Wan Nadzmi bowls to glory despite bleeding thumb

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: A bleeding thumb did not stop Wan Nadzmi Fikri of Selangor from winning the boys' Under-12 title in the Kuala Lumpur leg of the SportExcel-NSC-Milo National Junior Bowling Circuit at the Mega Lanes in Endah Parade, Sri Petaling, on Sunday.

Nadzmi chalked up a 12-game score of 2,221 to beat team-mate Mohd Hafiz Fikri by 125 pins. It was his second title on the circuit after the Johor leg last month.

In the girls' Under-12, Natasha Roslan of Selangor bagged her fourth title on the circuit after the legs in Perak, Pahang and Johor.

The national schools (MSSM) Under-12 Masters and All-Event gold medallists won the KL leg with a score of 1,983. In the Open division, Mohd Amirrul Afif of Kuala Lumpur and Syaidatul Afifah of Perak emerged as the boys' and girls' champions. To make it a memorable day for the juniors, the World Youth gold-medal winning team of Aaron Kong, Adrian Ang, Mohd Syafiq Ridhwan and Mohd Nur Aiman Khairuddin presented the prizes to the winners.

Results

BOYS' OPEN Quarter-finals: Teh Lit Qing (Prk) bt Equine Lam (Prk) 394-374, Kevin Tan (Mal) bt Mohd Aziem Azemi (Kul) 465-395, Mohd Amirrul Afif (Kul) bt Faliq Aimran (Kul) 442-381, Yusof Abdul Raof (Kul) bt Abdul Muhaimin (Prk) 441-372. Semi-finals: Yusof bt Lit Qing 427-379, Amirrul bt Kevin 474-431. Final: Amirrul bt Yusof 410-376.

BOYS' GRADED

Quarter-finals: Mohd Hazwan Harman Shah (Nse) bt Louis Liaw (Kul) 338-332, Mohd Shahir Surni (Nse) bt Abdul Basit Mohd (BPSS) 368-279, Mohd Zafis Zulkifli (Nse) bt Mohd Aizudeen Mustaqim (Sel) 370-312, Amir Imran (Sel) bt Mohd Azlan Norani (Prk) 382- 320.

Semi-finals: Hazwan bt Shahir 374-362, Amir bt Zafis 427-412.

Final: Hazwan bt Amir 384-356.

BOYS' UNDER-12

Over 12 games: 1. Wan Nadzmi Fikri (Sel) 2221, 2. Mohd Hafiz Fikri (Sel) 2096, 3. Mohd Naim Hashim (Sel) 2027.

GIRLS' GRADED

Quarter-finals: Nur Azlin Abu Bakar (BPSS) bt Selva Nivashini (Sel) 319-310, Nur Fadeena Aznel (Ked) bt Noramirah Hashim (Joh) 347- 345, Norsyazana Rosli (Prk) bt Nur Shamira Abdul Manaf (Kul) 346-344, Nur Shahira Abdul Manaf (Kul) bt Nurain Fatin (Sel) 381- 356.

Semi-finals: Azlin bt Shahira 319-310, Norsyazana bt Nur Fadeena 337-325. Final: Norsyazana bt Azlin 358-336.

GIRLS' OPEN

Quarter-finals: Cheryl Cheong (Kul) bt Nur Diana (Kul) 353-348, Syaidatul Afifah (Prk) bt Maisarah Rozali (Pen) 382-301, Nor Amilia (Sel) bt Farah Izzazaya (Pah) 406-401, Siti Nur Harini (Sel) bt Nazrinnah Kamil (Prk) 435-402.

Semi-finals: Cheryl bt Siti 386-365, Syaidatul bt Amilia 418-405. Final: Syaidatul bt Cheryl 438-410.

GIRLS' UNDER-12

Over 12 games: 1. Natasha Roslan (Sel) 1983, 2. Anessa Asyira Abas (Nse) 1943, 3. Siti Nurzulaikha Ismail (Kul) 1928.

