Asian Games Bowling: Shayna Ng wins singles silver while New Hui Fen picks up bronze

Shayna Ng bowling her way to a 1,342 pinfalls to win silver in the singles event. (Photo 1 courtesy of SSC)

Guangzhou, China, Wednesday, November 16, 2010 — Singapore added to its medal tally when at the Asian Games when Shayna Lim and New Hui Fen picked up silver and bronze respectively in the women’s singles bowling competition.
Shayna bowled 1,342 pinfalls on the back of a perfect 300 in the fourth game. A final sixth game score of 153 cost her gold which was won by Hwang Sun Ok who had 1,395 pinfalls. Hui Fen won the bronze with 1,341, one less than Shayna.
“I am happy that I have been able to grab a silver in my very first Asian Games outing. I think our best is yet to come. It was great that I scored a perfect game but even greater that I won a silver here,” said Shayna.
“I feel great that I was able to get a medal at the Asian Games. I made many errors and thought they were costly ones. But I am glad that it was a 2-3 finish for Singapore,” added Hui Fen.
The two bowling rookies have given the bowling continent something to shout after their seniors Remy Ong, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan and Jazreel Tan failed to make an impact.

New Hui Fen picked up a singles bronze with her 1,341 total. (Photo 2 courtesy of SSC)