Tune Protect Group Berhad partners with COBRA Rugby Club Malaysia to sponsor the COBRA 10s Mini Rugby Tournaments and provide protection for the nation’s young champions.

Tune Protect Group CEO Razman Hafidz doing the COBRA pose with 3rd Place Winner COBRATS Gold Under 6 Team 

Kuala Lumpur, 10 December 2018 - Tune Protect Group Berhad, Malaysia’s leading digital insurer recently sponsored the COBRA 10s Mini 2018 Rugby Tournament in Selangor to render support for the sport and to encourage budding young rugby players in Malaysia. Teams came from as far as Johor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan to compete with other teams from the Klang Valley. In addition to being the main sponsor for the event, Tune Protect also provides annual Personal Accident coverage for about 500 COBRATS. As the junior wing of COBRA Rugby Club Malaysia, COBRATS also comes under the purview of the Olympic Council of Malaysia and consists of boys and girls aged 4 to 16 years old, with an interest in the sport.

Tune Protect has been the main sponsor of the COBRA 10s Mini Rugby Tournaments since 2016. The tournament this year was held at the Padang Bola E at the Rubber Research Institute Malaysia (RRIM) in Sungai Buloh on 17  November 2018 and saw an encouraging participation from 111 teams, with an average of 15 players per team, bringing the total number of participants to over 1,600 children. The Penang chapter of the tournament will take place early next year.

Supporting an active lifestyle

Tune Protect’s sponsorship for this tournament covered a wide range of tournament expenses such as jerseys for the officials. In addition, the sponsorship also covered medical services such as ambulances, experienced emergency first aiders and auxiliary volunteer personnel who provided safety and security. 

“The significant sum of RM 50,000 has helped us elevate the experience for participants and visitors who attended the tournament. The additional Personal Accident coverage for COBRATS provided by Tune Protect give parents and children peace of mind to pursue their passion for rugby worry free,” said Anette Andersson, Tournament Director and COBRA Rugby Club Malaysia Secretary.

“We are delighted to be part of the COBRA 10s Mini Rugby Tournaments and to be able to provide protection for these young talented COBRATS,” said Razman Hafidz Abu Zarim, CEO of Tune Protect Group, who participated in the prize giving ceremony. “Rugby is a game that promotes the values of discipline, resilience, respect and teamwork. We (at Tune Protect) commend the parents for encouraging their children to participate in such wholesome extracurricular activities and we hope to be a part of similar events in the future.”

This sponsorship is also in line with Tune Protect’s commitment towards becoming a leading provider for a wide range of sporting activities, including rugby and extreme sports. This can be seen from the recent launch of Sports+, the Group’s first on-demand protection plan for extreme sports enthusiasts, tying their corporate responsibility initiatives back to their core business.

Tune Protect Head of People & Culture Yap Hsu Yi Celebrating with the COBRATS Under 13 Girls Champion Team 

Tune Protect sponsored rugby training for Yayasan Chow Kit children

In addition to supporting the COBRA 10s Mini Rugby Tournaments, Tune Protect has also collaborated with COBRATS to sponsor rugby training conducted by professional COBRATS coaches for the ‘at-risk’ children from Yayasan Chow Kit’s (YCK) Pusat Aktiviti Kanak Kanak. This initiative is also extended to Tune Protect’s staff and their children to provide an interactive learning experience for all involved.

 “At Tune Protect, we are working towards initiatives that are sustainable and can have long term benefits for the community. The training programme is all about giving the children an opportunity to learn new skills, meet people from diverse backgrounds and experience the spirit of community to help them build their confidence and self-esteem,” said Yap Hsu Yi, Head of People and Culture of the Tune Protect Group.

This training programme is held once every week and is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 3 promoting Good Health & Well Being, to benefit the community in which Tune Protect operates.