31 MAY 2006: world's biggest junior event
This news was really out-dated, but i wish you guys can take it as reference that this kind of event are existed in previous year, hope you guys enjoy well with the topic ^^ More than 600 players from 13 countries will take part in the world's biggest squash junior event, the Milo All Star International Junior Championship, which will be held at several venues in Kuala Lumpur from May 31 to June 4, 2006.
Squash Rackets Association of Selangor (SRAS) president Datuk Mohamed Aini Taib said Monday that the annual tournament, which started with 360 players from eight countries in 2000, had been getting overwhelming entries each year.
Last year, 490 participants from 10 countries took part. And this year, Taiwan and Indonesia will make their debut," he told reporters here.
Mohamed Aini said that with the enormous number of matches that involved 616 participants, SRAS would be using three venues -- the Astaka and Catholic High School in Petaling Jaya and the Shah Alam Club in Shah Alam.
As the world's biggest junior event, the SRAS, as the organiser, was offering a total prize money of RM43,000.
Mohamed Aini said Malaysia was sending the biggest contingent of 337 players -- 197 boys and 140 girls.
Malaysia is banking on Low Wee Wern who is the top seed in the Girls U19 category. Besides Wee Wern, the SRAS is hoping for all-Malaysian final in the Girls U13 with Low Wee Nee and Tan Yan Xin being the first and second seeds.
"In the boys categories, we will just give our best shots as the second and top seeds in each of the categories are dominated by Pakistan", he said.
Besides all the states in Malaysia, the championships have attracted participants from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
http://www.squashsite.co.uk/shorts_may_06.htm
This news was really out-dated, but i wish you guys can take it as reference that this kind of event are existed in previous year, hope you guys enjoy well with the topic ^^ More than 600 players from 13 countries will take part in the world's biggest squash junior event, the Milo All Star International Junior Championship, which will be held at several venues in Kuala Lumpur from May 31 to June 4, 2006.
Squash Rackets Association of Selangor (SRAS) president Datuk Mohamed Aini Taib said Monday that the annual tournament, which started with 360 players from eight countries in 2000, had been getting overwhelming entries each year.
Last year, 490 participants from 10 countries took part. And this year, Taiwan and Indonesia will make their debut," he told reporters here.
Mohamed Aini said that with the enormous number of matches that involved 616 participants, SRAS would be using three venues -- the Astaka and Catholic High School in Petaling Jaya and the Shah Alam Club in Shah Alam.
As the world's biggest junior event, the SRAS, as the organiser, was offering a total prize money of RM43,000.
Mohamed Aini said Malaysia was sending the biggest contingent of 337 players -- 197 boys and 140 girls.
Malaysia is banking on Low Wee Wern who is the top seed in the Girls U19 category. Besides Wee Wern, the SRAS is hoping for all-Malaysian final in the Girls U13 with Low Wee Nee and Tan Yan Xin being the first and second seeds.
"In the boys categories, we will just give our best shots as the second and top seeds in each of the categories are dominated by Pakistan", he said.
Besides all the states in Malaysia, the championships have attracted participants from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.