The 12th Asian Seniors Tenpin Bowling Championship got underway Saturday with the Singles competition at AMF Rooty Hill RSL Bowling Center in Sydney, Australia.

Men and women from Guam, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines and the host country Australia competed for gold, silver and bronze medals in two age categories - Seniors (50 & over) and Grand Seniors (60 & over).

Championship play began at 8.30 a.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time this morning with the Grand Seniors Women's Singles in which Japan's Junko Kuji's gold medal performance of 1383 included the event high game of 276 and an impressive 230.50 average over six games. ss Sarah Knowland of Australia took silver on 1355, with Masako Takamoto, Japan, third on 1260. Recent inductee to Tenpin Bowling Australia's Hall of Fame, Barbara Richmond missed Bronze by just 15 pins to finish fourth with 1245.

The second event saw an exciting 279 in game 2 by Filipino Danilo Tuazon, who went on to claim gold in the Grand Seniors Men's Singles with a total pinfall of 1376, a mere three pins ahead of Hidehiro Madore from Japan (1373). Veteran TBA Hall of Famer, John Sullivan, clinched Bronze on 1350, 16 pins clear of Korea's Dong Kuk You (1334).

In a thrilling climax to the Senior Men's Singles this afternoon, Australia's Mick Talevski (pictured right) surged to victory with a perfect final game to score 1470, overtaking team-mate Steven Smith (1462) in another tight finish.

Korea's Lee Soo Ho won bronze on 1375. Lee overcame a slow start with a 299 in game 3 but strong finishes by the Aussie pair secured top podium honors for Talevski and Smith.

Korea dominated placings in the Senior Women's Singles, with Lee Hwa Ja clinching gold on 1397, ahead of team-mate Kim Gwi Nam on 1357. Australia's Julie Harrison pipped Japan's Honami Yanagawa to the Bronze by just two pins, 1303 to 1301.

Competition is scheduled to recommence at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday morning with the Doubles events.

Story and Results courtesy of TBA. Photos Barry Davies.

 

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12th Asian Seniors Championship - Seniors Men Singles

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Mick Talevski	Australia	230	233	246	709	203	258	300	761	1470	245.00
2.	Steven Smith	Australia	278	258	235	771	240	193	258	691	1462	243.67
3.	Lee Soo Ho	Korea	178	226	299	703	205	220	247	672	1375	229.17
4.	Mario Cordedda	Australia	227	259	226	712	214	203	213	630	1342	223.67
5.	Paul Madden	Australia	207	236	226	669	254	221	189	664	1333	222.17
6.	Paul Terry	Australia	224	202	186	612	279	190	228	697	1309	218.17
7.	Jang Seon Myeon	Korea	209	199	205	613	238	213	204	655	1268	211.33
8.	Jim Bakirtzidis	Australia	214	224	227	665	228	176	198	602	1267	211.17
9.	Greg Nicolas	New Zealand	156	210	191	557	194	255	251	700	1257	209.50
10.	Steve Lenton	Australia	184	222	215	621	227	216	189	632	1253	208.83
11.	Jp Li	Australia	210	147	269	626	199	245	183	627	1253	208.83
12.	Terry Mustchin	New Zealand	180	222	199	601	196	246	201	643	1244	207.33
13.	Tsuyoshi Iida	Japan	221	210	236	667	191	193	191	575	1242	207.00
14.	Andrew Campbell	Australia	238	214	222	674	220	180	160	560	1234	205.67
15.	Rey Non	New Zealand	256	200	196	652	203	182	193	578	1230	205.00
16.	Garry Crick	Australia	232	205	184	621	208	203	190	601	1222	203.67
17.	Masaaki Kohiruimaki	Japan	181	212	210	603	212	163	233	608	1211	201.83
18.	Ho Hui Jae	Korea	192	151	202	545	219	234	212	665	1210	201.67
19.	Toshiaki Yamanishi	Japan	191	212	215	618	200	225	163	588	1206	201.00
20.	Bob Whybrow	Australia	225	184	195	604	192	180	224	596	1200	200.00
21.	Leslie Harrison	Australia	193	231	146	570	228	155	227	610	1180	196.67
22.	Yoshinari Hattori	Japan	174	198	217	589	179	190	218	587	1176	196.00
23.	Kazuo Mizuno	Japan	193	203	210	606	170	220	163	553	1159	193.17
24.	Kim Hong Seung	Korea	183	171	184	538	199	201	218	618	1156	192.67
25.	Toshihiro Kaji	Japan	191	174	211	576	211	168	200	579	1155	192.50
26.	Gordon Robinson	Australia	149	216	214	579	216	170	170	556	1135	189.17
27.	Mitsunori Arai	Japan	190	187	190	567	203	155	209	567	1134	189.00
28.	Martin Muxworthy	Australia	177	168	178	523	214	164	203	581	1104	184.00
29.	Roger Tucker	New Zealand	179	150	179	508	166	216	166	548	1056	176.00
30.	Floderindo Bilog	Philippines	202	226	157	585	155	157	143	455	1040	173.33
31.	Roberto Vargas	Philippines	139	116	99	354	134	139	143	416	770	128.33

