Sarawak paddlers champions
By Marie Sitong

Choo Sin Fatt receiving his bronze medal from Honorary Chairman Pui Kian Ang.

BINTULU - Sarawak were the champions in the inaugural Sarawak-Sabah-Labuan-Brunei Veteran Table Tennis Championship which ended here on Sunday.

The two-day championship, organised by Bintulu Ping Pong Association was divided into two categories - men aged 56 and above and aged 45-55 while the women category was for those 40 above.

Brunei were represented by eight paddlers and among them was Choo Sin Fatt from Kuala Belait.

Sin Fatt, aged 67, was the oldest player in the championship. He had won in the Borneo Cup Table Tennis for the 60-above age group in Bandar Seri Begawan in 2002.

He secured the third placing after losing to Chai Jian Kuet from Samarahan Division, Sarawak.

Another Bruneian, Abdul Kadir from Bandar Seri Begawan, aged 58, lost in the first round.

Goh Tze Hua of Kuching won the women category while Ling Tiink Sik of Samarahan Division won the 45-55 years old category.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin