Australia (2), Korea and Japan shared the gold medals in Doubles on the second day of competition in the 12th Asian Seniors Tenpin Bowling Championship currently underway at AMF Rooty Hill RSL Bowling Center in Sydney, Australia.

Men and women compete for medals in two age groups, Senior (50 & over) and Grand Senior (60 & over).

Three Aussie Doubles pairs withstood the pressure of a determined Korean challenge to a clean sweep of the medals in Senior Men's Doubles. Bob Whybrow and Paul Terry (pictured left, l-r) were victorious with a 2605 pinfall, ahead of Singles champion Mick Talevski and Mario Cordedda on 2533, while Jim Bakirtzidis and Andrew Campbell won Bronze with 2519.

At the other end of the 34-lane AMF Rooty Hill RSL Bowl in Senior Women's Doubles, Korea's Lee Hwa Ja and Kim Mi Ja (right, l-r) took gold comfortably with 2611 ahead of teammates Kim Myo Seon and Kim Gwi Nan on 2533. Eiko Toriyabe and Yuko Miyakura of Japan collected Bronze on 2393.

The Australian duo of John Sullivan and Brian Looby led the 30 teams at the half-way point of the Grand Seniors Men's Doubles and maintained their form to clinch gold ahead of Japan's Kokichi Itagaki and Yusuke Harimoto with a 94 pin margin and 2694 total.

The medal race for Bronze came down to the wire. Australian pair Robert Zikman and Greg Williams leapfrogged from sixth place into third with a thrilling 479 final game, leaving two Japanese Doubles pairs in their wake.

The Japanese duo of Tomoko Yoshikawa and Kazumi Koike (left, l-r) came out of the blocks firing with back to back 447 games in the Grand Senior Women's Doubles event en route to win the gold medal with an overall pinfall, with handicap, of 2473 ahead of team mates Masako Takamoto and Harumi Chatani, who took silver with 2422.

The race for Bronze was another cliffhanger, with Korea's Park Myung Suk and Choi Soon Nam earning bronze by a narrow two-pin margin over Junko Kuji and Misako Karatsu from Japan.

Going into tomorrow's Team of Four events, Australia's John Sullivan leads the Grand Senior Men's All Events tally ahead of fellow Victorian Robert Zikman, Mike Talevski from Australia leads the Senior Men's All Events ahead of Lee Soo Ho from Korea and Korean Lee Hwa Ja has a comfortable lead in the Senior Women's All Events.

Action shifts to the team competition on Monday. The first block of three games starts at 9 a.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time (CET -10 hours / EST -16 hours) with the second block slated for 1.30 p.m.

Story and Results courtesy of TBA. Photos Barry Davies.

 

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12th Asian Seniors Championship - Seniors Men Doubles

 

