April's Beach Volleyball Log

Malaysian Beach volleyball star needs a break

Poh Hong wants to take a break
By Shirlexia Tanshirlexiatan@nst.com.my

AFTER a successful year in raising Malaysia's profile in women beach volleyball, Lim Poh Hong is contemplating taking a break from the sport.

The 35-year-old said she has to make a choice between coaching and pursuing a PhD course in Finance at Universiti Putra Malaysia and also lecturing at Tunku Abdul Rahman College.

"It has been really stressful for me for the past few months prior to the Sea Games, juggling between the three jobs," she said.

Asked whether she was reluctant to give coaching, especially when Malaysia have started to make inroads in beach volleyball, she said a choice had to be made.

"It's a hard decision to make, but I really have no choice," said Poh Hong, adding that she had already proposed to the Malaysian Volleyball Association to hire a foreign coach for the team.

Poh Hong, a former national player, took up the job as the national coach early this year and was instrumental in the rise of newly-formed pair, Beh Shun Thing-Luk Teck Hua.

Under Poh Hong, the duo got a top eight finish in their first international appearance, the Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in Thailand in April.

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AVC B/A Meeting Decides to Step Up Developing Volleyball

AVC B/A Meeting Decides to Step Up Developing Volleyball Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, June 18, 2007—The Confederation of Asia Volleyball (AVC) Board of Administration meeting recently held here made many decicions to develop volleyball and beach volleyball in Asia further. The meeting reviewed the progress in the sport in the past year, especially: More and more AVC members actively participated in the AVC events, the Board speciallly noted that the Women National team from Iran will take part in 2007 Asian Sr. Women's Championship for the first time, which shows the more popularizatin of volleyball in Asia.

Asian volleyball made great progress, especially AVC Western Zone, where are developing faster and faster. Beach volleyball in Asia got more and more attention from AVC members. But, the meeting also noticed that volleyball in Asia is still developing not fast enough and immediate and urgent task facing AVC is to raise Asian volleyball level. That is why the meeting concentrated its discussions on how to promote further volleyball and beach volleyball in Asia.

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