Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri PengiranAnak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah lifting the Women’s Ivy League Netball Trophy after her team Net A narrowly beat NN Speed 9-8 in the finals

Nurul Hamizah Hamdani played the role of the heroine.

The goal attack (GA) hit the game-winner to lift Angel Net A to the title of the Women’s Ivy League Netball Charity Tournament 2012 after a 9-8 victory over NN Speed at the Multipurpose Hall of theHassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas last Sunday.

Lacing up for the winners was Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri PengiranAnak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah.

Angel Net A had won their first meeting with an 11-10 scoreline during the group stages and the final proved to be just as competitive.

The high-intensity match-up saw both teams playing good defence and it was Angel Net A that led 5-4 after the first 10-minute half. The game looked like it was going to slip away for NN Speed when they trailed 7-5 with under five minutes to play but kept their fighting spirit.

The game had gone down to the wire with NN Speed tying the scores at 8-8 with just a minute left in regulation. Angel Net A would push the ball up quickly on the attack and in the dying seconds of the match, NN Speed were called for an obstruction.

Despite the buzzer having gone, Nurul Hamizah stepped up to sink the game-winning basket sending the crowd into frenzy for the climax.

“I’m proud of the girls because despite being the exam period, they have given their time for training. It must have been difficult for them but they delivered. We would also like to thank their parents for their support and sacrifices as well,” said Rosni Hj Yahya, the manager-cum-coach of Angel Net A, in an interview with The Brunei Times after the win.

Angel Net A booked their berth in the final after they defeated Angel Net B 9-2 in the semi-finals. On the other hand, NN Speed entered the final after dismissing Revival NC 11-5 in their last-four matchup. Text and images courtesy of Yee Chun Leong.

Angel Net team are champions

The champions for the Men’s Netball division

Donations to Pusat Ehsan raised from the event

Donations to KACA raised from the event

Group photo of the Top 3 winners. Click to enlarge.

Jacky and Ai Lin were there during my Ipoh/Penang trip back in 2011. Now I will be back again to meet up with my buddies. Ain’t life just beautiful? 😀

Hey peeps…. I will be away again for a week for a retreat with my buddies.. well, unfortunately not all my close ones could make it but the current company is still an awesome bunch!! So I will warn you guys of my lack of updates for Brunei in the next week or so. But if you wanna share some pictures or updates on Brunei, feel free to drop me an email ranoadidas(a)gmail.com and hopefully I won’t miss your email.

Penang will be another awesome trip because I miss the lovely food there. Yuuummmm *non nom nom* I won’t be carrying my SLR this time round but with my handy S100 which I haven’t been playing around with it for a few months and of course, with my trusted 4s which still take great photos.

I shall be back on the 13th of June and have a nice week, guys!!!

My friend Michelle Kho won’t be joining for the Penang trip.. This was taken back during our trip last year and I can’t remember the name of this restaurant which has an interesting nostalgic interior.

I’m hoping to bump into a cendol stall at Penang this time round

Penang laksa *nom nom nom*

This time Yvonne won’t be following us. This was also taken last year during our Penang trip

The starting line before the flag off. All images courtesy of Snr Pablo.

The cyclists during the event

Both them did the run and cycling

Other participants that day during the event

He had a cramp but he was fine soon after 🙂

The aerobics to warm up the event for the finale of Sukan Ria which took place at Tasek Lama

The closing ceremony of the “Inter-Company Sukan Ria 2012” organised by the Labour Department took place at the Tasek Lama Recreational Park in the capital last Sunday.

The hiking event was joined by some 1,000 participants who were divided into two categories.

The first category was the ‘Hiking Event’ for both men and women for about 4.2 kilometres and the second category was the ‘Inter-company hiking fun-rides’ where a different route was allocated.

Present as the guest of honour and to present the awards and certificates to the winners was the Acting Home Affairs Minister Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj Halbi Hj Mohd Yussof.

The Sukan Ria consisted of sports such as futsal, badminton, basketball, netball, bowling and hiking.

BSP won the Team Category for Bowling for Sukan Ria

HSBC won Netball for Sukan Ria

The Basketball team that won the tournament

The winner for the Men’s Hiking 4.2km route

The winner for the Women’s Hiking 4.2km route

The winner for the Men’s Double badminton

QAF Group were champions for Team Badminton

QAF champions for futsal in Sukan Ria

The lucky draw for Sukan Ria

The organisers, Sunlit Advertising, for Sukan Ria

The Brunei Times interviewed some of the winners during the event.

