What started out as a friendly bowling game, intensify to a bowling league and became a battle to determine the champion of Selangor ONE amateur bowling 2008. And it all just happened in a twinkling of an eye. Who would have guess, a game of rolling a ball towards 10 pins would catch on and the fever, continue till this very day?
The league went to its final round (after a total of 10 games) with Cmdr. Francis Raj, Cmdr. Su Ling and Cmdr. Pamela Soo eliminated from the league. They played their best but at the end, only the top 8 of man’s league and top 2 of women’s league qualify for the final round. (Cmdr. Pamela was so devastated, she left the country…. Yes, to Singapore and got the job of her dreams)
Back to the final round, Cmdr. William See, Cmdr. Hon Chong, Cmdr. Mike Dharmo and Kelvin Tea roll off the first semi-final game with only the winner of the group going through the second semi-final. Kelvin Tea couldn’t make it out of work commitment and Cmdr. William, Cmdr. Hon Chong and Cmdr. Mike was left fighting it out. At the end of the game, Cmdr. William See makes it through scoring 158 points, Cmdr. Hon Chong 130 points and Cmdr. Mike Dharmo 108 points.
The second semi-final now sees Cmdr. Larry Chew, Cmdr. Joseph Gan, Cmdr. Kwang Yew and Cmdr. William See. Cmdr. Joseph Gan and Cmdr. Larry Chew was the favourite as they have been fighting neck to neck all through out the league game. However, Cmdr William see with the score of 158 points could pose some threat to them. It was an intense game but Cmdr. Joseph Gan managed to pull away from the very first frame while the rest falter. Cmdr. Joseph Gan scored 149 points, Cmdr. William See and Cmdr. Kwang Yew managed only 115 points and Cmdr. Larry 110 points.
The final game will be between Cmdr. Kenny Chew and Cmdr. Joseph Gan. While the guys took a break before the final game, Cmdr. May Lai and Celina roll off the final game for the ladies. And in the end, Celina matched Cmdr. May Lai every way and managed to nick the title from her with 139 points over 126 points.
Back to the men’s final, it proves to be the final of the final. Cmdr. Joseph Gan and Cmdr. Kenny Chew strike out each other all the way. Neck to neck wasn’t even close, it was skin to skin, strikes after strikes, and spares after spares… They were just waiting for each other to falter. Cmdr. Joseph Gan managed to score 204-132 while Cmdr. Kenny Chew scored 177-143. It was Cmdr. Joseph Gan’s title in the end.
The Selangor ONE amateur bowling ranking read as follow :-
Men's ranking
1) Joseph Gan
2) Kenny Chew
3) William See
Kwang Yew
4) Larry Chew
5) Hon Chong
6) Mike Dharmo
7) Kelvin Tea
8) Francis Raj
Ladies ranking
1) Celina Tan
2) May Lai
3) Su Ling
4) Pamela Soo
Keep training guys and ladies, i hear they are going to make this an annual event.. haha.. (special thanks to photographer, Ivan Kok who goes beyond his way (kena scolding all... gone hiding) just to take these photos...)
