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Gold No. 2 for American
29th August, Bangkok: Walter Ray Williams Jr. won his second and USA's third gold medal of the World Men's Championship when he defeated topseed, Kai Gunther of Germany, 213-198 in the title match on Friday evening. |
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Squad 4 belongs to Swede
29th August, Bangkok: Peter Ljung of Sweden, who topped the sinlges squad 4 with 1295 at the World Men's Championship 2008 on Friday morning was only good for fourth place in the overall combined table. |
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French rules in Squad 3
28th August, Bangkok: Francois Sacco of France led a bevy of Europeans at the top of Squad 3 singles event of the World Men's Championship on Thursday evening coming home with 1310 to take up third in the overall table. |
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Lead set in Squad 1 stays intact
28th August, Bangkok: The lead set by German's Kai Gunther stayed intact as Bahrain's Mohamed Yusuf Sultan finished fourth despite topping the second singles squad of the World Men's Championship 2008. |
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German sets target with opening squad
28th August, Bangkok: Germany's Kai Gunther set the target of 1317 on the first of five Singles squads at the World Men's Championship to lead American pro, Walter Ray Williams Jr. by 1 pin on Thursday morning. |
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A hard fought finale
27th August, Bangkok: USA and Korea took the team title match of the World Men's Championship to the wire which saw a hard fought finale ending victorious for the Americans and Korea settling for the silver. |
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It's Germany's turn to shine
27th August, Bangkok: It was Germany's turn to steal the limelight when the German quintet finished as squad leader of the five-men team at the World Men's Championship which resumed with the second block on Wednesday morning. |
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Filipinos take squad 2 lead
26th August, Bangkok: Team Philippines powered their way to the front in the second squad of the five-men Team event at the World Men's Championship 2008 but was only good for a sixth position overall. |
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Norway takes lead in first block
26th August, Bangkok: Norwegians took a comfortable lead in the opening squad of the Team of 5 event at the World Men's Championship 2008 in the first block of 3 games over long oil pattern when competition resumed on Tuesday morning. |
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Victory for topseed Korea
25th August, Bangkok: The mighty Koreans bagged the Trios gold medal of the World Men's Championship 2008 with a convincing victory over their Asian counterpart, Japan 723-553 in the title match on Monday evening. |
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Korea dislodges America for pole
25th August, Bangkok: Korea's Choi Bok-Eum, Choi Ki-Bong and Kim Tae-Young were even stronger than the Americans on the short oil pattern in the Trios second squad to emerge as the new leader at the World Men's Championship 2008. |
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Americans revel in second block
25th August, Bangkok: American trio of Bill Hoffman, Patrick Allen and Rhino Page surged to the top of the leaderboard on the opening short oil squad of the World Men's Championship 2008 on Monday morning. |
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Finns top third squad for second overall
24th August, Bangkok: Finland's PBA pro bowler, Mika Koivuniemi led teammates, Pasi Uotila and Osku Palermma to the top of the third Trios squad at the World Men's Championship 2008 but failed to topple overall leader, England on Sunday evening. |
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England takes over lead
24th August, Bangkok: The English trio of Dominic Barrett, Mike Quarry and Stuart Williams took over the lead of the Trios first block event of the World Men's Championship 2008 after the completion of the second squad. |
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UAE grabs pole in opening squad
24th August, Bangkok: Current Asian Ranked No. 1, Hussain Al-Suwaidi led his teammates, Shaker Al-Hassan and Naif Oqab of UAE to take pole position in the opening squad of the Trios first block at the World Men's Championship 2008 on Sunday. |
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Americans strike first gold
23rd August, Bangkok: Topseed, Patrick Allen and Rhino Page narrowly defeated challenger, Sweden, 457-452 to win America's first gold medal in the Doubles finals of the World Men's Championship 2008 at S.F. Strike Bowl. |
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Status quo after fourth squad
