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The Star
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Shah Alam City overcomes top opponents to snatch the prized team crown at the prestigious Selangor Open Darts Championships
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Open Darts Championships ended on high to the cheers of home fans when Shah Alam City Team A bagged the coveted team title as the championships tournament came to an end on Sunday. It was indeed a sweet ending to the tournament which featured many top darters from South-East Asia and Asia in an event held at Ballroom L2, Quayside Mall at Twentyfive 7 from Friday to Sunday. In an event, which had darters displaying superb skill throughout the three-days of competition, and had Japanese and Philippine darters scooping the main titles apart from the men's doubles title, locals had plenty to cheer when Malaysians were in fine form during the team event. And after more than 60 hours of competition, the tournament came to a satisfying end after a team from Malaysia (Shah Alam City A) entered the final displaying fine poise and style and take on Brunei's D Amazing Borneo team in the last stage. In the end, the team from Selangor, roared on by vociferous local supporters, won the final in fine style dispatching the Brunei team 3-0. The Shah Alam side led by team manager Ahmad Niezam Ahmad Noh comprised 2025 Sabah Open champion Tenooth Sivalingam, who had been on good form since day one of the competition, Mohd Faizal Mohamad, Muhammad Gerald Michael and Khamirul Noorbah. The tournament also turned out to be a satisfying end for Tenooth. In the first two days of competition, Tenooth had lost in the in the seimfinals stage of both the singles and doubles competitions. "I'm very proud pf the boys. All their hard work paid off. We started training for more than a month in preparation for the tournament and their dedication was well worth it as we won the top title," said Ahmad Niezam. "The best part of this victory is that all the team members are home-grown and also are staff of MBSA (Majlis Bandar Shah Alam). So this win is very, very sweet and also it is indeed a victory for Selangor." As for D Amazing Borneo, the quartet representing the Brunei team were Shamsuddin Zainuddin, Pg Mohamed Pg Matarsad, Abdul Qahar'ukail Shamsul Ariffin and AK Muhd Hamdi Pg Masshor. Meanwhile, a beaming Selangor Darts Association president C. Pathmanathan said the tournament came to a very satisfying end after seeing a local team and one from Selangor winning the team title. "Every match in all the competitions was an exciting tussle. It was a fantastic tournament. I believe it will continue to be just as exciting if not better next year," said Pathmanathan. "Selangor have big plans in store for darts. We are also starting our very team league where we can identify male players for the state side. Besides that, we are also identifying top women players for our state with a series of tournament specially for women darters. "I think it is also important that we have a good pool of players where we can groom them into international class performers in top tournaments." Pathmanathan also said the success of the tournament is also due to the dedication on association members and also much support from the Youth and Sports Ministry, Selangor State Government and the other main sponsors. He also gave special thanks to Quayside Mall for being the venue sponsors. "I take this opportunity to thank all our sponsors, the state government and also the sports ministry. The success here was due to their assistance. I thank all my friends and association members who sacrificed so much in order to make this success," said Pathmanathan. "Special thanks to Roger Ko (the General Manager - Quayside Mall) for his help in ensuring the success here. We also hope that the mall continue to support the tournament in future." For the record, the Selangor Open is the first WDF ranked event in Malaysia in 2025 which will be followed by Cosmo Malaysia Open 2025 (WDF silver ranked category) on 22-24th August. Besides the best bulls-eye specialists from Malaysia, top darters from Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Japan also took part in the tournament. The teams from Sabah and Sarawak were also big in numbers and their darters did well in all the competitions held in the tournament.
The Star
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
'I'm feeling at home', Filipino Janice continues to soar in Malaysian tournaments with the doubles title at the Selangor Darts C'ships
Philippine darts star Janice Penero Hinojales must be feeling at home whenever she plays in Malaysia. The Philippines top player after winning the 2024 Cosmo Malaysian Open Dart Championships singles titles last year, has been on an unbeaten streak here. On Friday (May 9), she bagged the Selangor Open Darts Championships women singles title in such fine style when she bagged the coveted trophy by outclassing Japanese star Mayu Shimuzu 4-0 in the final. On Saturday, she once again was her very best when she partnered her countrywoman Karen Lapiz to win the doubles title. Both the Filipinos were in fine form and they dispatched Thailand's top pair of Ornong Boonyanit and Archaraphon Singda in the final. The duo took home the main prize of RM1,000 besides the championship trophies. The losing semifinalists were the Malaysian duo of Nur Sazleena Muliyon and Noor Shamiza while the Philippine-Thai pair of Aileen Oclarit-Warakorn completed the top four line-up. Meanwhile, in the men's doubles event, Muhammad Haikal Rusli overcame the disappointment of losing the single title on Friday. Muhammad Haikal, who lost to Ryusei Azemoto of Japan in the singles event, this time cam eback strongly with his partner Anbaarajan Retinasaamy to bag the double title and went home with the top prize RM1,500 plus championship trophies. In the doubles final, the Anbaarajan-Muhammad Haikal combo defeated their Malaysian compatriot Zulrizan Azdan-Khairul Idzuan Maamor. The newly-crowned champions were in superb form throughout the day enroute to their title. The losing finalist in the men's doubles competition were the pair of Cola Yong-Loi Nai Pin together with Tenooth Sivalingam-Mohd Faizal. For the record, the Selangor Open is the first WDF ranked event in Malaysia in 2025 which will be followed by Cosmo Malaysia Open 2025 (WDF silver ranked category) on 22-24th August. Some of the world's best darters have already confirmed their participation for this year's tournament which comes under the WDF bronze category and the competition for top prizes is expected to be red-hot. Besides the best bulls-eye specialists from Malaysia, top darters from Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Japan will also be vying for the top honours in the tournament. The teams from Sabah and Sarawak were big in number and are also expected to be among the frontrunners in the next two days. The red-hot competition, continues on Sunday (May 11) as the darters do battle for the team competition, the highlight of the event, with so many teams are in the running for the main title and fans can except another swashbuckling day for darts.
