Chien Nan clinches overall title in bowling championship
KOTA KINABALU: Tan Chien Nan justified his top billing by clinching the overall title in the Datuk Azis Jamman Cup Tenpin Bowling Championship that ended at the CPS Bowl here on Sunday.
Chien Nan, one of the top bowlers in Sabah, registered 2,131 pinfalls for the victory.
In the Master Open, Jamlidin Manap with a handicap of six emerged as winner with 2,138 pin falls with Chien Nan settling for second while Intan Qistina Tamring (Hdcp 6) was third with 2,039 pinfalls.
In the Master Graded (A) category, Md Shukri Y was the winner with 1,869 pinfalls followed by Shahdan D (1,843 pinfalls) and Md Zikri (1,790 pinfalls)
The top three winners in the Master Graded (B) category were Faizal Ali with 1,696 pinfalls, Md Zikri (1,684 pinfalls) and Zulfadhli (1,657 pinfalls).
As for the Under-21 category, Siti Nur Afiqah was top with 1,887 pinfalls while Sushanor Sihanor (1,880 pinfalls) and Mohd Zulhilmi (1,874 pinfalls) settled for second and third place respectively.
Meanwhile, Azis who is Sepanggar Member of Parliament was pleased with the response received for the month-long tournament that concluded on Sunday.
“There were 1,050 bowlers who registered for the tournament and this shows that we have many enthusiasts for the sport.
“The tournament was organised with the objectives of unearthing new talents. I believe we have many of them in Sabah and with the right guidance, they would be able to compete at national or international level.
“Hopefully we will be able to identify these talents and one way to do that is to organise more of such tournaments.
“I’ve had talks with the organisers to make the (DAJ Cup) tournament an annual affair... hopefully we will return for a bigger and better tournament next year,” he told reporters.
Azis, who is also the Deputy Home Minister, went on to say that they would also be organising other sports including the DAJ Cup futsal tournament.