8th March, Manama, Bahrain: Reigning AMF WOrld Cup champion, Wu Siu Hong survived two rounds of the PBA-WBT 14th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open to advance to Round 4 finals as Lau Kwun Ho, Rickle Kam and Mike Chan were eliminated.
Wu and Chan competed in Round 2 final on Monday morning with Wu finished fourth with 1346 to advance to Round 3. 2015 H.H. Emir Cup champion, Tannya Roumimper of Indonesia won the round with 1383 plus 42 pins handicap.
Osama A. Rahman of Bahrain, who shot the highest game of 289, finished second with 1380 while World Bowling Writers' Hall of Famer, Mika Koivuniemi of Finland took third spot with 1371. A second Bahraini, Mohamed Janahi and Jassim Al Muraikhi of Qatar made the cut in fifth and sixth positions.
Chan ended his campaign in Bahrain in ninth position with 1270, 30 pins off the cut while three-time Bahrain Open champion, Tim Mack of USA missed the cut by 7 pins.
Wu Siu Hong surviving two rounds to
make Round 4 final
Lau and Kam, who had earn one bye to automatically qualify for Round 3 final, was joined by Wu. Apart from the opening game where Stuart Williams of England led with 239 and Wu was second, Koivuniemi made all the running to win the round with 1469.
Janahi finished second from a strong final game of 279 for a total of 1438. Bahraini youngster, who also posted the highest game of the round with 290 finished third with 1408. Williams was fourth with 1390 and Wu advanced with another fine display to finish fifth with 1382.
Before the final game, there was a keen battle for the final two spots amongst Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia, Wu and Osama. Osama shot 290 and Wu 268 to edge Lalisang into seventh position. Jassim Al Muraikhi secured sixth position with 1376.
Lau and Kam had poor starts and were never in the hunt to make the cut and were eliminated. Round 2 winner, Roumimper also had a poor round to end her run in ninth.
The top 6 from Round 3 will be joined by qualifiers positioned 7 to 12 in the voerall standings for the 6-games Round 4 final tomorrow morning. The top 6 from this round will advance to Round 5 joined by the top 6 qualifiers for a final round of 6 games.
Lau Kwun Ho, Rickle Kam and Wu Siu Hong
in Round 3 Final
The top 3 finishers will proceed to the stepladder finals to determine the champion, who will win the top prize of US$25,000 with the first runner-up pocketing US$12,500 and second runner-up US$8,000.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Bahrain.
7th March, Manama, Bahrain: Lau Kwun Hon and Rickle Kam of Hong Kong finished third and fourth in Squad E to earn one bye and automatically qualify for Round 3 finals of the PBA-WBT 14th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open, joined by Mike Chan and Wu Siu Hong in Round 2 finals.
Lau finished third with 2702 behind leader and 2016 USBC Masters champion, Anthony Simonsen of USA in the lead and Naif Oqab of UAE in second. Kam took fourth position with 2678. Mike Chan, who lead the first block, slipped to fifth with 2658 and Wu finished seventh with 2604.
The the last Squad F, H.H. Emir Cup third runner-up, Marshall Kent led with 2809, 49 pins ahead of Martin Larsen of Sweden in second with 2760. Overnight squad leader, Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia finished third with 2700.
Kent's splendid display propelled him into the top bracket in fourth and earning three byes to automatically qualify for Round 5. Ahmed Al Awadhi of Bahrain, Anggie Ramirez of Colombia and Danielle McEwan of USA remained in the top 3 positions.
Lau Kwun Ho and Rickle Kam qualifying for
Round 3
Squad E leader, Simonsen took fifth spot while sixth position went to the top Bahraini, Yousif Falah. Tommy Jones of USA was knocked off the top bracket to head the second bracket with 2787. Larsen made the second bracket from Squad F in tenth. Robert Andersson was the second bracket cut in 12th position with 2708.
Ahmed A. Jabbar of Bahrain headed the third bracket with 2704 and Lalisang earned one bye in the third bracket in 15th position leaving the cut at 18th position to Rickle Kam of Hong Kong.
Tim Mack was pushed out of the third bracket to head the Round 2 qualifiers in 19th position with 2674. Thomas Larsen of Denmark almost missed the cut when he posted a poor 159 in his final game but was fortunate to be the cut at 27th position with 2646.