TUNKU IMRAN CUP STANDINGS AFTER 7 LEGS

Here are the standings of the states for the Tunku Imran Cup after 7 legs :-

State	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Leg 6	Leg 7	Points
K.Lumpur	935	835	480	780	840	930	865	5665
Perak	775	1220	1070	430	590	445	715	5245
Selangor	1175	95	495	245	170	430	530	3140
Kedah	-	480	305	85	305	305	95	1575

KL widened it's margin over Perak with 150 extra points earned from the performance of their bowlers during the KL Leg.

The Melaka Leg will be the last leg to determine who's the Tunku Imran Cup winner.

GP RANKING POINTS AFTER 7TH LEG FOR OPEN & GRADED

Here are the rankings after the Kuala Lumpur Leg. I know all of you are anxious to know your bowlers' rankings.

The Under-12 rankings and also the rest can be obtained on the left.

BOYS OPEN

POS	NAME	STATE	POINTS
1	MUHD AMIRRUL AFIF	KUL	670
2	MOHD FAZRIN B. KHAIRUL FAIZI	PRK	475
3	YUSOF ABDUL RAOF	KUL	345
4	MUHD AMIN ABDUL RAZAK	PRK	415
5	TEH LIT QING	PRK	385
6	FALIQ AIMRAN	KUL	375
7	EQUINE LAM	PRK	365
8	ABDUL MUHAIMIN	PRK	345
9	KEVIN TAN	MEL	320
10	ROS QUSYAIRI	NSE	320
11	MUHD AMSYAR	PRK	295
12	MOHD HANIF	PAH	290
13	SHIN CHERN YEW	PRK	285

For the full Boys Open GP Ranking list please click here.

GIRLS OPEN

POS	NAME	STATE	POINTS
1	NUR DIANA HUSSIN	KUL	540
2	NADYA IZZATI	SEL	510
3	SYAIDATUL AFIFAH	PRK	470
4	NASTASYA ADAM	KUL	455
5	CHERYL CHEONG	KUL	380
6	NAZIRA NASIR	PAH	375
7	NUR ALYANY	JOH	310
8	TG. AIMI LAILY	KED	295
9	NAZRINNAH	PRK	285
10	FARHAN ZAFIRA	NSE	275

For the full Girls Open GP Ranking list please click here.


BOYS GRADED

POS	NAME	STATE	POINTS
1	MOHD AMIRUL	KED	565
2	MUHD ZAFIQ SYADDIQ	PRK	500
3	MUHD MIZAN	JOH	370
4	MUHD IKMAL ISMAIL	KUL	335
5	MOHD SHAHIR SURNI	NSE	330
6	AMIR DIN IMRAN	SEL	325
7	MUHD AIZUDEEN MUSTAQIM	SEL	320
8	SYED MOHD HAFIZ	JOH	305
9	MOHD ZHARIF HASHIM	SEL	300
10	SHAUN CHAN	SEL	275
11	KUA JIAN WEN	KUL	270
12	SYED MOHD ASYRAF	JOH	265
13	MOHD FIRDAUS	KUL	250
14	LOUIS LIAW	KUL	240
15	MOHD SHAHRIL AFIFIE	PAH	230
16	MOHD SHAFIQ RIDZWAN	KUL	225
17	AIMAN SYAHIN	PRK	225

For the full Boys Graded GP Ranking list please click here.

GIRLS GRADED

POS	NAME	STATE	POINTS
1	NUR SHAHIRA	KUL	585
2	NORSYAZANA RUSLI	PRK	565
3	NUR SHAMIRA	KUL	555
4	NUR AZLIN	SSBP	520
5	AINAA KHAIRINA	PRK	500
6	SHARIFAH MARISSA	SEL	430
7	NURSYAMIMI SUPARDI	PRK	385
8	HANAN FATEHA	KUL	375
9	NUR FADEENA	KED	370
10	SONIA TEOH	MEL	345
11	SELVA NIVASHINI	SEL	305
12	FATIN AZMIRA	PRK	285
13	NURAIN FATIN	SEL	280
14	NURSYAFIQAH RAMLI	KED	275

For the full Girls Graded GP Ranking list please click here.

KL LEG - FINAL DAY RESULTS

The KL Leg which is the 7th Leg in the SportExcel Junior Circuit this year finished with a bang with Perak and Selangor taking 2 titles each, Negeri Sembilan one and K.Lumpur one.

