AUCMS Netball team competed in the 21st Netball Tournament – Penang International, at Minden, USM. A total of 134 teams including defending champion from Bukit Jalil Sports School took part in the tournament. Teams that participated in the tournament are from all over Malaysia, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka and as far as Australia. This sporting event is solely organized by the female undergraduates of USM with the advice and support from the USM Sports and Recreational Centre.
The tournament is now well into its 21st year since its inception in 1991. Her Excellency Toh Puan Dato' Seri Utama Hajah Majimor Bt. Shariff, wife Of His Excellency the Governor of Penang is the patron of the tournament. The tournament is hoped to attract more teams from Europe and America in the future and make it one of the greatest netball tournament in the world. The tournament has been listed and recognize three times in the Malaysia Book of Records in the year 2003, 2005 and 2006 as the “Largest Netball Tournament in Malaysia.”