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STPRI, CHMS advance into netball tournament final

Two teams in action during the Inter-Secondary Schools and Colleges Netball Tournament. – KHAIRIL HASSAN

BY Khairil Hassan

THE quarter and semi-finals for the Cluster 1 Inter-Secondary Schools and Colleges Netball Tournament took place yesterday at the Multi-purpose Hall of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Sports Complex in Berakas.

Judo set for huge following in Brunei

Haji Amer Hamzah bin Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Zakaria, Acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and Motohiko Kato, Ambassador of Japan to Brunei Darussalam in a group photo with other officials and members of the Kodokan Judo Institute and Brunei Judo Federation

BY James Kon & Khairil Hassan

JAPANESE martial arts Judo is set to gain its footing in Brunei Darussalam following the launch of the Brunei Darussalam National Judo Federation yesterday at the Indoor Stadium in Berakas.

Guest of honour Haji Amer Hamzah bin Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Zakaria, Acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) officiated the launch.

SMR II win double at inter-school netball

Champions of Category C (above) and Category B (below), Rimba II Secondary School. – PHOTOS: KHAIRIL HASSAN

BY Khairil Hassan

RIMBA II Secondary School (SMR II) grabbed two titles at the Cluster 4 Inter-Secondary Schools and Colleges Netball Tournament after crushing Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School (SMSSA) 22-7 in the Category B (Under 15) and defeating Pengiran Isteri Hajah Mariam Secondary School (SMPIHM) in the Category C (Under 18).

Lawn bowl teams win events at Gold Coast

Brunei women’s contingent with officials

BY James Kon

BRUNEI’S lawn bowl teams won its last two matches in the Women’s Pairs and Men’s Fours events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

The pair of Hajah Suhana binti Haji Mohd Daud and Hajah Ajijah binti Haji Muntol beat Cook Island 26-8.

22 complete DCO training

Colonel (Rtd) Pengiran Haji Zulkifli bin Pengiran Haji Ismail, Deputy Chairman of BDADC presents a certificate to a recipient

SOME 22 participants completed a Doping Control Officer (DCO) Training recently at the Games Village in Berakas.

Conducted by the Brunei Darussalam Anti-Doping Committee (BDADC), the training aimed to prepare participants for the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy football tournament and to produce more DCO to support sporting events in the country.