Joseph (right) handing over the cash incentive to one of the school athletes while Stephen (fourth left) and others cheer.
SIBU: The coaches played a vital role in the success of SMK Sacred Heart at the recent 48th Sibu Division Inter-School Track & Field Championship.
The school principal Stephen Tan stressed that the coaches namely Ling Ngie Ming, Ting Kung Jin and Ms Tang Chuo Kiew have been working very hard in training the potential athletes.
“These three coaches go to the extent of personally calling up the students to turn up for their training session and they even pick up these students using their own vehicles so that they do not miss their training session.
“As highly committed coaches, they also make sure that these students turn up in full force for their training even during school holiday period,” he added after attending a brief ceremony to hand over cash incentives to all the school athletes who won gold, silver or bronze medals during the championship.
The cash incentive was personally contributed by Joseph Tang, a member of the Parents Teachers Association of SMK Sacred Heart.
SMK Sacred Heart was adjudged as the overall champion of the recent meet and swept all the three categories namely Category A (18 years old), Category B (15 years old) and Category C (14 years old). The principal was also happy to note that their school old boys such as Joseph Tang have never forgotten their school by sharing what they had with the students after they become successful in life.
“We hope that such cash incentive will spur others to do even better and at the same time will encourage more of our students here to actively participate in sports activities,” he added.
Joseph, in his brief remarks, said SMK Sacred Heart athletes who had performed excellently during the championship deserved to be recognised for their hard work and all these was acheived due to the hard work of the three coaches.