11th November, Yancheng: First block leaders, Yancheng and Kowloon concluded the second block of the Team of 4 event to win the Women's and Men's Senior Team gold medals at the 31st Asian Intercity Bowling Championships.

Yancheng's Peng Rui, Li Qin, Kong Min and Zhang Chunli had a moderate start in the fourth game of the second block with 771 but was able to keep their lead. Koh Yang-Rye, Lee Mi-Sook, Oh Hwa Jeong and Yang Young-Ja of Jeju, Korea recovered from their poor end to the first block with 821 to take up second, 122 pins behind Yancheng.

Chang Yu-Hsuan, Pan Yu-Fen, Lin Shi-Han and Singles silver medallist, Tang Ya-Chun of Chinese Taichung also posted an identical opening game of 821 but was still fourth behind Paranaque in third. Jeju was on a roll reeling in a superb 798 to reduce the lead to 61 pins after the fifth game.

Meanwhile, Kowloon's lead was never threatened at any stage of the second block as Mike Chan, Mavi Chan, Ban Wan and Louie Lui continued their strong pace with 768 in the fourth game to extend their lead to 190 pins.

Beijing took over second spot after Paranaque got off the second block poorly to slip to third with Wuhan and Shanghai close on their heels. Kowloon added a stunning 877 in the fifth game to pull away from the pack and increased their lead to a massive 405 pins.

Shanghai's Teng Yaxiang, Li Fuqing, Wang Huizhuang and Huang Shunbao moved into second spot, 34 pins ahead of Beijing's Zhu Yongqui, Shi Jiancheng, Zhai Xiyuan, and Bian Yuanchao in third. Paranaque continued to slide out of contention.

Kowloon ended with 784 to win the gold medal with 4786. Beijing finished strongest with 843 to snatch the silver medal with 4406 while Shanghai settled for the bronze medal with 4381 despite finishing with a splendid 784.