When she found herself drawn with British opponents at last week’s World Bowls Champion of Champions tournament in Australia, Singapore’s Philomena Goh...
But Goh lost 5-3, 7-4 to eventual champion Anne Nunes of the United States in the semi-finals. This earned her a joint-bronze along with Malaysia’s Nurul Alyani Jamil, who lost to Guernsey’s Lucy Beere in the other semi-final.
Bowls Singapore senior team coach Bernard Foo said Goh had played at her highest level in the competition, adding: “She really played to her best which I’ve not seen. Goh felt that she was too hasty in her semi-final against Nunes, which proved costly. She said: “The first time going through such a big game, I did not do the kind of things that I was supposed to do, like staying a bit calmer.
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