Basil Low blasts into the lead in Boys Singles after Squad A at World Youth Championships

    06/25/12

    2012 WYC

    Singaporean out averages nearest competitor by 22 pins; Asian boys hold top four spots with three more squads to go on Monday

    2012WYCBasilLow.jpg2012WYCSamCooley.jpgBasil Low of Singapore (pictured left) fired games of 231, 259, 247, 236, 216 and 260 to blast into the lead of the Boys Singles event at the World Youth Championships in Thailand as the first squad has completed the six-game preliminaries.

    Low averaged 241.50 on the long pattern this evening at Blu-O Paragon Bowling Center in Bangkok to take a dominating 132-pin lead over second place Sam Cooley of Australia.

    Cooley (rigth) had a slow start into the championships with a pair of 190s and 200s. The Aussie rebounded with 290 in the fifth, the highest game in the Boys division so far and finished with 236 for 1317, a 219.50 average.

    2012WYCSymirAbdulRazak.jpgAsian bowlers dominated Squad A as Syimir Abdul Razak of Malaysia (left) and Kim Ju-Young of Korea finished in third and fourth place with 1309 and 1300, respectively.

    Jose Ramon Camacho of Mexico was the best American bowler in fifth place with 1258, but is already out of the race for the top 4, who will bowl for the medals on Tuesday.

    Sami Lampo of Finland and Magnus Johnson Jr. of Sweden, led the European contingent in sixth and seventh place. Lampo toppled 1249 pins and the son of former Swedish national coach Magnus Johnson totaled 1241.

    The 178 boys from 47 countries were split into four squads. The Boys Singles preliminaries will commence Monday with Squads B, C and D. The Girls and Boys Singles Finals with be staged from Noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26th.

    2012WYCLogo.jpg The 12th World Youth Championships takes place at Blu-O Paragon Bowling Center in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 22 - July 3, 2012.

    274 girls and boys from record 48 countries, who must not have reached their 21st birthday on January 1, 2012, will compete will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Team event, All Events and Masters in the ten-day event.

    The WTBA patterns "Mexico City" and "Atlanta" will be used in Bangkok. The 45-foot Mexico City pattern is the second-longest of the twelve WTBA certified lane pattern (four short, four medium and four long). With a length of 38 feet, the Atlanta pattern is the shortest of the four medium pattern.

    Singles is being played on "Mexico City" and Doubles will be contested on "Atlanta", while the Team event will feature both oil patterns (3 games on each pattern). The Masters will be staged on dual lane condition (one lane dressed with the medium pattern and the other lane dressed with the long pattern).

    The top four players and teams after six games in Singles, Doubles and Team, respectively, will advance to the semifinals. The No. 1 meets No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. The winners will determine the World Youth Champion, while the losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are single-game matches.

    Photos courtesy of Thai Tenpin Bowling Association (TTBA).

     


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    2012 WYC Boys Singles - Standings after preliminaries (Squad A only)


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