Baek Seung Ja won the first gold medal in the 15th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Girls Singles on the first day of competition Tuesday at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya City, Kuwait.

Seung Ja started the event with a 299 game and never looked back. She added games of 229 and 245 for 773 for the first three games and cruised to victory with back-to-back 279 and her low game of 221 (779) for 1552 six-game total and an average of 258.67.

Silver and bronze went to Misaki Mukotani (left) and Rina Asada (right) from the Japan. Bowling Congress. Mukotani was in sixth place after three games (675) but finished with 814 to jump into second place behind games of 269, 278 and 267.

Her 1489 pinfall total (248.17) beat out Asada's 1469 (244.83) by 20 pins. Asada rolled first 300 game of the championships in game two but had to settle for second place due a 192 final game.

The top 3 set new championship records for one, three and six games. Fourth-placed Bernice Lim, Singapore, also cracked the 1410-bar with 1410 (235.00).

31 girls from 8 countries - Australia, China, DPR Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore - will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, 4-player Team, All Events and Masters.

Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.

 

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15th Asian Youth Championships - Girls Singles

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Avg.
1.	Baek Seung Ja	Korea	299	229	245	773	279	279	221	779	1552	258.67
2.	Misaki Mukotani	Japan	227	238	210	675	269	278	267	814	1489	248.17
3.	Rina Asada	Japan	211	300	240	751	258	268	192	718	1469	244.83
4.	Bernice Lim	Singapore	243	225	247	715	213	224	258	695	1410	235.00
5.	Sun Hong Dou	China	266	236	206	708	267	184	233	684	1392	232.00
6.	Lexi Nicoll	Australia	199	214	204	617	278	269	223	770	1387	231.17
7.	Lee Yeon Ji	Korea	202	211	236	649	227	235	258	720	1369	228.17
8.	Jacqueline J Sijore	Malaysia	225	153	245	623	231	259	242	732	1355	225.83
9.	Rebecca Whitting	Australia	162	228	203	593	235	226	290	751	1344	224.00
10.	Hee Kar Yen	Malaysia	235	216	266	717	176	219	224	619	1336	222.67
11.	Kim Yeon Ju	Korea	162	243	227	632	223	258	175	656	1288	214.67
12.	Hurul Ainul	Malaysia	236	217	173	626	204	205	249	658	1284	214.00
13.	Krishna Darshini	Singapore	192	195	204	591	236	225	227	688	1279	213.17
14.	Choe Kum Sen	DPR Korea	234	198	208	640	227	175	233	635	1275	212.50
15.	Kim Hyun Mi	Korea	194	182	213	589	214	236	225	675	1264	210.67
16.	Milki Ng Tsz Yin	Hong Kong	222	232	184	638	226	195	197	618	1256	209.33
17.	Yuri Sato	Japan	163	186	212	561	222	236	225	683	1244	207.33
18.	Siti Shazwani	Malaysia	208	195	188	591	182	235	225	642	1233	205.50
19.	Sonia Ho Sze Yui	Hong Kong	181	212	202	595	180	236	209	625	1220	203.33
20.	Gina Lim	Singapore	203	152	203	558	205	188	226	619	1177	196.17
21.	Mika Yamada	Japan	202	171	145	518	194	223	236	653	1171	195.17
22.	New Hui Fen	Singapore	184	157	186	527	206	175	232	613	1140	190.00
23.	Zoe Tam Shun Yee	Hong Kong	179	246	181	606	138	160	210	508	1114	185.67
24.	Jon Sol Gyong	DPR Korea	146	169	201	516	181	178	174	533	1049	174.83
25.	Jacinta Gilliland	Australia	163	166	187	516	190	168	165	523	1039	173.17
26.	Katherine Lau	Hong Kong	143	154	162	459	172	169	235	576	1035	172.50
27.	Li Wen	China	215	159	156	530	144	161	170	475	1005	167.50
28.	Emily Rovertson	Australia	127	181	156	464	195	187	155	537	1001	166.83
29.	Chen Jia Wen	China	163	157	143	463	166	163	155	484	947	157.83
30.	Kim Ju Hyang	DPR Korea	139	189	125	453	157	122	190	469	922	153.67
31.	Im Ji Hyang	DPR Korea	124	142	151	417	115	181	185	481	898	149.67

 

High Game/High Series

1 Game - Rina Asada, Japan, 300
3 Game - Misaki Mukotani, Japan, 814 (271.33)
6 Games - Baek Seung Ja, Korea, 1552 (258.67)