Nurul Ain layak ke Piala Monsun
NURUL AIN (tengah) menjulang trofi kejuaraan bersama rakan sepasukan selepas muncul juara pada Kejohanan Kapal Layar Kelayakan Malaysia Piala Monsun di Pulau Duyong, Terengganu semalam. Gambar Ehsan KosmoYACHTING: Nurul wins wild card into Monsoon Cup - NST Nov 27, 2008
Perak Sailing Team’s Nurul Ain Md Isa (left) and crew won the Match Racing Championship at Pulau Duyong in Terengganu yesterday. — Pic: IMRAN MAKHZANSTRONG shifting winds and a drizzle failed to stop Nurul Ain Md Isa from winning the Malaysian Match Racing Championship yesterday and securing a wild card into the Monsoon Cup on Dec 3-7 at Ri-Yaz Heritage Resort and Spa in Pulau Duyong.
The Perak Sailing Team captain, who was unbeaten in the round-robin series, continued her fine performance in the first semi-final with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Navy 2 captained by Mohd Masyuri Rahmat.
Nurul Ain, 23, was however, pushed to the limit in the final race by the Razman Mat Ali-captained Team KFC who earlier managed to hold off the challenge of Navy 1 with Mohamad Razali Mansor at the helm in the second semi-final.
Aided by crew members Hazwan Hazim Dermawan, Muhammad Shaifullah, Syed Ahmad Syahmi Syed Ahmad Hilmi and Muhammad Izzat Samdin, Nurul Ain, who lost the second race, did just enough to pip Razman to the finish line in the decider.
A very happy Nurul Ain said that the fact that she had made the cut for the Monsoon Cup had yet to fully sink in.
"Otherwise, I would be scared to death at the prospect of racing against defending World Match Racing Tour and Monsoon Cup champion Ian Williams or other contenders like Sebastian Col and Mathiew Richard," she said.
"It's a good thing that four-time world champion Datuk Peter Gilmour, who is the race adviser for the national qualifiers, has encouraged me to just do my best in the Monsoon Cup," Nurul Ain added.
Nurul Ain is aware that the difference between her and the rest of the Monsoon Cup competitors is huge but then again she said the worst she could do was to finish last and that would still mean walking away with RM28,000.
Meanwhile, all was not lost for Razman and Mohamad Razali as they were both picked to represent the country in the Asian Match Racing Championship beginning today at the same venue.
The winning team in the Asian qualifiers will also earn a wild card into the Monsoon Cup. -- ZAINUDDIN MUHAMMAD
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Nurul Ain Qualifies For Monsoon Cup
KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- As expected, SEA Games yachting athlete, Nurul Ain Md Isa, emerged as champion at the Malaysian Monsoon Cup Qualifying round at Pulau Duyong, near here which ended Wednesday.
The victory enabled the sole female yachtsman at the three-day championship to compete in the Monsoon Cup Yachting Race from Dec 3 to 7.
Representing the Perak Yachting Team, the 23-year-old yachtsman, however, was given a tough fight by Razman Mat Ali, from the KFC-Malaysian Yachting Association, at the final stage before winning 2-1.
In third place was Mohamad Razali Mansor, from the Navy 1 team, who beat Mohd Masyuri Rahmat 2-1, from the Navy 2 team.
When met by reporters, Nurul Ain said she did not expect to win and qualify for the Monsoon Cup in her first appearance in the championship.
-- BERNAMA
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Nurul Ain hebat hari pertama, kumpul tiga mata - Utusan
KUALA TERENGGANU: Nov 25 2008
Pelayar Sukan SEA, Nurul Ain Md. Isa (gambar) dari Perak dan Mohd. Razali Mansor dari Navy 1 berkongsi kedudukan mendahului enam pencabar lain apabila mereka berjaya mengumpul tiga mata pada pusingan awal Kejohanan Kelayakan Malaysia Kapal Layar Piala Monsun yang diadakan di Pulau Duyong di sini, semalam, lapor IRMAN HASHIM.Nurul Ain berjaya mengutip mata tersebut apabila memenangi kesemua tiga perlawanan satu lawan satu mengalahkan pasukan Johor diketuai Abd. Rahim Mohd. Zan, Mohd. Afendy Abdullah (Langkawi Geopark) dan M. Zaidi Md. Amin dari KFC (Persatuan Kapal Layar Malaysia).
Mohd. Razali pula menewaskan Megat Fairuz Khairuddin dari pasukan Putrajaya Sail, Mohd. Masyuri Rahmah (Navy 2) dan David Mills (Terengganu).
Mohd. Masyuri dan M. Zaidi masing-masing mengutip 2-1 manakala Megat Fairuz dan Mohd. Afendy pula mengutip 1-2.
Pasukan Terengganu dan Johor gagal mengumpul sebarang mata selepas tewas dalam tiga perlumbaan yang diadakan semalam.
Kesemua peserta perlu melalui tujuh perlawanan dalam pusingan awal ini sebelum layak ke pusingan separuh akhir dan akhir kejohanan tersebut yang berlangsung sehingga Rabu ini.
Nurul Ain ketika ditemui tidak menyangka akan mencapai kejayaan tersebut apabila buat pertama kali menyertai kejohanan berkenaan.
''Kejayaan yang dicapai hari ini adalah berdasarkan kerjasama yang diberikan oleh empat krew yang masing-masing mempunyai pengalaman dalam kejohanan seperti ini.
''Saya berharap nasib baik akan terus menyebelahi kami dalam perlumbaan seterusnya," katanya.
Pencabar terdekat satu-satu pelayar wanita dalam kejohanan itu, Mohd. Razali berkata, pasukannya menerima tentangan sengit daripada pencabar-pencabar mereka.
"Walaupun saya menyertai kejohanan kelayakan ini pada tahun lepas namun ia tidak memudahkan kami mencapai kejayaan," ujarnya.
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Bernama News: Nov 25 2008
Nur Ain Shows Off Her Skills
KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 24 (Bernama)-- Nurul Ain Md Isa, the sole woman sailor participating in the Malaysian Match Racing Championship, which doubles up as the Malaysian Qualifier for the Monsoon Cup, proved her mettle when her team obtained three points after defeating three other teams on the first day of the qualifying rounds.
The SEA Games sailor, who is making her debut in the race, beat the Johor team led by Abd Rahim Mohd Zan, Langkawi Geopark team from the Kedah Yachting Association (helmed by Mohd Afendy Abdullah) and KFC of the Malaysian Yachting Association, led by M Zaidi Md Amin.
Having scored the three points, Nurul Ain's team, the Perak Sailing Team, came up in top position, sharing the place with Navy I, the Royal Malaysian Navy team led by Mohd Razali, which also collected three points in the preliminary rounds of the race today run in the robin round format.
The Navy I team beat Navy 2 led by Mohd Masyuri Rahmat, Putrajaya Sail (Megat Fairuz Khairuddin) and the Terengganu team (David Mills).
Meanwhile, at a press conference after the race, Nurul Ain said good team work from her crew was the main factor which led to their victory today.
"My four crew, who are experienced sailors, helped a lot in the decision making. Although, at the early stage of the race, it was rather havoc, we managed to control the situation," she added.
She said the win gave the team a good start and hoped it would continue to be so in another four rounds to enable the team to get a place in the Monsoon Cup competition.
The crew in Nurul Ain's team are Hazwan Hazim Dermawan, Muhammad Saifullah Ali, Syed Ahmad Ayahmi Syed Ahmad Hilmi and Muhamad Izzad Samdin.
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