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Australia	408	479	422	1309	394	421	481	1296	2605	217.08
	Bob Whybrow	215	234	210	659	182	212	246	640	1299	216.50
	Paul Terry	193	245	212	650	212	209	235	656	1306	217.67
2.	Australia	440	452	407	1299	385	432	417	1234	2533	211.08
	Mick Talevski	229	234	215	678	194	198	182	574	1252	208.67
	Mario Cordedda	211	218	192	621	191	234	235	660	1281	213.50
3.	Australia	479	461	449	1389	415	386	329	1130	2519	209.92
	Jim Bakirtzidis	258	245	226	729	169	195	158	522	1251	208.50
	Andrew Campbell	221	216	223	660	246	191	171	608	1268	211.33
(tie)	Korea	416	469	357	1242	431	415	431	1277	2519	209.92
	Kim Hong-Seung	214	244	174	632	231	196	174	601	1233	205.50
	Jang Seon-Myeon	202	225	183	610	200	219	257	676	1286	214.33
5.	Korea	467	395	365	1227	502	420	349	1271	2498	208.17
	Lee Soo-Ho	256	217	180	653	267	238	161	666	1319	219.83
	Ho Hui-Jae	211	178	185	574	235	182	188	605	1179	196.50
6.	Australia	398	397	461	1256	424	367	432	1223	2479	206.58
	Martin Muxworthy	202	216	241	659	201	194	232	627	1286	214.33
	Gordon Robinson	196	181	220	597	223	173	200	596	1193	198.83
7.	New-Zealand	459	352	422	1233	373	437	421	1231	2464	205.33
	Rey Non	227	171	180	578	193	204	221	618	1196	199.33
	Greg Nicolas	232	181	242	655	180	233	200	613	1268	211.33
8.	Japan	393	411	379	1183	455	385	418	1258	2441	203.42
	Toshihiro Kaji	192	224	191	607	265	193	195	653	1260	210.00
	Tsuyoshi Iida	201	187	188	576	190	192	223	605	1181	196.83
9.	New-Zealand	353	415	439	1207	404	390	394	1188	2395	199.58
	Roger Tucker	162	181	213	556	202	219	181	602	1158	193.00
	Terry Mustchin	191	234	226	651	202	171	213	586	1237	206.17
10.	Japan	424	400	392	1216	419	347	388	1154	2370	197.50
	Tadashi Sato	189	186	201	576	182	165	151	498	1074	179.00
	Toshiaki Yamanishi	235	214	191	640	237	182	237	656	1296	216.00
11.	Japan	418	336	374	1128	431	399	409	1239	2367	197.25
	Mitsunori Arai	139	171	181	491	216	180	192	588	1079	179.83
	Yoshinari Hattori	279	165	193	637	215	219	217	651	1288	214.67
12.	Australia	423	367	421	1211	379	381	358	1118	2329	194.08
	Steve Lenton	207	167	222	596	208	177	186	571	1167	194.50
	Steven Smith	216	200	199	615	171	204	172	547	1162	193.67
13.	Australia	365	419	381	1165	347	424	391	1162	2327	193.92
	Leslie Harrison	181	203	219	603	163	230	182	575	1178	196.33
	Paul Madden	184	216	162	562	184	194	209	587	1149	191.50
14.	Australia	350	434	440	1224	330	388	351	1069	2293	191.08
	Jp Li	162	240	203	605	171	197	180	548	1153	192.17
	Garry Crick	188	194	237	619	159	191	171	521	1140	190.00
15.	Japan	375	354	323	1052	376	399	386	1161	2213	184.42
	Kazuo Mizuno	180	159	161	500	171	233	184	588	1088	181.33
	Masaaki Kohiruimaki	195	195	162	552	205	166	202	573	1125	187.50
16.	Philippines	310	237	356	903	346	286	337	969	1872	156.00
	Floderindo Bilog	143	130	178	451	190	158	190	538	989	164.83
	Roberto Vargas	167	107	178	452	156	128	147	431	883	147.17

 

 

12th Asian Seniors Championship - Seniors Women Doubles

 

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Korea	377	497	416	1290	377	456	440	1273	2611	217.58
	Kim Mi-Ja	234	239	171	644	181	234	206	621	1265	210.83
	Lee Hwa-Ja	191	258	245	694	196	222	234	652	1346	224.33
2.	Korea	414	441	463	1318	414	415	406	1235	2533	211.08
	Kim Myo-Seon	191	222	236	649	187	208	224	619	1268	211.33
	Kim Gwi-Nam	203	219	227	649	227	207	182	616	1265	210.83
3.	Japan	453	418	434	1305	453	342	390	1185	2393	199.42
	Eiko Toriyabe	164	211	209	584	205	145	199	549	1133	188.83
	Yuko Miyakura	192	207	225	624	248	197	191	636	1260	210.00
4.	Australia	436	407	400	1243	436	369	404	1209	2386	198.83
	Robyn Flynn	179	200	190	569	180	180	210	570	1139	189.83
	Julie Harrison	191	207	210	608	256	189	194	639	1247	207.83
5.	Japan	365	388	386	1139	365	407	348	1120	2292	191.00
	Honami Yanagawa	194	195	182	571	186	214	180	580	1151	191.83
	Chieko Hirata	204	193	204	601	179	193	168	540	1141	190.17
6.	Australia	402	355	360	1117	402	427	369	1198	2280	190.00
	Jill Morris	209	158	170	537	180	191	203	574	1111	185.17
	Heather Robertson	158	197	190	545	222	236	166	624	1169	194.83
7.	New-Zealand	402	351	340	1093	402	344	374	1120	2159	179.92
	Wink Mustchin	165	146	166	477	210	173	172	555	1032	172.00
	Annabelle Swain	183	205	174	562	192	171	202	565	1127	187.83
8.	Korea	373	371	326	1070	373	356	354	1083	2122	176.83
	Kang You-Soon	162	212	173	547	210	213	178	601	1148	191.33
	Hwang Mi-Ri	180	159	153	492	163	143	176	482	974	162.33
9.	Australia	355	298	349	1002	355	361	380	1096	2105	175.42
	Angy Campbell	187	138	137	462	175	171	178	524	986	164.33
	Shirley Muxworthy	175	160	212	547	180	190	202	572	1119	186.50
10.	Australia	319	323	300	942	319	351	337	1007	2012	167.67
	Belinda Mifsud	235	184	189	608	193	173	172	538	1146	191.00
	Colleen Swan	147	139	111	397	126	178	165	469	866	144.33
11.	Philippines	349	368	276	993	349	258	334	941	1948	162.33
	Jocelyn Fernandez	140	166	125	431	170	140	183	493	924	154.00
	Henedina Granada	223	202	151	576	179	118	151	448	1024	170.67
12.	New-Zealand	303	341	312	956	303	331	327	961	1944	162.00
	Lynnaire Churchill	161	179	178	518	154	162	180	496	1014	169.00
	Natalie Adams	169	162	134	465	149	169	147	465	930	155.00

