Sunday, 20 March 2011

Malacca and Sabah rule youth categories

BOYS AND GIRLS TEAM & ALL EVENTS - FINAL DAY 18th March 2011

Malacca emerged overall boys category champion but were left ruing of having missed another gold medal in the All-events when Mohd Shafiq Hashim had to settle for the silver medal by a mere one pin.Shafiq, who had earlier won a bronze in the singles, was pipped by Kuala Lumpur’s national youth bowler Syimir Abdul Razak who had a total of 3538 after three events and 18 games.
Team Melaka won the Boys Team Gold. From left Dinie Faliq, Pu Yong Jin, Mohd Shafiqq & Jason Syow
However, Shafiq’s consolation was that together with his teammates Jason Syow Huay Tik, Pu Yong Jin and Dinie Faliq Mokhtar they bagged the gold in the boys team event with their total of 4516, where the Johor team won the silver with their total of 4426 and Pahang won the bronze (4416).

There were further cheers for the Malacca boys when they were declared the Boys category overall champion with their one gold, one silver and one bronze effort.But for the 21-year Shafiq who featured in all three medal winning effort of Malacca (singles, team and All-Events), he was still disappointed that he missed a second gold medal in the All-Events.“I am happy for Malacca and team, but personally, I am sad to have missed the All-Events gold by the narrowed margin,” said the first year student of the Multi Media University where he is pursuing a degree in finance.“If only I had strike in my final frame, the title would have been mine,” said Shafiq who hails from Gombak and was a student of SM Bukit Indah.“I just have to console myself that Malacca still emerged overall champions in the Boy’s category and I picked up a medal in all three events Malacca won medals.”Symir on the other hand was delighted that he won the gold medal to give Kuala Lumpur their first gold medal.“It was the narrowest of win, but it is still a win and KL earned their first gold medal,” said Symir.“Besides, having picked up silver in the singles, it is great to complete the championship with a gold medal,” said Symir who also picked up a Canon digital camera for his hi-series of the day on Sunday with his 909 (four games) in the Masters qualifying.

The bronze medal in the All-events saw Sabah’s Mohd Ozzer Othaman and Selangor’s Muhammad Aizudeen Mustaq declared joint winners with their identical totals of 3510. Sabah, on the other hand emerged the overall champions for the Girls category with their two gold and one silver medal haul.Sabah had gone into the team event with one gold and one silver from the singles - Siti Aishatun Hussin) and Steffira Zaeander Greater respectively) while Selangor had one gold only.But while Selangor faltered in the team event to finish fourth, while Sabah finished seventh, Steffira ensure the overall title belongs to Sabah beyond doubt, when she bagged the All-Events title with her grand total of 3568.Perak’s Nursyamimi Supardi won the silver medal with her total of 3473 – 95 pins behind Steffira – while Selangor’s Dina Nur Nadia picked up the bronze with her total of 3470.In the team event, it was Negri Sembilan’s team comprising Lim Hsu Zen, Hurul Ainol Abdul Razak and Farah Ain Diyana won the gold with their total of 4458.Johor finished second with their total of 4426 and Pahang won the bronze with their total of 4416.
MEDAL TALLY (current medal standing without the Men & Women results) 
                                 G         S          B
Selangor                     3          0          4
Sarawak                      2          1          1
Penang                        2          1          1
Sabah                          2          1          1
Kuala Lumpur             1          2          1
Malacca                      1          1          1
Negri Sembilan           1          0          1
Perak                          0          4          1
Johor                           0          2          0
Pahang                        0          0          2
Release by MTBC

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