Tseng beats Australia's Sam Cooley in the title match of the 10th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge
Eric Tseng of Hong Kong defeated Australia's Sam Cooley, 214-202, in the title match of the 10th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge en route to win his first career title in an international tournament and the one million Philippine peso top prize (approx. USD24,200). Cooley pocketed 500,000 pesos for second place, Javier Tan of Singapore received 250,000
peso for third place and USA's Tim Mack garnered 125,000 Peso for fourth place.
Japan national team member Toshihiko Takahashi (r.) of Gifu and Yuri Sato (l.) of Kanagawa triumphed in the live TV stepladder finals of the NHK Cup 47th Japan All-Star Invitational Championships en route to win Japan's most prestigious individual bowling titles. 260 elite players participated in the event, which was held from May 17-19 at JFE Chiba River Lanes in Chiba-Shi, Chiba-Ken, Japan. The champions are considered the best bowlers in Japan.
One day after winning the Sinai International Open, Hashem becomes the first Egyptian Asian Bowling Federation Tour winner with victory in the Egypt leg
Ayman Hashem (l.) of Egypt won his second international title within two days after defeating his fellow countryman Mahmoud Atef (r.), 201-145, in an all-lefty championship match of the Asian Bowling Federation Tour Egypt leg Wednesday at International Bowling Center in Cairo. One day after he won the 15th Sinai International Open at IBC, Hashem became the first Egyptian bowler to win an ABF Tour title.
Ayman Hashem (l.) gave Egypt its first Sinai International Open title since 2006 while Korngunya Aree (r.) retained the women's title for Thailand Tuesday at the International Bowling Center in Cairo, Egypt. Hashem and Aree entered the men's and women's stepladder finals at different ends of the spectrum, seeded No. 1 and No. 4, resp. The top seeded player had to be defeated twice to win the title. The top 16 Asian men advanced to the Egypt leg of the 2013 ABF Tour.
S.F. Strike Bowl Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi, Thailand (April 23, 2013)
Sam Cooley (l.) of Australia and Malaysia's Wendy Chai (r.) captured the men's and women's title in the first combined event of the 2013 Asian Bowling Federation Tour, the third overall, Tuesday at S.F. Strike Bowl Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Cooley earned his first title on the tour with a 237-195 victory over local favorite Dechochai Tinjiratip. Chai defeated Sharon Limansantoso in the women's title match, 216-188, for her fourth career ABFT title.
Big payday for Phumin Klanbida in 'Thailand the Master'
Kim Min Hee of Korea and UAE's Shaker Al-Hassan captured the women's and men's open titles in the 39th MWA Thailand International Open 2013 Monday in Bangkok, Thailand. Kim (r.) earned 100,000 Baht and Al-Hassan (l.) received 300,000 Baht for accomplishing the feat. The biggest pay check, however, went to Thai youth bowler Phumin Klanbida, who pocketed 350,000 Baht (approx. USD 12,125) for winning the 'Thailand the Master' tournament.
South China Athletic Association Bowling Center in Hong Kong, China (Sept. 7-14, 2013)
The Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress has released Bulletin No. 1 for the 17th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Sept. 7-14, 2013 at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, China. Boys and girls will compete in Singles, Doubles, four-player Teams, All Events and Masters. The boys and girls Masters stepladder finals will be staged at the 12-lane training facility (pictured) inside the Hong Kong Sports Institute
Dubai International Bowling Center in Dubai, UAE (March 30 - April 6, 2013)
Andrew Frawley of Australia ended a one-year title drought with victory in the DIBC Open Bowling Tournament 2013 Saturday, April 6 in Dubai, UAE. The USBC silver level coach (pictured), who won his last title in March 2012 in Bahrain, defeated Samantha Hannan of England, 254-221 (including eight pins handicap), to win the title and the 25,000 Dirham first place check ($6,800). Hannan, one of only two women in the 63-player field, was consoled with AED 12,000.
Hikaru Takekawa triumphs in Women's Masters; Aichi prefecture wins fourth consecutive Men's MEXT Cup; Gifu women take home MEXT Cup for the first time
Japan National Team members Daisuke Yoshida (l.) from Aichi prefecture and Hikaru Takekawa (r.) emerged as men's and women's Masters champions in the MEXT (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Cup All Japan Bowling Championships. The 51st edition of the prestigious event was from March 14-17 in biggest bowling center in the world on one floor, 116-lane Inazawa Grand Bowl in Inazawa-Shi, Aichi-Ken.
Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait (March 18, 2013)
Mansour Al-Awami (pictured left with Sheik Talal Al-Sabah, President of the Asian Bowling Federation and the Kuwait Kuwait Bowling Federation) Qatar flew past home town favorite Mohannad Ibrahim of Kuwait, 246-160, to cruise to the title in the 2013 Asian Bowling Federation Tour Kuwait leg at Cozmo Bowling Center in Kuwait. Al-Awami put the match away with a six-bagger and a nine-count on
the fill ball, while Ibrahim suffered three consecutive splits.
Reigning PBA Player of the Year captures his sixth career PBA title
Reigning PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash (l.) of Montgomery, Ill., USA, defeated Mika Koivuniemi (r.), Finland, 234-201, in the title match of the World Bowling Tour's 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 to win the PBA International title and the $25,000 top prize. Rash, who won his sixth career PBA title, Rash struck eight times and took advantage of a big split by Koivuniemi
in the 10th frame to seal the victory. Koivuniemi was consoled with $12,000.
Bahraini paces field of 82 players after each block in Round One; leads 38 into the finals rounds; four women survive the first cut
Yousif Falah (pictured) of Bahrain led the qualifying portion of the 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 after each of the three five-game blocks en route to lead a group of 38 players including four women into the finals rounds Saturday and Sunday at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait. Falah, who held a 105-pin lead heading into the final block on Friday, averaged 240.60 and toppled 1203 pins to finish Round One with 3788 total and an average of 252.53 for fifteen games. The winner received the $25,000 top prize.
Defending champion Palermaa leads day two qualifying with 258.40 average to shoot into third place overall
Overnight leader Yousif Falah (l.) of Bahrain added a 1256 series to the 1329 from day one to lead the 82-player field in the 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 after 10 of 15 qualifying games with 2585 total. Sean Rash, United States, remained in second place with 2480. Defending champion Osku Palermaa (r.) of Finland had the field-best 1292 series (258.40) on Thursday en route to jump from tenth to third place with 2470.
Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait (March 13-17, 2013)
Yousif Falah (pictured) of Bahrain averaged 265.80 in the first of three five-game blocks to take the early lead in Round One of the 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait.
In the high-scoring event, Falah fired games of 268, 259, 290, 255 and 257 for 1329 to hold a 41-pin lead over reigning PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash, USA, who sits in second place with 1288 (257.60). The second and third block will be played on Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, respectively.
Chan Shuk Han (r.) of Hong Kong and Thailand's Yannaphon Larp-apharat (l.) won three matches en route to capture the women's and men's title in the Tournament of Champions, which concluded the 2012 Asian Bowling Federation Tour. Chan topped No. Angkana Netrviseth of Thailand, in the women's title match, 211-180, to claim the title and the US$10,000 top prize. On the men's side, Yannaphon cruised to the title with a 243-194 victory over Andrew Frawley, Australia, to pocket US$20,000.
Men's and women's field is down to the top players who will determine the champions in single-elimination bracket finals on Tuesday
Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong and Indonesia's Putty Armein led the men's and women's qualifying at the 2012 ABF Tour Tournament of Champions to earn the No. 1 seed in Tuesday's single-elimination bracket finals at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait. Siu Hong (.), the defending champion, averaged 233.2 for the ten-game round to lead the top eight men into the finals. Armein topped the women's qualifying with 2215.
Hussain Al-Suwaidi (pictured left with Abdulla Al-Dosery, President of Bahrain Bowling Association) defeated local favorite Ahmed A. Jabbar (r.) of Bahrain, 245-191, to win the season-opening event of the 2013 Asian Bowling Federation Tour Saturday at Ozone Entertainment Center in Bahrain. It was the fifth career ABF Tour title for the UAE bowler, who has won titles in Kuwait (2008, 2010), Thailand (2009) and the 2010 ABF Tour Tournament of Champions.
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) of Finland defeated Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. of Venezuela in the deciding game, 248-194, to win the 11th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open at Ozone Entertainment Center in Sitra, Bahrain, and the 7,500 Bahraini Dinar first place check. Koivuniemi, seeded first, fell to Ruiz in the first game of the championship match, 207-201. As the No. 1 seed must be defeated twice to win the title, Koivuniemi got a second chance and took full advantage.
