PENULTIMATE
DAY OF QUALIFYING
 Cherie
Tan, a Singaporean lass of 20 tender years
(pictured), shot 935 in today's 14:30 squad
to lead the Local Pool of the 41st Singapore
Open at the luxurious SAFRA SuperBowl, Mount
Faber.
Tan's series of 242, 236, 231 and 266, her
eighth 2008 entry, dislodged Jazreel Tan (no
relation) from the top of the leader board. "I'm
determined to do well this year," said Cherie
Tan, "and I'm hoping to break the ice." She was
second runner-up last year.
In the Overseas Pool, a brace of Malaysians
head the standings. Zandra Aziela tops the field
with 902 and is followed by 2008 runner-up
Sharon Koh with 896.
 The
men's Local Pool features Singapore's Eugene Low
in first place on 946 but 968 from Abdulla Al-Qatan
from Qatar has the highest score to date in the
Overseas Pool, just one pin ahead of Malaysia's
Zulmazran Zulkifli in second place.
The first perfect game of the 2008 edition of
this prestigious event was bowled by Qatar's
Monsour Al-Awami, currently in fourth place on
954. Unfortunately, he did not qualify for the
S$5,000 perfect game prize as that is only paid
on randomly selected squads, usually one a day,
and that was the squad following Al-Awami's.
Good coverage in Singapore's national
newspaper, The Straits Times, featured
the 300 as 'Perfect game not worth a cent'.
Qualifying finishes tomorrow (Thursday) and
then the top 39 men, plus three from the
Desperado squad, will contest the Masters. The
women's field will be 30 with no Desperado
qualifiers.
Each division will play 16 games with the top
six going forward to the one-game stepladder
final.
FINAL QUALIFYING DAY
Full squads all day today as competitors from
14 nations vie for a place in one of the three
pools and therefore advance to the Masters
tomorrow morning.
Hanging in there is Asian star Shaker Al-Hassan
from the United Arab Emirates, just off the
lanes from the 14:30 squad and lying in 12th
place in the Mixed Pool with 863 over the four
games. It's safe to predict that he will be back
on the lanes to try to improve on that score.
Defending champion Mika Koivuniemi was
loosening up on this squad. He has a bye into
tomorrow's Masters.
Not many
changes in the 16:00 squad (running an hour
late) but good news for Shaker Al-Hassan as he
climbs to sixth in the men's mixed pool and
looks good for the Masters.
 There's
a new leader in the women's overseas pool as
Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Chia-Li (pictured)rallied
for a 932 to head that division with her
'helicopter' style
Just 16
bowlers took advantage of the Desperado squad,
the final chance to win a place in the Masters'
division and on to 16 more games in search of
glory. The three to win those coveted places
were Wang Tien-Fu of Chinese Taipei, Phoenphun
Yakesem from Thailand and Malaysia's Aaron Kong.
Defending
champions Mika Koivuniemi and Zatil Iman now
join the fray for some serious bowling, each
determined to make it a double victory. The top
six in each division will progress to the
stepladder final on Saturday evening.
Photos by Terence Yaw
FINAL QUALIFYING LIST
DEFENDING CHAMPION
MIKA KOIVUNIEMI, USA/FINLAND
|
|
LOCAL POOL |
|
|
|
|
POS |
NAME |
NAT |
PINFALL |
AVE |
| 1 |
EUGENE LOW |
SIN |
946 |
236.50 |
| 2 |
SHAUN NG |
