21 Ogos, 2009

Borneo

The most awaited event for members of the Public Saturday night was Tug Of War final, which pitted the strongmen of Brunei versus the rest of the Borneo teams.


There was a a huge turnout at Taman Omar Ali Saifuddien in the capital to watch the All-Borneo Tug of War competition between four teams - G16 of Jerudong, Sabah, Sarawak (Limbang) and Labuan.


The competition was held during th Grand Finale Celebration in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang DiPertuan Brunei Darussalam's 61st birthday.


The Tug of War eventwas organised by the organising Committee for His Majesty the Sultan and Yand DiPertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 61st birthday.


The teams went all out for teh challenge trophy which was donated by HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the crown Prince and senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office.


G16 Jerudong emerged as the overall winner in the competition.Thy were also declared the overall champion at a recent national level tug of war meet.


G16 Jerudong and Sarawak took home $6,000 and $4,000 in prize money respectively while Sabah took $2,000 for beating Labuan to the third place.