The group of 30 finalists in the 11th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open was reduced to 18 in Final Round Two and Three Thursday at Ozone Entertainment Center. Yousef Al-Jaber (pictured), who finished qualifying in 24th place, led both rounds averaging 243.42 for the day. The Qatari rolled a 1449 six-game series (241.50) to lead the top six players of Round Two into the next round where he posted another 1472 (245.33). The top 6 of Round Three meet qualifiers 7-12 in Round Four on Friday morning.
Top six players of Squads A & B remain atop the leaderboard to earn three byes; Colombia's Manuel Otalora paces Squad C-E bowlers to land in seventh place; Hong Kong's Rickle Kam hits cutoff number with 3420 (213.75 average)
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) of Finland finished the four-day qualifying of the 11th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open atop the 94-player leaderboard to lead a group of 30 players into the finals on Thursday and Friday at Ozone Entertainment Center in Sitra, Bahrain. The eleven-time PBA titlist shot a perfect game in each of the two eight-game qualifying blocks to win the qualifying with 3915 total (244.69 average). The bowlers seeded 19th to 30th will start the finals on Thursday at 10 a.m. Arabia Standard Time.
Eric Tseng of Hong Kong defeated Australia's Sam Cooley, 214-202, in the title match of the 10th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge en route to win his first career title in an international tournament and the one million Philippine peso top prize (approx. USD24,200). Cooley pocketed 500,000 pesos for second place, Javier Tan of Singapore received 250,000
peso for third place and USA's Tim Mack garnered 125,000 Peso for fourth place.
Japan national team member Toshihiko Takahashi (r.) of Gifu and Yuri Sato (l.) of Kanagawa triumphed in the live TV stepladder finals of the NHK Cup 47th Japan All-Star Invitational Championships en route to win Japan's most prestigious individual bowling titles. 260 elite players participated in the event, which was held from May 17-19 at JFE Chiba River Lanes in Chiba-Shi, Chiba-Ken, Japan. The champions are considered the best bowlers in Japan.
Ayman Hashem (l.) of Egypt won his second international title within two days after defeating his fellow countryman Mahmoud Atef (r.), 201-145, in an all-lefty championship match of the Asian Bowling Federation Tour Egypt leg Wednesday at International Bowling Center in Cairo. One day after he won the 15th Sinai International Open at IBC, Hashem became the first Egyptian bowler to win an ABF Tour title.
Ayman Hashem (l.) gave Egypt its first Sinai International Open title since 2006 while Korngunya Aree (r.) retained the women's title for Thailand Tuesday at the International Bowling Center in Cairo, Egypt. Hashem and Aree entered the men's and women's stepladder finals at different ends of the spectrum, seeded No. 1 and No. 4, resp. The top seeded player had to be defeated twice to win the title. The top 16 Asian men advanced to the Egypt leg of the 2013 ABF Tour.
Sam Cooley (l.) of Australia and Malaysia's Wendy Chai (r.) captured the men's and women's title in the first combined event of the 2013 Asian Bowling Federation Tour, the third overall, Tuesday at S.F. Strike Bowl Ngamwongwan in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Cooley earned his first title on the tour with a 237-195 victory over local favorite Dechochai Tinjiratip. Chai defeated Sharon Limansantoso in the women's title match, 216-188, for her fourth career ABFT title.
Kim Min Hee of Korea and UAE's Shaker Al-Hassan captured the women's and men's open titles in the 39th MWA Thailand International Open 2013 Monday in Bangkok, Thailand. Kim (r.) earned 100,000 Baht and Al-Hassan (l.) received 300,000 Baht for accomplishing the feat. The biggest pay check, however, went to Thai youth bowler Phumin Klanbida, who pocketed 350,000 Baht (approx. USD 12,125) for winning the 'Thailand the Master' tournament.
The Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress has released Bulletin No. 1 for the 17th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships Sept. 7-14, 2013 at South China Athletic Association Bowling Center at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, China. Boys and girls will compete in Singles, Doubles, four-player Teams, All Events and Masters. The boys and girls Masters stepladder finals will be staged at the 12-lane training facility (pictured) inside the Hong Kong Sports Institute
Andrew Frawley of Australia ended a one-year title drought with victory in the DIBC Open Bowling Tournament 2013 Saturday, April 6 in Dubai, UAE. The USBC silver level coach (pictured), who won his last title in March 2012 in Bahrain, defeated Samantha Hannan of England, 254-221 (including eight pins handicap), to win the title and the 25,000 Dirham first place check ($6,800). Hannan, one of only two women in the 63-player field, was consoled with AED 12,000.
