23rd Asian Intercity Bowling Championship Bulletin No. 1

Kim Jong Hyun held the top post throughout the second day of the Masters until the last game when Kim Jong Hyun bettered his score which was all he needed to bring him to the top.

Uiwang’s team of Kong Byoung Hee, Cha Ji Hyun, Won Jong Yoon finished 4th, 5th and 6th place respectively with scores of 3549, 3497 and 3475 followed by a pair of Tamuning competitors Jonathan Duenas and Brian Manibusan in 7th and 8th place on totals of 3425 and 3384.

Fen edged out Clutario in the final standings by four pins and Sin by seven as the tightly contested final position round unfolded. New used all her last game advantage of 30 pins to lay claim to the Gold medal as Clutario’s 203 win in the final position round wasn’t enough to upend New’s 187 loss to Sin’s 195 game with a win.

New led throughout the second day after taking a 100 plus pin lead after day one, but was only able to muster games of 181, 181 and 187 and finished with a 3440 total to Clutario’s 3436 and Sin’s 3433. Ditas Red finished in fourth place with a 3220 total while Cecilia Yap won all eight matches in the second day finishing in fifth with a 3196 total.

Kim was pushed to the limit by Tamuning’s Brian Manibusan as both bowlers went head on into the final game. Kim who led the All Events after the doubles portion of the tournament found himself behind after the first block of the team events by 44 pins but his consistency and persistency delivered the Gold as he was able to make up the 44 pins deficit and more. The gold medal wasn’t decided until the ninth frame of the final game when Manibusan missed a crucial spare ending the tournament eleven pins out of for the silver with Kim’s 3975 and Manibusan’s 3964. The bronze medal was claimed by Uiwang’s Kong Byoung Hee with 3852 total.

Yap trumped the women’s division being the only female participant to average over 200 pins per game, outdistancing her closest rival by a margin of 245 pins on 3841 pins, 213 average. With the gold medal out of reach, Singapore’s New Hui Fen edged out Paranaque’s Liza Clutario for the silver on a last game surge which turned a five pin deficit to a five pin victory. New finished the All Events in second with a 3596 total to Clutario’s 3591.