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.