 

12th Asian Seniors Championship - Seniors Women Singles

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Lee Hwa Ja	Korea	228	185	214	627	255	257	258	770	1397	232.83
2.	Kim Gwi Nam	Korea	214	211	268	693	227	231	206	664	1357	226.17
3.	Julie Harrison	Australia	222	243	225	690	182	209	222	613	1303	217.17
4.	Honami Yanagawa	Japan	197	238	228	663	218	228	192	638	1301	216.83
5.	Heather Robertson	Australia	192	224	204	620	232	235	211	678	1298	216.33
6.	Robyn Flynn	Australia	223	207	232	662	214	236	181	631	1293	215.50
7.	Chieko Hirata	Japan	156	190	247	593	219	170	269	658	1251	208.50
8.	Angy Campbell	Australia	167	246	218	631	189	226	190	605	1236	206.00
9.	Kim Myo Seon	Korea	215	212	162	589	246	185	193	624	1213	202.17
10.	Yuko Miyakura	Japan	232	217	228	677	131	198	191	520	1197	199.50
11.	Shirley Muxworthy	Australia	189	190	225	604	235	158	190	583	1187	197.83
12.	Jill Morris	Australia	204	161	266	631	165	174	210	549	1180	196.67
13.	Hwang Mi Ri	Korea	180	210	192	582	202	218	173	593	1175	195.83
14.	Kim Mi Ja	Korea	185	176	189	550	265	188	147	600	1150	191.67
15.	Kang You Soon	Korea	201	187	210	598	178	183	161	522	1120	186.67
16.	Lynnaire Churchill	New Zealand	192	207	158	557	173	210	151	534	1091	181.83
17.	Belinda Mifsud	Australia	175	161	182	518	213	168	190	571	1089	181.50
18.	Annabelle Swain	New Zealand	233	146	176	555	171	158	181	510	1065	177.50
19.	Wink Mustchin	New Zealand	134	233	158	525	188	184	147	519	1044	174.00
20.	Henedina Granada	Philippines	169	180	200	549	173	162	159	494	1043	173.83
21.	Jocelyn Fernandez	Philippines	188	190	162	540	159	150	173	482	1022	170.33

 

