Latest Personal Achievement

Chinese New Year long weekend, selalunya balik kampung Gombak atau Wakaf Bharu, tapi nak jimat kami bercuti sekeluarga di Beserah sahaja. I followed thru my ambition of bringing SMK Beserah netball team to champion the MSSM Kuantan Netball competition. Pagi raya china I joined their morning training session. Even my husband chipped in with some physical fitness routine. The girls loved and enjoyed the session.

The team tak lah strong sangat with some of the girls not serious about competition. Cuma nak thrill sikit-sikit bermain bola. That actually crippled the intention of winning the competition. My daughter was the key player. Her teacher only agreed to take on the netball team just because she is in the team. I sensed the problem the team would have and hated the thought of wasted energy and hope of the girls in successful participation in the tournament. So, turun padanglah saya in between hantar dan ambik the boys (my other children) to and from school.

I tak ajar banyak technique bermain sangat coz the teacher dah ada "strategy" dia. I tekankan the basics of good throw, and proper ball catching. Introduced jugak passing the ball while running tapi the girls weren't fit to pick it up. Namun stressed the need to find space and spread out verses their routine "main side" where everybody goes to one side of the field to attack.

Sesiapa yang tengok training session budak-budak ni mesti kata "ala.. lembik nye, macam mana nak menang." True enough, even the the school football coach/teacher pun comment the same thing. From beginning, I stressed proper running and jumping. Then mental strength to take on the challenge of facing fast game and noisy crowd and more self disciplined team from boarding schools.

Alhamdullah, during the first round the team had 2 good wins and 1 seri with MRSM.

Second round is kalah mati. The first game is "now or never strategy". Yang tak pandai terbang ambik bola pun kena terbang, sapu cream kat betis and wherever needed, scram sekuat hati, doa kemain banyak, and tawakkal kat Allah. Alhamdulillah menang.

Kami baca jadual pertandingan dan spot teams yang akan kami hadapi... Bukit Rangin kemudian Seri Pelindung. Bukit Rangin to me was nothing and Beserah can win easily. It was Seri Pelindung (last year champion, and the team Beserah lost to at semi finals landing to third place.) I had to handle Liyana's brother to school and had to miss the games. Thank God, they even beat Seri Pelinding by playing extra time with only 2 points lead. Actually, maybe it is a good thing that I had missed the game as it was a heart pounding one. (Seri Pelindung had a man coach!!) So that win took the girls to the final to again meet MRSM.

The strategy was start with a fast game, take the lead, then play MRSM slow controlled game. Actually the later was our strategy most of the time. See, the girls are mostly short for netball players. The attacking players are all below 5ft. Harapkan Kak Long who's at 5'5" and GK and GD who are the taller ones. Half time they lead by 1 point. Strategy tak jadi sebab diorang pun main fast game. Tak pe. Kita boleh kejar lepas tu controll game as usually. That's what we did and won. The girls played a splendid game showing off skills yang ade and playing a smart game.

Congratulations SMK Beserah for a job well done.

2nd Place MRSM Kuantan 1st Place SMK Beserah 3rd Place SMT Seri Pelindung

Bonus, the under 18 football on the same day also won 1st place for their MSSM Football Kuantan. Double joy.