosely. SMS PS took the lead in the first quarter 6 – 5 to the delight of their supporters, which covered three quarter of the court. The opponent’s supporters’ excitement must have awaken the Cagers in the 2nd quarter. They started to hit their shots while defended tenaciously. SMSPS only managed to score 1 point in the quarter while the Cagers had 17 points to lead 22 – 7 at the half. The Cagers continued their excellent shooting while only allowing SMSPS 2 points after the half. The game was played under heavy rain in the second half and it affected SMSPS more than it did the Cagers. The Cagers won 50 – 9. The Cagers hit 8 3-pointers in the game despite playing in the heavy rain.

1 April 2007 at 6:00 pm;
Final MCKK-STAR:

STAR squeaked by to the final by winning their games by a very small margin (they won their games with 1, 2, 3 and 10 points margin in the preliminary rounds). STAR also managed to beat SMSTSSS 41 – 35 in overtime in the semifinal. The Cagers stamped their superiority in the first quarter by scoring 25 points and allowing STAR to score 8. The 2nd team continued the excellent overall game by leading STAR 42 – 14 at the half. The 2nd continued playing well through out the game. The Cagers won 70 – 28. The Cagers hit 7 3-pointers in the game.

The new rubberised court

The Cagers have a new spanking rubberised court. Thanks to the Koleq administrators for the lovely court.

Cagers in Penang U16 Open 2006

Cagers 2007 acknowledging the crowd after winning their first game in Jawi, P.Pinang. It was their first game as the Cagers 2007. Despite the fasting month and just after the PMR, they did well to contain the opponent.
Cagers in action against Youngster team PP. They won the game 54 - 51.

During the opening ceremony, the Cagers with their tracksuits drew applause from the VIPs. Being the only non-chinese team in the tournament, they became they crowd's favorite. YB MP of Jawi was impressed with the Cagers' dicipline and skills. 

The Reward T-Shirt

To celebrate our 11th Championship and our second threepeat, the Quest-4-Glory ordered this limited edition t-shirts for the winning team members.

The Front view














The back view 

The Current & Future Champions

The current PHT Champions together with the future PHT Champions during the Majlis Berbuka Puasa in Kuala Kangsar
The Cagers Form Five 06 with Cagers 08















The Cagers Form 5 06 with The Cagers 09 

The launching of Quest-4-Glory Project 2003

 

The Cagers' 3rd PHT Champions 1981

 

The Cagers' 2nd PHT Champions 1979

 

The Cagers' First PHT Champions 1977

 

Flashback 1980

Kushai winning the jump ball against the taller RMC player! 

MC/RMC Weekend 1980 in Sg. Besi. The Cagers won, for the first time in Sg. Besi, 89 - 85. Mr. Liew giving advice during the time-out. 

The 2006 PHT Champion

The third consecutive, 11th overall PHT Champions with their Cup and trophies. Go Cagers!! 

The Durian and birthday party in KK

Update on the Cagers

Went back to KK last Saturday 5th August to see the Cagers. It has been a while since I last saw them. Had a chat with the junior Cagers (Form 1 and 2). They coming along fine with the Form 1 showing an excellent improvement. The Form 1 can give a good fight to the Form 2. Qassim is doing a good job training them, hopefully he can transfer his 3 point shooting skill to some of the junior Cagers.

The 2007 Cagers is shaping up well. Rahmat, Miki and M is playing well as a team. Size is the main problem with the 2007 Cagers. Hopefully Justin, Ammar and Lokman will be able to improve after their PMR.

We also celebrated Rahmat, Syahmi and Acap birthdays. We also had some durians, brought by Taichek. The Form 3s will be facing the PMR Trial on Monday. Good luck boys, keep the Cagers name flying high!!

POINT OF VIEW WITH TUN HANIF OMAR

An article from Tun Hanif Omar on Koleq. He did mentioned briefly on Cagers' achievements.

Sunday July 2, 2006

Still as good as the old days

POINT OF VIEW WITH TUN HANIF OMAR

I WAS back at my alma mater, the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, on June 10 to form part of the line-up of members of its Board of Governors, staff and students, to greet the arrival of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito, and Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Michiko, who were gracious enough to include the visit as part of their long-delayed visit-to-Perak programme.

