Ballers wanted for Borneo City Cup
Sunday, June 13, 2010
BRUNEI is set to host the 2010 Borneo City Cup from August 13-15 and Kevin Reece, the national basketball coach, is calling out all potential
players to attend the tryouts to represent the country.
"I've got a list of players, with assistance from the Brunei Basketball
Association (BBA), which I feel should be invited as they may be unaware
of practice times," said Reece, in an interview with The Brunei Times
yesterday.
"We have kept the door open for some potential players but they have failed to turn up and it is to their advantage for them to come and let us evaluate their skills," he said.
Amongst those 20 listed are former national players, Esmond Tan, Fong Yeh Leong, Lim Aik Hock and Jong Guo Zhang, all of whom are playing under the name of Plaza Sutera Biru in local tournaments.
"This is the last chance but if they do come they will have to fit into the system and it's going to be a lot of work. What's important is the consistency from the players for what the coaches need," said Reece.
"We're hoping to get this to work so that we will get a team ready to prepare for the said tournament so that we can make Brunei respectable in basketball," he added.
When asked if he was doing a revamp for the current national squad, Reece replied: "We're bringing up some younger players at this stage and some of them are not quite ready yet. Development is amarathon and not a sprint but we'll slowly see improvements."
The basketball coach currently runs his training on Tuesdays at the
Multipurpose Hall (MPH) of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas from 7-9pm. Wednesday and Friday sessions are held at the BBA court from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Read More...
Source: The Brunei Times
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