The Star Online: Metro: Central
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| Turf club honours nation’s top shuttler Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:01 AM PDT TWO-time Olympic Games men's singles badminton silver medallist Datuk Lee Chong Wei brought joy to spectators on a different turf. In his rare appearance as a special guest on race day at the Selangor Turf Club recently, the illustrious national shuttler presented his autographed posters during a brief meet-the-fans session as a prelude to the Datuk Lee Chong Wei trophy. The highly anticipated feature race, offering RM75,000 and decided over the 1,800m distance, was hosted in recognition of the shuttler's outstanding exploits on court in vying honours for the country at the international level. Besides acknowledging the local badminton followers for providing the unconditional morale boost and throwing the support behind him in his competitive career thus far during the pre-race interview, Chong Wei opted for Money Is King as his preferred winner of the race because he has been developing an affectionate link with the number 6. "There is no prize for guessing here. Horse number six is my pick because six is closely associated with the registration numbers for my cars," said Chong Wei. Despite showing the early brilliance leading the charge in the race comprising a total of 10 starters, Money Is King ran out of steam in the closing stages to finish fifth. Pre-race favourite Alacarte trained by Richard Lines produced a superior finishing to emerge as the convincing winner with a healthy one-and-a-quarter length advantage over punters' choice Ocean Fantasy. The victorious jockey Jackson Low said it was another thrilling moment to claim the victory as Alacarte gave everything in the final push on the home straight to finish ahead of the pack while Lines gave credit to Jackson for displaying his experience in pulling off the victory. "We entrusted Jackson with the task because he has the knowledge in handling the horse. It is great to be winning the trophy named after a high achieving Malaysian athlete," said Lines. In contrast, it was a tight photo finish for second, third and fourth. Totorsa came in third, trailing behind Ocean Fantasy by a short head but took a neck lead in front of fourth-placed Volpista. |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:01 AM PDT DATUK Suraya Yaccob's contribution to Malaysian netball was recognised when the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) presented her with the OCM-Women and Sports Award recently. Suraya, a lawyer by profession, played an active role in the junior development programmes in Kedah. After moving up the ranks to become the president of the Malaysia Netball Association, Suraya was responsible in Malaysia emerging as the champions in the Asian Junior Netball championships in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. Under her leadership, Malaysia were ranked 22nd in the World Netball championship in 2011. Suraya said she was happy to be given the award which was an appreciation for her services to netball. "The award is not only for me but for all netball officials and players,'' said Suraya. The OCM Women and Sport committee, headed by vice-president Datuk Low Beng Choo, also presented former international squash player Sharon Wee with the Women and Sport Grassroots Development award. Sharon has been actively involved in squash since she was 13, for almost 20 years, until her retirement in 2010. She was the national women's squad's captain for eight years and also has a Level Three coaching certificate. Currently she is active in coaching as well as conducting clinics for juniors. Sharon, who currently works as a sports commentator with Astro, said the award was a motivation for her. Associate professor S. Vijaya-letchumi was awarded the OCM Women and Sport Veteran Development while diver Pandalela Rinong's parents — Pamg Joheng and Hartini Lamim — were presented with the OCM Partnership Award. The awards were presented by Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah. |
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