Brunei For Cricket U-17 Cup
By Azaraimy HH

Bandar Seri Begawan - For the first time Brunei will be joining 14 other Asian countries for the Cricket Under17 Cup in Malaysia from Aug 5-13, President of Brunei Cricket Association, Hj Abdul Wahab bin Hj Tengah said on Sunday during the certificate presentation to umpires and scorers.

"The Brunei team do not expect too much of the upcoming tournament but nonetheless it will be an excellent venue for the under- 17 team to gauge their progress relative to other participating countries," he added

Around 18 technical and management members of the Brunei Darussalam Cricket Association received certificates after completing an umpire and scorer course to further beef up the sport in the country.

The guest-of-honour, the High Commissioner of Great Britain, Mr John Savilla presented the certificates at the ceremony.

The course was sponsored by the Asian Cricket Council, as one of the council's itineraries during the year and hosted by Brunei Darussalam National Cricket Association (BDCA) from July 26-3 1.

It was conducted by an experienced cricketer and world class umpire KT Francis, a resource staff official from the Asian Cricket Council.

Also on attendance was Hj Abdul Wahab and Director of Technical Education, Haj i Mohd Daud bin Haji Mahmud.

Haji Abdul Wahab congratulated the participants and thanked in particular the ACC and KT Francis for bringing the course to Brunei.

He said, as far as cricket in Brunei is concerned, the sport is doing pretty well, despite his acknowledgement that only around 15% of the members are locals.

He said various institutions are now taking part to make the sport as one of their ECA to make the game popular.

He also thanked the Department of Youth and Sports for supporting the game in Brunei and RBA for giving their support for the Under-17 team.

BDCA Chief Executive Officer, ManzurAhmed said the association has renewed its structure this year with an appointment of president, deputy president, CEO, treasurer and various management and technical personnel, necessary to make the association run more professionally, efficiently and effectively.

He also said the association is getting its second training venue or field in MTSSR College, besides the main venue in Jalan Ong Sum Ping.

He said the association has gained a lot of supports and sponsorship from the ACC. Other sponsors are needed; this is because there are restrictions to what ACC can allow them.

The association is trying to meet its objectives to produce more locals for the under- 16, 17 and 19 teams and aiming to achieve close to 100% local players by 2008. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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