National Women Elite Bowlers Shine, Secure Top 32 Spots At 2025 World Cup

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- Three of Malaysia’s elite women bowlers stylishly secured their spots in the Top 32 of the individual event at the 2025 International Bowling Federation World Cup after dominating their respective group stages in Kowloon, Hong Kong, tonight.

Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman, Natasha Roslan and Sin Li Jane will be joined by another national representative, Gillian Lim, who also made it into the Top 32 after finishing fifth in her group stage.

In Group A, Siti Safiyah amassed 36 points with 2,783 pinfalls, while Natasha led Group C with 30 points and 2,800 pinfalls.

Li Jane topped Group D with 33 points and 2,723 pinfalls, while Gillian scored 24 points with 2,785 pinfalls in Group B.

“The past two days have been nervous for me because it’s my first World Cup, the day after tomorrow we will be in the knockout format which is based on three games, so I will do my best and see how it goes,” said Gillian in a video shared with reporters tonight.

Meanwhile, Siti Safiyah is gunning for a semi-final spot.

“Over the past two days of this tournament, I’ve been in first place. This has given me confidence in my game plan.

“My target is to steadily progress from the Top 32 to the Top 16, then the Top 8, and hopefully make it to the semi-finals,” she said.

“After the singles event, we’ll have the team event. If I don’t meet my target in the singles, we’ll give our best effort in the team event because that is a very important event for Team Malaysia,” she said.

The women’s individual Top 32 knockout round is scheduled for Friday.

-- BERNAMA