Singapore tops Trios first block
21st January, Bangkok: The second Singapore trio of Joey Yeo, Geraldine Ng and New Hui Fen snatched the lead of the Women’s Trios first block at the 23rd Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships with 1900.
Singapore trio got off to a dream start when the second trio rolled 677 in their opening game to lead the first Singapore trio of Daphne Tan, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan and Bernice Lim by 43 pins in second.
But Yeo, Ng and New stumbled to a lowly 591 to slip behind the first Korean trio of Jung Da Wun, Jeon Eun Hee and Son Yun Hee albeit just 5 pins away. Tan, Yeong-Nathan and Lim also suffered a low game of 586 to slip away into sixth position.
The Korean ended the block with a respectable 600 but had to settle for second with 1873 when Singapore 2 stormed home with 632 to regain the lead with 1900.
Singapore has drawn a blank after two events over the first four days of the championships. The trio is in a good position to strike a medal with the second block tomorrow morning.
The second Indonesian trio of Tannya Roumimper, Nadia Pramanik and Alisha Nabila bowled consistently with 617, 605 and 641 to clinch third spot with 1863, 37 pins from the leader and just 10 pins from the Koreans.
Japan’s first trio of Futaba Imai, Shinobu Saito and Haruna Nojima is still in the running for a medal after they ended the block with 1860 in fourth.
The first Singapore trio failed to recover after the second game to end the block with 1773 and in tenth position.
Doubles gold medalist and overnight leader, Sin Li Jane of Malaysia remained in the lead of the Women’s All Events with 3480 despite posting only 614 in the Trios first block.
Singles silver medalist, Misaki Mukotani of Japan trailed the Malaysian by 141 pins in second with 3339 while Jeon Eun Hee lies in third position with 3315.
Yeong-Nathan occupied tenth position with 3185 followed by Hui Fen in 12th with 3152 and Lim 14th with 3119. Tan is off the top 16 in 17th position with 3105, just 2 pins off 16th. Yeo and Ng are 24th and 29th positions respectively.
The women will resume with second block in the morning while the men will bowl their second block in the afternoon.
Detailed scores: Women’s Trios Block 1 | Men’s Trios Block 1 Combined | Women’s All Events | Photo Album.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Bangkok.