Fame College chief executive officer David Chew (fourth left) presents the trophy to boys champions CHMS No. 1 Red.
Chew presents the trophy to girls champions CHMS No. 1. — Photos by Teo Chi Wei
KUCHING: Fifty players named in the initial list for selection to the Kuching team for the Sarawak Inter-Division Youth U15 Basketball Championship will attend a pre-selection trial today.
Having caught the eyes of the selectors at the Fame Cup basketball championship that ended at MBKS Indoor Stadium in Pending last Sunday, the players will be trying to impress boys coach Chai Tze Kiong and girls coach Tweedee Bong Kian Koon.
The boys selection will be conducted at SESCo Indoor Stadium at Bintawa from 7pm to 9pm while the girls selection will be carried out at Chung Hua Middle School (CHMS) No. 1 in Pending from 7pm to 9pm.
A few more selection and practice sessions will be conducted before the teams are finalised at the end of the month.
At the inaugural Fame Cup for the boys and girls, CHMS No.1 made a clean sweep of the titles.
The boys CHMS No. 1 Red hammered SMK Batu Kawa 79-55 while the girls beat SMK Batu Kawa 44-22.
The championship for players aged 15 years and under was organised by the Kuching Division Basketball Association with Fame International College as the main sponsor.
Teams in the boys competition were Lodgians, CHMS No.1 Red, SM Sains Kuching, SMK Petra Jaya, SMK Batu Kawa, SMK Kuching High, CHMS No.1 Black and Sweet Sweet Mart.
As for the girls competition, the teams were CHMS No. 1, SMK Kuching High, SMK Petra Jaya, SMK Batu Kawa, SM Lodge and SM Sains Kuching.