Delayed a couple of times (the tournament is usually held in July), this was the last netball event for men and women before the fasting month this year. Organised by the Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ), the tournament offered RM 2,000 cash prize for the champion, RM 1,000 for the first runner-up and RM 400 each for the teams who reached the semifinals.

10 teams participated in the men’s category, including 1 new team, and 16 in the women’s. The venue this year was changed from the usual indoor court in Kelana Jaya near the MAS building to another indoor court in Petaling Jaya near Jalan 222.

Not that I have any issue with that. As long as it’s indoor, I’m perfectly okay!

Here are the results for the preliminary rounds for the men’s category:

MBPJ Netball Open 2009 Group A Results

MBPJ Netball Open 2009 Group B Results

It was a bit of a misfortune that my team, Legend Deluxe, lost to Cobra A by 1 point even though we led by 2 points (twice!) during the game. Otherwise, we would’ve made it to the semi. Ah well.. better luck next time.

In the semi-finals, team Royale (the defending champion) met team KL Tower Y and Legend Premium (the defending 1st runner-up ) met Cobra A.

And for the 3rd year in a row, team Royale met team Legend in the final.

And for the 3rd year in a row also, team Royale beat team Legend in the final.

For the women’s game, as expected, the teams who made it to the final were team UMW (the favourite) and the host, team MBPJ. And as expected, team UMW won the game comfortably.

Congratulations to the winners. For the other teams, better luck next time. Keep practicing.