No joy for Happy, Ryan in Aviva bowling event

No joy for Happy, Ryan in Aviva bowling event

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Happy Soediyono and Ryan Lalisang failed to advance to the
quarterfinals at the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour grand slam at the
SAFRA Resorts Bowl in Singapore on Friday, according to a press
release.

Happy, the first Indonesian woman bowler to reach the grand
slam, scored 2967 points to finish 10th among 16 female bowlers.
Only the top eight advanced to the quarterfinals.

The Indonesian was 35 points behind eighth-placed Alice Tay of
Singapore, who just made the cut with 3002 points.

Kim Eun-jung of South Korea was the top woman bowler in the
opening round with 3311 points.

Despite her failure to advance, Happy still has reason to
smile thanks to the US$860 she is going home with.

The grand slam in Singapore, the final of the seven-series
Asian tenpin bowling season, offers a total of $76,000 in cash
prizes.

"I strived hard to win a place in the top eight, but the
results just weren't what I was looking for. I'll give myself
another try in the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour in the 2004-2005
season," Happy said.

It was a disappointing performance for Happy who finished
runner-up at the Indonesian tournament in Jakarta last October
and had arrived in Singapore ranked fifth.

Ryan Lalisang fared even worse than Happy. The bespectacled
Indonesian male bowler finished 14th out of 17 bowlers.

Ryan, who began the event ranked sixth, only managed 3562
points, far behind the eighth-place finisher Lee Sung-il, who had
3713 points.

The Malaysian Azidi Ameran topped the men's division with 4081
points.

Ryan will be returning to Indonesia with $1,100.

Maxi Gunawan, the chairman of the Indonesian Bowling
Association, said he was not overly disappointed with the
results, saying it was an achievement just to have qualified for
the grand slam.