Galeri - Sarawak Champion League

November 03, 2015

CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS: Datuk Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah with Datu Sudarsono Osman (back row centre left in red), Raymond Sim and other officials join Yayasan players in celebration after they won the final of the Sarawak Champion League played at the State Stadium on Sunday.

Crocs parade squad, unveil kit

 January 10, 2014

Sarawak’s players and officials pose during the unveiling and sponsorship signing ceremony with Sarawak Energy (SEB) at Stadium Perpaduan in Petra Jaya on Wednesday.

KUCHING: Sarawak paraded its squad of 26 players for the new season to the fans at Stadium Perpaduan last Wednesday night.

Among the fans who turned up to cheer their team were members of two fan groups, GB13 and Red Army 88.

The Crocs also unveiled their new kit for this season and sales booths for the new merchandises were set up just outside the venue.

Peter Moni, who is president of the Sarawak Football Fans Club (SFFC), the official fan club for the Crocs, and other club members also attended the event.

“This is the time that we get to see the players up close and personal.

“Our club members would not want to miss this chance,” he said.

Sudarsono (second right), Abdul Karim (second left) and Torstein (right) giving their thumbs up for the new kit. Also seen is FAS deputy president Datu Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki (left).

Assistant minister of Youth Development and Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah officiated at the ceremony.

Karim said he was happy with the performance of the team last season, noting that they a uniting factor among fans in the state.

“When the Crocs play, Sarawakians come together, mingling and cheering side by side with each other for the team. For me, the scenario was indeed beautiful as everybody were united regardless of their race, background, religion or political affiliation,” he enthused.

Among others who were at the event were Exco members of the Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) and the managerial staff members of the Sarawak Energy.

FAS’ delegation was led by President Datu Sudarsono Osman while Sarawak Energy was led by their Chief Executive Officer Datuk Torstein Dale Sjotveit.

Sarawak Energy is Sarawak’s main sponsor for the coming season.

Karim puji kerjasama FAS-Isuzu

December 8, 2013

KERJASAMA: (Dari kiri) Junaidy, David, Abdul Karim, Sudarsono dan Abu Bakar menunjukkan isyarat bagus pada majlis perjanjian penajaan FAS dan Isuzu Malaysia di Dewan Masyarakat MBKS, Kuching semalam.

KUCHING: Menteri Muda Belia Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Ham­zah memuji ini­siatif FAS dan Isuzu Malaysia bekerjasama menganjurkan Kejohanan Bola Sepak Piala Isuzu-FAS Bawah 19 Tahun Sarawak.

Kejohanan tersebut akan berlangsung pada 15 hingga 22 Disember ini.

Karim, yang juga penasihat Persatuan Bolasepak Bahagian Samarahan, ber­harap kerjasama diantara FAS dan Isuzu Malaysia dapat mengembangkan mutu bola sepak negeri ini.

Manakala Pengurus Kanan Jualan Kenderaan Isuzu Malaysia, Junaidy Sulaiman berkata kerjasama menganjurkan kejohanan belia ada satu penghormatan kepada Isuzu Malaysia.

“Bola sepak adalah sukan yang popular. Ia satu peng­hormatan buat Isuzu kerana berpeluang membantu FAS dalam usahanya melahir­kan bakat-bakat baharu dan menggalakkan lebih ramai remaja melibatkan diri dalam tersebut.” 

Menurutnya, ini adalah kali pertama Isuzu Malay­sia terlibat dalam penajaan bola sepak dan berbesar hati kerana dapat menyumbang kepada pembangunan sukan tersebut di Sarawak.

Sementara itu, Presiden FAS Datu Sudarsono Osman berkata beliau berharap ker­jasama dengan Isuzu Malaysia dapat diteruskan pada masa akan datang.

Eight youth teams vie for Isuzu Cup

December 8, 2013

COMMON GOAL: Abu Bakar (far right) receiving the mock cheque from Junaidy (far left) during the signing ceremony between FAS and Isuzu Malaysia yesterday while Sudarsono (second, right), Abdul Karim (centre) and Tay looks on.

KUCHING: Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) hopes to break new ground with the Isuzu Cup which kicks off on Dec 15.

