8th February, Perth: Qatar ended the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship on a high as the boys triumphed in the Team of 4 over Short Oil while Korea snatched the Gold from Chinese Taipei in the final game.

All efforts were not lost as Mohammad Al Mannai, Hamad Al Mosalim, Salem Al Marzooki and Fahad Al Emadi hung on to take victory in the Boy's Team of 4 over Short Oil with a total of 3517 on the final day of the championship.

The Qatari held a 5-pin lead going into the fourth and final game and needed 840 or more to assure themselves of a chance to winning the Gold medal which the quartet duly oblidge. Malaysia made a late challenge with a superb 886 in the final game to pip Kuwait for the Silver medal with 3462, 55 pins adrift.

Kuwait settled for the Bronze medal with a total of 3431, a further 31 pins away. The most unluckiest team was the host nation, Australia finishing fourth with 3331. The favorites, Korea failed to make any impression to finish fifth with 3328.

In the girl's division, Chinese Taipei set a strong pace to take a 65-pin lead at the start of the team event. Wang Ting-Wen, Chen Kuan-Ting, Hsiao Ju-Fang and Wang Ya-Ting continued to lead until the third game with a 63-pin going into the final game.

But the Korea's Choi Jin-A, Kwang Sun-Ok, Gang Hye-Eun and Lee Su-Jeong stormed home with a final game of 900 to snatch the victory and the Gold medal from the Taiwanese with a total of 3300.

Chinese Taipei settled for the Silver medal with 3237, 63 pins adrift while Japan took home another Bronze medal with 3234. Australia was again unlucky to finish fourth after being third before the final game. Long Oil Team Gold medalist, Malaysia finished a dismal fifth.

Korea's Choi Jin-A added two more Gold medal by winning the Girl's Individual All Events and the Team All Events. Choi amassed a total of 7405 over 32 games for a hugh 518 margin ahead of Malaysia's Esther Cheah, who took the Silver with 6887. Singapore's Jazreel Tan finished third for the Bronze with 6691.

Choi Bok-Eum also bagged the Boy's Individual All Events Gold medal with 7300 followed by Malaysia's Zulmazran Zulkifli in second for the Silver medal with 7145. Japan's Sasaki Tomoyuki settled for the Bronze medal with 7037.

Malaysia won their final Gold medal in the Boy's Team All Events which combined all the four bowlers' scores in as many events played. Their score of 27228 was 80 pins more than the Japanese, who took the Silver with 27148. Korea claimed the Bronze with 26593.

Korea bagged their 11th Gold medal of the championship with victory in the Team All Events while Malaysia and Singapore settled for the Silver and Bronze medals.

The 13th edition of the Asian Youth which saw the mighty Koreans dominating returned with a 11-2-2 medal haul. Malaysia finished second with 3-8-2 while Hong Kong and Qatar were the only other country to win a Gold medal each.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

7th February, Perth: Malaysia finally turned the table on Korea as the Girl's took their first Gold medal in the Team of 4 over Long oil pattern in the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship while Korean triumphed in the boy's division.

Zandra Aziela, Zatil Iman, Siti Safiyah and Esther Cheah of Malaysia took to the lanes with a vengence this morning setting a cracking pace of 923 in the first game for a 63 pin lead thanks to a strong game by Zatil Iman on 278.

Four Gold medalist, Choi Jin-A then led her teammates, Hwang Sun-Ok, Gang Hye-Eun and Lee Su-Jeong to post a high of 981 to take over the lead after the second game by 54 pins. The Koreans suffered a set back to only manage 774 in the third game while the Malaysian quartet brought home another strong game of 907 to regain the lead by 79 pins.

Malaysia fought on galantly with 851 in the final game to finally overcome the Koreans and bagged their first Gold on a total of 3545 while the Koreans could only manage 792 to settle for the Silver on 3407 with Japan third on 3356.

"We are looking forward to receiving our first kangelor (games mascot)," said Siti and Zatil after their win. "We knew it would be difficult to beat the Koreans as they are so good, bit we're glad we could defeat them," added Esther Cheah.

