Bakat Sonia mula menyinar

Julai 20, 2008 | Simon Soloman

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TIADA siapa yang memberi perhatian kepada bakat Sonia Teoh Jia Yun sehinggalah dia membuktikannya pada Kejohanan Boling Sirkit Remaja IV SportExcel-Milo minggu lalu.

Pada kejohanan tiga hari yang berlangsung di Ampang Superbowl, Seremban itu, Sonia mencipta kejutan apabila muncul juara kategori perempuan.

Kehebatan atlet berusia 15 tahun ini mula terserlah sejak dari saingan separuh akhir lagi apabila mudah menewaskan Sharifah Marissa dari Selangor dengan perbezaaan 15 jatuhan pin.

Selepas itu, rentak bergaya Sonia diteruskan pada perlawanan akhir apabila dia mencatat 345 jatuhan pin untuk menewaskan peserta Perak, Norsyazana Rusli.

"Saya tidak jangka akan menang kerana kejohanan ini cukup sengit dan disertai oleh pemain-pemain yang jauh lebih berpengalaman daripada saya," jelas gadis periang ini.

"Begitupun, saya hanya tenangkan diri, tidak tertekan dan fokus kepada setiap permainan saya tanpa diganggu pihak lawan."

Mengimbau pembabitannya dalam sukan boling, Sonia mengakui ia adalah disebabkan oleh minat.

Hakikatnya, Sonia mengakui dia menginginkan untuk mengikut jejak langkah kakaknya, Tania Teoh Si Yun yang bergiat aktif dalam sukan badminton.

Namun, Sonia nekad untuk menceburi sukan boling hanya semata-mata kerana minat dan ia bermula dengan menyertai kelab boling di Sekolah Kebangsaan Convent Infant Jesus I di Melaka.

Bagi memudahkan proses latihan, Sonia yang mula bermain boling pada usia sebelas tahun kini dilatih jurulatih, Chong Chee Kim dengan menjadikan Ampang Superbowl di Mahkota Parade sebagai lokasi latihan.

"Saya terima banyak galakkan dari ahli keluarga khususnya kakak saya yang merupakan bekas pemain skuad pelapis badminton kebangsaan," jelas Sonia.

"Bagi saya, boling adalah sukan yang mencabar yang memberi latihan mental dan menolong saya melepaskan tekanan.

"Sasaran saya kini adalah untuk menyertai pasukan remaja kebangsaan dan kejayaan saya di Seremban minggu lalu adalah langkah pertama saya ke arah impian itu."

Sementara itu, pada Kejohanan Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) di Ipoh pada Mei lalu, Sonia berjaya membawa pulang pingat perak dalam acara masters perempuan Bawah 15.

Dia juga turut menyumbang gangsa dalam acara beregu menerusi gandingannya bersama Zureen Nurasuhaz.

KIRI: Sonia (tengah) muncul juara kategori perempuan pada Kejohanan Boling Sirkit Remaja IV di Ampang minggu lalu.

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Sesuatu yang menarik, Sonia bukan sahaja hebat di gelanggang boling, sebaliknya dia merupakan pelajar pintar dan pernah memperoleh 5A dalam peperiksaan UPSR pada tahun 2005.

"Sonia adalah pelatih yang menurut semua arahan saya, menghadiri semua latihan mengikut masa dan konsisten dalam permainannya," jelas jurulatih, Chee Kim.

"Dia mempunyai keazaman dan disiplin untuk menjadi seorang juara."

Dalam pada itu, pengarah kejohanan Sirkit Remaja, Mellisa Tay mengucapkan tanda penghargaan kepada penaja utama iaitu SportExcel dan Milo.

"Untuk sirkit ini, kami adakan sistem baru di mana pada peringkat suku akhir, separuh akhir dan akhir, pemenang ditentukan menerusi sistem kalah mati mengira jumlah jatuhan pin dua permainan," jelas Mellisa.

"Pada sirkit keenam ini, seramai 250 pemain beraksi sambil sirkit ketujuh pula akan diadakan di Kuala Lumpur bermula 1 hingga 3 Ogos depan."

Menurut Mellisa lagi, sirkit kelapan akan diadakan di Melaka (15-17 Ogos) sebelum Grand Prix Akhir di Kuantan pada 27 hingga 30 Ogos.

