Convincing victory for Singapore
Lim then set the lanes ablazed with a second game of 289 as her partner down her second consecutive 266 for a sizzling 555 which smashed the record of 485 set by Australia in 2007. The duo continued with their strikefest rolling another superb 527 in the third.
The pair’s first three-game series of 1592 also broke the 1304 recorded by Malaysia in 1999 and giving the Singaporeans a 290 pins margin over Malaysia’s Hurul Ainul and Siti Shazwani, who took over second spot at the halfway point.
“We were surprised ourselves that both of us could post such high scores at the start of the event and that kept us on our toes,” said the only senior national bowler and 18-year-old Bernice Lim.
“And after two more massive games from both of us, we were jsut enjoying our bowling which took a lot of the pressure off us.”
“We were pacing each other well throughout the event and making sure we kept our focus,” said New Hui Fen, who won two gold an a silver medal in the Asian Youth Games in July 2009 in Singapore.
Singapore’s second pair of Gina Lim (1029) and Krishna Darshini (1152) just could not get into their strides and managed only to finish 13th out of 15 teams with 2181.
The boys will take to the lanes tomorrow for their Doubles divided into two squads as the girls take a day’s rest. The team events will be staged on Saturday and Sunday over two blocks of three games each.
Detailed scores: Girl’s Doubles.