Selangor kuasai dua acara Sirkit Remaja Tenpin Boling SportExcel

Jumaat, 08 Ogos 2008 | Edisi Selangor & KL | Nazrol Jamaludin

KUALA LUMPUR - Remaja Tenpin Boling SportExcel, Sirkit Kuala Lumpur yang berlangsung pada 1 hingga 3 Ogos lepas di Megalanes KL, Endah Parade, Sri Petaling menyaksikan Perak dan Selangor unggul apabila masing-masing memenangi dua emas daripada enam acara yang dipertandingkan.

Selangor mengungguli kategori bawah 12 tahun apabila memenangi kedua-dua acara melalui Natasya Roslan dalam kategori wanita dan Wan Nadzmi Fikri dalam kategori lelaki.

Bagi Natasya, kemenangan ini juga merupakan kemenangan keempat daripada empat pusingan untuk kategori bawah 12 tahun selain sebelum ini memenangi emas di kejohanan Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia dalam acara All-Events dan Masters.

Kemenangan ini juga menjadikan Natasya terus mendahului pungutan mata keseluruhan dengan mengumpul 320 mata sekaligus menjadikannya calon pilihan memenangi Grand Prix Akhir yang akan berlangsung di Megalanes Kuantan, hujung bulan ini.

Kategori terbuka lelaki menyaksikan dua peserta Kuala Lumpur bersaing sesama sendiri untuk merebut gelaran juara apabila Mohd Amirrul Afif menewaskan Yusof Abdul Raof dengan 410-376 jatuhan pin dan ini merupakan kemenangan keduanya tahun ini selain sedang mendahului kedudukan keseluruhan dengan 670 mata.

Sementara itu, Perak mengungguli kedua-dua kategori wanita apabila Syaidatul Afifah Badrul Hamidi mengungguli acara Wanita Terbuka dan Norsyazana Rusli bagi kategori Graded Wanita.

Menurut Syaidatul, dia tidak menyangka berjaya menewaskan Cheryl Cheong dengan keputusan 438-410 jatuhan pin.

“Saya tidak menjangkakan akan menang memandangkan selepas kejohanan Sukan Malaysia, saya tidak berlatih kerana menumpukan sepenuhnya masa untuk pelajaran saya,” katanya.

Hadiah kepada pemenang disampaikan oleh Setiausaha Kehormat Kongres Tenpin Boling Malaysia, Sidney Tung dan Penasihat Teknikal Skuad Elit Kebangsaan Richard Shockley.

Hadiah kategori bawah 12 tahun pula telah disampaikan Juara Kejohanan Remaja Dunia acara berpasukan, Adrian Ang, Aaron Kong, Muhd Nur Aiman dan Syafiq Ridhwan.

Wan Nadzmi bowls to glory despite bleeding thumb

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: A bleeding thumb did not stop Wan Nadzmi Fikri of Selangor from winning the boys' Under-12 title in the Kuala Lumpur leg of the SportExcel-NSC-Milo National Junior Bowling Circuit at the Mega Lanes in Endah Parade, Sri Petaling, on Sunday.

Nadzmi chalked up a 12-game score of 2,221 to beat team-mate Mohd Hafiz Fikri by 125 pins. It was his second title on the circuit after the Johor leg last month.

In the girls' Under-12, Natasha Roslan of Selangor bagged her fourth title on the circuit after the legs in Perak, Pahang and Johor.

The national schools (MSSM) Under-12 Masters and All-Event gold medallists won the KL leg with a score of 1,983. In the Open division, Mohd Amirrul Afif of Kuala Lumpur and Syaidatul Afifah of Perak emerged as the boys' and girls' champions. To make it a memorable day for the juniors, the World Youth gold-medal winning team of Aaron Kong, Adrian Ang, Mohd Syafiq Ridhwan and Mohd Nur Aiman Khairuddin presented the prizes to the winners.