The two titles won by Selangor was in the Under-12 categories when Natasha Roslan and Wan Nadzmi Fikri tamed the field to win the 4th and final leg of the Under-12 circuit.

Under-12 Champs Natasha Roslan and Wan Nadzmi Fikri from Selangor

For Natasha, this is her 4th consecutive title making her the only GOLD MEDALIST in the Girls Under-12 category throughout the 4 legs (Perak, Pahang, Johor, KL). Natasha also won the MSSM Girls Under-12 All-Events and Masters Gold Medal which was held in Ipoh in May. Her success in the 4 legs of the Junior Circuit makes her the top qualifier for the GP Finals which will be held in Megalanes Kuantan at the end of this month. She is the favorite to win the GP Finals title with her string of successes this year.

The Boys Under-12 title was won by Wan Nadzmi Fikri with a huge margin of 125 pins from the 1st runner up. This is Fikri's 2nd consecutive title as he also won the 3rd leg in Johor last month. Wan Nadzmi Fikri overcame a bleeding thumb to emerged as the best Boys Under-12 bowler in KL.

There was oohs and aahs in the Negeri Sembilan camp when their pint sized Muhd Nur Helmi won the High Game award with an amazing score of 266 beating the hi-game scores of all the other categories.

Autograph signing by Adrian Ang, Aaron Kong, Syafiq Ridhwan and Muhd Nur Aiman, World Youth Team Gold Medalist

The prize giving presentation for the Under-12 was held directly after the masters finished and the ceremony hyped up with the presence of the World Youth Team Champions, Adrian Ang, Aaron Kong, Muhd Nur Aiman and Syafiq Ridhwan. The 4 of them gave away the prizes to the winners and later had an autograph signing session. The kids were excited and thrilled to have their idols present.

Under-12 Medal Winners with National Team

Open Champs
Mohd Amirrul Afif (KUL) dan Syaidatul Afifah (PRK)

Perak got their 2 titles from the outstanding efforts of Syaidatul Afifah in the Girls Open Category and Norsyazana Rusli in the Girls Graded Category. Syaidatul beat Cheryl Cheong, the top seed going into the Knock-Out round, 438-410. Syaidatul, a Form 5 student in SMK Gunung Rapat who won 3 silvers and 2 bronze in SUKMA TERENGGANU recently said "I didn't expect to win as I've not been training after the SUKMA to concentrate on my studies. It was a hard fought battle but alhamdullilah, my strikes kicked in when I needed them most.".

Graded Champs
Mohd Hazwan (NSE) and Norsyazana (PRK)

Norsyazana Rusli was overjoyed with her win as in the previous legs, she always fell short losing either in the semi-finals or in the finals. "AKHIRNYA!" was the exact words expressed by Syazana who has been bowling for 4 years under the guidance of En. Khairul Faizi. In the previous leg held in Seremban, she was in tears, losing in the Finals by only 2 pins in a 1 ball roll-off tiebreaker. The silver medal was won by Nur Azlin from Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar.

Mohd Amirrul Afif bowling on his training grounds toppled fellow team mate Yusof Abdul Raof in the final 410-376 to make this his 2nd SportExcel title this year. Amirrul who was a member of the KL trios who won the Bronze medalists in the SUKMA Games is currently leading the GP Ranking Points in the Boys Open Category.

Negeri Sembilan bowlers did extremely well this leg to have 3 of their Boys Graded bowlers qualify for the Top 8 Knock-Out Round. These 3 bowlers subsequently qualified for the Semi Finals as well. Out of this 3 bowlers, Mohd Hazwan who has not finished in the Top 8 in his career was the most successful receiving the title BOYS GRADED CHAMPION. Mohd Hazwan who is coached by Mr. Jonathan Chung and Ahmad Fadhil has been bowling for 4 years and is currently a Form 2 student in SMK Dato' Sheikh Ahmad in Seremban. This is his maiden win after 4 years of training. He will be taking part in the next leg in Melaka from August 15-17 to try to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals.

