Final Results: 14th December
The 13th Asian Games Tenpin Bowling competition will be held at P.S. Bowl of The Mall Shopping Center (Bangkapi), Bangkok. The site is equipped with 46 AMF synthetic lanes, automatic pinsetters and scoring, and has capacity of 300 spectators. Located at the site will be locker rooms, medical control and first aid facilities, offices for officials of the Federation International Des Quilleurs (FIQ) World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA) Asian Zone, and headquarters of the tenpin bowling competition. The format of play will be FIQ standard for a total of 10 medals comprising of Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team of 5, and the Masters for both the Men and Women category.
Malaysia is represented by the following officials and bowlers:
Team Manager T.L. Wong
Asst. Manager Eugene Kong
Coaches Sid Allen Jim Porter
Men Kenny Ang Ben Heng
Daniel Lim Lai Chuen Lian
Alex Liew Vincent Low
Women Shalin Zulkifli Lai Kin Ngoh
Sharon Low Sarah Yap
Karen Lian Low Poh Lian
Day Dates Times Events
Day 1 Dec 7 1400 - 1600 Team Managers Meeting
(Monday)
Day 2 Dec 8 0900 - 1120 Ball Registrations
(Tuesday) 0940 - 1240 Official Practice
1700 - 1800 Opening Ceremony
Day 3 Dec 9 0900 - 1200 Singles - Men (1st Squad)
(Wednesday) 1200 - 1500 Singles - Men (2nd Squad)
1500 - 1600 Lane Dressing
1600 - 1900 Singles - Women
1900 - 2000 Victory Ceremony - Men & Women Singles
Day 4 Dec 10 0900 - 1200 Doubles - Men (1st Squad)
(Thursday) 1200 - 1500 Doubles - Men (2nd Squad)
1500 - 1600 Lane Dressing
1600 - 1900 Doubles - Women
1900 - 2000 Victory Ceremony - Men & Women Doubles
Day 5 Dec 11 0900 - 1130 Trios - Men (1st Squad)
(Friday) 1130 - 1400 Trios - Women (1st Squad)
1400 - 1500 Lane Dressing
1500 - 1830 Five Player Team - Men (1st Block)
Day 6 Dec 12 0900 - 1230 Five Payer Team - Women (1st Block)
(Saturday) 1230 - 1330 Lane Dressing
1600 - 1830 Trios - Men (2nd Squad)
1900 - 2000 Trios - Women (2nd Squad)
2000 - 2100 Victory Ceremony - Men & Women Trios
Day 7 Dec 13 0900 - 1230 Five Payer Team - Men (2nd Block)
(Sunday) 1230 - 1330 Lane Dressing
1330 - 1700 Five Payer Team - Women (2nd Block)
1800 - 1900 Victory Ceremony - Men & Women Five Player
Day 8 Dec 14 1300 - 1530 Masters Semi-Finals - 1st Block
(Monday) Men & Women - 8 games
Day 9 Dec 15 1000 - 1200 Masters Semi-Finals - 2nd Block
(Tuesday) Men & Women - 8 games
1300 - 1400 Grand Finals - Women
1400 - 1500 Grand Finals - Men
1500 - 1600 Victory Ceremony - Men & Women Masters
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Sarah Yap wins bronze
Sarah Yap finished fourth in the women's singles bowling competition at the P.S. Bowling Centre yesterday but she was declared the bronze medalist.
The South Koreans went into overdrive to take the top three spots after the six-game playoffs. But the Asian Games rules states that only two bowlers from one country can win medals in any one event.
It took the technical committee almost two hours to verify the rule. But the Koreans have protested and the medal presentation ceremony has been postponed to today.
Sarah had a total of 1,281 pinfalls - eight pins fewer than Asian Championships Masters gold medalist Cha Mi-jung. Lee Yi-yeon and Lee Mi-young took the top two spots with scores of 1,330 and 1,327 respectively.
The competition's technical delegate, Don Atkinson of Australia confirmed that the Asian Games rules did not allow a country to be awarded more than two medals in any event.
