BruONZ 2012 -News report BB

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

BruONZ 2012 Gala Night

Over 90 guests attended BruONZ Gala Dinner last Saturday night, 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. Text by Jake Ten, images by Dean Kassim of Borneo Bulletin.

Shazrinah Shazali, President of BruOnz, giving her welcoming remarks

The dancers during one of the performances of the Gala Dinner for the BruOnz Summer Games

Courtesy of Rano360

Bruonz 2012 Gala night performance by Sydney

Video Courtesy of Yusri

BruONZ Basketball Results

Congratulations to the winning teams and to all participants for your support and encouragement in the BruONZ Basketball Summer Games 2012. Here are the results on the games:

Gold Medal: Melbourne
Silver Medal: Perth
Bronze Medal: Brisbane

(side info): BruONZ Basketball Summer Games 2012 was held at the BBA Basketball court situated at the Batu Bersurat on the 8th January 2012, Sunday. There were 5 teams participated among University Students across Australia and New Zealand.

BruONZ Netball and Futsal Results

Congratulations to the winning team for BruONZ Netball Summer Games 2012 and thank you to all participants for your support. Here are the results of Finals with the scores:

Gold Medal is won by Kiwis team from New Zealand with a score of 13 against Wahine team from New Zealand with a score of 3.

Hereby putting the Wahine team from New Zealand for the Silver Medal.

Bronze Medal is won by Peri-Winkle team from Brisbane and Melbourne with a score of 12 against a score of 9 by Sydney team.

(side info): BruONZ Netball was held on the 7th January 2012 at Sg. Kebun Sports Complex among 4 teams comprising of university students from Australia and New Zealand. There was a total of 6 games played by each team, with official Netball Umpires.


Congratulations as well to the winning team for BruONZ Futsal Summer games 2012 and thank you to all participants who came and supported the event. Here are the results for the game:

Gold Medal: Perth 1
Silver Medal: Perth 2
Bronze Medal: Sydney 2

(side info): BruONZ Futsal was held concurrently on the same day as BruONZ Netball at Sg. Kebun Sports Complex among 6 teams comprising of university students from Australia and New Zealand.

BruONZ Badminton Results

Congratulations to the Winner of BruONZ Summer Games 2012 for Badminton and thank you to all participants for your support. Here are the results of finals for all categories.

Men's Single:
First Place: Tiong (Melbourne)
Second Place: Sylvester (Sydney)
Third Place: Hafizzudin (Sydney)

Women's Single
First Place: Ann (NZ)
Second Place: Zuliza (NZ)
Third Place: Hani (Sydney)

Men's Double
First Place: Sam and Tiong (Melbourne)
Second Place: Hj Rahim and Hj Zuffy (Brisbane)
Third Place: Masri and Haji Sufian (Brisbane)

Women's Double
First Place: Hani and Jasmine (Sydney)
Second Place: Kim and Lini (Brisbane)
Third Place: Ann and Yen Yan (NZ)

Mixed Double
First place: Sylvester and Jasmine (Sydney)
Second Place: Tiong and Neo (Melbourne)
Third Place: Roland and Yen Yan (NZ)

(side info) : BruONZ Badminton was held on Friday 6th January 2012 with participants over 60 students comprising of undergraduates and postgraduates from two different countries, Australia and New Zealand. 

Maps to Sports Venues: Netball and Futsal

Netball and Futsal are held concurrently at the Sg. Kebun Sports Complex.

please bear in mind, especially to the picture above, that distances do appear further than they are displayed in the picture. thank you :)

Maps to Sports Venues: Badminton

Badminton are held at the Badminton Court in Sports School Berakas.

please bear in mind that distances may appear further than they are displayed in the picture.

Map to Sports Venues: Basketball

Basketball are held at BBA Basketball Court situated at Batu Besurat.

 please bear in mind that distances may appear further than they are displayed in the picture. thank you :)

official poster for BruONZ Summer Games 2012

(UPDATE ON BASKETBALL RULES) Rules and Regulations on Sports

There are 4 sports being held on 3 different days.

Basketball

• Round Robin
• Each game a total of 30 mins
• 10 mins half
• 3 minutes interval, 1 time-outs per half
• clock non-stop, except for timeouts and free throw
• Max Players: 10
• Registration fee: $50 per team

Futsal

• Each game a total of 15 mins
• 7 minutes half
• 2 minutes interval
• Max Players: 8
• Registration Fee: $40 per team

Netball

• Each game a total of 15 minutes
• 7 minutes half
• 2 minutes interval
• Max Players: 10
• Registration Fee: $50 per team

Badminton
Categories:

• Men's Double
• Women's Double
• Men's Single
• Women's Single
• Mixed Double

Registration fee

• $5 per person
• $8 per person if joins 2 categories
• $12 per person if joins 3 categories

please bear in mind that registration forms to be completed by 31st December 2011

• payment of 50% deposit to each State Representatives
• Submission of Forms are to Committee Members
• also included, brief summary on each states' performances on Gala Dinner

UPDATED : Tentative Dates for BruONZ Summer Games 2012

Here are the tentative dates and venues for BruONZ Summer Games 2012:

Reminder: Registration for Badminton will be close at 8.30am. please bring along your Student ID for registration purposes. thank you !

Reminder#2: Registration for Netball and Futsal will be close by 9.30am. please bring along your Student ID for registration purposes. thank you !

here are the links to Badminton and Netball/Futsal event on Facebook.

Badminton

Futsal and Netball

Hereby wishing, all the best of luck to the teams involved ! :D

BruONZ Summer Games 2012 Committee Members

Introducing the committee members of BruONZ Summer Games 2012: