MEN'S TRIOS
3 games long oil, 3 games short.

In the best of bowling traditions, it all came down to the tenth frame to decide the medalists of the Trios event on Monday evening and anchorman Remy Ong of Singapore (center) never in his illustrious career had a 171 game of such importance. That seems a lowly score among such Asian high fliers, but it was enough to seal gold for Singapore, their second of the Games, with the slimmest margins of all, a single pin.

The Indonesian trio certainly had their chances and were leading before that fateful final game, but were on the losing end with 3489 for silver. "You just can't expect to win medals when your team game is as low as 468," commented Indonesia's coach Paul Delany.

Oh yes, and Malaysia earned their fifth of a possible six bronze medals, just back on 3486.

So just four pins covered the top three places on the victory podium.

Few of the star men bowlers came to grips with the conditions at the S F Strike Bowl and were outshone by the women. Their champions in this mixed pattern event came home with a score over 100 pins better than the men could produce, so maybe there's a lesson to be learned about slower balls with a good rolling action to be learned.

Photo courtesy BC Cheah, MTBC

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