 

 

12th Asian Seniors Championship - Grand Seniors Men Doubles

 

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Australia	409	461	452	469	430	413	2634	219.50	30	2664
	John Sullivan	230	236	216	235	204	222	1343	223.83	30	1373
	Brian Looby	179	225	236	234	226	191	1291	215.17	0	1291
2.	Japan	424	431	406	418	431	430	2540	211.67	60	2600
	Kokichi Itagaki	244	211	220	221	225	214	1335	222.50	30	1365
	Yusuke Harimoto	180	220	186	197	206	216	1205	200.83	30	1235
3.	Australia	450	437	359	433	357	479	2515	209.58	60	2575
	Robert Zikman	257	223	187	246	173	258	1344	224.00	30	1374
	Greg Williams	193	214	172	187	184	221	1171	195.17	30	1201
4.	Japan	381	349	400	339	441	447	2357	196.42	150	2507
	Yoshinori Tanaka	213	179	224	159	216	220	1211	201.83	60	1271
	Shuitsu Korin	168	170	176	180	225	227	1146	191.00	90	1236
5.	Japan	395	351	450	506	396	371	2469	205.75	30	2499
	Katsumi Kamishita	208	184	214	267	219	165	1257	209.50	30	1287
	Yasunori Nishibayashi	187	167	236	239	177	206	1212	202.00	0	1212
(tie)	Philippines	407	393	437	461	395	376	2469	205.75	30	2499
	Danilo Tuazon	217	198	181	226	194	177	1193	198.83	30	1223
	Steve Robles	190	195	256	235	201	199	1276	212.67	0	1276
7.	Japan	367	394	392	392	434	425	2404	200.33	90	2494
	Hidehiro Madore	178	193	210	200	223	214	1218	203.00	60	1278
	Isamu Takada	189	201	182	192	211	211	1186	197.67	30	1216
8.	Japan	418	407	458	356	369	395	2403	200.25	60	2463
	Takayuki Kikugawa	181	229	243	163	184	221	1221	203.50	30	1251
	Chikataka Iwai	237	178	215	193	185	174	1182	197.00	30	1212
9.	New Zealand	386	450	404	377	372	440	2429	202.42	30	2459
	Fred Housham	202	255	213	168	173	223	1234	205.67	0	1234
	Allan Heald	184	195	191	209	199	217	1195	199.17	30	1225
10.	Australia	413	420	404	369	426	349	2381	198.42	60	2441
	Anthony Long	198	187	206	180	191	181	1143	190.50	30	1173
	Roy Andrews	215	233	198	189	235	168	1238	206.33	30	1268
11.	Japan	375	417	393	353	400	462	2400	200.00	30	2430
	Yukio Kato	182	173	168	122	173	205	1023	170.50	30	1053
	Toshiaki Betchaku	193	244	225	231	227	257	1377	229.50	0	1377
12.	Australia	361	402	458	409	409	351	2390	199.17	30	2420
	Andy McKay	125	211	212	212	203	183	1146	191.00	30	1176
	Geoff Elliott	236	191	246	197	206	168	1244	207.33	0	1244
13.	Korea	361	382	399	405	472	364	2383	198.58	30	2413
	Choi Bok Moon	193	210	197	211	215	170	1196	199.33	30	1226
	Yun Doo Hyun	168	172	202	194	257	194	1187	197.83	0	1187
14.	Korea	427	440	362	374	366	381	2350	195.83	60	2410
	You Dong Kuk	227	247	157	188	192	190	1201	200.17	60	1261
	Kim Eui Hye	200	193	205	186	174	191	1149	191.50	0	1149
15.	Korea	399	430	398	406	390	284	2307	192.25	90	2397
	Lee Heung Jae	200	211	203	182	188	137	1121	186.83	90	1211
