BRIGHTS OUTSHINE ANGELS

Segar Brights shot up to the top of the Premier League Kabaddi women’s standings with a thumping 87-29 win over Sri Devi Angels at the Kampong Pandan Grounds on Sunday.

The win saw the Brights claim top position ahead of Sri Devi Princess although both teams are tied on eight points apiece.

The Brights, however, top table on better differential scoring rate compared to the Princess.

The Princess picked up a 66-44 win over Sri Manjari in their match to maintain their unbeaten streak in the competition.

The Princess also have a match in hand over the Brights and could reclaim their position at the top next week.

In the men’s competition, Selayang kept up their chase for the title with a hard earned 31-29 win over a resurgent Kampong Pandan Lions.

The match between the two sides could have gone either way with both teams exchanging leads several times.

Only one point separated both teams until the very last raid of the game, but the Lions failed to pick up the crucial tying point.

The Lions have gone from strength to strength in the league and are beginning to show that they would be a handful to the other title contenders.

However, their poor run in the early stages of the league may have paid put to their hopes of winning the title.

In an earlier match, Selayang defeated Damansara 86-20.

Despite the two wins, Selayang still trail table toppers Sri Devi Dragons in the points standings. The Dragons lead the table with 20 points ahead of Selayang with 14.

While the Dragons did not play on Sunday, their second team Sri Devi Tigers carved out an easy 85-39 win over Segar. The win ensured that the Dragons remained in third spot in the points table.

Segar were unlucky to lose 56-58 to Damansara in another match. Despite leading by four points in the closing stages of the game, Segar lost composure in the closing stages and were denied their first win the competition.

RESULTS
MEN
Damansara bt Segar 58-56; Selayang bt Damansara 86-20; Selayang bt Kampong Pandan Lions 31-29; Sri Devi Tigers bt Segar 85-39.

WOMEN
Segar Brights bt Sri Devi Angels 87-29; Sri Devi Princess bt Sri Manjari 66-44

PICTURES FROM THE TOURNAMENT ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM
http://picasaweb.google.com/klkabaddi UNDER THE FILE NAME LEAGUE WEEK NINE

MERDEKA!

The executive committee of the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur would like to extend our Merdeka Greetings to everyone.

PLK RESUMES

The Premier League Kabaddi will resume this weekend on Sunday 30th August, 2009 after a long break due to the participation of teams at various other tournaments.

The League would resume using the schedule for August 9th. Please take note of the changes. A full revision of the schedule would be made to take into account of the various delays in the PLK and would be posted on this site as well as the PLK website after August 30th.

Meanwhile, the first stage of the disciplinary inquiry on the fracas between Sri Devi Dragons and Arasai at the Kings of Kabaddi is still ongoing and a final decision on the matter would be made next week.

Players involved in both teams are allowed to continue playing at this weeks tournament. Any sanction against players would be announced next week and would be only effective from next week.



AUGUST 30th Revised Schedule.
MEN
09:30 AM: Tamilan v Selayang
10:30 AM: Damansara v Segar
11:30 AM: KP Lions v Juniors
12:30 PM: Tamilan v Segar
01:30 PM: Damansara v Selayang
02:30 PM: SD Tigers v Juniors


WOMEN
3.30 PM: Manjari vs Segar Shines
4.30 PM: Segar Brights v SD Angels
5:30 PM: Segar Shines v SD Princess

MERDEKA DAY KABADDI

The Kuala Selangor MIC Sports Bureau is organising the Merdeka Day Kabaddi Tournament for men and women on 31st August 2009 at the Sri Subramaniar Alayam Field, 2nd Mile, Kuala Selangor.

The tournament is open to all teams and the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur is encouraging all teams to participate.

Entry fees is at RM 100 per team and prize money is being awarded to the top three winners of both the men's and women's competition.

For further information, please contact the organisers at 016-2152513 or 016-3710844.

HAPPY VINAYAGAR CHATURTHI

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The executive committee of the KAKL would like to wish all our friends lots of good fortune this coming Vinayagar Chaturthi.

Rule Clarification

During the recent kabaddi tournament organised by the Malaysian Indian Heritage Association at the Kayu Ara Grounds, teams participating at the Premier League Kabaddi made a clean sweep of the top three positions.

Sri Devi finished champions ahead of Selayang. Damansara finished third after Sivasangkari failed to play the third place playoff.

There were a number of rules that were disputed by the some teams. We would like to highlight a couple of the disputed rules.

1. Whether the bonus point can be awarded after touch or struggle during the tie-breaker or sudden death or what is now known as the golden rule?

The answer is an emphatic NO.

The rules are clear on this instance.
The first section to understand is in the situation is:
• The existing bonus line will no longer be effective. Instead the baulk line would be treated as the Baulk cum Bonus Line. All the bonus line rules shall be applicable on the baulk line.

The second section that clarifies this is:
• Point would only be awarded if the Bonus Line is crossed before the touch or struggle.

So any dispute raised by the teams on this issue is wrong.

The second is a situation when a raider after a successful raid falls at the midline with his body on both sides of the court. The opposing raider makes a raid during this time, crosses the midline, touches the fallen player and goes back to his court. Was the decision to award one point for each team correct?

The answer to this is a YES.

The reason is simple, the first raider was given out because at the point when the opponent started his raid, the first raider was out of bounds.
The rule on this is:
• When a Raid is on, the anti/s shall not touch the Raiders court (including the lobbies). The anti/s who violates this Rule shall be declared out while the raid is allowed to continue.

The opposing raider was also given out because, the he did not make a successful raid. The first raider was already out of bounds and the opposing raider did not cross the baulk line before crossing back to his court.

KL Clubs triumph at MPPJ Open

News report from the Makkal Osai on the results of the MPPJ Kabaddi Open

Resumption delayed

The Premier League Kabaddi scheduled to resume this weekend has been postponed at the requests from the teams as well as the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).

The MBPJ is organising their annual kabaddi open and have requested the assistance of the KAKL in postponing the PLK to allow the the teams to participate in the tournament.

The request was made through a letter dated 3rd August Ref No. (13) MBPJ/KAB/2009.

The tournament organising secretary Mr Muthukumar in his letter indicated that the MBPJ would not be able to postpone their tournament due to the coming fasting month.

In view of the request, and as KL based teams were winners at the last few editions of the tournament, the PLK would be be postponed to the following week.