Asian Bowling Federation Tournament Calendar



Many events are featured here and we keep you abreast with the tenpin bowling championships via our tournament calendar. For other zones, please refer to the bowling calendar listed at WTBA website. Also listed is the CGU Asian Bowling Tour, presented by , promoted by ESPN STAR Sports and sanctioned by Asian Bowling Federation.

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International Bowling Calendar 2001
Month	Dates	Tournaments
Jan	2 - 7	Champions of Champions 2001, Singapore
Jan/Feb	31 - 15	Bahrain International Open, Bahrain
Feb	22 - 25	Pepsi 2001 Guam Youth Int'l Classic, Guam
Feb	TBA	Impact 300 All-Comers Tournament, Singapore
Mar	2 - 7	Korea President Cup, Seoul
Mar	20 - 24	Cathay Bowl Super Classic 2001, Singapore
Mar	21 - 31	24th MAS Malaysian Int'l Open, Kuala Lumpur
Mar/Apr	18 - 1	1st Vietnam Internation Open, Vietnam
Apr	2 - 15	Park Avenue Singles Classic, Malaysia
Apr	TBA	UAE International Open, UAE
Apr	12 - 16	4th Asian Schools Championships, Bangkok
Apr	TBA	Arab Sinai Bowling Tournament, Egypt
Apr	TBA	2001 Manhattan Super Classic, Sydney, Australia
Apr	20 - 26	World Bowling Masters, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Apr/May	26 - 5	Cosmo International Open, Bangkok, Thailand
May	19 - 26	Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia
May	19 - 27	East Asian Games, Osaka, Japan
May	TBA	3rd Sibu Open, Malaysia
May/Jun	27 - 10	1st Kota Kinabalu Open, Malaysia
Jun	9 - 23	30th Philippines International Open, Manila
Jun	TBA	Perth Tenpin Cup, Australia
Jun	TBA	2001 Youth Challenge, Singapore
Jun	TBA	Melbourne Cup, Australia
Jun	TBA	PBC International Open, Singapore
Jun	TBA	All Stars International C'ships, Malaysia
Jun/Jul	29 - 8	29th Penang Pesta Int'l Open, Penang, Malaysia
Jul	4 - 14	5th Chinese Taipei Int'l Open, Keelun, Taiwan
Jul	13 - 19	11th WTBA Asian Youth Championship, Dubai
Jul	TBA	31st Australian Junior Int'l, Australia
Jul/Aug	28 - 4	9th China International Open, Guangzhou
Aug	4 - 11	2nd Pharaohs Open, Egypt
Aug	TBA	34th Singapore International Open, Singapore
Aug	13 - 16	BBQ Cup Korea Open, Chang Won City
Aug	16 - 26	6th World Games, Akita, Japan
Aug	TBA	2001 Int'l South Pacific Classic, Australia
Aug	TBA	2nd Stars of Tomorrow, Singapore
Aug	TBA	2nd Superbowl Under-18 Classic, Kedah, Malaysia
Aug	TBA	Sarawak Open, Malaysia
Sep	10 - 15	21st SEA Games - Tenpin Bowling, Malaysia
Sep	15 - 23	1st Arab Championship, Bahrain
Sep	8 - 25	1st Kota Kinabalu Int'l Open, Sabah
Sep/Oct	25 - 6	27th Thailand International Open, Bangkok
Oct	10 - 14	PBAP-Storm Int'l Invitational Classic, Philippines
Oct	20 - 26	6th Asian Senior Bowling C'hip, Seoul
Oct/Nov	28 - 9	4th Storm Cup Korea Open, Seoul
Nov	4 - 11	37th AMF Bowling World Cup, Pattaya, Thailand
Nov	20 - 25	2nd Singha Cosmo Stars of Tomorrow Junior, Bangkok
Nov	16 - 24	15th Asian Intercity, Pusan Metro City
Dec	2 - 9	2nd Milo Junior All Stars, Pyramid Megalanes, Malaysia
Dec	7 - 15	27th Hong Kong Int'l Open, Hong Kong
Dec	18 - 22	5th Cathay Bowl Junior Classic, Singapore
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CGU Asian Bowling Tour Calendar 2001
Month	Dates	Legs
Jan	11 - 14	Grand Slam Finals, Malaysia
Apr	1 - 2	Malaysian Leg, Kuala Lumpur
Jun	24 - 25	Philippine Leg, Manila
Jul	15 - 16	Chinese Taipei Leg, Taipei
Aug	5 - 6	China Leg, Guangzhou
Oct	7 - 8	Thailand Leg, Bangkok
Nov	10 - 11	Korea Ranking Leg, Seoul
Dec	16 - 17	Hong Kong Leg, Hong Kong
Jan	15 - 16, 2002	Singapore Ranking Leg, Singapore
Jan	17 - 20, 2002	Grand Slam Finals, Singapore
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16th October: The CGU Asian Bowling Tour comes to its seventh and final leg of 2001 when it moves to Hong Kong from December 16-17, where top 14 men and women bowlers from the 27th Hong Kong International Open Championship 2001 will be eligible to play.

25th September: Malaysian international veteran, Ng Yew Hup bags 1st Kota Kinabalu International Open Masters title at CPS Bowl, Sabah defeating former professional PBA bowler, Purvis Granger of the US while Chen Te Nung of Chinses Taipei finished third.

23rd September: Saudi Arabia's Talal Al Towareb bags Masters' title Gold medal defeating UAE's Naeef Oqab and Qatar's Ahmad Shaheen at the conclusion of the Arab Championship at Fun Land Mega Bowling Centre in Manam, Bahrain.

16th September: World Bowling Masters runner-up, Bandar Mubarak Al Shafi of Qatar scores perfect game enroute to winning the Singles on Day 1 of the inaugural Arab Championship at Fun Land Mega Bowling Centre in Manam, Bahrain.

15th September: Two Gold medalist, Lai Kin Ngoh of Malaysia fought back strongly to win her individual Gold medal in the Women's Masters from Liza del Rosario in the 21st SEA Games at Megalanes, Seberang Prai.

22nd August: Steven Thornton, Kirsten Penny of Great Britain bags Mixed Doubles on the first tenpin bowling event of the quadrennial multi-sports 6th World Games Bowling Championship in Akita, Japan.