BORNEO POST
Sarawak lass wins first international title
by Ting Tieng Hee. Posted on May 28, 2011, Saturday
FIRST INTERNATIONAL TITLE: Jocelyna poses with her prize and Koay after winning the Girls Graded Masters title at Sunway Megalanes on Thursday.
Jocelyna overcomes pain barrier at Canon Malasian Open
KUCHING: Jocelyna Judith Jonathan got Sarawak to a flying start in the 34th Canon Malaysian International Open Bowling Championship at the Sunway Megalanes on Thursday when she won the Youth Girls Graded Masters after beating 11 other qualifiers.
The 15-year-old student from SMK Batu Lintang and Malaysian Open debutant helped Sarawak retain the title by downing a total of 1,862 pinfalls.
Jocelyna bowled through pain on an injured thumb and remained focused in the finals to clinch her first international title and earned glory for the state.
She began a score of 207 pinfalls to lead the field from start to finish, downing a line of 198, 163, 246, 159, 220, 138, 193, 164 and 174 in the 10-game final.
Second was Ayra Nur Jehan of Kuala Lumpur with 1826 pinfalls, followed by Nur’ain Mustaffa of Premium Lanes with 1788 pinfalls while fourth and fifth were Amanda Kong (1781) of PTBPP and Iffah Farhanah (1,774) of Santai, Malaysia.
The champion attributed her success to the great state bowling training programme run by dedicated coaches which now incorporates theory classes, fitness, gym and mental toughness camps.
She said the Amateur Bowling Association of Sarawak that oversees the programme had done a great job in identifying the needs of the bowlers and finding the means to fulfill them to ensure steady progress and development.
Coach Angelo Koay said he was very impressed with Jocelyna’s performance in her first international outing.
“The hard work put in during training, fitness and weights conditioning even on the day before the final was how much effort, desire and determination Jocelyna had in wanting to win the title,” he said when interviewed from Kuala Lumpur.
Koay, who heads the state UPSTN AA training programme, said the three-day motivation and mental toughness camp done in preparing the bowlers before the championship was a great success and had paid dividends.
“Even the tough lane and pain of injury did not deter her will to win,” he noted.
He was also proud and happy for Jocelyna for winning her first international title.
“When I first saw her in 2009 when she was 13 years old, I was already much impressed with her talent and ability but it was her willingness to listen to instructions and work hard that I knew success for her was inevitable,” said Koay.
Meanwhile, the five boys who made it to the finals of the Boys Graded Masters also performed well, with state USPTN trainee Anthony Luang Cheng finishing second with 1,898 pinfalls in the 18-player field after the champion Tun Ameerul Ashraf of Perak who scored a total of 2,015 pinfalls.
Cheng’s teammate Ervin Lim missed the third placing by a mere pin with 1,894 pinfalls while the third placed winner Adee Bahry was from Premium Lanes.
Jeremy Jerome Johnathan came in sixth with 1,818 pinfalls while another USPTN trainee Mohd Uzair Irsyad was 11th with 1,745 pinfalls.
Sarawak are also competing in the Boys Open, Girls Open, Men’s Graded, Women’s Graded, Men’s Open and Women’s Open that will end today.
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