As it so happened, the MCKK of recent years has been encouraging its students to be at least trilingual and has provided facilities and resources for its students to learn a third language after Malay and English. So, it has groups of students at various stages of learning one of the following languages: Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, German and French.

It was such a pleasant serendipity for me to see the young students performing a vigorous Japanese dance - a fishermen's or rural dance as far as I could make out - for their Imperial Majesties and then answering Their Majesties' curious questions with both studied deference and quiet confidence. I am sure Their Majesties were pleasantly amused and I was bursting with justifiable pride.

The Malay College may have been established 101 years ago for the education and grooming of the children of Malay royalty and aristocrats but even when I was head prefect there from 1954 to 1956, there were just a handful of royalty among 592 students.

The vast majority were the children of smallholders, farmers, petty traders, penghulu, teachers, government servants, railway employees, soldiers and policemen who were bright enough to be selected.

Today, it is almost the same except that they are really among the crème-de-la-crème of male Malay students and many more than before are from middle-class families, reflecting the improvement in the lot of the Malay society in general since Merdeka.

Sadly, though, the physical infrastructure and resources of MCKK have not really kept up with changing times. Over the years its Old Boys had endeavoured to give it tennis courts, a swimming pool, a proper fencing around Big School, a network of fibre-optics and some computers that are now obsolete.

This month, they gave their alma mater a resource centre equipped with 20 new computers and a printer. But MCKK needs a bit more than these for its now over 700 students to commensurate with the quality of Malay students studying there and the Government's desire to create global citizens who are outstanding and distinguished.

The library, for instance, is too small and is still caught in the ancient mode of my days with just a little bit more new titles.

Why are Malay Collegians and Old Boys of the Malay College not racial fanatics? In the "old days" it was because of our exposure to British and multi-racial teaching faculty. Today, when the teaching staff is almost totally Malay, how do Malay Collegians escape the embrace of racial fanaticism?

Part of the answer lies in the strong bonding with its Old Boys who largely eschew any kind of fanaticism.

Another reason is that MCKK has been playing home-and-away rugby games against its equally famous Thai counterpart, the royal Vajiravudh College, since the late 1950s.

As a result of these games, there is strong bonding among the boys and Old Boys of both schools.

In recent years, there has been a student exchange programme whereby groups of students exchange visits and are put up at each school for a week and with the students' families in both countries for a further week. It is an amazing programme that has opened the vista of students of an all-Malay institution to a non-Malay world!

Last year, MCKK started an almost similar exchange programme with Singapore's premier Raffle's Institution. MCKK made the visit first; its students stayed in the RI Hostel for several days and played a series of two rugby matches on the first and third day. MCKK lost the first game badly. They didn't sulk; they were not negative.

They recognised RI's superior technical skills, coaches and facilities and, like true Collegians bent on bonding with their new Singapore friends, they sought to learn from the RI coaches and profited from it by cutting down the margin of their second loss quite drastically.

They also had two debating sessions that were kept friendly and were not adjudged.

From June13-16, 70 Singapore Raffles Institution students accompanied by seven teachers made a return visit to MCKK.

Under-15 rugby was again played and this time around, RI could only pip MCKK by the slender margin of 9-8, showing how much the MCKK players had benefited from the tips and pointers given by RI coaches last year.

But MCKK won, surprisingly for a Malay institution, both their under-15 and under-16 basketball encounters. Credit must go to MCKK's basketball coach - my former PDRM colleague, SAC 1 (Rtd) Liew Yong Choon and, of course, to the players.

Man does not live on bread alone; he needs a sense of self-respect and pride born of high achievements and a belonging to or association with something superior. MCKK faculty and students certainly benefit from their exposure to Thailand's Vajiravudh College and Singapore's Raffle's Institution, not least because it exposes them to the excellent standards and elitism of two non-Malay academic institutions north and south of the Malay Peninsular.

The bugbear is that it creates a yearning, a hope, for similar superior hard and soft facilities currently not available to the best Malaysian public schools. Our best students are not inferior in quality; their institutions, however, can do with better facilities and resources.

