Singapore win by massive margin

Yasarathne GAMAGE

Ruthless Singapore defeated Pakistan by 111-2 recording the second highest victory margin of the Asian Netball Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday. Singapore scored 25 goals in the first quarter while Pakistan shot only one.

During the other quarters there was no resistance from the opponents and Singapore continued to score at their will and finished the second , third and final quarters scoring 30, 25 and 31 goals respectively. Pakistan added their second goal in the third quarter.

For the winners, Y U Menling netted 39 goals out of 48 attempts and Cassendra Soh netted 34 goals out of 46 attempts. The pool B current leaders will meet Brunei today at 12.45pm.

Hong Kong registers first win

It was their first victory in the championships when Hong Kong defeated India by 60 -29 in another Group A match yesterday. They scored 19 goals in the fist quarter to which India replied with 9. Hong Kong goal shooter Krystle Edwards was busy in the second half as well and Hong Kong added 17 more to the total while the opponents scored 6.

In the third quarter there were 12 goals scored by Hong Kong. Indians managed to net seven goals. The final quarter was a repeat of the previous one as both teams scored the same number of goals as in the third quarter. Krystle in her 61 attempts scored 41 goals for Hong Kong while Indian goal shooter Harneet Kaur shot 15 goals.

Malaysia (70) beat Maldives (22)

The third day ended with Malaysia beating Maldives by 70-22. Malaysia scored 17 goals and secured their net from their opponents to lead the fist quarter 17-0. They again scored 17 goals in the second quarter and this time Maldives replied with 6 goals.

There was not much of a problem for Malayasia to score another 36 goals in the next two quarters. Maldives only scored 16 goals in the third and final quarter. Malaysia's N Diana scored 34 goals in her 45 attempts. R Moosa scored 16 goals in 28 attempts for Maldives.