Highway Tournament - Invitation by LLM

 

On 27^th March 2016, UEM Group Sports & Recreation Club received an invitation from Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) to participate in the inaugural Dart Ping Pong Carrom (DPC) Highway 2016 Tournament. The invitation was extended from Group Business Development (GBD).




Players warming-up before the start of the tournament

A team of 8 players represented UEM Group to participate in the Ping Pong tournament, mainly from the players’ list following the UEM Group Sports Carnival held in April 2015. 

The team comprised of the following:

1.       Azman Yunus (Manager)

2.       Md Hisham Md Yusop

3.       Haron Rashid

4.       Halim Zin

5.       Aqif Suhaimee

6.       Rahayu Md Radzi

7.       Intan Amiza

8.       Aina Nadirah




Azman and Aqif concentrating on the ball during the match against DUKE Highway

The remaining 8 teams into the quarterfinals

 

The event held in Dewan Serbaguna LLM in Kajang started early in the morning as the participants arrived as early as 8.30am on the Sunday morning. Among the companies which participated in this tournament include the likes of LLM, SMART Tunnel, PLUS Malaysia, DUKE Highway, Touch n GO, ANIH, UEM Edgenta and Grand Saga.

In the group stage, the contingent was drawn into the same group as DUKE Highway and SKVE Highway. The first match against DUKE resulted in a close 3-2 loss, with the two wins coming from the men’s Double pair of Haron & Halim and women’s double Pair of Rahayu and Aina. The following match against SKVE saw our contingent triumphing with a 4-1 score, thus advancing into the quarter final stages.



Players having lunch at UNITEN Bangi before the quarter-final actions in the afternoon

The excitement continued into the afternoon as the sudden-death round commenced after 2.30pm. After finishing second place in the earlier group stages, UEM Group was drawn against SMART Tunnel. The 3-0 loss to SMART Tunnel definitely did not reflect the blood, sweat and tears being brought onto the table as we were clearly the underdog in this match.

 Final photo of the day, big smiles all over despite the loss to SMART Tunnel, which became the eventual champion of the tournament



Players giving support to fellow contingent members.

The overall result for the DPC Highway Tournament is as follow:

Champion: SMART Tunnel

Runner-up: PLUS Malaysia

3^rd place: ANIH Berhad

4^th place: LLM