It was an intense Saturday for 16 teams from across ten Klang Valley schools as they battled it out in their quest of vying for the title and bragging rights of being the inaugural KDU Basketball Invitation Cup champion.
The event, which was held last Saturday at the college’s Damansara Jaya campus auditorium, was in conjunction with the college’s Open Day weekend where a number of other activities, talks and workshops were also held.
KDU College’s CEO & Principal, Dr Chia Chee Fen, was present to launch the Basketball Invitation Cup and in her opening speech, applauded a healthy lifestyle, saying, “One should strive to lead a healthy lifestyle, and KDU believes that one should excel not only academically, but also in extra curricular activities and games, as it encourages a healthy mind.”
After presenting tokens of appreciation to the secondary school teachers in attendance, Dr Chia was game enough to start off with the first match.
The auditorium was abuzz with excitement and students watched with anticipation as schools battled with each other on the basketball court, with each game lasting 14 minutes. The championship was divided into two categories, Boys and Girls, and there were a total number of 9 teams from the Boys’ Category and 7 teams from the Girls’ category.
Participating schools include SMK Sri KDU, SMK Damansara Jaya, SMK Bandar Utama 3, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4, SMK Bandar Utama and more.
Still, it did not deter the rest of the participating teams from giving it their best shot, enjoying the games as it went along, all in good spirit.
Establishing themselves as strong contenders as well, both the boys’ and girls’ teams from SMK Damansara Jaya met with the SMK BU3 teams in the championship finals. Both were exhilarating battles, with each of the teams going all out to win the championship title. After much sweat and intensity, both the SMK BU3 boys’ and girls’ teams managed to slam-dunk their way to victory, winning the championship title, and of course, bragging rights.
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| Boys Category - Champion Team: SMK Bandar Utama 3 |
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| Girls Category - Champion Team: SMK Bandar Utama 3 |
Both champion teams were awarded individual medals and full scholarships from the college for any pre-university or diploma programmes, and also walked away with the championship trophies and big jubilant smiles on their faces.
A deserving round of applause also went to SMK Damansara Jaya’s boys’ and girls’ teams as they were awarded the first runners-up title after putting up a strong game against SMK BU3. The teams took home individual medals, the first runners-up trophies and also scholarships for 50% tuition-fee waiver in any of the college’s pre-university or diploma programmes.
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| Boys Category – First Runners Up: SMK Damansara Jaya |
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| Girls Category – First Runners Up: SMK Damansara Jaya |
As there were no games to determine the third and fourth placing in both categories, joint second runners-up were named. Each team were awarded individual medals, the second runners-up trophies as well as scholarships for 30% tuition-fee waiver.
For the Boys’ Category, the second runners-up title was jointly held by SMK Sri KDU and also SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4. |
| Boys Category - Joint Second Runners Up: SMK Sri KDU |
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| Boys Category - Joint Second Runners Up: SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4 |
The Girls’ joint second runners-up teams consisted of SMK Sri KDU and Team X, which was formed by various secondary school students across schools in PJ.
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| Girls Category - Joint Second Runners Up: SMK Sri KDU |
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| Girls Category - Joint Second Runners Up: Team x |
State players from the SMK BU3 teams, Loh U-Jo, Andrea Cheow, Jessica Ling, Sin Chi Yan and twins Wong Shin Lin and Wong Shin Ying, said that their teams usually have consistent trainings and up it with a one-week intensive training before each competition. Most have started playing basketball from primary school.
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| State Players from SMK Bandar Utama 3 |
Paul Ooi, from SMK Bandar Utama, commented that his height certainly gave him the added advantage when playing basketball, and enjoys developing skills as well as learning how to strategize in a game. This was echoed by Yeoh Jin Hao of SMK BU3, who also said that basketball was a game of strategy and teamwork.
As for Rachel Teo from SMK Damansara Jaya, she enjoys the basketball games and competitions, as not only it keeps her healthy, but it also means making new friends.
The KDU Basketball Invitation Cup will be installed as an annual event to promote a healthy lifestyle and good rapport amongst schools.
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