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.