General & Championship Editor on 09 Nov 2006 10:39 am
1st MAPCU Taekwondo Championship
Hosted by APIIT/UCTI at the APIIT Smart School in Subang
On Sunday 5th November 2006 APIIT/UCTI helped taekwondo to take another step forward in making the sport more popular amongst the colleges in Malaysia by initiating the first MAPCU Taekwondo competition. The event was held at the new APIIT Smart School in Subang and attracted teams from ten colleges and university colleges:
- APIIT/UCTI
- Help University College
- International Medical University
- INTI College
- KBU International College
- KDU College
- Monash University Malaysia
- SIT International College
- Sunway University College
- Taylor’s College
A lot of hard work and effort was put into the competition from all areas of APIIT/UCTI from catering and logistics to lecturers and managers, not forgetting the students within the team as well as the student helpers.
It was a very long weekend with helpers preparing the hall on the Saturday afternoon and then with competitors arriving from 8.00am on Sunday and finally after the clean up was complete leaving the school at about 6.45pm. Our thanks go to all of the helpers and to logistics staff.
Once again we have shown that we can organise a successful taekwondo event with one college saying “Thanks for organising this event, we really appreciate it. It’s great that someone thought about taekwondo”.
The event started with the weigh-in from 9.00am, all teams ready and waiting for the competition to begin at 10.00am. Nerves were running high within the APIIT/UCTI team but the club President Lim Yeow Chet did his best to keep the team focused. For some of the team it was to be their first competition, not really knowing what to expect or what the opposition would be like.
It was clear from the beginning that KDU College was going to be the team to beat as they had entered the largest team. Once again the APIIT/UCTI team had to focus on the competition and put all thoughts of the opposing teams out of their minds.
The morning session went well with a number of fighters having some very impressive bouts showing that there is potential within the MAPCU colleges for bigger and better things in the future. By the end of the morning session the first two medals had been decided: gold to INTI College and silver to KDU College in the female fin weight black belt division.
In the afternoon Dr Andy Seddon (Senior Manager Academic Development APIIT/UCTI and taekwondo club advisor) gave a short speech to the participants thanking them for attending and wishing all teams well in the event. Commander Tang, Secretary of MAPCU also gave a short speech in which he commended APIIT/UCTI on hosting the first championship and expressed his thanks to Dr Andy Seddon who had initiated the idea and helped bring to reality. Finally Dr Andy concluded by saying “You aren’t here to listen to long speeches, you are here to compete so lets get back to the competition” which was met with a round of applause.
As the afternoon gathered momentum the medals started to be decided and the overall medal table showed as had been expected that APIIT/UCTI and KDU College were battling to be overall champions. By the end of the sparring it looked inevitable that KDU College would win but the team spirit prevailed in the poomsae (pattern) competition and in the fitness test with everyone putting in all their efforts to bring the trophy home.
At the end of the day the medal ceremony was held for the teams and it was then that the final result was to be announced. At the medal ceremony representatives from the participating colleges were invited to award the medals.
In a competition tighter than the final race of the Formula One championship, it was not until the last medal was decided that the overall champion was revealed. Awarding 3 points for a gold medal, 2 points for a silver medal and 1 point for a bronze medal, the overall medal table was as follows:
The result was announced to a great cheer from APIIT/UCTI with a round of applause from them for their rivals of the day. KDU College were laudable runners up taking the news in good spirit but with the comment “we are going to win it next year”.
The event was enjoyed by all those who attended and showed that APIIT/UCTI were able to start the ball rolling. Next year it will be up to APIIT/UCTI to defend the title, not an easy task but one which the whole team will work hard to achieve.
Although overall this was a team event, it was based on the results of the individuals who brought home their own medals as well as the Championship Trophy. The team consisted of 12 members all managed to bring at least one medal home showing that it was truly a team effort on the day that won APIIT/UCTI the Championship.
