Softball, The Sport I love dearly

不堪一击

2009-12-22T12:30:00.003+08:00

百忍不成金, 不足为奇.
吃硬不吃软, 不学无识.

如果一個油田發生意外或人為的著火燃燒,要滅火的話請問要用什麼方法?
「地獄戰士」是油田發生大火時的緊急部隊，是滅火專家，自稱為「地獄戰士」其來有自，因為油田如果發生火災，附近的溫度高達攝氏400度，有如煉獄。雖然他們每天的薪水高達4萬台幣，但是一個異常辛苦又危險的工作，每天工作10小時，卻需要忍受高溫與危險，每天也需要喝20公升的水來降溫。
中東地區由於戰亂不斷，油田常常遭到人為縱火，因此這類的滅火公司應運而生，而且他們大都來自也產石油、滅火經驗豐富的美國德州。在攝氏400度的高溫下，被稱為「地獄戰士」的滅火專家如何將油田大火消滅。以下是幾種常用之油田滅火方式，僅供參考!
1.冷卻牆油井滅火法:
油田起大火，究竟要如何滅火呢？滅火公司說，首先要用水設立一個冷卻牆，人才能靠近火源，才能夠將溫度高達400度的火場降溫到攝氏80度左右。水柱必須每秒噴出6公升的水才能降溫，由於地面的溫度也非常高，因此像這樣的火場水柱，必須噴灑連續2到3個月，可想而知需要的用水量有多大。如果沒有自來水，滅火公司就會見地取材，用海水來滅火。設立了強力水牆之後，方法之一就是需要用一個大柱子，把火罩住，讓火苗只在柱子口燃燒，再設法滅火。
2.移動鍋蓋油田滅火法:　　　
移動鍋蓋是撲滅油田大火的一種方法。先在火源周圍打一圈圍堰，再移動一個拼剛性遮罩物至圍堰上方，使之基本密貼，形成隔絕助燃的新鮮空氣的基本封閉系統，將大火窒熄在系統內，利用隔絕助燃的新鮮空氣的原理，類似家庭主婦用鍋蓋撲滅油鍋著火的方法來撲滅油田大火。本方法簡便、安全、經濟、迅速。
3.煙斗油井滅火法:　　　
煙斗油井滅火法，也是撲滅油井火災的一種方法。將一煙斗狀氣密容器，開口朝下扣在油井周圍，並使其沈入原地面，使石油不外泄在著火油井周圍，而通過管道將未燃燒的石油輸向其他地方。並使容器記憶體在的氧氣在燃燒中耗盡而得不到補充。通過上述途徑控制著火油井的燃料和助燃劑。來撲滅大火的方向謂之煙斗油井滅火法。　
4.傳統的炸藥油井滅火法:
讓炸開的砂土、淤泥和混凝土，加上瞬間吸收到週間之氧氣將火熄滅，雖然方法老舊，但是只要有效，滅火公司仍然樂於採用

我們有怕輸的心理

2009-12-13T21:25:00.001+08:00

我們有很多人不知道如要贏，就要懂得輸。因為輸贏是一體兩面，有人贏的話，自然有人輸，可是我們輸不起，而常常怕輸。

世界上各種遊戲、競賽、生意和創業都一樣有贏，也有輸。也就是說，有成功，也就有人失敗。

人們常說，大家都從輸的經驗中，學得如何贏。也就是說，人要從失敗中，學習成功的要領，轉敗為勝。

但有些人天生就怕輸，在先天上，有很強烈的好勝心，而沒有認輸的心理準備，也就是說很怕輸。因輸不起，就逃避現實，不承認外在的任何事實。更可怕的後遺症，因輸不起的心理作祟，更激烈地上場。輸的人，不承認擺在眼前的事實，怨天尤人，開始仇恨對方如裁判，挖空心思尋找的芝麻小事，攻擊對方，視對手有如不共戴天之仇.

