KAMPONG PARIT, Wednesday 6 February 2013 – The Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) held it’s annual Half Marathon Competition at the Taman Mini Perayaan Kampong Parit, Mukim Pangkalan Batu.
The competition was participated by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), the Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF), the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), the Royal Brunei Airforce(RBAirF), the RBAF Training Institute (TI RBAF) and the Special Forces Regiment (RPK). It also had invited teams from the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), Brunei Fire and Rescue Department, and also the Brunei Prison Department taking part in the competition.
The categories were divided into the 21km Group Category, the 21km Open Category and the 10km Open Category. All the categories started off and finished at the Taman Mini Perayaan Kampong Parit. The event started at 6.30am. The event ended with a prize giving ceremony.
The competition became a very memorable and successful occasion for the Royal Brunei Land Force as they not only won the Half Marathon Trophy, they also won the Group Event, and ranked 15 of their runners in the top 20 for the 21km Open Category. On hand to give out the medals was the Guest of Honour, Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin, the Commander of RBAF.
The results for the 21km Group Category and the 21km Open Category are as follows: Top 20 for the 21km Open Category :- 1. 6188 LCpl Sefli bin Ahar (RBPF) 2. 19653 Sld Abd Malik (RPK) 3. 12881 LCpl Hj Busu (RBLF) 4. 15183 Sld Khairul Hakimi (RBLF) 5. 16338 Sld Mastani (RBLF) 6. 14489 Cpl Selamat (RBLF) 7. 13912 Sjn Mohd Norisman (TI RBAF) 8. 11933 SSgt Samsul (RBAirF) 9. 15168 LCpl Mohd Sofian (RBLF) 10. 17370 Sld Pg Khairol (RBLF) 11. 15566 LCpl Suhardy (RBLF) 12. 18597 Sld Azman (RBAirF) 13. 17003 Cpl Mazzly (RBLF) 14. 13725 LCpl Julaihi (RBLF) 15. 14247 Cpl Raihimi (RBLF) 16. 17284 Sld Mohd Asrol (RBLF) 17. 18256 LCpl Kamarul Ariffin (RBLF) 18. 17772 Sld Norilham (RBLF) 19. 50089 Sld Razali (RBLF) 20. 18084 LCpl Yazid (RBLF)
Top 3 for the 21km Group Category :- 1. Royal Brunei Land Force 2. Ministry of Defence 3. Royal Brunei Air Force
