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It was truly all on the last ball of the tenth frame of the final game as to who was to win the gold medal in the grueling 12-game ladies’ singles event, bowled with six games each on long and short oil. Coming into the home straight and noses up to the tapes, four bowlers were neck and neck. Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia had led the field over games nine to eleven, holding a 41-pin lead over China’s Shen Yuye with Katai Ayano of Japan in third, another one pin back and Singapore’s Alice Tay lay fourth, 56 in arrears.

Surprisingly, a 215 by Tay (pictured) brought her up from fourth place to the gold medal as Zulkifli and Shen, both just needing a spare with the final ball to win, both missed the vital pins and allowed the Singaporean through to win by a single pin over Zulkifli. Just eight pins divided the top three positions after the 12 games.

Ayano, who had been there or thereabouts through the final block of six games, had to settle for fourth place and Thailand’s own Ankana Netviseth, who at the age of 14 is the youngest competitor in the Championships, snuck into fifth place, only 35 pins off the pace, an outstanding achievement.

Tay, 42, almost a full-time bowler, bagged her sixth gold medal from her 16-year tenpin career and has been bowling in major championships like the Asian since 1988. She began her distinguished career as a hook bowler, but a few years ago changed to the ‘spinner’ style, which has brought her better fortune.

Like Wu Hao-Ming, the men’s singles division champ, she said, “I really didn’t know when I went into the last game that I was in contention for the gold medal and was very surprised when the result was announced. I just kept bowling my best. I didn’t know that Zulkifli and Shen had missed their tenth frame spares.”

Commenting on the two different lane conditions, long and short oil, Tay added, “The change of condition didn’t really worry me at all and I could play my usual style over both squads.”

Tay will now pair up with 2002 World Ranking Masters’ champion Jennifer Tan for the twelve games of doubles, a formidable combination indeed.

The doubles event will commence bright and early on Wednesday morning with six games on the short oil pattern and conclude with six on the long on Thursday.

Pic by Sidney Tung

LADIES' SINGLES - FINAL STANDINGS:

