11th NPSC 2018

National Pharmacy Sports Carnival (NPSC), managed by the Malaysian Pharmacy Students' Association (MyPSA) is held annually in different universities. This year, the 11th National Pharmacy Sports Carnival (NPSC) was successfully held at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from 2nd February to 5th February 2018 with the theme “Fresh from lab, off to battle!”

It successfully gathered pharmacy students from 19 universities across the nation to show their sport talents through the battle of different kind of sports. Taylor's University was no exception to be one of the competing universities in this event since 2013. A total of 36 courageous athletes from Taylor's University School of Pharmacy was sent to IIUM and they were ready to win and bring back the glory in the 11th NPSC. 

Day 1 (2/2/2018)

Our students gathered at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus at 8am on the first day of NPSC and departed to IIUM by taking Taylor’s bus. It was a long journey as it took almost three and a half hours to arrive Sri Manja hotel which is located not far away from IIUM. After doing the check-in, all of us had a quick rest and light meal before heading to IIUM by shuttle bus to enjoy the first game in NPSC which was the “Tracks and Fields” by the men athletics. Fortunately, the weather was pretty good and the spirits of athletes were heated up by the hot weather and burning sun!

The opening ceremony began after the tracks and fields games. We enjoyed our dinner provided by IIUM before the opening ceremony begun. Although we were extremely tired after the first game, our exciting spirits would never end before the NPSC was complete. We were all thrilled and the atmosphere was sizzling when each university sent their students to do the war cry to support their own team. Here are some of the photos taken during the game.

Men 100m : Chun Le

Men 200m: Chun Le

Men 400m: Hong Leong

Men 4x100m: Christopher Wong, Wei Qiao, Yi Xian, Chun Le

Men 4x400m: Christopher Wong, Wei Qiao, Yi Xian, Isaac Lee

Congratulations to Hong for getting third place in 400m!

Day 2 (3/2/2018)

All the athletes kick-started the day with breakfast provided to prepare themselves better for the upcoming modern games. However, an unexpected rain came rushing down from the black clouds. Yet, the rain did not extinguish the burning spirit of each of the players. This year, our athletes took part in a more variety of modern games such as Basketball, Squash, Badminton, Volleyball, Swimming, Table tennis and Futsal. Each game was carried out in different courts at the same time.

Women's Basketball

From left to right: Wei Ling, Michelle, Daphne, Agnes and Sin Yee

Despite the gloomy weather in the morning of the day, our girls played very well throughout every game and successfully made themselves to the final game and won the match eventually! All five of them deserve these hugest congrats for their hard work and dedication. We wish them congratulations on their success in winning the gold medal and may this success lead to a greater achievement in the years to come.

Badminton

Men's Double: Kah Ming and Wei Qiao

Women's Double: Elaine and Joyce

Congratulations to Elaine and Joyce for getting a silver medal for Taylor’s! We were so proud of them as they became stronger and did better this year.  We wish you all the luck for your future achievements.

Table Tennis

Men's Single: Christopher

Men's Double: Ren Zhang and Isaac

Women's Single: Caroline

Women's Double: Yee Wey and Divya

A hearty congratulations to Caroline! Winning the first prize among so many odd entries was no child's play. Not forgetting to mention, this is the fourth time in a row we won the gold medal for Women's Single in Table Tennis since 2014. We are so proud of you!

Volleyball

As great things come from small beginnings, there was a new volleyball team formed this year for NPSC which included Joyce, Ivy, Ling Yuan, Xiao Quen, Emily, Yi Pei, Shannon and Chaer Wei. As “freshmen” of the game, it didn't matter if they won or lose, but the most important thing was that they certainly gained precious experience and were able to build friendship throughout the games. They promised to come back stronger and perform better next year!

Squash

Men’s single: Yi Xian

Women’s single: Hie Fong

Our squash team was formed by Yi Xian and Hie Fong this year. Well done Yi Xian and congratulations on your success for getting a bronze medal for Taylor’s. To both of them, success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts! We hope that they are able to shine brighter next year!

Futsal

The men’s futsal team consisted of 5 players: Hong Leong, Jia Hui, Wei Keat, Jezreel and Nathaniel. Jia Hui and Nathaniel were injured during the games and due to having no substitute players, they had to keep going yet they managed to complete all the games successfully. We are very proud of them as they faced challenges with strength and determination without having any sense of giving up before accomplishing the match!

Swimming

Well done to the only representative for swimming--Sher Fern! Well done on making us proud! What made us even prouder is that this was the first time she represented Taylor's to compete in the NPSC swimming competition! Your accomplishment was indeed no mean feat.

Day 3 (4/2/2018)

Women 100m: Joyce

Women 200m: Elaine

Women 400m: Elaine

Women 4x100m: Joyce, Yen Nee, Chaer Wei and Sher Fern

Women 4x400m: Sher Fern, Michelle, Yi Pei and Emily

Women athletic and traditional games were the last two games in NPSC of 2018. All of us were exhausted as we drained all our energy during the modern games the day before, but this was not an excuse for us to wake up early in the morning to race or to support our players! The traditional games for this year were Tuju Selipar, Congkak and Batu Seremban. Our representatives were Ren Zhang, Yi Xian, Wei Qiao and Isaac. They played very well and managed to make themselves through to the finals and won the game as the first runner-up. It was a heart attack moment watching them play in the final games.

It is without a doubt that the 11th NPSC 2018 was one of the best events we have joined so far. We would then like to thank the host of NPSC 2018, IIUM and the planners who not only planned and organised this event, but also executed everything with so much passion and zeal. Last and most importantly, to all the players of NPSC, keep being awesome and we wish all of you a heartiest CONGRATULATIONS once again!

Written By
Ivy Jhing Ee
Editorial Board 2017/2018