Malaysia's Natasha Roslan earns No. 1 seed in Girls Masters stepladder finals

    03/31/15

    2015 AYC

    Emily Rigney (AUS) and Futaba Imai (JPN) will square off in the opening match starting at 4.10 p.m. CST

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    2015AYCNatashaRoslan2.jpgNatasha Roslan (pictured left) is one win away from winning her first gold medal at the 18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships in Macau, China, as the Malaysian earned the No. 1 seed in the stepladder finals of the Girls Masters event.

    2015AYCEmilyRigney2.jpgRoslan, who won silver in Doubles and Teams, averaged 218.13 for the second eight-game block on long oil and had a 6-1-1 won-lost-tied match play record to leap one spot and to finish atop the leaderboard with 3608 total including bonus pins (10 for each win, 5 for a tie).

    Emily Rigney (right) of Australia, who held the lead after the first block on medium oil Monday, lost four of the first seven matches to slip to third place, but won the position round match against Charlene Lim, Singapore, 237-207, to secure second place with 3559 total.

    2015AYCFutabaImai.jpgFutaba Imai (left) of Japan stayed in third place and beat out All-Events champion Byun Sun Min of Korea for the last spot to advance to the stepladder finals by just four pins.

    Imai fell to Roslan in the position round, 200-184, to finish with 3530. Byun edged Singles champion Nora Lyana Natasia of Malaysia, 228-222, to receive 10 bonus pins but fell four pins short and had to settle for fourth place with 3526.

    Lim was further 22 pins behind in fifth place with Natasia in sixth place with distant 3426.

    The boys will roll their second block on long oil Tuesday afternoon. The top three girls and the top 3 boys advance to the stepladder finals starting at 4.10 p.m. China Standard Time (CST).

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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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    18th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships - Girls Masters Match Play


    First block on medium oil, second block on long oil; top 3 advance to the stepladder finals

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