FAS president Datu Sudarsono Osman is hoping that the state-wide Under-19 tournament will be a key avenue to unearth new talents.

He was speaking to reporters during a sponsorship signing ceremony at the Dewan Masyarakat MBKS here yesterday as he thanked Isuzu Malaysia Sdn Bhd for their generous support.

Assistant Minister of Youth Development and Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah was present to witness the ceremony.

Rhino Motors general manager David Tay was also present.

Isuzu Malaysia has set aside RM100,000 to sponsor the tournament which is jointly organised by FAS and Samarahan Division Football Association (PBBS).

FAS deputy president Datu Mohd Abu Bakar Marzuki, who is chairman of the tournament organising committee, received a mock-cheque from the Isuzu Malaysia.

Bala peminat ngerami pemenang Tim Sarawak ba Liga Premier 2013

June 30, 2013

KUCHING: Urung 1,000 iku peminat begelumu di Padang Merdeka kemari ngerami pemujur tim main bol Sarawak nyadi champian Liga Premier 2013.

Raban pemain enggau staf pematih mai tropi champion berengkah ari Jalai Tun Abdul Rahman nuju Padang Merdeka.

Presiden Gerempung Bolasepak Sarawak (FAS) Datu Sudarsono Osman madah, semengat baru udah dipandangka peminat main bol Sarawak lalu mujur ngangkatka semengat pemain.

“Penyukung Sarawak amat manah lalu meri semengat baru ngagai raban pemain ngambika bebendar agi bemain ba atas padang,” ku iya.

Ku iya nambah, pemujur Sarawak nyadi champian ukai sebengkah pekara ti mudah ke alai tiap iku pemain enggau pematih udah bebendar bejalaika tanggung pengawa diri ngambika mujur dalam semua pekit.

Sebedau liga berengkah, FAS netapka tagit nyadi champian liga, bemain ba Liga Super lalu enda alah ba tiap main dalam liga, tandu Sudarsono.

“Dua tagit udah dijapai, tagit ke penudi iya nya ngenanka rikut enda kala alah,” ku iya.

Crocs parade trophy to thousands of cheering fans

June 30, 2013

“The Sarawak team needs your support to go to greater heights."
-Tuan Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah 

CUP OF DREAM: Sarawak captain Shahrol Shaperi lifts the cup to the main stand after their arrival. 
— Photos by Rais Sanusi

KUCHING: Thousands of Sarawak football fans jam the Padang Merdeka in the heart of the city to cheer the state team as they parade the Premier League trophy they won in an unbeaten run with one more match to play, yesterday afternoon.

The arrival of the players and coaches in an open deck tram was heralded with much fanfare by the hard-core fans, the Sarawak Ultras, who also call themselves GB13.

The supporters, some of whom gathered there in the morning, lined up the roads and streets as the tram wound its way past the Kuching Waterfront to Padang Merdeka where thousands more fans were waiting.

Sarawak Football Association (FAS) president Datu Sudarsono Osman in his speech thanked the supporters for standing by the team even when they were relegated from Super League last year.

“The fans were amazing as they continued to stay behind us. This trophy actually belongs to all the fans who stood behind us,” said Sudarsono.

He revealed that during the team motivational camp early January this year coach Robert Alberts challenged the team to win the Premier League title undefeated to move back to the Super League next season.

Karim bangga dengan prestasi FA Sarawak

June 30, 2013

“Kejayaan ini tidak datang bergolek kerana ia menuntut komitmen jitu FAS dan pemain.” Tuan Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

BERSEJARAH: Peminat bola sepak Sarawak tidak melepaskan peluang menyentuh piala Liga Premier 2013 yang dijulang Mohd Shahrol Saperi. — Gambar Muhammad Rais Sanusi

KUCHING: Lebih 1,000 peminat membanjiri Padang Merdeka semalam untuk meraikan kejayaan pasukan bola sepak Sarawak menjuarai Liga Premier 2013.

Program meraikan kejayaan itu bermula dengan persembahan kelab penyo-kong yang menyanyikan beberapa lagu pencetus semangat pemain yang kebiasaannya berkumandang di Stadium Negeri.

