Bandar Seri Begawan - Over 90 guests attended last night's BruONZ Gala Dinner, which drew the BruONZ Summer Games to a close. The night began with a recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah, before continuing with welcoming remarks from BruONZ President, Shazrinah Shazali.
Guest of honour, Madeline Chmura, the Second - Secretary of the Australian High Commission to Brunei Darussalam, also spoke at the event, and acknowledged the positive relations between the two nations and the increasing numbers of Bruneian students based in Australia.
Students from New Zealand and Australia also performed musical and dance acts at the event in the build-up to the prize presentation and announcement of the overall winners of the BruONZ Summer Games.
Brisbane claimed gold in mixed and men's doubles in Badminton, with Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand winning the women's doubles, men's singles and women's singles categories respectively.
In the Games' Futsal competition, Perth 1 claimed the gold medal, with Sydney B's Mohd Syafiq Haji Kassim nominated as the tournament's MVP with six goals in total. Elsewhere, Melbourne beat off stern competition to be awarded gold medal in the Basketball event, with Elwin Chong of Melbourne claiming the MVP award.
To round off the sports awards, New Zealand was awarded first place in Netball, with Dk Azzah Pg Metussin being nominated as the MVP, and were overall winners of the Games and claimed the BruONZ State Champion Cup Trophy 2012.
--Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin: http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Local-News/bruonz-games-end-with-gala-dinner.html
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