12th Asian Seniors Championship - Grand Seniors Men Singles

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Danilo Tuazon	Philippines	214	279	205	218	216	214	1346	224.33	30	1376
2.	Hidehiro Madore	Japan	210	256	219	230	204	194	1313	218.83	60	1373
3.	John Sullivan	Australia	233	192	222	233	203	237	1320	220.00	30	1350
4.	You Dong Kuk	Korea	173	203	242	221	202	233	1274	212.33	60	1334
5.	Chikataka Iwai	Japan	225	218	233	173	220	226	1295	215.83	30	1325
6.	Steve Robles	Philippines	222	244	204	256	237	161	1324	220.67	0	1324
7.	Chris Benson	Australia	180	269	182	244	235	212	1322	220.33	0	1322
8.	Isamu Takada	Japan	182	246	170	220	212	256	1286	214.33	30	1316
9.	Choi Byung Ik	Korea	221	226	175	217	249	197	1285	214.17	30	1315
10.	Brian Looby	Australia	206	210	245	232	207	203	1303	217.17	0	1303
11.	Katsumi Kamishita	Japan	224	204	172	226	233	211	1270	211.67	30	1300
12.	Bae Han Ok	Korea	196	184	208	244	243	208	1283	213.83	0	1283
13.	Robert Zikman	Australia	212	243	214	202	191	189	1251	208.50	30	1281
(tie)	Kim Jin Seon	Korea	205	244	259	190	160	223	1281	213.50	0	1281
15.	Yusuke Harimoto	Japan	214	193	192	200	235	216	1250	208.33	30	1280
16.	Takayuki Kikugawa	Japan	195	179	218	177	258	221	1248	208.00	30	1278
17.	Anthony Long	Australia	179	202	197	266	173	229	1246	207.67	30	1276
18.	Alain Cossardeux	New Zealand	194	224	151	233	219	224	1245	207.50	30	1275
19.	Kevin Webb	Australia	202	257	179	229	193	209	1269	211.50	0	1269
20.	Allan Smith	Australia	203	184	243	218	215	204	1267	211.17	0	1267
21.	Gary Bernardin	Australia	193	198	247	176	183	203	1200	200.00	60	1260
22.	Roy Andrews	Australia	206	190	238	207	185	199	1225	204.17	30	1255
23.	Yoshiaki Mizoguchi	Japan	207	177	220	185	247	204	1240	206.67	0	1240
24.	Stephen Bell	Australia	211	201	216	213	177	218	1236	206.00	0	1236
25.	David Knowland	Australia	196	165	220	172	208	212	1173	195.50	60	1233
26.	Lee Heung Jae	Korea	225	191	193	184	164	182	1139	189.83	90	1229
27.	Greg Williams	Australia	174	242	184	199	212	185	1196	199.33	30	1226
28.	Ray Krueger	Australia	180	190	225	221	188	159	1163	193.83	60	1223
29.	Toshiaki Betchaku	Japan	226	216	195	221	170	194	1222	203.67	0	1222
30.	Yasunori Nishibayas	Japan	202	199	211	190	178	233	1213	202.17	0	1213
31.	Andy McKay	Australia	226	195	157	175	215	211	1179	196.50	30	1209
32.	Geoff Elliott	Australia	226	224	201	159	210	177	1197	199.50	0	1197
33.	Kokichi Itagaki	Japan	172	184	229	161	206	214	1166	194.33	30	1196
34.	Diosdado Calonge	Philippines	230	184	184	180	191	195	1164	194.00	30	1194
35.	Kim Eui Hye	Korea	232	184	225	175	176	201	1193	198.83	0	1193
36.	Tadashi Sato	Japan	193	201	215	195	188	200	1192	198.67	0	1192
37.	Shuitsu Korin	Japan	157	168	146	199	214	212	1096	182.67	90	1186
38.	Yukio Kato	Japan	225	189	208	176	180	174	1152	192.00	30	1182
39.	Choi Bok Moon	Korea	175	189	178	189	183	231	1145	190.83	30	1175
(tie)	Fred Housham	New Zealand	166	172	197	226	209	205	1175	195.83	0	1175
41.	Buddy Saludo	Guam	194	177	146	180	232	184	1113	185.50	30	1143
42.	Toshioki Koishi	Japan	189	182	160	179	193	179	1082	180.33	60	1142
43.	Allan Heald	New Zealand	140	194	195	203	207	172	1111	185.17	30	1141
44.	Choi Soon Ha	Korea	172	238	155	198	212	156	1131	188.50	0	1131
45.	Shoichi Miyashita	Japan	169	182	196	165	158	167	1037	172.83	90	1127
46.	Lee Han Ki	Korea	186	192	161	193	212	176	1120	186.67	0	1120
47.	Yoshinori Tanaka	Japan	159	163	182	190	182	181	1057	176.17	60	1117
48.	Nick Koumandakis	Australia	147	186	194	169	214	193	1103	183.83	0	1103
49.	Yun Doo Hyun	Korea	182	184	193	179	178	178	1094	182.33	0	1094
50.	Leonardo Valencia	Philippines	123	200	146	152	159	180	960	160.00	120	1080
51.	Chung Sung Won	Korea	202	177	199	164	149	147	1038	173.00	30	1068
52.	Chan Harris	New Zealand	157	182	172	199	170	154	1034	172.33	30	1064
53.	Kevin Dowley	Australia	166	148	194	177	188	179	1052	175.33	0	1052
54.	Ernesto Gozum	Philippines	168	172	172	147	176	185	1020	170.00	30	1050
55.	Kim Sun Mok	Korea	174	178	192	140	158	170	1012	168.67	30	1042
56.	Tatsuo Hisasue	Japan	184	151	180	168	139	152	974	162.33	60	1034
57.	Graeme Etheridge	Australia	174	169	202	143	151	163	1002	167.00	0	1002
58.	Nestor Valencia	Guam	165	141	178	163	144	175	966	161.00	30	996
59.	Joe Mafnas	Guam	166	158	144	189	170	134	961	160.17	30	991
60.	Gene Bangayan	Guam	172	163	174	135	134	129	907	151.17	60	967

 

