Hero's Welcome For Borneo Games Athletes
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan – The Brunei Darussalam contingent to the Pt Borneo Games yesterday evening came home to a hero's welcome after an impressive performance of bagging eight gold, 13 silver and 18 bronze medals in the tournament against the best athletes from Sarawak, Labuan and Sabah (host), Malaysia from 18th to 22nd December 2005.

Brunei Darussalam's gold medals came from ten-pin bowling, gasing, sepak takraw and athletics. On hand to welcome the national contingent at the Brunei International Airport was Haji Sumadi Bin Sukaimi, Acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

According to Awang Haji Haris Bin Othman, Chef De Mission of the contingent, overall Brunei Darussalam have improved in certain events especially football, sepak takraw and men's hockey but there is still room for further development in sports like women's hockey, athletics and the gasing team event.

He also revealed his disappointment with the organiser of the l" Borneo Games, saying that there was still a lot of room for improvement for the organiser. Awang Haji Haris explained that the Brunei contingent had encountered a number of `hiccups' during the competition, namely, technical problems, refereeing as well as logistics in terms of transport which did not meet their expectations.

In the year 2009, Brunei Darussalarn will host the Borneo Games which is aimed at strengthening goodwill between participating countries in Borneo Island. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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