Results

BOYS' OPEN Quarter-finals: Teh Lit Qing (Prk) bt Equine Lam (Prk) 394-374, Kevin Tan (Mal) bt Mohd Aziem Azemi (Kul) 465-395, Mohd Amirrul Afif (Kul) bt Faliq Aimran (Kul) 442-381, Yusof Abdul Raof (Kul) bt Abdul Muhaimin (Prk) 441-372. Semi-finals: Yusof bt Lit Qing 427-379, Amirrul bt Kevin 474-431. Final: Amirrul bt Yusof 410-376.

BOYS' GRADED

Quarter-finals: Mohd Hazwan Harman Shah (Nse) bt Louis Liaw (Kul) 338-332, Mohd Shahir Surni (Nse) bt Abdul Basit Mohd (BPSS) 368-279, Mohd Zafis Zulkifli (Nse) bt Mohd Aizudeen Mustaqim (Sel) 370-312, Amir Imran (Sel) bt Mohd Azlan Norani (Prk) 382- 320.

Semi-finals: Hazwan bt Shahir 374-362, Amir bt Zafis 427-412.

Final: Hazwan bt Amir 384-356.

BOYS' UNDER-12

Over 12 games: 1. Wan Nadzmi Fikri (Sel) 2221, 2. Mohd Hafiz Fikri (Sel) 2096, 3. Mohd Naim Hashim (Sel) 2027.

GIRLS' GRADED

Quarter-finals: Nur Azlin Abu Bakar (BPSS) bt Selva Nivashini (Sel) 319-310, Nur Fadeena Aznel (Ked) bt Noramirah Hashim (Joh) 347- 345, Norsyazana Rosli (Prk) bt Nur Shamira Abdul Manaf (Kul) 346-344, Nur Shahira Abdul Manaf (Kul) bt Nurain Fatin (Sel) 381- 356.

Semi-finals: Azlin bt Shahira 319-310, Norsyazana bt Nur Fadeena 337-325. Final: Norsyazana bt Azlin 358-336.

GIRLS' OPEN

Quarter-finals: Cheryl Cheong (Kul) bt Nur Diana (Kul) 353-348, Syaidatul Afifah (Prk) bt Maisarah Rozali (Pen) 382-301, Nor Amilia (Sel) bt Farah Izzazaya (Pah) 406-401, Siti Nur Harini (Sel) bt Nazrinnah Kamil (Prk) 435-402.

Semi-finals: Cheryl bt Siti 386-365, Syaidatul bt Amilia 418-405. Final: Syaidatul bt Cheryl 438-410.

GIRLS' UNDER-12

Over 12 games: 1. Natasha Roslan (Sel) 1983, 2. Anessa Asyira Abas (Nse) 1943, 3. Siti Nurzulaikha Ismail (Kul) 1928.

KL LEG - FINAL DAY RESULTS

The KL Leg which is the 7th Leg in the SportExcel Junior Circuit this year finished with a bang with Perak and Selangor taking 2 titles each, Negeri Sembilan one and K.Lumpur one.

The two titles won by Selangor was in the Under-12 categories when Natasha Roslan and Wan Nadzmi Fikri tamed the field to win the 4th and final leg of the Under-12 circuit.

Under-12 Champs Natasha Roslan and Wan Nadzmi Fikri from Selangor

For Natasha, this is her 4th consecutive title making her the only GOLD MEDALIST in the Girls Under-12 category throughout the 4 legs (Perak, Pahang, Johor, KL). Natasha also won the MSSM Girls Under-12 All-Events and Masters Gold Medal which was held in Ipoh in May. Her success in the 4 legs of the Junior Circuit makes her the top qualifier for the GP Finals which will be held in Megalanes Kuantan at the end of this month. She is the favorite to win the GP Finals title with her string of successes this year.

The Boys Under-12 title was won by Wan Nadzmi Fikri with a huge margin of 125 pins from the 1st runner up. This is Fikri's 2nd consecutive title as he also won the 3rd leg in Johor last month. Wan Nadzmi Fikri overcame a bleeding thumb to emerged as the best Boys Under-12 bowler in KL.

There was oohs and aahs in the Negeri Sembilan camp when their pint sized Muhd Nur Helmi won the High Game award with an amazing score of 266 beating the hi-game scores of all the other categories.

