Special Olympics Selangor Athletes and National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM)had a striking time at a bowling tournament organized by YEDP11A, a subsidiary of TNB. The tournament held on the Saturday, 16 March 2019 was a collaboration between NASOM and project team YEDP11A. The theme was "Strike Out Difference, Autism Embrace".
The day truly echoed the theme as staff from ILSAS and the project team gamely volunteered to partner the athletes in a competitive tournament. Throughout the tournament, teams comprising three athletes with autism and one volunteer, battled out on the lanes. Whoops, Aaahs and Yeahs reverberated against the downing of pins.
Puan Noor Hafiza Binti Hamid, a trainer from ILSAS and team-mates comprising Peggy, Andrew and Nicholas of Team 5 encouraged athletes from her team with hi-fives and claps, while doing not too badly herself. She was happy and said that she truly enjoyed herself and even got some bowling tips from her team-mates.
In the above 15 category, SOSgor athletes, Tan Seng Kit, David Foo and Clement Ooi emerged individual Champion, runner-up and third respectively. In the team events, the Champion team had Seng Kit, David Foo and Zen Lee from SOSgor who partnered En. Jahid, Senior Leadership Consultant of ILSAS, second place team had Clement Ooi (United Voice), Hakimi and Kean Ann (both from NASOM) and third placed team had Samuel Chok, Tee Hong Guan and Chuan Teik Kean from SOSgor.
It was a good outing for SOSgor athletes.
Altogether there were 20 teams, 9 teams from ages 15 above and 11 teams from ages 15 below. At the end of the day, anxieties and emotions gave way to shouts and cheers as all athletes received their medals.