Pos	Bowler	Ctry	Long	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Short	Total	Ave
1	TAY HONG KEOW ALICE	SIN	1205	223	213	183	197	189	215	1220	2425	202.08
2	SHALIN ZULKIFLI	MAS	1231	256	157	216	246	160	158	1193	2424	202.00
3	SHEN YUYE	CHN	1174	193	213	215	243	187	192	1243	2417	201.42
4	KATAI AYANO	JPN	1248	186	212	187	178	213	172	1148	2396	199.67
5	ANGKANA NETRVISETH	THA	1210	205	244	188	151	192	200	1180	2390	199.17
6	PUTNEY ANN-MAREE	AUS	1083	226	227	206	244	171	232	1306	2389	199.08
7	ZHANG YUHONG	CHN	1251	179	215	192	157	189	191	1123	2374	197.83
8	LIN YI-FAN	TPE	1174	226	161	179	237	192	192	1187	2361	196.75
9	ESTHER CHEAH	MAS	1142	184	210	202	215	200	204	1215	2357	196.42
10	RUTTEN EMMA	AUS	1168	198	202	198	200	191	181	1170	2338	194.83
11	GYE MIN-YOUNG	KOR	1220	183	189	204	163	172	200	1111	2331	194.25
12	YAP CECILIA	PHI	1114	153	233	185	226	181	239	1217	2331	194.25
13	GARCIA BENITEZ IRENE	PHI	1200	178	160	204	150	224	208	1124	2324	193.67
14	WANG YI-FEN	TPE	1183	213	189	196	190	178	174	1140	2323	193.58
15	NAM BO-RA	KOR	1212	194	189	182	205	139	199	1108	2320	193.33
16	XU YONG	CHN	1266	153	161	209	183	183	163	1052	2318	193.17
17	SARAH YAP	MAS	1151	174	139	222	205	216	183	1139	2290	190.83
18	TAN BEE LENG, JENNIFER	SIN	1202	200	148	175	186	183	195	1087	2289	190.75
19	WANG YA-TING	TPE	1077	216	210	214	182	190	193	1205	2282	190.17
20	KAWAMURA MIHORO	JPN	1086	224	194	165	175	226	202	1186	2272	189.33
21	TSAI SHIN-YI	TPE	1106	205	223	170	163	201	202	1164	2270	189.17
22	DEL ROSARIO LIZA	PHI	1157	168	184	216	194	179	167	1108	2265	188.75
23	XU LAN	CHN	1108	172	183	184	177	215	222	1153	2261	188.42
24	FOO CHEUK LING ALEXANDRA	MAC	1155	161	201	170	189	201	182	1104	2259	188.25
25	WILTON KATE	AUS	1116	161	194	182	197	203	198	1135	2251	187.58
26	SATOH KAZUMI	JPN	1132	202	224	176	140	192	180	1114	2246	187.17
27	KOO HYUN-JEE	KOR	1128	153	178	214	168	200	199	1112	2240	186.67
28	CLUTARIO LIZA	PHI	1055	241	234	173	156	208	171	1183	2238	186.50
29	FUNG SUET YEE, VANESSA	HKG	1147	215	147	177	231	149	166	1085	2232	186.00
30	SEKINE NAOKO	JPN	1205	197	172	177	166	145	166	1023	2228	185.67
31	WENDY CHAI	MAS	1172	169	190	162	194	203	130	1048	2220	185.00
32	TEO HUI YING VALERIE	SIN	1107	136	190	179	168	184	248	1105	2212	184.33
33	HWANG SUN-OK	KOR	1101	219	154	175	160	221	179	1108	2209	184.08
34	ZHANG FENGLI	CHN	1060	155	197	212	213	168	200	1145	2205	183.75
35	YIP KA YAN, JOEY	HKG	1111	191	165	173	222	194	148	1093	2204	183.67
36	CHENG LIHUA	CHN	1098	170	213	181	186	167	180	1097	2195	182.92
37	HAPPY SOEDIYONO	INA	1112	168	200	148	216	170	177	1079	2191	182.58
38	PAN YU-FEN	TPE	1082	199	175	171	195	184	181	1105	2187	182.25
39	KWON YONG-PIL	KOR	1060	208	155	177	200	189	196	1125	2185	182.08
40	HUNG SHUN-CHUN	TPE	1153	206	185	143	197	164	136	1031	2184	182.00
41	JIRAPHON SAE-NGAN	THA	1114	166	173	180	171	209	171	1070	2184	182.00
42	IVANA HIE	INA	1111	188	198	184	156	164	180	1070	2181	181.75
43	SHELLEY NATALIE	AUS	1126	175	165	174	156	158	220	1048	2174	181.17
44	ZANDRA AZIELA	MAS	1094	157	186	174	188	181	182	1068	2162	180.17
45	CHAN LU EE EVELYN	SIN	1087	152	155	153	187	224	201	1072	2159	179.92
46	BAKER NARELLE	AUS	1101	180	169	193	174	173	160	1049	2150	179.17
47	CANARE JOJO	PHI	1088	191	135	189	179	200	165	1059	2147	178.92
48	TAN BIE SIAN	INA	1069	180	217	170	188	147	163	1065	2134	177.83
49	HO FUNG SZE, JULIE	HKG	1018	128	201	212	183	189	192	1105	2123	176.92
50	SHIMIZU HIROKO	JPN	1053	171	143	198	221	152	178	1063	2116	176.33
51	KIM HYO-MI	KOR	1026	177	157	180	223	158	193	1088	2114	176.17
52	CHOI FILOMENA	MAC	1173	125	167	151	169	161	156	929	2102	175.17
53	KANG KIM HONG	SIN	1054	172	166	168	187	175	174	1042	2096	174.67
54	CHOY POH LAI	MAS	1049	170	162	158	189	168	199	1046	2095	174.58
55	FLORENCIO ELAINE	PHI	1037	189	203	155	169	166	162	1044	2081	173.42
56	INOUE MIA	JPN	956	144	185	210	184	184	213	1120	2076	173.00
57	SHEANY GUNAWAN	INA	1118	201	180	173	143	126	124	947	2065	172.08
58	BABIC JO	AUS	1049	144	130	175	187	188	153	977	2026	168.83
59	PUTTY ARMEIN	INA	1072	171	166	138	160	137	181	953	2025	168.75
60	SHALIMA ZALSHA	INA	982	150	147	213	164	164	201	1039	2021	168.42
61	LAM SOU KENG JULIA	MAC	1056	186	145	154	142	194	143	964	2020	168.33
62	LUCKANA PANYA	THA	987	176	162	162	168	148	185	1001	1988	165.67
63	TENG PEI LING RENA	SIN	981	149	175	180	144	177	156	981	1962	163.50
64	LHKAMPHA HALA	EGT	1015	126	157	135	174	182	164	938	1953	162.75
65	DONLAPORN THITIPATTANAWANIT	THA	1053	130	178	144	144	131	157	884	1937	161.42
66	LAZARIDI IRINA	KAZ	1005	147	150	159	137	188	136	917	1922	160.17
67	ISMAIL ALIAA	EGT	1021	159	117	176	143	122	152	869	1890	157.50
68	LUI MEI YAN, KYLIE	HKG	993	189	145	135	167	117	130	883	1876	156.33
69	SABEENA ATHICA	IND	943	179	160	144	128	127	165	903	1846	153.83
70	EL SHARKAWI LAMA	EGT	977	173	115	140	150	128	140	846	1823	151.92
71	ABDUL JUBBAR MAY	IRQ	923	108	153	139	133	154	177	864	1787	148.92
72	MORSY HALA	EGT	897	142	125	137	165	124	152	845	1742	145.17
73	NIKHAT RAHEEM	IND	910	133	119	143	143	135	133	806	1716	143.00
74	PRATIMA	IND	813	136	107	120	130	159	200	852	1665	138.75
75	JUDY ALVAN	IND	800	130	160	131	121	136	106	784	1584	132.00

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