How can this be best achieved must be pondered by all concerned. As Old Collegians we refuse to play the blaming game. We must be positive, seek help and also offer to help. That must always be the way of MCOBA. Fiat Sapientia Virtus! (Let Manliness Come Through Wisdom!)

Friendly vs Raffles Institution, Singapore

Cagers U15 beat RI 51 - 36.
The Form Three played well to contain RI. They managed to break RI full court press easily and controlled the rebounds. They showed good teamwork, watch out for them in the future!!

Cagers U17 beat RI 48 - 46.
The senior team played well in the first three quarters. They built a 12 points lead at the end of the third quarter. However, they couldn't maintain the intensity and started to lose momentum in the last quarter, no stamina. To be fair, they did not train after the PHT finals. They managed to hold on the lead and won on the last minute basket by Aliff. It was the last game for the Form Five 06.

PHT 2006 Report

Below is the official report from Quest-4-Glory, written by Ahmad Amirul Hafidz @ Cepe: Captain Cager 05 & PHT 2005 MVP

33rd HKSBP in SEMSAS
Mc Cagers vs. SMS Lahad Datu
29th of May 2006, 9.30 am

In this first grouping match of the tournament, Mr. Liew fielded the first five players as the starters. They were off to a jittery start, but managed to settle down just in time to put up a good defense and poured in points after points at the other end, albeit committing quite a number of evitable mistakes. Qassim led the first quarter surge with 7 points as the Cagers commenced to a 19 - 9 lead.

Early into the second quarter, Aliep committed his 4th personal foul to force Mr. Liew to replace him with another player, avoiding taking any risk of losing him. Later on, the second team took command of the game from the starters, and they finished off the quarter with a score of 35 - 18.

Aliep was fielded back into the game entering the 2nd half as Mr. Liew looked to let him regained his confidence, and this was proven to be worthy to himself in particular and to the team generally as Aliep demonstrated a somewhat excellent individual offensive play. The 3rd quarter came to a conclusion with a score line of 50 - 30, the Cagers are in front.

The five starters remained on the court in the final quarter in spite of a comfortable 20 points lead the team possesses. They switched their style of play defensively, opting for a 2 - 3 formation before Aliep was fouled out having committed his fifth personal foul. The 2nd team was again taken into the court afterwards up to the final whistle as the Cagers emerged triumphant with a 67 - 42 win.

All in all, the Cagers played below their own standard in this opening game and showed apparent signs of nervousness. They also committed a breathtaking 24 personal fouls on the whole. Nonetheless, nothing to be worried as according to Mr. Liew, as the team is well on the right track of winning. Aliep, the team captain led the way in scoring with 24 points.

MC Cagers vs. SMS Dungun
29th of May 2006, 3.00 pm

Again, the team started off unconvincingly with Nash committed two early mistakes in passing to give an early lead to the opposing team. Anyhow, the team made up for their blunders by putting up a good defense and claimed the lead shortly afterwards, albeit missing numerous numbers of free throws gifted. They concluded the 1st quarter with a 16 - 9 lead.

The Cagers continued to display a splendid form in defense in the 2nd quarter while scoring 20 points themselves on offense to magnify the lead over their opponents closing the 1st half.

Justin was brought in to play alongside first team regulars to start the 3rd quarter, before Mr. Liew rotates the players in and out of the game. All the players did give pleasing performances and deserve credits indeed. This 3rd quarter saw the Cagers forged to lead SMS Dungun 36 - 15.

As the match resumes to its final quarter, it became more and more obvious that there was just no way for the opposing team to get back to the game and give worrying threat to the Cagers. Even the Form 3 team that was fielded by Mr. Liew in the final minutes of the match seemed to be far better than the players from the other side. In the end, the Cagers claimed their 2nd successive wins stylishly with a final score of 83 - 24.

MC Cagers vs. SBPI Sabak Bernam
30th of May 2006, 8.00 am

Against this novice participating team of the tournament, the Cagers scored the first 11 points in early minutes to start this 3rd game of the grouping stage on a brilliant note. The team later on forged to a 22 - 3 lead to wrap up the 1st quarter, Aliep and Qassim combined for a total of 21 points.