Mr. Sidney Tung and Richard Shockley with the winners

Honorary Secretary of MTBC, Mr Sidney Tung and Technical Advisor of the Malaysian National Elite Team, Mr. Richard Shockley from USA gave away the prizes to the winners.

Below are the bowlers in the Under-12 Categories who made it into Grand Prix Finals :-

Boys Under-12

PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

1. Mohd Hafiz Fikri (SEL)
   
2. Wan Nadzmi Fikri (SEL)
   
3. Ahmad Aidil (KUL)
4. Mohd Naim Hashim (SEL)
5. Emir Hazim (KUL)
6. Muhd Qayyum (NSE)
7. Mohd Nur Helmi (NSE)
8. Jason Syow (MEL)
9. Muhd Hareez (MEL)
10. Wan Mohd Aiman (PRK)

EAST MALAYSIA

1. Ahmad Azraei (SAB)
   
2. Ahmad Fawwaz Farhan (SAB)
   

Girls Under-12

1. Natasha Roslan (SEL)
   
2. Anessa Asyira (NSE)
3. Ayra Nur Jehan (SEL)
   
4. Siti Nurzulaikha (KUL)
5. Nurain Mustafa (KED)
6. Nur Nabilah Ammar (PAH)
7. Nurain Syazana (SEL)
8. Aida Yasmin (PRK)
9. Ain Farah Saffura (PAH)
10. Nur Syareena (NSE)

EAST MALAYSIA

1. Steffira Zeandea Greater (SAB)
2. Nicole Tan (SWK)

KL LEG - RESULTS AFTER ROUND 2

Sorry for not reporting yesterday as the last squad which was the Open Category's 1st Round finished at 1.30am! Uncle Choo, Ian and I were all already half asleep waiting for the bowlers to finish playing. The delay started with the 1st squad where quite a few bowlers did not turn up and the lanes had to be reshuffled. That squad finished 30 minutes late and it was followed by the Girls Graded Squad which delayed it an additional 30 minutes and so the delayed went on.........

So...today, I'm just gonna report a summary of yesterday's and today's events. The leaders from yesterday going into the 2nd round were Muhd Aizudeen Mustaqim (SEL) for the Boys Graded, Selva Nivashini (SEL) for the Girls Graded, Teh Lit Qing (PRK) for the Boys Open and Cheryl Cheong (KUL) for the Girls Open.

This morning, the Boys Graded bowled first and Louis Liaw from KL regained his lead when Aizudeen and Amir from Selangor fumbled slightly and dropped to 3rd and 7th position respectively. There were cheers from the Negeri Sembilan contingent when 3 of their boys graded qualified for the knock-out round. The other 2 that made the Top 8 were Perak's Mohd Azlan and young debutant Abdul Basit from Sekolah Sukan Bandar Penawar.

Under-12 Leaders
Nur Ain Mustafa and Wan Nadzmi Fikri

The KL Leg is the final qualifying leg for the Under-12 bowlers to collect points to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals. 24 boys and 21 girls bowled their hearts out in 6 games to try and qualify for the Masters Finals. Nurain Mustafa from Kedah and Wan Nadzmi Fikri from Selangor outshone the others to come out tops.

Girls Graded Round 2 Leader Selva Nivashini and her parents

The Girls Graded Top 28 bowlers were next to take the lanes. Selva Nivashini from Selangor succeeded in defending her top spot when she had lines of 168, 171, 202, 158, 140 and a bombastic 234 in the last game. She leads Nur Shahira from KL by a massive 108 pins. Selva has been missing the cut for the knock-out round in the last few legs by just a few pins. Finally, she got her game right and took the lead with style.

Open Leaders
Teh Lit Qing (PRK) and Cheryl Cheong (KUL)

The last squad of the day was the second round of the Open Category. Both Teh Lit Qing and Cheryl Cheong dominated their category. Lit Qing adapted well to the lanes while Cheryl was comfortable at her training ground. Tomorrow, Lit Qing will meet team mate Equine Lam. Cheryl will also meet team mate Nur Diana Hussin in the quarter final stage of the Knock-Out Round.

Results are available in the Download Box.