Natasha Roslan (l.) and Muhd Rafiq Ismail (r.) of Malaysia swept the gold medals in stepladder finals of the Girls and Boys Masters competition, which concluded the 18th Asian Youth Championships Tuesday afternoon in Macau, China. Rosland defeated Emily Rigney of Australia in the decisive game, 244-204, to win her first gold medal. Ismail made quick work of Billy Muhammad Islam defeating the Indonesia in one game, 203-183, to claim his fourth gold medal in the fifth event.
Malaysian earns the No. 1 one seed for the stepladder finals; Billy Muhammad Islam (INA) and Enzo Hernandez (PHI) meet in the semi-final match starting at 4.10 p.m. CST
Muhd Rafiq Ismail (center) of Malaysia is hoping to win his fourth gold medal in the fifth event at the 18th Asian Youth Championships as he leaped four spots in the second block on long oil to earn the No. 1 seed in the Boys Masters stepladder finals. Ismail, who won the titles in Singles, Doubles and All-Events, finished match play with 3873 total. Enzo Hernandez of the Philippines was second with 3832 and meets Billy Muhammad Islam (3788) of Indonesia in the semi-final match.
Emily Rigney (AUS) and Futaba Imai (JPN) will square off in the opening match starting at 4.10 p.m. CST
Natasha Roslan (center) is one win away from winning her first gold medal at the 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China, as the Malaysian earned the No. 1 seed in the stepladder finals of the Girls Masters event. Roslan averaged 218.13 for the second eight-game block on long oil and had a 6-1-1 won-lost-tied match play record to finish atop the leaderboard. Emily Rigney (l.) of Australia and Futaba Imai (r.) of Japan will square off in the semifinal match.
Koreas Seo and Indonesia's Islam average over 240 to lead the top 16 boys in All-Events after the first block on medium oil with 2054 and 2002 totals
Seo Hyo Dong of Korea (center) and Indonesia's Billy Muhammad Islam (l.) both achieved perfection in the first block on medium oil Monday at Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China, to take the lead in Boys Masters match play at the 18th Asian Youth Championships. Seo led the top 16 players in All-Events with 1994 pinfall, an average of 249.25 for eight games, and added 60 bonus pins (10 pins per win) for 2054. Islam was second on 2002 with Enzo Hernandez (r.), Philippines, third on 1958.
Australia's Emily Rigney leads Girls Masters match play after first eight-game block Australian averages 223.38 on medium oil and wins six of her eight matches to take a 49-pin lead into Tuesday's second round before the cut to the top 3 for the stepladder finals
Emily Rigney (center) of Australia averaged 223.38 on the medium pattern and won six of her eight matches Monday morning at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau, China, to take the lead in Girls Masters with 1847 total including 60 bonus pins. The Aussie hold a 49-pin lead heading into the second block on long oil Tuesday. Natasha Roslan (l.) of Malaysia was second with 1798 followed by Lee Yeong Seung (r.) of Korea in third place with 1796.
Malaysia overtakes Singapore in last game to secure the silver medal; Byun Sun Min wins another gold medal for Korea in All-Events
Starting the day in second place, Byun Sun Min, Kim Mi Ae, Jang Ryeon Gyeong and Lee Yeong Seung (pictured) averaged 206.25 over three games on medium oil to comfortably win the third consecutive Team gold at Asian Youth Championships Sunday with 4963 total and an overall average of 206.79. In the battle for silver and bronze, Malaysia overtook Singapore in the last game by 17 pins. Byun Sun Min won another gold medal for Korea in All-Events with 3920 (217.78).
Korea beats out first-block leader Malaysia for the silver medal by one pin; Muhd Rafiq Ismail (MAS) cruises to victory in All-Events
The boys team from Singapore (pictured) bowled a consistently high three-game block on medium oil Sunday to leap one spot and to capture the coveted Team gold medals at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships with 5289 total and an average of 220.38. Korea beat out first-block leader Malaysia for the silver medal by one pin, 5164 to 5163. Muhd Rafiq Ismail of Malaysia won his third gold medal in this Championships in
All-Events with record 4443
total (246.83).
Malaysian four-some lead Singapore and Korea heading into the second block on medium oil on Sunday; Muhd Rafiq Ismail widens his lead to 346 pins, practically seals the victory in All-Events
With three of six games in the four-player Team event in the books, the Malaysian boys (pictured) have their sights set on the Team and All-Events titles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China. Christopher Tiong, Muhd Syafiq Sajeli, Qalif Adnor Adam and Muhd Rafiq Ismail averaged 222.25 on long oil Saturday to lead the 14 countries with 2667. Ismail continued hot hand and widened his lead in All-Events to 346 pins.
