Just got back from kuantan....My legs are really killing me..Really….! Got to kept them elevated at all times… (something I learn in UM)
So we went there on Wednesday.. 18 people all together, including coaches, athletes, parents and also family… plus all the bowling bags. The load was so massive, our trip was at a crawl…time naik bukit jer sure on 1st gear terus….
In the bus, nadya (kecik) kept talking bout all her new experience in her new collage. The juling kid, the ‘suke saanggattt…..!’ girl, the one yg “Help” them wakeup and to go and pray…and the famous “gimme 10” kid…that was sure a laugh….
We reach, check in GC and off to test the lanes…even me n mus did try out the lanes…reason? to understand the style of play required and easier for us to blast them…bhhahaaaa…..tak der lah… register our gp finalist then we went back after dinner. We had meeting every nite.. that was fun…and it should open each of our eyes and mind.. discussion between coaches and also bowlers.
The breakfast was a dud…mmg tak sedap owh…it wasn’t like those days where the food portion was twice the variety compare to now.. last time I went n bowl circuit there was in 2001 I guess…yeah I’m old skool….so what…!
Mus was out. His not feeling well through out the competition…which brought his new nickname “the Eskimo”. Since he wear 4 layer of clothing..2 t-shirt n 2 jackets…he’s worst than udin.No offence udin…!
Most of them there got a new nick name. here is some of them:
Zharif = razif / faizal tahir
Ayra = arya
Amir din = abg im
Mus = Eskimo or dua alam
Atien = tekak / ketiak / kak s
Nadya = kecik / the pink princess / kak m
natasha = ata
Selangorianz = Poyo..biaserlah..
(do add up kalu korang ader ingat aper2 lagi)
Selangorianz = Poyo..biaserlah..
(do add up kalu korang ader ingat aper2 lagi)
After the 1st round, we had a dinner.. some even got the time to do their hair… things people do.. for us selangorianz, we just had a dress code. White T and blue jeans….that’s all…14 bowlers and 2 officials. they give away certs, then trophies for top gp qualifier.. congrats to ata and also hafiz… you earn it…!
The food…? Ouch…. Nat that nice, just had salad jer…but then we took pic on the stage.. then everyone saw that we all pakat pakai baju putih and selua jeans biru..ader yang kate, bersih and suci…mcm iklan beras jati lak. haahaaa…..
So as the tournament went on, we become tired.. nadya even slept on my backpack nearby lane 23…yes the lane was quite difficult as there was so little room for margin of error. the lanes really shows who you really are and how well do you cope with it.
After the tournament, we did had a lil fun at the hotel corridor.. we do a simulation of bowling… nadya became the bowler, atien became the foul lie while the others became the pins… that was fun n way bising bangat…!
The other nite, nadya n me were talking to the others bout our danga bay and sukma games experience…kenny’s term kepaling (most) n petanding (position) was a huge hit.. den ssbp kid and also others.. we laugh all nite b4 bed time…. Den off to our own room to sleep.
Den the finals of the gp finals are here. Among the bowlers that got tru the top 8 is shaun, aqeem, esha and nadya. The under 12 almost got a 100% entry. But naim came in short. Nevertheless, we came in and do our best. The under 12 (especially ata n arya) was really on fire. You can see that they are the only one who cheer as load as possible and play their game with heart.. other shouters are nadzmi fikri.
Ata got 2nd while arya got 3rd. both went down a notch. Its ok. We quickly went back and check out all of our rooms. Then immediately went back to see the graded quarter finals. Shaun went tru. The rest didn’t. this new format is sometimes not fair. But that is the new system. Afzal was around to help out. He was actually on business. he tot it was round robin… at least we tried our best.
Then nadya turn. She also got tru. Immediately after that was the quarter finals match. I was behind shaun while mus was with nadya…nadya was out beaten by cheral. She wasn’t striking I suppose.
Ata got 2nd while arya got 3rd. both went down a notch. Its ok. We quickly went back and check out all of our rooms. Then immediately went back to see the graded quarter finals. Shaun went tru. The rest didn’t. this new format is sometimes not fair. But that is the new system. Afzal was around to help out. He was actually on business. he tot it was round robin… at least we tried our best.
Then nadya turn. She also got tru. Immediately after that was the quarter finals match. I was behind shaun while mus was with nadya…nadya was out beaten by cheral. She wasn’t striking I suppose.
At shaun’s lane was a total different story.shaun was leading 26 pins after the 1st game.. on the second game, he start to open frames…a lot of miss spare…until the 10 frame, his opponent need to spare and strike to win by one pin. All the sudden he got a nasty 4,7 and 10 split. The Selangor crowd cheer.. I scold them. We don’t do this kind of stuff to disrespect our opponent. He took his time n wham…! He spare it…I was like, that what you get if you underestimate your opponent. He just need to strike to win. Then he hit a 9. IT’S A TIE….! Thank god.
So it will be a 1 ball roll off.. mann… this is even worst.. shaun went first, he got 8.. as the home ground crowd support their bowler, he also hit a 8. mannn…..! the he went 1irst on the opposite lane. He still got an 8. all shaun got to do is a 9 or a strike. Wow… I was on the edge of my seat. If he got tru this, it’s the silver medal in his hand. He took plenty of time. He went off, the ball skid, it went over to 1-3 posket, 7 pin went down n all the messenger went to all the other pins…. The crowd went wild….shouting n screaming. Selangorianz in the finals……! If you want to imagine how the situation look like, its like when chong wei won n he jump to misbun wit a hug…thatz the olympic…something like that lar….
He went to the finals with confidance and won by a landslide beating basit from ssbp. But you got to give credit to basit. He only use Brunswick powergroove and yet he made it to the finals..that is just a medium range ball. Such talent. And furthermore, his is in form 1.. mann…. So we welcome our boys graded gp champion and also next year boys open.. hahahaaaa…. Good luck bro…
This whole tournament just made us closer…with the new attitude of seeing things everything went well. From my point of view. Our cheer is to die for. But when we dooit at the bowling lanes they al kept quiet.. good going guys….! Baik tak payah practice….! Went back reach home around 11. ill sum up with “korang poyo lah..” mesti korang cakap “biaser lah, Selangor…!”
SUKERRR SANGGATTT…..!
So it will be a 1 ball roll off.. mann… this is even worst.. shaun went first, he got 8.. as the home ground crowd support their bowler, he also hit a 8. mannn…..! the he went 1irst on the opposite lane. He still got an 8. all shaun got to do is a 9 or a strike. Wow… I was on the edge of my seat. If he got tru this, it’s the silver medal in his hand. He took plenty of time. He went off, the ball skid, it went over to 1-3 posket, 7 pin went down n all the messenger went to all the other pins…. The crowd went wild….shouting n screaming. Selangorianz in the finals……! If you want to imagine how the situation look like, its like when chong wei won n he jump to misbun wit a hug…thatz the olympic…something like that lar….
He went to the finals with confidance and won by a landslide beating basit from ssbp. But you got to give credit to basit. He only use Brunswick powergroove and yet he made it to the finals..that is just a medium range ball. Such talent. And furthermore, his is in form 1.. mann…. So we welcome our boys graded gp champion and also next year boys open.. hahahaaaa…. Good luck bro…
This whole tournament just made us closer…with the new attitude of seeing things everything went well. From my point of view. Our cheer is to die for. But when we dooit at the bowling lanes they al kept quiet.. good going guys….! Baik tak payah practice….! Went back reach home around 11. ill sum up with “korang poyo lah..” mesti korang cakap “biaser lah, Selangor…!”
SUKERRR SANGGATTT…..!
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