MSSJ 2013 - THE THIRD DAY

SUNDAY, 24th FEBRUARY ~ It was the last day of the tournament, finally. As usual, we had to make sure these kids could get their decent meal in the morning. This time, we just visited a humble stall selling nasi lemak, roti canai, teh tarik, etc.

There were two more rounds before the winners for all the categories could be determined. 

This was basically what these people do in between games. Most of the time, either they played chess or something else. Eat chess, drink chess, sleep chess.

I managed to get the team members to pose for the last time in our yellow team t-shirts but I could not get the under 18 boys together. *sigh*

  

the JB team officers

The moment everybody was waiting for, the announcement of the winners and the prize-giving ceremony was finally here. The Johor Bahru team was declared the second runner up this year (we we the champion last year). Congratulations to all the team members who had played and contributed points for the team.

And that wraps up the report of this year's state level competition. Until we meet again next year, "Majulah Sukan Untuk Negara" (TRANSLATE: let's develop sports for the country).

SMK Taman Universiti's players

SMKTUN's ex-student who was there

my ex-student who is now a teacher but with the Kulai team

MSSJ 2013 - THE SECOND DAY (PART 2)

SMK Taman Universiti's players at the state level competition

One of my job specifications as a team manager (I think) was to take as many photographs as possible. One of the challenges was to get people to sit together in one group. However, I managed to get them (READ: forced them) to sit still for a few seconds before they started to move around again and disappeared from my sight.

GIRLS UNDER 12

BOYS UNDER 12

GIRLS UNDER 15

BOYS UNDER 15

GIRLS UNDER 18

BOYS UNDER 18

the endless waiting

a job that requires a high level of patience

Then, we the teachers had to make sure that these kids were well fed. And we fed them with food that they liked.

cutting the cake with the birthday song  being sung in the background

Someone celebrated his birthday (which should be a belated celebration). We could only get him a cake on the second day and every team member, students and teachers alike, shared the money to buy the birthday cake. *Happy birthday, Yap Quan You*

the PT presenting the present to the newly-wed

The teachers also got a wedding present for Mr. Tey who had just tied the knot. So it was not only just an ordinary dinner, but we had also celebrated two important events in one evening.

Enough of celebrating in the same red shirt from early morning until evening, we all went back to the hotel feeling happy but tired. (We only at the cake at 10 p.m. at the hotel as everybody was still full at the time the cake was cut) 

MSSJ 2013 - THE SECOND DAY (PART 1)

The second day would be the best time to start taking photos, but it had to be early in the morning when the temperature in the stadium was still tolerable. And on the second day, we had worn our first team t-shirts which were striking red.

The competitions were held in the courts and the seats would be the place for the teachers and parents to wait for or manage the players before and after each round. After some time, the place would get very hot and uncomfortable but we had no choice but to live with it.

 

To get the photos of the players at the tables taken was also another challenging thing. Nobody was allowed to enter the competition area when the games were in progress so I had to quickly snap the photos before the games started.

I have more photos of the second day but I will have to hit the sack real soon. It will be in part 2 later.