"Although the final placements will show that the top three positions went to the Koreans, the bronze will be awarded to Sarah," said Atkinson.
The Koreans want to see the rule in writing and we will provide them with it tomorrow." The event was similar to the 1993 SEA Games in Singapore when Malaysia finished in the top three positions but Shirley Chow had to surrender the bronze to Singapore's Alice Tay.
Sarah, who bowled in the morning session, could have won the bronze outright if she had spared the last two frames in game six. She started the game with six strikes and the two open frames left her with a total of 222 total.
Mi-jung, who bowled later in the afternoon, needed two strikes in the last two frames of her game to take third spot and she delivered.
"She (Mi-jung) did well and deserved the medal. I feel sorry for her," said Sarah. She said that the bronze wouls spur her on to give better results in the coming events. She will team up with Low Poh Lian for the doubles today. Poh Lian finished fifth with a 1,278 total while the rest of the Malaysian women struggled with the lane condition.
Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Lai Kin Ngoh was 16th with a total of 1,198 while Karen Lian knocked down 1,177 pins for 20th place.
Further down were Sharon Low - in 33rd spot with a 1,118 total. The biggest disappointment was World Cup bronze medalist Shalin Zulkifli, who was placed 35th with a poor 1,101.
Kenny finishes poor 23rd
Just over two months ago, veteran Kenny Ang was revelling in the glory of the KL Games.
His iron will and determination saw him winning the singles bowling gold medal. But yesterday, Kenny could not even finish among the top 10 in the men's singles competiton at the P.S. Bowling Centre in Bangkapi.
Kenny averaged 204 with a six-game total of 1,224, but that effort was worth only 23rd placing. Kenny's KL Games partner Ben Heng fared even worse. He knocked down a poor 1,128 to finish 64th. Malaysia's best performer in the competition was Vincent Low, who finished 12th with a 1,295 total.
Chuen Lian, playing his first competiton as a senior was 20th with 1,237 total. Daniel Lim was 27th with 1,213 while Alex Liew totalled 1,154 to finish 51st.
National Coach Sid Allen was happy with the results despite missing out on the medals. "I am satisfied with the results. I am especially happy with the form of our youngsters - Chuen Lian and Vincent," said Sid.
He added that both bowlers were likely to feature in the next World Championships and they gave a good account of themselves. "Chuen Lian is moving up the ranks just as soomthly as Shalin Zulkifli did. He is going to be something special," said Allen. He added that lefties in the team did not do well as the conditions did not favour them. "But we will fare better in the next few events. We have always done well in the doubles and trios," said Allen.
In today's doubles, Vincent will partner Alex while Daniel will team up with Ben. Kenny and Chuen Lian will be the best bet for a medal.
MEN SINGLES
Position Bowler Country Score Medal
1st Wu Fu-Lung C. Taipei 1,393 Gold
2nd J. Kritchawat Thailand 1,368 Silver
3rd Virgilio Sablan Philippines 1,363 Bronze
4th Prasert Panturat Thaland 1,362
5th Seo Kook Korea 1,347
6th Kengo Tagata Japan 1,341
6th Byun Ho-Jin Korea 1,341
8th Paulo Valdez Philippines 1,331
9th Cheng Chao-Yu C. Taipei 1,320
10th Lu Heng-Chuan China 1,317
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12th Vincent Low Malaysia 1,295
20th Lai Chuen Lian Malaysia 1,237
23rd Kenny Ang Malaysia 1,224
27th Daniel Lim Malaysia 1,213
51st Alex Liew Malaysia 1,154
64th Ben Heng Malaysia 1,128
WOMEN SINGLES
Position Bowler Country Score Medal
1st Lee Ji-Yean Korea 1,330 Gold
2nd Lee Mi-Young Korea 1,327 Silver
3rd Cha Mi-Jung Korea 1,289
4th Sarah Yap Malaysia 1,281 Bronze
5th Low Poh Lian Malaysia 1,278
6th Tseng Su-Fen C. Taipei 1,270
7th Chou Miao-Lin C. Taipei 1,268
8th Ku Hui-Chin C. Taipei 1,267
9th Kim Hee-Soon Korea 1,254
10th Kim Yeau-Jin Taipei 1,225
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16th Lai Kin Ngoh Malaysia 1,198
20th Karen Lian Malaysia 1,177
33rd Sharon Low Malaysia 1,118
35th Shalin Zulkifli Malaysia 1,101
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Bowlers get rolled over
Malaysian bowlers continued to fire blanks at the P.S. Bowling Centre in Bangkapi yesterday. The doubles competition got off with the controversy of the bronze medal awarded to Sarah Yap in the women's singles still unresolved.
