Bowled out

Ahmad Zikry Sazeli and Nur Fidrah Nor failed to advance to the semi-finals of the ongoing lawn bowls World Singles Champion of Champions tournament at the Adelaide Bowling Club in South Australia.

Eighteen year old Ahmad Zikry performed remarkably for his age, beating seven of his 11 opponents at the championships preliminary rounds. But with four losses in his section, he missed out on a place in the last four.

Ahmad Zikry, son of former national player Sazeli Sani, earned the right to represent Malaysia in the tournament after winning the national Champion of Champions tournament in Terengganu recently.

Mum-to-be Nur Fidrah Nor, picked up four wins and four losses in the preliminary rounds. The experienced bowler was dropped from the Manila SEA Games as she is pregnant but that did not stop her from giving her rivals the run for the money in Adelaide.

MALAYSIAN RESULTS

Men: Ahmad Zikry Sazeli  (Mas)

bt Clive McGeal (IOM) 10-5, 11-5;

bt Zoltan Pavelka (HUN) 14-2 13-6

bt Tony Cheung (Hkg) 8-5 10-6

lost to Louis Ridout (Eng) 5-9, 5-10

lost to Cabous Olivier (Nam) 8-9, 5-6

bt Taylor Horn (Nzl) 5-9, 11-3, 5-0

lost to Ian Kenyon (Esp) 6-7, 6-5, 2-4

lost to Mark O’Hagan (Sco) 6-11, 3-9

bt Avala Savaiinaea (Sam) 11-2, 15-4

bt Frank De Vries (NED) 9-6 9-8

bt Earl Luk (Can) 10-4, 6-7, 4-0

Section 1 Final standings: O’Hagan 30 points, 17 sets (2 draws), +90; Ridout 30, 17 (1 draw), +107; Cheung 24, 15, +57; Horn 21, 15, +57; Olivier 21, 14, +44; Zikry 21, 13, +48; Luk 15, 10, +5; Kenyon 15, 9, -21; McGreal 12, 10, -4; Savaiinaea 6, 4, -120; De Vries 3, 5, -76; Zoltan Pavelka (HUN) 0, 1, -183.

Section 2 Final standings: Lee Schraner (USA) 36 points, 20 sets, +129 shots; Wayne Rittmuller (Rsa) 27, 15, +72; Charlie Herbert  (USA) 24, 14, +18; Rajnesh Prasad (Fij) 24, 14, -7; Kevin James (Wal) 24, 12, +30; Todd Priaulx (Gue) 21, 15, +56; Stephen Coleman (Ire) 21, 13, +11; Haydn Evans (Nfi) 12, 11, +8; Boaz Markus (Isr)  12, 11, -28; Ozkan Akar (Tur) 12, 9, -27; Hirozaki Mori (Jpn) 9, 7, -62; Law Kwok Fai (Sin) 6, 9, -54; Regent Reid (Bot)  6, 2, -145.

Women: Nur Fidrah Nor (Mas)

bt Keiko Kurohara (Jpn) 8-4 5-7 5-2

bt Sandy Wall (USA) 9-4 15-4,

lost to Laura Welsh (Sco)  5-11, 13-0, 1-2

lost to Esmé Kruger (Rsa) 5-9, 7-13

bt Sonia Bruce (Phi) 7-6, 11-6

bt Mary Dyer (Esp) 15-4, 13-5

lost to Laura Daniels (Wal) 3-10, 5-10

lost to Debbie White (Nzl) 5-9. 7-8  

Section 1 Final standings: Kyle Whitehead (Aus) 24 points, 16 sets, +102 shots; Sophie Tolchard (Eng) 21, 14, +31; Shae Wilson (Nfi) 18, 11, +63; Tammy Tham (Sin) 15, 6, -16; Janice Pilling (Iom) 12, 9, -25; Diana Viljoen (Nam) 12, 7, -12; Boikhutso Mooketsi (Bot) 12, 5, -39; Helen Cheung  (Hkg) 9, 8, +12; Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong (Can) 9, 6, -45; Bonita Van Heerden (Zim) 3, 3, -71.

Section 2 Final standings: White 24 points, 13 sets, +68 shots; Daniels 24, 12, +40; Kruger 18, 12, +80; Welsh 18, 12, +35; Fidrah Noh 15, 10, +44; Kurohara 12, 9, +2; Dyer 9, 9, -34; Wall 9, 6, -57; Bruce 3, 4, -32; Konig 3, 1, -144.

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