Congratulations to our new champ-The Penguins & Thai Barbarians!!!!!
Final Day Results
(MEN EVENT)
8th Borneo 10s Cup Final
Penguins International (UK) 19 vs SRC Borneo Eagles(MY) 5
Plate Final
Davetalevu (Fiji) 47 vs Borneo Development Team (MY) 0
Bowl Final
South African Mustangs (SA) 19 vs Kenya Harlequins (Kenya) 10
Cup Semi Finals
SRC Borneo Eagles (MY) 20 vs NS Wanderers (MY) 7
Penguins International (UK) 24 vs COBRA (MY) 0
Plate Semi Finals
Davetalevu (Fiji) 10 vs Australian Legends (Aus) 5
Borneo Development Team (MY) 19 vs Belgium Barbarians (Belgium) 7
Cup Quarter Finals
SRC Borneo Eagles (MY) 43 vs Borneo Development Team (MY) 0
NS Wanderers (MY) 52 vs Belgium Barbarians (Belgium) 7
Penguins International (UK) 31 vs Davetalevu (Fiji) 7
COBRA (MY) 15 vs Australian Legends (Aus) 12
(WOMEN EVENT)
1st Borneo Women 7s Cup Final
Thai Barbarians (Thailand) 24 vs The Atlantis (USA) 0
Plate Final
RSC Mandingo (MY) 5 vs RSC Dinga Linga Ling (MY) 5
Semi Final
Thai Barbarians (Thailand) 53 vs RSC Mandindo (MY) 0
Atlantis (USA) 41 vs RSC Dinga Linga Ling (MY) 0
Monday, November 10, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Goodbye Borneo Tens!
After organising the Borneo Tens for the Eight Year.. we have finally decided to say goodbye... and guess what???? NEXT YEAR.. WE ARE GOING FOR SEVENS!!!!
We will soon announce our Borneo Sevens (Men & Women) 2009 !!!!!!
Not just any Sevens, it will be played, served & enjoyed- the BORNEO WAY!!!
We will announce the dates, packages, tournament details in due course... meanwhile, stay put for the results, photos & some match highlights of the 8th Borneo Tens & 1st Borneo Women Sevens.....coming soon in this Blog!!!!
We will soon announce our Borneo Sevens (Men & Women) 2009 !!!!!!
Not just any Sevens, it will be played, served & enjoyed- the BORNEO WAY!!!
We will announce the dates, packages, tournament details in due course... meanwhile, stay put for the results, photos & some match highlights of the 8th Borneo Tens & 1st Borneo Women Sevens.....coming soon in this Blog!!!!
Friday, October 31, 2008
The Date is Finally Here!
There are lots to do, and even though we have been planning and planning, and the last couple of weeks, executing... there are still lots to do.. and we are all EXCITED!
I'm looking so much forward to welcome all the teams, friends I have been making all year long, and can't wait to be apart of the tournament, watching the best people in rugby, warming our Club & the idea of just being here to be with all of them ..... overwhelming... really is.
On top of that.., I must say that I have been really worried as well, hoping all the arrangements are in place and there will not be any last minute hic cups! And I hate to worry.. cause its no fun!
I have not been sleeping well for the last couple of weeks, so I've got these huge panda eyes, which is good, in a way.. at least, it won't make it that hard for anyone to recognise me from far!
Just wanna say thank you to all you guys for supporting us, supporting my blog, and having to keep up with my annoying emails...
I sincerely hope, you guys would enjoy the tournament and I truly hope the friendships we build in the name of Rugby and our passion for it, will last us much longer than Nov 8th & 9th! I know it will, and God Bless us for that !
I'm PROUD to say, 8th BORNEO TENS & 1ST BORNEO WOMEN RUGBY .... HERE WE COME!
I'm looking so much forward to welcome all the teams, friends I have been making all year long, and can't wait to be apart of the tournament, watching the best people in rugby, warming our Club & the idea of just being here to be with all of them ..... overwhelming... really is.
On top of that.., I must say that I have been really worried as well, hoping all the arrangements are in place and there will not be any last minute hic cups! And I hate to worry.. cause its no fun!
