5 th SPORTSUNITE- KDFC SAMBA BOLA –UNDER 12 UNITY FOOTBALL CARNIVAL for the PIALA DATUK SANTOKH SING

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Apr 5, 2017
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SportsUnite in collaboration with Kota Damansara Football Club ( KDFC) and the support of sponsors in MILO,REVIVE Isotonic Drinks,Figos, Majlis Sukan Negara and MBPJ continued its humble vision of promoting unity through sports with the organization of the 5 th Samba Bola Under 12 Unity Football

Carnival for the Piala Datuk Santokh Singh held recently at the Padang Seksyen 7 Kota Damansara Petaling Jaya to honor Malaysia’s football legend Datuk Santokh Singh

Datuk Santokh graced the finals,interacted with parents and children and later presented the prizes to the top 4 winning teams. Like in all SportsUnite carnivals,the principle of unity prevailed in that all participating teams comprised players of at least 2 different races at all playing times on the field .It was encouraging to see many teams with 3-4 different races.Single race teams was not allowed to participate.

Response was overwhelming with a maximum of 32 teams taking part some as far as Pahang,Johor and Penang. The incredible support from parents cheering on their children made the event even more memorable.

Datuk Santokh was very impressed by the raw talents he saw and hoped that these promising kids will be guided along the right path with the right training and motivation to excel in the future. Comment from Dina Rizal, Chairman SportsUnite Sports Club “Our deep appreciation Datuk Santokh Singh the Kota Damansara Football Academy under the leadership of Norizan Johar and MILO,REVIVE Isotonic Drinks ,Maljis Sukan Negara, MBPJ and FIGOS for their support to make this unity football carnival possible for the benefit and enjoyment of our children. Without the support of sponsors we in SportsUnite will not be able to bring this event to our children and honor a legend in football .To us there are no winners or losers,all are winners in promoting the spirit of unity through sports.We are so happy to see the children and parents having a very memorable time at the carnival in the spirit of unity”

Datuk Santokh Singh “ I am honored by the gesture of SportsUnite to name this junior carnival after me.This is the 4 th year of this carnival.I am very impressed by the energy,enthusiasm and good basic skills shown by some of the children which is a good sign for the development of football in our country in the

future.I am confident there will be another Mokhtar Dahari or Soh Chin Aun or Arumugam in them to bring honor to our country in the future. Thank you to the parents for encouraging their children to play football. The foundations of excellence starts at grassroots in carnivals like this”

Norizan Johar,Head coach of the Kota Damansara Footrball Club said” Our thanks to SportsUnite,the sponsors and a special thanks to Datuk Santokh for making this carnival something so special for our children. Unity is so important for our nation and sports is the best way forward. I am so happy with the

very good response and hope SportsUnite with the sponsors will make this event even bigger next year reaching out to more children and honoring our football great-Datuk Santokh”

The heavy rain and bad weather prevented the semi finals and finals to be held. A penalty shoot-out determined the winners. Soccer Star FC emerged winners in the penalty shoot out beating Osama FC with a 3-1 margin.Kelab Bolasepak Kota Damansara emerged third and Young Guns Academy took the

4 th place.

Special award winners:

Best goalkeeper: Baikaki Rahman from Osama FC

Most promising player: Khairul Syazwan of Soccer Star FC

Best Player of the tournament: Ahmad Suffian of Kota Damansara FC