Tenpin boling lahir pemain muda berbakat

Sabtu, 19 Julai 2008 | Edisi Melaka dan N.Sembilan

SEREMBAN - Sirkit Remaja Tenpin Boling SportExcel diadakan baru-baru ini di Ampang Superbowl, Seremban Parade melibatkan penyertaan pemain-pemain muda terbaik seluruh Semenanjung Malaysia, termasuk Sabah dan Sarawak yang berkumpul untuk menentukan juara keseluruhan dalam kategori masing-masing.

Terdapat 11 sirkit termasuk Sirkit Grand Prix Finals yang dipertandingkan sepanjang tahun, lapan sirkit di Semenanjung Malaysia, dua sirkit di Sabah dan Sarawak serta satu sirkit Grand Prix.

Pada tahun ini, Sirkit Remaja Kebangsaan Tenpin Boling telah memuatkan kategori bawah 12 tahun tetapi di Sirkit Negeri Sembilan kategori bawah 12 tahun tidak dipertandingkan.

Sirkit ini menampilkan pemain-pemain di bawah umur 19 tahun yang dibahagikan kepada empat kategori iaitu Boys Open, Girls Open, Boys Graded dan Girls Graded.

Kategori Open dan Graded ditentukan oleh purata tahunan pemain.

Dalam setiap kategori, pemain akan bermain lapan permainan dalam pusingan pertama.

Seterusnya, 48 Boys Graded, 28 Girls Graded, 20 Boys Open dan 16 Girls Open yang mempunyai jatuhan pin yang tertinggi akan layak ke pusingan kedua di mana mereka akan bermain dalam enam permainan.

Skor enam permainan ini akan dicampurkan dengan lapan permainan dalam pusingan pertama.

Setelah dicampurkan skor pusingan pertama dan pusingan kedua, maka lapan pemain yang mempunyai jumlah skor tertinggi akan melangkah ke pusingan Knock-Out Round.

Dalam pusingan Knock-Out Round peringkat suku akhir, pemain bermain sebanyak dua permainan secara head-to-head dan pemain yang mengumpul jumlah jatuhan pin tertinggi dalam dua permainan akan dikira pemenang dan mara ke peringkat separuh akhir.

Muhd Firdaus pemain muda daripada Kuala Lumpur telah memenangi kategori Boys Graded menewaskan Muhd Shahir dari N.Sembilan, Yusof Abdul Raof dari Kuala Lumpur pula memenangi Boys Open manakala bagi kategori Girls Graded dan Girls Open dimenangi oleh Sonia Teoh dari Melaka dan Tengku Aimi Laily dari Kedah.

Sirkit ini ditaja SportExcel, MILO, Sukan Teras Majlis Sukan Negara dan Kongres Tenpin Boling Malaysia.

NS LEG - 4TH DAY RESULTS

A row of Champions From left: BA - Muhd Firdaus (KUL), BO - Yusof Abd Raof (KUL), GO - Tg. Aimi Laily (KED), GA - Sonia Teoh (MEL)

This circuit, I felt that it went by more quickly then the other legs....hmmm....anyway...today was the last day of competition and it started off with the Graded category bowling their Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals Knock-Out Round followed by the Open Category.

In the finals, the match-ups was as follows :-

Girls Graded - Norsyazana (PRK) vs Sonia Teoh (MEL)
Boys Graded - Muhd Firdaus (KUL) vs Muhd Shahir (NSE)
Girls Open - Tg. Aimi Laily (KED) vs Nadya Izzati (SEL)
Boys Open - Yusof Abd Raof (KUL) vs Ahmad Amiruddin (SEL)

The excitement was mainly in the Girls Graded category where Norsyazana and Sonia Teoh met. The Perak camp was loud, cheering on their sole representative in the Finals while Melaka had supporters mostly made out of parents.