The winners were:
Gold Medals
- Cui Hai Guang(Sparring Gold)
- Jonathan Fernandez (Sparring Gold)
- Lim Yeow Chet (Sparring Gold; Poomsae Gold)
- Nor Shazlina (Sparring Gold; Poomsae Gold)
- Tan Ping Ing (Sparring Gold; Poomsae Gold)
- Yao Xin (Sparring Gold)
Silver Medals
- Fenny Chieck (Sparring Silver)
- Isabella Henggie (Sparring Silver)
- Le Anh Tai (Sparring Silver)
- Tan Ping Ing (Fitness Silver)
- Wan Zan Hong (Sparring Silver; Poomsae Silver)
Bronze Medals
- Le Anh Tai (Poomsae Bronze)
- Ong Chun Wei (Sparring Bronze, Poomsae Bronze)
- Ong Lit Yit (Sparring Bronze)
- Yao Xin (Fitness Bronze)
Our helpers on the day were:
- Cheah Kam Weng, our PC scorekeeper for the day
- Chooi Kah Wai, Justin & Helen Jiang Jingchu, our timekeepers
- Wang Xinqi & Tina Song Xiaotong, the bout chart managers
- From the APIIT Smart School thanks also go to Boon Tia from T&I and Vijay and his logistics team.
Final thanks must go to three other people who worked tirelessly to help make the event a success, namely Ms Nadiah Suki (Deputy club advisor), Mr Dennis Warren Daniel (Marketing) and of course Master Tony Lee the club coach. Without their help and support the event would not have taken place and would not have been the success it was.
Roll on next year when we get to defend our title!!
on 09 Nov 2006 at 11:49 am 1.Chew Chee Ming said …
This is great! Congratulations to APIIT on the win! I wish I was there. Miss you guys!
on 09 Nov 2006 at 2:40 pm 2.Melina said …
Wow.. Congrats to Fenny N Bella.. Gue bangga ma kalian.. Bagi2 yach medalinya Hehehhee….
TO all, Congratulations =)
on 09 Nov 2006 at 3:11 pm 3.Mohammed Abdul Bari said …
Congratulations to the Taekwando Team and wish you all best of luck in future.
on 09 Nov 2006 at 3:26 pm 4.kimmysia said …
Congrats to the team and the event organisers/helpers.
Well done.
on 09 Nov 2006 at 4:09 pm 5.lucKy.aLvi said …
congrats 2 whole team ! GOOD LUCK for future
on 09 Nov 2006 at 8:09 pm 6.Mobin Khan said …
Great!!!!!!
Congrats To All Members Of Team..
Be Good In Future Too…..
on 09 Nov 2006 at 8:13 pm 7.Foundation kia said …
Well done dude!!
on 10 Nov 2006 at 12:06 am 8.Shelly Lai said …
Congrats to the whole team! Especially to Hai Guang and Zan Hong ^^
on 10 Nov 2006 at 10:08 am 9.Catherine Ng said …
Congratulations to the whole team. A job well done & keep it up!!
on 10 Nov 2006 at 5:00 pm 10.Chee Siang said …
Congratulations on your achievements everyone !!! Im sure all of you had a great experience there !!! especially to those new players who participated this time !!! I am proud to see this and all the APITTians do, too !! Keep it up !!
on 10 Nov 2006 at 10:28 pm 11.Sam said …
I wished I could join too . . .
too bad, my college doesn’t have Taekwondo.
Congratulations anyway . . .
on 10 Nov 2006 at 10:54 pm 12.danny chan said …
Yea!! Apiit BOLEH!!!..congrats to all of the Tekwando members..u all r the best…
on 12 Nov 2006 at 5:49 am 13.Yeow Chet said …
wah I didn’t know so many people will view this thing.haha!! good and thanks to all the congrats u guys wished …. APIIT will remain strong in Taekwondo so long APIIT support us and the students trains more..WE NEED MORE FIGHTeRS…:)
on 12 Nov 2006 at 11:34 pm 14.ex-kl apiit teakwondo club said …
nice one apiit team, congraz to sharzlina. Solute to Apiit Teakwondo team.
