Cagers Trivia 2..

And so, the trivia continues..

• The first and original trophy sponsored by Tun Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir, was given to MCKK to be kept as an honour for the team that had the most wins in 1990. Another trophy was later made for the championship also sponsored by him.
• The Cagers home court, lies behind the East Wing of MCKK is also called MSG or Madison Square Garden.
• Cager is a term frequently used for a professional basketball player. The word originated from early professional games (1910-1915) played in a cage to separate the audience from the playing court and speed up the game by keeping the ball in-bounds.
• The last Cagers to enter the semi-finals before Cagers 04 was Cagers 95. 10 years not to go to semis..that's like.. hell!
• 5 captains that had led the Cagers to 5 years of consecutive glory Syafiq Noh '04, Cepe or Amirul Hafidz '05, Aliff Abdul Muiz '06, Rahmat '07 and Mokri '08.
• Winning the Final PHT earns any Cagers the College Colours tie. But that's not all about winning the trophy for the Cagers.
• If there is an award throughout the whole 6 years of the Q4G project for the best Cagers ever, I'm sure the award will go to Alep for his best performance MCKK has ever seen.

Cagers 09 - Birth, Growth and Death..

29th May 2009 marked the end of Cagers 09 when we lost to both MOZAC and SEMASHUR. We lost the first match in the morning followed by the next match in the evening. Cagers 09..comprises of 4 From 5s (Syai, Ajim, Mat Noor, Amir) 6 Form 4s (Am, Ammar, eL, Shah, Badak, Chip) and 2 Form 3s (Syafiq I and Hisyam) was officially terminated out of the tournament as of that everning. Well..I guess many of you don't know how did it started, grew and ended..right?

Cagers 09 was born in 2005 but was used offically as of 2007. The word 'Cagers 09' came to exist and was realised to be one of the weakest Cagers ever in the year 2007 when Mr. Liew announced his worries for Cagers 09 to win in the 2009 PHT..and so..he and Abg Ise and Aunty Ana came up with the idea to expose us with matches against the other SBPs..

The focus continues when we attended the STF Central Training Camp 2007. Cagers 09 were exposed with matches against Johor Team..UiTM..and many more..If Mr. Liew wants someone to do a demo..he would ask anyone of us to do it. His attention to Cagers 08 was very little as he is very confident with the team. 4 of Cagers 09 were given the privilege to enter the 08 team based on their skills and performances..

After winning the championship in 2008..Mr. Liew's focus quickly change to Cagers 09. Many tournaments have we entered, many matches have we played but those were not enough to win the championship. We played in the U-16 District, U-15 Invitational, MSSD, against the Cameron Highlands and Penang team..and lots more. In Dec 2008, Mr. Liew brought 3 of them for the coaching clinic in MABA. Many new drills were uncovered and modified to fit the Cagers. He also invited the whole team to witness the Asean University Games..He did many sacrifices to us..He shouldn't be taking the blame..

But at last..the team came to an end..when it died of losing the championship..I guess it was just not meant to be for us, Cagers 09..We won our 1st 2 matches in the tournament which was against SMESH (66-25) and SESMA (66-37). But unfortunately..we lost to MOZAC and SEMASHUR..

But the Cagers will bounce back. Yes, and I'm pretty sure of it. Cagers '10 will seize back the trophy and win it for Mr. Liew, Abg Ise and Aunty Ana. We are sorry for letting you down. We'll make sure the championship will be ours next year! Special thanks and apologies to Mr. Liew, Abg Ise, Aunty Ana, Old Boys, MCKK and those who supported us directy or indirectly. Long Live the Cagers!!

"Sometimes, losing is a need, because when you win too much,
you forgot the meaning of winning.."

"Winners are those who fight back even when they are losing.."