Brunei have bad day in KL The top performers at Asean Schools Games

Yee Chun Leong

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Friday, July 16, 2010

It was a day to forget for Brunei at the 2nd Asean Schools Games (ASG) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

After two days of competition, the Sultanate are still awaiting their first medal at the July 12-21 event.

Yesterday started out badly with the national netball team getting hammered 85-7 by Malaysia in their opening match of the five-team tournament.

Over at the track and field events at Malaysia's National Sports Council Stadium, Petricie Lee managed a throw of 26.63 metres in the women's discus throw to finish eighth out of nine contestants.

Subenrat Insaeng of Thailand won the gold after breaking the ASG record with a throw of 42.43m.

The previous record holder was her compatriot, Apichaya Chanu, who threw a distance of 39.64m.

Singapore's Chan Zhi Xuan bagged the silver with a throw of 35.18m and another Thai, Sawitri Thongchao, pocketed the bronze with a throw of 34.37m.

Maziah Mahusin, who was recently selected to represent the country at the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore next month, finished last among six runners in the 400m hurdles with a time of 72.49 seconds.

Le Binh Dinh of Vietnam bagged the gold with a time of 63.07s while Thailand's Chapaporn Panchuai followed in second with a time of 64.26s. Aini Nurazirah Mohd Ali claimed the bronze for Malaysia with a time of 64.55s.

For the women's 100m event, Nur Afiqah Hj Rozaini failed to reach the final after finishing sixth in the semi-finals with a time of 13.92s.

Things weren't looking up for Brunei at the Impian Golf and Country Club in Kajang as well. After winning a bronze medal in the last edition in Thailand, Brunei's hopes of clinching the gold were over as of yesterday.

The men's golf event saw Muhammad Hariz Hasim card a two-day gross score of 159 to place 19th among the 25 golfers.

Bryan Chiew followed in 20th with a score of 168

Mohd Qawim Hj Aslimon carded a 174, Young Ren Wee posted a 175 and Muhd Haqiz Wahodiddin recorded a 192 to round off the table.

Low Khai Jei of Malaysia is leading the event with a total score of 140, which is seven shots ahead of his compatriot Mohd Afif Muhd Razif.

Over at the women's golf event, the Sultanate's golfers rounded the bottom of the 20-team table. Almas Syadzwanie posted a score of 196, Dk Siti Nurmashirriah had a 200, Siti Nora Yusreena Hanifah posted a 204 and Almas Akalilie Kamis carded a 221.

Kelly Tan of Malaysia is leading the pack with a total score of 145. Thailand's Ornnicha Konsunthea follows closely behind with a score of 147 while Lucky Sanastasya of Indonesia has a 148.

The results for swimming could not be obtained as of Press time, but the duo of Amanda Liew Jia Xin and Maria Grace Koh also failed to find themselves a place on the podium.

Thailand are leading the medals table with six gold, four silver and six bronze medals while Indonesia follow in second place with six gold, four silver and one bronze.

Hosts Malaysia round off the top three with a medal haul of four gold, eight silver and four bronze.

The Sultanate has sent a contingent of 81 athletes and 31 officials to compete in seven of the 11 sports on offer in the Malaysian capital.

A total of 106 gold medals in athletics, badminton, basketball, golf, gymnastics, gymrama, hockey, netball, sepak takraw, swimming and volleyball are up for grabs at the 10-day tournament.

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Brunei land bronze in Kuala Lumpur

A Malaysian sepak takraw player (L) trying to block a kick by a Filipino player during yesterday's 2nd Asean School Games sepak takraw tournament held at the Precinct 11 Communities Hall in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur.Picture: Bernama

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, July 17, 2010

BRUNEI'S wait for a 2nd Asean School Games (ASG) medal is finally over as the Sultanate's Sepak Takraw team managed to kick their way to bronze yesterday.

