Tokyo Port Bowl in Tokyo, Japan (August 10-15, 2009)
The Blind Bowling Congress Japan hosted the Tenpin Bowling for the Blind Japan International Open 2009 from August 10-15 at Tokyo Port Bowl, a 34-laner with AMF wooden lanes in Tokyo, Japan. 48 bowlers - 39 male and 9 female - from 7 countries, Australia, Czech
Republic, Chinese Taipei, Finland, Korea, Malaysia and Japan,
participated in the event. All players bowled six games each in Singles and Doubles and four games in the 4.player Team event (pictured).
For the 33rd year, the Japanese Junior High School Championships and High School Championships
were contested during the summer vacation of Japanese schools in July.
Both championships were held under the patronage of the Minister of
Education, Culture, Science, Sports and Technology (MEXT). Shusaku Asato and Miho Hisamatsu won the boys and girls High School titles, while Katsuhito Nakano and Kana Shimoide emerged as boys and girls Junior High School champions (pictured).
Six-time World Champion Paeng Nepomuceno added to his reputation as USBC's busiest coach, as he conducted coaching seminars in three countries - Singapore, Philippines and Hong Kong - during the first half of the year 2009. Paeng started with a Level One and Bronze Level seminar at Chevrons Bowling Center in Singapore from March 27-29. He then held a Silver Conference in the Philippines from June 15-17 and the third seminar was a Level One and Bronze Level seminar held at Mei Foo Bowling World in Hong Kong (pictured left) last July 13-15.
Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30 - June 14, 2009)
Raoul Miranda (pictured left) turned American Tim Mack's blunder into his biggest career win, while Malaysia's Fatin Syazliana upset local favorite and top seed Liza Del Rosario (right) for her first international title Sunday night to capture the prestigious Open Masters crowns in the 38th Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships at Paeng's Midtown Bowl at the Robinsons Place in Malate, Manila.
Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30 - June 14, 2009)
Apple Posadas (pictured left), Philippines, and Zaid Izlan, Malaysia, led the women's and men's Open Masters Round 1 in the 38th Philippine International Open Championships Saturday at Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines. Posadas led the 20 women with 1744 pinfall total or an average of 218 over 8 games. On the men's side, Izlan had eight games between 200 and 279 to lead
the 34-player men's field with 1895 pinfall total and an average of
236.88. The top 12 will join the top 6 qualifiers in Round 2 on Sunday, June 14.
Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30 - June 14, 2009)
Long-time Philippines national team members Cecilia Yap and Hong Kong's No. 1 Wu Siu Hong (l.) finished the Open Masters qualifying of the 38th Philippine International Open Championships atop the women's and men's leaderboard. Siu Hong set the pace in the men's division with 1504 six-game total, while Yap totaled 1357. Philippines national youth team member Collins Jose averaged 236.67 and felled 1420 to led the men's Local Pool.
Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30 - June 14, 2009)
Long-time Philippines national team members Biboy Rivera (pictured left) and Cecilia Yap moved to the top in the men's and women's Local Pool in the Open Masters qualifying of the 38th Philippine International Open Championships in Manila. Rivera, the 2006 World Champion in the Masters competition, had 3-game series of 728 and 689 to overtake the lead in the men's Local Pool and fourth place overall with 1417 six-game total and an average of 236.17. Yap overtook previous women's laeder Lara Posadas by 9 pins with 1357.
Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30 - June 14, 2009)
Hong Kong's star Wu Siu Hong (pictured) rolled the second 300 game of the 38th Philippine International Open Championships currently underway at Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines, en route to overtake the lead in the men's Open Masters qualifying and the Singles event. The 25-year-old had 3-game series of 804 and 700 to become the first player in this year's event, who cracked the 1500-bar with 1504 six-game total and an average of 250.67.Â
Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines (May 30 - June 14, 2009)
Lara Posadas from the Philippines and Hong Kong's Wicky Yeung lead the women's and men's Open Masters Qualifying in the 38th Philippine International Open Championships at Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines. Posadas had 3-game series of 690 and 658 to lead the women's Local Pool with 1348 pinfall total and an average of 224.67. Yeung had two 711 series for a 1422 total for 6 games, an average of 237.00, to sit atop the Overseas Pool. 29 women and 45 men will join defending champions Krizziah Tabora and Benshir Layoso, both Philippines, in the finals.
