14th November, Kuching: Singles bronze and gold medallists, Puteri Nurul Dini and Gillian Lim won Malaysia A Team's second gold medal at the 18th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships with victory in the Girl's Doubles event.

Malaysia B team's first pair and Philippines second pair had a superb start to occupy first and second positions with their 419 and 412 opening game with Australia's first pair and Singapore A team's second pair sharing third spots.

Nur Hazirah and Nur Haziqah added 379 to their 419 opener to keep a seven-pin lead over their compatriots, Puteri Nurul and Lim moving up to second spot. Regina Daval-Santos and Grace Gella slipped down to third, just three pins behind.

Chinese Taipei's first pair of Chi Yun-Fan and Wu Jie-Yu two superb games of 436 and 414 in the second and third game made them the new leader as Singapore A team's first pair of Fion Liew and Arielle Tay took over second spot.

Another Singapore A team's pair of Fiona Yew and Shin Zong Yi became the fourth leader after a superb 434 in the fifth game, 3 pins ahead of the recovering Chi and Wu taking over second spot. Liew and Tay was placed third, a further 2 pins away.

It all came down to the sixth and final game to decide the champion. Puteri Nurul and Lim stormed home with a stunning 510 in the fifth and 474 in their final game to snatch the gold medal with 2470. Najwa and Nur Aina knocked down a big game of 469 to clinch the silver with 2424 to give Malaysia A team a one-two finish.

After just two days of competition, Malaysia A girls team has picked up 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal and the boys 2 silver to give them an overall medal tally of 2-3-1. Hong Kong A and Australia A were the two other countries to have won 1 gold medal each.

Yew and Shin posted 440 to earn the bronze medal with 2417. Their team-mates, Liew and Tay missed the podium by 26 pins to finish fourth with 2391 while Chinese Taipei rounded out the top five with 2375.