Picture: Courtesy of StarPic
And Sarah looked clearly upset by the uncertainty as she struggled to get her game going in her doubles partnership with Low Poh Lian. In fact, all the Malaysian pairs were inconsistent in their performance and coach Sid Allen said the bowlers found difficulty focusing on their tasks.
"They are still unable to adjust to the lane conditions and coupled with the various problems we have been encountering, things didn't go well," said Allen. He added that controversy surrounding Sarah's bronze medal has also affected the team to a certain extent.
With a low game of 139 and an average Of only 174.67, Sarah and Poh Lian finished a distant 18th with a 2,258 total. Sarah knocked down 1,048 pinfalls and Poh Lian downed 1,210. Shalin Zulkifli and Lai Kin Ngoh led the first frame with a 472 total but Kin Ngoh's game crumbled after that. The pair rolled down 2,343 pins to finish 13th. Sharon Low and Karen Lian rolled a total of 2,212 to finish 20th out of 24 teams.
The men also fared badly, failing to get among the top five. Ben Heng and Daniel Lim started off aggressively in the afternoon sessions. They were chasing the target of 2,652 set by Thailand's Prasert Panturat and J.Kritchawat, who were the top finishers from the morning session. But they stumbled out of contention, knocking down only 2,381 to finish 20th overall.
A poor last two frames from Vincent Low saw his partnership with Alex Liew also crashing out. The pair's combined total of 2,370 saw them finishing seventh in the morning session and 22nd overall.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kenny Ang was also a disapppointment. While partner Lai Chuen Lian was bowling a 200.17 average, Kenny could only manage a 198. The partnership rolled down 2,391 pins to finish 18th.
MEN DOUBLES
Position Bowler Score Country Total Medal
1st Cheng Chao-Yu 1,268 C. Taipei 2,660 Gold
Wang Yu-Jen 1,392
2nd Prasert Panturat 1,244 Thailand 2,652 Silver
Kritchawat J. 1,408
3rd Kim Myung-Jo 1,380 Korea 2,633 Bronze
Park Young-Su 1,253
4th Chui Po-Chung Hong Kong 2,590
Pang Kar-Shing
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18th Lai Chuen Lian Malaysia 2,391
Kenny Ang
20th Daniel Lim Malaysia 2,381
Ben Heng
22nd Vincent Low Malaysia 2,370
Alex Liew
WOMEN DOUBLES
Position Bowler Score Country Total Medal
1st Lee Mi-Young 1,374 Korea 2,583 Gold
Lee Ji-Yean 1,209
2nd Butsaracum P. 1,201 Thailand 2,566 Silver
Supaporn C. 1,365
3rd Tseng Su-Fen 1,238 C. Taipei 2,509 Bronze
Chou Miao-Lin 1,271
4th Mari Kimura Japan 2,479
Shima Washizuka
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13th Lai Kin Ngoh Malaysia 2,343
Shalin Zulkifli
18th Low Poh Lian Malaysia 2,258
Sarah Yap
20th Sharon Low Malaysia 2,212
Karen Lian
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Poh Lian brings some cheer to Allen's bowling squad
Low Poh Lian's qualification for the women's Masters competition was the only silver lining for Malaysia at the P.S. Bowling Centre in Bangkapi yesterday. All the four trios combinations could not finish among the top five after the second block of three games.