on 13 Nov 2006 at 5:39 pm 15.leanhtai said …
yeah Apiit so great , Apiit students good in study and good in sport as well , come and join Apiit Taekwondo , we together make Apiit become the Taekwondo Champion in next seasons …
on 14 Nov 2006 at 2:33 am 16.gabuss said …
kekekekekekekekekeke 2 bad
on 20 Nov 2006 at 3:00 pm 17.yeow chet said …
yeah….TAI ..u become the next presidentla.haha!!! i cannot be the presidentliao…working …studying part time would be hard.haha!! U TAKE OVER MY POSItiON!! haha!! 4 yrs of president is good enough…UR TURN NOW.haha!! bloom our club..:)
on 22 Nov 2006 at 2:06 pm 18.Jet said …
congrats to all winners!! pls have a click at Martial Arts Community
i wish to find out more about ur clubs, how shd i contact u guys anyway?
till then, keep it up!!
regards,
Jet
MCM Management
on 27 Nov 2006 at 6:24 pm 19.vinot said …
welldone ong li kit ucffo6o5 we support u
on 27 Nov 2006 at 7:51 pm 20.amy said …
congrats guys..
wished i could be there for u guys… anyhow YC good on taking the leader role and be such an inspiring person to lead the team to their win…
hopefully i get to see u guys compete next year!
on 08 Dec 2006 at 4:52 pm 21.jan said …
May i know Apit’s training schedules? and location please? Would like to join u guys for training under master tony.
on 12 Dec 2006 at 2:11 pm 22.kimmysia said …
jan, you could check out here : http://sig.apiit.edu.my/taekwondo/about/
on 05 Feb 2007 at 5:29 pm 23.Akmar said …
hahha..i’m from kdu..like we say earlier, we gonna win the next tourney…hehehe…;>
on 21 Jun 2007 at 5:44 am 24.meysam said …
ok.i am taekwondo student in iran-asia .i have black 2nd dan.
on 28 Jan 2008 at 6:17 pm 25.Mukesh Arya said …
Congrates to all of at this time. But nex time it will sure with us………
on 01 Mar 2008 at 10:57 pm 26.aLee said …
Hope MAPCU this time is going to UCTI/APIIT.
on 08 Apr 2008 at 1:22 pm 27.ike yasinta said …
Is there any other photos during the tournament? I want to see it
on 11 Apr 2008 at 6:04 pm 28.Natalia said …
Hey Ike. Try 2 open this site http://taekwondo.apiit.edu.my/index.htm and go to News section . There are some pictures that I think taken on the competition day,but not while they were compete . You can go to Gallery section as well.
ya’ll who interested can open this site also.
on 30 May 2008 at 1:24 pm 29.John said …
I would like to ask if i can join the club,but i’ve already join another taekwondo club outside.The reason for this is that they only have training every once a week which is not enough from what I think.So i’m asking is it ok if i join the taekwondo club eventhough I joined another already? Please give me an asnswer.
on 22 Jun 2008 at 9:26 am 30.johira said …
i wanna join the taekwondo club.but i don’t know how to join?can you tell me?
on 06 Jul 2008 at 3:28 pm 31.aLee said …
Hey Johira and John. I think as long as u r APIIT/UCTI’s stdnt u can join the club. Just come on Monday and Thursday 6.30 and follow the training. That easy.
on 11 Sep 2008 at 1:26 am 32.murugapan said …
Dear Moderator,
On behalf or APIIT/UCTI Student Recreation and Activities Council (SARC)I would Like to enquire on whether this Club Web Page is active ??
Please do respond to this message within a week ( by the 18th of september) If you do not respond within the mentioned time period we would not hessitate to remove your link from WebSpace.
I would like to highlight this measure is taken in order to give students accurate and up to date information regarding Clubs and SIG’s in APIIT.
Your Cooperation is highly appreciated.
Mail ur response to either one of the e-mail addresses below:
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Regards,
Murugapan Palaniappan
Asst Sports Bureau,
SARC,
APIIT/ UCTI