Korea and Malaysia sit in second and third place after three games on long oil at 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships
The Japanese girls (pictured) rolled games of 816, 859 and 832 on long oil, an average of 208.92, to take over the pole position in the four-player Team event at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau with 2507 total. Seika Fujiwara led the team with 682 and was followed by Manae Kameshima (616), Futaba Imai (605) and Mitsuki Okamoto (604). The girls will return on Sunday for the second block on medium oil, which will also decide the medals in All-Events.
Malaysia's Roslan, Natasia get the silver medal and Australia's Furze, Rigney take bronze
Indonesia's Nadia Pramanik and Alisha Nabila closed their six-game block on long oil with a big 507 game to capture the gold medal in Girls Doubles at the 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China. The highest game of the event propelled the duo to the top of the leaderboard finishing with 2582 total (215.17 average). Nora Lyana Natasia and Natasha Roslan of Malaysia earned silver with 2541. Emily Rigney and
Katey Furze of Australia took bronze with with 2512.
Qalif Adnor Adam and Singles champion Rafiq Ismail average 234.50 on their way to the title; Singapore takes the silver medal and the Philippines get the bronze
Malaysia's Qalif Adnor Adam and Muhd Rafiq Ismail averaged record 234.50 over six games on the long lane conditioning pattern on their way to the gold medal in Boys Doubles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Thursday in Macau, China. It was the second gold medal for Singles champion Ismail and the third for Malaysia in as many events. Singapore's Javier Tan and Muhammad Jaris Goh tool silver and Enzo Hernandez and Ivan Malig, Philippines, got bronze.
Joy Yap (SIN) and Alisha Nabila (INA) take silver and bronze
Nora Lyana Natasia (c.) of Malaysia finished with a 210 game to overtake Singapore's Joy Yap (l.) and to win the gold medal in Girls Singles at the 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China, with 1359 pinfall total and an average of 226.50. Yap earned the silver medal with 1344 and Indonesia's Alisha Nabila (r.) took bronze with 1308. Natasia's victory gave Malaysia a sweep of the gold medals in Singles after Muhd Rafiq Ismail won the gold medal in Boys Singles yesterday.
Malaysian shoots 845 for three games and 1615 for six games, an average of 269.17 to cruise to the title in Boys Singles; Enzo Hernandez (PHI) shoots the first 300 game of the Championships
Muhd Rafiq Ismail (c.) of Malaysia set two championships records on his 19th birthday en route win the gold medal in Boys Singles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Tuesday, March 24, at Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China. Ismail led the 58-player field with 1615 six-game total and an average of 269.17. Fellow lafties Enzo Hernandez (l.), Philippines, and Javier Tan (r.) of Singapore took the silver and bronze medals with 1480 and 1433, respectively.
Korean bowlers sweep gold and silver medals in Girls and Boys Masters to finish the Championships atop the medal tally
In all-Korean championship matches, Choi Ae Rim (l.) and Lee Kyu Hwan (r.) captured the gold medals in the Girls and Boys Masters stepladder finals, which concluded the 17th Asian Youth Championships Saturday in Hong Kong, China. Ae Rim earned her third gold medal of the championships after Singles and Team with a 516-466 victory over her top-seeded team mate Kim Jin Sun. Kyu Hwan defeated Lee Ik Kyu, 426-385, to win the boys' gold medal.
The top 3 girls and boys after 16 games of round robin match play advance to Saturday's stepladder finals at the Hong Kong Sports Institute
The girls and boys from South Korea dominated the Masters round robin match play at the 17th Asian Youth Championships and will have two out of three players in Saturday's stepladder finals. Kim Jin Sun (l.) and Lee Kyu Hwan (r.) earned the No. 1 seeds in the girls and boys division. In the girls semifinal match, Joey Yeo Ruoqi of Singapore takes on Choi Ae Rim. Lee Ik Kyu meets team champion Kenta Yoshida of Japan in the boys' semifinal match.
Singapore's Joey Yeo Ruoqi and Indonesia's Billy Muhammad Islam cruise to the gold medal in All-Events; the top 16 girls and boys in All-Events qualify for the Masters competition
The Korean girls (l.) and the Japanese boys (r.) earned the coveted gold medals in the prestigious four-player team event of the 17th Asian Youth Team championships Thursday at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. The top 16 girls and boys in All-Events advanced to the Masters competition.
