Foul!

BA of Malaysia president Nadzmi Salleh spoke to the Media after the Exco meeting yesterday. Here are two points taken from an 18:05s video clip from Satwant Singh’s blog . Point 1 “We deliberated at length, about Koo (Kien Keat) and Tan (Boon Heong)..you know there are a lot of opinion about this pair…this pair has approached us. They would like us to consider giving them the last chance for the World Championships next year. We deliberated that at length and we finally decided…of course I don’t want to tell you what went on in the discussion but we finally decided we give them the last chance because this is what they want and we will make it very clear to them that this is the last chance for them but despite of that we will also expose them to other partners in the lesser tournaments.  If they can’t make it by the time of the World Championships or don’t perform well, we have other partners to partner them. The target for them must be very clear and the exco r...

Initially it was just the High Performance Director's job up for grabs. But judging by the list of applicants and their experiences, the BA of Malaysia (BAM) could have a High Performance Team instead. Four names were shortlisted from a list of 19 applicants. From that four, National Sports Institute cordinator Lt Col (R) Wong Ah Jit's name was "axed", Razif Sidek ( pic ) and Yap Kim Hock were interviewed yesterday while a Singaporean with rich credentials in sports will be interviewed today. There is another candidate but BAM decided to axe him from the list as he has little background in the sport. But Ah Jit could help the team out in a different way. Perhaps More heads are better than one , as published in Mailsport today. HD says: Still looking forward to Chinese New Year!

An advertisement was placed but judging by the looks of it, the BA of Malaysia (BAM) will resort to head hunting their candidate to fill the high performance director's post. And judging by today's Mailsport , a respectable man from the National Sports Institute (NSI), Lt Col (R) Wong Ah Jit ( pic ) could be their man. Ah Jit was approached on Friday but he insisted he will not quit NSI to help BAM. Ah Jit is a no nonsense man with a proven track record. He did his wonders with the Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia, National Sports Council and now NSI. I'm sure he will be able to contribute to BAM. And I'm sure BAM secretary Ng Chin Chai will speak about this during the Dengan Izin show with Rizal Hashim on Astro Arena which will be aired on Friday. But here's a question, shouldn't BAM have directly approached their potential candidates before placing an advertisement? And is the role suitable for Ah Jit? HD says: Ah Jit was great company during our trip ...