"The Koreans may be better but we knew we could eventually beat them," added Zandra. "I have not seen the team played so well before. They were just awesome," said Foong Tak Meng, assistant coach.

"The girls worked extremely hard for this and they fully deserve the win. They must also thank Fred Tan (mental physio) for the program they did this morning," said national chief coach, Chris Batson.

Korea were able to end another good day when Choi Bok-Eum, Han Jae-Ho, Moo Jun-Ho and Chong Seung-Wan ended the 4-game Team of 4 Long Oil event with 3462 to win their seventh Gold medal. Japan set the pace in the early stages but had to give up their lead when the Korean quartet posted a strong 900 in the third game.

Sasaki Tomoyuki, Ikeda Daiki, Endo Makoto and Kawada Shoji settled for the Silver medal with 3305 while Malaysia's Aaron Kong, Jonathan Lim, Adrian Ang and Zulmazran Zulkifli came home third with 3252 for the Bronze medal.

Choi Jin-A of Korea continue to lead the Girl's Individual All Events with a hefty margin of 485 while Choi Bok-Eum only has a 105 pin lead over Zulmazran Zulkifli of Malaysia in the boy's division.

Korea is way in front in the Medal tally with 7 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medal followed by Malaysia in second with 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. Hong Kong is third with just 1 Gold medal.

The Team of 4 on Short Oil condition will end the championship tomorrow (8th February) with four more Gold medals at stake from the Individual All Events and Team All Events for both divisions.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

6th February, Perth: Hong Kong finally broke the ice and ended Korea's domination by capturing the Boy's Doubles over the Long Oil condition as the Korean girls finished 1-2 on Day 4 of the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship.

Korea's Moon Jun-Ho and Chong Seung-Wan led Squad A this morning but their total score of 2527 looked uncertain with the stronger field in the second squad. While Singapore's Jason Yeong Nathan and Justin Teng took an early lead in squad B, it was the Malaysians that came on strong towards the middle of the block.

Singles Long Oil Gold medalist, Aaron Kong and Zulmazran Zulkifli, who lead for two games soon found Wu Siu Hong and Cyrus Cheung mounting their late challenges to snatch the victory by just 2 pins on a total of 2665.

Hong Kong broke the ice to win their first Gold medal in the championship and ending Korea's domination while the Malaysian pair again settled for the Silver with 2663. Squad A leader, Moon and Chong ended up third for the Bronze medal.

Without a doubt, the star of the championship, Choi Jin-A bagged her fourth consecutive Gold medal when she partnered Gang Hye-Eun to win Korea' sixth romping home a comfortable win on a total of 2720, 229 pins ahead of their teammates.

Korea rounded off a great day with Squad A leader, Hwang Sun-Ok and Lee Su-Jeong finishing second for the Silver medal with 2491. Singapore's Amanda Ng and Jazreel Tan took pride in taking the Bronze medal 2444.

Korea's arch rival Malaysia best pair of Zandra Aziela and Esther could only finish fifth with 2433, just 6 pins behind the Japanese pair of Nakano Maki and Totsuka Rie in fourth with 2439.

Choi Jin-A looks set to win her fifth Gold leading the Girl's Individual All Events standings by 523 pins on 5598 followed by Esther Cheah of Malaysia in second and Hwang Sun-Ok of Korea third with 2075 and 5059 respectively.

The boy's field is much more wider as Korea's Choi Bok-Eum topped the All Events standings with 162 pins margin on 5487. Malaysia's Aason Kong and Zulmazran Zulkifli are right on his heel in second and thrid with 5325 and 5319.

Korea has won 6 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal with only Malaysia and Hong Kong winning the other two gold medals. Malaysia is second in the medal tally with 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze while Hong Kong only has the sinlge Gold for third spot.

The Team of 4 events will be contested starting tommorow over two blocks of 4 games each on Long Oil (Tuesday 7th February) and Short Oil (Wednesday 8th February).

