Friday, April 12, 2013

Will Tigers roar or will Servants be the ones standing tall?

Friday, April 12, 2013

 

Eric Palanca (R) of YTE Tigers goes for a layup against Ronald Mangaya (L) and Marlo Lagdan of TRC Hawks in the semi-finals of the FBA Officers Cup on Thursday at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat. The Tigers will take on the Servants in the final tonight at 9pm.Picture: BT/ Yee Chun Leong IT is the battle for supremacy in the final of the Filipino Basketball Association (FBA) Officers Cup.

The YTE Tigers are seeking revenge against the Servants today at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

Both teams met in the final of the FBA Commissioners Cup in January with the Servants finishing on the winning end.

However, changes have been made to the Tigers squad with the inclusion of Mark Porlahe, Darren Chai and Ronnel Sugnan into the lineup.

Their big men Eric Palanca and Kel Hung spearhead the team and they are surrounded by three-point shooters Loo Zhi Onn, Tung Yee Keong and Sheldon Sulaik.

The Tigers are labelled the favourites to lift the cup today after overcoming the TRC Hawks (Red) 88-84 in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

Porlahe and Palanca did pick up muscle cramps late in the encounter but are deemed match fit.

"Palanca and I should be okay to play tomorrow (Friday) but not at 100 per cent. But we will still do our best to help the team. We hope the rest of the players will be able to step up for the occasion," said Porlahe in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.

"We have to stop Lance (Ingco) from executing. We must try to sustain that throughout the whole match," he said.

"We also cannot underestimate the efforts of their local players (brother Hj Md Rahmat and Hj Md Badri Hj Suhaili). Read More…


Source: The Brunei Times

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Cosmopolitan are UBD Cup champs

Friday, April 12, 2013

 
(Above) The Cosmopolitan College of Commerce and Technology team celebrate with team officials and supporters after winning the UBD Cup last night at the UBD Multipurpose Hall at Tungku Link. (Left) Cosmopolitan College of Commerce and Technology's Lim Liang Wei skying for a layup against UBD 'A' in their UBD Cup final match yesterday. Lim scored 52 points to power his team to a 77-74 win.Pictures: BT/ Syarif Rasani COSMOPOLITAN College of Commerce and Technology will go down in history as the first team to dethrone Universiti Brunei Darussalam's (UBD) 'A' in the UBD Cup.

Cosmopolitan put an end to UBD 'A's five-year reign as champions of the annual basketball competition with an intensive and nail biting 77-74 win in the final yesterday.

The hosts had never lost a game in the six-year span prior to yesterday's loss.

National forward Lim Liang Wei was responsible for what many would consider an upset.

He single-handedly outplayed the entire UBD 'A' team in the third quarter, scoring 18 of the team's 21 points in the stanza to cut an eight-point (47-39) deficit to just two (62-60) entering the final period.

"It was all the team work we had in the third quarter... when our communication picked up," said Lim, who finished the game with 52 points to his name. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Ben Sim, leading referee candidate

Monday, April 8, 2013


Ben Sim (R) receives a certificate from Japanese Basketball Federation's Director of Referees Department, Nobuo Hashimoto, during the closing of the coaching clinic yesterday. Picture: BT/Yee Chun LeongJAPANESE Basketball Federation Director of Referees Department has identified national captain Ben Sim as a potential candidate to become a FIBA (International Basketball Association) referee.

Nobuo Hashimoto yesterday concluded a two-day Brunei Basketball Association (BBA) Referees Clinic at the BBA court in Batu Bersurat for 16 participants seven local all of whom met the grade.

Those who participated underwent an English written test, a practical test and a beep test, which is a gauge of cardiovascular fitness.

Hashimoto, though, was only impressed with Sim.

This was the second time that Sim has shone at such an event after topping the 52 participants at the FIBA Asia National Referee Clinic which Brunei hosted in 2011.

"This is an improvement clinic and I found that one Bruneian, Ben, has very good potential to become a referee," said Hashimoto in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.

"He still requires a lot of on-court officiating for now (and) he can probably become a national referee in the next two or three years.

"But as for now, he should continue to play basketball at the highest level.
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Source: The Brunei Times

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Friday, April 5, 2013

2013 Brunei Referees Clinic

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Mr Nobuo Hashimoto (L), Director of Referees of the Japanese Basketball Association, being paid a courtesy call by Brunei National Head Coach, Kevin Antoine Reece.

Mr Nobuo will be the course lecturer for the Brunei Referees Clinic 2013 and he will assess the current referees if they are up to FIBA standards.

Any interested parties can join as either participants or observers for the clinic on 6 and 7 April 2013 @ BBA.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Finals: KFC Fitness Zone 3-on-3 Streetball Challenge

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Group photo finale with the organizers, players, event managers, sponsors, guests, etc.

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The Ladies with our Royal Princess Fadzilah played for her team Ivy Ballers A.

Open Category
Champion Score - Ambaphil
1st Runner Up Score - KFC Double Down
2nd Runner Up Score - Uni Decor Coating
3rd Runner Up Score - Davis Lighting

Students Category
Champion Score – Sharks B
1st Runner Up Score - Spartans
2nd Runner Up Score – Sharks A
3rd Runner Up Score – Sharks C
Ladies Category
Champion Score - Ivy Ballers B
1st Runner Up Score - Hemaviton Hu Huang
2nd Runner Up Score - Ivy Ballers A
3rd Runner Up Score - AL Professional



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