Posted: 1:15pm 14/12/2024
(Kluang News on the 14th) With a brand new court, bright lights, and endless cheers, the first “Man Sing Yam New Village Cup” basketball tournament was officially held in Kampong Bayang New Village.basketball courtKicking off.
This is also the first time that the stadium has been jointly held with the Vision Sports Association since it was completed and adopted by the Kluang Basketball Association.
Thanks to the efforts of the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress, the stadium was upgraded to a competition venue. With the addition of bleachers, lighting, record stands, scoreboards and other facilities, it is still open to the public free of charge for use by villagers and basketball enthusiasts.
In the next four consecutive weekends, basketball teams from 13 new villages will compete here to compete in their skills.
Ye Wenwen, president of the Kluang Vision Sports Association, said at the opening ceremony that the association organized this event with the assistance of the Kluang Basketball Association, hoping to develop sports, increase people’s sports awareness, and cultivate a positive and enterprising spirit.
He hoped that the 13 teams would show their fighting spirit in unity and love and present wonderful games to the audience during the event.
Guests attending the opening ceremony also included Kluang Basketball Association President Yap Keng Nam, cup owner representative Datuk Zhang Yibiao, etc.
At the opening of the event, Kluang MP Wong Shu Kei said that the late former village chief Lim Swee Leong played an important role in the reconstruction of the basketball court in Kampong Bayeh New Village into a raincoat basketball court.
She said that although Lim Suiliang had constantly requested to upgrade the stadium, it was a pity that he was unable to complete this task during the first term of the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
Huang Shuqi revealed that after the unity government came to power, she applied for funding from the Minister of Youth and Sports Yang Qiaoshuang for upgrading, and it was finally completed.
She also thanked the Kluang Vision Sports Association and the Kluang Basketball Association for adopting the court, making it not only a community basketball court, but also a venue where Kluang basketball players can gather for competitions.
Zhou Zhongxin, a member of the Mingjimo State Assembly, believes that if the procedures allow, the government should consider handing over sports facilities to relevant professional groups for management and improvement to maximize value.
He believes that the Kampong Baye basketball court has distinctive features, including being located in a new village to facilitate residents’ use, and being adjacent to the morning market and night market to promote economic flow.
He said that under the adoption of the Vision Sports Association and the Kluang Basketball Association, the stadium has obtained 30 businesses as sponsors to ensure daily maintenance, and announced an allocation of RM3,000 as annual sponsorship.
Kluang City Councilor Chua Pei Yuk was also invited to give a speech and praised the Kluang Basketball Association and Vision Sports Association for actively upgrading the basketball court after obtaining the right to adopt it, and even held the New Village Cup event in a short period of time.
She believes that the Sinchon Cup not only carries the spirit of basketball, but can become a brand event for Kluang and inject more impetus into Sinchon’s cultural and sports undertakings.