Nineteen
countries to do battle
One hundred and seven men and sixty-one
women will do battle at the 20th Asian
Tenpin Bowling Championships which will kick
off on Saturday, July 5th at the Hong Kong
Bowling City in Kowloon Bay.
The 168 bowlers from a total of 19 countries
supported by 60 officials have assembled in
Hong Kong for the start of the bi-annual
championship hosted by Hong Kong Tenpin
Bowling Congress for the third time.
  A press conference was held July 3 at the
Royal Pacific Hotel to announce the
championships, graced by Hon. Karl Kwok,
Vice President of Sports Federation &
Olympic Committee of Hong Kong (pictured,
left) and Hon. Tam Hok Lam, Vice Chairman of Hong Sports
Institute.
Also at the press conference were Mr Kevin
Dornberger, President of the World Tenpin
Bowling Association (pictured, right), Ms Olivia Chan Yeuk Oi,
Assistant Director of Leisure and Cultural
Services Department and Mr Henry Yeung,
General Manager of Hong Kong Bowling City.
Mrs Vivien Fung, Chairman of the Hong Kong
Tenpin Bowling Congress and Hon. Life
President of Asian Bowling Federation
extended her heartfelt welcome to all
officials and competitors to the 20th Asian
Championship in her opening address.
"As our sport works toward the future and
attaining our place of the Olympic Games,
events like the Asian Championship increase
in significance," said Mr Kevin Dornberger,
President of WTBA in his speech.
 The
six men and six women will lead Hong Kong's
challenge in the Asian Championship
(pictured) comprising of the reigning Masters champion,
Wu Siu Hong and current Asian Ranked No. 1,
Chan Shuk Han, winner of three international
titles this year including the Asian Bowling
Tour Grand finals in January.
Other team members include Vanessa Fung,
Cyrus Cheung, Michael Tsang, Rickle Kam,
Eric Tseng, Joshua Chow, Sylvia Kong,
Katherin Lau, Sarah Cheng and Milki Ng. The
team will be led by team manager, Frankie
Cheung and coaches, Pedro Luis Merani,
Purvis Granger and technical adviser, Authur
Mckee.
The opening ceremony will be held on Friday,
July 4th at Hong Kong Bowling City and will
be officially declared open by His
Honourable, Victor Hui, Chairman of Elite
Sports Committee under the Sports Commission
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and Vice President of Sports
Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong.
A Welcome Reception will follow the official
opening ceremony where the teams and
officials will parade in front of the guest
of honour, distinguished guests and
delegates to the 20th General Assembly.
Official practice will be held after the
welcome reception.
Meanwhile, the team managers' meeting was
held later at Emax Hi-Tec Shopping Centre
where the players and officials entries were
finalised. Lane draws were also conducted
for the four events - Singles, Doubles,
Trios (Team of 3) and Team of 5.
Competition will start with the Singles at
9.00am on Sunday, July 5th and will run
through to 11th July with the Masters
Stepladder Finals.
Terence Yaw
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