Champ Junarto Hopeful Of Keeping Title
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan - Defending champion Mohammad Junarto flew into Brunei Darussalam yesterday with the hope of retaining his title for the second consecutive year in the Brunei 9 Ball Invitational Cup 2005 at-the National Indoor Stadium starting tomorrow.

Junarto said he will give his best shot in the tournament but hinted that with the large pool of good players in the fray, everybody has a chance of winning.

"The player who makes the least mistakes in the tournament will be the winner."

Junarto's confidence was also boosted with his recentt success in the Indonesia's National 9-Ball Pool Tournament where he won the gold medal.

When asked about playing the likes of Efren Reyes, Junarto said that he has beaten Reyes in the 2003 SEA Games with frames of 11-9.

If both players meet again this time, Junarto promises to give his best in the game.

On Chao Fong Pang, the Indonesian top player is very hopeful of repeating his feat against the man they called the `Cold Face Killer'.

Lo Sui, the new coach of Junarto, was a bit cautious of the defending champion's chances saying that this year's meet is tougher with so many top players around.

While touching on the `Brunei Trick Shot Master' which will begin at 9am at GHK Motor showroom tomorrow, Lo Sui said Junarto is currently focusing more on professional 9-ball game and lacks experience in the trick shot game.

"But Junarto will try his best against the likes of Reyes, Chao and Yang Ching Shun."

Meanwhile, two Malaysian cueists, Ibrahim bin Amir and Patrick Ooi, and the Vietnamese participants also arrived yesterday confident of doing well in the tournament.

Patrick said he will try his best to give his opponents a good run for their money while Ibrahim is quietly confident of taking home the title. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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