ChildPro Charity Run 2013

ChildPro Charity Run 2013

by Charlene Sharmini Fernandes, CE

Chancellor Complex, 1^st June – Children Provision (ChildPro) Charity Run 2013 kicked off with an officiating speech and when the horn was blown, all the participants enthusiastically ran putting their best foot forward to embrace victory. The run started off in front of our majestic Chancellor Complex covering 7km for males and 5 km for the females. The boys had to dash to the main gate before passing through V5 and returning back to where they started. The girls however took a shorter path by heading towards the Lecture Halls, followed by a quick run through V5 and finally finishing at where they started as well.

Hamidelgzali Abdullah came in first with an unexpected time of 18.10 minutes. “It is just awesome!” he exclaimed upon reaching the finishing point. 

For the female category, Siti Hafizah Ariffah Bt Hj Ahmad Mahyuddin crossed the finishing line at exactly 26.24 minutes. She was exhilarated as this was her first time taking part in any run. “My birthday charm surely has been working really well today,” she added with a wink.

Winners walked home with a trophy and a water bottle signed by none other than our famous Dato’ Lee Chong Wei.  In addition to that, the champions of both categories received a hamper each.

Almur (2^nd, 2^nd, EE) a representative from the UTP Road Runners voiced his joy in running for charity. Baxter Yong (1^st year, 2^nd sem, PG) who came in 6^th for the boy’s category with a time difference of a nearly a minute also was contented as he felt healthier.  “Rather than sleeping through the whole morning, I did something fruitful,” he said.

Le Masculine Champions

This event brought together almost 113 participants and managed to raise a total of RM 665. At the end of the day, its project director, Ivan Tan was very pleased with his committee and was said to be looking forward to the upcoming ChildPro activities in store, i. e. Charity Basketball, Charity Fair and Charity Night. All funds raised were donated to children homes and orphanages at Ipoh.

The winners are as follows :-

Male

1^st        Hamedelqzali Abdullah Hamed                             18.16 min

2^nd        Lee Hsiu Eik                                                       18.51 min

3^rd        Victor Midir                                                         19.58 min

4^th        Mohd. Mikhael Bin Mohd Lesly                           20.22 min

Female

1^st        Siti Hafizah Ariffah Bintu Haji Ahmad Mahyddin    26.24 min

2^nd          Nur Shamimi Binti Abdul Rahim                            26.35 min

3^rd        Nur Zahidah Bintu Kamamdzaman                        26.46 min

4^th        Debra Chia                                                           28.31 min