| Abdul Hakiim Yakof |
THREE thousand people turned up with smiling faces despite gray skies and heavy rain, to take part in the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) Obstacle Challenge yesterday morning at the RBAirF Sports Complex in Rimba.
The challenge was organised in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the RBAirF and was open to the public. It featured six categories for civilian and military personnel namely the Individual 10km Male Open, Individual 10km Female, Individual 10km RBAirF Male, Individual 10km RBAirF Female Open, 5km Fun Run and 3km Fun Run for Family and Children. With the exception of those registered in the 3km and 5km Fun Run categories, all the participants had to go through nine obstacle challenges.
The first obstacle was the ‘Terrain’ where participants hiked on a steep slope followed by ‘Divert’, a series of road barriers. The participants then navigated through numerous sets of tyres in ‘Turbulence’. Their upper body strength was then tested in ‘Gravity’ as participants swung across the monkey bars before they manoeuvred over trucks in ‘Target’ followed by the ‘Vertigo’ where spider web-like strings obstructed the participants’ path. Then they had to lift sand bags in the ‘Rapier Lift’ obstacle over a distance of 200-metre to reach the next obstacle, the ‘POL Pit’ and crawled through mud to reach the final ‘Mystery Obstacle’.
Brigadier General (U) Dato Seri Pahlawan Shahril Anwar bin Haji Ma’awiah, the Commander of the RBAirF presenting the mock cheque to a winner. – PHOTOS: DEAN KASSIM
Participants during the warm up session.
Participants going through one of the obstacles.
Among the participants of the Obstacle Challenge.
Prizes were presented by the guests of honour, Brigadier General (U) Dato Seri Pahlawan Shahril Anwar bin Haji Ma’awiah, the Commander of the RBAirF and his wife for the top three runners in the 10km competition both male and female categories.
Entertainment during the event were parkour performances by youth members of the Brunei Parkour group, and lucky draw for the participants. Partnering in the event were Fitness Zone, GHK Motors, Kingston Beverage and Creamery Sdn Bhd, Hua Ho and Power Breathe. Sponsors for the event included McDonald’s, Royal Brunei Technical Services, Simpor Pharma, Bang Olufsen, Nichtech, SCR, Pondok Seri Wangi, Brunei Halal, and Royal Brunei Catering Sdn Bhd.
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