The adventures of Duracell Bunny and Pocket Rocket Man

Squash queen Nicol David and national cyclist Azizulhasni Awang were named the Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year (2010) at the National Sports Awards night hours ago.

Nicol is nicknamed Duracell Bunny while Azizulhasni is our Pocket Rocket Man (no relation to Rocket Singh).

See how a handful of men try to scare Nicol by doing the Haka during the Cayman Islands Open and what Azizulhasni endured when a large splinter pierced through his leg at the Track World Cup in Manchester recently.

Well done to all those who won.

But the question that lingers on the minds of many...is the National Sports Awards becoming a boring and predictable event? Hmm...

UPDATE (11.30am): "And at the same time please change how the awards are presented as it's the same for donkey years, no progress in terms of making it lively, boring is the key word. " So says SS Dhaliwal, based on his posting Sheer Waste of Money.

Roll of Honor

Sportsman of the Year: Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (cycling)
Sportswoman of the Year: Nicol David (squash)
Best Men Paralympian: Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah (swimming)
Best Women Paralympian: Nabilah Ahmad Sharif (badminton)

Best Men's Team: Men's Hockey (Azlan Misron, Azreen Rizal Nasir, Baljit
Singh, Faisal Saari, Hafifihafiz Hanafi, Izwan Firdaus, Ahmad Tajuddin, S.
Kumar, Mohamad Sukri Abdul Mutalib, Mohd Madzli Ikmar Mohd Nor, Sharun
Nabil Abdullah, Muhamad Amin Rahim, Muhammad Marhan Mohd Jalil, Muhammad Razie
Abdul Rahim, Nabil Fiqri Mohd Nor, Roslan Jamaluddin, Tengku Ahmad Tajudin Abdul
Jalil).
Best Woman's Team: Woman's Squash (Nicol David, Delia Arnold,
Sharon Wee, Low Wee Wern)

Best Coach: Stephen Van Huizen & Tai Beng Hai (hockey)
Sports Leadership Award: Prof. Datuk AR W. Y. Chin (snooker & billiards)
Special Award: Datuk Lim Tiong Kiat (badminton) & Datuk Nashatar Singh
(athletics)

HD says: The Haka is cool, AllBlacks style...Ka Mate Ka Mate Ka Ora Ka Ora!

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    Rajagobal tak dapat apa2 ke?

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  2. FF13March 16, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    she can barely speak malay. too much of the netherlands i think. lol

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  3. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    I have to agree with you bro. The awards are very boring. I couldn't wait to get home but had to sit through the whole process as I was seated with some VVIP.

    On another note, your mentor does have a good blog but he keeps stealing stories from foreign websites and newspapers. No wonder he is afraid to allow comments on his blog

    see below for examples

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/badminton/8379603/All-England-Badminton-2011-Lee-Chong-Wei-gets-a-prime-time-call-after-retaining-title-in-Birmingham.html


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/badminton/8373503/All-England-Badminton-2011-Malaysias-Lee-Chong-Wei-angered-by-timings-as-China-draw-controversy.html

    Majulah Sukan Untuk Negara

    Raja

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 3:47 AM

    wonder what will happen to squash when Nicol finally retires ... luckily a few more years to go

    Fowler is God

    ReplyDelete

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