On the last frame of the 2nd game, Norsyazana had to spare and strike to win Sonia by 1 pin. She successfully spared. On her bonus throw, she delivered her ball and only 9 pins went down leaving both her and Sonia in a TIE! Take note that this is the FIRST tie since the Knock-Out round started this year and everyone was quite anxious to see how the tie breaker worked. Many was confused whether the bowlers had to bowl 1 game? or 1 frame? But actually, they are only allowed to bowl 1 BALL. So...Sonia bowled first, her ball was slightly light on the pocket but 9 pins managed to fall and she went "Phew!". It was then Norsyazana's turn. Her supporters cheered her on and fell quite when she stepped onto the approach. She composed herself and delivered the ball strongly. It hit the 1-2 pocket, it was flat and a nasty 7-split stood! She crumbled to the floor; Sonia screamed with delight behind with the Melaka contingent. It is Sonia's maiden victory in the SportExcel Circuit and it was definitely a nerve-wrecking but sweet one.

The Boys Graded was also a maiden victory for the winner, Muhd Firdaus of Kuala Lumpur. This small framed bowler beat home-state bowler, Mohd Shahir Surni 428-366. In the semi-finals earlier, he overcame the 1st seed Muhd Mizan from Johor and before that, in the quarter-finals, he conquered Muhd Amirul from Kedah. In this 3 stages, his total score of 2 games were consistently above 400. Well done Firdaus!

Tg Aimi Laily and her mum, Aziah

Yusof and his dad, Raof

The Open category saw SUKMA Terengganu XII Gold Medalists Tg. Aimi Laily from Kedah and Yusof Abd Raof from Kuala Lumpur win their first title in the SportExcel Junior Circuit this year. Yusof beat Ahmad Amiruddin from Selangor 379-340 whiel Aimi beat Nadya Izzati also from Selangor 412-372.

The prize giving ceremony was graced by the Negeri Sembilan MSN Director, En. Fauzi and Mr. Alan Lee, Development Manager of Tenpin Bowling, Cawangan Pelapis, NSC and Pn. Norhayati, the Assistant Manager of Ampang Superbowl, Seremban.

NS LEG - 3RD DAY RESULTS

KL Powerhouse
Mohd Amirrul Afif, Yusof Abdul Raof and Faliq Aimran

The Boys Open finished their first round in the morning. They rolled off at 8.30am and finished on time. The scores were sky rocket high! The top 7 boys were averaging above 200 and the leader averaged 227.63. Yusof who is the leading started off with a poor 169 but picked up in the 2nd game and finished with a thunderous 258 . The atmosphere in the bowling alley was really heated with strikes flying everywhere. It was really good stuff and to see scores like that, it really shows that the standard of our youth bowlers has really increased as to string strikes require consistancy and focus.

Girls Graded Leaders going into the Knock Out Round
Sharifah Marissa (SEL) - 2nd, Norsyazana (PRK) - 1st, Sonia Teoh (MEL) - 3rd

After the Boys Open first Round, it was the Girls Graded's turn to shine. Unfortunately, the glimmer was not as bright as the Boys Open. Four lanes broke down and shifting of the bowlers had to take place. This of course delayed the game but, Norsyazana from Perak maintained her lead going into the Knock-Out Round tomorrow. The other 7 Girls Graded bowlers who qualified are Sharifah Marissa from Selangor who climbed from 14th position in the first round, Sonia Teoh from Melaka, Farahana Amelia from KL, Ainaa Khairina from Perak, Farah Ain Diyana from Negeri Sembilan, Zati Iman also from Negeri Sembilan and Nur Shamira from KL who won the last leg in Johor.

Thumbs up for the top 3 Boys Graded

The Boys Graded 2nd round was featured after the Girls Graded 2nd Round. Muhd Mizan who was the leader in Round 1, managed to maintain his lead by 3 pins over compatriot Syed Mohd Hafiz. Hafiz was in form today scoring a total of 1336 pins over 6 games, the highest among the 48 bowlers. Mizan will meet Aiman Syahin from Perak tomorrow. I'm sure he's aiming for his 2nd title of the year. Well, who wouldn't right? All 8 bowlers have good chances to be champion since the Knock-Out Round format has proved that the field is more flexible and everyone can take the title "CHAMPION".