怕輸或恐懼失敗的心理，可經由教育改造，或學習運動精神，恢復正常。

我們的運動員應該像世界其他大多數文明國家的運動選手，根據法律規定，或競賽守則，公平競爭，不要怕輸，正正當當，盡力而為，不要怕輸，輸了又怎麼樣？幾年後，經過輸的經驗，補救自己的缺失，努力改進，東山再起，不就又是一條龍，可以再爭取最後的成功？

May be we are better dancers than softballers ?

2009-04-10T19:28:00.000+08:00

A lesson learnt

2009-03-30T07:28:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, Stealers ate their humble pie and was beaten soundly by the Knights 0 - 10, it was a ngap with bitterness, I hope our players will understand that only consistent practice and team work is the key to success, not individual heroism or any other excuses for not training harder. Knights is simply a more superior team, Stealers on the other hand, still have plenty to learn. The struggle continues on.....

Please go to http://miribaseballandsoftballassociation.blogspot.com, MBSA official website for more information on softball in Miri.

Long time no rant

2009-03-23T15:48:00.002+08:00

It's being quite a while since I last update the site, softball is still well and alive in Miri and with stealers too. I have been busy with work and our newly formed Miri Baseball And Softball Association.

Click here to go to MBSA website. Please contribute to the MBSA.

Happy Chinese New Year

2008-02-01T11:52:00.000+08:00

This is a very touching ad from Petronas

Illegal Pitching - Crow Hop

2008-01-28T22:20:00.000+08:00

Stealers vs Knights on Radio TV Brunei

2007-11-13T11:09:00.001+08:00

Stealers & Knights Friendly

2007-11-12T13:33:00.000+08:00

Taken by the courtesy of Kenny Leong, Essence Bridal and Amy Hair Studio

2nd Merdeka Day Mixed Softball Carnival

2007-11-10T13:48:00.000+08:00

My apologies for the late report on the carnival, so here it is.

Favoritism Is Alive and Well In The Umpire's Circle

2007-08-03T00:29:00.000+08:00

These comments by Datuk Ahmad Basri Akil sum up our thoughts on a few of the umpires who we deemed their biased judgment calls were due to Anti-East or Stereotypical perspectives on certain specie of homo sapient.NST, 2nd August 2007

Banzai's Brunei National Open

2007-07-24T20:08:00.001+08:00

PLK Zombies are the Champions by beating Black Arrows 8-4 in an exciting but wet final, 3rd and 4th place goes to Gunners and Gregor. Me, Peter, FaLee, Ryan, Sung, Kiaw, Shien were there to watch the game live and we met many Brunei friends on that night. The pitching of Kalai (Zombies) was super fast and he was voted men's MVP.

KRP Mixed Carnival, 14th - 15th July 2007

2007-07-16T18:35:00.000+08:00

Stealers A and B team emerged as the Champion and 1st runner up in the recently concluded tournament, the final score between A and B was 14-12.
Results of A team
vs Wolf 10-7
vs Critters A 15-3
vs St Co. A
vs St. Co B (Quarter),won but uncertain of scores
vs KRP (Semi),won but uncertain of scores

Results of B Team
vs Critters B 19-3
vs St Co B 10-0
vs SMK Lutong, won but uncertain of scores
vs Wolf (Quarter) 5-2
vs Gregor (Semi) 6-2

Thank You !

2007-07-13T12:34:00.000+08:00

and not forgetting Rizal and Tima for their generosity and support.

Group Photos taken during National Open

2007-07-13T11:47:00.000+08:00

33rd Malaysia Softball Open - Men

2007-07-05T13:25:00.000+08:00

The men's team managed to reach quarter final but eventually lost to Perlis 2-9, The following are the results of all their games played. Our performance were 1 step short of our initial target of emerging as top 4 men teams of Malaysia, It's still satisfactory considering the high standards of play from Perak, Penang and Perlis. One thing for sure, it was an eye opener for our boys.

Men’s Result

Quarter Final
vs Perlis 2-9

1^st Round
vs N. Sembilan 3-2
vs Penang 2-7
vs Johor A 4-2

The Fabulous Js

2007-06-29T18:49:00.000+08:00

Jelly Kiu and June Shim (both from Miri) were selected by Softball Association Malaysia for national training on 8^th to 10^th and 22^nd to 24^th July, at UiTM, Shah Alam, Selangor, for selection of national ladies team for the coming SEA game in Thailand, December 2007.

