Arena Kundang Development program in SRJK (c) Kundang had its first taste of success through the performances of its junior chargers in the just concluded Sri Damansara Open Badminton Championship. 12 year old Kevin Khoo reached his first finals in the boys under 12 singles event. Kevin lost the nail bitting finals to Choo Yau Chun of SRJK (c) Desa Jaya, a development associate of Arena Badminton Team with the score of 19-21, 21-19,23-25. Arena Badminton Chief Coach, M.Jivananthan Nair said this is a good start to more result oriented performance from the development centre in near future. Kevin is also being watched closely as a potential to join the Arena Badminton Team High Performance Squad next year.
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April 19, 2009
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For the first time, Arena players will feature in the prestigious Malaysian Schools Badminton Championship Meet. The 2009 edition of the tournament is scheduled on the 16th March 2009 to 20th March 2009 in Perlis, Malaysia. The current Selangor under 15 champion, Kunaal Dev and under 12 Selangor Schools Champion Muhd Lokman made the team comprising of the best Selangor has got to offer. The team is also made of the Bukit Jalil Malaysian Sports School players representative from Selangor.
Arena Badminton Team Chief Coach, M. Jivananthan Nair has this to say on this achievement:
“This is obviously an improvement in term of our players’ recognition, but this has also provided us with the challenge to excel even further in future. We are not going to sit and enjoy this success for long, in fact preparation for to elevate our performance to perform at higher stage is already underway.”
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April 14, 2009
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Selangor Schools (Inter District) Badminton Championships 2009
Arena Badminton Team had 8 representatives in the 2009 edition of the Selangor Schools Meet. Muhd Lokman led the under 12 boy singles line up for Gombak, Kunaal Dev, Ai Wei Jian, Lai Cheng Khang and Lim Yit Toon were part of the under 15 boys squad, Grace in the under 15 girls squad and the under 18 representatives were Mark and Calvin. Not only was the quantity assessment, but the quality (performance) the best Arena has done in any state level competition. Lokman went on to win his second under 12 boys’ singles title of the year. He also won a bronze medal in the under12 doubles event partnering Mohd Omar. This was followed by an impressive performance of our under 15 chargers when Kunaal Dev won his first official Selangor State title in the under 15 boys singles event. He then went on to win the doubles title partnering Ai Wei Jian, beating compatriot Lai Cheng Khang who partnered a former Arena Badminton Team member Chang Kah Wai in the final of the under 15 boys doubles event.
Results:
Arena Players Only
- Muhd Lokman (arena) - Under 12 Boys Singles Champion
- Kunaal Dev (arena) - Under 15 Boys Singles Champion
- Kunaal Dev (arena) / Ai Wei Jian (arena) - Under 15 Boys Doubles Champion
- Lai Cheng Khang (arena) / Chong Kah Wai - Under 15 Boys Doubles Runner Up
- Muhd Lokman (arena) / Muhd Umar - Under 12 Boys Doubles Semi Finalists
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March 10, 2009
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