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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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

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 !!

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...

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

To My Muslim Friends and Relatives

May the divine blessings of ALLAH....

fill your life with Peace and Happiness