SMK Tinggi Kajang Lifts Dato’ Mokhtar Dahari Charity Shield
Attractive prizes await the top four teams in which the champion will receive RM10,000 and a medal, a certificate and trophy, RM7,000 for the runner-up, with medals and certificates, third place RM5,000 and certificate while fourth-place RM3,000, medal and certificate.
27 August 2016 : Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tinggi Kajang has managed to beat hosts SMK La Salle Petaling Jaya 2-0 at the KPM Mini Stadium, SMK USJ 23. The opening match also marked the beginning of the Dato' Mokhtar Dahari Football Championship involving 576 under18s football players representing 32 teams from nine district across Selangor to compete for the third's edition title.
The Organising Chairman, Dato' Emran Kadir said, "The main objective of the tournament is to unearth new talents and unearth youth football players to become the next state players in order to bring back the glory days of the Selangor team in Malaysian football.
"When the Dato' Mokhtar Dahari Cup was first introduced in 2014, only two Districts Education Office were involved namely Petaling Utama and Damansara Perdana. But based on the advise of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the organising committee has expanded the tournament to all nine districts in Selangor since 2015," he added.
During the launch ceremony, Dato' Emran also received contribution worth RM150,000 from Perangsang Selangor as main sponsor of the tournament for the third consecutive year.
Attractive prizes await the top four teams in which the champion will receive RM10,000 and a medal, a certificate and trophy, RM7,000 for the runner-up, with medals and certificates, third place RM5,000 and certificate while fourth-place RM3,000, medal and certificate.