A helping hand for Penang

The Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur (KAKL) has agreed to assist their Penang counterparts in the preparation of their state teams for the SUKMA.

The decision was made following a discussion between the Penang president J. Dhinagaran and KAKL president S.T. Arasu on Friday.

KL chief coach R. Balamurugan would conduct a two day training session for the Penang state players later this week in Penang as part of the fellowship programme.

Balamurugan is expected to also guide the Penang state coaches in charting out a proper training programme geared towards the SUKMA.

The Federal Territory state SUKMA teams are also expected to make a trip down to Penang later next month to play a series of friendly matches with the Penang SUKMA squads.

KAKL is committed to helping other state teams that need assistance.

A couple of weeks ago, the Negri Sembilan SUKMA squad also played in the KL-Kutrallam Friendship Tournament as part of their training programme.

New President for Nepal Kabaddi

The All Nepal Kabaddi Association president Sunil Rajkarnikar and his committee has been sacked for their failure to develop the game in Nepal.

Wishful thinking but can it also happen with incompetent sports officials in this country.

Read more about it here.

Fright for Chennai

Newly crowned KL International Inter City Kabaddi Champions Chennai were lucky to walk away 29-27 winners over Sri Devi Dragons in the final of the KL-Kuttralam Friendly Kabaddi Championships at the Sri Devi Grounds early today morning.

Chennai sorely missed the services of their star player Karnan and were given a fright by the Dragons in a highly entertaining final.

The absence of Karnan, who had already left for India, and the relaxation of weight category for the competition, saw Chennai being forced to backpedal in their final match.

Chennai led 15-13 after the first half but always found the going tough against the strong defensive performance by the Dragons.

Dragons even took the lead in the second half but crucial mistakes saw Chennai pulling ahead by as many as five points at one stage.

A crucial mistake in the closing stages when the Dragons squandered a golden chance to pick a lona off the Chennai side paid put to their chances.

Earlier in the group matches, Chennai topped their group with comfortable wins over Sri Devi Tigers and Selayang.

The Dragons also topped their group with solid victories over Seremban and Kg Pandan.

In the battle for third place, Selayang defeated Seremban 26-19.

The tournament turned out to be valuable playing experience for players, especially the SUKMA players from both Kuala Lumpur and Negri Sembilan.

The championships finished around 2.30am but for the strong supporters who had stayed back to witness the matches, it was a kabaddi feast worth waiting till the wee hours of the morning.

The executive committee of the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur would like to thank the Chennai team for their participation in the tournament.


RESULTS
GROUP A: Chennai bt Sri Devi Tigers 34-10; Selayang bt Sri Devi Tigers 37-16; Chennai bt Selayang 32-8
GROUP B: Sri Devi Dragons bt Seremban 32-11; Seremban bt Kg Pandan 29-21; Sri Devi Dragons bt Kg Pandan 31-14
Third Placings: Selayang bt Seremban 26-19
Final: Chennai bt Sri Devi Dragons 29-27

Click here to view more pictures from the tournament.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

The executive committee of the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur would like to say a big THANK YOU to all who contributed to the success of the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships.

KL-KUTTRALAM FRIENDSHIP TOURNAMENT

Newly crowned KL International Inter City Kabaddi champions Chennai would be among six teams confirmed for the KL-Kuttralam Friendship Kabaddi Tournament this Friday.

The Chennai team have extended their stay in Kuala Lumpur and would be the star attraction at the tournament to be held on the 12th of April from 7.00pm at the Sri Devi Kabaddi Club Grounds, 14th Mile Puchong.

Entry into the championships is by invitation only. The Kuala Lumpur based clubs confirmed for the championships are Sri Devi, Kg Pandan and Selayang.

All of the state's SUKMA players are expected to participate in the tournament that would help them gain valuable competitive exposure.

Negri Sembilan's Seremban would be the only non-KL team in the tournament.



Chennai is expected to field all their best players at the tournament. Kabaddi fans would get another chance to watch the skills of players like Karnan and Sundara Moorthy (pix above) up close.

With the weight ruling relaxed for the tournament, a number of KL players who missed out on the chance to play at the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships would be able to play.

Chennai - Masters of the Cities

Hosts Kuala Lumpur were forced to play the bridesmaid role for the second consecutive time at the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships.

Kuala Lumpur, who were beaten in the final by Patialla at the last championships, succumbed 14-21 to a superior Chennai side in the final at the Stadium Titiwangsa.

Kuala Lumpur had qualified for the final after a hard earned victory over Patialla while Chennai romped past Oslo for their place in the final.

The final between Chennai and Kuala Lumpur turned out to be a classic final although for the first half it went all Chennai’s way.

The technically superior Chennai side controlled the pace of the game and led 14-2 against the young Kuala Lumpur side.

Chennai chose to play a more passive role in the second half and the strategy almost saw a resurgent Kuala Lumpur making an unlikely comeback.

Kuala Lumpur came within four points of the Chennai side only to see their comeback snuffed out by the Indian side.

Chennai made a clean sweep of the individual awards with Karnan taking home the Best Defender and Best Player Awards. Another Chennai player, Sundara Moorthy won the
Best Raider Award deservingly for his quick raiding skills.

Patialla won third place by default over Oslo.

