Favoritism Is Alive and Well In The Umpire's Circle

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

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

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 !

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

Group Photos taken during National Open

33rd Malaysia Softball Open - Men

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

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

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

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

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.

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