Singapore Sports School youth wins U18 title
20th September, Hong Kong: Singapore Sports School youths almost clinched a 1-2 finish in the Youth Under-18 Masters finals of the 33rd Hong Kong International Open as Justin Lim bagged the title with teammate, Jack Leong settling for third. Justin Lim, who won this year's Indonesia Open Youth Under-18 title in July, followed it up with a grand double capturing the Youth Under-18 crown again Thursday morning at SCAA Bowling Center.
The 15-year-old Secondary 3 Singapore Sports School student set the lanes on fire as he amassed a 10-game total of 2254 with an incredible 225.4 average. Apart from a low game of 152 in the eighth game, Justin posted the nine games above the 200-mark with three high games of 252 in the second, 266 in the sixth and rounded off the final game with 268.
But Justin still had to bowl an extra game in the stepladder finals to clinch his second international title after he defeated challenger, Ernie Cheng of Chinese Taipei, 212-209 in the title match.
Cheng had earlier denied Singapore Sports School a 1-2 finish when he knocked out third-seed, Jack Leong, 232-170 in the first match. Cheng settled for second while Jack, who third with 2020 in the earlier finals, remained third.
Top qualifier and Hong Kong national team member, Michael Tsang took fourth spot with 1988 followed by two additional Singapore Sports School youths, Basil Low and Christopher Hwang in fifth and sixth positions.
Other Singapore Sports Schools finalists were Anthea Soh Wei Xuen (9th), Audrey Lee Hui Min (11th), Paul Yap Hen Zheng (13th) and Shaun Lian Zheng Ran (14th).
Detailed scores: Youth U18 Finals | Photo Album.
Photos by Terence Yaw.