| Fadhil Yunus |
VIPERS and UTB Vanguards endorsed their support to witness the sport of touch rugby grow in the country following their triumphs in the Sharks Women Touch Rugby Annual Touch Tournament at UBD Field ‘A’ of the UBD Sports Complex last weekend.
The newly-crowned winners called for increased participation and lauded the efforts of the organisers Sharks Women Touch for providing the platform to host a competitive tournament.
“We joined because we love the sport and also playing alongside and against friends which was greater fun and less pressure,” said Fafa of women category winners UTB Vanguards.
“Hopefully there will be more tournaments to come and more teams to join to help grow this beautiful sport in the country,” the UTB Vanguards representative further said.
“If only there were more teams that participated in this tournament, it would’ve been even better!” said Waie Mitdihe of Vipers Rugby.
Both Vipers and UTB Vanguards also expressed their admiration for the sport with the former showcasing never-say-die attitude during their time together.
“Vipers Rugby had many failures in the beginning but we got back up and kept playing because we love the sport.”
Vipers, who clinched the men’s open category title, started with a group of friends in 2012 curious enough to try out the sport and have since enjoyed their recent success.
Vipers, men’s open category winners of the Sharks Women Touch Rugby Annual Touch Tournament, in a group picture. – FADHIL YUNUS
“We are quite happy with what we have achieved so far,” Waie added before thanking the Sharks Women Touch for organising the tournament.
Tournament Head and President of Sharks Women Touch Nur Afiqah expressed her gratitude to UBD Rugby, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Undergraduates Association (PMUBD) & UBD Sharks Women Touch for supporting the event as well as the participants.
“Alhamdulillah, we have formed another new rugby association especially for women under UBD Rugby, which is Sharks Women Touch,” said its president.
“We are trying our best to expose rugby to the youth especially in Brunei Darussalam and looking forward for any upcoming events and also we (UBD Rugby Administration) are trying to have rugby talks and seminars mainly to high schools and other educational institutions to show and tell them what rugby is all about,” concluded the president.
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