Brunei may take part in 28 sports
By Dannie Abu Basrah

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Department of Youth and Sports along with the Brunei National Olympic Council (BNOC) yesterday conducted a meeting with the country's sports associations regarding the 24th SEA Games that will take place in Thailand from Dec 6-15 next year.

Present to head the meeting that took placed at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex was Awang Japar bin Bangkol, the Honorable Secretary of BNOC and attended by representatives from the several sports associations.

The 24th SEA Games sports are divided into three categories where a total of 40 sporting events will be contested and a total of 441 medals to be won.

It has been proposed by the Brunei National Olympic Council and the Department of Youth and Sports that Brunei are to take part in 28 sports and will await the feedback from the respective local sports associations regarding their participation.

The sports associations are required to submit the names of their selected athletes along with coach and manager before Jan 1 next year.

The 28 proposed sports are athletics, aquatics which are in category 1, badminton, basketball, billiards and snooker, bowling, boxing, canoeing, rowing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, karate, rugby, sepak takraw, softball, table tennis, taekwando, tennis, volleyball and wushu in category 2 while in category 3 are lawn bowl, pencak silat and traditional boat race.

Among other issues raised by some of the sports associations and discussed in yesterday's meeting was on the selection of calibre coaches, the open selection of athletes for the SEA Games, the allocation of funds and also the issue on centralised training.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin