 Dear All
Alhamdulillah, it has been a successful five years since we started our Quest-4-Glory project in August 2003. We started without any knowledge of the basketball level of PHT and with only semifinal being the target for the first year. The Cagers have never failed to qualify to the National semifinal until 1995. The following years, the Cagers struggled to maintain their excellent records and even didn't qualify to the National level.
Cagers 2004 proved they had the ability, big hearts and will power to become the Champion again, in which they did albeit luckily by 3 points. It was tough for them, initially, to adjust to the tough physical training done by the coach. It was well worth it when they outran and outlasted all their opponents and laid down the standards for the future Cagers to follow.
Cagers 2005 were given all the exposure needed by playing games in
Penang, Cameron Highlands and Sitiawan. They proved their ability by
winning to win the KK Open, Sg Siput Open and the PHT. In the PHT,
they proved their superiority by winning most of the games handily.
Cagers 2006 were not as well exposed as the Cagers 2005, however, they
had Alep as the Captain. Alep, with his Agong's Cup experience, led
the way with the support from Qassim, Hazwan and Nash to create a new
record of the biggest winning margin in the final; 44 points (smashing
the 1981 record!).
Cagers 2007 didn't have any superstar among them but as a team they
were unstoppable. The opponent tried to stop one or two players but
the plan backfired as other players took over. As a result, Cagers
2007 created a record of having scored 103 points in the final game
(the most in a final game). They showed they were in different league
than the teams in PHT finals.
Cagers 2008 is Quest-4-Glory's first fully trained team from Form One.
They were exposed early in the proper basics of basketball. Thus this
is the best team we had in Quest-4-Glory. However, three main players
were injured before the tournament and it affected the team build-up.
We had to restructure the team to accommodate the injuries. The
injured players managed to recover and play during the tournament but
their fitness and teamwork were affected. The team played to only 70%
of their abilities but they still managed to win by more than 20 points
average. They won our fifth Piala Hamdan Tahir championships in a row
and 13th overall.
One worrying trend from all the successes of the Cagers in PHT. Other
schools were getting exasperated by being overwhelmed by the Cagers
thus they resorted to more physical and rough plays to intimidate and
disturb the Cagers. The future Cagers has to be trained to control
their emotions on the court and concentrate on their games. Other
schools began to follow Quest-4-Glory. The respective alumni
associations began getting involved in preparing their school teams to
challenge the Cagers' supremacy. The future challenge will be tougher
for the Cagers to maintain their position.
With the 5-in-a-row championships, Quest-4-Glory has come to the end.
It has been a wonderful journey, eventhough it was rough in the early
years. The support from the oldboys, especially the old cagers, has
been tremendous. The back up and support from MCOBA came at the right
moment helping us diffused the tense situations faced with College in
the early years. Thank you YM Pak Engku, YBhg. TS Mac and JakLi for
your continuous support The PIBG supported our programs for the
juniors. We would like to take this opportunity to thank EVERYBODY who
has given their supports; financially, morally etc. You all make the
journey bearable and the experience priceless. THANK YOU
Quest - 4 - Glory team
Riza Beg v 76 - President
Mr. Liew Yong Choon 74 - 93; 03 - current - Coach
Jimmy v 91 - team manager
ise v 80 - Coordinator
written by Ise.
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