IDFR Badminton Open
On 12th March 2011, Wisma Putra hosted an epic battle on her courts when the IDFR Badminton Open took place on this fine day. 24 pairs of men and women battled it out to be crowned this year’s champions. The event was made memorable with the Director General himself, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, not just with his opening ceremony cross court rally, but also his trailblazing participation throughout the whole event.
This in turn rallied the other participants to provide a fine show of sportsmanship by all. In today’s three categories, there could only be room for three sets of victors. The winners and runners-up for this year’s IDFR Badminton Open are the following :
MEN’S DOUBLES
WINNERS
En. Mohd Rizaudin Bin Mohamed Diah - Pentadbiran
En. Azrul Nizam Bin Abdul Rahim - Perpustakaan
RUNNERS-UP
En. Haris Abdul Latiff - DiD
En. Wan Ahmad Iskandar - DiD
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
WINNER
Pn. Gloria Tiwet - Latihan
Cik Shahmila a/p Jayasagaran - DiD
RUNNERS-UP
Cik Nur Nadiah Hidayat - DiD
Cik Subashini - DiD
MIX DOUBLES
WINNER
En. Haris Syarwani Razali - Latihan
Cik Khairul Bariah Che Amat - Hal Ehwal Awam dan Korporat
RUNNERS-UP
Amb. Abdullah Faiz Zain - Timbalan Ketua Pengarah
Pn. Gloria Tiwet - Latihan
At the end of the day, the prize money and trophies offered were mere incentives. The real prize of the day were the new friendships made and the old ones being rekindled. It was also a pleasure to see the brimming faces of the victors and the vocal promises by the vanquished promising a better fight next year.
It would have been a fair call to say that the IDFR Badminton Open would have not even materialized and become such a success if not for the efforts of the DiD organising committee which had worked day-in-day-out to bring IDFR one of its most pulse raising sports tournaments for the year 2011.
By : Mohamed Ariff Bin Mohamed Ali.
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