Chris Barnes (pictured), United States, won another major international title in his illustrious career when he flew past
Jung Taewha, Korea, in the last eliminator round, 249-183, to win the 17th Samho Korea Cup International Bowling Tournament Sunday, Sept. 6, at Hogye Gymnaium in Anyang City, South Korea. The 18-time PBA champion, whose last two titles came in the H.H. Emir Cup 2014 in Doha, Qatar, and in the 2015 DHC PBA Japan Invitational in Tokyo, Japan, received 30 million Korean Won (approx. $24,910).
Squad A leader Daphne Tan (pictured) continued to hold a commanding lead in the H.H. Emir Cup 2016 after the 36 B squad bowlers have completed their 16-game qualifying Sunday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha, Qatar. The Singaporean standout averaged 242.56 to lead the 85-player field from 21 countries with 4009 total. Mostafa Almousawi of Kuwait used high games of 299 and a pair of 279s in the second 8-game block Sunday to overtake second place with 3773 and an average of 235.81, 236 pins behind leader Tan.
Long-time Singaporean women's national team member Daphne Tan rolled her first career 300 game on the way to take the lead in the H.H. Emir Cup 2016 after the conclusion of squad A Friday in Doha, Qatar. Tan, who achieved perfection in the first game of her first block, earned the Day 1 High Series Award worth 200 Dollar. She followed the 2054 with 1955, including handicap, to lead the field of 50 bowlers with 4009 total and an average of 242.56 for 16 games.
Francois Louw (l.) of South Africa defeated Frederik Øhrgaard (r.) of Denmark in the decisive game to win the 9th Kingdom International Open Monday at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and to pocket the $25,000 top prize. As top seeded player, Louw must be defeated twice to win the title. He took full advantage of the rule as he rebounded from a 247-226 loss in game one with a 247-239 win in game two to seal the victory.
Remy Ong of Singapore averaged 236.13 for eight games to lead the semi-final round at the 9th Kingdom International Open Sunday at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ong toppled 1889 pins to lead the top 12 players into a final round clash with the top 4 qualifiers, who received a first round bye. Those 16 will bowl another eight-game round starting Monday at 1 p.m. Arabia Standard Time (AST) before the cut to the top 5 for the stepladder finals.
Fresh of his victory in the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, Wu Siu Hong (pictured) of Hong Kong averaged 226.67 for a 2720 12-game total to win the qualifying of the 9th Kingdom International Open which concluded Saturday with an optional six-game block to replace a lower series at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Wu rolled a 1315 series, an average of 219.17, including games of 228, 215, 258, 248, 205 and 161, to replace a 1269 low series and to overtake previous leader Ryan Lalisang by 38 pins.
Ryan Lalisang (pictured) of Indonesia averaged 223.50 for 12 games to lead the 9th Kingdom International Open as 80 players from 18 countries have completed their second block of qualifying at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Asian Games champion averaged 230.50 on Friday and added 1383 to his 1299 first round pinfall to leap from fourth to first place with 2682 total. The top three bowlers plus the next Saudi bowler after tomorrow's optional third block will earn a first-round bye. 
Khaled Aldubyyan (l.) of Kuwait averaged 231.50 for six games to take the first round lead in the 9th Kingdom International Open Thursday at Universal Bowling Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The former World Ranking Masters champion rebounded from a slow start in Squad B (193) with 247, 223, 268, 200 and 258 for 1389 total. Trailing Aldubyyan by 44 pins to sit in second place was Francois Louw (r.) of South Africawith 1345.
Indonesia's Nadia Pramanik and Benshir Layoso of the Philippines (l-r) captured the open masters titles in the 13th Indonesia International Open Bowling Championship which concluded Sunday at Jaya Ancol bowling center in Jakarta with the six-player stepladder finals. Both title matches went into overtime as top-seeded Pramanik and Layoso both lost the first match. As in most of the major tournaments in Asia, the No. 1 seed must be defeated twice to win the title.
