Omar Ali Saifuddien III - Sports

Sports

He was involved in several sports festivals,

  • He participated in a regatta in conjunction with his 51st birthday celebration in 1965 in Tutong District.
  • He joined a football match at the Padang Besar on 30 July 1970.
  • Hes joined his son in participating in the tug-of-war competition at the Padang Besar (now Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien), Bandar Seri Begawan on 22 February 1973.
  • He attended a special sports festival at the Padang Besar where he participate in the running-in-sack competition in July 1975.

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