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The
Tun Abdul Razak Cup will most likely be held in Kuantan for the next five years
as Malaysian Hockey Confederation President Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah
attempts to make it one of the most popular and competetive hockey tournaments
in the country.
Despite
it being the 50th year in existence, probabaly the longest hockey
tournament in the world, the Razak Cup has been criticised, right from the poor
timing, fixtures to poor attendance, let alone the lack of importance paid to
it by the MHC and hosts Pahang Hockey Association.
And
that got Tengku Abdullah all riled up and when met after the MHC Annual General
Meeting in Kuantan this afternoon, Tengku Abdullah admitted that it not only
needs a revamp but more a reinvention in order to give the prestigious
tournament the due respect it deserves.
“What
I have in mind is to create a benchmark, improve standrads in other words to
something akin to Malaysia Cup, so that it can renew the inter state rivalry in
hockey,” revealed Tengku Abdullah.
“I
have some ideas, and want to be hands on, thus I want the Razak Cup to be held
in Pahang.
“Other
states can apply to host it if they can match what is being offered in Pahang.
So what I ask for it to give me a chance, I would not call it privitisation but
would like to form a working group in order to make it happen.”
When
asked if MHC would want to look at the ossibility of forming a MHC owned
company, similar to what the Football Association of Malaysia did when they
formed the MSL Sdn Bhd during Tengku Abdullah’s tenure earlier in 2000, he did
not discount the possibility but lamented that it was two different sports.
“It
is difficult to do that, let me look at the MHL structure first as the
committee responsible is supposed to get back to me about their proposal
first,” said Tengku Abdullah.
