Inter-Professional Games from July to Oct to add four new sports
KUCHING (June 16): More than 500 athletes from 11 professional bodies are expected to participate in the 10th Inter-Professional Games (IPG) to be held from July to October.
The number of sports for the bi-annual games has been increased from five to nine with pickleball, volleyball, basketball and e-sports as the new sports set to join futsal, golf, darts, tenpin bowling and badminton.
The darts competition will kick off the IPG on July 12 followed by tenpin bowling on July 20, pickleball on Aug 2, futsal on Aug 9, golf on Aug 17, badminton at on Sept 20-21 and ending with basketball in Oct with the date to be announced.
Participating bodies include Malaysian Institute of Accountants (Sarawak Regional Office), Advocates Association of Sarawak (Kuching Branch), Institut Kimia Malaysia, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (Sarawak Branch), Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (Sarawak Branch), Malaysian Medical Association (Sarawak Branch), Malaysian Institute of Planners (Sarawak Chapter), Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (Sarawak Chapter), Persatuan Farmasi Sarawak, Sarawak Institute of Agricultural Scientists and Sarawak Veterinary Association.
The main objectives of IPG are to strengthen camaraderie between members of the professional bodies and to foster a healthy lifestyle among participants.
IBG is hosted by UPC which was set up in Oct 1982 to provide a platform for the exchange of views and to foster closer rapport among the various professionals in Sarawak.
Meanwhile, Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) Sarawak branch are gunning for a fifth straight win in the golf competition after emerging champions in 2009, 2011, 2019 and 2023.
RISM golf captain John Cheu said they are confident of defending their title.
'We are not doing well in other games so golf is a important game for us to stay relevant in the IPC Games.
'RISM will be organising the golf competition with more than 80 members expected to join while other professional bodies will organise/co-organise one event each,' he added. 10th Inter-Professional Games
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RISM golfers with Cheu (third left). KUCHING (June 16): More than 500 athletes from 11 professional bodies are expected to participate in the 10th Inter-Professional Games (IPG) to be held from July to October. The number of sports for the bi-annual games has been increased from five to nine with pickleball, volleyball, basketball and e-sports as the new sports set to join futsal, golf, darts, tenpin bowling and badminton. The darts competition will kick off the IPG on July 12 followed by tenpin bowling on July 20, pickleball on Aug 2, futsal on Aug 9, golf on Aug 17, badminton at on Sept 20-21 and ending with basketball in Oct with the date to be announced. Participating bodies include Malaysian Institute of Accountants (Sarawak Regional Office), Advocates Association of Sarawak (Kuching Branch), Institut Kimia Malaysia, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (Sarawak Branch), Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (Sarawak Branch), Malaysian Medical Association (Sarawak Branch), Malaysian Institute of Planners (Sarawak Chapter), Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (Sarawak Chapter), Persatuan Farmasi Sarawak, Sarawak Institute of Agricultural Scientists and Sarawak Veterinary Association. The main objectives of IPG are to strengthen camaraderie between members of the professional bodies and to foster a healthy lifestyle among participants. IBG is hosted by UPC which was set up in Oct 1982 to provide a platform for the exchange of views and to foster closer rapport among the various professionals in Sarawak. Meanwhile, Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) Sarawak branch are gunning for a fifth straight win in the golf competition after emerging champions in 2009, 2011, 2019 and 2023. RISM golf captain John Cheu said they are confident of defending their title. 'We are not doing well in other games so golf is a important game for us to stay relevant in the IPC Games. 'RISM will be organising the golf competition with more than 80 members expected to join while other professional bodies will organise/co-organise one event each,' he added. 10th Inter-Professional Games
