Sakura Sport Festival 2017 was held for two days from the 25th until the 26th of November 2017. The event was held this year at Pusat Sukan UNIMAS with over 723 participants from different residential colleges in UNIMAS.
The sports event that were competed are netball, volleyball, basketball, badminton and futsal.
On the first day, the registration for the participants starts at 7.40 a.m. sharp while the games started at 8.05a.m simultaneously for all the sport events.
Although it rained for a while during the event, the participants were still giving their best to finish their respective games throughout the whole time.
The games ended around 4.30p.m. on the first day. The next day, on the 26th of November, the event was resumed with the finals of three games, badminton, volleyball and futsal(L). A great number of audiences turned up to the event to support the players and athletes.
The closing ceremony was held at Panggung Gemilang, Kolej Cempaka on the 29th of November 2017. The event started at 7.30 p.m. with registration of the audiences and participants.
The closing ceremony started with the presentation of a montage prepared by Sakura Editorial Board to showcase the highlights of the two day event. Audiences were cheering loudly as they were happy to see familiar faces on the screen and reminisce the days of the sports events. The program kicked off with a special modern dance performance.
The program continued with a short speech from the program director, Siti Syazwana binti Mohd Nasir. Sakura College's very own principal, Cik Nor Ain binti Hj. Musa also did her speech and officiated the ceremony. After that, an acoustic performance was performed by a singer group, Melody. Audiences who came sang along to the songs and were enjoying the whole performance.
After the performance, the prize giving ceremony was held to hand out the medals to respective winners of each category.
The result were as follows:
NETBALL :
1. Allamanda A
2. Sakura Warrior A
3. Sakura Warrior B
BADMINTON:
1. BRC 1
2. Sakura A
3. Biashe2 Je(TAZ)
BASKETBALL(L)
1. Allamanda Star
2. BRC
3. Cempaka
BASKETBALL(P):
1. TAZ
2. Cempaka
3. Kasturi
VOLLEYBALL(L):
1. Sakura Warrior A
2. FVT (Sakura Warrior B)
3. RCVC B (Allamanda)
VOLLEYBALL (P):
1. RCVC(Allamanda)
2. Faito (Allamanda)
3. VBK A (Kenanga)
FUTSAL(L):
1. Cempaka A
2. Sakura Elite
3. Forza Borneo FT(Sakura)
FUTSAL (P):
1. Sakura A
2. Cempaka Aum
3. Sakura B
The event ended at 9.15 p.m. with a photo session with all the committees involved.
prepared by: Nur Ihdinaa Aq'la binti Rashdi