TAWAU: Lahad Datu A team emerged champions of the 2023 Datuk Bacho Jansie Cup Kinabalu Football Championship held March 1-2 at the Tawau Sports Complex.
They defeated Sandakan A team in the final with a score of 1-0 while the third and fourth places were won by Tawau and West Coast regions respectively.
The champions brought home the Datuk Bacho Jansie Cup trophy as well RM5,000 and a championship trophy, second place won RM3,000 and a championship medal, third place RM1,200 with a medal and consolation prizes while the fourth to ninth placed teams each took home RM500 and a medal.
Nine teams competed in the tournament which was officiated by Datuk Bacho Jansie as the Managing Director of Sawit Kinabalu Group in the presence of company staff from various regions and Head Office divisions.
Organised by Sawit Kinabalu, the event was in its second year, where last year it took place in Kota Kinabalu. Among the 9 teams competing were two teams from each region representing the West Coast, Tawau, Lahad Datu, Sandakan and one team from the Headquarters section.
Bacho said: “Sawit Kinabalu has already decided that the company will continue to hold such activities every year in the hope that the bond of friendship between the company’s employees can be strengthened in addition to fostering enthusiasm and inclusion in the workplace. In fact, at the end of this year, the company will also hold the company’s Annual Sports Festival which will take place in Sandakan.”
According to Bacho, physical and mental health was highly prioritised so that the productivity of staff and workers were guaranteed, thus yielding encouraging results that could benefit everyone.
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