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Situated in Klang, SK Taman Gembira has a total of 425 pupils who are supported by a dedicated group of 30 teachers.
With the vision of “Usaha Bestari Jaya”, this school has an impressive standard in sports and academics. Teachers especially thank the parents for their encouragement in
allowing their children to participate and excel in sports.

Sports Achievements

Being the under-12 hockey squad national champions from the year 2007-2009, this school thrives on the glory of sports. With its hockey squad players making up most of the Selangor’s hockey team players, SK Taman Gembira is also the proud school to the nation’s most promising female hockey player.

Academic Achievements

In 2008, SK Taman Gembira was among the top 5 schools in Klang in which 20% of their students scored 5As in the UPSR. Among the 55 students who scored 5As. 10 of these students were from the school’s hockey squad. This is a testimony that reinstates how academics and sports compliment each other to mold all rounder individuals.

Sculpture of Hockey Sticks

Trophies and medals won by students

Hockey Goal Post

School Team’s Hockey Sticks

Circumstances

With such immense talent, SK Taman Gembira sadly lacks the funds to uphold the quality of sports utilities within the school compound. Currently students are only able to practice hockey
on a cement ground that is not conducive for their hockey sticks. Sticks start to wear out fast due to the friction with the ground. Players then have no choice. They continue to persevere and practice with these sticks and yet still come out as champions.

Without fail, players attend hockey practice everyday in the evenings for two hours including weekends and learn to work around the poor conditions of the sticks. It costs RM 1,600 for sticks to be changed. Sticks have to be changed every four
months so to ensure the students are able to practice without reservations. This is what this school needs in order to grasp
and instill certain hockey skills such as flicking. According to
Guru Penolong Kanan Ko-Kurikulam and the school’s hockey coach Encik Azman Ali, students learn much valuable lessons through sports and it helps them in their studies.

Encik Azman shared a story with us about a particular female student who blossomed through sports. “She could not speak
in Bahasa Melayu. She always answered all my questions in English even when asked in Bahasa Melayu. She also didn’t
cope to well in Bahasa Melayu exams. She then joined the
hockey squad where then she was mixing with all cultures,
who spoke many languages including Bahasa Melayu.
After a very short time, she picked up the language and started
to speak it fluently. She went on to score an A for BM in her
UPSR.”

Encik Azman adds “Hockey players have now become role
models for every other student. All students in this school have
a positive attitude towards sports as they have seen how these players also excel in UPSR. I hope that there will be more
support from the community to emphasize the value of sports
and I wish to continue to coach my students to excel in all
sports”.