Miki committed 2 quick fouls and was replaced by Justin in the 2nd quarter, while some other starters were also rested halfway through to give ways to junior players. Having enjoyed a comfortable lead, the Cagers slowed their pace down, only to see the opposing team got back on track and cut the point difference. The 1st half score stood at 31 - 23.

The five starters got back into the game entering the 3rd quarter as the Cagers looked to make up for their lapse in performance in the previous quarter and reclaim a big lead. This had proven to be essential as the Cagers outshined their helpless opponents with strong offensive plays and tough defense, denying any of their opportunity to once again reduce the scoring gap. The Cagers outscored their opponents 26 - 8 in this 3rd quarter.

Mr. Liew fielded the Form 3 team to replace the key players in the final minutes of the game as the Cagers held on to their big lead throughout the whole quarter. Justin did put up a somewhat splendid performance before retiring from the game due to a serious ankle injury. He is not expected to play for the rest of the tournament for a matter of slight concern. Anyhow, the Cagers cruised all the way to a 76 - 48 victory.

Aliep played well to his standard and became the top scorer as usual with 24 points. The Cagers sink in a total of 5 three pointers in this match.

MC Cagers vs. SMS Seremban (SASER)
30th of May 2006, 4.00 pm

This is the last game of the pre - round in which the winner would top the group as both teams have already qualified for the semifinal.

SASER scored the 1st basket of the match before Cagers recovered and took a commanding lead wrapping up the 1st quarter at 15 - 5. Aliep and Miki got into an early foul trouble to force Mr. Liew to take them out to the bench.

The 2nd quarter saw the team lost their ground on defense, allowing the opposing team to trim down the lead to merely 7 points. Worse still, the main players kept on committing unnecessary fouls, forcing the 2nd team to take over to avoid any risks of losing them.

Aliep and Nash were fielded back into the game midway through the 2nd half, only to see both of them walked off the court moments later for fouling out. Anyhow, the Cagers managed to hold on to their lead before the game was thwarted by rain, forcing in the change of venue. Shifting to SEMSAS, they gave up another 4 points to their opponents to conclude the 3rd quarter with a score line of 44 - 37, the Cagers led.

The final quarter obviously was not a game to remember. Having lost two key players plus Justin who sustained an ankle injury, the Cagers found it hard to hinder aggressive offensive plays by SASER, mostly due to lack of size, and let their lead to diminish. SASER even got in front at times. With clocks ticking down, the Cagers still had a 1 point lead as well as the ball, before Ammar horrendously made a mistake in passing leading to a simple lay up by the opponent for a reversed 1 point lead for them. Trailing with seconds left, there goes our 33 - games winning streak under the Q4G Project despite a last-breath effort from Em. Final score, Cagers lost 56 - 57

On the whole, the withdrawal of Aliep and Nash in the 3rd quarter was proven to be too costly and disastrous to the team. Other players did not play up to their mark either, resulting in this rare defeat. The Cagers gained a blessing in disguise however as according to Mr. Liew, for the players now realize that they are prone to committing unnecessary fouls besides relying too much on main players. The Cagers were still up to play in the semi final match on the next day as the runners-up of the group.

Semifinal:
MC Cagers vs. RMC
31st of May 2006, 8.00 am

Up against their traditional foe, the Cagers were determined to seal a win to make up for their humiliating yesterday’s defeat and recaptured their confidence as well as claiming a spot in the 3rd successive final game of the tournament.

The starters demonstrated a brilliant overall performance in the 1st half of the game, especially in the 2nd quarter in which they outscored RMC 26 - 8, contradictory to their below par performance in the previous match. Changes in strategy saw Aliep played up front on defense instead of at centre, while Em was brought in midway through the 2nd quarter to give a tight marking to the opponent’s point guard, intentionally to halt the smooth flow of RMC’s offensive play. The 1st half score was 36 - 17, the Cagers led comfortably. Qassim and Aliep were ahead in the scoring run with 11 and 10 points respectively.

