Labuan Cricket Tournament 2006

LACA team (L to R):Haris, Dr.Zain,Frank,Claudius Pereira, Rafiq & Vijay.

Labuan Cricket Tournament 2006

We had great fun at the Labuan 6 Aside Cricket Tournament on Sunday (23 July 2006). The Tournament was held at Dataran Labuan right across the Labuan Hotel that i featured in my earlier blog here. I was with Labuan Cricket Association (a.k.a LACA) (pronounce as "Laa kaa").

All the teams were divided into 4 groups i.e. North, South, East & West.There were 13 teams altogether and LACA was in one of the 4 groups called WEST. We were put together with the other 3 teams who are Destroyer, Energy & Shell Labuan.

Each match is 2 innings with each bowler having 4 balls.

We did not expect to be a competitor in the tournament but surprise, surprise, we were damn good. Mine you, the other teams were all below 25 years old and we were all above that age bracket.Cricket is such a funny game that age don't matter since experience counts.

We were beaten by Destoyer but managed to beat Energy and Shell through the day. We end up at the top of Group WEST. We met Sunrise at the Champions Cup Semifinal but beaten and relegated to the Plate Championship at Semifinal.We met SMK Sains Labuan but could not proceed to the final.SMK Sains won by 10 runs.

It was fun day and we expect to see more cricket in Labuan soon.

The event was organised by Labuan Sports Council.Congratulations to the organizers.Shout out to Mr. Kuhen from Alliance Bank Labuan for a job well done.

World Cup 2006 - Italy Won The Cup

(photo above courtesy of http://www.smh.com.au)

I had diligently followed the Germany World Cup 2006 since it started on 9th June 2006. It is amazing what happened during that short period of time.

I watched the game mostly with my mates in various places in Labuan. The easy part is to watch the late night matches during the Group stage. My prediction for the Round 16 stages were as below.

My prediction was incorrect. I didno expect Italy and France to meet in the Final since both teams were not seeded as favourites. Italy has its Serie A match-fixing scandal. France has old guys & new guys that did not play well in their early games. That is the beauty of football. Anything could happened.

The late night early morning drinking casualties during the month were huge. I can name names but the photos shows.

These are my mates during the World Cup games.Thanks guys.It was fun.

Hen had his birthday too during the World Cup month too.