'2 Barracuda players didn't get doctor's nod'

From Yee Chun Leong
IN KUALA LUMPUR

Monday, November 1, 2010

IT WAS an outing to forget, for the Brunei Barracudas at least.

The Brunei team were hammered 87-48 by the KL Dragons in their Asean Basketball League (ABL) battle at the Maba Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday in a match that never reached the final buzzer.

Brunei's first professional team were without the services of head coach Bong Ramos and two key players Chris Commons and Chester Tolomia due to conjunctivitis.

The match proceeded as scheduled but was it a fair decision by the ABL considering how important it would be at the end of the season?

"The Barracudas flew into KL on Thursday with six or seven of their players getting red eye on the plane. So we had them sent to the clinic to get the clear from the doctor," said Kuhan Foo, the ABL CEO, in an interview with The Brunei Times, yesterday. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times