Republished courtesy of New Straits Times - Persekutuan, Malaysia (June 8, 2009)
National coach Holloway Cheah has declared that his bowlers are ready to win medals in next month's Women's World Championships in Las Vegas. The coach is confident his charges will do well at the world meet after their encouraging performances in the Singapore Open which ended on Saturday. Sharon Koh (pictured) won the Singapore Open women's title from Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman and Shalin Zulkifli who finished second and third respectively.
SuperBowl SAFRA Mount Faber in Singapore (May 25 - June 6, 2009)
Top-seeded Sharon Koh (l.), Malaysia, and Emirati Shaker Al-Hassan (r.) won the women's and men's Open Masters titles Saturday in the 42nd Singapore International Open. Koh held off compatriot Siti Safiyah Amirah, 211-181, to secure the women's title worth 5,000 Singapore Dollars. The men's final was decided in the second game. Al-Hassan flew past 4-time PBA champ Sean Rash, 232-150, to wrap up the title and to earn the 25,000 top prize.
SuperBowl SAFRA Mount Faber in Singapore (May 25 - June 6, 2009)
Wu Siu Hong (l.), Hong Kong, and Sharon Koh (r.), Malaysia, took the lead after the first of two blocks in the men's and women's Open Masters finals in the 42nd Singapore International Open. The 30 women and the 42 men including defending champions Hussain Al-Suwaidi and Cherie Tan,
Singapore, will bowl another 8 games block on Saturday to cut to the
top 6 players who will advance to the stepladder finals.
SuperBowl SAFRA Mount Faber in Singapore (May 25 - June 6, 2009)
Singapore's Daphne Tan (l.) and Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (r.) held on
to the lead in the Women's Open Masters qualifying in the in the 42nd
Singapore International Open. The national team members sit atop the Local Pool with 985 and 974 4-game total, respectively. Shaker Al-Hassan was the first player, who cracked the 1000-bar, to lead the men's Overseas Pool with 1012 or an average of 253.00. 30 women and the 42 men will join defending champions Cherie Tan, Singapore, and Hussain Al-Suwaidi, in the finals.
SuperBowl SAFRA Mount Faber in Singapore (May 25 - June 6, 2009)
Singapore national team members Daphne Tan and Jasmine Yeong-Nathan in the women's division and Naif Oqab in the men's division pace the Open Masters qualifying in the 42nd Singapore International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships currently underway at SuperBowl SAFRA Mount Faber in Singapore. Tan (pictured left) felled 984 pins over four games in the Local Pool, an average of 246.00, to lead QubicaAMF World Cup champion Yeong-Nathan by two pins. Oqab had 986 or an average of 246.50 to lead the men's Overseas Pool with Vijay M Punjabi, India, a distant second at 849. Gregory Gan leads the Local Pool with 974.
Republished courtesy of Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (May 26, 2009)
Youngster Sin Li Jane (pictured) is showing no sign of strain even though the training sessions are getting tougher ahead of the women’s World Championships in Las Vegas from July 24-Aug 2. And the perseverance of the 17-year-old in training has surprised chief coach Holloway Cheah. Li Jane said that the battle for places in the squad to Las Vegas had
become more intense but her drive and motivation to make the grade
remained the same.
Big Box Bowling Center in Higashiyamato-Shi, Tokyo, Japan (May 15-17, 2009)
The most prestigious national bowling event in Japan, the NHK Cup 43rd Japan All-star Invitational Championships, were held in Big Box Higashiyamato, a 40-lane AMF HPL bowling center in Higashiyamato-Shi, Tokyo, Japan, from May 15-17. In the Women’s Division, Ayano Katai (l.), captain of the All Japan National Team, won the coveted title for the second consecutive year and the third time in her career. In the Men’s Division Kazuki Ishikawa (r.) defeated first-time national team member, Nobuhito Fujii.
Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (April 29 - May 8, 2009)
Andres Gomez from Colombia defeated Asian ranking champion Hussain Al-Suwaidi, 212-182 in the deciding match en route to win the 3rd Kingdom International Open and the $25,000 top prize. Gomez, who lost the last round of the Winners Bracket against Al-Suwaidi, defeated Guy Caminsky, South Africa, in the Losers Bracket final, 2-1, for the right to bowl Al-Suwaidi for the title. He took revenge with a 2-1 victory to force the decider.
Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (April 29 - May 8, 2009)
Just three of the top 8 seeds survived the opening round of the double-elimination match play finals in the 3rd Kingdom International Open at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
No 1 seed Andres Gomez, Colombia, No. 3 Hussain Al-Suwaidi and No. 8 Saeed Al-Hajri, Qatar, swept their opponents, two-games-to-none, in the best-of-three games format. The other five including the three Thai bowlers Sithiphol Kunaksorn, Surasak Manuwong and Yannaphon Larp-apharat were sent into the losers' bracket by their lower-seeded opponents.
Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (April 29 - May 8, 2009)
Former PBA exempt bowler Andres Gomez (pictured left), Colombia, averaged 218.67 in the Round of 32 en route to jump into the lead and earn the No. 1 seed for the double-elimination finals in the 3rd Kingdom International Open in Saudi Arabia. Gomez, who received 70 pins bonus for finishing qualifying in 13th place (leader Ahmed Al-Rahimi Bahrain, got 150), rolled 1256 on short oil, then jumped from 16th place to the top behind a 1368 series on long oil. Gomez will take on No. 16, Naif Oqab, in the first round in best-of-three games format.
Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (April 29 - May 8, 2009)
Ahmed Al Rahimi, Bahrain, had high four-game series of 896 on the long pattern and 991 on short to overtake the lead on the final qualifying day in the 3rd Kingdom International Open at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With 1887 8-game total and an average of 235.88, Al Rahimi positioned himself atop the leaderboard of the 78-player field en route to lead a total of 32 players into the finals. 22 Arab bowlers and 10 international players survived the cut.
The Blind Bowling Congress Japan hosted the Tenpin Bowling for the Blind Japan International Open 2009 from August 10-15 at Tokyo Port Bowl, a 34-laner with AMF wooden lanes in Tokyo, Japan. 48 bowlers - 39 male and 9 female - from 7 countries, Australia, Czech
Republic, Chinese Taipei, Finland, Korea, Malaysia and Japan,
participated in the event. All players bowled six games each in Singles and Doubles and four games in the 4.player Team event (pictured).
For the 33rd year, the Japanese Junior High School Championships and High School Championships
were contested during the summer vacation of Japanese schools in July.
Both championships were held under the patronage of the Minister of
Education, Culture, Science, Sports and Technology (MEXT). Shusaku Asato and Miho Hisamatsu won the boys and girls High School titles, while Katsuhito Nakano and Kana Shimoide emerged as boys and girls Junior High School champions (pictured).
Six-time World Champion Paeng Nepomuceno added to his reputation as USBC's busiest coach, as he conducted coaching seminars in three countries - Singapore, Philippines and Hong Kong - during the first half of the year 2009. Paeng started with a Level One and Bronze Level seminar at Chevrons Bowling Center in Singapore from March 27-29. He then held a Silver Conference in the Philippines from June 15-17 and the third seminar was a Level One and Bronze Level seminar held at Mei Foo Bowling World in Hong Kong (pictured left) last July 13-15.
Raoul Miranda (pictured left) turned American Tim Mack's blunder into his biggest career win, while Malaysia's Fatin Syazliana upset local favorite and top seed Liza Del Rosario (right) for her first international title Sunday night to capture the prestigious Open Masters crowns in the 38th Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships at Paeng's Midtown Bowl at the Robinsons Place in Malate, Manila.
Apple Posadas (pictured left), Philippines, and Zaid Izlan, Malaysia, led the women's and men's Open Masters Round 1 in the 38th Philippine International Open Championships Saturday at Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines. Posadas led the 20 women with 1744 pinfall total or an average of 218 over 8 games. On the men's side, Izlan had eight games between 200 and 279 to lead
the 34-player men's field with 1895 pinfall total and an average of
236.88. The top 12 will join the top 6 qualifiers in Round 2 on Sunday, June 14.
Long-time Philippines national team members Cecilia Yap and Hong Kong's No. 1 Wu Siu Hong (l.) finished the Open Masters qualifying of the 38th Philippine International Open Championships atop the women's and men's leaderboard. Siu Hong set the pace in the men's division with 1504 six-game total, while Yap totaled 1357. Philippines national youth team member Collins Jose averaged 236.67 and felled 1420 to led the men's Local Pool.
Long-time Philippines national team members Biboy Rivera (pictured left) and Cecilia Yap moved to the top in the men's and women's Local Pool in the Open Masters qualifying of the 38th Philippine International Open Championships in Manila. Rivera, the 2006 World Champion in the Masters competition, had 3-game series of 728 and 689 to overtake the lead in the men's Local Pool and fourth place overall with 1417 six-game total and an average of 236.17. Yap overtook previous women's laeder Lara Posadas by 9 pins with 1357. 
