The 1st Bandar Kinrara BK3 3 on 3 basketball tournament

With the collaboration of JKP Zone 18 MPSJ and Suria BK3 RA, the 3 on 3 basketball tournament was completed on 21st June, 2014 with great response from the youths from all around Puchong area.

Participating teams and organizers

The tournament managed to attract twelve teams to participate in the under 18 group. However, the under 15 competition has to be cancelled due to lack of support for that age group.

Prizes and medals to be given away to the winners

Nevertheless, the tournament saw many young talents challenging to be the best team in our area. The competition was intense showcasing some of the best young players from our area.

The two finalists team "Yak Chee A" and team "Mix"

Some of the court actions

Eventually team "Mix" emerged as champions, edging out team team "Yak Chee A" in a pulsating final that went into overtime. Team "Three Guys" also did well, coming as the third place team.

1st place team "Mix"

2nd place team "Yak Chee A"

3rd place team "Three Guys"

It was a fun day out for all the participants as well as the spectators, at the same time promoting the sports of basketball.

The overwhelming success of the tournament has prompted the organizers to promise looking into more similar events for the community in the future.

Upgrading of BK3 basketball court

Besides improving the securtiy in BK3, Suria BK3 committee is also working hard to help improve the public amenities in our area for our residents.

Although BK3 has some great recreational facilities for children such as a playground, football field, a futsal court, and a basketball court, construction of these facilities was not always good.

The basketball court especially was probably done by a contractor with very little or no knowledge of basketball at all.

As a result, we have a basketball court that has crack backboards and flimsy rims after a few years.

Old cracked back board and loose rim at BK3

Basketball being the number two most popular sports (behind soccer) in the world, it is a favorite sport for kids at BK3 as well. It is a shame that we couldn't provide good facilities for them to enjoy the game better.

After years of request by Suria BK3 committee to MPSJ (the request was put in to MPSJ even before the RA committee was formed), they finally approved some fund to upgrade the backboards for us a few months ago.

In fact they went one step further, they will even install a couple of spectator stands for us.

To ensure the backboards were installed properly with quality material this time, Suria BK3 committee was involved in advising, and help to get the right people with basketball knowledge to install the new backboards for MPSJ.

The contractors finally showed up last week and finished the work in a couple of days.

So now we have high quality tampered glass backboards with solid rims for our courts.

We can proudly say BK3 probably has one of the best basketball courts around our area now.

New backboard and rim

New backboard and rim

The contractor also installed two spectator stands right next to the court at the same time.

Spectator stand

We really want to thank MPSJ for putting their fund to good use. Hopefully they continue to do good work in our area to improve the quality of our life.

Now our kids have one more good sports facility to use for the sport they love. Who knows? We may be able to produce a few Jeremy Lin of our own in the future :)
  

Future basketball star from BK3?