1st Merdeka Day Mixed Softball Carnival 2006

The carnival have successfully concluded 4 days ago, jointly organised by Stealers and Critters Softball teams sanctioned by MBSA, after 3 days of fierce competition, Gunners and S3 Gregor (11-5)of Brunei Darusalam have emerged as the Champion and 1st Runner up, Stealers and Critters (10-9) 2nd & 3rd Runner up respectively. Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Hj Bujang emerged as the school catergory Champion based on runs rate, St Columba & SMK Lutong 1st and 2nd runner up respectively.
This event is historical in Sarawak's Softball tournament in many aspects:
1. It is the 1st Mixed Modified Fast Pitch tournament ever held in Sarawak,
2. The highest numbers of Brunei participating teams ever,
3. The 1st time with home run boundary.

On behalf of the organising committee, I would like to thank all participating teams for making this event a success, and YB Andy Chia for giving us his fullest support.

Gunners Go Divas The Champion

S3 Gregor - 1st Runner Up

Stealers, 2nd Runner up

Lady MVP -Lena Chong of Critters

Man MVP - Sofian of S3 Gregor

The Home Run King ! Abbas of Gunners

More photos will come later, stay tuned

KRP Slo Pitch Carniva, July 1st & 2nd

Critters have emerged as the overall Champion (based on runs differences), Kelab Rekreasi Petroliam (formerly KSL) 1st Runner Up and my team Stealers 2nd Runner Up of the just concluded KRP Slow Pitch Carnival. It was an exciting and fun filled 2 days for all of us, everything went smoothly except for a few disputes and arguments during gameplay which is typical of any sports tournament, nah... no Zidane sort of Headbutt stunt either thankfully!
Coincidently, The last scheduled match between KRP and Critters turned out to be exactly like a Final match ! it determined which team will end up on 1st, 2nd and 3rd of the league table. It was an exciting match for both teams and the spectators alike, and the eventual winner was Critters, Stealers was given the honor of officiating the match.
Once again, thanks to the organising chairman Syed Zul and all the KRP committees for sucessfully organising the tournament, you guys have never dissapoint the Miri softballers...

St Joe rep.

St Co rep.

AGE

St Joe

St Co

the loose cannons

Stealers Captain Max

Stealers

KRP Rep. Aaron

KRP (still waiting for your team photo la...)

The Champ !

Kevin preparing the future catcher for big event like this ;-)

without doubt, the deserving Champion Critters

KRP Miri Angels - Ladies Champion of Kuching Open

err..... Linda, why is everyone squeaky clean but you are all muddy and filthy ? Yucks

ok...ok......
I know I have been ignoring you ladies for too long , may be it's because I'm just jealous ?! of a team that never really practise as a full team, or as hard as my team, and yet mine have to go thru much dissapointments and miseries for the last few years (boys....must be all the bad karma you all earned from your foul languages ), and you girls just cruise along smoothly and effortlessly and ended the Champion three times in a roll ! Congratulation ladies... you girls made us Mirians proud.
I hope someone can help post in the comment section on all the games result of the Angels.

Taking time off from Softball...

Beautiful Patong Beach

My inlaws and me at the Molly Malone Irish Pub

My HR Queen standing in front of our hotel, Leelawadee Boutique Hotel, only 5 mins walk to Patong Beach

Got a real special deal on our flights to Phuket,Thailand. Only RM400 for me and the Homerun/StrikeOut Queen from KRP Softball Team, Miri-KL-Phuket to and fro !! about the same rate as my single Miri - Kuching airfare, pretty fantastic deal don't you think ?

Victory is Sweet & Siok !

Kuching Open Fast Pitch Softball Tournament 2006
April 28th to May 1st

Yes ! after many years of drought, Team STEALERS finally won the championship by beating the Legend Thomians by 8-5 in the final match of of the tournament. The 1st inning ended with Thomians leading us by 2-1, on top of 2nd inning, we started to crack their defenses by scoring 7 runs, mostly thru our strategic plays and a few good hits and plenty of base stealing, on the bottom of 2nd inning, Thomians scored another 3 runs mainly dued to walks as our pitcher CY was a little off on his accuracy due to the wet and muddy ground.
The scheduled 5 innings final has to be cut short to 2 by the organiser due to impending rain storm approaching the playing field and we were declared the Champ after the completion of 2nd inning.
Overall we played 6 matches in the tourney and won all of them, Semi vs KRP 11-2, Preliminaries : vs Legend Thomians 4-2, Pending A 14-2, Pending B 21-0, Josephian Flamingo 12-8.
I personally was totally satisified with my team's overall performance apart from a few mistakes during wet condition.

Team Lineup : Max, CY, Paat, Kevin, LVS, Kok Yong, Kong, Peter, Ming, San, Kent, Chris, Soloman, Totti, Fah Lee, Adam, lastly Me

Miri Division Inter School Under 18 Softball Tournament on 24-25th April

This is the St Columba Boys Team I'm Coaching, took me approximately 3 weeks to set the whole team up, 90% are new to softball, their results of 6-8 to Chung Hua and 10-2 Kolej is not too bad, only lose out of qualification to Semi match to SMK Lutong by 1 run different, hard luck boys.....
I will continue to coach them on a weekly basis, set up a few friendly for them with other schools.
Result of the Tourney :
Champion : SMK Luar Bandar
1st Runner Up : SMK Chung Hua
2nd Runner Up : St Joesph

22-02-2006: Hitachi Malaysia sponsors region's first baseball/softball

Hitachi Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd (HSM) has signed on to be the main sponsor for Southeast Asia's first batting cage centre, a training ground for baseball/softball, in Malaysia.

In a statement on Feb 22, HSM said the sponsorship, valued at RM500,000, gave Hitachi the right to name the batting cage centre one year from its opening in April. 'It's a Hit! Batting Cages' is located on the rooftop of One Utama Shopping Centre.

'It's a fantastic opportunity. We can create sporting history, inspire the next generation of ballplayers, plus the concept's great! It's fresh, exciting, innovative - qualities which represent Hitachi,' said Shigeharu Annaka, managing director of HSM.

'The fact that we have an existing campaign called 'It's A HIT!?, a play on a famous baseball phrase, makes the sponsorship an outright winner,' he added. In the campaign slogan, 'HIT' is short for Hitachi.

'Baseball and softball have all the attributes to be popular in Malaysia. The sports have a hip image, and cater to different players, from kids to adults who haven't exercised in years," Annaka said.

"It's already a part of popular culture through fashion, movies, video games and music," said Tim Freebairn, general manager of Jolt Sports, which owns and manages It's a Hit! Batting Cages.

Hitachi has the foresight and the guts to be part of an emerging sport and a recreational concept that no one has seen in the country. Many companies talk about being different, but few has truly followed it with action."

HSM is part of the global conglomerate, Hitachi Ltd, a Fortune 500 company which produces a diverse range of products from electronics to semiconductors to power plants.

Established in HSM markets products from its factories in Bangi, Selangor, as well as those made in Japan.

Jolt Sports' management has more than 30 years of personal and professional involvement in the game, including coaching credentials from US and Australia.

They are also committee members of the Federation of Baseball Malaysia. Its managers spent years meeting deadlines in media, including stints with ESPN Star Sports, CNBC, AXN, and MediaCorp Singapore.

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