In the women’s competition, Jagatpura strolled to a 56-26 win over Oslo in the final.

Jagatpura’s Anurani and Jasbeer Kaur won the Best Defender and Best Player Awards while Oslo’s Anurani was adjudged as the Best Raider.

Kuala Lumpur won third spot while Putrajaya were fourth.

Deputy Foreign Minister YB Senator A.Kohillan Pillay gave away the prizes to the winners.

Click here to view pictures from the final day of competition.

Champions dethroned

Chennai and hosts Kuala Lumpur booked their final date in the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships in contrasting styles at the Stadium Titiwangsa.

Chennai showed technical superiority to subdue Oslo in their semi-finals while Kuala made heavy weather of their match against Patialla.

Both teams qualified for the semi-finals after topping their respective groups unbeaten.

Chennai thoroughly deserved their spot on the final, but their win was marred by some poor sportsmanship on the part of their rivals.

Oslo walked out of the game with just two minutes remaining on the clock, despite having no chance whatsoever to win the game.

They were trailing Chennai by more six points at that stage and much to the dismay of all, disputed a call made against them by the match officials and walked out of their match.

Their action came with a heavy price as Oslo would be unable to play in the playoff for third place after having conceded a walkover. Chennai were leading 26-19 when the dispute happened.

In the other semi-finals, Kuala Lumpur left it until the closing stages to steal the game away from defending champions Patialla.

It was the reverse of what transpired in the final of the last edition of the championships, with Kuala Lumpur suffering defeat after conceding valuable points at the closing stages.

This time it was the turn of Patialla to suffer the fate. They led by as much as five points in the game and looked poised to qualify for the final.

But KL kept their composure and tied the game at 20-20 after their raider K. Siva put out three players from the Patialla side to clinch a lona.

The tide quickly changed towards Kuala Lumpur, who picked up three more consecutive points to walk away winners.

In the women’s competition, Jagatpura have made it to the finals.
Their final opponent would be decided after the match between Oslo and Kuala Lumpur.

The women’s final would be played at 5pm on Sunday followed by the men’s final.

Hosts and Chennai in last four

Hosts Kuala Lumpur (picture) and Chennai became the first two teams to qualify for the semi-finals of the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships at the Stadium Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur.

But it was the performance of the young KL Presidents squad that captured the hearts of everyone. The youngsters, comprising of the city’s junior players, stunned the more experienced New Delhi side 42-37 in their opening Group B match.

Delhi were caught off guard by the aggressiveness of the KL Presidents squad and trailed by as many as a dozen points after conceding a lona in the early stages of the game.

Delhi recovered to tie the score at 34-34 in the second half with a more intelligent play but their recovery was quickly snuffed out by the more enterprising KL Presidents.

It was a good day for host Kuala Lumpur as they too displayed tight defense and great offensive play to pack off pre-tournament favourites Oslo.

Kuala Lumpur won the game 39-29 with a bewildered Oslo stunned by their performance.
It was match worthy of note with both teams displaying a high level of technical game.

However, it was Kuala Lumpur’s tighter defence that saw them through.

The Kuala Lumpur side defeated teammates KL Presidents 36-32 in their second game to ensure their semi-final berth from Group B.

Oslo recovered from their opening loss to thrash New Delhi 47-14. The winner of the match between Oslo and KL Presidents will join Kuala Lumpur in the last four.

In Group A, Chennai displayed excellent teamwork to beat defending champions Patialla 39-25 in Group A.

Patialla were let down by their poor defence and paid the price in the costly loss.
Patialla beat Kapurthala 36-17 in their second match but they would need to beat
Putrajaya in their final match to qualify for the semi-finals.

Putrajaya loss both their matches today. They were beaten 38-28 in their opening match and put up a much better performance in their 27-34 loss to Chennai.

With Kapurthala expected to lose to Chennai, the team that would accompany the latter into the last four could go into a countback if Patialla fails to beat Putrajaya.

A win for Putrajaya would mean that they would have a record of two loss and one win the Group, the same as Patialla and Kapurthala.

In the womens’s competition, New Delhi were forced to withdraw on technical grounds. Both Oslo and Kuala Lumpur started off their campaign in the competition with 113-19 and 55-17 wins respectively over Putrajaya.

Click here to view pictures from Day One.

Teams arrive

Foreign teams have started arriving for the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships to be held at the Stadium Titiwangsa from March 5-7.

Chennai, Oslo and Jagatpura arrived early today morning with Karpathula expected to arrive around 1.30pm.

More teams are expected to arrive tomorrow. The weight check, technical briefing and managers meeting would be held tomorrow late evening.

KLIICKC Schedule

The Match Schedule for the KL International Inter City Kabaddi Championships has been confirmed.

To view the schedule please click here.

Technical Course

The KAKL Level One Technical Course and Refresher Course for existing officials was successfully conducted from 26-28 February, 2010.

The first two days course was conducted at the Kompleks Sukan Bukit Kiara and the practical sessions was held on the third day at the Kompleks Sukan Kampong Pandan.

KAKL would like to thank all those who attended and also the Jabatan Sukna Wilayah Persekutuan for their assistance.

The exams for the Level One Technical Officials would be held later this month.

However, those who attended the course are expected to help out during the International Inter City Kabaddi Championships.