Singapore's Daphne Tan (pictured left) and Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (right) held on to the lead in the Women's Open Masters qualifying in the in the 42nd Singapore International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships at SuperBowl SAFRA Mount Faber in Singapore.

The national team members sit atop the Local Pool in the women's division with 985 and 974 4-game total, respectively.

Malaysians Esther Cheah and Shalin Zulkifli have positioned themselves atop the Overseas Pool with 953 and 918.

2008 Asian Ranking champion Chan Shuk Han, Hong Kong, currently holds the 10 and final spot in the Local & Overseas Pool (30th place overall) with 842 and an average of 210.50.

Her male counterpart, men's ranking champion Hussain Al-Suwaidi is the defending champion in the men's division and automatically seeded into the finals.

His compatriot Shaker Al-Hassan was the first player, who cracked the 1000-bar to lead the Overseas Pool with 1012 or an average of 253.00. Next are 2. Sithipol Kunaksorn, Thailand, 998; 3. Muhd Nur Aiman, Malaysia, 994 and 4. Naif Oqab, UAE, 986.

Eugene Low, Singapore, leads the Local Pool with 985, while his compatriot Aloysius Pek is the "man on the bubble" in 13th place in the Local & Overseas Pool (39th place overall) with 900, an average of 225.00.

The top 13 men each from the Local Pool, the Overseas Pool and the Local & Overseas Pool plus the top 3 from the Desperado Squad will join Al-Suwaidi in the finals (total 43 players).

On the women's side, the top 10 from each pool will meet defending champion Cherie Tan, Singapore, in the finals (total 31 players).

The 31 women and the 43 men will bowl two rounds of 8 games. The top six women and the top six men after 16 games will advance to the stepladder finals. In the opening match, players seeded 4th, 5th and 6th will face off in a one-game shoot-out match. The winner meets No. 2 and No. 3 seed for the right to bowl the top-seeded player for the title. The No. 1 seed must be defeated twice to win the title.

The men's champion will receive 25,000 Singapore Dollars, while the women's champion will walk away with $5,000.

 

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Men's Open Masters Qualifying - Standings as of June 3, 2009

Pos	Player	Country	Total	Ave.
	Defending Champion
1.	Hussain Al-Suwaidi	UAE
	Local Pool
1.	Eugene Low	Singapore	985	246.25
2.	Gregory Gan	Singapore	974	243.50
3.	Remy Ong	Singapore	960	240.00
4.	Benjamin Lim	Singapore	956	239.00
5.	Helmi Chew	Singapore	948	237.00
6.	Andrew Lee Pau Ping	Singapore	947	236.75
7.	Jaime Liew	Singapore	945	236.25
8.	Benjamin Hong	Singapore	945	236.25
9.	Ng Tiac Pin	Singapore	934	233.50
10.	David Wong H.k.	Singapore	924	231.00
11.	Mark Wong	Singapore	922	230.50
12.	Jason Yeong-Nathan	Singapore	918	229.50
13.	Ng Chiew Pang	Singapore	915	228.75
	Overseas Pool
1.	Shaker Al-Hassan	UAE	1012	253.00
2.	Sithipol Kunaksorn	Thailand	998	249.50
3.	Muhd Nur Aiman	Malaysia	994	248.50
4.	Naif Oqab	UAE	986	246.50
5.	Adrian Ang	Malaysia	986	246.50
6.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	977	244.25
7.	Mohd Syafiq Ridhwan	Malaysia	973	243.25
8.	Surasak Manuwong	Thailand	964	241.00
9.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	962	240.50
10.	Annop Arromsaranon	Thailand	961	240.25
11.	Zulmazran Zulklfli	Malaysia	959	239.75
12.	Fahad Al-Rageeb	Kuwait	956	239.00
13.	Yaqoub Al-Shatti	Kuwait	954	238.50
	Mixed Pool
1.	Rakan Al-Amiri	Kuwait	948	237.00
2.	Rickle Kam	Hong Kong	948	237.00
3.	Shabbir A. Dhankot	India	941	235.25
4.	Zaid Izlan	Malaysia	936	234.00
5.	Hsiao Chun-Ho	Chinese Taipei	934	233.50
6.	Ryan Lalisang	Indonesia	931	232.75
7.	Daniel Lim	Malaysia	925	231.25
8.	Kelvin Keong	Malaysia	923	230.75
9.	Somjed Kusonpithak	Thailand	918	229.50
10.	Cyrus Cheung	Hong Kong	917	229.25
11.	Wicky Yeung	Hong Kong	916	229.00
12.	Paiman Dali	Singapore	910	227.50
13.	Aloysius Pek	Singapore	900	225.00
	Desperado Squad
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	Reserves
1.	Saeed Obaid	UAE	899	224.75
2.	Jack Wong	Singapore	898	224.50
3.	Osama Khalfan	Bahrain	898	224.50

 

Women's Open Masters Qualifying - Standings as of June 3, 2009

Pos	Player	Country	Total	Ave.
	Defending Champion
1.	Cherie Tan	Singapore
	Local Pool
1.	Daphne Tan Shi Jing	Singapore	984	246.00
2.	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan	Singapore	982	245.50
3.	Yap Seok Kim	Singapore	940	235.00
4.	Bernice Lim	Singapore	934	233.50
5.	Teo Li Ying	Singapore	917	229.25
6.	Kristel Oh	Singapore	898	224.50
7.	Jazreel Tan	Singapore	895	223.75
8.	Shayna Ng	Singapore	873	218.25
9.	Amanda Ng	Singapore	870	217.50
10.	Gina Lim	Singapore	866	216.50
	Overseas Pool
1.	Esther Cheah	Malaysia	953	238.25
2.	Shalin Zulkifli	Malaysia	918	229.50
3.	Tannya Roumimper	Indonesia	912	228.00
4.	Zatil Iman	Malaysia	902	225.50
5.	Zandra Aziela	Malaysia	899	224.75
6.	Vanessa Fung	Hong Kong	894	223.50
7.	Wendy Chai	Malaysia	892	223.00
8.	Kin Eun Jung	Korea	877	219.25
9.	Sin Li Jane	Malaysia	866	216.50
10.	Siti Safiyah Amirah	Malaysia	863	215.75
	Mixed Pool
1.	Pan Yu-Fen	Chinese Taipei	862	215.50
2.	Sharon Koh	Malaysia	860	215.00
3.	Nicole Wong	Singapore	857	214.25
4.	Sabrina Lim	Singapore	855	213.75
5.	Tengku Emanina	Malaysia	855	213.75
6.	Geraldine Ng	Singapore	855	213.75
7.	Jennifer Tan	Singapore	854	213.50
8.	Shalima Zalsha	Indonesia	851	212.75
9.	Choy Poh Lai	Malaysia	849	212.25
10.	Chan Shuk Han	Hong Kong	842	210.50
	Reserves
1.	Syakira Yeoh	Malaysia	841	210.25
2.	Prathima Hegde	India	837	209.25
3.	Ong She-Na	Singapore	837	209.25