Low Poh Lian, Sarah Yap and Shalin Zulkifli were the best Malaysian finishers in sixth position with 3,525 pinfalls, 251 pins behind gold medallists Taiwan. The second Malaysian squad of Karen Lian, Sharon Low and Lai Kin Ngoh finished a distant 12th with a 3,340 total.
Lai Chuen Lian, Kenny Ang and Alex Liew could only manage 14th spot after managing 3,509 pinfalls. As for the trio of Ben Heng, Daniel Lim and Vincent Low, they were placed 20th with a 3,410 total.
Poh Lian had qualified in 11th spot for the Masters. She will be up against four Koreans, six Taiwanese, two Singaporeans and one each from Thailand, Japan and the Philippines. Meanwhile Sarah Yap, who just missed out on a Masters place after finishing 18th in the list, finally received the bronze medal for the women's singles yesterday after the Olympic Council Of Asia (OCA) threw out South Korea's protest.
Technical delegate Don Atkinson of Australia said on Friday that the OCA had verified the rule that no country could win more than two medals in any one event in bowling. The South Korean women filled all the top three spots in the singles competition. The loser in the situation is Cha Mi-Jung, who finished third. The gold medalists was Lee Ji-Yean and the silver went to Lee Mi-Young.
MEN TRIOS
Position Bowler Score Country Total Medal
1st Seri Krausing 1,182 Thailand 3,760 Gold
Prasert Panturat 1,236
J. Kritchawat 1,342
2nd Wu Fu-lung 1,247 C. Taipei 3,696 Silver
Cheng Chao-Yu 1,253
Wang Yu-Jen 1,196
3rd Mohd Al-Qubaisi 1,103 U.A.E. 3,690 Bronze
Hulaiman Al-Hameli 1,319
Sultan Al-Marzouqi 1,268
4th Chen Chun-Fu C. Taipei 3,684
Lin Han-Chen
Wang Tien-Fu
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14th Lai Chuen Lian Malaysia 3,509
Kenny Ang
Alex Liew
20th Ben Heng Malaysia 3,410
Daniel Lim
Vincent Low
WOMEN TRIOS
Position Bowler Score Country Total Medal
1st Tseng Su-Fen 1,307 C. Taipei 3,776 Gold
Chou Miao-Lin 1,246
Kuo Shu-Chen 1,223
2nd D. Wannasiri 1,212 Thailand 3,682
C. Suparporn 1,322
K. Phetchara 1,148
3rd Grace Young 1,183 Singapore 3,607
Alice Tay 1,196
Jesmine Ho 1,228
4th Mari Kimura Japan 3,559
Shima Washizuka
Nachimi Itakura
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6th Low Poh Lian Malaysia 3,525
Sarah Yap
Shalin Zulkifli
12th Karen Lain Malaysia 3,340
Sharon Low
Lai Kin Ngoh
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Malaysian failed to spark
The women came close to winning a medal in the Team of Five event. If not for the open frame by Shalin Zulkifli in the final game, Malaysia could have bagged the bronze medal. In the end, the Malaysians were pipped by 22 pins to the bronze by Japan. The Japanese totalled 5,631 pinfalls to Malaysia's 5,591. A poor 173 game in the second block also cost Shalin a place in the Masters.
National coach Sid Allen said that the women did well to come back strongly in the fives.
"We were in the fight right until the last game. They overcame a 300 over deficit after the first block to be in contention for a medal," said Allen. He added that Poh Lian would have no chance to finish among the medal winners in the Masters.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Men's quintet failed to spark, finishing 10th after knocking down 5,799 pinfalls.
Low Poh Lian was the only one to qualify for the Masters.