33rd Malaysia Softball Open - Ladies

2007-06-28T23:32:00.000+08:00

The Sarawak Stealers ladies team emerged 4th place in the tournament, losing 11-13 to Politeknik in the 3rd/4th placing match. The following are the results of all their games played :-

Semi Final
vs Trenggannu 4-19
2nd Round
vs Politeknik 9-2
vs Perlis 16-4
1st Round
vs Trenggannu 6-0
vs KL 3-7
vs Johor 12-0

Their performance fall short of our target of top 2, however it is considered a superb performance considering the fact that it is the 1st participation from Sarawak.

I will be posting the results of men's team then followed by our personal comments on the umpiring standards titled 'FAVORTISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE UMPIRE'S CIRCLE', Paat, our certified umpire will be submitting a report to me on their performance and partiality. stay tune..

33rd Malaysia Softball Open

2007-06-20T16:43:00.001+08:00

Together with YB Andy Chia

Stealers will be sending 1 men and 1 ladies team to participate in the upcoming M'sia open on 23rd to 26th June at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor. There will be 20 men and 12 ladies from various states participating is this tournament. After few weeks of intensive training, We shall strive to give our best during this tournament.
YB Andy Chia visited our training session at 5.30pm yesterday, he reminded us to relax and enjoy the tournament, that is when our full potential will be achieved. Thank you YB for your support and motivations.

Brunei National Softball Tournament

2007-05-11T19:53:00.000+08:00

Kicked off Last Sunday, 8th May, the tournament will last for approximately 3 months. Stealers were honored to be invited for the opening ceremony, Peter Lim, Our liaison representative attended on behalf of the team. Hope you guys have a great tournament this year.

for more info, CLICK HERE and HERE

Kung Fu or Softball ?!?

2007-04-28T19:57:00.000+08:00

This is a recorded footage of final match between St Co and Luar Bandar, watch how the 3rd base runner slide home , good technique eh ?

Eratech Enterprise Men Softball Tournament organised by PLK Zombies Softball Club

2007-04-23T12:23:00.000+08:00

December 16-17, 2006

We may looked cool, but we were trashed 1-7 & 1-13 by Zombies and Wanderers

Extracted from ranoadidas.com:

Coca-Cola Gunners did it again after lifting their “ummptenth” title last Sunday in the Eratech Softball title organised by PLZ Zombies. Ironically, it was the organisers that was playing in the finals against the favourites Coca-Cola Gunners. The final score was 7-2 to Coca-Cola Gunners. Captain of Gunners, Wan Tambrin claimed that the players were slightly relaxed during the final game. Earlier on Coca-Cola Gunners thrashed JAG 21-3.

PLK Zombies “A” beat Banzai in the semi-finals 6-1. Credit to them for organising a successful tournament and hopefully there will be more tournaments next year. JAG, one of the most improved team of the year, finished 3rd after beating Banzai 7-2. Sorry guys for not attending any of the matches since I had to organise my own Pro Evo Soccer Tournament. Hence, there will be no pictures unless if anyone wants to contribute, by all means

Landslide Victory is how I would describe it

2007-04-22T01:36:00.000+08:00

Hooray !

Every Way We Go, People Wanna Know
Who We Are, Where We Come From
So We Tell Them, We Are The ST CO
The Mighty, Mighty ST CO !
And With Aplenty of Jokers Around !

They were out-classed, out-batted, out-stealed, out-witted and out everything I can think of by the St. Columba boys. SMK luak 18-2, SMK Chung Hua 18-0, SMK Baru 14-3 (Semi) and SMK Luar Bandar 9-1 (Final). The record speaks for itself, only conceding 6 runs throughout the Inter School Softball Tournament held on 16th and 17th April at Kolej Tuanku Hj Bujang.

Greg stood out amongst all as a class on his own, with 26 strike outs (average of 2.36 per inning) ! he is much more mature, physically and mentally prepared this round.

