Over 340 swimmers, 39 new records at Kotas Meet

August 8, 2017

Karim (fourth left) presents the challenge trophy to St Joseph’s Private School team manager Father Alvin Ng (fourth right) and captain Anthony Kho while (from right) Kwon, Kong, Wee, Chai and Ong look on.

KUCHING: Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah was very impressed with the increasing number of participants in the 7th Samarahan-Kuching Divisions Primary & Secondary Inter-School Swimming Championships at the Sarawak Aquatic Centre in Petra Jaya over the weekend.

More than 340 swimmers from 48 primary and secondary schools from Kuching and Samarahan competed in the annual meet organised by Kota Samarahan Amateur Swimming Association (Kotas) and 39 new meet records were created.

(From left) Darlene Aliya, Janessa Liew Jia Yi, Genevieve Liew Zhi Ni and Faustina Kow from SK Green Road upset traditional champions from the Chung Hua Primary Schools in the primary schools girls 4x50m relay with a time of 2:33.05.

“We are in the process of making Sarawak a sports powerhouse and swimming is one of the sports that we are really hoping to deliver and I am happy to see so many committed parents from Kuching, Samarahan, Sibu and Miri who are always with their children in the early morning or late at night to ensure that their children attend training,” Karim said.

SMK Batu Lintang retain trophy for third year

July 10, 2013

KUCHING : SMK Batu Lintang retained its championship title of best secondary school for the third successive year at the Third Samarahan -Kuching Divisions Inter School Swimming Championships held at the Aquatic Centre of Excellence in Kuching, July 6 -7 and organised by Kota Samarahan Amateur Swimming Association (KOTAS).

Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, KOTAS Special Advisor who is also Sarawak Assistant Minister for Youth and Housing was present to declare open the championships.

In his speech, he said that when he first sponsored the perpetual trophies he was not sure if the meet would end up being a one-off. 

However, now in its third year, he commended KOTAS for making the championships a regular fixture in the local swimming calendar.

He noted that each year entries had grown and this year there were over 30 schools competing in the weekend-long event.

He mentioned that it was unfortunate the meet could not take place at the Kota Samarahan Pool as in the past years.

“I understand that there are some technical problems and I will see what can be done to fix the pool up,” he said, referring to the breakdown of the filtration system and other maintenance issues at the Samarahan pool which necessitated a last-minute change of venue to the Aquatic Centre of Excellence in Kuching.

    

First inter-school swimming meet at Kota Samarahan

July 7, 2011

KUCHING: The Kota Samarahan swimming pool would be filled with young swimmers on July 23 and 24 when an inaugural inter-school swimming meet takes place.

All schools from Samarahan and Kuching divisions have been invited to participate in the First Samarahan-Kuching Divisions Inter-School Secondary/Primary Swimming Championship, which is jointly organised by Kota Samarahan Amateur Swimming Association (KOTAS) and Kota Samarahan Education Department.

KOTAS president and event advisor, Asajaya assemblyman Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, noted that this will be the first ever such event to be held at Kota Samarahan Swimming Pool.

He said in a press statement recently that it would be a great opportunity for young swimmers from Samarahan division to gain experience in competing against those from Kuching.

“It is also a great opportunity for schools in Kuching to visit Samarahan division and enjoy competing at a different venue,” he said.

Abdul Karim would be sponsoring the perpetual trophies for the champion primary school and champion secondary school, while Milo (Nestle) will be sponsoring medals and beverage.

“It is our hope that this inter-school championship will continue to be held annually to encourage more children to be involved in swimming as part of a healthy, active lifestyle as well as identifying new talent to enhance Sarawak’s strength in the sports arena,” said Abdul Karim.