Ahmed Al Malki of Bahrain was the top Bahraini awarded position 28 and the top Bahraini youth spot went to Omar Rashid. Joshua Chow of Hong Kong missed the cut by 5 pins finishing 31st with 2641. Eric Tseng (41st-2571), Jimmy Cheung (50th-2500) and James Lui (60th-2438) also missed the cut.
Wu Siu Hong making the cut for Round 2
in 25th position
The 12 Round 2 finalists will contest 6 games on March 8 and the field will be cut to top 6, who will be joined by qualifiers positioned 13 to 18 for another 6 games in Round 3. The top 6 finishers in this round will advance to next round.
Qualifiers positioned 7 to 12, together with the top 6 finishers from ROund 3 will bowl 6 games in Round 4. Again the top 6 finishers will be joined by the top 6 qualifiers for another 6 games in ROund 5 with the top 3 proceeding to the stepladder finals.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Bahrain.
6th March, Manama, Bahrain: Mike Chan and Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong finished first and third in the first block of Squad E at the PBA-WBT 14th Kingdom of Bahrain International Open at Funland Bowling Centre on Sunday.
Chan got off the block with a superb 256 to share the lead with his Hong Kong compatriot, Rickle Kam, 11 pins ahead of 2008 Bahrain champion, Remy Ong of Singapore in second and Naif third, a further one away.
The Hong Kong southpaw added another strong game of 241 to extend his lead slightly ahead of a third Hong Kong team-mate, Eric Tseng and two-handed American, Anthony Simonsen sharing second spot with a fourth Hong Kong team-mate, Wu Siu Hong in a close fourth.
Simonsen fired a sizzling 269 to take over the running at the halfway mark as Chan and Naif tied second spot, 45 pins adrift.
Mike Chan topping Squad E
>But Simonsen's lead did not last long after Naif shot a big game of 278 to move into the lead. Wu moved into second ahead of the American in third and Chan fourth. The Emirati held the lead for another game despite with just 206 as his opponents also stumbled in the fifth game.
Chan bounced back with 246 to snatch the lead with 1422. Naif settled for second with 1409, 13 pins adrift and Wu recovered from a poor 150 in the fifth with 264 to clinch third spot with 1383. Simonsen and Qatar's Yousef Aljaber completed the top 5 with 1379 and 1371 respectively.
Other Hong Kong bowlers at the tournament also gave a good account of themselves. Rickle Kam finished sixth with 1358, Lau Kwun Ho seventh with 1333, Eric Tseng ninth with 1320, James Lui tenth with 1319 and Joshua Chow 12th with 1309.
Jimmy Chueng struggled slightly and took up 16th position with 1249. The last squad of the tournament, Squad F will be staged after lane maintenance. The players will resume with their second block tomorrow and will determine the final qualifying standings.
The top 5 plus top Bahraini in the qualifying standings will earn three byes and automatically qualify for Round 5.
Mike Chan and Wu Siu Hong finishing
first and third
Players positioned 7 to 12 will earn two byes and automatically qualify for Round 4 and players positioned 13 to 18 will earn one bye and automatically qualify for Round 3.
Players positioned 19 to 27 plus top Bahraini not in the top 27 (positioned 28), top Bahraini youth (positoned 29) and top Bahraini women (positioned 30) will contest Round 2 finals on March 8 over 6 games. The top 6 from Round 2 plus qualifiers position 13 to 18 will proceed to the next 6 games in Round 3.
The top 6 from Round 3 plus qualifiers positioned 7 to 12 will proceed to the next 6 games in Round 4 on March 9. Again the top 6 from Round 4 plus qualifiers positioned 1 to 6 will proceed to the next 6 games in Round 5.
The top 3 finishers in Round 5 will advance to the Stepladder shootout finals. The champion will walk away with the top prize of US$25,000 and a PBA title if the champion is a member of PBA. The first runner-up will earn US$12,500 and second runner-up US$8,000.
Finalists will also earn World Bowling Tour ranking points towards qualifying for the World Bowling Tour finals. The top 16 Asians will also be awarded the ABF Tour ranking points towards the ABF Tournament of Champions.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Bahrain.
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