The Pitcher Supremo - Greg Pengiran

A few close friends told me that St Co won because of our superior pitching, and there's no doubt about it guys... That was the sole reason why Oilers and Stealers were trashed in Brunei, September 05 and December 06 ( more on Stealers' trip to Brunei when I'm free ). In softball, a good pitcher will relieve the burden of defense by approx. 50%, and in St Co's case, at least 75%. ! On the offensive, every player did their part well and on the hindsight, defense were not truly tested though they were well prepared for it. I did have confidence that if we use our 2nd pitcher Adam, we would have won too but by conceding more runs, but I chose Greg for the 'Shock and Awe' effect, setting new standards for the inter school competition and for the rest of schools to emulate in future tournaments.

After victory,it's time for creative posture

As for the girls team.....

The girls had a disappointed outings, mainly due to the fact that it was organized only 2-3 weeks before the tournament, reaping what we sow, SMK Lutong 9-10, SMK Luar Bandar 5-18. It was an enjoyable experience and good exposure for these girls.

at the mean time, a few of these Jenny Finch prototypes are in the R & D department, awaiting calibration, QA/QC inspection for mass production in year 2008, we shall see how it goes.... ;-) Insha Allah.

Results :

Boys : Champion : St Columba, 1st Runner Up - Luar Bandar, 2nd Runner Up - Baru
Girls : Champion : Kolej, 1st Runner Up - Luar Bandar, 2nd Runner Up - Teknik

Overall Champion : SMK Luar Bandar

Cheerio...

1st Merdeka Day Mixed Softball Carnival 2006

2006-09-07T07:29:00.000+08:00

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

2006-07-06T03:07:00.002+08:00

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

2006-05-24T22:01:00.000+08:00

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...

2006-05-07T19:13:00.000+08:00

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 !

2006-05-02T22:47:00.000+08:00

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

2006-04-26T22:43:00.000+08:00

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

2006-03-20T11:22:00.000+08:00

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.

Article's URL:

2006-01-28T22:50:00.000+08:00

To all my Chinese Friends & Families

Gong Xi Fa Chai

新年进步，万事如意

May this New Year bring you Peace, Prosperity and Good Health

Season's Greeting

2005-12-28T20:27:00.000+08:00

To My Business Associates, Friends & Families
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2006

May God Bless You All with Good Health and Prosperity for the years ahead.

It has been approximately 2 months since my last post, during this period, we have celebrated Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, Christmas and now New Year is just around the corner, and the visitors to my Webblog have surpass 1,000 !! thanks for the support.

Softball for me is at the lowest point at the moment due to all the year end activities, and also have been quite busy at work, our unfinish league will resume from mid January 2006 depending on field availability, and after Chinese New Year, Softball activities should be back into action, 1 thing we definitely need is more support and commitment from the Miri Softballers.

My apology also to our Brunei friends for not being able to participate in your Ladies tourney on 18th of December.

Cheers....

Check It Out !!

2005-10-25T20:57:00.000+08:00

Check these cool Brunei's softball websites out, they were launched recently and both look great with lots of information and pictures, I was most impressed by the layout and design of Gunners' website, with flash animation and music.

Gunners Softball Club

Zombies Softball Club

Well done guys !!!

You know you're a softball junkie if...

2005-10-12T16:52:00.000+08:00

You need a second job (or your parents do) just to pay for gloves, bats, equipment, uniforms, player fees, batting cages, etc...

Your second job is umpiring at softball games.

Your idea of spending quality time with your spouse is playing on the same co-ed team.

You have more than one bat that cost over $200.

You go to the softball fields on nights your team isn't even playing.

You used to rest and relax on the weekends, now the only rest you get is between games at a tournament.

You think "wearing something nice" means an all-tournament shirt with no dirt stains.

When someone says they are going out of town this weekend you ask if there is a tournament there.

All your white socks have dirt stains from playing softball.

Your idea of a weekend getaway is a two-day tournament in (insert town name).

You have a tattoo that says softball forever.