Autograph signing by Adrian Ang, Aaron Kong, Syafiq Ridhwan and Muhd Nur Aiman, World Youth Team Gold Medalist

The prize giving presentation for the Under-12 was held directly after the masters finished and the ceremony hyped up with the presence of the World Youth Team Champions, Adrian Ang, Aaron Kong, Muhd Nur Aiman and Syafiq Ridhwan. The 4 of them gave away the prizes to the winners and later had an autograph signing session. The kids were excited and thrilled to have their idols present.

Under-12 Medal Winners with National Team

Open Champs
Mohd Amirrul Afif (KUL) dan Syaidatul Afifah (PRK)

Perak got their 2 titles from the outstanding efforts of Syaidatul Afifah in the Girls Open Category and Norsyazana Rusli in the Girls Graded Category. Syaidatul beat Cheryl Cheong, the top seed going into the Knock-Out round, 438-410. Syaidatul, a Form 5 student in SMK Gunung Rapat who won 3 silvers and 2 bronze in SUKMA TERENGGANU recently said "I didn't expect to win as I've not been training after the SUKMA to concentrate on my studies. It was a hard fought battle but alhamdullilah, my strikes kicked in when I needed them most.".

Graded Champs
Mohd Hazwan (NSE) and Norsyazana (PRK)

Norsyazana Rusli was overjoyed with her win as in the previous legs, she always fell short losing either in the semi-finals or in the finals. "AKHIRNYA!" was the exact words expressed by Syazana who has been bowling for 4 years under the guidance of En. Khairul Faizi. In the previous leg held in Seremban, she was in tears, losing in the Finals by only 2 pins in a 1 ball roll-off tiebreaker. The silver medal was won by Nur Azlin from Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar.

Mohd Amirrul Afif bowling on his training grounds toppled fellow team mate Yusof Abdul Raof in the final 410-376 to make this his 2nd SportExcel title this year. Amirrul who was a member of the KL trios who won the Bronze medalists in the SUKMA Games is currently leading the GP Ranking Points in the Boys Open Category.

Negeri Sembilan bowlers did extremely well this leg to have 3 of their Boys Graded bowlers qualify for the Top 8 Knock-Out Round. These 3 bowlers subsequently qualified for the Semi Finals as well. Out of this 3 bowlers, Mohd Hazwan who has not finished in the Top 8 in his career was the most successful receiving the title BOYS GRADED CHAMPION. Mohd Hazwan who is coached by Mr. Jonathan Chung and Ahmad Fadhil has been bowling for 4 years and is currently a Form 2 student in SMK Dato' Sheikh Ahmad in Seremban. This is his maiden win after 4 years of training. He will be taking part in the next leg in Melaka from August 15-17 to try to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals.

Mr. Sidney Tung and Richard Shockley with the winners

Honorary Secretary of MTBC, Mr Sidney Tung and Technical Advisor of the Malaysian National Elite Team, Mr. Richard Shockley from USA gave away the prizes to the winners.

Below are the bowlers in the Under-12 Categories who made it into Grand Prix Finals :-

Boys Under-12

PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

1. Mohd Hafiz Fikri (SEL)
   
2. Wan Nadzmi Fikri (SEL)
   
3. Ahmad Aidil (KUL)
4. Mohd Naim Hashim (SEL)
5. Emir Hazim (KUL)
6. Muhd Qayyum (NSE)
7. Mohd Nur Helmi (NSE)
8. Jason Syow (MEL)
9. Muhd Hareez (MEL)
10. Wan Mohd Aiman (PRK)

EAST MALAYSIA

1. Ahmad Azraei (SAB)
   
2. Ahmad Fawwaz Farhan (SAB)
   

Girls Under-12

1. Natasha Roslan (SEL)
   
2. Anessa Asyira (NSE)
3. Ayra Nur Jehan (SEL)
   
4. Siti Nurzulaikha (KUL)
5. Nurain Mustafa (KED)
6. Nur Nabilah Ammar (PAH)
7. Nurain Syazana (SEL)
8. Aida Yasmin (PRK)
9. Ain Farah Saffura (PAH)
10. Nur Syareena (NSE)

EAST MALAYSIA

1. Steffira Zeandea Greater (SAB)
2. Nicole Tan (SWK)

KL LEG - RESULTS AFTER ROUND 2

Sorry for not reporting yesterday as the last squad which was the Open Category's 1st Round finished at 1.30am! Uncle Choo, Ian and I were all already half asleep waiting for the bowlers to finish playing. The delay started with the 1st squad where quite a few bowlers did not turn up and the lanes had to be reshuffled. That squad finished 30 minutes late and it was followed by the Girls Graded Squad which delayed it an additional 30 minutes and so the delayed went on.........

