Men’s netball for the year 2008 was kicked off with the NPNG Open, held at the NPNG Sports Complex, Sungai Buloh on Sunday, 13 January 2008.

Only 7 teams participated — considerably less than last year’s NPNG Open games. Maybe the players of the other teams were not able to play, so they couldn’t send their teams in. And also maybe because the entrance fee was too high (RM120 per team) while the prize money was quite small (RM300 for first place, plus medals, t-shirts and a voucher).

The 7 teams were Sonique, D’X Team, Legend, Cobra, Royale A, Royale B and MAS Engineering. The game format was 7-1-7 (7-minute play for the first half, break for 1 minute, then another 7-minute play for the second half) and was played league-style. So everybody got the chance to play everybody.

Here’s the results of the matches:

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Final overall standings:

  1. Royale A
  2. Legend
  3. Royale B
  4. Sonique
  5. MAS Engineering
  6. Cobra
  7. D’X Team

Highlights of the tournament:

  1. Team Cobra beat team Royale B by 2 points. (Congratulations, guys!) yeyyy
  2. During the game between Legend and Royale A, a player of team Royale A was temporarily sent out of court due to aggressive play and excessive questioning of the referees’ calls. (That should be a lesson to remember.) Evil grin

Congratulations to team Royale A for winning the tournament. As for the photos, well… I was too busy playing that I didn’t have time to shoot them. Okay, to be honest, I was too lazy. Tongue

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