12th Asian Seniors Championship - Grand Seniors Women Singles

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Junko Kuji	Japan	247	223	276	198	192	247	1383	230.50	0	1383
2.	Sarah Knowland	Australia	228	224	204	217	225	257	1355	225.83	0	1355
3.	Masako Takamoto	Japan	189	206	234	178	201	222	1230	205.00	30	1260
4.	Barbara Richmond	Australia	225	163	200	205	166	256	1215	202.50	30	1245
5.	Kiyoko Yoshida	Japan	169	202	220	210	200	194	1195	199.17	30	1225
6.	Moon Hyun Ja	Korea	172	196	246	182	213	215	1224	204.00	0	1224
7.	Misako Karatsu	Japan	174	192	204	214	179	243	1206	201.00	0	1206
8.	Ursula Ramsay	Australia	166	190	165	209	180	169	1079	179.83	120	1199
9.	Kazumi Koike	Japan	171	205	166	151	181	229	1103	183.83	90	1193
10.	Maxine Forrest	Australia	206	169	180	178	223	193	1149	191.50	30	1179
11.	Christene Webster	Australia	212	166	267	181	182	170	1178	196.33	0	1178
(tie)	Eiko Toriyabe	Japan	183	188	169	176	216	246	1178	196.33	0	1178
13.	Ivena Heald	New Zealand	172	214	159	205	220	189	1159	193.17	0	1159
14.	Brenda Kirkwood	Australia	183	175	169	190	210	217	1144	190.67	0	1144
15.	Sachiko Takemoto	Japan	180	226	172	256	181	127	1142	190.33	0	1142
16.	Kazuko Tanaka	Japan	215	195	180	170	146	171	1077	179.50	60	1137
17.	Hyun Jung Sook	Korea	211	178	164	165	186	170	1074	179.00	60	1134
18.	Nobuko Miyake	Japan	171	221	172	147	178	179	1068	178.00	60	1128
19.	Fely Shih	Australia	147	200	192	171	201	155	1066	177.67	60	1126
20.	Harumi Chatani	Japan	183	182	203	178	172	176	1094	182.33	30	1124
21.	Kazuko Inoue	Japan	188	167	178	155	196	173	1057	176.17	60	1117
22.	Tomoko Yoshikawa	Japan	165	190	223	172	163	192	1105	184.17	0	1105
23.	Val Porteous	Australia	161	153	182	201	168	176	1041	173.50	60	1101
24.	Susanne Jack	Australia	196	158	150	211	172	212	1099	183.17	0	1099
25.	Ann Kirby	Australia	154	203	202	154	213	169	1095	182.50	0	1095
26.	Park Myung Suk	Korea	152	161	213	202	178	188	1094	182.33	0	1094
27.	Byeon Jeong Soon	Korea	170	168	172	192	175	154	1031	171.83	60	1091
28.	Fujiko Kakui	Japan	162	170	162	146	197	157	994	165.67	90	1084
29.	Choi Sook Ja	Korea	168	177	180	197	157	159	1038	173.00	30	1068
30.	Aiko Itagaki	Japan	158	177	170	168	158	144	975	162.50	90	1065
31.	Sayoko Hamamoto	Japan	163	179	153	155	162	206	1018	169.67	30	1048
32.	Sandy Hoare	New Zealand	170	214	166	192	142	155	1039	173.17	0	1039
33.	Choi Kyung Yeon	Korea	190	135	178	170	224	139	1036	172.67	0	1036
34.	Choi Soo Ja	Korea	178	169	154	189	139	204	1033	172.17	0	1033
35.	Choi Soon Nam	Korea	160	168	190	193	124	194	1029	171.50	0	1029
(tie)	Josie Adams	New Zealand	141	190	164	159	163	182	999	166.50	30	1029
37.	Lee Sook Ja	Korea	180	173	129	189	176	177	1024	170.67	0	1024
38.	Kaye Talbot	Australia	153	146	160	234	164	163	1020	170.00	0	1020
39.	Rosario Avena	Philippines	180	167	133	188	177	169	1014	169.00	0	1014
40.	Alison Hayward	New Zealand	157	169	188	183	165	150	1012	168.67	0	1012
41.	Carmen Gozum	Philippines	170	157	156	192	186	150	1011	168.50	0	1011
42.	Milagros Robles	Philippines	173	145	174	188	156	172	1008	168.00	0	1008
43.	Lee Keum Ja	Korea	180	191	161	141	136	135	944	157.33	60	1004
44.	Lina Labaguis	Philippines	157	142	132	166	153	172	922	153.67	60	982
45.	Natalie Adams	New Zealand	133	189	153	149	178	176	978	163.00	0	978
46.	Colleen Swan	Australia	161	136	142	155	144	131	869	144.83	60	929
47.	Corazon Morando	Philippines	151	159	132	137	136	149	864	144.00	60	924