7th December, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian ex-international, Kang Bo Long denied Singapore national champion, Cheah Ray Han with a 211-202 victory in the stepladder title match to win The Masters title at Sunway Mega Lanes on Tuesday.

Kang, who had earlier come out tops in the 10-game roll-off with 2348, advanced to the stepladder finals as top seed. The champion broke a two-year drought en-route to winning a major title and pocketing the top prize of RM35,000 (approx. US$7,800).

In the semi-final match, Cheah eliminated second-seed and three-time winner, Adrian Ang of Malaysia and third-seed, Kim Jong Wook of Seong Nam, Korea, 239-224-189 to face Kang in the final.

The 16-year-old Cheah, who created history last month by becoming the youngest bowler to be crowned national champion and also winning the national youth title a week later, breezed past two Malaysian national bowlers, fourth-seed, Nur Syawani Sahar and sixth-seed Zulmazran Zulkifli, 243-193-192 in the first match.

The first runner-up, who earned himself RM20,000 in prize money, finished fifth in the earlier roll-off with 2300. Ang finished second with 2323, 25 pins behind Kang.

Kim took third spot with 2309, Nur Syazwani fourth with 2305 and Zulmazran sixth with 2279. Yun Hee Yeo narrowly missed the stepladder cut by two pins in seventh position with 2277. The second runner-up picked up RM10,000 while positions fourth to sixth went home with RM9,000, RM8,000 and RM7,000 respectively.

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6th December, Kuala Lumpur: Two-time Singapore national champion, Tracy See successfully defended the Youth Girl's Open title while Australia's Blayne Fletcher won his maiden Boy's Open title of the 17th Milo International Junior All-Stars Championships.

See easily defeated challenger and winner of the semi-final match, Rebekah Commane of Australia, 263-192 to pocket the top prize of RM18,000 (approx. S$5,700).

The fourth-seed Australian sailed past second-seed and third-seed, Malaysia's Nurul Alyssa Bte Junaidi and Indonesia's Alisha Nabila, 265-168-224 in the semis to face See.

"That's because I've never defended a title before... so it feels really great," exclaimed See. If that's not enough, See also became the second girl in the tournament's history to claim back-to-back wins after Malaysia's Victoria Chin did it in 2013 and 2014.

See had earlier qualified for the stepladder finals by coming out tops in the 10-game final round with 2311 pinfalls. Nurul, Alisha and Commane made the finals in second, third and fourth positions with 2306, 2267 and 2266 respectively.

"This vitory means a lot to me bacuase this will be my very last appearance at a youth-level competition," said See after clinching her second title in as many months, having won the the Singapore National Championships last month.

In the boy's Open division, Australia Blayne Fletcher came out tops for his mainden international title. He believes it is just the springboard he needs to take his game forward.

The 19-year-old, who made the Australian national youth team only last year, pipped 2014 champion, Joel Tan of Singapore, 232-204 in his maiden appearance here and pocketed the top prize of RM25,000 (approx. S$8,000).

Third-seed Tan dispatched second-seed, Ahmad Adil of Malaysia and fourth-seed, Takuya Miazawa of Japan 236-211-180 to advance to the title match against the Aussie teenager. Fletcher topped the earlier final with 2336 followed by Ahmad in second with 2328.

Tan and Miazawa made the stepladder finals in third and fourth positions with 2285 and 2242 respectively. It was a disastrous campaign for the home bowlers, though, as none won a single title in any of the categories since the tournament's inception in 2000.

"This is a breakthrough for me," said Fletcher, who became the first Australian winner since Jason Belmonte in 2006. "I can't wait to get back home to celebrate this victory with my parents."

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