The Nottingham Malaysian Society (NMS) would like to welcome all Malaysian students from all over the UK and Ireland. We look forward to being your Hosts and your fellow Competitors.

The 2008 games will hopefully be the biggest and most sucessful games ever and after months of planning and preparation we wholeheartedly welcome our fellow Malaysian Society guests.

 

The Nottingham Malaysian Games were introduced by the Nottingham Malaysian Society Comittee 1985/6. The Malaysian Games 2008/9 will be the 23rd set of games.

 

The games will be held within the grounds of University Park Nottingham. The University Park grounds are 35 acres of meadow, parklands and garden and were given to the University in 1921 by Sir Jesse Boot (1st Baron Trent) the great Nottingham Benefactor and owner of Boots Chemists.

 

YouTube Video

The Nottingham Malaysian Games Video is now complete

 

 

Feel Inspired

Its How You Play the Game

 

 

Buses and Arrivals

 

Priority Passes for those competing first

Many teams will have games starting early in the morning (before 10:00). Both the Highfields venue for Netball and Powerleague venue for Football are only accesible by bus. In order to make sure that all of the relevant players make it to the matches on time the internal games buses that will transport guests around all day will run on a system of priority passes. The contingent heads will be sent the passes via e-mail soon. The passes will allow priority entry onto the buses.

The teams that will recieve the passes, the number of passes and the sports for which the passes are issued are:

Priority Bus Passes

 

Here are the Netball fixtures for the Highfields Venue, the Football Fixtures and Bus Schedule. It is the responsibility of the Contingent Heads to ensure that their team arrives on time. To gurantee transport to the venues in good time (even with Priority Passes) we recommend that you arrive at the bus stop at Sports Centre 50 minutes before kick-off.

Netball Highfields Fixtures

Football Powerleague Fixtures

Full Buses Schedule

 

Rules and Regulations

 

7 Rules for Sports

A new document covering the rules for the sports for NMG08

Rules and Regulations

 

 

Malaysian Food Festival

 

Come one Come all...

There will be a Spectacular Malaysian Food Festival in the Historic Picturesque Architecturally Magnificent Portland Building. In the Portland Food Hall, next to the marvellous Portland Ballroom there will be a culinary fiesta. All size, shape and form of Malaysian Cuisine, all Day (900-1900), all Welcome

 

 

Points and Tables

 

 

Rules and Regulations

 

1) Although the maximum number of teams are stated above, the Nottingham Malaysian Games 2008 committee reserves the right to take out the 2nd team due to limitations of our sports facilities.

 

2) You are still required to make payments for your 2nd team by the dateline stated. However, if we do take your team out, we will refund you.

 

3) We will let you know by the 1st of November 2008 of your 2nd team participation.

 

4) Teams are not allowed to send just one team for the games as this is not a tournament for a particular sport but an inter university/soceity games. i.e. if you send a football team you must send a team/player for another sport.

 

5) ALL REGISTRATION FORMS must be EMAILED to Hazriq Shah at nottsgames2008@yahoo.com by the 20th of October 2008. The deadline for payment is 24th October 2008.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 

Can we send 2 teams or more for football or any other sports?

 

Each university/society/club is only allowed to send a maximum of 2 teams as stated in the Rules & Regulations, with the 2nd team being subject to availability in the fixture. The reason for this limit is firstly, we want to encourage participation from other universities as well and secondly, we want to be fair in terms of awarding the overall champion.

 

If you are still interested to send 3 teams, we suggest you send 3 registration forms separately, indicating the 3 universities your society is representing on each form. By doing so, your participation can be confirmed upon payment provided you meet the deadline for registration. However, if one of the teams wins, the point for overall champion will be added to that particular university only, not the society. Alternatively, you can send 2 teams under the name of your society and the other team with a different name (e.g. Eight Kings, Seven Kings… etc) but again, the 2nd team participation is to be confirmed by 1st November 2008.

 

The bottom line is that every university is allowed to send a maximum of 2 teams for football, and if you want to send more than that, you will have to send a separate registration form under a different name. (As a reminder taken from the Rules & Regulations, teams are not allowed to send just one team for the games as this is not a tournament for a particular sport but an inter university/society games. i.e. if you send a football team you must send a team/player for another sport).

 

Therefore, please send the registration form as soon as possible to avoid any disappontments in the future.

 

What about transport to the University and the various venues in it?

 

Transport from your university to the University of Nottingham is to be arranged by your society/team. The Nottingham Malaysian Games committee will not be responsible for any absentees or forfeits due to lateness. You are required to arrive by 9 am the latest as most of the sports will start around that time. The map and directions to the university will be posted on the website and will be emailed to you after you register. If you are traveling by flight the nearest airport is East Midlands Airport. From there you can take the Rainbow 5 bus that goes straight to the University.

 

Within the university transport will be provided to and from the various venues around the university. For bus schedules within the university during the games please check our website at a later date.

 

Can we make payments by cash during the games?

 

Registration fees need to be paid prior to the games on the dateline stated unless special circumstances have been granted by the treasurer or the director. We do not accept any cash payments on the day itself.

 

We may be arriving late. What should we do?

 

Do you provide accommodation?

 

No, we do not provide accommodation for NMG participants. However, you can checkk out the bed and breakfast around the University if you wish to stay here. All arrangements are to be made by your society and we will only assist you where we are able to.

 

What time are the games expected to start and finish?

 

Regarding the timing, we are expecting to start all games at 9.00 am. It would be great if you can arrive here in Nottingham at 8.30 am the latest especially the 5-a-side football and netball as these two games will be played outside the University campus and require some time to arrange the transportation to the respective venue plus registration for your contingent. However, we will try our best to arrange the fixture of the games in such a way that teams from London and others that are far from Nottingham will be playing a bit later on that day.

 

All games are expected to be finished by 7 pm - 8 pm together with the prize giving ceremony. In addition, we are still waiting confirmation from the Malaysian Student Department (MSD) about the dinner which will be held right after the games are finished. If so, the dinner might end at 10.30pm - 11.00pm.