| Fadhil Yunus |
BRUSCA Bluebirds etched their name into futsal history after defeating Scabbies FC in the final of the Cardiff Winter Games 2016 at the Talybont Sports Centre in Cardiff, United Kingdom recently.
WMsUK and BruHall FT made it into the semi-finals of the 10-team tournament.
Berry 1 clinched the netball title after winning all of their round robin matches bar one match collecting 18 points while Stabilo claimed the first runners-up spot with 15 points and BruNotts Keropok settling for third place with 12 points.
Meanwhile, Alex Ng Wei Kian successfully defended his men’s badminton singles title after beating Muhammad Najmi bin Dato Paduka Haji Jaidin in the final while Rafidah Haji Rosli clinched the women’s singles title.
Other badminton winners included Tilt in the men’s doubles, Little Lions in the women’s doubles and Rilek Sha in the mixed doubles.
Brunei Students’ Society Cardiff (BRUSCA) have been organising the Winter Games, an annual sporting event for Bruneian students, since 2014 and previously Brunei Darussalam Students’ Society Wales (BDSSW) hosted it in 2012.
BRUSCA Bluebirds, futsal winners of the Cardiff Winter Games 2016, in a group picture. – BRUSCA
This year’s Winter Games marked the 10th anniversary since Brunei Students’ Union (BSU) revived the tournament in 2006 after the end of the BIA tournaments in the mid 2000s.
“This is an occasion for the students to prove that they not only excel in academic achievements but also in the field of sports. I do hope that these activities will continue in years to come”, said Pengiran Hajah Rooslina Weti binti Pengiran Haji Kamaluddin, Deputy High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to the United Kingdom, in her speech who was the guest-of-honour at the event.
“This year’s event received an encouraging response, a clear increase with 225 participants taking part this year including volunteers compared to last year whereby only 170 participants took part”, said Dayangku Siti Nurul Naabihah binti Pengiran Haji Roslan, President of BRUSCA in her speech during the opening ceremony.
“A total of 17 associations took part in this year’s events including Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester and Essex”.
She added that there were a lot of clear changes this year, among others, the involvement of the Malaysian Society not only in terms of volunteering but also through entrepreneurship which have been a norm in the CWG.
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