29th September, Petaling Jaya: The first pair of Muhd Adam Darwish and Muhd Aqil Faizal bagged Pulau Pinang's first gold medal of the 36th Interstate Tenpin Bowling Championships 2025 after winning the Men's Doubles ahead of two WP Kuala Lumpur pairs taking home the silver and bronze medals.
Muhd Adam Darwish and Muhd Aqil Faizal blazed the lanes with a cracking 501 in their opening game to lead the second WP Kuala Lumpur pair of Muhammad Amin Syimir Bin Safri and Shaqeem Izwan Teh Bin Shahrul by ten pins. The second Sarawak pair of Tsen Fan Yew and Chong Jun Foo occupied third, a further ten pins away.
Muhd Adam Darwish shot the championship's fourth 300 in his second game to add to Muhd Aqil Faizal's massive game of 286 for a record-breaking 589 and extended their lead to 38 pins. Sarawak 2 moved up to second while WP Kuala Lumpur 2 slipped down to third.
The leading pair continued with their hot pace by adding 502 and 509 in their third and fourth games to extend their lead to a further 110 pins. WP Kuala Lumpur regained second spot as the first WP Kuala Lumpur pair of Ahmad Azriq Bin Izamuddin and Mohammad Hafiz Bin Zainuddin joined in third.