Open Leaders - Mohd Amirrul Afif and Hurul Ainul

The last squad for the day was the 2nd Round for the Open categories. The Top 20 Boys Open and Top 16 Girls Open scorched the lanes in hopes to be in the top 8 so that they will be featured in the Knock-Out Round and earn more points in the Grand Prix Rankings. Once again, the scores display showed RED everywhere marking the scores that were 200 and above. Mohd Amirrul Afif who was 2nd in the morning found his strike line to bowl scores of 203, 254, 215, 211, 216 and 213, not once leaving a BLACK colored score. In his second game, there was a announcement for 7 strikes made for him as he rolled his ball perfectly towards the pocket. After the announcement was made, he managed 1 more strike before splitting on the 9th frame. In 2nd position is Faliq Aimran and 3rd is Yusof Abdul Raof. All 3 sitting on the leader board are from KL.

The home fans had something to cheer about when Hurul Ainul displayed confidence throughout her 6 games to push overnight leader Nazrinnah to 2nd position. Hurul who represented Negeri Sembilan in the recent SUKMA games is the only bowler to average above 200 after 14 games. She will be meeting Tengku Aimi Laily from Kedah who is the SUKMA Girls Team Gold Medalist.

NS LEG - 2ND DAY RESULTS

Girls Open 1st and 2nd
Nadya (2nd) and Nazrinnah (1st)

WHAT A DAY!!! Started at 8am and ended at 1am. Phew....! Had 2 blocks of Boys Graded, 1 1/2 blocks of Girls Graded and Girls Open. Altogether 4 blocks....really really exhausting especially when the lanes keep breaking down. Nonetheless, it finished and we have the leaders of each category except the Boys Open who are going to play tomorrow morning.

The Boys Graded Category is lead by Selangor Leg Champion, Muhd Mizan of Johor/SSBP. He was really in his element today. His lowest game was 192 and he averaged 216.38, giving him a total of 1731. In 2nd position is Muhd Amirul from Kedah and not far behind is Mohd Firdaus from KL.

Norsyazana Rosli from Pis in top form when she outclassed everyone in the Girls Graded category. With her 1562 total, she has a huge gap between her and the 2nd positioned bowler. The 2nd positioned bowler happens to be her own team mate, Ainaa Khairina.

In the Girls Open category, SUKMA medalist Nazrinnah from Perak scorched the lanes with lines of 247, 256, 212, 151, 200, 155, 214, 257. Her participation in the NS Leg marks her 2nd outing to the circuit. She aims to make an impact here and the 2 remaining legs in KL and Melaka next month to make sure that her place in the GP Finals is secure. Currently, she's lying in the 20th position in the GP Rankings. In 2nd place is Nadya Izzati from Selangor. The petite Nadya is 72 pins behind Nazrinnah.

Results are ready for download in the Download Box.

NS LEG - 1ST DAY RESULTS

The NS Leg which is the 6th Leg of this year's SPORTEXCEL-SUKAN TERAS-MILO-MTBC MALAYSIAN JUNIOR CIRCUIT 2008 in Peninsular Malaysia kicked off yesterday when 48 bowlers, most of they locals from Negeri Sembilan, took to the lanes in with their spirits soaring high.

There were 31 Boys Graded bowlers, a mix of NS, Terengganu and KL bowlers, 16 Girls Graded bowlers, all from NS and 1 Girls Open bowler bowling in Squad X. Mohd Fadli Ramli opened his campaign with high scores of 238 and 255. That of course put him in first place and he maintained in that position until the end of 8 games with an average of 208.50. Mohd Shahir Surni and Tan Chye Chern from Kuala Lumpur are 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Mohd Fadli Ramli and his dad

In the girls graded division, Farah Ain Diyana is leading her other team mates with 174.13 average. She had lines of 202, 150, 151, 159, 198, 158, 153 and 222 to lead Zati Iman by 14 pins.

Mohd Fadli Ramli & Farah Ain Diyana
Current Leaders of the Graded Categories

The Boys Graded Squad A is just about to start and bowlers from the other states will be gunning to qualify for the 2nd round which only is available to the Top 48 bowlers.

Just for your info, we received overwhelming response for this leg. However, we cannot accommodate some of the late entries due to unavailability of squads. As you are aware, Ampang Superbowl, Seremban Parade has only 24 lanes and the schedule is already packed as it is.

NEGERI SEMBILAN LEG 2008

Registration Forms (NSE08_registration_form) and Hotel Reservation Forms (NSE08_hotel_reservation_form) can be downloaded from the Downloads section on the left of this window or u can just click on the links here.