MEN TEAM
Position Bowler Country Total Medal
1st Wu Fu-Lung C. Taipei 6,073 Gold
Cheng Chao-Yu
Lin Han-Chen
Wang Yu-Jen
Chen Chun-Fu
2nd Seo Kook Korea 6,045 Silver
Kim Myung-Jo
Byun Ho-Jin
Park Young-Su
Suh Bom-sok
3rd Kengo Tagata Japan 5,972 Bronze
Masaru Ito
Kosei Wada
Osamu Hamada
Yoshio Koike
Shigeo Saito
4th Sha Mingjian China 5,926
Zhao Dongshan
Zhao Jun
Zhang Zhiliang
Xiong Guoliang
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10th Ben Heng Malaysia 5,799
Alex Liew
Vincent Low
Lai Chuen Lian
Kenny Ang
WOMEN TEAM
Position Bowler Country Total Medal
1st Tseng Su-Fen C. Taipei 6,098 Gold
Chou Miao-Lin
Kuo Shu-Chen
Huang Chiung-Yao
Ku Hui-Chin
2nd Lee Mi-young Korea 6,045 Silver
Kim Sook-Young
Cha Mi-Jung
Kim Yeau-Jin
Lee Ji-Yean
3rd Tomie Kawaguchi Japan 5,613 Bronze
Shima Washizuka
Ayano Katai
Tomomi Shibata
Nachimi Itakura
Mari Kimura
4th Low Poh Lian Malaysia 5,591
Karen Lian
Lai Kin Ngoh
Sarah Yap
Shalin Zulkifli
Poh Lian too far behind for a medal
Low Poh Lian will only be making up the numbers when the second block of the women's Masters competition is played today. Poh Lian, the sole Malaysian in the competition, finished in 15th after the first block of eight games yesterday.
She knocked down 1,524 pins and is 246 pin behind leader Lee Ji-Yean of South Korea. It is virtually impossible for her to make the cut for the step-ladder finals. Only the top four bowler qualify for the step-ladder finals and Poh Lian is 210 pins behind fourth-placed Huang Chiung-Yao of Taiwan. Pho Lian recorded an aevrage of 190.5 yesterday and at that rate, she will probably fall further behind the leaders. The top five in the competition hold an average of more than 213 pinfalls.
Leading the men's first block is Hui Cheung-Kwok of Hong Kong with 1,824. Singles Gold medalist, Wu Fu-Lung of Taiwan is second, 41 pins behind and third is teammate, Lin Han-Chen with a score of 1,767 pinfalls.
In the women's division, Singles Gold medalist, Lee Ji-Yean of South Korea is leading the pack with 1,770 pins, followed closely by Chou Miao-Lin if Taiwan with 1,755. Just one behind Maio-Lin is Singapore's Jesmine Ho.
MEN MASTERS SEMI FINALS (1st & 2nd Block)
1st Blk 2nd Blk Grand
Pos Bowler Country Total Total Total Ave
1st Wu Fu-Lung C. Taipei 1,783 1,794 3,577 223.63
2nd Hui Cheung-Kwok Hong Kong 1,824 1,654 3,478 217.38
3rd Lin Han-Chen C. Taipei 1,767 1,709 3,476 216.88
4th Lu Heng-Chuan China 1,719 1,722 3,441 215.06
5th J. Kritchawat Thailand 1,664 1,774 3,438 214.88
6th Kengo Tagata Japan 1,663 1,728 3,391 211.94
7th Wang Yu-Jen C. Taipei 1,580 1,763 3,343 208.94
8th Zhao Dongshan China 1,635 1,699 3,334 208.38
9th Seo Kook C. Taipei 1,729 1,587 3,316 207.25
10th Cheng Chao-Yu C. Taipei 1,714 1,581 3,295 205.94
11th Paulo Valdez Philippines 1,589 1,693 3,282 205.13
12th Chen Chun-Fu C. Taipei 1,534 1,730 3,264 204.00
13th Prasert Panturat Thailand 1,638 1,551 3,189 199.31
14th S. Al-Marzooqi U.A.E. 1,590 1,578 3,168 198.00
15th Virgilio Sablan Philippines 1,495 1,645 3,140 196.25
16th Kim Myung-Jo Korea 1,434 1,414 2,848 178.00
WOMEN MASTERS SEMI FINALS (1st & 2nd Block)
1st Blk 2nd Blk Grand
Pos Bowler Country Total Total Total Ave