Siti Aishah Abdullah from the Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) Sdn Bhd team said that she was ecstatic to win third place in the “Category B Inter-Company Kingston Bowling Tournament”.

“We just felt excited when we won, it was a really good tournament with everything going smoothly,” said Siti. Her team mates Salleh, Faizal and Pg Saufi hoped to join again for the next tournament if given a chance.

From the Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd (BSP) Team who were champions of the “Category B Inter-Company Kingston Bowling Tournament”, team member Ak Ady Fadhli Pg Omar explained that this was the first tournament BSP has joined which was officially organised by the Labour Department.

“On behalf of the BSP team, it has been a great honour to be part of the competition and Alhamdulilah, winning the tournament,” said Ak Ady.

A special gift presentation was also awarded to Hj Salim Ranggas, as he was the oldest participant at 80 years of age to join.

“I’m here with my family under the Yellow Pages Company and I just think that it will be fun to join in the festivities,” said Hj Salim.

The Sukan Ria aims to strengthen friendship ties between companies and employees in private companies as well as to show strong cooperation and strengthen the harmony between employers and their employees. Text courtesy of Wardi Buntar, The Brunei Times. Images courtesy of Sunlit Advertising.

Sunlit Advertising representatives for badminton two weeks ago

Sunlit Advertising competed against Labour Department

b.mobile competed against Royal Brunei

b.mobile competed against Royal Brunei

Hui Chiet and Gavin Chai were unable to win in their match and lost to Labour Department 3-2 in aggregate

There was great support from the crowd too

Professional gaming gear by steelseries

Chairman of committee for The Run, Raja Segaran (center) with Aaron Goh (left) the Co-chairman of The Run and Dato Paduka Alimin (right) the Advisor of The Run. Image courtesy of Wardi Buntar, The Brunei Times.

Guess what? There will be finisher medals presented for those running 21KM, 12KM and 5KM (within a qualifying time) in the upcoming The Run while the finisher medals for the 2KM fun run, 2KM special need and 2KM wheelchair for The Run.

I’m not sure yet as what the qualifying time is for the respective categories. I shall update you again once I have more news on this.

Another announcement I would like to share is to remind you guys of the deadline for the registration of The Run. It’s gonna be epic as it will be the final run before Ramadhan starts. By the way, the deadline for The Run is 8th June or if the participants reaches 4,000.

Come and show your support for The Run where it is organised by Pusat Ehsan Al-Ameerah Al-Hjh Mayram. For more info, you can visit http://www.therun.com.bn/ and the website is pretty comprehensive.

The finisher medals for The Run

The finisher medals for The Run

There’s also the Corporate registration. Click image to find out more.

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Collect this now from KFC Brunei

Big fans of Upin and Ipin are in for a treat; KFC Brunei is offering figurines of the popular twins for a limited time only. Four figures are available, each with its own unique design, and will be available to customers on a weekly basis.

The first edition was the Playful Upin figurine which was the first batch, then the Happy Ipin which released last week and this week, the Defender Upin will be available from June 3; and the last figurine; Striker Ipin will be available from June 12.

The Upin and Ipin figurines will come for free with any Chicky combo meal priced at $6 for Chicky Club members and $6.50 for non members. Chicky club members can also purchase the figurines with any other chicken product purchase for only $3, whereas for non-members they are available at $3.50.

Will touch rugby generate more interest in Brunei?

It’s good thing to see a different type of sports being introduced in Brunei and yes, there’s something for the ladies too when it comes to rugby.. Don’t get me wrong but rugby is, of course, a very physical sport and what is new now is “Touch Rugby” where it’s less physical than the actual rugby.

It reminds me of playing “carah duduk” where you have to sit down when being tagged. So this is how touch rugby is in a way. Once the offense team is being tagged six times, then the possession changes to the opposition. Hence, there’s no physical tackle of some sort and it’s very unlikey you will get injured unless it’s an accidental clash or getting leg cramps or such.

The interest have shown some positive signs especially among the ladies and according to Nadiah, there was a surge of last minute registration before the tournament and this shows how much interest there is on touch rugby among the women.

She scored a try for her team yesterday

It’s all about teamwork and communication too

One of the players being carried back to the tent

Yes, there were bound to have collisions among players

She scored one of the fastest try right after the whistle

There was also the men’s category