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

5th February, Perth: Korea continued their domination in the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship as Choi Jin-A, Hwang Sun-Ok and Han Jae-Ho, Choi Bok-Eum bagged the Gold medals of the Girl's and Boy's Doubles event over the Short Oil pattern.

The Malaysian pair of Esther Cheah and Zandra Aziela, who set a score of 2654 to beat in Squad A this morning, saw their hopes of a Gold medal dashed again. Two individual Gold medalist, Choi Jin-A and her partner, Hwang Sun-Ok of Korea relentlessly mounted their challenge to do better in Squad B from the word "Go".

The pair consistenly posted above-400 mark in all their 6 games bringing home lines of 475, 400, 427, 470, 483 and needing only 400 to overtake the Malaysians, Choi and Hwang posted an outstanding 477 to seal another victory with a total of 2732, 78 pins ahead.

Esther and Zandra again had to settle for the Silver medal while Singapore's stronger pair of Amanda Ng and Jazreel Tan hung on to third spot to take the Bronze medal with 2456.

In the boy's division, Singapore's Jason Yeong Nathan and Lionel Lim posted the highest game of the event with a 503 to surge to the front and looked set for the top of the podium but a disasterous final game saw them tumbling down and out of a medal.

Fortunately, the Korean pair brought home a decent 469 in their final game to clinch victory with 2678 as Kuwait's Rakan Alamri and Khaled Al Dubyyan mounted a late challenge to win the Silver medal with 2660.

Squad A leader, Sasaki Tomoyuki and Endo Makoto were pushed down to third with their 2654 and had to settle for the Bronze medal. Despite Jonathan Lim scoring the first perfect game of the championship, the Malaysian with Adrian Ang could only managed a fifth place finsih with 2607 behind the Singaporeans.

With three Gold medal in the bag, Choi Jin-A looked unbeatable as she leads the Individual All Events standings with 4107 after 18 games played. Malaysia's Esther Cheah is second with 3812 followed by Hwang Sun-Ok third with 3783.

Korea is also firmly on course for more Gold as Choi Bok-Eum heads the Boy's Individual All Events standings with 4156 ahead of two Japanese, Sasaki Tomoyuki and Kawada Shoji in second and third with 4054 and 3999 respectively.

Korea has now collected 5 Gold medals to lead the Medal tally. Malaysia is second with 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medal with Singapore in third with 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

5th February, Perth: Japan's Sasaki Tomoyuki and Endo Makoto set an identical score of 2654 with Malaysia's Zandra Aziela and Esther Cheah in the Squad A of the Boy's and Girl's Doubles Short Oil of the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship.

Singapore's pair of Justin Teng and Carl De Vries kicked off the opening squad this morning with a superb 495 but the Japanese pair took over the lead with 491 in the second game for a 64 pin buffer.

Sasaki and Endo continued their hot pace to post 406, 410, 446 and 438 to top the squad with a total of 2654. Singles Short Oil Gold and Silver medalist, Aaron Kong and Zulmazran Zulkifli of Malaysia, stormed home with a strong challenge in their final two games but fell short by 61 pins to finish second with 2593.

Justin Teng and Carl De Vries did well to hang on to third spot with a total of 2585 ahead of Jassem Darwish and Mohammad Kamel of Kuwait in fourth spot with a total of 2487.

In the girl's division, Singles Long Oil Silver and Bronze medalist, Zandra Aziela and Esther Cheah proved too strong for the field as the pair romped home a comfortable leader with an identical score line as the boys on 2654.

The Malaysian pair posted lines of 498, 385, 433, 462, 458 and 418 for a hugh margin of 228 over second-placed Korea. Gang Hye-Eun and Lee Su-Jeong only managed a 2426 total, just four pins ahead of Chinese Taipei's Wang Ya-Ting and Hsiao Ju-Fang in thrid on 2422.

