Second silver for Singapore
31st July, Helsinki: Singapore's hope for their elusive gold medal have to wait until the Masters finals after Daphne Tan, New Hui Fen, Shayna Ng and Jazreel Tan were again denied victory in the Team finals on Saturday. Daphne Tan led Singapore's victory over Malaysia with 210, New Hui Fen 209, Shayna Ng 177 and anchorwomen, Jazreel Tan 264 to book their second final appearance. Top seed, Korea eliminated England, 860-756 in the other semi for a showdown with the Singaporeans.
Daphne continued her fine form to post 213 but Hui Fen, Shayna and Jazreel all found the going tough with 195, 178 and 199 to go down to Kim Yeon-Ju, Shin Bo-Hyun, Baek Seung-Ja and Kim Moon-Jeong, 785-860 in the finals.
Yeon-Ju downed 185, Bo-Hyun 209, Seung-Ja 233 and Moon-Jeong 212 to win their third gold medal of the championship. All is not lost as Singapore still has Jazreel and Shayna in the Masters finals.
Jazreel will meet Doubles gold medalist, Laura Fonnegra of Colombia while Shayna will face Singles bronze medalist, Carmen Haandrikman of the Netherlands in Round 1. Daphne and Hui Fen did not make the finals.Meanwhile, the Korean boys finally nailed the gold medal in the team event after failing to progress in the Singles and Doubles semi-finals. Seeded second, Hong Hae-Sol, Kim Ju-Young, Shin Seung-Hyeon and Park Jong-Woo advanced to the finals defeating Australia, 812-755 in the second semi.
Fourth-seed, Jake Peters, Devin Bidwell, Craig Hanson and Andrew Koff trashed top seed, Estonia, 942-786 to give USA their third finals and meeting the Koreans again.
But the mighty Koreans ended USA's winning streak by beating them, 892-860 to win their first gold medal. Hong shot 235, Kim 237, Shin 199 and Park 211 while Peters downed 222, Bidwell 211, Hanson 226 and Koff 201.
Singapore has no representatives in the Boy's Masters finals but will be firmly behind their team-mates to lend support to Jazreel and Shayna. Singapore has so far won 2 silver and a bronze medal and will go all out for that elusive gold.
Detailed scores: Girl's Team Semi & Finals | Boy's Team Semi & Finals.
Photos by Ari Komulainen, Finnish Bowling Federation.