The Malaysia Organising Committee (MASOC) Kuala Lumpur 2017 can look forward to a seamless competition at the SEA Games in August following the successful organisation of the Pre-SEA Games Silat Championships which concluded recently at the Mahaguru Omardin Lincah Complex in Gombak.
The new digital scoring system, introduced and applied for the first time at the Championships, received the thumbs up from participating teams.
The National Silat Federation (PESAKA) Secretary, Datuk Megat Zulkarnain Omardin said, athletes and officials expressed satisfaction over the efficiency of the new system despite minor flaws which will be ironed out. With some improvement, PESAKA believes they are set to be a pioneer of the system.
The Championships, which saw the participation of 118 silat exponents from seven South East Asian nations, provided organisers the opportunity to test the system and other technical aspects of the organisation.
The organisers expressed satisfaction over the handling of some of the crucial aspects such as transportation, food and beverage, competition schedule, announcement of exponents, order of play, allocation of time up to victory ceremonies.
Secretariat officials and volunteers did well in providing efficient services, ensuring a smooth five-day championship. “These are the same officials who will manage the secretariat during the SEA Games. The tournament served as a dry run to us and I’m glad that they everyone has carried out their duties effectively,” said Datuk Megat Zulkarnain.
“Competitions were completed in the stipulated time, avoiding past occurrences when we sometimes had to drag the competition past midnight,” he added.
“We immediately overcome technical issues such as the abrupt shutdown of computers during competition. We’ll work on that to avoid such incident during Games time,” he said.
Meanwhile, PESAKA is pleased with the performance of the national contingent following the its nine gold medal haul, which saw Malaysia taking the overall crown.
“We’re quite pleased with our achievement. It’s still early days but we’re all geared up not only for SEA Games, but for the 2018 Asian Games as well,” said Datuk Megat Zulkarnain.
NEGARA PESERTA PUAS HATI PENGANJURAN SILAT PRA SUKAN SEA
ANDAI Kejohonan Silat Pra-Sukan SEA yang berakhir di Kompleks Lincah Mahaguru Omardin Gombak dijadikan ukuran, nyata Jawatankuasa Penganjur Malaysia (MASOC) Kuala Lumpur 2017 boleh menghela nafas lega dengan tahap penganjuran sukan silat pada Sukan SEA 2017 Ogos ini.
Kejohanan yang menampilkan 118 pesilat dari tujuh negara ASEAN berjalan lancar serta mendapat maklumbalas positif negara peserta.
Setiausaha Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Malaysia (PESAKA) Datuk Megat Zulkarnain Omar Din berkata, secara keseluruhannya beliau berpuas hati dan memuji sekretariat penganjur dalam memastikan kelancaran kejohanan.
Penggunaan sistem pemarkahan digital yang dilaksanakan buat pertama kali mendapat maklumbalas positif dari negara-negara bertanding.
“Semua negara mengakui sistem baru yang kita kenalkan ini cukup baik, telus tetapi masih boleh diperbaiki. Pesilat sendiri boleh tengok jika mereka sedang mendahului atau ketinggalan menerusi gambar yang dipaparkan.
“Dengan sedikit penambahbaikkan, PESAKA akan menjadi pelopor sistem ini. Tidak perlu lagi juri dipanggil ke tengah untuk sahkan jatuhan,” kata Datuk Megat Zulkarnain.
Katanya, pegawai dan petugas sekretariat telah menjalankan tanggungjawab dengan efisien, memberikan petanda baik acara pada sukan SEA nanti dapat dikendalikan dengan baik.
“Semua anggota sekretariat yang terlibat adalah sekretariat sama akan bertugas di KL2017. Ini merupakan raptai bagi mereka sebelum pertandingan sebenar Ogos nanti dan mereka jalankan tugas dengan sempurna,” kata Datuk Megat Zulkarnain.
Mengenai aspek penganjuran lain, Datuk Megat Zulkarnain berkata: “Dari segi pengangkutan, penginapan, penyediaan makanan, urusan jadual pertandingan, giliran pertandingan, urusan panggilan pesilat, penyusunan masa hinggalah penyampaian hadiah semua sempurna. Pertandingan selesai ikut jadual, tidak meleret melepas tengah malam.”
“Hanya satu masalah iaitu komputer terpadam tiba-tiba tetapi dapat diatasi dalam masa amat singkat. Kita akan pastikan kejadian seperti itu tak berulang pada Sukan SEA nanti,” kata beliau.
Mengenai pencapaian atas gelanggang, Malaysia nyata bersedia selepas kejayaan meraih kejuaraan keseluruhan apabila menamatkan saingan dengan 9 emas, 5 perak dan 7 gangsa.
Malaysia bagaimanapun harus waspada dengan cabaran dan peningkatan dua negara Vietnam dan Thailand. Vietnam di tempat kedua apabila meraih 5 emas, 5 perak dan 7 gangsa manakala ) manakala Thailand di tempat ketiga dengan 4-6-4.
