New appointments

Two new appointments were made in an effort to improve the management of the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur.

S. Chandran and Gunasegar Manickam have been appointed to the vacant vice president posts by the president yesterday.

Both are qualified Technical Officials and their background in the sport would be an added boost to the KAKL.

The coaches and managers for the SUKMA in Melaka were also confirmed. R. Balamurugan was appointed as the chief coach. He will be assisted by K. Siva in the men's team and A. Kavitha in the women's team.

The men's team manager is L. Anbarasu while the women's team manager is Mogan Kumar Raju.

KAKL has also submitted their team lists for the Federal Territory squad to the Majlis Sukan Wilayah Persekutuan. The final squad would only be named at a later date.

During the meeting yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur International Inter-City Kabaddi Championships organising committee was also set.

Deputy Foreign Minister YB Senator Tuan Kohilan Pillay has consented to be the patron of the event.

Former national Tehnical Committee Chairman V. Chandran is the advisor while KAKL President S.T. Arasu is the organising chairman.

The other appointments are
Secretariat: R. Balamurugan and Mogan Kumar Rajoo
Finance: R. Sivanesan
Competition/Technical: Anbarasu Letchumanan
Sponsorship: Narayanasamy
Media and Publicity: Ramanathan
Protocol: Chandran/ Mohamed Said
Security: L. Sukumaran
Accomodation/Transportation: N V Rajah
Medical: James Krishnan

The tournament is scheduled from March 5-7 at the Stadium Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur.