UOW Malaysia KDU Fitspiration Carnival 2019 – In Conjunction With Bulan Sukan Negara

Group Photo for Badminton event after prize giving ceremony

QU3KID AND FRIEND Champion for Dodgeball tournament

Group Photo for Captain Ball after prize giving

Group Photo for Futsal after prize giving ceremony

By Nurfarhana binti Razmin Shah

Over five million Malaysians gathered into their sports gear throughout October in conjunction with the National Sports Month. The National Sports Month aimed to get everybody, from young and old, to be involved in a sporting or fitness activity

The Youth and Sports Ministry rebrand the annual National Sports Day by introducing the 2019 Malaysia Sports Challenge (MySC’19), a month long sports and fitness programme aimed at transforming Malaysia into a sporting nation.

MySc is also aimed at giving more access and time to the public where fitness and sporting activities. It also aimed by creating awareness on the importance of fitness and sports, enhancing unity among the people and to help contribute to the national economy through the development of the sports industry.

On 22 October to 23 October 2019, SAC UOW Malaysia KDU University organised sports activities namely UOW Malaysia KDU Fitspiration Carnival 2019. The carnival is one of the pillar of UOW Malaysia KDU Youth Empowerment Plan (KYEP) with the main objective is to focus on bringing awareness regarding mental health and physical issues.

Badminton, Dodgeball Mixed, Captain Ball Mixed and Futsal part of the games played in the carnival.

For Dodgeball, eight team participated in this tournament. Team QU3KID AND FRIEND HORUS was the champion for the dodgeball. Meanwhile, for badminton there are four categories, Mixed Double, Men’s Double, Men’s Single and Women’s Single.

The mixed doubles category won by Yam Keng and Jacqueline and men’s double category taken up the gold medal by Lim Chee Lion and Junior. On the other hand, men’s single category winner for 2nd Runner up is Lim Chee Leon ,1st Runner up by Siak Hao Yi and the champion Men’s Single Category, Junior for Women’s Category 2nd Runner up winner goes to Chant’l Yong and champion of Women’s Category won by Fatihah.

The last day of this carnival, Captain Ball and Futsal tournament was the closing for the carnival. Captain Ball have eight team participated in this tournament. The champion for Captain Ball won by BAYMAXX. WASASI FC was the Champion for Futsal Tournament in this UOW Malaysia KDU Fitspiration Carnival 2019.

There is now evidence that sport’s benefits go far beyond the positive health effects of physical activity that have long been understood. Sport is a powerful means of promoting health, but an even more powerful means of building social capital, and perhaps the most effective system we have, outside of the family, for providing young people with positive adult role models and mentors and opportunities for positive development. UOW Malaysia KDU Fitspiration Carnival 2019 distributed opportunities to help the community to realize that sports can provide physical health and mental strength and also train people to maintain a healthy lifestyle.