Of U-16.. and MSSD Tournament..

Hello there..it has been more than a month since I last blogged..Well let me just say the whole month had been tiring and exhausting..with games in the day and night..but it was a very experience for us since we were up against some vicious teams here in Perak..to make it worse..our best player or should I say the 'backbone' of the team got injured during training time. Mr. Liew got very furious with him because the tournament is only 2 days away. Good thing he was not dropped from the team as he felt that he will..

U-16 Tournament..

The game started on Sunday, April 19th 2009 in Taiping just after the end of the Old Boys Weekend..The team comprised of 10 Cagers and 2 Tsung Wah players. The rules of the game were very simple..but hard to follow. Each team was split into 2 sub-teams where each sub-teams will have 6 players.. In the first quarter, the players are allowed to be substituted only among the first 6 likewise in the second quarter, the players are allowed to be substituted among the second 6..During the first and second quarter, all the players cannot defend in the form of zone defense but in the form of full court. Like NBA, any players who doesn't play in this form will get a free technical foul.. The first 6 comprised of Am, Syafiq Ise, Ammar, El and Yang and Sheng of Tsung Wah while the next 6 were Farid, Shah, Zaki, Hijazi, Syafiq Sallehin and me myself. Am of course did not play for the first 2 games because of his injury. We lost 3 out of 4 games..out of those 4 matches..I'd say, the best match would be the last match which was against Taiping A..though we lost about 22 points..but our defense that time was very tight. Like Mr. Liew always say.."I don't care if we lose to a better team..". After the last match, we bid our goodbyes and thank yous to Sheng and Young as they had been very very kind, friendly and helpful to us in and out of the court. And so..we move on to our next agenda, which was the MSSD..

MSSD Kuala Kangsar

It was held on Monday and Tuesday at Liman Kati, just a 15 minutes drive from the school. Pak Cik Salleh drove all 14 of us plus Cikgu Fatimah with the college coaster. Syai, Azim, Md. Noor, Amir, Am, Ammar, El, Shah, Izzat, Syafiq S, Iqbal and Syafiq Ise were the 12 players in the squad while Hijazi and I played our role as water-boys and statistic-er. Both of us did a good job as the bottles and towels got delivered to the players on time and the statistics were pretty well done. Anyway..the first day, we were up against SMK Shin Chung of Sg. Siput. They put in a few big size players but with no stamina. The players also played harsh on the Cagers especially on Am and Ammar. Both of them were given the permission though to fight back by both Mr. Liew and Abg Ise..There was one time when Am was doing a free layup..the number 4 of Shin Chung smack him on the chest making him losing control of the ball and this made the squad really mad..our team to them are like deers to rhinos..so, unfortunately, we lost about 29 points.

The next game was on the same day but later that evening. It started at 3.30 p.m at the same court. That time, we were up against SMJK Tsung Wah. During the first 3 quarters, the Cagers played well and maintained a margin of 14 points. But the Tsung Wah players managed to narrow the gap by losing only 4 points..The Cagers won.

The 3rd and last game, the Cagers were against SUWA or Tsung Wah Private. It was a very easy game and most of the starting 5 did not play. Syai injured his ankle in their last match which was against Tsung Wah, while Am and Syafiq Ise were given the chance to rest since this is just an easy game. Ammar played as point guard this time.And so..we won about 30 points of margin..Overall, we came in 2nd and 4 of our players were chosen to represent KK in the upcoming MSSPK but they rejected due to the Mid-Year Exam which is coming next week.

The Cagers will have nothing bue just normal practice to sharpen their skills and stamina to prepare themselves for the National. We were told that schools like SDAR and MOZAC send giants to the competiton. Let see if they can catch us and our speed..