Monday, February 28, 2011

We Top the Chart!

Singapore emerged as the top country in the overall medal tally in the V Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship held in Selangor, Malaysia with 3 Gold and 2 Silver, ahead of England and Malaysia.

Representing Singapore in this championship are Remy Ong, Jason Yeong-Nathan, Shayna Ng and Geraldine Ng. All four bowlers were medallists in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou last November.

The 3 Gold were achieved in the Women's Doubles, Mixed Team and Men's Masters.

Shayna clinched the first medal with her second place in the Women's Singles competition. Together with Geraldine Ng, both bowlers who were gold medallists in the 16th Asian Games combined their strength once again and came in first in the Women's doubles competition. This was the first gold for Singapore in this championship. 


Gold Medalists in the Women's Doubles - Shayna Ng (left) and Geraldine Ng (right)

Our team put up a consistent performance in the Mixed Team competition where they started leading the competition after the first block and beat other teams. Their commendable efforts led them to achieve the second gold medal for Singapore.


Gold for Team Singapore
From left to right: Remy Ong, Geraldine Ng, Shayna Ng and Jason Yeong-Nathan

Shayna Ng was second in the Women's Masters defeating Nicki Ainge of England but fell to Hayley White of England.

Remy was one bowler who surprised everyone in this championship. Despite being last in the Men's Masters first block, he overcame all odds and secured the third position to qualify for the stepladder finals to compete against Matt Chamberlain of England and Adrian Ang of Malaysia. During the stepladder finals after defeating Matt Chamberlain, Remy had to bowl in the short oil condition against top seed Adrian Ang. However, he managed to bowl well and defeated Adrian to clinch the championship title.

Remy Ong from Singapore won the Men's Masters
(From Left to Right): Adrian Ang (Malaysia) - 2nd Pos, Remy Ong(Singapore) Champion, Matt Chamberlain (England) 3rd Pos

Co-National Head Coach William Woo had nothing but praises for him, "It was amazing. He put up a fantastic performance in the Men's Masters."

Although medals were not accorded to the top 3 in the All-Events, Geraldine and Shayna was first and third respectively.

Despite having to compete with many other strong bowlers from countries such as Malaysia, England and Australia, our bowlers persevered and put in their best effort to prove they are capable to step up to the world stage.

Our heartiest congratulations to our bowlers for their achievements!