The Gunners Softball Club of Brunei is organising a softball tournament on 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September, at Mengalait Sports Centre. There will be 14 men teams participating:-
GROUP A - Sluggers, Redskins, Wanderers, St Andrews, Oilers ( my team )
GROUP B - Wizards, Knights, Zombies, JAG, Black Arrow
GROUP C - Gunners, Banzai, Empire, Raiders
This is possibly the first largest gathering of men's softball teams in Borneo as far as I can recall, We are definitely going to enjoy this memorable event, I believe Miri Oilers is the only foreign team in this tournament, are there any teams coming from Philippine, Thailand, Singapore or West Malaysia ? please keep me inform as I'll continue to post news update as soon as I have the time.
Cheers!
Monday, August 29, 2005
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Miri Fast Pitch League 2005 - Standings
| TEAMS | PLAY | WIN | DRAW | LOSE | FORFEIT | FOR | AGAINST | POINTS |
| Sunset Batters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| Stealers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Critters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
| Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Friday, August 05, 2005
Softballers UNITE! Appeal to IOC to re-instate Softball
Hi everyone,
You might have heard that the IOC has announced dropping fast pitch softball from the Olympics after the Beijing Games. There is a worldwide petition going on to appeal to the governing body to re-instate the game, and we as softball fans can do our part by being a part of the petition. Please take a moment to support this cause by clicking on the link below and entering your name in the petition.
Let's save softball!!!
Thanks!
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/olysoftb/petition.html
Rodney of KSC
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Gunners aim for softball revival - by Alex How
Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
Gunners Softball Club are aiming for a comeback in a bid to revive the popularity of softball which had its heyday in the early 1980's in the Sultanate.
Their first mission is to conquer the Club Shell Lutong Fastpitch Softball Carnival 2005, which will be held at the Shell Recreation Lutong field, Miri, Sarawak from June 25-26.
The club, which began their training two months ago, are sending an experienced, strong squad of 18 players to the championship. The Gunners will play against Wolf in game one, followed by Sunset Batters and St Jo this Saturday in their attempt to qualify for the semifinal and final on Sunday.
The Gunners were given a shot in the arm when the club secured the sponsorship of club jerseys from MVision Cinemas and Silverseal. A handover ceremony was held at the Empire Cinema last Wednesday.
Receiving the jerseys on behalf of the Gunners was the club captain Wan Mohd Thambrin Shah bin Hj Suhali, while Managing Director of MVision Pg Hj Mohd Noor Arifin and Managing Director of Silverseal Md Hj Sahbaruddin Pehin Hj Jaya represented their respective companies.
The captain thanked the sponsors and expressed his gratefulness for their support and that of the Youth and Sports Department and the Brunei Amateur Baseball and Softball Association.
Present to witness the ceremony were the guests of honour, Youth and Sports Assistant Chief Officer Mariam Ulat, Brunei Amateur Baseball and Softball Association Secretary General Pg Hj Jambol Pg Hj Sulaiman, Brunei baseball coach Mr Do Hyung Kim and Nur Iffah Natasha Sofea Abdullah @ Adelyn Prudente of Youth and Sports Department.
The club, formally known Young Gunners, were established in 1981. The Gunners were the last team that other teams would want to face at that time. The club performed well across the region and even finished fourth in the Chulalangkon Championship in Bangkok, Thailand in 1988.
The club earned fame when they conquered the Singapore International Open in 1994 and finished in second place the following year.
Most of the club's players were selected to represent Brunei in SEA Games in 1984, 1987 and 1997. The Brunei Softball Team, which fielded mostly Gunners players, also took part in the Asean Championship in 1988 in Manila, Philippines and in 1995 in Singapore.
The Brunei Softball Team also did well in other major regional competitions, winning bronze medals in the 1992 and 1994 Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia.
The Gunners are now back with high enthusiasm and have gathered several veterans from those days with the aim of re-introducing the sport to Brunei.
With the help of the Brunei Amateur Baseball and Softball Association, the club will be hosting a softball carnival soon and introduce the basic knowledge of softball to the local schools.
Pg Hj Jambol called on those who are interested in joining the carnival or setting up new teams to contact the association at fax number (2671717) or his mobile (8721717). The new teams can be coached or practise together with the Gunners at Ong Sum Ping field.
Meanwhile, the association urged any local baseball enthusiasts or teams to take the opportunity to learn the game from coach Do Hyung Kim while the coach is here till the end of July. They can also contact the association via the numbers mentioned above.
http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/June05/240605/bb_sports03.htm
Kuching Merdeka Tournament August 2005 Is Cancelled
The tournament, schedule to be played on 27th and 28th of August at Maktab Perguruan Batu Lintang Football Field, Kuching in conjunction with Merdeka Celebration was called off due to a lack of response.