"It's great to see that our bowlers doing better and better," said Sidney Tung, secretary general of MTBC, who is in Perth to attend the ABF Executive Committee meeting. "Korea is pretty strong especially with the in-form Choi Jin-A but we are hoping our girl's scores will stay top.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

4th February, Perth: Malaysia bounced back after missing out on a Gold yesterday when Aaron Kong and Zulmazran Zulkifli finished 1-2 in the Boy's Singles Short oil on Day 2 of the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship.

When Kawada Shoji set the mark of 1398 in Squad A earlier in the morning, it appeared a tall order but it did not deter the Malaysians. SEA Games two Gold medalist, Aaron Kong got off to a good start with a high game of 279 but suffered a temporary set back after a 155 in the second game to hand the lead to teammate, Zulmazran Zulkifli and trailed by 43 pins.

With sheer determination, Kong bounced back with a 263 in the third game but was still 11 pins adrift in second. The champion then picked up his pace to bring home 247, 238 and 244 to snatch the victory and the Gold medal by just 4 pins on a total of 1426. Zulmazran gave Malaysia a 1-2 finish to win the Silver with 1422.

Squad A leader, Kawada Shoji survived an onslaught from Singles Long Oil Gold medalist, Choi Bok-Eum to pick up the Bronze medal with 1398, just 15 pins ahead of Choi.

"I was aiming to win at least one Gold medal here and since I have got one, I will not stop here and hope to win more," said the delighted 20-year-old.

In the girl's division, Korea's Choi Jin-A was simply a class of her own as she cruised to her second individual Gold medal with a superb 1344 total. SEA Games Masters Silver medalist, Jazreel Tan Shi Hua of Singapore posted a high game of 248 to snatch the Silver medal with a total of 1292.

Squad A leader, Wang Ya-Ting missed out on the medal when her teammate, Hsiao Ju-Fang totaled 1216 to claim the Bronze medal, just 6 pins separating the two Taiwanese. Singles Long oil Silver and Bronze medalist, Zandra Aziela and Esther dropped out of contention to end up in eighth and 14th respectively.

Choi Jin-A leads the Girl's individual All Events standings with 2690 after 12 games, 211 pins from her nearest opponent. Esther Cheah of Malaysia is second with 2479 followed by Korea's Hwang Sun-Ok third with 2468.

Singles Long oil Gold medalist, Choi Bok-Eum topped the Boy's individual All Events table with 2775, just 27 pins ahead of Kawada Shoji of Japan on 2748. Aaron Kong is third with 2724. The doubles will be contested tomorrow (Sunday, 5th February), starting on the Short Oil pattern and on the Long oil on Monday, 6th February.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

4th February, Perth: Kawada Shoji of Japan set the pace by hitting 1398 in the opening Boy's Singles Short Oil squad of Day 2 of the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship with Chinese Taipei's Wang Ya-Ting hanging on to pole in the girl's division.

Kawada, who was pipped off a medal by teammate, Ikeda Daiki over the long oil singles yesterday, started the 6-game campaign to share the lead with Singles Long oil Silver medalist, Jason Yeong Nathan of Singapore with a 243. The leader then posted three identical 235 games to lead the field by 27 pins.

Australia's Glen Loader then shot the highest game of the squad with 288 to take the lead but a 161 in his final game saw Kawada regaining the lead with 237 to end the series with a 28 pin buffer over Loader's 1370 total.

Singapore's Lionel Lim Guo Liang, who kept in close contact with the leaders, did well to finish third on 1334 ahead of Malaysia's Adrian Ang in fourth spot with 1321. Kawada now set the benchmark for Squad B to beat for the Gold medal.

The scores in the girl's division were rather lower with Chinese Taipei's Wang Ya-Ting leading with 1206 over the 6-game Short Oli pettern. Japan's Nakano Maki, who was at once stage leading the pack, settled for second with 1203.

China's Shi Ailin surprised the field to take third spot with 1197 ahead of yesterday's Squad A leader, Gang Hye-Eun in fourth position with 1185.