SIN |
941 |
235.25 |
| 3 |
JACK WONG |
SIN |
938 |
234.50 |
| 4 |
REMY ONG |
SIN |
935 |
233.75 |
| 5 |
LEE YU-WEN |
SIN |
932 |
233.00 |
| 6 |
HO YEEN KEE |
SIN |
922 |
230.50 |
| 7 |
JASON YEONG-NATHAN |
SIN |
911 |
227.75 |
| 8 |
ONG QIZONG |
SIN |
909 |
227.25 |
| 9 |
PAIMAN BIN DALI |
SIN |
902 |
225.50 |
| 10 |
ROHEZAN ABDUL MANAF |
SIN |
902 |
225.50 |
| 11 |
ANDREW LEE |
SIN |
895 |
223.75 |
| 12 |
BENJAMIN LIM JIA JUN |
SIN |
892 |
223.00 |
| 13 |
SANDRA SAGERAN |
SIN |
888 |
222.00 |
|
OVERSEAS POOL |
|
|
|
| 1 |
ABDULLA AL-QATTAN |
QAT |
968 |
242.00 |
| 2 |
ZULMAZRAN ZULKIFLI |
MAS |
967 |
241.75 |
| 3 |
ADRIAN ANG |
MAS |
954 |
238.50 |
| 4 |
SAEED AL-HAJRI |
QAT |
953 |
238.25 |
| 5 |
MANSOUR AL-AWAMI |
QAT |
950 |
237.50 |
| 6 |
ALEX LIEW |
MAS |
943 |
235.75 |
| 7 |
DANIEL LIM |
MAS |
940 |
235.00 |
| 8 |
CHENG HSING-CHAO |
TPE |
930 |
232.50 |
| 9 |
ZAID IZLAN |
MAS |
923 |
230.75 |
| 10 |
MOHD NOER SAID |
MAS |
919 |
229.75 |
| 11 |
LEE YUNG-NIEN |
TPE |
906 |
226.50 |
| 12 |
HUSSAIN AL-SUWAIDI |
UAE |
898 |
224.50 |
| 13 |
BANDAR AL-SHAFI |
QAT |
895 |
223.75 |
|
MIXED POOL |
|
|
|
| 1 |
LIN WEN-YUAN |
TPE |
892 |
223.00 |
| 2 |
RYAN LALISANG |
INA |
890 |
222.50 |
| 3 |
MUHD NUR AIMAN |
MAS |
888 |
222.00 |
| 4 |
SYAFIQ RIDHWAN |
MAS |
887 |
221.75 |
| 5 |
CARL DE VRIES |
SIN |
881 |
220.25 |
| 6 |
TOM HAHL |
FIN |
878 |
219.50 |
| 7 |
SHAKER AL-HASSAN |
UAE |
878 |
219.50 |
| 8 |
DAVID WONG HAN KEONG |
SIN |
877 |
219.25 |
| 9 |
CHIAM YEW BING |
SIN |
876 |
219.00 |
| 10 |
PASUT PUNSANTHAVEEKUL |
THA |
875 |
218.75 |
| 11 |
ANNOP ARROMSARANON |
THA |
873 |
218.25 |
| 12 |
HUANG CHENG-HSIUNG |
TPE |
872 |
218.00 |
|
DESPERADO QUALIFIERS |
|
|
|
| 1 |
WANG TIEN-FU |
TPE |
214 |
|
| 2 |
PHOEMPHUN YAKASEM |
THA |
212 |
|
| 3 |
AARON KONG |
MAS |
202 |
|
WOMEN
|
|
DEFENDING CHAMPION |
|
|
|
|
ZATIL IMAN |
MAS |
|
|
|
LOCAL POOL |
|
|
|
|
POS |
NAME |
NAT |
PINFALL |
AVE |
| 1 |
CHERIE TAN SHI HUA |
SIN |
935 |
233.75 |
| 2 |
JAZREEL TAN |
SIN |
916 |
229.00 |
| 3 |
SHAYNA NG |
SIN |
892 |
223.00 |
| 4 |
VALERIE TEO |
SIN |
885 |
221.25 |
| 5 |
JENNIFER TAN |
SIN |
883 |
220.75 |
| 6 |
ONG SHE-NA |
SIN |
876 |
219.00 |
| 7 |
GERALDINE NG |
SIN |
869 |
217.25 |
| 8 |
JASMINE YEONG-NATHAN |
SIN |
862 |
215.50 |
| 9 |
YAP SEOK KIM |
SIN |
862 |
215.50 |
| 10 |
SABRINA LIM |
SIN |
860 |
215.00 |
|
OVERSEAS POOL |
|
|
|
| 1 |
HSIEH CHIA-LI |
TPE |
932 |
233.00 |
| 2 |
ZANDRA AZIELA |
MAS |
902 |
225.50 |
| 3 |
SHARON KOH |
MAS |
896 |
224.00 |
| 4 |
DIANDRA ASBATY |
USA |
893 |
223.25 |
| 5 |
PUTTY ARMEIN |
INA |
864 |
216.00 |
| 6 |
ESTHER CHEAH |
MAS |
859 |
214.75 |
| 7 |
SITI SAFIYAH |
MAS |
854 |
213.50 |
| 8 |
HUNG SHU-CHUN |
TPE |
854 |
213.50 |
| 9 |
CHOY POH LAI |
MAS |
852 |
213.00 |
| 10 |
LIZA DEL ROSARIO |
PHI |
848 |
212.00 |
|
MIXED POOL |
|
|
|
| 1 |
WANG TING-WEN |
TPE |
846 |
211.50 |
| 2 |
WENDY CHAI |
MAS |
843 |
210.75 |
| 3 |
AMANDA NG LI CHUEN |
SIN |
834 |
208.50 |
| 4 |
GINA LIM |
SIN |
833 |
208.25 |
| 5 |
HSIAO SU-LING |
TPE |
832 |
208.00 |
| 6 |
DAPHNE TAN SHI JING |
SIN |
830 |
207.50 |
| 7 |
BERNICE LIM |
SIN |
827 |
206.75 |
| 8 |
WANG YU-LING |
TPE |
821 |
205.25 |
| 9 |
RENA TENG |
SIN |
819 |
204.75 |
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