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Under 18 Masters Final – Round 5 SINGAPORE, 28 June 2013. The Singapore Sports School-Opulent International Tenpin Bowling Championships Under 18 series saw its first female champion today in Jocelyna Judith Jonathan of Sarawak, Malaysia. In her face-off with Muhamad Aizudeen Mustaqim Mohd Nila, the 17-year-old girl fell 187 and 224 pins. Aizudeen, 18, started off with an uncharacteristic 168 and recovered with a 246 but his 414 total was not enough to win the championship title as Joycelyna has an 8-pin gender handicap per game over and above her scratch total of 411. Joycelyna, relatively unknown in Singapore, is the second runner-up at the 2013 Sarawak Closed Youth Championships and champion at the 2010 Malaysian International Open Championships Graded event. Her High Game is 279. This is the second time that Aizudeen has finished the runner-up of the Singapore Sports School-Opulent International Tenpin Bowling Championships Under 18 championship. In 2011, he lost to Singapore Sports School student-athlete Muhammad Jaris Goh Ali Akbar Goh in the Masters Final Stepladder. Aizudeen is in the Selangor State Bowling Programme. Since starting to bowl seriously nine years ago, he has bowled five Perfect Games. Aizudeen is the 2013 Singapore International Open Championships Boys Open champion and also 2013 Malaysian Closed Boys Open Champion. The first question he asked after his match was: “Can I come back next year?” As his birthday is on 10 June, and he will still be 18 years old on 1 January 2014, Aizudeen has one last shot at the championship title. Upon reflection of his play-off with Jocelyna, he said: “I knew I needed a big second game and my confidence built up slowly as I hit strike after strike. When I made that split in Frame 10, I became nervous. When I failed to convert it, I just knew it was ‘game over’. I am a little disappointed, but Jocelyna bowled really well and deserves the win; I congratulate her.” Jocelyna, a member of the Sarawak State Bowling Programme, said: “I was nervous going into the grand final knowing that I was going up against a good bowler like Aizudeen. The 8-pin handicap per game was especially useful, but more important was what my coach reminded me during the final – keep calm, do my usual routine and just bowl as how I usually do in training. And it really helped me in my games today. I am proud to be the first female winner of the Championships and will definitely look forward to coming back again next year.”
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:00:41 +0000

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