It appears that by the time Squad B takes to the lanes, the quality of the field would definitely better the scores set here.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

3rd February, Perth: Korea's Choi Jin-A and Choi Bok-Eum swept the two Gold medals on the opening day of the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship in the Girl's and Boy's Singles played over Long Oil.

Gang Hye-Eun, who led in Squad A this morning, was knocked out of a medal finishing fourth after the two squads were combined. Malaysia's Zandra Aziela set a blistering pace at the start of Squad B and built up a commanding lead of 84 pins at the halfway mark with Choi Jin-A of Korea right on her heels.

A 178 in the fourth game allowed Choi to narrow the gap to 43 pins. Despite posting a 225 in the fifth, the champion blazed the lanes with a superb 268 which left just 1 pin for Zandra going into the final game.

The pressure must have gotten to the 19-year-old SEA Games Gold medalist as she crumbled to a disappointing 165 while Choi brought home a 221 to seal the victory with a total of 1346. Zandra settled for the Silver with 1291 while her teammate and Women's World Championship Singles Gold medalist, Esther Cheah stormed home to pip Squad A leader by 4 pins for the Bronze medal with 1279.

In the boy's division, Penang Pesta International champion, Choi Bok-Eum gave Korea their second Gold medal when he posted 1392 to take the victory in the Boy's Singles over Long oil. The champion only needed a 181 or better score in his sixth and final game to win and the 19-year-old duly oblidged with a 225.

Singapore's reigning national champion, Jason Yeong Nathan was contented with the Silver, 31 pins adrift on 1361 scored earlier in the morning. Japan's Ikeda Daiki stormed home with a superb 259 in the final game to snatch the Bronze medal from teammate, Kawada Shoji with 1360, just 1 pin from Nathan.

Malaysia's Aaron Kong, who was third in the earlier squad dropped to eighth behind Hong Kong's Wu Sui Hong and Saudi Arabia's Bader Al-Shaikh, who finished joint-fifth on 1317 and Sasaki Tomoyuki of Japan in seventh.

The bowlers will contest another 6 games in the Singles over the Short Oil condition again divided over two squads on Friday, 4th February at 9.00am.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.

3rd February, Perth: Reigning National champion, Jason Yeong Nathan of Singapore got off to a good start in the 13th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship underway at Fairlanes Bowling Centre to snatch the lead in the Boy's Singles Squad A.

As the singles over the Long oil conditions got underway, Glen Loader of Australia immediately settled down nicely with a 256 in his first game to take a 9 pin lead. But is was Hong Kong's Michael Tsang who put up his challenge to grab the lead by 4 pins after the second game.

The lead changed hands again at the halfway mark as Malaysia's Aaron Kong knocked down a high game of 255 for a 31 pins lead. Kong's fourth game of 182 still gave him the lead but only by 1 pin as Japan's Kawada Shoji took over the lead after the fifth game with Singapore's Jason Yeong Nathan in close second and Kong dropping to third.

A superb 249 by Nathan saw him snatching the lead from Kawada and ending the 6-game Sinlges with a total of 1361. Kawada Shoji settled for second with 1350, just 11 pins adrift and can still stand a chance of winning a medal. Aaron Kong of Malaysia finished third.

Singapore almost had their girls leading the squad as well but a poor 165 in the sixth and final game saw Amanda Ng Li Chuen settling for second. Korea's Gang Hye-Eun topped the squad with a total of 1275, 53 pins ahead of Amanda Ng, who totaled 1222. Malaysia's Siti Safiyah Amirah, who was mid-table, posted the highest game of 267 in the fifth to haul herself up to third with 1217.

Singapore's Cherie Tan, who lead briefly after the second and third game, faded off and ending up in fifth with 1207 while Australia's best finisher, Toni Woodcock could only finish sixth with 1173.

Squad B will take to the lanes shortly at 1.00pm and with the combined scores, the winners of the Singles Long Oil will be determined then.

Photos by Sidney Tung, MTBC.