Billy Muhammad Islam (INA) and Faten Najihah (MAS) lead in boys and girls All-Events heading into the final six-game block in the Team event on Thursday
Indonesian boys Billy Muhammad Islam and Diwan Rezaldy Syahril (left, l-r) and Malaysian girls Faten Najihah and Victoria Chin claimed the gold medals in Doubles in the 17th Asian Youth Championships on Wednesday at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. Islam and Najihah overtook the lead in boys and girls All-Events.
South Korean, Malaysian lead 81 boys and 48 girls from record 21 countries after six games on long oil to win the first gold medals of the Championships
South Korea's Choi Ae Rim and Chong Jun Foo (pictured left, r-l) of Malaysia started the 17th Asian Youth Championships with victory in the girls and boys Singles event Tuesday at SCAA Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. Ae Rim rolled a 1246 series on the 36-feet long pattern, an average of 207.67, to finish atop the 48-player leaderboard and to capture the gold medal in the girls division. Jun Foo led the 81-player boys division with the field-best 1361 total and an average of 226.83.
81 boys and 48 girls representing twenty-one ABF member federations will bowl for medals in Singles, Doubles, Team of Four, All-Events and Masters at SCAA Bowling Center from Sept. 10-14, 2013
The 17th Asian Youth Championships in Hong Kong drew record 129 players, 81 boys and 48 girls, from 21 countries of the Asian Bowling Federation, who will compete from Tuesday thru Saturday at 40-lane SCAA Bowling Center inside the SCAA sports complex at Causeway Bay. Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before January 1, 1993, will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.
South China Athletic Association Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China (Sept. 7-14, 2013)
Today the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress has released the final Bulletin No. 3 for the 17th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships, which will be held from September 7-14, 2013 at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center. The 60-laner with 40 lanes suitable for international events and another 20 lanes is located inside the SCAA sports complex at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, China. As of today, 21 ABF member federations have registered for the event.
Muhd Rafiq Ismail (center) of Malaysia is hoping to win his fourth gold medal in the fifth event at the 18th Asian Youth Championships as he leaped four spots in the second block on long oil to earn the No. 1 seed in the Boys Masters stepladder finals. Ismail, who won the titles in Singles, Doubles and All-Events, finished match play with 3873 total. Enzo Hernandez of the Philippines was second with 3832 and meets Billy Muhammad Islam (3788) of Indonesia in the semi-final match.
Natasha Roslan (center) is one win away from winning her first gold medal at the 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China, as the Malaysian earned the No. 1 seed in the stepladder finals of the Girls Masters event. Roslan averaged 218.13 for the second eight-game block on long oil and had a 6-1-1 won-lost-tied match play record to finish atop the leaderboard. Emily Rigney (l.) of Australia and Futaba Imai (r.) of Japan will square off in the semifinal match.
Seo Hyo Dong of Korea (center) and Indonesia's Billy Muhammad Islam (l.) both achieved perfection in the first block on medium oil Monday at Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China, to take the lead in Boys Masters match play at the 18th Asian Youth Championships. Seo led the top 16 players in All-Events with 1994 pinfall, an average of 249.25 for eight games, and added 60 bonus pins (10 pins per win) for 2054. Islam was second on 2002 with Enzo Hernandez (r.), Philippines, third on 1958.
Emily Rigney (center) of Australia averaged 223.38 on the medium pattern and won six of her eight matches Monday morning at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau, China, to take the lead in Girls Masters with 1847 total including 60 bonus pins. The Aussie hold a 49-pin lead heading into the second block on long oil Tuesday. Natasha Roslan (l.) of Malaysia was second with 1798 followed by Lee Yeong Seung (r.) of Korea in third place with 1796.
Starting the day in second place, Byun Sun Min, Kim Mi Ae, Jang Ryeon Gyeong and Lee Yeong Seung (pictured) averaged 206.25 over three games on medium oil to comfortably win the third consecutive Team gold at Asian Youth Championships Sunday with 4963 total and an overall average of 206.79. In the battle for silver and bronze, Malaysia overtook Singapore in the last game by 17 pins. Byun Sun Min won another gold medal for Korea in All-Events with 3920 (217.78).
The boys team from Singapore (pictured) bowled a consistently high three-game block on medium oil Sunday to leap one spot and to capture the coveted Team gold medals at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships with 5289 total and an average of 220.38. Korea beat out first-block leader Malaysia for the silver medal by one pin, 5164 to 5163. Muhd Rafiq Ismail of Malaysia won his third gold medal in this Championships in
All-Events with record 4443
total (246.83).
With three of six games in the four-player Team event in the books, the Malaysian boys (pictured) have their sights set on the Team and All-Events titles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China. Christopher Tiong, Muhd Syafiq Sajeli, Qalif Adnor Adam and Muhd Rafiq Ismail averaged 222.25 on long oil Saturday to lead the 14 countries with 2667. Ismail continued hot hand and widened his lead in All-Events to 346 pins.
