Bowlers surrender lead to settle for silver
IT WAS a case of hot and cold for both the men and women bowlers as both teams let slip commanding overnight leads to settle for silver at the Royal City Bowling Alley yesterday.
The women’s team of Gillian Lim, Nora Lyana Nastasia Kamal, Nur Syazwani Sahar and Nerosha Keligit, who took the lead in the first block with 2,506 pins a days earlier, settled for second with 4,951 pins yesterday.
Singapore’s Daphne Tan, Bernice Lim, New Hui Fen and Cherie Tan took the gold with 5,049 pins while Indonesia’s Putty Armein, Shinta Yunita, Sharon Limansantoso and Tannya Roumpiper, who took down 4,843 pins, were third.
Syazwani, who posted only 531 in the first block, bounced back in the second with 620 pins and said the silver was a learning experience.
“After my performance on Wednesday, I was glad my teammates supported me. I was down, but they told me it would come good in the second block,” said the 23-yearold.
“I guess we were affected by the lane transition in the second block and the pins did not carry for us. We did try to come back with some good shots but Singapore were very strong today.
“I am grateful that I got the chance to take part the Games for the first time. If selected for the Cambodia Games next year, I want to win gold in the singles event,” she said.
The men’s team of Nevern Netaneel, Mohd Hafiz Zainuddin, Shahrukh Amin Zulkifli and Mohd Syazirol Shamsuddin, who also took the lead in the first block with 2,678, took down 5,162 pins, 113 pins behind the Philippines.
The Philippines quartet of Patrick Nugui, Christian Viray, Ivan Malig and Merwin Matheiu Tan, who were second in the first block two days ago, overtook the young Malaysians to win gold with a score of 5,275.
Singapore’s Mohd Jaris Goh, Timothy Tham, Darren Ong and Cheah Ray Han took bronze with a score of 4,963.
Earlier, Gillian Lim and Nur Syazwani Sahar won the bronze for the Women’s doubles event.