	Kim Jin Seon	199	219	195	224	202	147	1186	197.67	0	1186
16.	Korea	408	348	391	430	373	426	2376	198.00	0	2376
	Lee Han Ki	233	189	191	190	161	213	1177	196.17	0	1177
	Choi Soon Ha	175	159	200	240	212	213	1199	199.83	0	1199
17.	Australia	434	414	410	388	390	320	2356	196.33	0	2356
	Stephen Bell	189	202	197	198	191	137	1114	185.67	0	1114
	Kevin Webb	245	212	213	190	199	183	1242	207.00	0	1242
18.	Japan	421	414	394	330	386	347	2292	191.00	60	2352
	Yoshiaki Mizoguchi	203	223	206	160	214	192	1198	199.67	0	1198
	Tatsuo Hisasue	218	191	188	170	172	155	1094	182.33	60	1154
19.	Australia	412	417	407	295	341	419	2291	190.92	60	2351
	Nick Koumandakis	216	246	226	138	160	258	1244	207.33	0	1244
	Gary Bernardin	196	171	181	157	181	161	1047	174.50	60	1107
20.	Australia	331	348	350	431	439	386	2285	190.42	60	2345
	Kevin Dowley	181	180	173	258	224	209	1225	204.17	0	1225
	Ray Krueger	150	168	177	173	215	177	1060	176.67	60	1120
(tie)	Japan	338	450	326	327	372	382	2195	182.92	150	2345
	Toshioki Koishi	181	224	184	156	203	212	1160	193.33	60	1220
	Shoichi Miyashita	157	226	142	171	169	170	1035	172.50	90	1125
22.	Korea	369	367	395	410	400	369	2310	192.50	30	2340
	Bae Han Ok	203	187	200	212	198	219	1219	203.17	0	1219
	Choi Byung Ik	166	180	195	198	202	150	1091	181.83	30	1121
23.	Australia	372	347	393	422	404	372	2310	192.50	0	2310
	Chris Benson	193	172	197	224	225	179	1190	198.33	0	1190
	Allan Smith	179	175	196	198	179	193	1120	186.67	0	1120
24.	New Zealand	405	327	345	376	382	361	2196	183.00	60	2256
	Chan Harris	213	150	175	195	191	173	1097	182.83	30	1127
	Alain Cossardeux	192	177	170	181	191	188	1099	183.17	30	1129
25.	Australia	376	377	339	337	365	355	2149	179.08	60	2209
	Graeme Etheridge	208	168	168	162	167	126	999	166.50	0	999
	David Knowland	168	209	171	175	198	229	1150	191.67	60	1210
26.	Guam	275	350	377	343	349	420	2114	176.17	90	2204
	Gene Bangayan	152	158	160	151	164	196	981	163.50	60	1041
	Buddy Saludo	123	192	217	192	185	224	1133	188.83	30	1163
27.	Philippines	383	294	356	381	372	357	2143	178.58	30	2173
	Laureano Fernandez	211	145	189	192	174	153	1064	177.33	0	1064
	Diosdado Calonge	172	149	167	189	198	204	1079	179.83	30	1109
28.	Korea	355	350	350	344	359	342	2100	175.00	60	2160
	Kim Sun Mok	176	180	155	161	180	160	1012	168.67	30	1042
	Chung Sung Won	179	170	195	183	179	182	1088	181.33	30	1118
29.	Guam	264	345	410	331	382	355	2087	173.92	60	2147
	Joe Mafnas	133	143	210	166	183	174	1009	168.17	30	1039
	Nestor Valencia	131	202	200	165	199	181	1078	179.67	30	1108
30.	Philippines	317	340	313	359	296	349	1974	164.50	150	2124
	Ernesto Gozum	201	180	168	212	158	169	1088	181.33	30	1118
	Leonardo Valencia	116	160	145	147	138	180	886	147.67	120	1006

