Brunei For Asian Softball Meet
By Dannie Abu Basrah

Bandar Seri Begawan - Seventeen softball players and four officials left for Fukuoka, Japan yesterday for the 8" Asian Men's Softball Championship from Nov 2-5.

The Brunei team was led by Pg Hj Jambol bin Pg Hj Sulaiman, Vice-President of Brunei Amateur Softball and Baseball Association (BASBA).

This is Brunei's first-ever participation in the competition as they are lined up in Group B alongside Japan, Indonesia and Thailand while Group A consists of the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Both groups will play on a round robin format as the top two teams proceed to the semifinal on Nov 4 and the final will take place on Nov 5.

.The Brunei softball team will open accounts against Indonesia followed by Thailand on the opening day while their final group game is against host Japan on Nov 3.

According to Pg Hj Jambol: "Our participation in this tournament is to measure our development in the sport of softball where at the same time the experience that we are about to gain will be used to find out what, where and how we can improve our game."

"We will also use this opportunity to prepare ourselves for the next edition of the SEA Games where from the eight participating teams, clearly six are from the South EastAsian region," added Pg Hj Jambol.

Before their departure, a flag handing-over ceremony was held at the airport. Special Duties Officer of the Department of Youth and Sports, Hj Md Zamri bin Dato Hj Hamdani handed over the national flag to Pg Hj Jambol. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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