Another dominating display

24th February, Doha: Singapore women put up another dominating display as Bernice Lim, Jazreel Tan and New Hui Fen took the top 3 spots of the PBA-WBT #7 H.H. Emir Cup 2014 after the second qualifying block on Monday.  

Jazreel Tan, who snatched top spot in the first block yesterday, continued where she left off with a splendid 277 in the opening game of the second block to extend her lead over team-mate, Bernice Lim to 27 pins.

The four-time US Collegiate Bowler of the Year became the first bowler to roll a perfect game with 300 in the second game but could not widen her margin as Lim also shot another perfect game with 299.

Tan lost the lead after managing a lowly 184 in the third as Lim downed 224 to take over the running. Lim ended the second block with 198 and 238 to lead the squad with 2511. The leader also picked up the US$200 Day 2 high series award with 1266.

Tan settled for second position with 2465 after a lower 1203 second block series. A third Singaporean, New Hui Fen took third spot with 2384, a further 127 pins away.

 The top male performer was UAE’s Shaker Al Hassan, who totaled 2343 while Daphne Tan, who was third yesterday, rounded out the top 5 with 2333.

Cherie Tan of Singapore slipped two places down from fifth to seventh with 2279 while Joey Yeo improved from 12th to eighth with 2276. Singapore Bowler of the Year, Shayna Ng made up the most ground from 29th to 12th with 2154.

The men were less fortunate with 2013 Milo All Stars champion, Keith Saw in 15th position with 2136. Geradline Ng amd debutant, Muhammad Jaris Goh managed only 22nd and 30th positions respectively.

Lim, Tan and New occupied the top 3 positions followed by Shaker and Daphne. Newly-crowned Arab Cup champion, Khaled Al Dubyyan of Kuwait took sixth position with 2286.

A maximum of 60 bowlers have been registered for Squad B comprising more than 30 PBA professionals, six Hong Kong national bowlers, other GCC bowlers and a handful of re-entries. They will bowl two blocks of 5 games each over the next two days.

  

Top 6 qualifiers will earn a bye into Step 2 finals. Qualifiers positioned 7 to 28 plus two top Qatari youths, two Qataris outside the top 28 and four from the desperado squad will make the cut for Step 1 finals.

Detailed scores: Squad A Block 2 | Overall Qualifying Standings | Photo Album.

Photos by Terence Yaw in Doha, Qatar.