HONG KONG—For the second year in a row, two new names were added to the HKLBA National Indoor Singles trophies after Kevin Fung and Dorothy Yu made their mark at the final last Saturday, Jul 11 at the indoor green of Craigengower Cricket Club.
Fung, whose previous best results at the competition was a losing finalist back in 2002, faced five time champion Danny Ho in the final, after dispatched Hong Kong international Li Ming Sum in the semi-final.
Ho started the game well, picked up the green and the pace immediately after the kick-off. His superb drawing got him a lead of 6:0 after just four ends and he cruised through the rest the first set.
The second set was much tighter when Fung started to improve but it was Ho who made two errors and contributed to his own downfall.
The first mistake was in the fourth end when the game was tied at 2:2. Ho drew a super shot which was a toucher in front of the jack which made it difficult for Fung to draw a shot bowl. But Ho’s second bowl was a little bit heavy and pushed aside his shot bowl and opened up a gap for Fung to see the jack. Fung took the chance and moved the jack to win two in this end.
The second error was in the seventh end when the game was again tied at 5:5. Ho was holding three shots but never thought of protecting the head with his fourth bowl. His last bowl was drawn jack-level and counted as a shot. Fung, who has a bowl at the back, took a risky shot to aim at the bare jack. His gamble paid off with the jack pushed into the ditch and he again won two shots.
This shot boosted Fung’s morale and he won the set 8:6 to push the game into a tie-break.
In the three ends tie-breaker Fung started to display outstanding drawing power and took all three ends to become the champion.
