Singapore is Overall Champion at 25th Asian Intercity Bowling Championship

The 25^th Asian Intercity Bowling Championship closed today at Orchid Bowl, Orchid Country Club with the conclusion of the Men’s, Women’s, Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s Masters Event.

Choi Suk Byung of Daegu ended the Men’s Masters Finals with a comfortable victory. He took the Men’s title, 2-0 against Tay Hui Chiang of Jurong. Choi took off to a blistering start winning the first game 235–194. Tay picked up his pace in the second game only to fall short of 11 points to lose the game (190-179). Tay faced Daegu’s Park Min Su in the semi-finals and beat him 2-1 to advance to the finals which left Park to settle for third place with Paranaque’s Jeremy Posadas who lost to Choi 2-0 in the semi-finals.

Men's Masters (left to right): 2nd-Tay Hui Chiang (Jurong),

1st-Choi Suk Byung (Daegu), 3rd-Park Min Su (Daegu) / Jeremy Posadas (Paranaque)

Singapore’s Bernice Lim took a comfortable lead by winning the first game of the Women’s Masters Finals 234-134 but Paranaque’s Apple Posadas came back strong to take the second game 257-207. All eyes were on the two Women’s finalists as they battled it out in the last game of the event. A close and exciting game with loud cheers from their supporters, Bernice eventually took the title just a mere 2 points ahead of Apple (215-213). Bernice beat fellow Singaporean, Kristin Quah of Jurong 2-0 in the semi-finals. Quah shares third place with Singapore’s Amanda Ng who lost to Apple 2-1 in the semi-finals.

Women's Masters (left to right): 2nd-Apple Posadas (Paranaque),

1st-Bernice Lim (Singapore), 3rd-Amanda Ng (Singapore) / Kristin Quah (Jurong)

 

It was a close fight to the finish in the Senior Men’s Masters Finals but Adam Chew of Jurong came out tops to win the title 2-0 (181-172 and 165-151) against Steven Tan of Singapore who had beaten the Senior Men’s Singles champion, Gerry Tan of Paranaque, 2-1 in the semi-finals. Gerry Tan shares third place with Pasay’s James Dela Cruz who lost to Chew 2-0 in the semi-finals.

Senior Men's Masters (left to right): 2nd-Steven Tan (Singapore),

1st-Adam Chew (Jurong), 3rd-Gerry Tan (Paranaque) / James Dela Cruz (Paranaque) 

Senior Women's Masters (left to right): 2nd-Baby David (San Juan),

1st-Liza Or (Paranaque), 3rd-Shirley Liew (East Coast) / Lyn Tan (Paranaque)

 

Paranaque’s Liza Or emerged as the Senior Women’s Masters champion by beating San Juan’s Baby David 2-0 (213-163 and 173-124). Baby had an easy 2-0 win over fellow team-mate Lyn Tan in the semi-finals, who will take third place along with Shirley Liew of East Coast who lost to Or 1-2.

The city of Daegu was awarded top city in the Men’s division and the city of Singapore was awarded the top city in the Women’s division. The team from Singapore was also awarded the Overall City Championship.

Overall Champion - Singapore

(front row, left to right): Bernice Lim, Fok Ka Wai, Amanda Ng, Ilma Nur Jannah, Javier Tan, Jaris Goh

(back row, left to right): Alexander Tan, Remy Ong, Suresh Elangovan

President of the Singapore Bowling Federation, Mrs Jessie Phua made her closing speech, saying, “We can agree that the bowlers kept us at the edge of our seats and it was a befitting ending to an exciting few days.”

“I am very happy to see that more and more people have come out to support this,” added Mr Johnson Cheng, President of the Asian Intercity Bowling Council, in his closing speech. Mr Cheng also hopes that this regional championship will continue to grow and be around for a long time more.

The event ended with an awards presentation and farewell reception, concluding the 25^th running of the coveted regional championship.

Canon SuperSeries 3 (2011) Grand Finale

A total of 36 teams participated in the Canon SuperSeries 3, Grand Finale on 25^th September 2011 at Orchid Bowl@Orchid Country Club.

The champion team for the Competitive Series was from Syntech with a total score of 2421 pinfalls, 2^nd place Standard Chartered Bank scored 2255 pinfalls and Jurong Shipyard scored 2238 pinfalls for 3^rd place.