Lara Posadas from the Philippines and Hong Kong's Wicky Yeung lead the women's and men's Open Masters Qualifying in the 38th Philippine International Open Championships at Paeng's Midtown Bowl in Manila, Philippines. Posadas had 3-game series of 690 and 658 to lead the women's Local Pool with 1348 pinfall total and an average of 224.67. Yeung had two 711 series for a 1422 total for 6 games, an average of 237.00, to sit atop the Overseas Pool. 29 women and 45 men will join defending champions Krizziah Tabora and Benshir Layoso, both Philippines, in the finals.
National coach Holloway Cheah has declared that his bowlers are ready to win medals in next month's Women's World Championships in Las Vegas. The coach is confident his charges will do well at the world meet after their encouraging performances in the Singapore Open which ended on Saturday. Sharon Koh (pictured) won the Singapore Open women's title from Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman and Shalin Zulkifli who finished second and third respectively.
Top-seeded Sharon Koh (l.), Malaysia, and Emirati Shaker Al-Hassan (r.) won the women's and men's Open Masters titles Saturday in the 42nd Singapore International Open. Koh held off compatriot Siti Safiyah Amirah, 211-181, to secure the women's title worth 5,000 Singapore Dollars. The men's final was decided in the second game. Al-Hassan flew past 4-time PBA champ Sean Rash, 232-150, to wrap up the title and to earn the 25,000 top prize.
Wu Siu Hong (l.), Hong Kong, and Sharon Koh (r.), Malaysia, took the lead after the first of two blocks in the men's and women's Open Masters finals in the 42nd Singapore International Open. The 30 women and the 42 men including defending champions Hussain Al-Suwaidi and Cherie Tan,
Singapore, will bowl another 8 games block on Saturday to cut to the
top 6 players who will advance to the stepladder finals.
Singapore's Daphne Tan (l.) and Jasmine Yeong-Nathan (r.) held on
to the lead in the Women's Open Masters qualifying in the in the 42nd
Singapore International Open. The national team members sit atop the Local Pool with 985 and 974 4-game total, respectively. Shaker Al-Hassan was the first player, who cracked the 1000-bar, to lead the men's Overseas Pool with 1012 or an average of 253.00. 30 women and the 42 men will join defending champions Cherie Tan, Singapore, and Hussain Al-Suwaidi, in the finals.
Youngster Sin Li Jane (pictured) is showing no sign of strain even though the training sessions are getting tougher ahead of the women’s World Championships in Las Vegas from July 24-Aug 2. And the perseverance of the 17-year-old in training has surprised chief coach Holloway Cheah. Li Jane said that the battle for places in the squad to Las Vegas had
become more intense but her drive and motivation to make the grade
remained the same.
The most prestigious national bowling event in Japan, the NHK Cup 43rd Japan All-star Invitational Championships, were held in Big Box Higashiyamato, a 40-lane AMF HPL bowling center in Higashiyamato-Shi, Tokyo, Japan, from May 15-17. In the Women’s Division, Ayano Katai (l.), captain of the All Japan National Team, won the coveted title for the second consecutive year and the third time in her career. In the Men’s Division Kazuki Ishikawa (r.) defeated first-time national team member, Nobuhito Fujii.
Andres Gomez from Colombia defeated Asian ranking champion Hussain Al-Suwaidi, 212-182 in the deciding match en route to win the 3rd Kingdom International Open and the $25,000 top prize. Gomez, who lost the last round of the Winners Bracket against Al-Suwaidi, defeated Guy Caminsky, South Africa, in the Losers Bracket final, 2-1, for the right to bowl Al-Suwaidi for the title. He took revenge with a 2-1 victory to force the decider.
Just three of the top 8 seeds survived the opening round of the double-elimination match play finals in the 3rd Kingdom International Open at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
No 1 seed Andres Gomez, Colombia, No. 3 Hussain Al-Suwaidi and No. 8 Saeed Al-Hajri, Qatar, swept their opponents, two-games-to-none, in the best-of-three games format. The other five including the three Thai bowlers Sithiphol Kunaksorn, Surasak Manuwong and Yannaphon Larp-apharat were sent into the losers' bracket by their lower-seeded opponents.
Former PBA exempt bowler Andres Gomez (pictured left), Colombia, averaged 218.67 in the Round of 32 en route to jump into the lead and earn the No. 1 seed for the double-elimination finals in the 3rd Kingdom International Open in Saudi Arabia. Gomez, who received 70 pins bonus for finishing qualifying in 13th place (leader Ahmed Al-Rahimi Bahrain, got 150), rolled 1256 on short oil, then jumped from 16th place to the top behind a 1368 series on long oil. Gomez will take on No. 16, Naif Oqab, in the first round in best-of-three games format.