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Singapore Asian Youth Game 2009 (SAYOG 2009)

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Okay people, it's been a while since I blog about any thing in particular. Today, I shall use some of my free time to write about my experience in AYG.

AYG 2009 is one of the most memorable memory that I ever had. Although my job may some tough to many people and with the fact that it is suppose to be tough, but during the day that I am volunteering, it was pure pleasure to be there.

Day 1 (which is Day 4 of the bowling event): I was helping out at the bowling alley to take care of the medias. There wasn't much medias around. I am there to take down whatever media quaries that these media might have. But due to so little media, and that Team Singapore is not expected to get gold in Team event although they were expected to, I get the chance to experience "LIVE" event on the spot.

During the Girls' Team event, Team Singapore VS Team Republic of Korea VS Team Japan. I listed only these three countries because these are top 3 that fought really hard. Team Singapore fought with a never dying spirit. We managed to clinch on to 2nd place wasn't as easy as you think. I was there to watched and followed the results very closely. Singapore actually was in third position right behind Japan, in the previous days' event. But after the 4th game they actually managed to maintain at their position with Korean leading in the first place followed by Japan. I strongly believe that Team Japan was getting more and more tired as they go into the fifth and sixth round, their standard starts to fall. Team Singapore was able to strike more and more during the 5th and 6th round which in the end leads them to be in 2nd position. If Team Singapore have started striking more in their fourth game, I believe we would have clinch a Gold instead of a Silver. Reason simply that it was only a small gap of 73 points. (According to my memory)

During the Boys' Team event, Team Singapore did not do as well as expected I would say if I were to compare their performance with yesterday result. They managed to get to a 3rd position but in the first game/fourth game, they did not score points that could help them to maintain in 3rd position for long if they do not start to strike more. Indeed my prediction was right as they did not strike more but did more badly. This actually leads to a fall from 3rd position to 4th position. The crowd gets really tense up as they hope that Singapore could get at least a bronze since Team Hong Kong VS Team Singapore VS Team Korea VS Team Indonesia. All four teams are quite strong but Team Singapore could maintain at 2nd position if not for their poor performance in fourth and fifth round. You might be wondering then how did Singapore managed to get back to the 2nd position? This will all thanks to the first and the last player. Basil and Justin. Justin who is playing the last game was the most intense match which I have watched so far. He managed to score 3 strikes for his last game. This resulted that Team Singapore make a jump from fourth position to second position and clinch a Silver. Of course the cheers from the crowd was extraordinary. It was as if there was a surrond system in the venue. I must say that when Justin scored a 3 strike. It seriously just make the crowd go crazy.

That's more than enough for Day 4 of the Bowling in Team event. Let's start with today's event which is the Masters.

New Hui Fen and Darshini Krishna is our player in Master. There were only two players to play in Master. New Hui Fen do not seem to be in her usual self as her result starts to deterioate as the games draw to a close. She was in first position for the first 4 to 5 games but as it goes to the 6 to 8 games, her results drops drastically. As the Master first block ended, Hui Fen got But Darshini Krishna, she managed to make a comeaback. She was in fourth position during the first 2 games, then she starts to drop from the first to the 8th position from the fifth game onward. As for Darshini Krishna, she was not doing so well in her fourth to sixth game. She was in the tenth position in the 6th game. But in her seventh game, she got a 279 point and a 10 point bonus which she make a great leap from the tenth position and shared a second position with Saito,Shinobu. In her last game, she scored a 258 point and a 10 point bonus. This allow her to grasp the first at the first half of the game. As for Hui Fen, she managed to maintain in the top 10 position. with a total score of 1617.

I will not comment for the Boys' Master event as I wasn't present to see how well they have done. To know more about the Boys' Master event, you could check out on www.ayg2009.sg. I am not the official spokesperson for this event. I am just writing on how I feel. Really wish to go to the final of the Masters' event. But due to excess staff and have s sold out of tickets, I couldn't go. I have to come online just to know who get the top three awards.

GO TEAM SINGAPORE! GO Darshini Krishna and Hui Fen! All The Best!