1st Chou Miao-Lin C. Taipei 1,755 1,869 3,624 226.50
2nd Jesmine Ho Singapore 1,754 1,802 3,556 222.25
3rd Huang Chiung-Yao C. Taipei 1,734 1,730 3,464 216.50
4th Tseng Su-Fen C. Taipei 1,710 1,709 3,419 213.13
5th Kuo Shu-Chen C. Taipei 1,678 1,689 3,367 210.44
6th Cha Mi-Jung Korea 1,643 1,715 3,358 209.88
7th Lee Ji-Yean Korea 1,770 1,579 3,349 209.31
8th Mari Kimura Japan 1,654 1,652 3,306 206.63
9th Cecilia Yap Philippines 1,667 1,611 3,278 204.88
10th Lee Mi-Young Korea 1,610 1,648 3,258 203.63
11th Wang Yu-Ling C. Taipei 1,649 1,608 3,257 203.56
12th Kim Hee-Soon Korea 1,502 1,740 3,242 202.63
13th C. Supaporn Thailand 1,646 1,591 3,237 202.31
14th Grace Young Singapore 1,661 1,496 3,157 197.31
15th Ku Hui-Chin C. Taipei 1,584 1,463 3,047 190.44
16th Low Poh-Lian Malaysia 1,524 1,421 2,945 184.06
Hong Kong bowler upset Taiwan favorites
Hui Cheung-Kwok of Hong Kong created an upset when he beat favorite and Singles Gold medalist, Wu Fu-Lung 459-386 pins over two games in the Men's step-ladder Grand finals on the last day of the tenpin bowling competition to take the Gold medal. Earlier, Fu-Lung took over the lead from Cheung-Kwok after the second block of eight games in the semi-finals when scored a total of 3,577 pinfalls. Cheung-Kwok who led Fu-Lung 41 pins before the second block, scored a total of 3,478 pinfalls over the 16 games. The Bronze went to Lin Han-Chen of Chinese Taipei who lost to Cheung-Kwok in the first match of the step-ladder grand finals 166-212.
In the Women division, Jesmine Ho of Singapore came closed to winning the Gold medal but was unlucky when she lost to Chou Miao-Lin of Taiwan in the 2-game step-ladder Grand finals, 336-382 and was contented with the Silver medal. Earlier, Jesmine beat Huang Chiung-Yao of Taiwan 183-180.
Taiwan nearly made a clean sweep of the Men and the Women Masters Gold.
WOMEN STEP LADDER
3rd Placed Bowler
Huang Chiung-Yao -------------|
C. Taipei 180 | Jesmine Ho
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2nd Placed Bowler |---------------|
Jesmine Ho -------------| 179 |
Singapore 183 157 |---------------- Chou Miao-Lin
336 | C. Taipei
1st Placed Bowler |
Chou Miao-Lin -----------------------------|
C. Taipei 172
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Women's Grand Master Final:
1. Chou Miao-Lin C. Taipei Gold
2. Jesmine Ho Singapore Silver
3. Huang Chiung-Yao C. Taipei Bronze
MEN STEP LADDER
3rd Placed Bowler
Lin Han-Chen -------------|
C. Taipei 166 | Hui Cheung-Kwok
| Hong Kong
2nd Placed Bowler |---------------|
Hui Cheung-Kwok -------------| 213 |
Hong Kong 212 246 |---------------- Hui Cheung-Kwok
459 | Hong Kong
1st Placed Bowler |
Wu Fu-Lung -----------------------------|
C. Taipei 200
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Men's Grand Master Final:
1. Hui Cheung-Kwok Hong Kong Gold
2. Wu Fu-Lung C. Taipei Silver
3. Lin Han-Chen C. Taipei Bronze
Final Standings: December 14th
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Chinese Taipei 6 2 3 11 Korea 2 3 1 6 Thailand 1 4 0 5 Hong Kong 1 0 0 1 Singapore 0 1 1 2 Japan 0 0 2 2 Malaysia 0 0 1 1 Philippines 0 0 1 1 UAE 0 0 1 1 Total 10 10 10 30| Back | Home |
