19-05-2025
FCAS Sabah International Dragon Boat Race: Sarawak outfit bag top honours
Published on: Monday, May 19, 2025
Published on: Mon, May 19, 2025
By: GL Oh Text Size: N82 Bukit Sari Lawas members with the TYT trophy on the podium after the prize presentation. Kota Kinabalu: N82 Bukit Sari Lawas captured the Head of State Trophy at the 10th FCAS Sabah International Dragon Boat Race held at Likas Bay on Sunday. The Sarawakian outfit, who finished runners-up in the Chief Minister Trophy last year, crossed the finishing line in a record time of three minutes, 39.55 seconds to take home the RM10,000 prize money, ahead of Lautan Biru SLDB Dragon Boat Team Tuaran (03:41:66) and Jetama Entulon Family DBT (03:42:58).
Advertisement Team manager Bahtiar Sajeli was delighted with the victory in their first appearance in the top category. 'We started our preparation and training only right after Hari Raya, and we were confident of winning the title following the good time achieved in the early round,' he said after the prize presentation. Ten other categories were contested and the Sabah Chief Minister Trophy was won by Jetama Entulon Family Senior (03:41:09) followed by Landas Kasihnya Warisan (03:41:66) and Sri Sundar (03:42:11). The other top three winners in each of the categories were RMP Paddlers, DBKL, Sabah River Raptors ITCC (Sabah FCAS Dragon Trophy); KKCCCI, KK Hakka Dragon Boat Team, Malaysia Chinese Muslim Association (Local FCAS Trophy); KKCCCI, Kuching Dragon Boat Club, KK Hakka Dragon Boat Team (FCAS Trophy-Chinese Mix Team); KKCCCI, Kuching Dragon Boat Club, KK Hakka Dragon Boat Team (FCAS Trophy - Men's Team); Sibling Performance team, Lentuong Junior SLDB Team, Jetama Entulon Family Junior (Kinabalu Junior Trophy - local juniors 15-20); PS Dragon Boat Team, Sri Sundar, Dragon Boat Labuk Beluran (Kinabalu Dragon Trophy - Men's Team 200m Open); Dragon Boat Club - CUHK, DBKL, Sabah River Raptors (Kinabalu Mix Trophy - Mix Team Open 200m); KKCCCI, Karapaw, KKCCCI, Kuching Dragon Boat Club (Kinabalu Phoenix Trophy - Women); PNK Master Dragon Boat, DBKL, Lela Cheteria (Kinabalu Master Trophy International & Malaysian Men's Team).
Advertisement The closing ceremony was officiated by Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Datuk Ginger Phoong Jin Zhe representing the Head of State Tun Musa Aman. Also present were president of Federation of Chinese Association Sabah (FCAS) Tan Sri TC Goh and deputy president cum organising chairlady Datuk Susan Wong Siew Guen. Meanwhile, Goh was happy to see the record turnout in particular with the overseas participants in the three-day event. 'I am very happy that we managed to create history again. We had 75 teams taking part in 11 categories and it was also a new record with 988 athletes. 'The event was able to run smoothly without any incidents despite the weather and we are grateful for the cooperation from all the participants. 'This is an international dragon boat race and this year we managed to attract participants from Singapore, Hong Kong and Brunei. Hopefully more overseas participants will take part in next year's event scheduled on May 15-17,' he said. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available.
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