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BOWLING: Muhd Nur stars again

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MUHD Nur Aiman (right) turned hero again when his double 'turkey' helped him and partner Syafiq Ridhwan take the men's doubles bronze medal at the 4th Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships at the Dundonald International Ice Bowl in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

After clinching the singles gold medal on Monday, Muhd Nur left it late in the sixth game to show his true form to salvage a medal in the doubles.

Mohd Nur and Syafiq started on a promising note by posting a combined first-game score of 447 to take up third position.

However, the duo failed to maintain their momentum and posted 424 and 434 in the second and third games respectively and subsequently dropped one rung. The duo then blazed the lanes with a good effort of 500 in the fourth to trail Singapore by only 20 pins with England, dropping to second, just 10 pins adrift.

The gold medal was within reach but a 379 in the fifth game ended their hopes.
Muhd Nur and Syafiq were fourth and needed high scores in the sixth game to make the podium.

Trailing by 48 pins to third place Canada (Mark Buffa-Joe Ciach), Muhd Nur rose to the occasion by scoring six straight strikes to even after the sixth frame.

Together with Syafiq, they managed 453 in the sixth game for a combined total of 2,635 to leap-frog Canada by 43 pins.

Muhd Nur did better than Syafiq in the individual scoring with lines of 225, 246, 215, 245, 176, 249 for a 1,356 total. Syafiq posted 1,279 (222, 178, 217, 255, 203, 204).

Singapore's Shaun Ng-Remy Ong posted 2,730 to rewrite the championship record and nail the gold medal while England's Paul Moor-Darren Cundy took silver on 2,678.

"It could have been a gold medal if not for the slow start. However, I'm still happy with the podium finish as we earned it in a tough way," said Mohd Nur when contacted in Belfast yesterday.

Muhd Nur currently leads the men's all-events with 2,895 total and an average of 241.25 after 12 games followed by Remy (2,738) and Moor (2,718).

Earlier, Nur Syakirah Yeoh and Sin Li Jane found the short oil pattern a little tough to handle ending their women's doubles event in fifth position on 2,319.

Malaysia lead the medal tally with two gold and one bronze. Muhd Nur-Li Jane and Syafiq-Nur Syakirah were playing in the mixed doubles competition late yesterday.

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