Brunei national netball team

Brunei national netball team nicknamed Royal Bees, is the national team representing Brunei in international netball competitions. The team is currently coached by Jane Searle[2], and captained by Princess Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah[3].

Brunei
Nickname(s)Royal Bees[1]
AssociationBrunei Netball Association
ConfederationNetball Asia
Head coachJane Searle
CaptainPrincess Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah

History

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the national team of Brunei secured a bronze medal for being one of the two semifinalists.[4]

Brunei repeated this feat again at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games for finishing as one of the semifinalists. In the 2017 edition of the Games, Brunei was guided by Sri Lankan coach, Thilaka Jinadasa. Before the regional stint, they went to Kota Kinabalu and played a series of matches against the Sri Lanka School Team on April 2017[5] and played exposure matches against Singaporean netball teams in Singapore on May 2017 as preparation.[6]

Competitive history
Southeast Asian Games
Year Championship Location Placing
20152015 Southeast Asian GamesSingapore
20172017 Southeast Asian GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Squad
  • Nurulain Abdul Hamid
  • Siti Marhayati Ahmad
  • Siti Nurul Nazihah
  • Athiyyah As'ad
  • Dayangku Khalisha
  • Nurafiqah Samat
  • Nur Syuhaidah Fahriyana
  • Dayangku Nur Amal
  • Nur Ady Elzza
  • Zuraidah
  • Dayangku Noor Nadziratul
  • Nur Hafizah

Coaches

References
  1. Yee, Chun Leong. "Royal Bees Falls to Thailand". BruSports News. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. Yunus, Fadhil. "Brunei's new netball coach eyes steady progress in Terengganu series". Borneo Bulletin Online. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. Wang, Meng Meng. "A touch of royalty in Brunei netball team". The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. Yee, Chun Leong (3 August 2017). "National Netball Team eye podium finish at SEA Games". BruSports News. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. "Brunei National Netball Team Ready For Sri Lanka School Test". International Netball Federation. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. Hassan, Khairil (15 May 2017). "Netball team Singapore bound to gain exposure". Borneo Bulletin. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  7. "Brunei National Coach, Thilaka Jinadasa, leaves post after 7 years". International Netball Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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