THE BEST EVENT THAT I CONDUCTED - (AZHAR SYAHMI BIN MOHD AZUA 018919)

 

There are many events that I have conducted throughout my life which has almost reached 2 decades but there is one event that I can say is the best event that I have ever conducted which is the open table tennis tournament at Akademi Laut Malaysia when I was in the 3rd semester even though this event Conducted at the last minute. My friends and I had never planned any event or tournament before.

This can happen because I do play table tennis with other friends in the ALAM rating block where we will play together probably from 5.30pm to 6.30pm on weekdays and from 9am to 12pm on weekends.

So on Saturday, my friend and I played table tennis together with an ALAM lecturer, where while we played we would also chat and talk about other things. To make a story, the lecturer felt bored and suddenly proposed to run an unofficial open tournament for all ALAM cadets and also include the rating division which is on January 15, 2023, Sunday.

The lecturer said that we will conduct because he will only sponsor prizes for the winners. Because the event is tomorrow, my friends and I rushed to run this event, among which we gave ideas to promote this tournament to the cadets. So we have agreed to make a digital poster edited by ourselves and will send the poster to the cadets whatsapp group because we know ALAM cadets during the weekends will indeed be filled with sleep.

After that, we all ensure that the mini rating hall area is in a good and comfortable condition to be used as a tournament. I swept the floor of the area and my other friend made sure the table tennis equipment was sufficient or not and also cleaned our table tennis table.

The day of the incident came, the lecturer didn't play once in the tournament because he was really powerful but me and other friends were able to play skali and the lecturer also invited an alumni cadet who was on leave from boarding the ship to play once. Although the number of other cadet participants participating in this tournament is not many, but it is enough to make it more lively and attract even the ladies cadets to participate in this tournament

The tournament starts at 8.30 in the morning where our lecturer arranges the games into grouping matches first then the number 1 and 2 grouping participants will be eligible to advance to the knockout round. I myself participated in this tournament and was only able to reach the semi finals and lost to my friend who played with me in the evening.

And finally, the final match ends at 1.30pm and the participants who successfully reach the quarter finals and above will receive cash prizes.

So that's the end of this small open tournament where even though it was conducted in a very short time, this event was still able to run smoothly and successfully because of the ALAM cadets who cooperated in launching this event again and for me this is the best event I've ever conducted .