Entering the 2nd half, the Cagers continued their dazzling display at both ends added up with minimized number of fouls as the main players remained on the court despite possessing a huge scoring margin over RMC. A couple of three point shots by Em plus another one from Nash sparked a fine scoring run to the disappointment of the opposing team, who trailed as far as 30 points behind. Junior players later on took over and played until the final whistle, as the Cagers emerged triumphant with 76 - 48 the score line. With this classy win, the Cagers moved one step closer towards the solitary goal of claiming the 3rd successive PHT.

Over all, the Cagers proved that they could indeed rise to the occasion at crucial moments and play up to their billings despite still pondering over the previous day’s defeat. Obviously, the key factors of this win are minimal number of fouls committed which sum up to merely 6, added up with the balanced performance of the players as well as the high confidence and positive attitude shown. Nonetheless, let us not stop and rest on the laurels at this moment. Rather we ought to gear up and keep on this fine run for our final decisive game ahead.

The Finals
MC Cagers vs. SMS Machang
1st of June 2006, 9.30 am

Up against SMS Machang in this final match of the tournament, the college was the hot favorite to win the PHT for the 3rd time on the trot. SMS Machang, which was coached by no other than our own Dr. Nasir 89, an Old Cager, was the 3rd different team in three years the Cagers faced in the final, all of which came from East Coast.

It was a neck-to-neck tie in the opening quarter of the game; Qassim took the first basket before their opponents took charge for a match akin to a mouse and cat game in the early 10 minutes. The Cagers eventually surrendered the 1st quarter to SMS Machang, trailing by 9 - 11. Qassim had 7 out of those 9 points scored.

The Cagers came off the bench to begin the 2nd quarter in an optimistic and high-flying mood, certain of salvaging a huge lead and sealing a win as early as in the 1st half of the game. Em was brought in to inject stings on the defense and help Aliep with his offensive plays. This was proven to be essential, as the Cagers turned the table and clinched a total of 24 points in this 2nd quarter alone, while at the same time restraining SMS Machang for a mere 10 points. Nash was unfortunate however for committing his 4th foul, forcing him to be replaced by Ammar mid-way through.

Early minutes of the 3rd quarter saw Aliep inspired a brilliant 9 nil run to give a doubled score line of 42 - 21 for the Cagers, a heartbreak for our opponents. Hazwan was fielded back to replace Em albeit an awesome show by the latter halfway through this 3rd quarter, while the other 4 players stayed put on the court. Later on, SMS Machang opted for a half-court press defense system to thwart our smooth offensive flow, yet was calmly prevailed over to their disheartenment. Excellent defensive plays by the Cagers added up with scorching hot scoring touch on offense resulted in a 54 - 27 the 3rd quarter score. Aliep, Hazwan, Qassim and Miki all combined for a fine scoring run in beginning of the 4th quarter to blow up the already-enormous scoring margin. The Cagers’ fitness was proven to be superb as by this time, the game was metaphorically similar to a track race, and while the opponents were not exactly the tortoise, the Cagers were definitely the hare. Aliep, in particular, displayed an overwhelming one man show before the five players headed off to the bench to be substituted, buoyant for the sealed sweet triumph. The final minutes were basically played by the Form 3s who continued to play impressively, with Mokri and Syahmi sank in two three pointers respectively before the final whistle, concluding this final match of our quest for the 3rd successive PHT on another victorious note.

The final score is 81 - 37; the Cagers emerged triumphant with a margin of 44 points, a record for the biggest point difference in any final game of the tournament. Cagers made a sum of 8 three pointers, 5 of which contributed by Qassim, while Aliep led with 32 points in scoring.

It was a great atmosphere with stirring drama after the final whistle; the Old Boys in presence presented the traditional ‘Bung Wak’ to the triumphant boys, who soon presented theirs in reply. The ‘Gemilang’ song filled the air shortly afterwards, before Riza Beg led the pack honoring Mr. Liew with three cheers for his unsurpassable feat of winning the 11th PHT for the college.

