12th August, Hong Kong: A revised schedule of the World Women Championships 2011, which will be held at Hong Kong Bowling City from September 1 to 11, has been released by the organising committee.

The revised and trimmed down schedule is a result of a lower number of participating countries (33) and bowlers (171) which will cut a couple of hours each day. There will be three squads instead of four in Singles and three Doubles squads, two instead of three in the Trios while the Team of 5 will compete in one squad instead of two.

There will also be three squads for the official practice instead of four, which begins on September 2 after which the teams will take a break before assembling for the official opening ceremony at 20.00 hrs.

Before the Singles commence on September 3 and Doubles on September 5, a 10 minute practice will be allocated before the start of each squad. A 15 minute practice will be allocated for the Trios on September 7.

A 25 minute pratice will be allocated for the Team of 5 event on September 9. Medal ceremonies will be held immediately after the finals of each of the event while the medal presentation for the All Events will be held before the Team of 5 Semi-finals.

The championship will culminate with the staging of the Masters finals (top 16 from the All Events) - Round of 16 (8 matches - best of 5), Quarter-finals (4 matches), Semi-finals (2 matches) and the Final (1 match) on September 11.

At the same time, the WTBA and FIQ Presidium meetings will be held on September 9 and 10 and the WTBA Congress on September 12 and 14, and FIQ Congress on September 13.

3rd March, Hong Kong: The World Tenpin Bowling Association has approved the logo of the World Women Championship 2011 which will be held in Hong Kong, China on 2-12 September, 2011.

The logo is designed by a quite well-known designer in Hong Kong, William Chan (William Chan Design). He has been designing all the posters for the Hong Kong Open as well as the Asian Championships hosted in Hong Kong.

This logo was chosen because it looked like a woman throwing a bowling ball. He also designed the posters and banners for the Equestrian Event hosted in Hong Kong for the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as for the DanceSports Competition of the 5th Hong Kong East Asian Games in 2009.

William also designed the poster and promotional materials for the 2010 Hong Kong Sports Stars Award organized by the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China which was held two weeks ago.

The Hong Kong NOC is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year. That's is why you see the logo of the 60th Anniversary of SF&OC on our Bulletin. The World Women Championship is included as one of the Mega Events celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the NOC.

The championship will be sponsored by the Government through the Major Sports Events Committee under the Sports Commission of the HKSAR. It will also be given the prestigious "M" Mark logo.

The "M" Mark logo is only given to Mega Sports Event such as the Rugby Seven in Hong Kong, the FIVB World Grand Prix (Women Volleyball Tournament among the world top women teams).

You can download the high-resolution championship logo to be printed onto your attire. Please visit www.williamchandesign.com for more information about William Chan Design.

11th August, Munich: Hong Kong has just been awarded the host of the World Women Championship 2011 by the WTBA Presidium at the end of the second day of the congress meeting at Feringa Park Hotel.

The championship, which was originally awarded to Malaysia, has been withdrawn and the WTBA Presidium decided to award to Hong Kong against two other bidding countries, Austria and Thailand.

The tentative dates set is 2 to 12 September, 2011 with the first four days set aside for the FIQ and WTBA Presidium and Congresses meetings. Hong Kong will be the first Asian country to host the women's championship since it split up in 2004.

Aalborg, Denmark hosted the first in 2004 followed by Monterry, Mexico in 2007 and Las Vegas, USA in 2009. Thailand was the other Asian country which has hosted the men's championship in 2008.

This year's men's championship is being held in Munich, Germany which will kick off on Friday, 13 August after the official practice and opening ceremony on Thursday, 12 August.