GP FINALS - 1ST DAY RESULTS

After 8 legs in Peninsular Malaysia and 2 legs in East Malaysia, we have finally arrived at the peak of the SportExcel-NILO-NSC-MTBC National Junior Circuit this year. Featuring 12 boys Under-12, 12 Girls Under-12, 20 Boys Graded, 16 Girls Graded, 16 Boys Open and 12 Girls Open from 10 different states of Malaysia, the GP Finals has always been one of the most prestigious and looked forward event for the youth in Malaysia.

Boys Open and Girls Open Qualifiers


Boys Graded and Girls Graded Qualifiers

Boys Under-12 and Girls Under-12 Qualifiers

This year, the GP Finals came to Megalanes Kuantan, Pahang and the first day of competition featured all categories bowling their first block. The first squad of the day saw the Boys Graded and Girls Open scorching the re sanded wooden lanes. After 6 games, lanky south pawed Selangorian Shaun Chan lead the pack of 20 bowlers with a total of 1216, averaging 202.67. He leads with quite a comfortable margin of 53 pins from Melaka Leg champion Abdul Basit.

Boys Graded 1st and 2nd after Block 1 Shaun Chan (SEL) and Abdul Basit (SSBP)

In the Girls Open, Nazira Nasir from Pahang with home ground advantage had lines of 181, 192, 196, 245, 178, and 189 to take pole position. Nazira who was the champion here during the Pahang Leg currently leads Sabahan Siti Aishajan by 47 pins.

Girls Open 1st and 2nd enjoying a cup of MILO
Siti Aishajan (SAB) and Nazira Nasir (PAH)

The Open and Graded category bowlers has to bowl 2 blocks of 6 games each before the top 8 bowlers are chosen. The Under-12 category bowlers on the other hand only bowls 2 blocks 4 games each before the top 8 bowlers are filtered to the 2nd round.

Under-12 leaders
Natasha Roslan (SEL) and Ahmad Fawwaz (SAB)

Natasha Roslan of Selangor and Ahmad Fawwaz of Sabah rose to the occasion in the 1st block of 4 games in the Under-12 categories. Natasha who won all 4 legs of this year's inaugural Under-12 inception had a slow start but picked up on the 3rd game with 218 pinfalls. In the 4th game, she had a low game of 149 but still managed to lead fellow compatriot Ayra Nur Jehan by 5 pins. Ahmad Fawwaz who throws the bowling ball like it's only 5 pounds averaged 184.25 to lead Jason Syow of Melaka by 17 pins. Fawwaz who is in Kuantan for his first time had support from his brother and his mother who also came with him.

Norsyazana (PRK) bowled with confidence

Top qualifier Norsyazana Rosli from Perak performed to her ranking when she opened her campaign with back to back games of 200 and above. From there onwards, she did not look back and continued to focus on her game and initially came out tops. Nur Shahira of Kuala Lumpur and Fatin Azmira of Perak are in second and third places respectively.

Boys Open Leader - Shin Chern Yew (PRK)

Another Perakian, Shin Chern Yew is heading the Boys Open category with a 67 pins lead from Teh Lit Qing. Chern Yew who was the champion in the Melaka Leg held 2 weeks ago is the only bowler in his category to average above 200.

Tomorrow the bowlers will bowl their 2nd block and after that the Top 8 bowlers in all categories will continue to the Knock-Out Round for the Open and Graded categories and Masters for the Under-12 categories.