Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Basketball news

This post is especially for the sister who will be missing most of the basketball matches this summer. LOL. Who ask u go so many holidays? There are perks to dating a BBA committe member though I help him with his work sometimes....muahaha. So here goes....

As I mentioned in my previous post, the Borneo City Invitation Tournament will be held this weekend with teams from Miri, Labuan and KK joining us here in Brunei. 3 teams from each city consisting of mens, veterans and women's will be attending except for the KK veterans and womens team who are unable to join us this year. There are about 4 matches a day to be played at the BBA Hall at Batu Bersurat and they will be treated to a nice lunch at *ahem* Seri Kamayan on Saturday, 16th. Not sure about the price of the entrance fee yet but its usually like $1 or $2 anyway.

Next is the Sultan's Birthday Challenge Cup. (Some BBA members will be going to Vietnam for some friendly matches before this starts including my H *i'm green with envy*) This is scheduled to start on 30th June. Closing date for applications is 27th June and until they know how many teams are playing, we dont know how long this competition will last. The top 8 teams in the Sultan's Birthday Challenge Cup will go on to compete for the Pepsi Cup and stand to win bigger prizes there. Usually this tournament starts in mid July but it has had to be moved up this year as the Rimula X Tournament is scheduled for August, almost a whole month earlier than usual.

Rimula X's main organisers are not BBA but the competition by right, needs to be sanctioned by the Brunei Basketball Association in order to go ahead. The one year they didnt get approval, it was boycotted by BBA and its members. The usual invite of a few international teams to Brunei will happen and we're all hoping to see the very animated Argentinian coach for the Jordan youth team....ok, ok and the Korean basketball players too!!

Tutong Cup is organised by the Tutong Basketball Association there so I dont know the details of the competition. It tends to drag on though as its outdoors and can be called off on account of rain. However, if you enjoy good home cooked nasi lemak and home made ice cream, I highly recommend attending there. You will feel the small portions are a rip-off but you cant resist eating it all the same :) By the way, its held at the Tutong Chung Hwa School basketball court.

Bah, enough kah sis?

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