I have not been sleeping well for the last couple of weeks, so I've got these huge panda eyes, which is good, in a way.. at least, it won't make it that hard for anyone to recognise me from far!
Just wanna say thank you to all you guys for supporting us, supporting my blog, and having to keep up with my annoying emails...
I sincerely hope, you guys would enjoy the tournament and I truly hope the friendships we build in the name of Rugby and our passion for it, will last us much longer than Nov 8th & 9th! I know it will, and God Bless us for that !
I'm PROUD to say, 8th BORNEO TENS & 1ST BORNEO WOMEN RUGBY .... HERE WE COME!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Women Team 4 : Thai Women's Barbarians
Based in Bangkok, more than half of the team play for the national women's 7s and 15s squads and have competed in Hong Kong, China,Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Qatar and Singapore. The players are drawn from a myriad of tertiary institutions. This year is champion of Blacks Midnight 7s.
SRC's Liaison Exec : Pearl Lim
SRC's Liaison Exec : Pearl Lim
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Women Team 2 & 3 : The Royal Selangor Club (RSC Dinga Linga Ling & RSC Mandingo)-Malaysia
The Royal Selangor Club Dingoes (RSC Dingoes) is the women’s rugby arm of the Royal Selangor Club Rugby Section, one of the oldest rugby club in Asia established in 1884. Based in Kuala Lumpur, RSC Dingoes was formed in early 2008. Although it is newly formed, we’re picking up the pace; a team with its heart in the right place and gearing up for our very first major tournament in November 2008 at the Borneo Women’s 7s.
RSC Dingoes is the only active contact women’s rugby union team in Malaysia! We’re proud to say that in such a short time since the team was formed, we’ve manage to play visiting teams from Hong Kong and the National Laos Team and also to play an exhibition game during the annual Guinness Jonah Jones Rugby Sevens in August this year and soon we will be doing the same at Borneo 10’s on November 2nd. C U in Borneo!
SRC's Liaison Execs : Angel Hon & Kessnah Kwan
Monday, October 20, 2008
Women Team 1: Atlantis (USA)
Atlantis: 23 years and 27 countries
Atlantis was founded in 1986 originally as a men’s invitational team from the Atlantic coast of the US. Since then it has been expanded to include women and the entire USA.
Depending on the level of the tournament we may include players representing the best the US has to offer; for other tournaments we try to improve our level of play by mixing sides of experienced players and novices.
Through July 2008, 810 players – from throughout the US – have represented Atlantis: 509 men and 301 women. We are particularly proud of the many US national team players that have played for us and of Atlanteans that have gone on to represent the US: 171 US Eagles (103 men and 68 women) have played for Atlantis. 95 of these represented Atlantis prior to the US.
The Atlantis men’s first tournament was the 1986 Harvard Sevens, in which they were runners-up, and the women’s first tournament was the 1992 Benidorm Sevens (Spain), which they won. 175 Atlantis squads have played in 125 tournaments in 26 different countries in its first 22 years of existence. On 14 of those occasions – including tours to Trinidad, Brazil, Venezuela as well as tournaments in the US and Canada – Atlantis tours comprised both men’s and women’s teams.
As of July 4, 2008, the Atlantis men’s record is 352-197-6 and the women’s record is 272-54-3. Some of these victories have been quite impressive – Atlantis men beat France at the 1992 Aer Lingus Sevens in Limerick (before losing to them in the finals), defeated Wellington (NZ) in Belfast in 1993, and Queensland in the 1997 Adelaide Sevens, as well as coming back from a 19-0 deficit to stun the Welsh Wizards in Benidorm in 1995.
Atlantis Women won the 1992 Benidorm Sevens over a team composed almost entirely of English internationals. Including that tournament, they have won 29 of the 44 tournaments they’ve entered, including six Caribbean Sevens in Trinidad and Tobago between 2001 and 2007.
Atlantis tries to be a good ambassador of the US wherever it travels and looks forward on this tour to meeting many fellow rugby aficionados from another corner of the world.
