Team Selangor Wins Overall Title At KPM–Perodua Badminton Talent Development Programme
Team Selangor is crowned the overall champion at the final round of the Ministry of Education Malaysia (KPM)–Perodua Badminton Talent Development Programme (BTDP), held at IOI Sports Centre Putrajaya.
Launched in 2018, BTDP is Perodua’s largest corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative involving schoolchildren nationwide. This year’s programme attracted 2,800 pupils aged between nine and 12.
Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad said the programme has benefited 14,000 students since its inception, supported by 140 teacher-coaches across 70 training centres nationwide.
Selected students receive access to well-equipped training facilities and professional coaching, opportunities that would otherwise typically be available only at specialised sports schools.
According to Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin, BTDP aims to give young badminton talents access to structured training from an early age to become the next generation of players who will carry the sport forward.
The programme is open to pupils aged nine to 12 from national schools (SK), national-type Chinese schools (SJKC) and national-type Tamil schools (SJKT) under the Ministry of Education. Training is conducted at 70 designated BTDP centres across the country.
National Champions Across 12 Categories
The national champions were determined across 12 singles and doubles categories, covering boys and girls aged under nine to under 12.
Among the winners, Selangor secured titles in four categories, while Sarawak and Melaka each claimed two. Sabah, Perak and Kuala Lumpur also produced national champions.
The winners are:
Singles
- Boys’ Under-9: Aznil Syah (Sabah)
- Girls’ Under-9: Chang Cassandra Jia Qi (Selangor)
- Boys’ Under-10: Khoo Jun Xuan (Selangor)
- Girls’ Under-10: Genevieve Marchialyn (Sarawak)
- Boys’ Under-11: M. Rayyan Afasy (Sarawak)
- Girls’ Under-11: Marion Ann Melcyus (Melaka)
- Boys’ Under-12: Yeo Shi Yao (Melaka)
- Girls’ Under-12: Nuha Eryna (Selangor)
Doubles
- Boys’ Under-11: Liew You Yong and Yee Jia Kang (Kuala Lumpur)
- Girls’ Under-11: Gai Ninn Jie and Joanne Tan Jo En (Kuala Lumpur)
- Boys’ Under-12: Alvin Tan Wei Ler and Teo Ming Xuan (Selangor)
- Girls’ Under-12: Pua Rou Xuan and Putree Nadhira Adliana (Selangor)
- Mixed Doubles Under-12: M. Sabiq Nasem and Lim Pei Yi (Perak)
All winners received National Education Savings Scheme (SSPN-i) certificates worth RM500 for first place, RM300 for second place and RM150 for third place.
