page_title: Batu Arang
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Batu Arang / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: A bicycle parking in one of the restaurant in Batu Arang.
context_page_description: Batu Arang is a town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is about 50 km from Kuala Lumpur. Coal was first discovered in 1908. British authorities found that the area had large deposits of coal reserves that could be commercially viable and fuel a railway system. Hence, British authorities established mining operations here and the town was established. A railway system linking Batu Arang and Kuang was built in 1915 to transport coal to the rest of the country. As coal output and demand increased, rail service to and from Kuala Lumpur increased. The demand for coal from Batu Arang skyrocketed due to the First World War, which led to a reduction of coal imports. The local coal was frequently sold to the railway companies, power stations, tin mines dredges, and end customers.
  During World War II, British authorities halted mining machinery and destroyed the electric power station and main sub-station in 1942 while Japanese is approaching to Batu Arang. When Japanese occupied Batu Arang, the Japanese repaired damaged types of equipment and hire more people to mine coals.
context_section_description: During its town foundation, there are two separate sporting facilities which were built for different demographics. A sports center known as Asiatic Sports Club were designed for the Asian people that comes with badminton court, soccer and cricket field. While the sports center has been closed and the building currently houses MCA association center since the 1960s, the soccer field remains intact and continues to operate today, in addition to the basketball court which located nearby. Meanwhile, there is a separate clubhouse that catered for European people which is known as European Club, where the clubhouse provides facilities for billiards, table tennis, lawn tennis, dancing and swimming. The clubhouse was closed in the 1970s and the building has been converted into a residential house.
  In recent years, however, Batu Arang has become the area where several cycling activities occurs inside the town where the town has become popular among road bike and mountain biking cyclists. Several international professional racing and UCI-sanctioned cycling events including Tour de Langkawi and Jelajah Malaysia were held in this location where cyclists passing in this town. Residents also organize cycling event which will hope not just to attract local cyclists, but also to bring more attention to the heritage value of this town. Trail running events such as Deuter International Trail Run were also held in Batu Arang which attracts 3,000 runners. Other sports that practiced by residents of Batu Arang includes equestrian and Silat.
caption: Road bike stacked in a bicycle parking
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