The Atlantis women players that will tour Borneo range in age from 20-ish to 40-ish, and they include a university student, a doctor and a personal trainer. Its two senior citizens – Michelle Persica and Jessica Hammond – have both represented the US.
Atlantis was founded in 1986 originally as a men’s invitational team from the Atlantic coast of the US. Since then it has been expanded to include women and the entire USA.
Depending on the level of the tournament we may include players representing the best the US has to offer; for other tournaments we try to improve our level of play by mixing sides of experienced players and novices.
Through July 2008, 810 players – from throughout the US – have represented Atlantis: 509 men and 301 women. We are particularly proud of the many US national team players that have played for us and of Atlanteans that have gone on to represent the US: 171 US Eagles (103 men and 68 women) have played for Atlantis. 95 of these represented Atlantis prior to the US.
The Atlantis men’s first tournament was the 1986 Harvard Sevens, in which they were runners-up, and the women’s first tournament was the 1992 Benidorm Sevens (Spain), which they won. 175 Atlantis squads have played in 125 tournaments in 26 different countries in its first 22 years of existence. On 14 of those occasions – including tours to Trinidad, Brazil, Venezuela as well as tournaments in the US and Canada – Atlantis tours comprised both men’s and women’s teams.
As of July 4, 2008, the Atlantis men’s record is 352-197-6 and the women’s record is 272-54-3. Some of these victories have been quite impressive – Atlantis men beat France at the 1992 Aer Lingus Sevens in Limerick (before losing to them in the finals), defeated Wellington (NZ) in Belfast in 1993, and Queensland in the 1997 Adelaide Sevens, as well as coming back from a 19-0 deficit to stun the Welsh Wizards in Benidorm in 1995.
Atlantis Women won the 1992 Benidorm Sevens over a team composed almost entirely of English internationals. Including that tournament, they have won 29 of the 44 tournaments they’ve entered, including six Caribbean Sevens in Trinidad and Tobago between 2001 and 2007.
Atlantis tries to be a good ambassador of the US wherever it travels and looks forward on this tour to meeting many fellow rugby aficionados from another corner of the world.
The Atlantis women players that will tour Borneo range in age from 20-ish to 40-ish, and they include a university student, a doctor and a personal trainer. Its two senior citizens – Michelle Persica and Jessica Hammond – have both represented the US.
SRC's Liaison Exec : Tresia Bean
Team 11: Borneo Eagles Development Team (Malaysia)
Photo coming up soon!
Call them what you may - future champions, up-and-coming stars, talented understudies, uncut gems, title aspirants or whatever, the Borneo Eagles Development Team IS the future of Sabah Rugby.
The elite from the Sabah Academy for Rugby Excellence, they are being systematically groomed to be the future flag bearers of Sabah Rugby. And the fact is that several of them have already ‘stood in’ when their seniors were unavailable for major tournaments and have proven themselves to be up to par. The ‘creme de la creme’ of Sabah junior rugby players, these youngsters are being taught to play the game by professional players and coaches from Fiji and Samoa among them the legendary Tomasi Cama.
With enthusiasm and youthful exuberance they play a brand of rugby that is both exciting and spirited. And most important of all they thoroughly enjoy themselves playing the game. All have undergone expert evaluation by a panel of professional coaches who are responsible for charting their progress.
Unpolished stones they may now be, but, after going through the grind of playing regularly against international players, we expect them to emerge as sparkling gems one day.
The elite from the Sabah Academy for Rugby Excellence, they are being systematically groomed to be the future flag bearers of Sabah Rugby. And the fact is that several of them have already ‘stood in’ when their seniors were unavailable for major tournaments and have proven themselves to be up to par. The ‘creme de la creme’ of Sabah junior rugby players, these youngsters are being taught to play the game by professional players and coaches from Fiji and Samoa among them the legendary Tomasi Cama.
With enthusiasm and youthful exuberance they play a brand of rugby that is both exciting and spirited. And most important of all they thoroughly enjoy themselves playing the game. All have undergone expert evaluation by a panel of professional coaches who are responsible for charting their progress.
Unpolished stones they may now be, but, after going through the grind of playing regularly against international players, we expect them to emerge as sparkling gems one day.
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