Seon Myeon Jang from Korea (men senior) and Honami Yanagawa (women senior), Yusuke Harimoto (men grand senior) and Junko Kuji (women grand senior), all from Japan, who led the Masters finals of the 10th Asian Seniors Bowling Championships after eight games refused to fall in the second block and cruised to the title.

Jang (pictured right, center) added 1887 to the 1912 from day one and won a total of 12 of his 16 games to win the gold medal in men senior Masters with 3919 total and the field-best 237.44 average. Bob Whybrow and Garry Crick, both Australia, earned the silver and bronze medal with 3850 and 3816.

No changes among the top 3 in the women senior division (below left). Yanagawa added 1720 to the 1814 and 50 bonus to the 60 bonus from day one to win the title with 3644 and an average of 220.88. Her compatriot Chieko Hirata narrowed the gap to 26 pins to take the silver medal with 3618. Singles champion Ivena Heald, New Zealand, was a distant third with 3442.

The gold and silver medals in both grand senior divisions, men and women, went to Japan. Harimoto (pictured right, center) out-bowled his opponents in both blocks, receiving 5 pins handicap each game. He finished with 3976 total including an 11-4-1 match play record to win the title by 205 pins. Toshiake Betchaku was second with 3771, while Greig Lyas, Australia, took the bronze with 3736.

Kuji maintained a slim 6-pin lead over team mate Kazumi Koike to win the gold medal with 3464 to 3458. Koike had to settle for silver despite a 13-3 won-loss record. Bronze went to Barbara Richmond, Australia, with 3300.

The top 16 players from the All Events standings in each division advanced to the Masters finals to bowl 15 games round robin match play plus position round starting from scratch.

The 10th Asian Seniors Bowling Championships drew 219 players - 140 men (70 seniors and 70 grand seniors) and 79 women (44 seniors and 35 grand seniors) from seven countries - Australia, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and the Philippines - who bowled for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Team, All Events and Masters.

Photos courtesy of Ms. Gina Avecilla, Philippine Bowling Congress (PBC).

 

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Men Senior Masters - Final Standings after 16 games Round Robin Match Play

Pos	Player/Country	Block 1	G9	G10	G11	G12	G13	G14	G15	G16	Block 2 Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Seon Myeon Jang	1912	167	191	279	226	268	247	277	232	1887	3919	237.44
	Korea	70	0	0	10	0	10	10	10	10	50
2.	Bob Whybrow	1879	235	238	204	278	190	235	279	192	1851	3850	233.13
	Australia	70	0	10	10	10	0	10	10	0	50
3.	Garry Crick	1871	205	228	265	269	235	255	180	208	1845	3816	232.25
	Australia	60	0	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	40
4.	Hui Jae Ho	1830	227	257	228	234	279	226	202	213	1866	3786	231.00
	Korea	40	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	10	50
5.	Tomokazu Maeda	1764	269	231	269	257	171	259	224	221	1901	3775	229.06
	Japan	50	10	10	10	10	0	10	0	10	60
6.	Chan Ho Kang	1789	189	226	226	222	193	249	233	248	1786	3665	223.44
	Korea	50	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	10	40
7.	U Ki Hwang	1698	256	277	214	214	194	258	257	193	1863	3651	222.56
	Korea	30	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	0	60
8.	Rudy Palaganas	1882	172	216	246	247	203	185	190	214	1673	3620	222.19
	Guam	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
9.	Virgil Toledo	1814	228	184	203	265	229	215	197	190	1711	3605	220.31
	Guam	50	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	30
10.	Katsumi Kita	1731	268	246	214	201	238	175	224	214	1780	3591	219.44
	Japan	25	10	10	10	10	0	0	10	5	55
11.	Brenton Davy	1706	174	233	211	195	267	189	270	226	1765	3541	216.94
	Australia	30	0	10	0	0	10	0	10	10	40
12.	Fred Housham	1675	214	173	257	215	187	269	204	206	1725	3475	212.50
	New Zealand	45	0	0	10	0	0	10	10	0	30
13.	Egay Latag	1672	199	246	176	194	208	221	244	228	1716	3438	211.75
	Philippines	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	40
14.	Manny Laurel	1619	203	224	196	222	245	200	228	211	1729	3398	209.25
	Philippines	10	10	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	40
15.	Kazuo Mitzuno	1559	215	221	224	212	226	237	194	206	1735	3344	205.88
	Japan	20	10	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	30
16.	Paul Terry	1616	245	204	213	217	203	178	204	223	1687	3343	206.44
	Australia	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20