You plan your summer vacation each year around the state softball tournament.

You own more softball t-shirts than pairs of underwear.

Your girlfriend / boyfriend knows when you ask them out to dinner you really mean pizza after the game.

You tape your bat handles with various designs and use only tape with team colors.

You have a softball website.

Selamat Berpuasa

2005-10-05T21:52:00.000+08:00

To My Muslim Friends and Relatives

May the divine blessings of ALLAH....

fill your life with Peace and Happiness

Miri Fast Pitch League 2005 - Update

2005-09-28T18:52:00.000+08:00

25th September, 2005

Result

3:00 PM Sunset Batters (H) Vs Stealers, 12 - 16

4:00 PM Stealers (H) Vs Critters, 5 - 6

Scoreboard

TEAMS	PLAY	WIN	DRAW	LOSE	FORFEIT	FOR	AGAINST	POINTS
Sunset Batters	2	1	0	1	0	31	19	4
Stealers	2	1	0	1	0	21	18	4
Critters	2	1	0	1	0	9	24	4

Wolf have confirmed their withdrawal from the league, The league will be deferred for the coming Fasting month and Raya, depending on field availability, will resume on mid november.

More actions from yesterday's friendlies

2005-09-19T18:44:00.000+08:00

Today's friendly matches with Knights from Kuala Belait

2005-09-18T22:31:00.000+08:00

Oilers and Knights
Syed Zul receiving souvenir From Musrafi (Sunset Batters and Knights)
Me receiving souvenir from Musrafi

The weather was perfect this afternoon, and we were at the center of attraction today at Miri City Council field, must have had over thousands of spectators watching us playing between 2pm to 6pm, though 99% were just passing by in their vehicles, haha. :-)
Hopefully, with more events like this and the ongoing Miri fast Pitch League, Softball will become a more popular sport in Miri City. Incidentally, an expat approached me to enquire about his interest in joining, and he was promptly recruited by Syed for sunset Batters, we have yet to settle on the introducing fees. ;-)
Yes ! we all had good fun playing against Knights today, and we made more new friends from Kaula Belait. Special thanks to Musrafi and his team-mates, we are also hoping to go to KB to have friendly match with you guys in the near future.

Result are as follows :

1. Oilers Vs Knights, 6 - 9
2. Sunset Batters Vs Knights, 5 - 1

Friendly matches on this sunday

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Knights Softball Team of Kuala Belait will be coming down to Miri this sunday (18th September) for friendly matches against Miri's team.

Venue : Miri City Council's Field

1st match at 2 pm vs Oilers

2nd match at 4 pm vs Sunset Batters

Banzai - Reloaded

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Courtesy of Rosdimar, No. 77

Wizards

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Courtesy of Rudy, No. 32, we met thru my website

Final Hightlights - Zombies Vs Black Arrows

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Team Zombies - The Champ !

Zombies in jubilant mood after completing 7 innings
Pre match briefing and greeting

Umpires for the final, From Left to Right- Plate Um, 1st Base Um (Max of Oilers), 2nd Base Um, 3rd base Um. Please share with us their names and from which team please ?

Miri Oilers Highlights

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Gunners Softball Carnival - Scoreboard

