Selangor grab top honours

26/08/2002


SELANGOR shooters dominated both the National Championships and the
SportExcel Grand Finals when the dust settled at the Subang Shooting Range
yesterday.
The seniors amassed nine gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals to
emerge tops while the juniors had a whopping 21 gold, nine silver and nine
bronze medals in the SportExcel championship.
But the disparity in standards was there for all to see as in the
SportExcel Championship, Kelantan, Penang, Kedah, Malacca, Pahang, Perak
and Perlis lads failed to win even a single medal.
And in the National Championship, the states which went home empty
handed were Johor, Penang, Kedah, Malacca, Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Perlis
and Terengganu.
Yesterday, Selangor shooter Leong Jia Chyuan equalled the National
Junior Record with 571 points in the Sport Pistol. His score was simlar to
the mark notched by Kelantan's Nik Arisuddin Atqi in March this year.
There were no other notable achievements yesterday but the National
Championship has served its purpose as records fell like flies in the
second and third day of shooting.
The first record was shot down by the Selangor girls team of Mashita
Ramli Lim I Vern and Joanne Ng Sook Ee in the Air Rifle event with a
combined total of 1,164 points.
Then national shooter Nurul Hudda Baharin, getting ready for the Asian
Games in Busan next month, got her name on two records in the SB Sport
Rifle Prone. In the individual, her golden shot of 594 was a record feat
and her combined effort with team-mates Nordalilah Abu Bakar and Asmayuzie
Mat Amin also bettered the SB Sport Rifle Prone team record with 1,765
points.
The juniors then cracked three more records but the most memorable one
was when Mohamed Emran Zakaria shot down a six-year national record in the
men's SB Free Rifle Three Position with a score of 1,246.1.
Emran's, 27, finally cracked the six-year-old record of 1,245.4 set by
Mej Jasni Shaari.
And the good news is that the Asian Games bound shooter said that he was
still not at his best and might surprise all in the Asian Games.
But the prospect of landing a medal in Busan is not what Emran must have
been thinking about, because the competition is too stiff as Malaysia
found out in the 1998 Bangkok Games where they returned empty handed.
The history books will spare a page for Emran, even if he manages to
make the final in Busan.
RESULTS - National Championships: Men's Centre Fire Pistol: 1 Zakaria
Ishak (Kel) 570, 2 Darham Ali (Police), 567 3 Hasli Izwan (Pk) 559.
Centre Fire Pistol Team: 1 Kelantan 1,631 pts (Zakaria 570, Baharuddin
Hashim 537, Saipuddin Yusof 524); 2 Forces 1,613 (Sany Ghazali 552,
Zulkifli Ismail 537, Zulkifli Hassan 524); 3 Police 1,611 (Darham Ali 567,
Hashim Desa 552, Marzuki Man 482).
Women's SB sport rifle three position: 1 Nurul Hudda Baharin (Police)
662.7 pts, 2 Noriha Abdul Rani (Forces) 659.0, 3 Nordalilah Abu Bakar
(Police) 652.9.
SB Sport Rifle Three Position Team: 1 Police 1,684 pts (Nurul 569,
Nordalilah 558, Asmayuzie Mat Amin 557); 2 Selangor 1,659 (Lim I Vern 559,
Norhidayah Ramli 556, Nina Ismawati 544); 3 Sarawak 1,637 (Gracy Bohan
550, Veronica Eileen 545, Imabel Yvonne Tiong 542).
SportExcel Championships - Boys' Sport Pistol: Leong Jia Chyuan (Sel)
571, 2 Bibit Ngoyet (Sar) 558, 3 Mohamed Hezir Azmi (Sel) 555.
Sport Pistol Team: 1 Selangor 1,672 pts (Leong 571, Hezir 555, Nicholas
Aw Kai Foong 548); 2 Sarawak 1,621 (Bibit Nyoged 558, Billy MaCmiller 539,
Freddie Anit 524); 2 Johor 1,577 (Zulhakim Aman 553, Syawal Othman 537,
Radi Wahab 487).
Girls' SB Sport Rifle Three Position: 1 Lim I Vern 559 (Sel), 2
Norhidayah Ramli (Sel) 556, 3 Gracy Bohan (Sar) 550.
SB Sport Rifle Three Position Team: 1 Selangor 1,659 pts (Lim I Vern
559, Norhidayah 556, Nina Ismawati 544), 2 Sarawak 1,637 (Gracy Bohan 550,
Veronica Eileen 545, Imabel Yvone Tiong 542); 3 Police 1,576 (Phyllis
Eruna Licho 529, Hasmira Hassan 526, Emy Juingki 521).
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