Reported by:
Lim Sze Kee Sr1ScB
Recently, Kuen Cheng High School’s volleyball team achieved great success in both the “Majlis Sukan-sukan Sekolah Wilayah Persekutuan (MSSWP) Zon Bangsar” and “Majlis Sukan-sukan Sekolah Wilayah Persekutuan (MSSWP) Zon KL”.
The members of the men’s team are Cheong Jun Uin, Wong Yi Ren, Jovin Yap Zong Horng, Chiah Kok Zhang, Cainneth Ng Chee Yong, Lee Ji Hao, Brandon Ho Wan Xuen, Kwok Pin Yit, Leo Jie Shun, Loh Thien Ee, Yeo Vihim and Izzac Loh Thien Feng.
The members of the women’s team are Liew En Thung, Joelle Yeoh Jie Yi, Branda Chong Zhi Xin, Liew Wei Jin, Yunna Woo Xiao Wen, Lim Kai Qi, Chong Yew Sze, Kok Shyuen, Eunice Yong Xin You, Lee Ee Ting, Phang Qi Yu and Chua Jie.
“MSSWP Zon Bangsar” was held from the 27th of June to the 29th of June, at Universiti Malaya (UM). With an impressive performance, the men’s team took down First Place and won the Gold Medal. The women’s team, on the other hand, won the Bronze Medal with a Third Place finish.
Just two weeks after “MSSWP Zon Bangsar”, both the men’s and the women’s teams took part in the “MSSWP KL” which was held at SMJK Chong Hwa KL. The men’s team’s journey was cut short their journey at the quarter-final while the women’s team achieved the Bronze Medal.
We had the opportunity to interview the coach — Teacher Mr Chong Chao Ming and two of the team members from both the men’s and women’s teams respectively.
Men’s team in MSSWP ZON BANGSAR
Women’s team in MSSWP ZON BANGSAR
Both men’s and women’s team
Teacher Mr Chong Chao Ming:
During the online class in the past two years, instead of doing volleyball practices, he focused on giving students stamina training. This was because doing volleyball practices might annoy the neighbourhood as most are still sleeping as the zoom class was as early as 8 a.m.
Besides, since our school is not open for physical activity due to Covid-19, the volleyball team did not really have sufficient practice. Only having enough time for two weeks of practice, they, unfortunately, were interrupted by rain, and some teammates had to be isolated due to Covid-19. These trifles had greatly affected their practice time. Hence, Mr Chong was satisfied with their impressive performance albeit the insufficient practice.
He was happy to see that every student practised hard for the competition. It is such a pity as they did not have enough practice and some of the teammates lack experience. Nonetheless, they will take the experience as motivation and will practice more to prepare for other competitions as well as strive for better performance.
Kok Shyuen and Eunice Yong:
They stated that due to their insufficient practice which was less than three weeks, and two years in online classes, some of them were not used to physical practice and their team lacked chemistry in the beginning. Therefore, they believed that they would have achieved better results if they had sufficient practices.
After the competition, they had seen the level and the skills of other schools. Thus, they will work even harder to improve their skills and hope that they could achieve better results in the upcoming competitions.
Jovin Yap And Yeoh Vihim:
Regarding their results and teamwork, they were very satisfied with it. Taking into consideration that they had prepared for the competition for two weeks long in which they will stay back in school every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to practice.
During the competition, they encountered some communication problems and chaotic situations. Apart from that, two of their members had injured their fingers which slightly affected their performance during the competition.
Through the competition, they realised that they must always have a positive mindset especially when they fall behind in the score.
Group photo