Sultan's Cup good to go

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, July 10, 2010

THE Brunei Basketball Association (BBA) announced that they will be organising the annual Sultan's Cup basketball competition during a committee meeting at the BBA court in Batu Bersurat last night.
Scheduled to be held on July 31, the competition, which will be contested at the same venue, will be divided into the Men's and Women's categories.

It is open to all ballers holding a valid Brunei identity card.

Interested parties can obtain their entry forms from the BBA court.

Completed registration forms with entry fees of $300 for the Men's category and $200 for the Women's category are to be handed in to the organisers on or before the closing date on July 25.

More information can be obtained by contacting the BBA head organiser, Soon Ching Long, at 8770316 or Ang at 8897449.

The organising committee is expecting participation from some 20 teams in the Men's category, in addition to four for the Women's category.

The last open tournament organised by the BBA was the BBA Open Challenge Trophy, held in March where Plaza Sutera Biru emerged as the champions after erasing a 25-point deficit to defeat the Ilonggo Stingers 83-77 in the final.

Meanwhile, the Borneo City Cup was also among the agenda for discussion last night.

The Sultanate is set to host the tournament from August 13-15 with the venue yet to be confirmed.

There will be three categories contested for the cup Men's Open, Men's Veteran (40 years old and above) and Women's Open categories.

The games will be played over the course of three days.

A total of four teams including Brunei with Kota Kinabalu, Miri and Labuan being the others, have confirmed their participation in all three categories for the annual competition.

Source: The Brunei Times

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Palm Cafe crowned Kings in Queenielin

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Sunday, July 11, 2010

(photo: The Champs with the Organizers, FAB Officers and Sponsors.)

PALM CAFE emerged the champions of the 2nd Queenielin's Cup with a
hard fought 73-64 victory over their sister team, Palm Muara United, last night at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

Jolito Entapan had the game-high of 18 points to lead Palm Cafe while Majomar Aying and Danny Felicilda each poured in 14 points in the victory. On the other hand, Armando Estoesta scored 17 points for Palm Muara United in a losing effort.

Both teams got off to a slow start and the scoreboard reads 12-9 in favour of Palm Muara United midway through the opening period.

They clearly had the height and size advantage but Palm Cafe managed to outhustle them on rebounds. Palm Muara United were moving the ball and shot the ball well, which saw them take a 16-13 lead into the second period.

Palm Cafe were driving to the hoop and settled for the dish to open teammates to get points inside the paint.

They picked it up a notch at the defensive end by pressuring their opponents' ball handler resulting in turnovers.

Palm Muara United managed to get some easy points on the break but went cold on offence midway through the stanza.

Palm Cafe exploited the situation and grabbed the lead from the opponents to carry a 31-24 advantage into the break.

Aying, who was seated for the second quarter after picking two quick fouls in the opening period, ignited Palm Cafe for seven straight unanswered points in two minutes to extend their lead to 38-24, which is the biggest of the night at that point.

Estoesta would carry Palm Muara United on his shoulders for 10 points in the period.

However, it was not enough as Palm Cafe had a 49-37 cushion going into the final quarter.

Both teams were playing man-to-man defence but it was Palm Cafe that had the better deal out of it.

They were making steals that saw them get easy points on the break.

The match got really intense and physical as both teams battled for position and rebounds in the final five minutes. Read More...

Source: The Brunei Times

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Wildcats faster than BMW

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Monday, July 5, 2010

BMW were sent crashing out after the GILR Wildcats defeated them
75-65 in a must-win match last night to top Group B of the 2nd Queenielin's Cup at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu
Bersurat.

Five players got into double figures for the GILR Wildcats with Jerold Pascua notching a game-high of 18 points while Anthony Bonavente contributed 17 points including five three-pointers.

Rem Espinas poured in 14 points while Rey Katipunan and Ness Espique chipped in 12 and 10 points respectively for the Wildcats in the
victory.

On the other hand, Vincent Superio led BMW with 14 points and Jhon Cayetano scored 12 points to a losing cause.

