Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Tournament starts!

The Brunei LNG and Brunei Refinery Badminton Tournament kicked off on Monday, as the Technical Manager officially launched the latest edition of the badminton tournament.

A number of changes have been introduced this year. Instead of five teams per league in previous years, four teams per league are taking part, with TM and OM combined to form a unified team. Mens'single matches are introduced for the first time. Instead of running for two weeks, the tournament now runs for three days. The LLRC is fully utilised for the tournament, with all four courts being used for al matches.

A total of eight teams take part in the two leagues:

Premier League:
RM Spartan
X-Men: Combo Team A
TM-OM: Master of the Universe
EC 'A' Silverhawks

Super League:
Refinery Sprinters
X2: Combo Team B
TM-OM: Voltron
EC 'B' Centurions

More than 110 players are registered for this year's tournament.

A participation fee is levied on each player and a total of BND560 was collected and donated to BLNG Orphans Fund.

Matchday 1 features matches between RM Spartan vs EC 'A' Silverhawks and TM-OM: Master of the Universe vs X-Men: Combo Team A in the Premier League, and RM Sprinters vs X2: Combo Team B and TM-OM Voltron vs EC 'B' Voltron in the Super League.

The schedules for the other two days are:

Premier League:
Matchday 2: 8 July
TM-OM: Master of the Universe vs EC 'A' Silverhawks
RM Spartan vs X-Men: Combo Team A

Matchday 3: 10 July
TM-OM: Master of the Universe vs RM Spartan
EC 'A' Silverhawks vs X-Men: Combo Team A

Super League:
Matchday 2: 8 July
X2: Combo Team B vs EC 'B' Centurions
Refinery Sprinters vs TM-OM: Voltron

Matchday 3: 10 July
Refinery Sprinters vs EC 'B' Centurions
TM-OM: Voltron vs X2: Combo Team B

Upon the completion of mathces on Matchday 3, prize presentation to winners will be held.

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