Iver Tan leads Girls Graded after Round 1 in KL Leg

(Story and picture by Tony Lim and YK Choo)

KUALA LUMPUR, Friday - In a total change of environment and different mindset, Iver Tan of Penang storm to the lead in the first block of the Girls Graded division. While she was sobbing away during the MSSM Bowling Championships at MIBC Melaka because she was confused with what line to play, her face was cheerful and smiling sweetly at Megalanes Endah Parade despite a poor 158 and 169 in the first 2 games.

While Iver should have been frustrated, she kept her composure when some words of wisdom were given to her, “It’s better to start poorly than to finish poorly, you can always improve on your games once the momentum gets going.” How true those words were when she showed her resilience by notching up games of 190, 194, 195, 229, 190 and 191 for a total of 1519 pinfalls to average 189 for the 8 games.

It was also the same scenario for Nur Hasmida Syasha binti Nor Azmi of Negeri Sembilan when she opened with 3 low games and rebounded with scores of 204, 203, 181, 207 and 226 for a total of 1509 pinfalls averaging 188. Nur Ain Izani Zulkarnian of Selangor had up and down games but managed to score 234 and 214 to put herself in third place while Nur Najwa Syuhada binti Mohd. Rosli of Kelantan came in as a surprise when she scored 1460 pinfalls to average a creditable 182 to secure fifth placing.

The top 28 girls in the graded division will advance to the next stage where they will play another 6 games with the aggregate of the first and second blocks’ score to determine the final 8 that will play in the finals of Sunday.