8th November, Yancheng: Singles silver medallist and first perfect gamer, Ernest Kwok of Hong Kong 1 partnered last year's Singles and All Events gold medallist, Jimmy Cheung to lead the Men's Doubles Squad A at the 31st Asian Intercity Bowling CHampionships.
Chinese Taichung's Chen Chang-Yen and Chen Shin-An got off the block with a superb 491 to lead Kwok and Chueng by 45 pins with Wuhan's first pair of Xie Chengjie and Chen Jiaqing and New Territories pair following closely in third and fourth.
Wuhan 1 took over the running after a splendid 467 in their second game as Chinese Taichung slipped behind Hong Kong 1. But Wuhan's lead was quickly handed over to Hong Kong 1 when they managed to knock down only 347 in the third game.
Kwok and Chueng extended their lead from 26 pins to 114 pins after the Hong Kong duo added a stunning 481 in the fourth game. Singles gold medallist, Yang Wei and Wang Zhiyong, who had a poor start, gradually hauled themself up to second after a sizzling 512 in the third.
Men's Doubles Squad A leader, Jimmy Cheung and Ernest Kwok
Hong Kong went on to end the squad with 471 and 393 to take pole position with 2680 total. Cheung fired 1386 series and Kwok added 1294 series. Yang and Wang settled for second with 2570, 110 pins adrift with Wang posting 1238 series and Yang 1332. Wuhan 1 claimed third spot with 2379 while New Territories and Shanghai 1 completing the top five with 2359 and 2346 respectively.
In the Women's Senior division, Singles gold and bronze medallists, Li Guanghui and Jia Wenxia of Yancheng led from start to finish to win the squad with 2070. Paranaque's Angela Lao and Tess Agu took up second spot with 2052, just 18 pins away.
Suzhou first pair of Cai Aiping and Zhang Junying finished in a distant third with 1982 followed by Yangzhou 1 and Kuala Lumpur 1 in fourth and fifth positions rexpectively. The second squad will contest their Doubles later today, ending the second day of competition.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Yancheng, China.
7th November, Yancheng: Ernest Kwok of Hong Kong rolled the championship's first perfect game at the 31st Asian Intercity Bowling Championships to finish second in the Men's Singles opening squad on Tuesday.
Happy Valley's Noel Chan Tsz Hin set a cracking pace with 266 in his opening game to lead Yang Wei by 27 pins with Ernest Kwok of Hong Kong, Ko Young-Min of Jeju, Korea and Chen Jiaqing of Wuhan following closely behind.
Chan added another superb 235 in the second game to continue to lead the pack. Yang downed 233 to stay in second, 29 pins behind. Yang took over the running mid-way through the block as Chan managed only 171 to slip behind the Chinese.
Kwok rolled the championship's first 300 in the fourth game to leapfrog into the lead. A second Yancheng national, Wang Zhiyong posted two strong games in the third and fourth to move ahead of his compatriot into second spot.
Ernest Kwok rolling the first perfect game
Kwok held the lead with just eight pins ahead of Ko taking over second spot. Wang was third, a further ten pins away in third while Yang was fourth, six pins behind his team-mate.
Yang ended the squad the strongest with 223 to snatch pole position with 1305. Kwok finished with 205 to settle for second with 1303, just two pins behind. Ko knocked down 204 to take up third with 1294 while Wang managed only 202 to finish fourth with 1290. Hong Kong's Michael Li managed only 21st position with 1095.
Meanwhile, the Women's Senior division was also divided two squads with the first squad played at the same time. Yancheng's Li Guanghui topped the squad with 1136, 100 pins ahead of Cai Aiping of Wuhan in second with 1036.
Jia Wenxia, who was second most of the block, settled for third position with 1035 while Xue Xiushan of Yangzhou and Nyriam Hernandez of Paranaque completed the top five with 1023 and 1000 respectively.
Top 3 men in Squad A, Kwok, Yang and Ko
The Men's division second squad and Women's Senior division second squad will take to the lanes after the break.
The championships is made up of four men, four women, four senior men and four senior women teams from the participating cities. They will contest the Singles (6 games), Doubles (6 games), Team of 4 (6 games) over the next four days.
The top 16 men, top 16 women and top 16 senior men based on the All Events (total of 18 games) will qualify for the Masters final knockout elimination round (best of 3 games) with the winners proceeding to the quarter-final round. The top 8 senior women based on the All Events will qualify for the Masters final knockout elimination quarter-final round.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Yancheng, China.
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