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Final

Zombies Vs Black Arrowss 6-0

3rd Placing

Gunners Vs Wanderers 3-2

Semi Final

Gunners Vs Zombies 2-4

Black Arrows Vs Wanderers 9-2

Quarter Final

Wanderers Vs Banzai 4-1
Gunners Vs Sluggers 17-1
Black ArrowsVs Knights 5-2

Oilers Vs Zombies 2-6

Group A

Sluggers Vs Redskins 6-1

Wanderers Vs SAS 25-1

SAS Vs Oilers 0-28

Sluggers Vs Wanderers 1-12

Wanderers Vs Oilers 7-5

Redskins Vs SAS 11-0

Redskins Vs Wanderers 5-7

Redskins Vs Oilers 2-13

Sluggers Vs SAS 5-1

Sluggers Vs Oilers 5-3

Group B

Wizards Vs Knights 0-11

Zombies Vs JAG 22-0

JAG Vs Black Arrows 0-5

Wizards Vs Zombies 0-11

Knights Vs JAG 20-1

Zombies Vs Black Arrow 1-2

Wizards Vs JAG 1-6

Knights Vs Black Arrows 1-2

Knights Vs Zombies 4-7

Wizards Vs Black Arrow 0-10

Group C

Gunners Vs Banzai 4-0

Empire Vs Raiders 6-3

Banzai Vs Empire 6-1

Gunners Vs Empire 15-0

Banzai Vs Raiders 10-0

Gunners Vs Raiders 16-0

Black Arrow Hightlights

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Black Arrow Team Photo
The lady in the middle is Rosnani, finally had the chance to meet her in person after all those emails, her hubby 'Zul' is another superb pitcher

Gunners Highlights

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Err.... Musa, this is not the right time to pose for camera, watch for the bunt !!
Gunners warming up before semi match against Zombies

Wan Tambrin in action
Pg. Musa Hit a homerun over the fence against Banzai, throughout the tournament, there were only 2-3 homerun scored to my knowledge.

Black Arrows fail to bring down rampaging Zombies

2005-09-06T19:24:00.000+08:00

By Alex How - Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

The Zombies whitewashed the Black Arrows 6-0 to win the Gunners Softball Carnival final at the Menglait Sports Complex yesterday.
The Zombies booked their place in the final after they beat Gunners 4-2 in the morning semifinal, while Black Arrows ousted Wanderers 9-2 in the other semifinal encounter.
By winning the Gunners Softball Carnival title, the Zombies walked $500 home richer, courtesy of the cash prize that went with the championship trophy. Runners-up Black Arrows won themselves $300, while third-placed the Gunners won $200.
14 teams took part in the 3-day championship; the final yesterday was attended by a huge crowd who flocked to watch the two title contenders do battle.
Presenting prizes to all the winners was the Special Duties Officer at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Sumadi Sukaimi. Also present at the final yesterday was the president of the Brunei Darussalam Amateur Softball and Baseball Association, Pehin Dato Major-Gen (rtd) Hj Jaafar bin Hj Abd Aziz.

B A N Z A I ! ! !

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Oilers & Banzai making a joint declaration to meet in the final !

Banzai Softball Team

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Miri Oilers Team Photo No. 2
Front Row : Me, Peter Lim, Lo Vui Shean, Ng Kok Yong, Max Yong, Veren Chua
Back Row : Alex Su, John Chin, Kevin Chung, Edward Lim, Peter Kuan, Yong Yuk Ming, C Y Lai, Gilbert Thien, Chu Chat San, Soloman Lian Henry
Special Thanks to MAA Assurance for the jerseys
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Miri Oilers Team Photo No. 1
Special Thanks to Diamond Life Enterprise for the jerseys and Siong Fah Motors for the caps
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Gunners Softball Carnival 2005 - Update

