Thursday, October 13, 2011

25th Asian InterCity Tenpin Bowling Championship 2011 (Day #1)

The Kuching team doing their official ball registration at Orchid Bowl Golf and Country Club, Singapore.

The Kuching City Asian InterCity Team ready for their official practice session before the start of the championship.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

A.B.A.S. to send 8 for the 25th Asian InterCity Tenpin Bowling Championship 2011 in Singapore

Amateur Bowling (TenPin) Association Sarawak (ABAS) is sending 8 representatives to take part in the 25^th edition of the Asian Intercity Bowling Championship to be held in Orchid Bowl, Orchid Country Club, Yi Shun, Singapore from 12^th – 18^th of October, 2011.

Team of 4 men and 2 women had been selected from a recent roll-off to represent Kuching City North (DBKU) organized by the association (ABAS)

Men’s Team: Kelvin Eng, Kevin Chan, Simon Ong and Yap Yung Shang and Ladies Team : Caroline Chien and Nurafidza Bte Mohd Amran.

This is the very first outing for ABAS to send a senior team for the event. “We are not only concerned about our youth but also our senior members. Bowlers in our fraternity should be encouraged to learn more about this event, which is held annually.” Said Robert Lu, who is also the team manager and vice president of ABAS. This will also give opportunity for ex-State and Sukma bowlers to look forward to more competitions outside Malaysia.

More than 33 cities will be taking part in this championship, the previous being held in Manila, Philipines.

To add confidence to the team, Chief Coach of Sarawak Sukma Team will also be behind the team in Singapore.

The team left today for Singapore.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

25th Asian InterCity Bowling Championship 2011

Addressing the issue that has long been a nagging matter for the association is the adults not getting enough competitive exposure as compared to the youths. So inline with the newly appointed committee members vision of organising at least one outing just for the adult members, we have selected to send the team to the 25th Asian InterCity Bowling Championship 2011 to be held in Singapore from the 11th to the 18th of October, 2011.

The annual event features good bowlers representing their respective cities from Asia and promises to be a real eye opener for our adult members. Strong teams like Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, and of course the host team, Singapore, will all be vying for the title of the 2011 best city bowling team in Asia.

The format of play in the Asian InterCity will be like that of our very own Malaysian Games with bowlers competing in the Singles, Doubles, Team, All-Events and Masters honours for both Men's and Ladies Team. Our team will of course be playing under the banner of our beloved cat city of Kuching, Sarawak.

Only minor setback would be the bowlers who make the the of 4 for each division, will need to cover their meal and accommodation expenditure due to the lack of funds in the association. Committee members especially our President, Mr. Sunny Si Poh Heng, is working diligently in acquiring sufficient funds to cover the whole team's exposure. In the event of such funds being unable to be realised, bowlers would need to set aside at least RM1,600.00 to cover accommodation and another RM400.00 to cover their meal expenses.

Even though not fully sponsored, it should not deter our determination and desire to be an ambassador and don the colours of our beautiful city and beloved state colours. The championship is an Asian leveled tournament and it would be a great opportunity and honour for those that earned the right to represent.

Click on images below to enlarge and read on to find out how to register yourself, times and dates of the selection along with the terms and conditions, rules and regulations. Don't miss out on this chance to be part of the AGI IDUP AGI NGELABAN team and make history as the first to take part in the Asian InterCity.

Monday, September 5, 2011

The Star (05.09.2011)

Monday September 5, 2011

Jacqueline defies the odds to win singles event

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia produced yet another young bowling world champion when Jacqueline Jenelee Sijore defied the odds to win the women’s singles gold in awesome fashion at the Women’s World Championships in Hong Kong yesterday.

The 19-year-old debutant kept her cool despite a jittery start to beat hot favourite Son Yun-hee of South Korea 266-217 in the final to become the country’s second women’s singles champion.

Esther Cheah became the first and youngest world champion when she took the gold medal in the same event at the age of 17 in 2007 at Aalborg, Denmark.

Golden girl: Jacqueline Jenelee Sijore posing with her singles gold medal at the Women’s World Championships in Hong Kong Sunday.

Jacqueline made it to the elimination round by virtue of finishing fourth – with her high score of 1,486 pins – in the 171-field after the completion of the six-game qualifying round which was held over three squads.

Jacqueline first sparked great hopes of a breakthrough when she cooly disposed of top seed Shayna Ng of Singapore 246-214 in the semi-finals yesterday.

Yun-hee, who had won three medals, including a gold at the previous world meet in Las Vegas, was equally impressive in downing Denmark’s Mai Ginge Jensen 279-268 in the other semi-final.

And when the rookie and seasoned campaigner clashed in the final, everything seemed to be going the Korean’s way – until the third frame.

That’s when, after a pep talk by national chief coach Holloway Cheah, Jacqueline stepped up a gear to reel home eight consecutive strikes for a well-deserved victory.

Jacqueline, who was only roped into the elite team this year, was overwhelmed with the sensational win.

“I am still trying to digest the win ... it is my happiest moment. I cannot believe that I have won the singles gold in my first attempt in the world meet,” said Jacqueline in a telephone interview yesterday.

The Sibu lass, who took up the sport when she was 10 years old, said she was quite nervous when she found out that her final hurdle would be a Korean.

“Koreans have dominated the bowling scene for some time and I panicked when I found out that Yun-hee will be my opponent. I struggled to hit pin 10 in the first three frames and became nervous,” said Jacqueline, who can look forward to an RM80,000 jackpot courtesy of the National Sports Council’s (NSC) cash incentive scheme.