The Japanese girls (pictured) rolled games of 816, 859 and 832 on long oil, an average of 208.92, to take over the pole position in the four-player Team event at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau with 2507 total. Seika Fujiwara led the team with 682 and was followed by Manae Kameshima (616), Futaba Imai (605) and Mitsuki Okamoto (604). The girls will return on Sunday for the second block on medium oil, which will also decide the medals in All-Events.
Indonesia's Nadia Pramanik and Alisha Nabila closed their six-game block on long oil with a big 507 game to capture the gold medal in Girls Doubles at the 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China. The highest game of the event propelled the duo to the top of the leaderboard finishing with 2582 total (215.17 average). Nora Lyana Natasia and Natasha Roslan of Malaysia earned silver with 2541. Emily Rigney and
Katey Furze of Australia took bronze with with 2512.
Malaysia's Qalif Adnor Adam and Muhd Rafiq Ismail averaged record 234.50 over six games on the long lane conditioning pattern on their way to the gold medal in Boys Doubles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Thursday in Macau, China. It was the second gold medal for Singles champion Ismail and the third for Malaysia in as many events. Singapore's Javier Tan and Muhammad Jaris Goh tool silver and Enzo Hernandez and Ivan Malig, Philippines, got bronze.
Nora Lyana Natasia (c.) of Malaysia finished with a 210 game to overtake Singapore's Joy Yap (l.) and to win the gold medal in Girls Singles at the 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China, with 1359 pinfall total and an average of 226.50. Yap earned the silver medal with 1344 and Indonesia's Alisha Nabila (r.) took bronze with 1308. Natasia's victory gave Malaysia a sweep of the gold medals in Singles after Muhd Rafiq Ismail won the gold medal in Boys Singles yesterday.
Muhd Rafiq Ismail (c.) of Malaysia set two championships records on his 19th birthday en route win the gold medal in Boys Singles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Tuesday, March 24, at Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China. Ismail led the 58-player field with 1615 six-game total and an average of 269.17. Fellow lafties Enzo Hernandez (l.), Philippines, and Javier Tan (r.) of Singapore took the silver and bronze medals with 1480 and 1433, respectively.
In all-Korean championship matches, Choi Ae Rim (l.) and Lee Kyu Hwan (r.) captured the gold medals in the Girls and Boys Masters stepladder finals, which concluded the 17th Asian Youth Championships Saturday in Hong Kong, China. Ae Rim earned her third gold medal of the championships after Singles and Team with a 516-466 victory over her top-seeded team mate Kim Jin Sun. Kyu Hwan defeated Lee Ik Kyu, 426-385, to win the boys' gold medal.
The girls and boys from South Korea dominated the Masters round robin match play at the 17th Asian Youth Championships and will have two out of three players in Saturday's stepladder finals. Kim Jin Sun (l.) and Lee Kyu Hwan (r.) earned the No. 1 seeds in the girls and boys division. In the girls semifinal match, Joey Yeo Ruoqi of Singapore takes on Choi Ae Rim. Lee Ik Kyu meets team champion Kenta Yoshida of Japan in the boys' semifinal match.
The Korean girls (l.) and the Japanese boys (r.) earned the coveted gold medals in the prestigious four-player team event of the 17th Asian Youth Team championships Thursday at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. The top 16 girls and boys in All-Events advanced to the Masters competition.
Indonesian boys Billy Muhammad Islam and Diwan Rezaldy Syahril (left, l-r) and Malaysian girls Faten Najihah and Victoria Chin claimed the gold medals in Doubles in the 17th Asian Youth Championships on Wednesday at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. Islam and Najihah overtook the lead in boys and girls All-Events. 
South Korea's Choi Ae Rim and Chong Jun Foo (pictured left, r-l) of Malaysia started the 17th Asian Youth Championships with victory in the girls and boys Singles event Tuesday at SCAA Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. Ae Rim rolled a 1246 series on the 36-feet long pattern, an average of 207.67, to finish atop the 48-player leaderboard and to capture the gold medal in the girls division. Jun Foo led the 81-player boys division with the field-best 1361 total and an average of 226.83.
The 17th Asian Youth Championships in Hong Kong drew record 129 players, 81 boys and 48 girls, from 21 countries of the Asian Bowling Federation, who will compete from Tuesday thru Saturday at 40-lane SCAA Bowling Center inside the SCAA sports complex at Causeway Bay. Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before January 1, 1993, will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.