By Les Tan/Red Sports
Cherie Tan of Singapore competing during the women’s team event on November 18th. She and her teammates eventually wrapped up the gold in dominant fashion. (Photo 1 by Chris McGrath/Getty Images for SSC)
Jakarta, Sunday, November 20, 2011 — Cherie Tan, 23, led the Singapore keglers with three gold medals as the bowling contingent finished with three gold, two silver and two bronze at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games.
Singapore’s seven-medal bowling performance was only bettered by Malaysia who finished with 14 (5 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze).
Bowling was also Singapore’s fourth-best SEA Games sport in terms of gold medals won after swimming (17 gold), Table Tennis (5) and Sailing (4).
Notably, it was the women who won all the medals and Cherie stood out with her gold in the Masters, Singles and Team events. Cherie’s win in the Masters step ladder final against Sharon Koh of Malaysia was particularly impressive. The National University of Singapore undergraduate pulverised her opponent 497-372 over two games.
The Singapore girls were also dominant in the women’s team events. Their 6332 pinfall total was not only good enough to beat Indonesia (silver; 5846) and Malaysia (bronze; 5788), the girls would have won the men’s title too where the Malaysian men won gold with 6241.
Cherie had also earlier won the singles gold, although by a much narrower margin than in the Masters. Her 1286 total was just four pins better than the 1284 of Malaysia’s Jane Sin.
Singapore Bowling Medals
Gold
Cherie Tan — singles (1286 pinfalls)
Cherie Tan/Daphne Tan/Jazreel Tan/Jasmine Yeong-Nathan/Shayna Ng/New Hui Fen — women’s team (6332)
Cherie Tan — masters (497)
Silver
Cherie Tan/Daphne Tan — doubles (2456)
Cherie Tan/Daphne Tan/Jazreel Tan — trios (3763)
Bronze
Jazreel Tan — singles (1283)
Jasmine Yeong-Nathan/Shayna Ng/New Hui Fen — trios (3663)
Daphne Tan, sister of Cherie, competing during the women’s team event. The sisters teamed up in the doubles event and missed out on the gold by seven pinfalls. Malaysia won the gold with a 2463 total. (Photo 2 by Chris McGrath/Getty Images for SSC)
Jazreel Tan in action during the women’s team event. Jazreel won a singles bronze and a team gold but just missed out on a qualifying spot after finishing fourth in the masters step ladder. (Photo 3 by Chris McGrath/Getty Images for SSC)
New Hui Fen won a gold in the women’s team event. (Photo 4 by Chris McGrath/Getty Images for SSC)
Shayna Ng tasted gold in the women’s team event. (Photo 5 by Chris McGrath/Getty Images for SSC)
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