“Holloway gave me some pointers. I made some adjustments, calmed down and played my game. There was no turning back for me after that.”

Jacqueline can also be proud of her achievement in rolling down a series of 266-279-267-258-202-214 in the six-game qualifying round.

Her first three games’ total of 812 (266-279-267) is a new world record – erasing the 12-year-old mark of 747 set by South Korean Cha Min-jung in the singles event at the 1999 world meet in Abu Dhabi.

Jacqueline hoped her first gold medal for Malaysia in the world meet would inspire her team-mates to keep the momentum going when they get into action in the doubles, trios and team events in the next few days.

“This win will certainly boost our team’s confidence. The achievement today shows that we can outdo our opponents – no matter how strong they may be. And we will be going with this same mindset in the next few events,” she said.

Holloway said: “I am happy that a timely advice at the crucial stage made the difference for Jacqueline. She is a good fighter and showed nerves of steel. We have always produced young winners and it all goes back to the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress’ (MTBC) sound development programme.”

MTBC secretary Sidney Tung said: “This is another milestone for Malaysia. In 2007, Esther took part in her first world meet and she struck gold. This time, it is Jacqueline’s turn. Our first-timers have proven themselves countless time. I was so overjoyed that I even cried. This is another proud moment for Malaysian bowling.”

Today, Jacqueline-Sin Li Jane, Esther-Zandra Aziela Ibrahim Hakimi and Zatil Iman Abdul Ghani-Sharon Koh will take part in the doubles event.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

14th PBAP Bevida-Storm International Classics 2011

Team Sarawak is now globe-trotting as a team of 5 boys, Bong Kihow, Christopher Tiong, Chong Jun Foo, Daniel Tan Yan Han and Jonathan Ding Sagan, has just gotten on the plane today heading for Manila, Philippines to take part in the 14th PBAP Bevida-Storm International Classics 2011.

The annual tournament is being held at the Pearl Bowling Centre and participants will have to qualify for the finals by accumulating the highest top 24 pinfalls. They will have to bowl 24 games divided over 3 blocks of 8 games and in different oil patterns, long, medium and short.

Our Sarawakian boys will have a chance to pit their skills against international bowlers as this is one of the many favourite tournament in the Asian calender frequent by many pro bowlers. This outing will also serve as an exposure trip as we prepare for the coming 2012 SUKMA in Pahang.

from left to right: Coach Reginald Walter Angkas, Daniel Tan Yan Han, Jonathan Ding Sagan, Bong Kihow and Christopher Tiong Lee Siong at Kuching International Airport just before their flight to the Philippines but transiting for 8 hours first in Singapore.

These boys have put in a lot of effort in preparing themselves for this tournament with daily training sessions, equipment preparations and physical conditioning with many trips to the gym. They are accompanied by Sarawak U.S.P.T.N. Head Coach for Tenpin Bowling, Mr. Reginald Walter Angkas, who will provide them with his many years of experience and expertise.

We would like to wish them plenty of luck and all the best as they bring our humble state flag to fly it high internationally. Do your utmost best boys....AGI IDUP AGI NGELABAN!!!

Sarawak boys at the airport checking in their equipments packed with their gear and CONFIDENCE!!!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Riverside Superbowl reopens officially on 30.07.2011!!!

After a change of management and going through the uplifting renovation works, the first ever computerised bowling centre in Kuching has finally reopened officially on Saturday, 30.07.2011 with the ceremony starting early in the morning at 8.30am.

It was a great day for Riverside Superbowl's new managing director, Mr. Yean Poh Hua, who has many memories of the centre being that he has been there since day one way back in the early 1990's. At the alley early in the morning, way earlier than anyone else, he was cheerfully greeting invited guests, friends and bowlers and all smiles he should be as he successfully transformed Riverside Superbowl into a very clean, neat and cozy bowling alley.

To make his great day even better, his official openning was graced by Y.B. Datuk Talib Zulpilip who is the chairman of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation or S.E.D.C. for short and also assistant minister for tourism.

A charity bowl team event was also organised by Riverside Superbowl as part of the activity and all team registration was duly donated to the Rotary Club, Kuching. The event was a 4-man team and each bowler bowled 3 games each with the highest accumulated team pinfalls wins. The champion, 1st and 2nd runner up won themselves trophies for keeps.

The team of Abang Afiq Yazid Bin Abang Azman, Abang Azlan Yunus Bin Abang Azman, Nazrin Bin Wagiman and Eddie Tan of Pin10 Cafe emerged as the champion with Borneo Biscuits team of Daniel Tan Yan Han, Yean Chia Ming, Galliano Edward and Allexiss O'Neil Edward came in as 1st Runner up. Just 7 pins behind in 3rd was the team of the Amateur Bowling Association of Sarawak (A.B.A.S.) who is the governing body for the sport of tenpin bowling in Sarawak. The team consists of its office bearers and committee members, Caroline Chien (Hon. Secretary), Kelvin Chan Chung Sian (Asst. Hon. Treasurer), Angelo Koay (Asst. Hon. Secretary) and Mohd Amran Saait (Committee Member) played under the banner of their gracious sponsor JW Supplies.

It was a day of fun, togetherness, smiles and warmth as how the fraternity of bowling is here in Sarawak. We congratulate and extend our heartiest best wishes to Riverside Superbowl and may the association and the bowling centre work hand in hand and see eye to eye in further developing the sport not only in Kuching but the whole of Sarawak as well.

Below are some pictures of the auspicious day;