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Brunei-Muara District Reign
Supreme Again
By James Kon
Bandar Seri
Begawan - Brunei-Muara District emerged as the overall
champions again of the 3rd Youth Sport Festival by bagging 29 gold, 21
silver and 15 bronze medals following the conclusion of the sport
festival at the National Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium yesterday, Haji
Jamain bin Momin, the Acting Brunei-Muara District Officer who is also
the head of the Brunei Muara contingent said: "We are satisfied with
the overall results of retaining the championship for the third
consecutive time".
He added: "Although there's a drop in
the total gold medal haul from the previous sport festival (34 gold),
we still managed to gain more silver and bronze medals."
The Acting Brunei-Muara District
Officer also cited that the introduction of new contingents such as
Sport School Council and the RBAF Sport Council have raised the
competitiveness in most of the sporting events and that may have
contributed to the fall in Brunei-Muara District gold medal haul this
year.
He said the next Youth Sport Festival
will be even more competitive.
Second place went to newcomer Sport
School Council (15 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze) while Tutong District
took third place with 11 gold, 14 - silver and 24 bronze.
Belait
District were fourth with six gold, seven silver and 14 bronze
followed by RBAF Sports Council (two gold, 10 silver, five bronze) and
Temburong District (two gold, seven silver 14 bronze).
The best male athlete award went to
Ak Hj Khairul bin Muizuddin Pg Hj Ramli of Sport School Council who
won three gold and one silver in the track and field event. He also
broke the previous long jump record of 6.07m to 6.24m.
Dayang
Rahmah bind Ramlee took the best female athlete award by bagging two
gold and two silver. She broke two records in long jump and 400m.
The guest-of-honour who presented the
prizes to the winners was Dato Paduka Haji Jemat bin Haji Ampal, the
Permanent Secretary of Culture, Youth and Sports. -- Courtesy of Borneo
Bulletin
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