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Zandra puas gapai lima gelaran


IMBAS KEMBALI... Zandra (kiri) bersama Jacqueline meraikan kejayaan mereka meraih pingat emas pada Sukan SEA di Jakarta, Indonesia bulan lalu.


ADA sebab ratu boling negara, Zandra Aziela Ibrahim Hakimi menarik nafas lega ketika menutup ‘buku’ musim 2011.

Apa tidaknya, lima gelaran berada dalam genggaman Zandra sepanjang tahun ini termasuk kejayaannya meraih pingat emas pada Sukan SEA di Jakarta, Indonesia bulan lalu.

Malah, tidak keterlaluan jika dikatakan meraih emas pada temasya dwitahunan itu dianggap sebagai penutup tirai 2011 penuh gemilang bagi pemain berusia 25 tahun itu.

“Syukur alhamdulillah... saya berpuas hati dengan pencapaian saya sepanjang tahun ini. Lima kejayaan yang saya raih tahun ini amat bermakna sekali.

“Paling manis sudah pasti kejayaan saya meraih emas pada Sukan SEA di Indonesia lalu,” jelas Zandra ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.

Zandra memulakan saingan tahun ini dengan langkah kanan apabila menjuarai Terbuka Malaysia 2011 dan Kejohanan Kebangsaan ke-35.

Zandra menjelaskan, kedua-dua kejohanan tersebut adalah sebagai latihan dan persiapan baginya untuk menghadapi temasya Sukan SEA di Indonesia.

“Momentum saya tahun ini amat baik sekali. Boleh dikatakan, ia menjadi tahun paling bernilai dan cemerlang buat saya terutama dalam aksi secara individu,” katanya.

Menurut Zandra, beberapa kejohanan yang disertai tahun ini tidak ubah seperti misi menebus kekecewaan selepas prestasinya agak hambar pada tahun sebelumnya.

Ternyata Zandra membuktikan betapa dia antara pemain terbaik wanita negara ketika ini apabila mengungguli Kejohanan Boling Astro Kebangsaan ke-35 di Sunway Megalanes pada Mac lalu.

Ia merupakan kali pertama Zandra dinobatkan selaku juara kejohanan tersebut.
Meskipun adakalanya prestasi Zandra ‘turun naik’, namun pemain kelahiran Selangor ini masih mampu meneruskan momentum dengan menjuarai Terbuka Kuala Lumpur pada Oktober lalu.

Zandra menutup tirai 2011 dengan penuh bergaya apabila meraih emas kategori beregu wanita ketika bergandingan bersama Jacqueline Sijore pada Sukan SEA di Jakarta.

Ditanya mengenai perancangannya tahun depan, Zandra memberitahu: “Disebabkan boling tidak dipertandingkan pada Sukan Olimpik dan tiada kejohanan yang besar, kemungkinan besar saya akan lebih banyak menjalani latihan dan menyertai kejohanan tempatan.

“Apa pun, terpulang kepada ketua jurulatih (Holloway Cheah) untuk menentukan sebarang perancangan kepada saya dan juga para pemain negara yang lain,” jelasnya.



Oleh SHANIKA ABDULLATIB
shanika.latib@kosmo.com.my

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