World Games runner-up Glover leads Indonesia Open
World Games runner-up Glover leads Indonesia Open
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Zara Glover came all the way from England with her own special
strategy for the 3rd Indonesia International Open Tenpin Bowling
Championship.
She brought three bowling balls along with her, and alternates
their use every day.
It has worked so far: She led on Thursday in the Women's Open
final, while two local bowlers recovered from poor starts to
enter the top six at Jaya Ancol bowling center in North Jakarta.
"It is a good start for me and tomorrow I hope I could play
like I did today," Glover said after her eighth game.
Glover was the runner-up in the 2005 World Games, the multi-
event competition for sports that are not featured in the Olympic
Games.
The 23 year old scored 1,828 in eight games to lead the
overall standings, followed by K N Lai of Malaysia with 1,817 and
last year's champion Liza Del Rosario of the Philippines (1,809).
Putty Armein of Indonesia was fourth with 1,758, Zandra Aziela
of Malaysia fifth (1,753) and Novie Phang of Indonesia sixth
(1,729).
Liza got off to a slow start, scoring only 190 in the first
game.
"I threw much better in the later games," she said.
Indonesian hopeful Putty Armein, who won the Indonesia leg of
Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tour last year, also got off to a
slow start.
"My aim was there but I had problems with corner pins," she
said. "Until game five I did not move up, but I played better in
the last three games."
Putty was ninth in the third game, and dropped a place after
the sixth game, but picked up her game to reach the top four
after the eighth game.
The men's bowlers were still playing in the evening, with
local player Ryan Lalisang among the favorites.
On Friday, the bowlers will play eight more games, with the
top six players to compete to determine the winner.
Meanwhile, in the men's graded A final on Wednesday, Edwin Loe
of Indonesia won the title after 12 games. He scored 2,629 pins,
followed by Mat Salleh Jalani of Malaysia with 2,595 and Micky Un
of Malaysia (2,575).
In the women's division, 15-year-old Gina Lim of Singapore won
the Rp 6 million top prize with 2,410 pins. Trixie de Luna of the
Philippines was second with 2,375 and Nur Amelia of Malaysia was
third with 2,365.
"I competed here last year and only managed to finish second
in the ladies' graded B final and lost by 1 pin in the junior
under-15, so I'm very happy to win this time round," Gina, who
targeted a top three finish, was quoted as saying by the event
organizer.