Strong finish powers Indonesia's Pramanik, Nabila to victory in Girls Doubles

    03/27/15

    2015 AYC

    Malaysia's Roslan, Natasia get the silver medal and Australia's Furze, Rigney take bronze

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    2015AYCAlishaNabilaNadiaPramanik.jpgIndonesia's Nadia Pramanik and Alisha Nabila (pictured left, r-l) closed their six-game block on long oil with a big 507 game to capture the gold medal in Girls Doubles at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Friday at Macau Bowling Center in Macau, China.

    The highest game of the event propelled the duo to the top of the leaderboard finishing with 2582 total and an average of 215.17. Pramanik, who rolled a 269 last game, led all 20 teams from 10 countries with 1342 and an average of 223.67, while Nabila, who won bronze in Singles, had 238 and 1240 (206.67).

    2015AYCNoraLyanaNatashaNatshaRoslan.jpg With 12 of 18 games in All-Events (combined scores in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Teams) in the books, Nabila and Pramanik sit in fourth and fifth place with 2548 and 2526, respectively, just 17 and 39 pins off the pace for the medals.

    Singles gold medalist Nora Lyana Natasia (pictured right with Natasha Roslan, right) of Malaysia leads the All-Events standings with 2646 and an average of 220.50. Byun Sun Min of Korea moved into second place with 2580 (215.00) and Emily Rigney of Australia took over third place with 2565 (213.75).

    Natasia and teammate Natasha Roslan, who held a 15-pin lead heading into the last game of the Doubles event, finished with 451 but had to settle for second place with 2541 and an average of 211.75. It was the fourth medal for Malaysia after sweeping the titles in Singles and the victory in Boys Doubles yesterday.

    2015AYCEmilyRigneyKateyFurze.jpg2015AYCShabiraLintyaAldilaIndryati.jpgRigney teamed with Katey Furze (left, l-r) to earn the bronze medal with 2512 (209.58), the first medal for Australia in this Championships, and to beat out the second Indonesian duo, Shabira Lintya and Aldila Indryati (right, l-r; 2479) for third place by 33 pins.

    The four-player team events will be held on Saturday (three on games on long) and Sunday (three games on medium) followed by Masters match play on Monday (eight games on medium) and Tuesday (eight games on long) and culminates with the stepladder finals of the top three boys and girls at 4.10 p.m. China Standard Time (CST) Tuesday.

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    The 18th Asian Youth Championships in Macau, China, will be held March 24-31 at 24-lane Macau Bowling Center inside the Cotai International Sports Complex in Macau, China.

    The Championships drew 98 players, 58 boys and 40 girls, from 15 member countries of the Asian Bowling Federation - Australia, Bahrain, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

    Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before January 1, 1995, will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in five disciplines: Singles (contested on medium oil), Doubles (long oil), four-player Teams (first block long, second block medium), All Events (18 games; combined scores in Singles, Doubles and Teams) and Masters match play (top 16 in All-Events; first block medium, second block long).

    Competition concludes on Tuesday, March 31, with the boys and girls Masters stepladder finals followed by a victory banquet.

    Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.

     


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