By V. Sivaji
Penang Governor Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak will officiate the 22nd edition of the Penang Sports Club’s PSC-Cheetah International Soccer 7’s tournament 2023 on Saturday March 4, 2023..
The tournament is making its comeback after the pandemic hiatus and subsequent lockdowns.
Some 56 teams from Australia, China, India, South Africa, Brunei, Maldives, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak, Negeri Sembilan, Johore, Kuala Lumpur/Selangor, Malacca and Penang will take part.
The tournament will be held from March 4 to 5, 2023 at the PSC grounds and will see the biggest turnout of local and foreign teams.
“Some 1,000 participants, officials and supporters are expected to converge in Penang for the meet.
“Among the new teams are from Shanghai (China), Calcutta (India) and Hong Kong. The tournament will be played under three categories, namely, Veterans, Masters and Grandmasters category.
“As in previous years, most of the participating teams will be parading many ex-internationals with ex-state players in the line-up,” said organising chairman Dr S. Pandiraja.
The official press conference was also attended by Ms Chew Chui Yi, marketing manager of Cheetah Corporation and her assistant Caroline Mak. For the records, this is the first time Cheetah Corporation are the title sponsors.
Among those on the organising committee members are advisors, Dr Shankar, Pathumanathan and Michael Lim. Treasurer – Balasubramaniam and Soon Yean Sun, Media & Protocol – Dato Mohd Junid and Pathumanathan, Technical – Nadarajan & Narayanasamy, Food & Beverage – Ravee, Cheah Nathan & Mahendran, Infrastructure – Tan Nian Yao & Elvin, Souvenir programme & Sponsorship – Michael Lim & Mohd Azrel and Philip Teoh, Medical – Dr Kalaikumar, Trophy & medals – Mahendran, Entertainment – Vijayendra and Dato Dr Shankar, Security – Superintendent Saravanan and Tuan Ananth and lastly for T-shirts – Elvin and Tan Nian Yao.
The official hotel is Sunway Georgetown. The finals will be held on Sunday at 4pm. For further details call 04-229-7834 or 04-229-2391.
Penang Hyperlocal wishes all teams and players a happy outing in the tournament
