Masters champions Ameerul and Puteri posing with their medals after the prize presentation.
Ong (third left) presents the overall champions trophy to Malaysia A coach Wendy Chai while (from left) Shaifulbahri, Si and (from right) Lu and Najeeb look on at Megalanes Sarawak Batu Kawa yesterday.
KUCHING: Malaysia A ended its campaign at the 18th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships at Megalanes Sarawak, Batu Kawa yesterday with a flourish when it made a clean sweep of the Masters titles.
Tun Ameerul Hakim was on fire as he upstaged top seed from Hong Kong A Alex Yu in two games of 269-205 and 201-181 to collect the Boys Masters gold.
The Malaysian second seed had earlier disposed of the third seed Shoumick Datta of India 279-237 in the semi-final.
In the Girls Masters stepladder finals, Puteri Nurul Dini, who was the top seed, faced no difficulty in overcoming the challenge from third seed Fion Liew Shan Ting from Singapore, beating the latter 207-176 and 251-193 to make it a clean sweep for Malaysia A.
Fiona Yew also from Singapore finished third after losing to compatriot Fion Liew 158-176 in the semi-final.
The two gold medals on the final day made Malaysia A the undisputable overall champions with six gold, six silver and two bronze medals, followed by Hong Kong A (2-1-1), Australia A (1-2-0), Indonesia A (1-0-0), Singapore A (0-0-1) and Malaysia B (0-0-1).
Malaysia A’s other gold medals were won in the Girls Singles, Girls Doubles, Girls Team and Girls All Events.
Puteri Nurul Dini was the team’s best performer with four golds from the Girls Doubles, Girls Team, Girls All Events and Girls Masters and a bronze in the Girls Singles.
Sarawak Sports Corporation chief executive officer Dr Ong Kong Swee, who represented Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, closed the event and presented the main prizes to the winners.
Karim said the 18th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships had further exposed and boosted tenpin bowling in Sarawak.
“This event gathers top class bowlers to Kuching and fosters goodwill and friendship among countries in Asia.
“I congratulate Abas for successfully organised this event for the very first time in Kuching. We appreciate your continued sacrifices and endeavours in promoting the sport in Sarawak,” added Karim.
He was assured that local bowlers, in particular Sarawak’s young Sukma squad, had learned a lot from their Asian counterparts and savoured the privilege and experience.
Also present were deputy president of the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress Dato Mohd Najeeb Abdullah, Amateur Tenpin Bowling Association of Sarawak (Abas) president Sunny Si, deputy president Shaifulbahri Shukri, vice president Robert Lu who is also Malaysia team manager.