No joy for Happy, Ryan in Aviva bowling event<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Happy Soediyono and Ryan Lalisang failed to advance to the
\nquarterfinals at the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour grand slam at the
\nSAFRA Resorts Bowl in Singapore on Friday, according to a press
\nrelease.<\/p>\n
Happy, the first Indonesian woman bowler to reach the grand
\nslam, scored 2967 points to finish 10th among 16 female bowlers.
\nOnly the top eight advanced to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian was 35 points behind eighth-placed Alice Tay of
\nSingapore, who just made the cut with 3002 points.<\/p>\n
Kim Eun-jung of South Korea was the top woman bowler in the
\nopening round with 3311 points.<\/p>\n
Despite her failure to advance, Happy still has reason to
\nsmile thanks to the US$860 she is going home with.<\/p>\n
The grand slam in Singapore, the final of the seven-series
\nAsian tenpin bowling season, offers a total of $76,000 in cash
\nprizes.<\/p>\n
"I strived hard to win a place in the top eight, but the
\nresults just weren't what I was looking for. I'll give myself
\nanother try in the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour in the 2004-2005
\nseason," Happy said.<\/p>\n
It was a disappointing performance for Happy who finished
\nrunner-up at the Indonesian tournament in Jakarta last October
\nand had arrived in Singapore ranked fifth.<\/p>\n
Ryan Lalisang fared even worse than Happy. The bespectacled
\nIndonesian male bowler finished 14th out of 17 bowlers.<\/p>\n
Ryan, who began the event ranked sixth, only managed 3562
\npoints, far behind the eighth-place finisher Lee Sung-il, who had
\n3713 points.<\/p>\n
The Malaysian Azidi Ameran topped the men's division with 4081
\npoints.<\/p>\n
Ryan will be returning to Indonesia with $1,100.<\/p>\n
Maxi Gunawan, the chairman of the Indonesian Bowling
\nAssociation, said he was not overly disappointed with the
\nresults, saying it was an achievement just to have qualified for
\nthe grand slam.<\/p>",
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