PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be hosting the world junior karate championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and the national junior championships held in Putrajaya over the weekend have given chief coach P. Arivalagan an inkling of what needs to be done to form a creditable squad for the challenges.
And Arivalagan has plans to groom a younger back-up squad.
“We already have the elite and elite back-up squads. But the world junior championships also have competitions at the cadet level — from Under-13 to Under-15,” he said.
“These are the age-groups where we have to start preparing a team from now if we want to do well in two years’ time. Moreover, the elite back-up exponents will by then not be eligible to compete in the World Juniors.”
The plan will be submitted to the National Sports Council (NSC) for approval as part of the development programme.
Arivalagan added some of the young exponents showed good potential in the just concluded national junior championships.
In the two-day championships involving 395 exponents, Hayashi Ha emerged as the overall champions with a medal haul of 7-3-5 ahead of Penang (6-6-7) and Johor (4-3-8).
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be hosting the world junior karate championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and the national junior championships held in Putrajaya over the weekend have given chief coach P. Arivalagan an inkling of what needs to be done to form a creditable squad for the challenges.
And Arivalagan has plans to groom a younger back-up squad.
“We already have the elite and elite back-up squads. But the world junior championships also have competitions at the cadet level — from Under-13 to Under-15,” he said.
“These are the age-groups where we have to start preparing a team from now if we want to do well in two years’ time. Moreover, the elite back-up exponents will by then not be eligible to compete in the World Juniors.”
The plan will be submitted to the National Sports Council (NSC) for approval as part of the development programme.
Arivalagan added some of the young exponents showed good potential in the just concluded national junior championships.
In the two-day championships involving 395 exponents, Hayashi Ha emerged as the overall champions with a medal haul of 7-3-5 ahead of Penang (6-6-7) and Johor (4-3-8).
HARIFEN (seated 4th right) posing with Ngui (seated 3rd right), chief coach Al-Harir (2nd left), other coaches and the athletes.
Norni Mahadi
MIRI: Twenty-one athletes from four divisions in Sarawak have completed their first assessment for Karatedo SUKMA XIII 2010 at Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club (EVGCC), here.
Heading the list were athletes from Miri followed by Sibu (5), Bintulu (3), Kuching (2) and one from Marudi.
Athletes from Miri were Al-Karim Kawi (Kumite), Al-Hasbi Al-Harir (Kata), Nur Nadirah Abdul Ghani (Kata and Kumite) , Muhammad Faiq Zainudden (Kata), Darnizan Darmanto (Kata and Kumite), Dayangku Nurdiyana Awangku Tangah (Kata), Mohd Khaliq Mohd Suppri (Kumite), Akmal Zaki Mohd Laksemana (Kumite), Mohd Suffree Mohd Ali (Kumite) and Ngui Xin Ru (Kata).
Sibu athletes comprised Theodora Leong Suet Wern (Kata), Nurfazila Bahar (Kumite), Nurulashikin Hamdan (Kata and Kumite), Radzi Ramli (Kumite), Jack Chua Peng Hui (Kata and Kumite).
Three athletes from Bintulu are Ayu-Izzati Kasputeri Abdul Nasser (kata), Miraz Ho (Kata) and Noor Surya Sikong (Kata).
Kuching was represented by Bick Baronlee Ajuk (Kumite and Kata) and Evigan ak Indon (Kumite).
Treavor Henry from SMK Marudi is the sole athlete represented the town for Kata event.
According to team manager, Ngui Siou Fong, the athletes have to undergo three assessments to entitle them to represent Sarawak for Karatedo SUKMA XIII.
In the first assessment, it was meant to evaluate the athletes respective skills in Kata and Kumite events.
The first assessment also aimed to identify the strength and weaknesses of the athletes.
The second assessment will be in August while the final assessment for selection is in December this year," Ngui said adding that both assessments will take place here.
Meanwhile, all the athletes have undergone assessments for two events in Karatedo, which are Kata and Kumite.
The selection panels for both specific assessments were Sensei Julian Chin from Sabah Karate Association as Chief Panel while the member panels were Sensei Hj. Jeffrydean from Brunei Karate Federation and Ramlee from National Sport Council.
Also present were the Sarawak Sport Council (MSN) Assistant Director Northern Zone Harifen Haji Mansur.
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Sarawak karate meets on Sukma preparations
MIRI: Sarawak Karate Association (SKA) met here recently to discuss preparations for the Sukma XIII in Melaka next year.
The meeting, chaired by its president So Teck Kee, appointed Ngui Siou Fong as the team manager and retained Al-Harir Muhammed as the chief coach.
Representatives from Sarawak State Sports Council (MSNS), Harriffen Mansur, the acting MSNS Miri assistant director, and Suefarina Affendi, MSNS karate co-coordinator, were also present to discuss how they could contribute to the preparation of the team.
Ngui thanked SKA for appointing him as team manager and pledged to help the team deliver.
Al-Harir also thanked SKA for re-appointing him chief coach for a third time.
He said he would work towards changing the approach to centralised training, talent scouting and lifting the karate standard in the state.
Twelve exponents from Goshin-ryu Sarawak, 10 from Malaysian Association Shitoryu Sarawak (MASK Kenshikan dojo) and two from Asahi Karate Club have been picked for the state shadow team.
According to Al-Harir, three assessments will be conducted to evaluate the level of fitness and technical competency of the exponents.
Goshin-ryu Sarawak exponents will train at Tunas Cemerlang, Pulau Pinang under a national coach, MASK exponents will participate in their annual EMZ tournament in Sabah while Asahi Karate Club exponents will compete in the KOI World Cup in Kuching next month.
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