Date of Event
Super Sikhs Sports and Cultural:
Mon Oct 9, 2017 9:25PM
Women's Netball and Basketball Champions and Runners Up
Media Release
Super Sikhs Cup Sports Festival 2017, 9 sports, 65 teams and 800 Athletes!
Over 5,000 people came to Valentine Sports Park, Glenwood, NSW over the weekend, Sat 7th & Sun 8th October 2017, to Super Sikhs Cup to participate and watch the biggest participated annual South Asian sports festival in NSW.
The festival engaged a record number of 800 participants over nine sports, which is an increase of 300 participants from 2016, with over 25% of the participants being female. The participation growth areas was supported with the introduction of Women’s Basketball, Netball Fast5 and AFL 9’s Formats to the Sports Festival.
The nine sports that featured included Cricket, Soccer, Netball, Volleyball, Touch Footy, AFL, Kabaddi, Basketball and Athletics.
The Super Sikhs Cup sports festival was organised by the Super Sikhs Sports and Cultural Association and spokesperson Dr Balraj Ougra said “The Super Sikhs Cup in it’s 5th year has evolved and gone strength to strength every year, with a huge focus in the last 12 months to work on increasing female participation numbers in sport.”
“The Sports Festival provided a platform for athletes, officials and volunteers to showcase their talent to the wider community whilst enjoying a world class facility at Valentine Sports Park.”
In addition to the Sports Festival guests in attendance included Rupinder Kaur, Australian Commonwealth Games Athlete, Honourable Kevin Conolly, State MP Riverstone, Honourable Ray William, State MP Castle Hill & Minister Multiculturalism, and Honourable Michelle Rowland, Federal MP Greenway.
MP Ray Williams from NSW Government said “It was a pleasure to attend the 5th annual Super Sikhs Cup on Sunday, in what has become a major cultural sporting event for our communities in Western Sydney”.
The Sports Festival included a Charity Kabaddi match which initiated many retired veteran athletes to make a return to raise funds for a community project. The match was a fun spectacle and raised over $2,000 for Khalsa Aid, an international Humanitarian Aid organisation.
Alongside an increase in female participation numbers, cultural diversity was on the rise with the festivals open door participation policy, welcoming teams from all communities and heritages.
Super Sikhs Cup Sports Festival was supported by Back Space Chiropractic, Cricket NSW, Sydney Thunder, Netball NSW, AFL NSW/ACT, Volleyball NSW, Football NSW, Macquarie University, Riverstone State Office, Castle State Office, Greenway Federal Office, Blacktown City Council, Daman Purewal Photography, Sheilah Adam Photography, Jaw Trophies and Sport, Sikh Federation Australia, Harmon Foundation, Gill Media, Budget Workwear and DJ AJ.
Final Team Results-
Cricket
Champions: Oceans 12
Runners Up: Malwa Cricket Club
MVP: Sugi Jeevan
Cricket Coordinator: Satpreet Singh Ratra
Soccer
Men’s Champions: Sydney Sikhs
Men’s Runners Up: West Sydney United
Men’s MVP: Akash Birring
Women’s Champions: SCSAS
Women’s Runners Up: West Sydney United
Women’s MVP: Nimrat Nagra
Soccer Coordinator: Gurjant Singh and Balwinder Singh
Volleyball
Div 1 Champions: ASIMS Juan
Div 1 Runners Up: ASIM Jay
Div 1 MVP: Jonah Fuavaa
Div 2 Champions: Royal Punjab
Div 2 Runners Up: Sikh United Melbourne
Div 2 MVP: Harman Singh
Volleyball Coordinator: Lovedeep Singh
Basketball
Men’s Champions: West Sydney United A
Men’s Runners Up: West Sydney United B
Men’s MVP: Harman Josan
Women’s Champions: Super Sikhs Blue
Women’s Runners Up: Super Sikhs Orange
Women’s MVP: Navneet Bains
Basketball Coordinator: Simran Singh & Tarneet Kaur
Netball
Champions: The Underdogs
Runners Up: SNAS
MVP: Gurlean Hayer
Netball Coordinator: Karen Padda
Touch Footy
Champions: Super Sikhs Lions
Runners Up: Penrith Panthers
MVP: Tane Kiel
Touch Footy Coordinator: Dallas Deo
AFL
Champions: The Bharat Football Club
Runners Up: Team ACT
MVP: Aangan Parbhakar
AFL Coordinator: Gurpreet Grewal
Kabaddi
Champions: Western Khalsa
Runners Up: Super Sikhs
MVP: Mohinder Singh Bita
Kabaddi Coordinator: Joga Sangha & Gurpreet Singh Badwal
Athletics Coordinator: Satnam Bajwa
Festival Director: Dr Balraj Ougra
M: 0437 990 442
E: supersikhs1@gmail.com
End of Media Release