Brunei Wushu Exponents Win Bagful Of Medals
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Six wushu exponents from the Sultanate participating in the Qingchunbao Cup Zhejiang International Wushu Tournament 2005 returned home Wednesday evening after winning many medals.

In group 1 of the tournament, Lim Ee Tyng won gold in two events; taijijian and taijiquan; Isa bin Bismi won gold in non-sword event and bronze medals in nanquan and non-stick.

Ismi bin Bismi won silvers in nanquan and silver in non-stick and Hj Zurairi Dato Hj Talib won gold in shaolin series.

Ismi also won 4th placing in the non-sword event.

In group 2, Tan Peng Hong won gold in four events - non-stick, taiji quan, taiji sabre and taiji sword while his brother Tan Peng Hui won silver in non-sword and bronze in nanquan.

Lim Kee Soon, the Vice Chairman of the Wushu Federation of Brunei Darussalam (WFBD) said all the local exponents managed to win medals as a result of their intensive fiveday training with the Guangdong Wushu Association.

"I must say as a result of the intensive training in Guangdong, the boys learned a lot and managed to win many medals.

They are now ready for SEA Games this December in the Philippines if selected by the nation to represent the country, he said.

The exponents said they are now hoping to win selections for the 24th SEA Games.

"We competed against good teams from 13 countries like China, Hong Kong, US, Australia and Japan.

Lim Kee Soon thanked the Brunei Government through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, for the full sponsor to participate in the meet.

The 24th SEA Games will be held in the Philippines from Nov 27 to Dec 5 where Emilio Aguinaldo College in Manila City is the venue for wushu. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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