| Fadhil Yunus |
A FLAG handover ceremony for the Brunei Darussalam team taking part in the 9th Borneo Interclub Championship and the 8th Borneo Cup Championships was held at the Petanque Court of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex yesterday.
A total of 21 players from the Brunei Darussalam team will vie for top honours at the Kodam XII Field Tanjungpura in West Kalimantan from November 30 to December 1.
The guest of honour at the event was former director of Youth and Sports Haji Mohammad bin Panglima Asgar Dato Paduka Haji Abdullah.
Among the highlights of the event was the presentation of apparel to the players by the guest of honour to Haji Abdul Karim bin Haji Ahmad of the Brunei Darussalam Petanque Federation.
The guest of honour also presented the national flag to Hamidun bin Haji Abdul Hamid as representative of the Brunei team.
Brunei will compete in the doubles open category in the 9th Borneo Interclub and in the singles, doubles and mixed doubles in the Borneo Cup Championship.
More than 20 teams are expected to participate in the Borneo Interclub Championship including participants from Sabah, Sarawak and host Kalimantan.
Sabah have expressed their interest of making a statement in the tournament by sending 14 teams with Brunei sending nine, and seven to represent West Kalimantan.