The GILR Wildcats got off on the wrong footing and were careless with the ball resulting in turnovers allowing BMW to open up an 11-6 lead midway through the opening period.

However, they picked up after that for a 7-0 run to grab the lead at 13-11 with three minutes to go for the stanza.

Both were equally matched at both ends of the floor as they stayed deadlocked at 21 apiece heading into the second quarter.

BMW couldn't get off on offence in the second period as their opponents
tighten their defence to pick up steals to go on the break. BMW also failed to box out, allowing their opponents to dominate the boards for
second chance opportunities.

The momentum was clearly with the GILR Wildcats as they extended their advantage to 41-34 at halftime.

The GILR Wildcats continued to pound their way in the paint for points and were executing their offence fluently in transition.

They extended their lead to double digits courtesy of a three-point play by Pascua bringing the scores to 54-42 with three minutes to play in the
period.

The GILR Wildcats were hustling for the loose balls but it still remained closed as they carried a 57-47 cushion into the final quarter.

Things never went right for BMW as they missed a couple of easy baskets from the paint in the fourth period. Read More...

Source: The Brunei Times

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Belait District men cagers win gold medal

James Kon

Captain Ho Hee Lee scored a game high of 21 points and his team mate Lim Liang Wei hit another 19 points to help Belait District grabbed the gold medal in the men's basketball event of the 9th National Sports Festival following a blowout win of 100-65 against BSP in the final yesterday.

After the match, Benjamin Sim said: "Our team started off slow in the early quarter and the match was very tight. Then we started to warm up in the second quarter and the game got rolling for us."

Captain Ho highlighted: "It's all about team work and our coach Wong's guidance has helped us to take gold this year."

Both teams were tied in the first quarter of 18 points each when BSP No 9 Mark hit a three pointer from the middle of the court to help level the score.

However, BSP cannot contained the more experienced Belait team who were on fire in the second quarter. A succession of three pointers from Ho Hee Lee, Lim Chun Sian and Benjamin Sim killed off the match for BSP.

By the end of the second quarter, Belait District were already in the driving seat with the score at 52-35.

Belait continued their dominance after the interval and never looked back. After the 10 minutes quarter, Belait were already 23 points ahead with a 76-53 lead.

In the final quarter, Belait District started to rotate all its bench players to finish off the game.

The bronze medal went to Brunei Muara District.

In the ladies category, Brunei Muara took the gold medal while Belait District took the silver and Tutong district grabbed the bronze medal

The guest-of-honour, Song Kin Koi, Managing Director of TelBru, presented the medals to the winners.

Source: Borneo Bulletin

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Belait put out BSP fire, win gold

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Thursday, July 1, 2010

BELAIT easily bagged the gold medal for the men's basketball event in
the 9th National Sports Festival (PSK) with a 100-65 drubbing of Brunei
Shell Petroleum (BSP) last night at the Brunei Basketball Association
court in Batu Bersurat.

Four players picked up double figures for Belait, with Presley Ho providing the game-high of 23 points for Belait while Lim Liang Wei contributed 22 points. Jong Guo Zheng and Ben Sim chipped in 11 and 10 points respectively in the lopsided victory.

Enrico Quk Ho topscored for BSP with 22 points and Mark See poured in 19 points in the losing effort.

Belait started off with a big lineup - with no guards on the floor - resulting in BSP settling for jumpshots as they were unable to penetrate to the basket.

Utilising their height and size advantage, Belait eased their way into the paint to score.

However, they soon swapped to a smaller lineup making five substitutes each time which allowed BSP to get their offence going.

The first period ended with See drilling in a long range three to tie the game at 18 points apiece.

BSP were executing on offence by making the extra pass and finding the open man despite missing the presence of Esmond Tan, who is currently away, in the lineup.

The scores remained deadlocked at 26-26 with seven minutes to play in the half before Belait shifted gears to increase their defensive pressure to go on a 26-9 run, en-route to establishing a comfortable 52-35 advantage at halftime.

It was the same affair in the third quarter and BSP were finding difficulty in getting anything going at the offensive end. Read More...

Source: The Brunei Times

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