Colombia, Panama end championships with victory in Under-16 Boys and Girls Masters
Puerto Rico's Hector Soto and Neishka Cardona earned the gold medals in Under-20 Masters match play while Carlos Saavedra, Colombia, and Nicole Fung, Panama, captured the titles in the Under-16 division in the final event of the 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships Saturday afternoon at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. A total of 105 youth bowlers from 15 countries participated in the championhips.
Colombia takes title in U-16 Mixed Team event; Cristian Azcona, Puerto Rico and Colombia's Juliana Franco, Carlos Saavedra and Alexandra Mosquera win in All Events
After leading the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships Under-20 team event at half time by a huge margin, the boys from Puerto Rico (l.) and the girls from the United States (r.) cruised to the gold medals Friday at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Colombia took gold in the Under-16 Mixed Team event.
Colombia leads Puerto Rico in Under-16 Mixed Team event after 3/6 games
The boys from Puerto Rico and the Junior Team USA girls dominated the first half of the Under-20 four-player Team event while Colombia led the U-16 Mixed Team event in the PABCON Youth Championships Thursday at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Puerto Ricans Hector Soto, Michael Fonseca, Josh Lee Encarnacion and Cristian Azcona put on a show in the boys division firing games of 939, 908 and 968 to lead the field of ten after three of six games with 2815 total and an average of 234.58.
Colombia sweeps boys and girls Doubles in Under-16 division
The Junior Team USA boys (l.) and the Mexican girls (r.) took home the gold medal in the Under-20 Trios event at the 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships Wednesday night at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Cristian Azcona of Puerto Rico rolled the first 300 game of the championships.
Colombia's Mosquera/Charry win the title in U-16 Mixed Doubles
The Junior Team USA boys pairing of EJ Tackett and Andrew Koff (l.) and the girls duo Kristie Lopez and Neisha Cardona (r.) earned the gold medals in boys and girls doubles on Tuesday night at the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships. Colombia's Alexandra Mosquera and Sebastian Charry teamed to win the Under-16 Mixed Doubles. Live streaming of the U-20 Trios begins at 12:30 p.m. EST.
Panama's Young, Aruba's Dammers claim the boys and girls titles in the Under-16 division
Kevin Belandria (l.) of Venezuela and Colombia's Juliana Franco (r.) took the boys and girls singles gold medal in the opening event of the 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships in the under 20-divison. Belandria led the U-20 boys with 1251 and Franco cruised to the girls gold with the highest total of 1291, an average of 215.17. In the under-16 division, Lorenzo Young of Panama and Aruba's Abigail Dammers captured the first gold medals of the championships.
The 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships were ushered in with the opening ceremonies on Sunday afternoon in the Dominican Republic. More than 100 bowlers from 16 countries will compete in the championships, which features two divisions, 20 and younger and 16 and younger. BOWL.com is planning to provide free live streaming of the under-20 division of the event. Coverage is scheduled to begin at Monday, July 18th at 1:30 p.m. Eastern with the Singles competition.
USBC will provide free live streaming of the event from start to finish
Eight of the top youth bowlers in the United States will travel to the Dominican Republic in July to represent Junior Team USA at the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships. The event will be held in Santiago, Dominican Republic, from July 16-23 and features countries in the American Zone competing in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All-Events and match-play Masters.
Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros (July 16-23, 2011)
The Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) and the Dominican Bowling Federation (FEBODOM) have released the Bulletin No. 1 for the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships (Sub 16 and Sub 20). The championships for youth bowlers will be held at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, from July 16 through 23, 2011. Each PABCON member federation is allowed to send four boys and four girls in
the Under 20 division and two boys and two girls in the Under 16
division.
Puerto Rico's Hector Soto and Neishka Cardona earned the gold medals in Under-20 Masters match play while Carlos Saavedra, Colombia, and Nicole Fung, Panama, captured the titles in the Under-16 division in the final event of the 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships Saturday afternoon at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. A total of 105 youth bowlers from 15 countries participated in the championhips. 
After leading the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships Under-20 team event at half time by a huge margin, the boys from Puerto Rico (l.) and the girls from the United States (r.) cruised to the gold medals Friday at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Colombia took gold in the Under-16 Mixed Team event. 
The boys from Puerto Rico and the Junior Team USA girls dominated the first half of the Under-20 four-player Team event while Colombia led the U-16 Mixed Team event in the PABCON Youth Championships Thursday at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Puerto Ricans Hector Soto, Michael Fonseca, Josh Lee Encarnacion and Cristian Azcona put on a show in the boys division firing games of 939, 908 and 968 to lead the field of ten after three of six games with 2815 total and an average of 234.58.
The Junior Team USA boys (l.) and the Mexican girls (r.) took home the gold medal in the Under-20 Trios event at the 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships Wednesday night at Cibao Bowling Center in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Cristian Azcona of Puerto Rico rolled the first 300 game of the championships.
The Junior Team USA boys pairing of EJ Tackett and Andrew Koff (l.) and the girls duo Kristie Lopez and Neisha Cardona (r.) earned the gold medals in boys and girls doubles on Tuesday night at the 2011 PABCON Youth Championships. Colombia's Alexandra Mosquera and Sebastian Charry teamed to win the Under-16 Mixed Doubles. Live streaming of the U-20 Trios begins at 12:30 p.m. EST. 
Kevin Belandria (l.) of Venezuela and Colombia's Juliana Franco (r.) took the boys and girls singles gold medal in the opening event of the 2011 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships in the under 20-divison. Belandria led the U-20 boys with 1251 and Franco cruised to the girls gold with the highest total of 1291, an average of 215.17. In the under-16 division, Lorenzo Young of Panama and Aruba's Abigail Dammers captured the first gold medals of the championships. 
