Baiduri Bests Others In Battle Of The Bankers
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan - Baiduri Bank shuttlers came out top in the `battle of the bankers' when they beat HSBC 12-5 in the QAF Corporate Badminton League at the IBB Building on Wednesday night.

With banking business aside, Baiduri Bank took command of the game by winning the first match of the men singles through Kok Shen defeating Hj Asmalee 15-8, 15-7. But HSBC levelled the scorey when Amalludin outclassed Kher Wee 15-4,15-13 in the second match.

Baiduri Bank sixth in the league, were able to regain the lead when the ladies took charge winning both the singles matches. Winnie Nyau whipped Elizabeth 11-1, 11-1 and Catherine Chin outclassed Siti Salmiah 11-2, 11-5.

The fine form continued into the men's doubles where Baiduri Bank won four out of five games to increase their lead to 7-1.

Kok Shen/Chin Hui defeated Amir/Husaini 15-3, 15-2; Bobby Sia/Ti Eng Hui edged Hj Asmalee/Amalludin 1513, 9-15, 15-6; Beng Fui/Muktar awarded a walkover win and Fazlan/Hj Rosh beat Khairuddin/Sumadi 10-15, 15-4, 15-4.

However, HSBC managed to take a game back when Albert R/Md Khairul beat Ali/Steven 15-10, 17-14 to close the gap to 7-2.

It was again up to the ladies to wrap up the tie for Baiduri Bank when they clinched two crucial games to take an unassailable 9-2 lead.

The wins were from Winnie/Veronica and Catherine/ Noi after beating Justina/Mary 5-4, 15-7 and Man Peng/ Mimi_7-15, 15-3 and 15-3, respectively.

Credit had to be given to the undying fighting spirit of HSBC as they took two more games in the ladies doubles through Siti Salmiah/Rena Lee and Chea Hoon/Wee Shiow Liong. They beat Belinda/Helen 15-7, 15-8 and Sharlene/ Ai Hui 15-2, 15-10 respectively.

In the mixed doubles, HSBC got a point when Mimi/ Amalludin beat Hj Aldani/Ernie 15-7, 15-8 to restore some pride for the team.

The remaining three matches were won by Baiduri Bank. Chin Hui/Helen whipped Hj Md Noor/Soon Hui 15-0.152; Bobby/Catherine defeated Md KhairulSiti Salmiah 158, 15-4 and Kok Shen/Lela beat Man Peng/Sim See Hau 15-9, 17-16.

Meanwhile, QAF Brunei with two games in hand will be eyeing the top spot when they meet PPAB today and RBA on Monday. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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