Japan National Team members Daisuke Yoshida (l.) from Aichi prefecture and Hikaru Takekawa (r.) emerged as men's and women's Masters champions in the MEXT (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Cup All Japan Bowling Championships. The 51st edition of the prestigious event was from March 14-17 in biggest bowling center in the world on one floor, 116-lane Inazawa Grand Bowl in Inazawa-Shi, Aichi-Ken.
Mansour Al-Awami (pictured left with Sheik Talal Al-Sabah, President of the Asian Bowling Federation and the Kuwait Kuwait Bowling Federation) Qatar flew past home town favorite Mohannad Ibrahim of Kuwait, 246-160, to cruise to the title in the 2013 Asian Bowling Federation Tour Kuwait leg at Cozmo Bowling Center in Kuwait. Al-Awami put the match away with a six-bagger and a nine-count on
the fill ball, while Ibrahim suffered three consecutive splits. 
Reigning PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash (l.) of Montgomery, Ill., USA, defeated Mika Koivuniemi (r.), Finland, 234-201, in the title match of the World Bowling Tour's 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 to win the PBA International title and the $25,000 top prize. Rash, who won his sixth career PBA title, Rash struck eight times and took advantage of a big split by Koivuniemi
in the 10th frame to seal the victory. Koivuniemi was consoled with $12,000.
Yousif Falah (pictured) of Bahrain led the qualifying portion of the 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 after each of the three five-game blocks en route to lead a group of 38 players including four women into the finals rounds Saturday and Sunday at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait. Falah, who held a 105-pin lead heading into the final block on Friday, averaged 240.60 and toppled 1203 pins to finish Round One with 3788 total and an average of 252.53 for fifteen games. The winner received the $25,000 top prize.
Overnight leader Yousif Falah (l.) of Bahrain added a 1256 series to the 1329 from day one to lead the 82-player field in the 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 after 10 of 15 qualifying games with 2585 total. Sean Rash, United States, remained in second place with 2480. Defending champion Osku Palermaa (r.) of Finland had the field-best 1292 series (258.40) on Thursday en route to jump from tenth to third place with 2470.
Chan Shuk Han (r.) of Hong Kong and Thailand's Yannaphon Larp-apharat (l.) won three matches en route to capture the women's and men's title in the Tournament of Champions, which concluded the 2012 Asian Bowling Federation Tour. Chan topped No. Angkana Netrviseth of Thailand, in the women's title match, 211-180, to claim the title and the US$10,000 top prize. On the men's side, Yannaphon cruised to the title with a 243-194 victory over Andrew Frawley, Australia, to pocket US$20,000.
Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong and Indonesia's Putty Armein led the men's and women's qualifying at the 2012 ABF Tour Tournament of Champions to earn the No. 1 seed in Tuesday's single-elimination bracket finals at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya, Kuwait. Siu Hong (.), the defending champion, averaged 233.2 for the ten-game round to lead the top eight men into the finals. Armein topped the women's qualifying with 2215. 
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) of Finland defeated Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. of Venezuela in the deciding game, 248-194, to win the 11th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open at Ozone Entertainment Center in Sitra, Bahrain, and the 7,500 Bahraini Dinar first place check. Koivuniemi, seeded first, fell to Ruiz in the first game of the championship match, 207-201. As the No. 1 seed must be defeated twice to win the title, Koivuniemi got a second chance and took full advantage.
The group of 30 finalists in the 11th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open was reduced to 18 in Final Round Two and Three Thursday at Ozone Entertainment Center. Yousef Al-Jaber (pictured), who finished qualifying in 24th place, led both rounds averaging 243.42 for the day. The Qatari rolled a 1449 six-game series (241.50) to lead the top six players of Round Two into the next round where he posted another 1472 (245.33). The top 6 of Round Three meet qualifiers 7-12 in Round Four on Friday morning. 
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) of Finland finished the four-day qualifying of the 11th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open atop the 94-player leaderboard to lead a group of 30 players into the finals on Thursday and Friday at Ozone Entertainment Center in Sitra, Bahrain. The eleven-time PBA titlist shot a perfect game in each of the two eight-game qualifying blocks to win the qualifying with 3915 total (244.69 average). The bowlers seeded 19th to 30th will start the finals on Thursday at 10 a.m. Arabia Standard Time. 