 

Women Senior Masters - Final Standings after 16 games Round Robin Match Play

Pos	Player/Country	Block 1	G9	G10	G11	G12	G13	G14	G15	G16	Block 2 Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Honami Yanagawa	1814	222	180	235	208	236	212	237	190	1720	3644	220.88
	Japan	60	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	0	50
2.	Chieko Hirata	1723	226	179	229	252	215	227	245	202	1775	3618	218.63
	Japan	60	10	0	10	10	10	0	10	10	60
3.	Ivena Heald	1686	237	170	211	230	224	207	182	215	1676	3442	210.13
	New Zealand	40	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	10	40
4.	Jeanette Baker	1640	259	183	203	167	204	225	200	224	1665	3395	206.56
	Australia	40	10	0	10	0	10	10	0	10	50
5.	Glennis Rolton	1542	215	247	211	267	164	233	186	173	1696	3338	202.38
	New Zealand	50	10	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	50
6.	Robyn Flynn	1565	183	193	188	182	221	225	244	237	1673	3338	202.38
	Australia	50	0	0	10	10	0	10	10	10	50
7.	Julie Hird	1639	190	175	209	180	215	206	214	192	1581	3300	201.25
	Australia	30	10	10	10	0	10	0	10	0	50
8.	Suzuko Hashimoto	1523	249	236	184	221	205	179	200	180	1654	3237	198.56
	Japan	30	10	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	30
9.	Susanne Jack	1625	190	224	179	232	195	199	148	174	1541	3231	197.88
	Australia	30	0	10	5	0	0	10	0	10	35
10.	Nelia Santos	1572	173	227	205	168	199	190	210	172	1544	3186	194.75
	Philippines	40	0	10	0	0	0	10	10	0	30
11.	Chen-Mei-Yu	1574	154	205	168	215	182	192	179	212	1507	3141	192.56
	Chinese Taipei	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
12.	Chou, Yueh-Yun	1505	225	183	168	183	171	174	206	203	1513	3088	188.63
	Chinese Taipei	40	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	30
13.	Fran Gatan	1499	136	200	159	202	219	207	181	194	1498	3072	187.31
	Guam	45	0	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	30
14.	Lee Han, Feng-Chin	1493	205	185	179	183	219	193	159	190	1513	3071	187.88
	Chinese Taipei	20	0	10	5	10	10	10	0	0	45
15.	Sachiko Takemoto	1550	165	154	191	200	197	148	198	182	1435	3040	186.56
	Japan	25	10	0	0	10	0	0	10	0	30
16.	Myo Seon Kim	1474	204	181	196	198	154	149	196	192	1470	3024	184.00
	Korea	30	0	10	10	10	0	0	10	10	50

 

Men Grand Senior Masters - Final Standings after 16 games Round Robin Match Play

Handicap: 60-65 years - 0, 65 to 69 years - 5, 70-74 years - 10, 75-79 years - 15, 80-84 years - 20, 85-89 years - 25.

