By Aravindhan Anbalagan, Foundation/3rd
Tronoh, 26th February – Universiti
Teknologi PETRONAS’ Sports & Co-Curriculum Appreciation Night 2014 was held
in the Main Hall with an objective to show an appreciation and acknowledgement
to UTP’s students and staff who have contributed in the upbringing of the
University’s reputation through sports & extra-curricular activities for
the year of 2013. The event was honoured with the presence of YBhg Datuk Ir
(Dr) Abdul Rahim B Hashim, UTP Vice Chancellor, Tn. Hj. Mohamed Noor Rosli
Baharom, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni, as well as UTP
staff and students. This year’s special guest was YBhg Dato’ Dr.Fazley Yaakob, a
multi-talented celebrity, motivator, actor, singer, chef, businessman and much
more. He shared the secrets behind his great achievements and gave a motivational
talk, besides also singing his latest song ‘Chocolate Cake’- all the while
snapping photos with almost all the guests in the hall without hesitation. The
event got merrier when it was time for the award giving ceremony.
This year, the Best
Sportsman title won by a professional in Taekwondo, Mr Lee Kian Seng who was
a gold medalist in MASISWA (Majlis Sukan IPTS Malaysia) Taekwondo Championship
2013, 3rd Perak Junior Taekwondo Development League Circuit 1 &
League Circuit 2 and a huge success in the 32nd Perak Closed
Taekwondo (WTF) Championship 2013; while the Best Sportswoman title was won by a skilful netball player Nur Amalina
Binti Ahmad Baharuddin, due to her great performance in SUKIPT(Sukan Institusi
Pengajian Tinggi) 2012, MASISWA Zon Utara 2013, MASISWA Champion Of Champion
2013, and SUKMA (Sukan Malaysia) 2012.
The Best
Sports Team awards were given out to the UTP Rugby, Netball and Kayak Teams.
UTP Kayak Team also secured the Most Promising
Team award. The top three clubs of 2013 were the UTP Debate Club, Society
of Petroleum Engineers UTP, and Rotaract Club, who all gained the Best Club award with UTP Performing Arts
Group and UTP Debate Club once again grabbing the Best Co-Curricular award.
The High
Impact Corporate Social Responsibility Educational Program awards were
given to ENACTUS UTP, MEDTECH UTP, SEDEX 31 UTP, Counselling & Student
Development UTP, and AIESEC UTP while the High
Impact Corporate Social Responsibility Socio-Economic Program awards were
given to Sekretariat Rakan Muda, MPPUTP, and UTP ALUMNI’s program in
collaboration with ENACTUS UTP.
The Special
Achievement awards were acquired by UTP Gamelan Group (Sanggar Kirana) for
their first album ‘Gatra Pertama’;
Mohd. Zulkefli Mohd Jamaluddin for his published book ‘Rintik – Rintik Hanya
Singgah’; and Sekretariat Rukun Negara UTP with their project ‘Larian 70 Jam’
which was listed in the Malaysia Book of Records.
Last but not least the International Achievement awards were scooped up by AIESEC UTP, SPE
UTP, Rotaract Club, UTP Debate Club, UTP Tronoh Theatre Shop, and UTP
Performing Arts Group. Our Deputy Vice Chancellor Student Affairs & Alumni
said that the students and staff should continue this legacy of success, and to
not lose momentum in order to maintain the reputation of the university in
sports and extracurricular activities. He also thanked the students for their
wonderful performance and promised to continue to build the infrastructure to
support our sports and co-curricular activities.
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| SPE-UTP-SC proudly retained the Best Club/Society Award after missing out last year, having previously won 3 times in a row. |
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