SELANGOR LEG - 3RD DAY RESULTS

February 17, 2008 marks the day that SportExcel Tenpin Bowling Junior Circuit kicked start the new format of the KNOCK-OUT ROUND, replacing the ROUND ROBIN and STEPLADDER format.

Today was definitely a day of upsets and surprises. The day started out with the Boys Open and Graded category, followed by the Girls Open and Graded in the afternoon.

The Boys Open Champion was Mohd Amirul Afif from Kuala Lumpur who had to upstaged Mohd Faliqh Shah of Selangor, Abdul Muhaimin of Perak and finally Muhd Fazrin also from Perak in the finals whom he beat by only 1 pin. Muhd Fazrin had to strike on his last frame to force Afif to a 1 throw decider. When his ball only hit 9 pins, Fazrin was frustrated, but on the other hand, Afif was overjoyed.

In the Girls Open category, it was a battle between best friends; Nor Amilia and Ili Syazana of Selangor. Before the match, I was chatting with Ili and she said to me that luckily this was bowling, if it was boxing, she would have given up the game then throw punches at her best friend. In the end, Nor Amilia took both games, 193 to 144 and 194 to 161 and was of course crowned Champion.

Quiet Muhd Mizan of Johor won the Boys Graded category, beating Mohd Zharif of Selangor. Even with the home crowd cheering his opponent, this did not interfere with Mizan's concentration in his game. He beat Zharif 208 to 175 and 175 to 154.

It was a fairytale ending for Nur Shahira of Kuala Lumpur in the Girls Graded category. She entered the Knock-out Round seeded 8th and ended up beating all her opponents to win her 1st title of her career. A good start to a new year for her!

I guess this format gives more oppotunities to the lower seeded to move up the ranks and even win a leg....!

Giving away the prizes were Bowling Queen, Ms. Shalin Zulkifli and STBA President, Dato' Mohd Aini.