Pos	Player/Country	Hc	Block 1	G9	G10	G11	G12	G13	G14	G15	G16	Block 2 Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Yusuke Harimoto	5	1917	221	254	263	252	219	231	283	221	1944	3976	236.31
	Japan		55	10	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	60
2.	Toshiake Betchaku	0	1796	216	223	233	247	215	222	235	289	1880	3771	229.75
	Japan		40	0	10	10	10	0	5	10	10	55
3.	Greig Lyas	0	1800	212	237	255	258	258	217	233	156	1826	3736	226.63
	Australia		40	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	70
4.	Yoon Chil Choi	10	1823	213	278	238	268	193	222	194	202	1808	3721	216.94
	Korea		40	0	10	10	10	0	5	10	5	50
5.	Chikataka Iwai	5	1827	197	249	231	251	231	186	241	202	1788	3715	220.94
	Japan		45	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	5	55
6.	Yukio Kato	0	1750	245	223	182	245	208	255	256	233	1847	3707	224.81
	Japan		50	10	0	10	10	10	10	10	0	60
7.	Danny Tuazon	0	1650	279	202	267	207	267	238	236	220	1916	3636	222.88
	Philippines		20	10	0	10	0	10	10	0	10	50
8.	Kwang Ja Wang	0	1771	205	235	194	217	238	238	246	181	1754	3635	220.31
	Korea		60	10	10	0	0	10	10	10	0	50
9.	Art Gatmen	0	1768	257	195	227	204	256	203	235	210	1787	3635	222.19
	Guam		50	0	0	10	0	10	0	0	10	30
10.	Stephen Bell	0	1771	228	223	225	216	198	208	182	214	1694	3545	216.56
	Australia		50	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	30
11.	Byung Ik Choi	0	1753	197	229	200	195	173	182	237	255	1668	3491	213.81
	Korea		40	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	10	30
12.	Rob Zikman	0	1797	237	152	172	247	169	235	225	156	1593	3460	211.88
	Australia		50	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
13.	Jong Tuck Kim	0	1718	199	172	236	233	221	215	215	194	1685	3453	212.69
	Korea		30	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	20
14.	Gary Bernardin	5	1644	229	225	194	227	211	238	235	188	1747	3431	206.94
	Australia		20	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0	20
15.	Alan Heald	0	1659	181	264	200	194	230	202	191	228	1690	3409	209.31
	New Zealand		30	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	10	30
16.	Par Pineda	5	1632	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	10	1662	97.63
	Philippines		20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

Women Grand Senior Masters - Final Standings after 16 games Round Robin Match Play

Handicap: 60-65 years - 0, 65 to 69 years - 5, 70-74 years - 10, 75-79 years - 15, 80-84 years - 20, 85-89 years - 25.

Pos	Player/Country	Hc	Block 1	G9	G10	G11	G12	G13	G14	G15	G16	Block 2 Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Junko Kuji	0	1727	198	196	216	193	222	234	220	163	1642	3464	210.56
	Japan		35	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	0	60
2.	Kazumi Koike	10	1714	231	225	196	205	169	179	234	175	1614	3458	198.00
	Japan		70	10	10	10	10	0	0	10	10	60
3.	Barbara Richmond	0	1674	190	170	213	154	222	212	175	200	1536	3300	200.63
	Australia		45	5	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	45
4.	Harumi Chatani	0	1590	184	184	243	197	189	193	182	180	1552	3222	196.38
	Japan		40	0	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	40
5.	Val Porteous	5	1586	240	216	164	163	174	194	175	208	1534	3210	190.00
	Australia		30	10	10	0	0	10	10	10	10	60
6.	Ursula Ramsay	15	1540	186	194	228	173	184	209	174	189	1537	3162	177.31
	Australia		35	10	10	10	0	10	10	0	0	50
7.	Masako Takamoto	0	1546	200	201	179	193	200	177	182	195	1527	3143	192.06
	Japan		20	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	10	50
8.	Yang Soon Park	0	1579	190	184	202	182	168	189	183	187	1485	3139	191.50
	Korea		50	5	0	0	10	0	10	0	0	25
9.	Eve Lombos	0	1455	194	181	225	167	141	179	199	217	1503	3038	184.88
	Philippines		40	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	10	40
10.	Minia Judan	5	1533	171	217	155	181	152	154	183	182	1395	3028	178.00
	Philippines		70	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	30
11.	Baby David	0	1492	204	189	224	179	163	167	171	169	1466	3018	184.88
	Philippines		40	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	20
12.	Chen Hsieh Hsueh Oh	10	1464	167	167	187	138	184	186	185	208	1422	2981	170.38
	Chinese Taipei		50	0	5	10	0	10	0	10	10	45
13.	Keum Ja Lee	5	1416	195	178	172	184	172	206	193	196	1496	2972	177.00
	Korea		20	0	0	10	0	10	10	10	0	40
14.	Sook Ja Lee (2)	0	1446	148	167	198	204	213	164	170	179	1443	2959	180.56
	Korea		45	0	5	0	10	10	0	0	0	25
15.	Mary Pangelinan	0	1418	164	158	152	181	216	207	202	173	1453	2931	179.44
	Guam		30	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	0	30
16.	Sook Ja Lee (1)	5	1347	153	172	165	198	166	163	172	180	1369	2756	164.75
	Korea		20	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	20