UTAR Sports Carnival 2015

Organised by the Department of Student Affairs (DSA) Sports and Recreation Unit, 400 participants from Sungai Long Campus congregated at UTAR Sports Carnival 2015 for friendly competitions on 26 July 2015 at Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Kuala Lumpur.

In line with the University’s Vision, the annual carnival aims to encourage all-rounded education, as well as to foster goodwill among UTAR students, alumni and staff. Besides that, the event endeavours to uncover prospective players to reinforce UTAR Sports Teams and to represent the University in sporting competitions such as the Masiswa Games.

They competed in eight categories of sports and games at the carnival, namely futsal, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, basketball (both male and female categories), tug-of-war, and bowling. Participants came from the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (FES), Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI), Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), and Centre of Foundation Studies (CFS).

This year, FES clinched the overall winning title with a score of five gold medals and a total of 30 points. Furthermore, one alumni team won a silver medal in the badminton category.

The overall results of UTAR Sports Carnival 2015 are as follow:

Overall Champion: FES

First Runner-up: tied between CFS and FCI

Second Runner-up: tied between FAM and FMHS

Futsal players at the court

Champions of the basketball game

Participants smile after the table tennis competition

Smiling faces of the tug-of-war champion from FES