 

 

12th Asian Seniors Championship - Grand Seniors Women Doubles

 

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Hc	Total
1.	Japan	447	447	373	371	379	366	2383	198.58	90	2473
	Tomoko Yoshikawa	233	221	201	201	197	184	1237	206.17	0	1237
	Kazumi Koike	214	226	172	170	182	182	1146	191.00	90	1236
2.	Japan	392	366	368	482	421	333	2362	196.83	60	2422
	Masako Takamoto	208	195	193	243	228	146	1213	202.17	30	1243
	Harumi Chatani	184	171	175	239	193	187	1149	191.50	30	1179
3.	Korea	371	396	456	412	391	383	2409	200.75	0	2409
	Choi Soon Nam	202	185	247	202	178	192	1206	201.00	0	1206
	Park Myung Suk	169	211	209	210	213	191	1203	200.50	0	1203
4.	Japan	408	452	449	363	366	369	2407	200.58	0	2407
	Junko Kuji	230	246	215	182	202	192	1267	211.17	0	1267
	Misako Karatsu	178	206	234	181	164	177	1140	190.00	0	1140
5.	Australia	416	372	352	375	417	393	2325	193.75	30	2355
	Christene Webster	189	192	165	224	234	170	1174	195.67	0	1174
	Barbara Richmond	227	180	187	151	183	223	1151	191.83	30	1181
6.	Australia	391	416	392	349	372	409	2329	194.08	0	2329
	Susanne Jack	159	217	236	212	220	211	1255	209.17	0	1255
	Brenda Kirkwood	232	199	156	137	152	198	1074	179.00	0	1074
7.	Japan	359	347	365	404	331	390	2196	183.00	90	2286
	Kiyoko Yoshida	185	169	214	223	194	171	1156	192.67	30	1186
	Nobuko Miyake	174	178	151	181	137	219	1040	173.33	60	1100
8.	Australia	357	396	357	399	340	383	2232	186.00	30	2262
	Maxine Forrest	190	193	202	182	192	179	1138	189.67	30	1168
	Sarah Knowland	167	203	155	217	148	204	1094	182.33	0	1094
9.	Japan	381	360	400	301	367	296	2105	175.42	150	2255
	Fujiko Kakui	189	178	187	163	203	165	1085	180.83	90	1175
	Kazuko Inoue	192	182	213	138	164	131	1020	170.00	60	1080
10.	Korea	375	305	359	404	390	332	2165	180.42	60	2225
	Moon Hyun Ja	205	136	185	231	236	155	1148	191.33	0	1148
	Hyun Jung Sook	170	169	174	173	154	177	1017	169.50	60	1077
(tie)	Japan	358	398	351	314	312	402	2135	177.92	90	2225
	Sachiko Takemoto	211	226	183	147	146	212	1125	187.50	0	1125
	Aiko Itagaki	147	172	168	167	166	190	1010	168.33	90	1100
12.	Korea	287	414	333	370	348	387	2139	178.25	60	2199
	Choi Kyung Yeon	137	235	152	198	197	240	1159	193.17	0	1159
	Lee Keum Ja	150	179	181	172	151	147	980	163.33	60	1040
13.	Australia	361	308	367	333	384	381	2134	177.83	60	2194
	Kaye Talbot	177	161	169	155	223	202	1087	181.17	0	1087
	Val Porteous	184	147	198	178	161	179	1047	174.50	60	1107
14.	Japan	387	308	329	318	375	359	2076	173.00	90	2166
	Sayoko Hamamoto	233	161	172	137	195	179	1077	179.50	30	1107
	Kazuko Tanaka	154	147	157	181	180	180	999	166.50	60	1059
15.	Korea	363	360	338	341	352	314	2068	172.33	90	2158
	Choi Sook Ja	180	169	174	178	192	167	1060	176.67	30	1090
	Byeon Jeong Soon	183	191	164	163	160	147	1008	168.00	60	1068
(tie)	New Zealand	455	304	323	335	333	408	2158	179.83	0	2158
	Ivena Heald	257	149	152	191	154	199	1102	183.67	0	1102
	Sandy Hoare	198	155	171	144	179	209	1056	176.00	0	1056
17.	Korea	334	336	281	370	400	416	2137	178.08	0	2137
	Choi Soo Ja	165	151	126	200	244	226	1112	185.33	0	1112
	Lee Sook Ja	169	185	155	170	156	190	1025	170.83	0	1025
18.	Australia	294	314	307	309	314	359	1897	158.08	180	2077
	Ursula Ramsay	144	137	158	175	160	193	967	161.17	120	1087
	Fely Shih	150	177	149	134	154	166	930	155.00	60	990
19.	New Zealand	367	331	355	335	290	298	1976	164.67	30	2006
	Josie Adams	182	189	188	211	142	138	1050	175.00	30	1080
	Alison Hayward	185	142	167	124	148	160	926	154.33	0	926
20.	Australia	320	309	329	307	369	340	1974	164.50	30	2004
	Ann Kirby	172	171	172	150	187	171	1023	170.50	0	1023
	Nola Downie	148	138	157	157	182	169	951	158.50	30	981
21.	Philippines	333	312	317	336	299	315	1912	159.33	60	1972
	Rosario Avena	166	157	175	187	157	175	1017	169.50	0	1017
	Corazon Morando	167	155	142	149	142	140	895	149.17	60	955
22.	Philippines	297	312	277	350	345	363	1944	162.00	0	1944
	Milagros Robles	160	177	153	169	203	172	1034	172.33	0	1034
	Carmen Gozum	137	135	124	181	142	191	910	151.67	0	910