Having aimed for a gold medal, the Sepak Takraw team were forced to settle for third position in the team event at the Precinct 11 Communities Hall in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur.

They had made it into the semi-finals after a 2-1 victory over Singapore on Tuesday before losing 3-0 to Indonesia to finish second in their group.

They were however dumped out 2-0 by the eventual champions, Thailand, in the semi-finals to take joint third with Indonesia.

Brunei still have another shot at getting medals as the Inter-Regu teams won both their matches yesterday.

Brunei B defeated the Philippines A 2-1 in the first match.

They lost the first set 23-21 but responded to take the next two 21-14, 15-12.

Brunei A, meanwhile, won against the Philippines B 2-1 in their encounter.

Brunei A took the first set 21-14 before their opponents got one back at 21-19 to set up the finish. However, Brunei A withstood the challenge and emerge victorious with a 15-10 scoreline in the third set.

In swimming, Anderson Lim Chee Wei came closest to winning a medal at the Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre in Shah Alam yesterday.

He made it into the finals of the Men's 200M Butterfly event and finished sixth overall with a time of 2:22.59.

Pam Shim Liang won the gold for Malaysia with a time of 2:08.85.

Lim had failed to make it into the final of the Men's 200M Freestyle after finishing 11th out of 14 with a time of 2:10.48.

His partner, Desmond Lee Edward, followed in 12th with a time of 2:12.27.

Amanda Liew Jia Xin, who was recently crowned the Best Female Athlete at the recently concluded 9th National Sports Festival, also failed to make the final of the Women's 200M Freestyle event.

She finished 12th amongst 14 swimmers with a time of 2:18.43 to miss the cut. The other swimmer from the Sultanate in the event, Felicia Lee Li Ern, placed last with a time of 2:37.69.

Lee also failed to qualify for the final of the Women's 200M Inter-Medley event after she clocked a time of 3:02.56 to place 12th.

It was the same affair in the Men's 200M Inter-Medley after Christian Nickles finished with a time of 2:33.96 to place 12th while Mohd Bahrin Shah Behrom Shah clocked a time of 2:41.65 to finish behind him.

Over at the track and field events at Malaysia's National Sports Council Stadium, Rozymacynthia Anak Simbilan was the only Bruneian athlete that saw action yesterday. She, however, failed to make it into the final of the Women's 400m event after she finished last in the semi-finals with a time of 69.21s.

It was a much closer affair for the netball team as they succumbed to a 27-31 defeat at the hands of Thailand at the Olympic Hall of the Bukit Jalil Sports School. It was their second straight defeat after an 85-7 hammering by Malaysia the day before.

After winning a bronze medal in the last edition in Thailand, Brunei's hopes of clinching gold in the competition's golfing events were over as of Thursday.

The men's golf event saw Muhammad Hariz Hasim card a three-day gross score of 245 to place 19th among the 25 golfers.

Mohd Qawim Hj Aslimon carded a 258 to follow in 22nd.

Bryan Chiew scored a 261, Young Ren Wee posted a 264 and Muhd Haqiz Wahodiddin recorded a 290 to round off the table heading into the final round.

Low Khai Jei of Malaysia held on to his overnight lead with a total score of 213, six shots ahead of his compatriot Mohd Azman Bashrauddin.

There were no changes for the women's golf event as the Sultanate's golfers rounded the bottom of the 20-team table. Almas Syadzwanie posted a score of 293, Dk Siti Nurmashirriah had a 294, Siti Nora Yusreena Hanifah posted a 299 and Almas Akalilie Kamis carded a 332. Kelly Tan of Malaysia extended her lead at the top with a total score of 215.

Thailand are holding a slim lead at the top of the medal tally table with a total medal haul of 14 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze medals. Malaysia leapfrogged Indonesia and follow close behind in second with 13 gold, 16 silver and five bronze medals.

Indonesia round off the top three with eight gold, six silver and eight bronze medals to their name.

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