The prize-giving ceremony was held subsequently, with Aliep, the team captain being named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Special thanks to Mr. Liew, for his undying spirit and his gift of this 11th PHT, Q4G Project coordinators and supporters, old boys who were there to cheer the Cagers; Riza Amarallah Beg 76 and family, Ihsan 80 and family, Azran 96 and family, Azmi Jimat 91, Azhar Che Ahmad 80, Dr. Aidi 89, Aziz Saleh 78, YBhg Dato’ Salahuddin 79, Wan Zefri 88, Azhar Affendi 83, Mahmud, Zuwairi 96, Raja Arif 91, Som 95, Azri Ali 81, Azamin 83, Zainal Abidin Zainuddin 83, Hasnul , Dr. Nasir 89, Shahruddin and family, Megat Mazhar Khair 80, Halim Hussien 77 (we apologize for names unintentionally being left behind), the college adminitrators themselves; Mr. Rauhi, the principal, Mr. Safwan, the chief of the contingent to Kuantan, teachers, the players themselves, present boys, supporters, and all those who were involved directly or indirectly.

Three years the Q4G project has been carried out, and three years we tasted victory. The winning margin expanded year after year; from 3 points gap in the triumph in 2004, to a 9 points win later in 2005, and of course, this year’s 44 points margin for the 3rd win- a proven success of the project. Therefore, let us continue to lend our hand and support this Q4G project in years to come, in hope that we will be able to keep the elusive PHT for the next following years.

Message from Mr. Liew in KK

Pls tell d 'Head Coach', he's d least 2 worry about d cagers! Though they r in 'old hands', those hands r still good, save n reliable! They r certainly well prepared 4 d grand final, both physically as well as mentally! My left wrist's still painful n swollen. It doesn't bother much in coaching as cagers know exactly what I want them 2 do! All main players've shown apparent improvements in their skills n hopefully their turn-over'll reduce 2 d minimum b4 d start of PHT. Yesterday they beat Tsung Wah again, 59-48. Comfortably right now I can depend on 11 cagers 2 play in d pre-round n at least 8 or 9 cagers both in semi n final. It's a good sign 4 d juniors 2 catch up with d F5, gradually but steadily!

PHT 2006 Schedule

The Cagers

PERTANDINGAN BOLA KERANJANG

HARI KECEMERLANGAN SEKOLAH BERASRAMA PENUH

KALI KE-33 2006

JADUAL PERTANDINGAN

(KESELURUHAN)

Pembahagian Kumpulan

Lelaki

Piala Tun Dato’ (Dr.) Haji Hamdan Sheikh Tahir

Kumpulan A		Kumpulan B
SMS LAHAD DATU (SMS LD)		SEK. DATO ABDUL RAZAK (SDAR)
SMS SEREMBAN (SASER)		SMS KUCHING (SAINSKU)
SMS DUNGUN (SMSD)		SMS MACHANG (SMACH)
SBPI SABAK BERNAM (SBPI SB)		MAKTAB TENTERA DIRAJA (MTD)
THE MALAY COLLEGE (MCKK)		SEKOLAH TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN (STAR)
		SMS SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH (SEMSAS)

Perempuan

Piala Toh Puan Datin Hajjah Siti Zainab

Kumpulan P		Kumpulan Q
SMS SELANGOR (SMSS)		SMS MIRI (SMS MIRI)
SEKOLAH TUN FATIMAH (STF)		SEKOLAH SERI PUTERI (SSP)
SMS TUN SYED SHEH SAHABUDIN (SMS TSSS)		SEKOLAH SULTAN MAHMUD (SESMA)
SMS MACHANG (SMACH)		KOLEJ TUNKU KURSHIAH (KTK)
SMS SABAH (SMESH)		SMS SULTAN MOHAMAD JIWA (SMS SMJ )
SMS SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH (SEMSAS)

Jadual Pertandingan

TARIKH / HARI	MASA	GEL.		KAT./ KUMP.	PERLAWANAN
28 MEI 2006 AHAD
	S 1		LB	SDAR	LWN		STAR
	2	S 2		LB	SEMSAS	LWN		SAINSKU
	3	S 3		PP	SMACH	LWN		SMESH
	4	I 1		LA	SASER	LWN		SMSD
	5	I 2		PQ	SMS MIRI	LWN		SSP
	S 1		LB	MTD	LWN		SMACH
	7	S 2		PP	SEMSAS	LWN		STF
	8	S 3		PP	SMSS	LWN		SMS TSSS
	9	I 1		LA	SMS LD	LWN		SBPI SB
	10	I 2		PQ	SESMA	LWN		KTK
	2.00 PTG	MAJLIS PERASMIAN HKSBP

