Bowling - Results Women's Singles

It was a day of an uninspiring performance by our women's
team in the Women's Sngles event today. Malaysia's Fatin
Syazliana gave a glimpse of hope when she reeled a
satisfactory 1st series of 184, 235 & 184 for a 603
sub-total to stay in contention on 4th place. The 20 years
old Fatin suffered a hiccup in the 4th game with 166 and
recovered with a 210 in her 5th game. At this point, Fatin
was on 9th place, the sole Malaysia's fore-runner for a
quarter-Finals berth with just a mere 3 pins difference
from 8th positioned opponent . Despite delivering solid
pocket balls, Fatin did not have enough revolutions to
carry 10 pin in her 6th game and ended with a split last
frame to register a poor 178 total. Her combine total of
1157 pushed her down to 17th position.



South-paw, Sharon Koh made a late rally but was not good
enough and has to settle for a 14th position with line of
192, 214, 168, 173, 199 & 225 for a 1175 aggregate.

Sin Li Jane was a pale shadow of herself and put up a
passive performance to post lines of 182, 160, 198, 205,
204, & 179 for a 1128 composite to be tied in 31st position.

Debutant, Tengku Emanina Laily was rather nervy as she
struggled with a roller-coaster lines of 212, 144, 190,
161, 204 & 189 for a 1100 total and ended on 35th position.

The Men's Doubles event is scheduled tomorrow at 09:00am and
13:30pm featuring our Malaysian pairs of Syafiq Ridhwan
partnering Rodson Tong and the pair of Kang Bo Long & Kelvin
Keong respectively.


BC Cheah

First medal from Malaysian Dragon Team! - for TEAM MALAYSIA

The Malaysian Dragon Team has won the first medal (silver) in the WuLong (Optional Exercise) Competition.



Below is the results and the ranking from 1st to 4th Placing.

Date 02 NOV 2009
1st Placing - CHINA ( Points - 9.280)
2nd Placing - MALAYSIA ( Points - 9.170)
3rd Placing - INDONESIA (Points - 9.050)
4th Placing - THAILAND(Points - 9.040)



TEAM MALAYSIA: Dragon Dance Optional Exercise

Sim Chee Ming
Teo Guan Hock
Soo Hao Jie
Wong Swee Wai
Ng Tong Lin
Chai Wee Yee
Pook Wei Hong
Pook Wei Li
Soo Yon Fook
Chuah Yong Terk
Chai Yoong Liang



Congratulations...! MALAYSIA BOLEH!

3rd Asian Indoor Games opens in Vietnam

3rd Asian Indoor Games – Report from Hanoi of the Opening Ceremony on 30th October.

The Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games (AIG) took place in the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the 30th October with participation of athletes from 43 countries and regions.

The March Past of the athletes and officials of each country was fully supported and well received by the big crowd in the stadium. Participation in the ceremony consisted of the President of the Social Republic Vietnam Nguyen Minh Triet, Deputy Prime Ministers, Heads of Committees of the Games, International delegations, Leaders of the Olympic Council of Asia, officials, representatives of the 43 participating nations special guests with estimated 5,000 government officials, coaches and referees.

The torch of the Games was lit by three typical faces of Vietnamese Sports namely: Bui Thi Nhung (Gold Medal of Indoor Athletics in Asia), Nguyen Tien Cuong (World Indoor Shuttlecock), Nguyen Tiet Cuong (Gold Medal of Indoor Archery in Asia) in the Stadium with the applause of the spectators and athletes.

The Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Mr.Hoang Tuan Anh Head of the Games Organizing Committee delivered the welcome speech. He hoped the event could contribute to the solidarity, cooperation and development of Asia.

The President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah also spoke and in his speech he expressed the hope that the athletes could perform to their best at the AIG and demonstrate sports friendship.

The Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet announced the official opening of the games.
The theme for this year’s Games is "For a Rising Asia ". There are more than 2,500 athletes competing for 242 gold medals in 21 sports. The Games include Indoor Track and Field, DanceSport, Chess, Tenpin Bowling, Billiards, Computer games and many others. China sent a team of 128 athletes to take part in 13 sports at the Games.

The Opening Ceremony ended with a pledge on behalf of the participating athletes and referees followed by a great performance of 59-minute of a three-chapter festival directed by Peoples’ Artist, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Le Tien Tho. The performances depicted ‘The Sports Festival of the Youth’, ‘The Vietnamese Cultural Identity’’ and “Asia during the Period of Integration and Development’. There were 5,000 performers and students from Hanoi professional athletics as well as performing arts institutions.

The Opening Ceremony ended with an impressive firework display and everyone went back feeling good and ready for the competitions to begin.

(Moira Tan from Hanoi)

Latest from Team Bowling!

Our young Malaysian team took to the lanes for the official
practice session at 10:00am this morning. AFter the 2 hours
official practice session, our coaches, Ben Heng and Allan
CHia were pleased wth our young bowlers adaption to the
oiling conditions of the lanes. Ben Heng was satisfied with
the attitude of our bowlers towards the lane approach
whilst Allan commented on their well disciplined in
preparing their bowling equipment prior to their practice
session. Ben believed our young charges would be able to
finish on the podium if they sustain their mental focus on
the game.



The Men's Singles event shall witness our young southpaw
rookie, Rodson Tong making his championship' debut with
Syafiq Ridhwan in the first squad at 09:00am whilst Kang Bo
Long and Kelvin Keong would be on the lanes in the 2nd
squad at 13:30 hours. The Women's Singles event is
scheduled on 02 Nov. 2009 at 09:00am.

At the Team Managers' meeting held yesterday, a record
entry of 20 countries confirmed their participation with 18
full Men's teams and 12 full Women's teams.


BC Cheah

Results of the Malaysian Men & Women's Futsal Team competition on 30th October 2009

WOMEN'S TEAM

Women's Futsal Group A
30 OCT 2009

Match No. 6
Results : Vietnam 3 Malaysia 0

Goals Scored:
THI LAN NGUYEN (VIE) 8' , THI MY KIM NGUYEN (VIE) 26' , THI THANH NGUYEN (VIE) 32'


MEN'S TEAM

Match No. 8
Results : Malaysia 1 Jordon 3

Goals Scored:
Ahmad Aqel (JOR) 32' , Ahmad Arab (JOR) 38' , Mohd Ruzaley Abd Aziz (MAS) 39' ,
Samer Naser Aldeen (JOR) 40'

Games ceremony set to impress

Asian gold medalist Bui Thi Nhung will carry the flame to light the Asian Indoor Games (AIG) torch at the opening ceremony in My Dinh Stadium on October 30.

The top women’s high jumper will march with the flame from President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum along Hanoi’s main streets before approaching the stadium.

Organiser said the opening ceremony will impress the over 40,000 participants of the biggest indoor games in Asia.

The AIG traffic sub-committee has mobilised over 500 cars and buses for the events in Hanoi alone. They will in charge of traffic control on the roads around venues to keep streets free of traffic jams during the 10-day competition.

The organizing committee has successfully tested the information system for the Games at 27 venues in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.- VOVNEWS