XMUM Table Tennis Invitation Tournament 2019 was successfully held from 22 to 23 June 2019. Organized by Table Tennis Club, this is the first inter-university table tennis tournament held at XMUM. 12 teams from 9 universities registered for the event, including universities from KL, Selangor, Melaka and Perak.
Mr. Potter and Mr. Ku hitting a few strokes to officiate the tournament.
This event adopted a distinctive mixed-team format which can hardly be found in other tournaments. Each team wasrequired to compete in five categories per match, namely, Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
With the support from the committees, umpires, ECA office, sponsors and allthe participants, the tournament turned out to be a huge success. A number of positive reviews were given by the sports officers and players of the participating universities.
From left: Jeraldine Si (Event Chairperson), Mr. Potter (ECA Assistant Manager), Mr. Joseph (Main Sponsor), Mr. Ku (ECA Sports Executive), Young Shirl Fay (Club President)
Organizing Committees
Umpires
“The tournament format is really cool. It is different from other tournaments, and has managed to test the whole team’s ability,”reviewed a participant from MCKL.
Champion Team: UTAR Kampar
Tournament Results:
Champion – UTAR Kampar
1st Runner-Up – Sunway University
2nd Runner-Up – MCKL (Red), UTAR SL (A)