29 MEI 2006 ISNIN
	11	8.00 PAGI	S 1	LB	SMACH	LWN	SDAR
	12		S 2	LB	STAR	LWN	SEMSAS
	13		S 3	PP	STF	LWN	SMESH
	14		I 1	LA	SMSD	LWN	SBPI SB
	15		I 2	PQ	KTK	LWN	SMS MIRI
	16	9.30 PAGI	S 1	LB	SAINSKU	LWN	MTD
	17		S 2	PP	SMS TSSS	LWN	SEMSAS
	18		S 3	PP	SMSS	LWN	SMACH
	19		I 1	LA	MCKK	LWN	SMS LD
	20		I 2	PQ	SSP	LWN	SMS SMJ
	21	3.00 PTG	S 1	LB	SEMSAS	LWN	SMACH
	22		S 2	LB	SDAR	LWN	MTD
	23		S 3	PP	SMSS	LWN	STF
	24		I 1	LA	MCKK	LWN	SMSD
	25		I 2	PQ	SSP	LWN	KTK
	26	4.45 PTG	S 1	PP	SMESH	LWN	SEMSAS
	27		S 2	LB	STAR	LWN	SAINSKU
	28		S 3	PP	SMACH	LWN	SMS TSSS
	29		I 1	LA	SASER	LWN	SBPI SB
	30		I 2	PQ	SMS SMJ	LWN	SESMA

TARIKH / HARI	NO. PER.	MASA	GEL.	KAT./ KUMP.	PERLAWANAN
30 MEI 2006 SELASA
	31	8.00 PAGI	S 1	LB	SAINSKU	LWN	SDAR
	32		S 2	LB	MTD	LWN	SEMSAS
	33		S 3	PP	STF	LWN	SMACH
	34		I 1	LA	SBPI SB	LWN	MCKK
	35		I 2	PQ	SMS MIRI	LWN	SESMA
	36	9.30 PAGI	S 1	LB	SMACH	LWN	STAR
	37		S 2	PP	SMSS	LWN	SEMSAS
	38		S 3	PP	SMESH	LWN	SMS TSSS
	39		I 1	LA	SMS LD	LWN	SASER
	40		I 2	PQ	KTK	LWN	SMS SMJ
	41	2.30 PTG	S 1	LB	SEMSAS	LWN	SDAR
	42		S 2	LB	SMACH	LWN	SAINSKU
	43		S 3	PP	SMS TSSS	LWN	STF
	44		I 1	LA	SMSD	LWN	SMS LD
	45		I 2	PQ	SSP	LWN	SESMA
	46	4.00 PTG	S 1	PP	SEMSAS	LWN	SMACH
	47		S 2	LB	STAR	LWN	MTD
	48		S 3	PP	SMSS	LWN	SMESH
	49		I 1	LA	SASER	LWN	MCKK
	50		I 2	PQ	SMS SMJ	LWN	SMS MIRI

31 MEI 2006 RABU
	51	8.00 PAGI	S 1	L	JOHAN A	LWN	NAIB JOHAN B
	52		S 2		JOHAN B	LWN	NAIB JOHAN A
	53	9.30 PAGI	S 1	P	JOHAN P	LWN	NAIB JOHAN Q
	54		S 2		JOHAN Q	LWN	NAIB JOHAN P
	55	2.30 PTG	S 1	L	KALAH 51	LWN	KALAH 52
	56	4.00 PTG		P	KALAH 53	LWN	KALAH 54

TARIKH / HARI	NO. PER.	MASA	GEL.	KAT./ KUMP.	PERLAWANAN
1 JUN 2006 KHAMIS
	57	8.00 PAGI	S 1	P	AKHIR MENANG 53 LWN MENANG 54
	58	9.30 PAGI		L	AKHIR MENANG 51 LWN MENANG 52