Apart from Kuching Softball Club and KSL of Miri, none of the teams invited have been able to really confirm participation, so the organisers felt it is best to cancel it. The other issue was also due to time frame for this competition, the organisers found out that the schools are generally not interested during the second half of the year as they focus more on academics, while the Teachers' College teams are already dispersed on assignment after June-July. Thus, next year, the organiser will look into holding the tournament during the first half of the year.
On behalf of Stealers Softball Team, I would like to thank the Kuching Softball Club for inviting us, but unfortunately we were unable to participate as we were short of lady players for this mixed slow pitch tournament, sorry guys.
Apart from Kuching Softball Club and KSL of Miri, none of the teams invited have been able to really confirm participation, so the organisers felt it is best to cancel it. The other issue was also due to time frame for this competition, the organisers found out that the schools are generally not interested during the second half of the year as they focus more on academics, while the Teachers' College teams are already dispersed on assignment after June-July. Thus, next year, the organiser will look into holding the tournament during the first half of the year.
On behalf of Stealers Softball Team, I would like to thank the Kuching Softball Club for inviting us, but unfortunately we were unable to participate as we were short of lady players for this mixed slow pitch tournament, sorry guys.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Playing Softball on Miri City Council's padang
This is what Kevin of Critters have to say :-
Eh guys... seriously I think MMC padang is one of the best place to place Softball in Miri.... amazing.... can we like book with the council in advance for next year?... like say.... in every year we book for 3 months or so.... ? and then we try our best to revive the league... and even get the Brunei teams to commit themselves to come... if not once a week... once every 2 weeks....Playing on Sunday (despite losing badly)... I felt the atmosphere of MMC very fitting for Softball.... people passing by the highway can look down at us... i have some friends even called me on Monday... asking... whether was it us playing Softball in MMC... I said yeah.... they said... cool man....What say you?... I think if we can increase the prize money (lets say champions get RM2000.... 2nd Place get RM1200...3rd Place gets RM800... so which means we need to get sponsors from corporations totalling RM4000 per year for prize monies... which is not much right?... I mean school students collect more than that for their school magazines....)... (but dont ask me to ask **censored** la....they may cut my pay for that... haha)... and a challenge trophy.... (sponsored by Ah Kong... haha) I think the response will be better... and the game will be moving forward....Well... that's just a thought anyway.... any takers?
Eh guys... seriously I think MMC padang is one of the best place to place Softball in Miri.... amazing.... can we like book with the council in advance for next year?... like say.... in every year we book for 3 months or so.... ? and then we try our best to revive the league... and even get the Brunei teams to commit themselves to come... if not once a week... once every 2 weeks....Playing on Sunday (despite losing badly)... I felt the atmosphere of MMC very fitting for Softball.... people passing by the highway can look down at us... i have some friends even called me on Monday... asking... whether was it us playing Softball in MMC... I said yeah.... they said... cool man....What say you?... I think if we can increase the prize money (lets say champions get RM2000.... 2nd Place get RM1200...3rd Place gets RM800... so which means we need to get sponsors from corporations totalling RM4000 per year for prize monies... which is not much right?... I mean school students collect more than that for their school magazines....)... (but dont ask me to ask **censored** la....they may cut my pay for that... haha)... and a challenge trophy.... (sponsored by Ah Kong... haha) I think the response will be better... and the game will be moving forward....Well... that's just a thought anyway.... any takers?
Monday, August 01, 2005
Miri Fast Pitch League 2005
Finally kicked off yesterday, 31st July 2005 at Miri City Council's Padang.
First match at 2pm was between Stealers (home) and Wolf (away), result : Stealers 7, Wolf 0 ( Wolf forfeited the match as they do not have enough players ). Team manager please inform us one week in advance in the future if your team can't make it, so we can reschedule the match.
2nd match at 4pm was between Sunset Batters (home) and Critters (away), result : Sunset Batters 19, Critters 3, Critters played poorly especially during the 3rd innings, this was mainly due to the absence of few of their key pitcher and players, better luck next time guys.
Player of the Day ? I will have to say Stanley of Sunset Batters because he scored 2 fantastic home runs !
First match at 2pm was between Stealers (home) and Wolf (away), result : Stealers 7, Wolf 0 ( Wolf forfeited the match as they do not have enough players ). Team manager please inform us one week in advance in the future if your team can't make it, so we can reschedule the match.
2nd match at 4pm was between Sunset Batters (home) and Critters (away), result : Sunset Batters 19, Critters 3, Critters played poorly especially during the 3rd innings, this was mainly due to the absence of few of their key pitcher and players, better luck next time guys.
Player of the Day ? I will have to say Stanley of Sunset Batters because he scored 2 fantastic home runs !
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