Easyway see tough tests ahead as Sultan Cup tips off

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, July 7, 2012

ALL eyes will once again be on the national basketball team.

Playing under the banner of Easyway, they will be looking to defend their crown in the Brunei Basketball Association (BBA) Basketball tournament held in conjunction with His Majesty's 66th Birthday Celebrations, which tips off today at the BBA court in Batu Bersurat.

They won the crown last year after a last ditched effort by point guard Choo Yung Jian that saw them edge D'Babes/Sharks 71-69 in the final.

It will be back-to-back tests for the national team after they relinquished their crown at the 14th Borneo City Men's Basketball Invitational Tournament in Labuan last weekend.

National basketball coach Kevin Reece will be pleased to have a full squad this time around after missing the services of key player Esmond Tan in Labuan.

He together with Ben Sim will spearhead Easyway. They will be joined once again by Choo, Benjamin Lim and Muhd Zainul Ashyraf Hj Hussin as the starting five of the team. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Mental lapses cost Brunei the crown

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Thursday, July 5, 2012

'We lost against KK in the last 30 seconds'

IT WAS a case of 'so close yet so far' for the national basketball team.

They lost their crown to Kota Kinabalu in the 14th Borneo City Men's Basketball Invitational Tournament in Labuan last weekend.

The result was almost determined after they lost to eventual champions 65-59 in the first game last Friday.

The national cagers kept their hopes alive by bouncing back with a 62-59 victory over 10-time winners Miri in the second game before defeating hosts Labuan 69-60 in their last game.

KK were thrashed 92-55 by Miri in a non-bearing game resulting in matching 2-1 win-loss records for the former and Brunei.

The championship was won by KK as the winners were determined by head-to-head records.

"It is a disappointment for all us but there are some good and bad points that can be taken out from the competition," said Kevin Reece, the national basketball coach, in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Brunei cagers lose Borneo crown to KK

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Monday, July 2, 2012

THE national basketball team's defeat on the first day of competition came back to haunt them at the Borneo Cup yesterday.

Brunei had to relinquish their crown despite defeating Labuan 69-60 yesterday at the 14th Borneo City Men's Basketball Invitational Tournament in Labuan.

Eventual champions Kota Kinabalu (KK) were demolished 92-55 by Miri yesterday resulting in a tie with the Sultanate with identical 2-1 win-loss records.

However, the organising committee of the tournament the Labuan Amateur Basketball Association chose to use the head-to-head rules instead of the point difference system that handed KK the overall triumph.

Brunei lost to KK 65-59 in their opener on Friday to hand the overall result in favour of the latter.

There was some controversy considering that the Sultanate were not aware of the system used.

After their Friday defeat, the national cagers bounced back strongly with a 62-59 win over 10-time champions Miri on Saturday which was thought to have given them hopes to retaining their crown. Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times

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Flight BI 0624: KFC/Fitness Zone Streetball Slam Dunk Contest

Airport Mall, Berakas, Bandar Seri Begawan
June 24, 2012

One of the most anticipated event of the weekend was the the Streetball Slam Dunk contest. Fans packed the floor to see the local high flyers and the rim-rockers. Fans has experienced several highlight-reel dunks that made them speechless. 

The Judges for the final round!
 
Participants didn’t disappoint as they give the fans what they want to see: rim-rocking, rim-rattling and high-flying dunks!

 

Flight Session 1 (click photo to enlarge)

The official judges: x-PBA player Erwin Velez, National Coach Kevin Reece and celebrity Wu Chun.

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Results: 2012 Borneo Cup

Brunei Darussalam Men's Basketball Team has won Silver at the 2012 Borneo Cities Cup after:

- losing to Kota Kinabalu (65-59) in the first match
- defeating Miri (62-59) in the second match
- defeating Labuan (69-60) in the final match

But because the Labuan Amateur Basketball Association used a head-to-head format instead of the point difference system, the gold medal was awarded to Kota Kinabalu as even though they lost to Miri 92-55 in the final match and earned a 2-1 ranking similar to Brunei, the fact that they defeated Brunei earlier gave them the edge in the medal standings.

Once again, congratulations to the Men's team for a great performance and we all know who are the true champions anyway!

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