Copa AIChE 2013

Copa AIChE: Club Unity Through Sports

UTP, 30th March - It was a great weekend for Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS’ (UTP) students when UTP American lnstitute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Sports Committee organised a sports event called Copa AIChE. The competition lasted for two days and one night. This was the first sports carnival in UTP which required each club to send its own representative.

Among the clubs in UTP which participated were MedTech, Petrobot, International Students Council (ISC), Sudanese Students Committee (SSC), Mozambican Students Community in Malaysia (MyMOZ) and Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). The objective of this event was to give the opportunity for students between clubs and societies to interact and bond with each other. The events being contested were swimming (25m and 50m), basketball (male), futsal (male and female) and badminton (male single, male double, female single).

The champion for male futsal was Hoarsha team who beat the first runner-up, Under-18 FC (3-1) leaving the event with RM400, medals and the AIChE cup. For female futsal, team Wakalaka can be proud of themselves as they emerged champions with the highest points followed by Adward Team as the first runner-up. Black Pearl team was the champion for basketball with MPT team as the first runner-up.

Kevin Lee beat other 8 other contestants in the final round of swimming (25m) with the best recorded time (12.70s) to grab gold, followed by first runner-up, Saetsarn Sinneso (12.83s). In the 50 metres, Lee Hin Eik won first place, out-swimming the other 16 participants with runner-up, Kevin Linn.

For badminton (male singles), first place winner Sit Book Kheam faced fierce competition from runner-up Hor Weng Yao before emerging victorious while in the male doubles, Mohd Aiman bin Abdul Manan and his partner Muhammad Haziq bin Tan were the winners, overcoming Cha Yee Weng and Gan Zhe Jun in the final. Meanwhile ZC Cheah can be proud of herself when she won female singles title, leaving with RM100, a medal and AIChE cup, beating Nadiah binti Mohamad Sofian.

One of the committee members, Mohamed Rizwan bin Rafeek (CE, 1st/2nd) said the event was a successful one and hoped that for the next Copa AIChE, they can attract more clubs and societies to participate instead of only a handful as was the case in this first edition of the event.

PR Committee after a successful, well promoted event.

All winners posing for a group shot.

Badminton male singles champion receiving his prize.

By Hazim Iskandar, BIS