2005-09-05T17:05:00.000+08:00

FANTASTIC & AWESOME ! ! !
These are the 2 words I can find in my dictionary to describe the experience we had for the past 4 days in The Beautiful and Majestic Brunei Darussalam, some of my players even had the chance to shake hand with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah at the Mall ! what more can we ask for ?
We arrived at approximately 10 pm at the Berakas Sports Village on thursday night, the Chairman of Gunners Softball Club, Major Wan Mohd Tambrin Shah and Arifin were there to make sure our accomodations are in order, the only problem we had was the washroom is 3 miles away !! ( that was a good one, Wan J ) thereafter, we proceeded to The Chairman's house for a delicious dinner and given a tour of the opulent setting of his house in preparation for his sister's wedding ceremony the following day.
Friday morning, we arrived at the Menglait Field early, our first impression was exactly like how Kevin descibed it, 'Shell Shocked', I was saying to myself, ' Goosshhhh..... how does a nation without softball activities for 8 years suddenly come out with so many teams ?', and all of them looking like professionals with beautiful jerseys and pants with the exception of St Andrews School, majority are good fielders and batters, almost all teams have an average of 2-3 good pitchers, the best pitchers are in Zombies, Gunners, Black Arrow, Banzai & Wanderers.
The 1st Match against SAS was an easy cruise for us, we scored 28 - 0. Our 2nd match on friday was against Wanderers, we loss by 5 - 7, when it was our turn to bat at the bottom of 3rd innings, we were so confident we could beat them, we were truly shocked when the umpire declared time and game, all these while we chose to take the field 1st as we thought the inning should be played to completion when time is called, as there was no printed local rules given to us and all clarifications were done verbally, I guess there were some serious miscommunication between me and the Chief Umpire, but we learnt our lesson well and took batting 1st from then on. Our 3rd match against Redskins was a smooth ride, we played the game under drizzling rain and the final score is 13-2. We loss our 4th match against Sluggers by 3-5 for reasons to be known only by our team members. Our quarter final match on sunday morning was against Zombies, who eventually rise up to be the tournament Champion, we loss to them by 2-6. Overall, I have to commend on my players for their excellent performance and endurance throughout the whole tournament, I'm so proud of you guys, give yourselves a good pat on the back for a great job well done !!!
On behalf of Miri OILERS, we wish to thank the Chairman Wan Mohd Tambrin Shah, Arifin, Pg. Musa, Hadi and rest of the committee members and softballers, who we came to know by sight but not names, Thank You very much for the hospitality and support provided to us during the duration of our stay in Brunei. We are looking foward to meeting you again, if there's any unpleasant feelings caused by us during the tournament, please accept our sincere apology, Maaf Zahir dan Batin. Assalaamu' Alaikum.

p/s : detail scores and pictures will follow pretty soon, stay tuned !!

Gunners Softball Carnival - Update

2005-09-05T13:34:00.000+08:00

I'm still busy writing my thoughts on the whole event, so stay tuned guys and gals, rest assured you won't be dissapointed. I've taken over 100+ pictures during the tournament and will be posting them asap.
At the meantime, check out the secret weapon of Brunei, We call him 'The Cool Guy', he's the 1st Pitcher of Zombies. tell me his name please !?

Brunei Gunner's Softball carnival 2005

2005-08-29T21:37:00.000+08:00

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!

Miri Fast Pitch League 2005 - Standings

2005-08-09T21:25:00.000+08:00

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

Softballers UNITE! Appeal to IOC to re-instate Softball

2005-08-05T15:20:00.000+08:00

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

Gunners aim for softball revival - by Alex How

2005-08-04T21:11:00.000+08:00

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

2005-08-04T16:41:00.000+08:00

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.

Playing Softball on Miri City Council's padang

2005-08-02T11:14:00.000+08:00

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?

Miri Fast Pitch League 2005

2005-08-01T11:54:00.000+08:00

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 !

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My softball Team "Stealers", taken on 25th June 2005, during the KSL Carnival
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Organising Chairman Syed Zul presenting champion trophy to captain of Gunners
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Iderus presenting 1st runner-up trophy to captain of KSC
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Presentation of 2nd runner-up trophy to captain of Wolf
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BSB Gunners and Kuching Softball Club, taken before the final, Gunners won the match by 9 - 7, KSL Carnival 2005
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Stealers and Critters
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This is Stealers and Wolf during KSL FP Carnival 2003, Wolf and KB Jolly Lads were declared join champions
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2003-05-11T15:50:00.000+08:00

This is a group photo of Miri All-Stars and Wolf at the end of Samling Slo Pitch League 2002-2003. That was a long.........7 months league, I was so glad it had finally come to an end ;-)
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2002-10-20T15:27:00.000+08:00

Wolf, The champion of Samling SloPitch League 2002
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KSL Giant, Samling Slo Pitch League, Team A or B guys ?
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Critters, Samling SloPitch League
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Stealers A, 13th Oct 2002, Samling SlopPitch League
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Stealers B, 13th Oct 2002, Samling SloPitch League
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This Stealers group photo was taken 0n 6th October 2002, I believe this is during KSL SloPitch Tournament
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Critters win Kuching Open Tournament, August 2002
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