Syntech receiving their prizes from Canon's Mr Von Chan

Said Syntech director Hong: "I'm very happy we won again this year. I knew we had a good chance even though PSA were close to us initially, but we all bowled well today." Added Syntech production worker Oon, 54, the only female bowler in the team: "I was a little nervous because of the competition, but we just played our own game as we are all experienced bowlers. "This is my first time playing in the Canon Super Series so winning here is quite special and I'll definitely come back next year if my boss wants me to play."

Standard Chartered in 2nd Position

Jurong Shipyard in 3rd Position

Down by one team member, Mediacorp Team 1 still managed to come out tops in the Leisure Series with a total score of 2039 pinfalls. Close behind with 2015 pinfalls was KPMG Team A, followed by the Carebears team from Finexis with 1987 pinfalls.

3-Men Team from Mediacorp Team 1

KPMG Team A coming in 2nd place

Carebears Team from Finexis in 3rd place

The six-leg corporate tournament from March 25 to Sept 25 saw some 144 teams taking part in the Competitive and Leisure categories, with the top 36 advancing to the Grand Finale.

"Ok, let's do this!"

Amidst the Formula 1 buzz, the teams were ready and raring to go. Needless to say the theme was such and some teams came dressed in F1-inspired attire which saw the team from the Supreme Court of Singapore taking home the Best Dressed prize. The Best Supported Team award went to Syntech. Sideline entertainment included authentic goodies like Dragon Beard Candy and Popcorn, and a mini-F1 racetrack.

Best Dressed Team - Supreme Court of Singapore

Best Supported Team - Syntech

Summing up the success of this year's tournament, Singapore Bowling Federation president Jessie Phua said: "This is the perfect setting for companies to come out on a lovely Sunday with their families for a great time. And thanks to Canon, we are able to bring some work-life balance."

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New Hui Fen Awarded Peter Lim-Funded Scholarship

New Hui Fen was among the top athletes who benefited from the Peter Lim-funded scholarship, worth $10,000 each.

Funded by billionaire Peter Lim’s $10-million donation, the scholarships were set up last year as a legacy of the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. They are awarded to selected high performance athletes as well as those in need of financial help.

FIQ President, Mrs Jessie Phua, Will Not Seek Second Term

Mrs Jessie Phua has decided not to seek a second four-year term as president of the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ), the world body for ninepin and tenpin bowling, because of her numerous other commitments. She is the president of the Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF), sits on the Vision 2030 committee to develop Singapore's sporting blueprint for the next 20 years, and is the Republic's chef-de-mission to the 2012 London Olympics, among others.

While Mrs Jessie Phua has paved the way for bowling to be featured at the Commonwealth Games, the pursuit to make it part of the summer Olympics still continues and will now depend on her successor, Kevin Dornberger, who was elected to helm the FIQ.

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Success for Women’s Team at World Women Bowling Championship

2^nd – 11^th September 2011, Hong Kong Bowling City , Hong Kong

The team of Jazreel Tan, Shayna Ng, New Hui Fen, Geraldine Ng and sisters Cherie and Daphne Tan returned with three silvers and a bronze from the World Women Bowling Championship in Hong Kong. It was Singapore's best performance so far at the biennial meet.

Visit http://www.singaporebowling.org.sg for more information.

Yeong-Nathan Third in Manila

14th PBAP Bevida-Storm International Classic , 27th - 31st Aug 2011 in Manila

Jasmine Yeong-Nathan struck a perfect game of 300 during the qualifying round on 28th Aug 2011, this was her THIRD perfect game.

Jason Yeong-Nathan, the only Singaporean in the step-ladder finals bowled 258 to finish THIRD at the PBAP Bevida-Storm International Classic in Manila on 31st August 2011.

Visit http://www.jbowlmart.com/ for detailed results 

We are Singaporeans

Remy Ong is Singaporean and We are Singaporeans ..

The varity show " We are Singaporeans " - mediacorp programme. The challenge contestants will be questioned from history to culture to trivia and hosted by Hossan Leong on every Wednesday.

Remy Ong - our World Champion was invited to the " We are Singaporeans " on 22 Jun 2011 and it was aired on channel 5, 8 pm.

Together with our World Champion - Remy Ong, the others celebrity were Divian Nair, Constance Song, Broadway Beng "HUAT ah", Maid -Leticia ,Benhamin Heng...and the little Riding Hood. !

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