The prefecture (ken) of Aichi led both, the overall point list and the female point list, in the bowling competition of the 70th Japanese National Sports Festival, which was held from Sep. 26 - Oct. 2 at Kinokawa Bowl in Iwade-shi, Wakayama-Ken, Japan. The players from Aichi accumulated 139 points in the men's and women's divisiona to finish well ahead of Kanagawa and Tokyo, who finished in second and third place with 82.5 and 72.5, respectively. Aichi-Ken also led the point ranking in the female division.
Korea swept the men's and women's Masters titles at the 41st Hong Kong International Open Sunday at SCAA Bowling Center. In the men's stepladder final, top-seeded Son Young Seok defeated his fellow countryman Kim Dong Gyoo in a low-scoring encounter, 170-167 to win the title and the 55,000 Hong Kong Dollar top prize. In the women's title match, Lim So Hyun defeated defending champion and No. 1 seed, Victoria Chin of Malaysia, twice to for the title worth HK$26,000.
Daiynal Shah (center; open division), Muhammad Rizwan (amateur) and Anam Fahad (women) clinched the titles at the 12th Royal Rodale Independence Day Bowling Tournament 2015 at Royal Rodale Club in Karachi, Pakistan. 70 male and female bowlers advanced to the finals which were held Sunday, August 16, at Royal Rodale Club, presented by Sindh Tenpin Bowling Association (STBA) and Royal Rodale Club featuring Singles (open, amateur and women) and Trios events.
Singapore's Kuek Qi En and Kim Dong Yo of Korea (pictured, l-r) won the gold medals in the boys' and girls' Masters competition, which concluded the NTGCC 16th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships Friday at SCAA bowling center in Hong Kong, China. It was the first gold medal for Singapore in the Championships, the third for Kim, who also won the titles in Singles and in the four-player Team event and the seventh overall for medal tally leader Korea.
Singapore's Kuek Qi En (left, center) and Nora Lyana Natasia (right, center) of Malaysia took the lead in Boys and Girls Masters at the 16th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships as match play reached the halfway mark Thursday at SCAA bowling center in Hong Kong, China. The top 3 after Friday's second block will advance to the stepladder finals.
Japan and Korea shared the gold medals on the third day of competition in the 16th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships underway at SCAA bowling center in Hong Kong, China. Korea captured the titles in Girls Team (l.) and All-Events. The Japanese boys (right) accomplished the same feat in the boys division.
After a gold medal sweep in Singles, Korea captured both gold medals in girls and boys Doubles at the 16th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships Tuesday in Hong Kong, China. Kim Hyo Min and Kim Jin Ju (front left) totaled 2557 to win the girls division, while Seo Hyo Dong and Kill Jun Seong (front right) took the boys title with 2770.
Kim Dong Yo (l.) and Kim Jung Tae (r.) of the Korean A team swept the gold medals in Girls and Boys Singles to kick off the 16th Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships at SCAA Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China. Dong Yo toppled 1322 pins, an average of 220.33, to beat out Kim Jin Ju of the Korean B team for the gold medal by nine pins. Jung Tae cruised to victory in the boys' division with 1421 total and the field-best 236.83 average.
Big payday for Finland's two-hander Osku Palermaa (l.) and Joey Yeo (r.) of Singapore as the No. 2 seeds captured the men's and women's titles and the 10 million Yen first-place checks (approx. $81,814) in the Bowling World Open finals in an arena-style setting at Makuhari-Messe in Tokyo, Japan. Palermaa defeated Japan's Isao Yamamoto, 248-224, to his fifth career PBA title. Yeo edged top-seeded Birgit Pöppler of Germany, 207-204.
Qualifying leaders Dom Barrett (l.) of England and Birgit Pöppler (r.) of Germany refused to fall in the semi-final round Saturday evening at Round1 Minamisuma bowling center in Tokyo, Japan, en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the TV Finals of the Bowling World Open. The finals will be conducted on Sunday, July 12, in a special six-lane bowling arena installed in an exhibition hall at Makuhari-Messe, a convention center outside Tokyo.