So...today, I'm just gonna report a summary of yesterday's and today's events. The leaders from yesterday going into the 2nd round were Muhd Aizudeen Mustaqim (SEL) for the Boys Graded, Selva Nivashini (SEL) for the Girls Graded, Teh Lit Qing (PRK) for the Boys Open and Cheryl Cheong (KUL) for the Girls Open.

This morning, the Boys Graded bowled first and Louis Liaw from KL regained his lead when Aizudeen and Amir from Selangor fumbled slightly and dropped to 3rd and 7th position respectively. There were cheers from the Negeri Sembilan contingent when 3 of their boys graded qualified for the knock-out round. The other 2 that made the Top 8 were Perak's Mohd Azlan and young debutant Abdul Basit from Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar.

Under-12 Leaders
Nur Ain Mustafa and Wan Nadzmi Fikri

The KL Leg is the final qualifying leg for the Under-12 bowlers to collect points to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals. 24 boys and 21 girls bowled their hearts out in 6 games to try and qualify for the Masters Finals. Nurain Mustafa from Kedah and Wan Nadzmi Fikri from Selangor outshone the others to come out tops.

Girls Graded Round 2 Leader Selva Nivashini and her parents

The Girls Graded Top 28 bowlers were next to take the lanes. Selva Nivashini from Selangor succeeded in defending her top spot when she had lines of 168, 171, 202, 158, 140 and a bombastic 234 in the last game. She leads Nur Shahira from KL by a massive 108 pins. Selva has been missing the cut for the knock-out round in the last few legs by just a few pins. Finally, she got her game right and took the lead with style.

Open Leaders
Teh Lit Qing (PRK) and Cheryl Cheong (KUL)

The last squad of the day was the second round of the Open Category. Both Teh Lit Qing and Cheryl Cheong dominated their category. Lit Qing adapted well to the lanes while Cheryl was comfortable at her training ground. Tomorrow, Lit Qing will meet team mate Equine Lam. Cheryl will also meet team mate Nur Diana Hussin in the quarter final stage of the Knock-Out Round.

Results are available in the Download Box.

KL LEG - RESULTS AFTER KL GRADED SQUAD

KL Graded Bowlers

34 boys graded and 10 girls graded from KL bowled their first round of 8 games just now in Megalanes KL, Endah Parade, Sri Petaling. Competition started at 5pm and ended just after 8pm.

The lead in both categories kept changing hands from 1 bowler to another but eventually, Louis Liow and Nur Shahira Abdul Manaf came out tops after 8 games. Louis Liow who had low scores in the 1st two games, found his strike line in his 3rd game and scored a reasonable 204. In his 4th, he managed to shoot 180 but in the 5th game, Uncle Choo went "This is a special announcement. Louis Liow bowling on lanes 3 and 4 has 7 strikes in a row." Although after that, he did not continue striking but he finished with a credible 255 to push him into 2nd position. From that onwards, he maintain his composure and had scores of 201, 225 and 192 in his remaining games. That put him in pole position, 46 pins ahead of early leader Leng Sing Yee.

KL Graded Leaders - Louis Liaw & Nur Shahira

Nur Shahira on the other hand also had a miserable first game score of 134 but finished with a high game of 229 to lead friend and team mate, Hanan Fateha by only 23 pins.

Tomorrow, the other state bowlers will join in the rankings. Can Louis Liaw and Nur Shahira's score prevail? Or will they be pushed down? Stay tuned......

KL LEG - AMENDED SCHEDULE

Below is the amended schedule of the KL Leg. Actually nothing changed accept for the slot for the National Bowlers autograph signing and photo session. Squad times are all the same as before.

KUALA LUMPUR LEG