Junior threesome blaze Sunway Megalanes

KUCHING: Two podium finishes in two days for Abas youth bowlers at the 18th Milo International All- Stars at Sunway Megalanes, Sunway Pyramid in Petaling Jaya is something to shout about for the Amateur Tenpin Bowling Association of Sarawak (Abas).

On Monday, Lavinia Kho Jia Jie was placed second in the Girls Under 12 finals when she knocked down 1,559 pins over eight games, losing to the champion from Japan, Manon Ishida, only by 17 pins.

Marcos Chang Hao Hong finished in a respectable 11th place out of 22 finalists in the Boys U12 category when he bowled an eightgame finals of 1,451 pins.

The winner was Ilman Nazim Roslim of Sunway Megalanes who accumulated a total of 1,762 pins while Johor’s Carl Zharfan Aisy Redzuan was third with 1,717 pins.

The second day of competition on Tuesday saw Mohd Nur Syafiq Mohd Amran finishing third in the Boys U15 Masters Final with 1,792 pins while Morgan Chang ended up in 20th spot.

Syafiq then teamed up with Manon to win the Milo Cup.

In the Girls U15 Masters Final, Nur Hazirah Ramli did not have a good game in the seventh frame but came back strongly in the eighth game to finish in seventh position with 1,586 pins.

Her teammate Dayang Yumi Azreen Abang Azman was 11th out of 22 finalists after registering a score of 1,457 pins.

Milo Cup champions Syafiq and Manon (centre) pose with other winners and Milo sports marketing manager Ng Ping Loong.

Lavinia Kho Jia Jie finished as runner-up in Girls U12.

Marcos Chang poses with Milo sports marketing manager Ng Ping Loong after receiving his prize.