PLK Zombies Champions Again

By
James Kon
Borneo Bulletin
26/08/08

Bandar Seri Begawan - PLK Zombies proved they are currently the best softball team in Brunei Darussalam when they emerged champions again at the Brunei National Softball Tournament on Sunday night after a clean sweep win of 11-0 against Black Arrows I in the final at Taman SOAS.
Newcomer Chikara won the ladies' category after beating Divas 7-0. The ladies' final in the afternoon was graced by HRH Pg Anak Isteri Pg Anak Hjh Zariah.
In an interview, player-coach Mardani bin Ya'akub of PLK Zombies which comprised players from Perpindahan Lambak Kanan said: "We are ecstatic being able to defend our title."
"The team has done a great job. They have maintained their focus and determination throughout the tournament."
"Next year we will be back and will be more determined to take the title for the third consecutive year." he added.
Third place of the men's category went to Wanderers who defeated Black Arrows II 21-5.
Mardi bin Hj Suhaili, the coach of the Chikara team said: "I am very happy and proud of the team. Their hard work in training has finally paid off by winning the championship."
"The secret of success is team work. We have been training together for some three months. We will definitely be back to defend the title next year."
Third place went to Comets.
The guest-of-honour who presented the prizes was Pehin Dato Seri Setia Aw-ang Haji Adanan, the Minister of Home Affairs.
Ten men's teams and five ladies teams took part in the tournament which was organised by Banzai softball team in conjunction with His Majesty's 62"d birthday celebrations. --

PLK Zombies keep crown

PLK ZOMBIES remain Brunei National Softball tournament champions after winning Sunday night's final against Black Arrows 11-0 in a one-sided match.

Last year's winners retained their crown during the championship match at the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien field here in convincing style, taking an early lead and maintaining it as the game progressed.

Growing in confidence after the first three innings which finished 6-0 to the good, PLK Zombies' good defensive work meant that Blacks Arrows could not make any runs.

The scoreline came as a surprise to most, not least the winning team's coach Mahdani Yaakub.

"I did not think it (the scoreline) would be like this and I was expecting a tight game," said Mahdani, who is also the team's pitcher.

"We won today (Sunday) because of our discipline, the willingness of everyone on the pitch to follow instructions and our good teamwork.

"I am happy we were able to shut them out and we managed to do that by maintaining our confidence and focus when we had the lead," he added.

Apart from winning last year's title and the one this year, PLK Zombies' recent achievements include finishing as runners-up during last year's President Cup tournament.

The battle for third saw Wanderers beat Black Arrows II 21-5 in their match for bronze held before the championship game.

Meanwhile, in the women's competition, Chikaras were crowned champions after going past Divas 7-0.

The Minister of Home Affairs Pehin Dato Paduka Hj Adnan Hj Hanafiah was the guest of honour at the event and presented the prizes to the winners.

Arguably the biggest and most anticipated tournament in the country, the Brunei National Softball tournament has been held for the past two years in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's birthday celebrations.

Ten men's teams and six women's teams took part in this year's edition of the competition.

By:

Jason Thomas

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Brunei Times

Chikara win softball tourney

YAM Pengiran Anak Mansurah Izzul Bolkiah seen batting for the Chikara.

Chikara beat Divas, 7-0.

Chikara defeated Divas, 7-0, in the females final of the Brunei National Softball Tournament 2008 held yesterday in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 62nd birthday celebrations.
YAM Pengiran Anak Mansurah Izzul Bolkiah , daughter of HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, was seen on the pitch playing for the Chikara at the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien.
The tournament, organised by Banzai softball team, was held for the third time.

By

Amin Hosni

Borneo Bulliten 25/08/08

Inspires me and may be you too...

Adam Bender an 11 yrs old boy. He really inspires me, and he might inspire you too. For us who keeps complaining........ keep watching and be inspired...

BNST 2008 2ND ROUND

It was the beginning of the second round of the BNST 2008 yesterday, total of 6 games were played, 2 of which are the ladies game.
The game I knew well was the game between PLK Zombies against the Pirates, which was won by the Zombies, 7-0. It was the first perfect 5 inning game for the Zombies pitcher, who pitched well during the game. Poor batting by the Pirates did help too. The Zombies also have poor batting early in the game, luckily in the top 3rd they managed to raise their game and managed to score few runs. Thanks to their team manager who read the game well and change their tactics to score the runs. Pirates also played well actually, just that luck wasnt on their side.

Some images of the PLK Zombies Vs Pirates match.

The Zombies will face B.A II who won their game against the Kensei in a thrilling tie break. Black Arrow II lead the game but Kensei managed to tie the run to 4-4 in the bottom 5th. The game went to a tie-break, and after a fumble by a Kensei player, the B.A II runner managed to sneak in the winning run. Just to shortened up the story, because I didnt really know the situation of that game :), but it does sounds nice right.

Chikaras made a payback as they won 6-1 against Comets. Full of confident and the spirit of paying back for losing to the Comets last time round, they lead the game right from the beginning. The Chikara offensive was explosive. Their batter did well to hit the ball and they defended well. Their pitcher managed to hit a 2 run in the park homerun, with their captain, in the scoring position, on 2nd base. The Comets let themselves down, by drowning themselves in the mental side of the game. Some just afraid to be struck out by the outstanding Chikara's pitcher, which eventually struck them out. Their batting was totally different from the first round, but then again, everyone can see, if a pitcher pitched well in a game, also helped by the Chikara's in/outfielders who comitted less errors compared to their opponent.

Some images of Chikara Vs Comets match.

Chikara can now only wait for the outcome of the game between Comets and Divas, the winner of that game will face the Chikara in the championship.

Other games were :-

Divas won against Pasadena

Wanderers won against Gunners

Black Arrow I won against the Steelers.

Sorry guys I didnt know the score, for the Divas/Pasadena game, I was busy watching the Comets/Chikara game, and for the other 2 games, I was busy in the afternoon, well what can I say, I managed to find my sweetdreamland :)

Anyway some images of Divas Vs Pasadena HERE

and

some more images HERE

Just click as many times as you want. For I have wrote a lot for this post. I just hope I didn't miss MJ's photos, otherwise.........

BNST Wk 4

I managed to see the match between......

Comets

Vs

Chikara

... which ended Comets won 5-4. It was an interesting game to watch since both team were unbeaten prior to the match. The Comets lead the game from the beginning by 1 run then in the top 2nd, Chikaras scored 3 runs. After a 3 run homer by a Comets (dont dare to say her name), an in the park homerun, (well actually helped by an error made by the right field) in the bottom 3rd, the Comets back in the lead. In the top 4th, the chikara managed to score 1 more run, but the Comets fight firm score 1 winning run in the bottom 5th which make them won the game and their unbeaten record intact. Congrats to the comets and for the Chikaras, fight back.... it's not over yet.......

More images....

CLICK HERE

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CLICK HERE

MJ.......

MJ..... MJ..... not that I dont have anything to post, do I? hmmm but I havve to post this post just for her, hope that her husband understand, because I'm afraid that my ear will bleed if I dont, just because I didnt post any of her photo in my previous post. Meaning to say that if I'm not mistaken, everytime I met her, she will always mention that there is none of her photos being posted and that she wasted her phone credits just to open my blog. Well I guess a request from my fan ;) I mean reader wont hurt. Just hope that there will be no other request after this, if understand..... nice :). But will she be bragging that she is now a celebrity.... hehehe cool MJ cool, take a deep breath and throw away that dream of yours.

Now MJ, I hope you are happy now....

Click here if you (MJ) are not satisfied with these two photos of yours :)