Ladies Sweep National Crowns

2019 Singapore Nationals and National Youth Championships

Singapore Sports School Bowling Academy student-athletes and alumni dominated the scene at the 50th Singapore Nationals and 5th National Youth Championships, claiming 38 Top 3 places in the across the 22 events, including 12 first-place finishes, from 6 to 16 November 2019.

After five intense days of bowling, Sports School alumnae occupied eight places in the Top 10 of the Women’s Open All-Events; seven progressed into the nine-woman Masters Finals. By the end of the 10-game Finals, Jazreel Tan Shi Hua, Charlene Lim Jia Yi and Iliya Syamim Muhammad Azni stood above the rest to move into the Stepladder Finals.

Determined to defend her title, Charlene beat Iliya 203-184 to square off with top seed Jazreel. 20-year-old Charlene proceeded to win the next game 215-208, pushing it into a deciding game. In the end, it was the more-experienced Jazreel who took the crown with a final game of 227-200.

The Youth Boys Masters Stepladders Finals was also an all-Sports School affair. Secondary 4 student-athlete Lim Ding Xi garnered a sizable 121-pinfall lead over his closest rivals alumnus Leong Weng Hong (2,266 pinfalls) and Secondary 3’s George Yin Xu (2,264 pinfalls) after 10 games in the Masters Finals. However, strong and consistent bowling from Weng Hong saw him win all three games in the Stepladder Finals to clinch the Youth Boys Masters trophy in the under-21 age-group.

Student-athletes and alumni also ranked amongst the top 3 in three other events – Men’s Open Quartet, and Women’s Open Doubles and Quartet.

Ashley Victoria Lok (Secondary 1) and Mandy Koh Mun Leng (Secondary 3) also clinched titles in their respective events, claiming top spots in the remaining three female Masters events – Ashley in the U15, and Mandy in the U18 and Youth. Bowling against older and more experienced competitors, 15-year-old Mandy outbowled her opponents to win the U18 and Youth Masters events. DBS Year 2’s Quek Lu Yi made it a 1-2 finish for Sports School in the latter event. DBS Year 1’s Owen Wong Wen Fei was the Men’s Graded “A” Masters Stepladder Finals champion.

Lu Yi, Ding Xi and DSPM Year 1 student-athlete Amos Lim Xuan Cun also bagged Daily High Series awards for knocking down the highest number of pins over three games.

Leroy Kwek Peng Suan from Secondary 2 also delivered a stand-out performance on 13 November when he strung a series of 12 strikes during the Boys U18 Masters Qualifiers to notch his first 300-pinfall game. His perfect game pushed him up to first position after six qualifying games. He eventually finished 20th in the Masters Finals. Alumnus Timothy Theodore Tham Fu Rong also shot a perfect game on 16 November in the Men’s Open Masters Finals.

RESULTS

Under 15 Boys Masters

3rd – John Yong-Ming Faragalla

Under 15 Girls Masters

1st – Ashley Victoria Lok

Under 18 Boys Masters

3rd – Ryan Ching Sen-Yan

Under 18 Girls Masters

1st – Mandy Koh Mun Leng

Youth Boys Masters

1st – Leong Weng Hong

2nd – Lim Ding Xi

3rd – George Yin Xu

Youth Girls Masters

1st – Mandy Koh Mun Leng

2nd – Quek Lu Yi

Men's Open Singles

1st – Kuek Qi En

Men's Open Doubles

2nd – Kuek Qi En, Muhammad Danial Zheng Yi Abdul Nasir

3rd – Jarred Lim Jia Le, Marcus Lim

Men's Open Quartet

1st – Dylan Teoh Zi Jun, Nu’man Syahmi Yusri, Russell Paul Lee Yuong Ern, Isaac Lai Ee Kiat

2nd – Alex Chong Wei Chien, Basil Dill Ng Jui Chang, Muhammad Jaris Goh Ali Akbar Goh, Cheah Ray Han

3rd – Ahmad Safwan Shamsudin, Xavier Teo Jun Hao, Brandon Ong, Isaac Ng

Men's Open All-Events

1st – Kuek Qi En

2nd – Alex Chong Wei Chien

Men's Open Masters

3rd – Kuek Qi En

Women's Open Singles

2nd – Charlene Lim Jia Yi

3rd – Daphne Tan Shi Jing

Women's Open Doubles

1st – Bernice Lim Hui Ying, Jazreel Tan Shi Hua

2nd – Daphne Tan Shi Jing, Cherie Tan

3rd – New Hui Fen, Shayna Ng

Women's Open Quartet

1st – Daphne Tan Shi Jing, New Hui Fen, Cherie Tan, Shayna Ng

2nd – Bernice Lim Hui Ying, Jazreel Tan Shi Hua, Ong She Na, Valerie Teo

3rd – Amabel Chua Jiaying, Charlene Lim Jia Yi, Iliya Syamim Muhammad Azni, Jermaine Seah

Women's Open All-Events

2nd – Daphne Tan Shi Jing

3rd – Bernice Lim Hui Ying

Women's Open Masters

1st – Jazreel Tan Shi Hua

2nd – Charlene Lim Jia Yi

3rd – Jermaine Seah

Men’s Graded ‘A’ Singles

2nd – Tay Kun Long

Men’s Graded ‘A’ Doubles

2nd – Owen Wong Wen Fei, Tay Kun Long

Men’s Graded ‘A’ Quartet

1st – Owen Wong Wen Fei, Tay Kun Long, Carl De Vries, Lenny Lim

Men’s Graded ‘A’ All-Events

2nd – Owen Wong Wen Fei

3rd – Tay Kun Long

Men’s Graded ‘A’ Masters

1st – Owen Wong Wen Fei

Mixed Graded Masters

2nd – Tay Kun Long

Daily High Series

Quek Lu Yi – 677 pinfalls (Girls Youth, 9 November 2019)

Lim Ding Xi – 717 pinfalls (Boys Youth, 12 November 2019)

Amos Lim Xuan Cun – 720 pinfalls (Boys Youth, 13 November 2019)

Note: Italicised names not from Singapore Sports School