23rd August, Bangkok: It's status quo after Squad 4 completed their doubles at the World Men's Championship 2008 Saturday morning as leader Bill Hoffman and Tommy Jones of USA failed to finish amongst the top 4 in the combined standings. |
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Finland tops third squad to trail USA
23rd August, Bangkok: Finland's Petteri Salonen and Pasi Uotila topped the third squad of the Doubles event at the World Men's Championship 2008 and trailed current leader, Rhino Page and Patrick Allen of USA late Friday evening. |
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American duo takes over lead
22nd August, Bangkok: The second pair of America, Rhino Page and Patrick Allen took over the lead set by Korea in the second squad of the Doubles event at the World Men's Championship 2008 at S.F. Strike Bowl. |
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Koreans outshine the Americans in opening squad
22nd August, Bangkok: Asian Championship singles gold medalist, Choi Ki-Bong led his partner, Kim Tae-Young to give Korea a head start in the World Men's Championship 2008 by leading the Americans in the Doubles opening squad. |
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A mesmerizing opening show on display
21st August, Bangkok: Host nation, Thailand put up a mesmerizing opening show at S.F. Strike Bowl during the official opening ceremony at the World Men's Championship 2008 on Thursday evening. |
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Professionals versus the amateurs
20th August, Bangkok: The professionals will take on the world's best amateurs as 333 participants and 66 officials gathered at S.F. Strike Bowl for the World Men's Championship 2008 which will kick off this Friday. |
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Calm before the storm
18th August, Bangkok: Bowlers will gather in Thailand and all eyes will be on the professional bowlers who will compete in the World Men's Championship from August 21 - 31 at S.F. Strike Bowl. Will they dominate the championship? |
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Malaysia, Korea win Masters gold to close World Youth
24th July, Orlando: Korea's Jun Gwi Ae and Malaysia's Aaron Kong reached the pinnacle of youth bowling Thursday as they won Masters gold medals to close the 10th World Youth Championships at Boardwalk Bowl. |
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Malaysia, Korea crowned team champions
23rd July, Orlando: The Malaysian boys took a dramatic victory while the Korean girls pulled away in the final frame as both countries earned team gold medals Wednesday in the 10th World Youth Championships. |
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Malaysia, Canada leads at halfway point
22nd July, Orlando: The Malaysian boys and Canadian girls rose to the top of the standings at the halfway point of Team event at the 10th World Youth Championships on Tuesday at Boardwalk Bowl. |
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Swedish duo wins boys doubles gold
21st July, Orlando: A pair of Swedish left-handers stormed to the boys doubles gold medal Monday, taking out topseed England en-route to the title at the 10th World Youth Championships at Boardwalk Bowl. |
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Remy Ong wins San Marino Open
20th July, Serravalle: Remy Ong of Singapore defeated Austria's Thomas Gross, 466-437 in the 2-games title match to win the 4th Storm San Marino Open and took home the top prize of 10,000 Euro at Rose 'n Bowl on Sunday. |
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Germany locks up girls doubles gold
20th July, Orlando: Despite a shaky start in the first two frames of the championship match, Germany's Tina Hulsch and Birgit Poppler roared back to claim the Girl's Doubles gold medal Sunday at the 10th World Youth Championships. |
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England, Korea claims Singles gold
19th July, Orlando: England's Dominic Barrett and Korea's Park Mi Ran locked up gold medals in their respective singles divisions Saturday in the opening event of the 10th World Youth Championships at Boardwalk Bowl. |
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World Youth Championship opens in style
18th July, Orlando: With the pomp and circumstance befitting of any international sporting event, the the WTBA 10th World Youth Championships kicked off Friday evening with the Opening Ceremonies at Boardwalk Bowl. |
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Malaysia, Korea shares honours
11th July, Hong Kong: Malaysia and Korea shared honours on the final day of the 20th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship as Adrian Ang of Malaysia and Choi Jin-A of Korea emerged the Men's and Women's Masters champions. |
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