Para pemain dan staf kejurulatihan kemudiannya membawa piala bersejarah itu berarak dari Jalan Tun Abdul Rahman ke Padang Merdeka.

Presiden Persatuan Bola Sepak Sarawak (FAS) Datu Sudarsono Osman berkata, semangat baharu ditampilkan peminat bola sepak Sarawak dan berjaya meningkatkan semangat pemain untuk berjuang di padang.

“Penyokong Sarawak memang hebat dan memainkan peranan untuk mencetus semangat baharu kepada pemain bagi menampilkan prestasi lebih cemerlang,” katanya.

Menurutnya, kejayaan Sarawak merangkul kejuaraan itu bukan kebetulan kerana setiap pemain dan jurulatih berusaha keras untuk memperolehi kejayaan dalam perlawanan.

Tambahnya, sebelum liga bermula, FAS sudah menetapkan sasaran untuk menjuarai liga, layak ke Liga Super dan bermain tanpa kalah sepanjang saingan liga.

Chong Wei has done Malaysia proud

August 6, 2012

KUCHING: Despite not able to clinch the coveted gold medal at the London Olympics, Datuk Lee Chong Wei received glowing tributes from badminton fans and sports personalities.

A courageous Lee went down fighting in rubber sets, 21-15, 10-21 and 21-19 in the hands of nemesis Lin Dan in one of the most closely contested finals in the history of badminton in the Olympics.

The match last night brought Malaysia to a stand still as the nation watched with bated breath, history in the making.

“It was a very close game. Datuk Lee Chong Wei has done Malaysia proud. He has been ranked No.1 in the world for record time. He won silver in the Beijing Olympics. Despite still recovering from his recent injury, Lee fought his way to the finals in London. Now he brought us another silver medal,” remarked Datuk Talib Zulpilip, Assistant Minister of Tourism.

“Well done. That is true grit. This is determination that we all as Malaysians could be proud of. Although some Malaysians are disappointed with the result, we must still say thank you to Lee. Hopefully, Malaysian will send messages of gratitude to Lee regardless of race and hope that parents will name their boys after him. That would be the best form of honouring our hero,” added Talib who is also chairman of SEDC Sarawak.

“It was a great game by two great badminton players. Lee lost because Lin Dan was a better player tonight. We hope Malaysia could produce many more badminton players like Lee Chong Wei in future,” commented Abdul Karim Hamzah, the Sukma XV deputy chef de mission who is also Assistant Minister of Youth Development.

“The match was a game of badminton at the highest level.

We all wanted Lee to win the first Olympic gold for the country, but its not to be this time.

“However, we must still be proud of Lee’s performance. We can never know how he feels right now. Imagine, this match will be playing in his mind over and over. It is a case of so near, yet so far”, said Football Association of Sarawak president Datu Sudarsono Osman.

Do we Sarawakians look foolish to you?

May 8, 2012

KUCHING: The FA of Malaysia (FAM) should be more open in accepting criticism and comments from others so that it can further uplift the standard of football in Malaysia.

Assistant Youth Development Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the football governing body would only create more adversaries if it closed its doors to views from others.

“I am not too concerned with the views of the FAM president (Sultan Ahmad Shah), but the actions of the FAM disciplinary committee should be more ethical to avoid making decisions which are unreasonable, cruel, overzealous and killing the sport of football.

“Despite this, the president of FAM must be ready to accept criticisms. A president of a governing body like FAM is not above the board and not a person who cannot be reprimanded,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.

Abdul Karim, also Asajaya assemblyman, was making his comments on a national daily report yesterday which quoted Sultan Ahmad Shah as branding the move by Sarawak fans to urge FA of Sarawak (FAS) to withdraw from FAM as foolish.

Sultan Ahmad Shah had also urged football fans and fan clubs to understand the FAM’s laws and regulations first before calling for the withdrawal of its affiliates.

Prior to this, FAM had imposed fines totalling RM75,500 on FAS because of unruly behaviour by fans, as well as penalising the state football team to play the upcoming four home matches behind closed doors. It was not the first time FAM has heavily penalised those who have criticised the governing body, referee and the national team, as well as for making comments in the media.