26th July, Berlin: Canada ended Asia's charge when Squad 1 leader, Daniel Skitt and Dan MacLelland claimed their first Gold medal in the Boy's Doubles of the 9th World Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship on Day 4.

After three events where Asia dominated the medal haul with Singapore's Valerie Teo and Cherie Tan taking the Girl's Singles Gold and Silver, and Kuwait's Mohammad Al-Zaidan winning the Boy's Singles Gold, Skitt and Maclelland amassed a team tota of 2605 to end Asia's domination so far.

At the start of Squad 1, England's Robert Kendall and Adam Purnell set the pace for the first four games but dropped to third to trail Canada and Finland in third after the fifth game. A 478 and 502 allowed the Canadians to set the benchmark for the next squad to beat for the gold.

Lead changed hands sevveral times as Korea, Malaysia and the Netherlands throughout the six games and at the final and crucial sixth game, Korea's Kim Jong-Wook and Jang Dong-Chui needed 525 or more to stand a chance of clinching the gold.

To the delight of the Canadians, who were watching nervously while squad 2 teams play catch up, none of the challengers could surpass their score which gave Skitt and MacLelland the well-deserved victory.

Korea settled for the silver medal with 2555 while Malaysia's Zulmazran Zulkifli and Aaron Kong did well to take home the bronze medal with 2489 ahead of the Americans in fourth, 14 pins further away. For detailed scores and information, please visit http://www.wyc2006.com.

Photos by Mrs. Kirsten Ossoinig.

25th July, Berlin: Malaysia's Esther Cheah and Zandra Aziela secured the Girl's Doubles Gold medal of the 9th World Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship from Singapore's Cherie Tan and Valerie Teo by 5 pins with a superb final game of 503.

As the Squad 1 girls took to the lanes for the Girl's Doubles event over the Long oil condition, Tina Hulsch and Janin Gabel of host nation, Germany ended the 6-game block to top the field with a total of 2426 and setting a mark for Squad 2 to beat. France's Nadege Maitre and Aurelie Gauton was handily placed second with 2351.

When Squad 2 started their block and after the first two games, none of the teams looked to seriously challenge the leaders but with only the Malaysian pair of Esther Cheah and Zandra Aziela getting close with 368 and 427. Another fine 421 gave the duo the lead at the halfway mark.

Despite two identical average games of 372 in the fourth and fifth games, the Malaysian pair fell behind Korea's Lee Na-Young and Park Mi-Ran, who

took over the lead at this stage and Singles Gold and Silver medalist, Valerie Teo and Cherie Tan in second.

With less than 40 pins separating the top 5 contenders, it was the Malaysian pair who displayed great fighting spirit to post a superb 503 to secure the win and the Gold medal with a total of 2463, just 5 pins ahead of the Singaporeans in second with 2458.

Squad 1 leader, Germany's total of 2426 only won them a a Bronze after the final standing were tabulated and momentary leader, Korea only managed a 371 in the final game and was lucky to finish fourth with 2385.

Esther Cheah's outstanding 1375 in the doubles took the Women's World Championship Singles Gold medalist to the lead in the All Events standings after two events on 2507 overtaking Singles Gold medalist, Valerie Teo and Silver medalist, Cherie Tan in second and third. For detailed scores and information, please visit http://www.wyc2006.com.

Photos by Fred Tan, MTBC.

24th July, Berlin: Squad 1 leader, Mohammad Al-Zaidan of Kuwait hung on to the lead to win the Boy's Singles Gold medal in the 9th World Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship on Day 2 with Dan MacLelland of Canada and Mads Sandbaekken of Norway taking the Silver and Bronze.

At the start of the boy's singles event on day 2 of the championship, Norway's Mads Sandbaekken set a cracking pace with a 258 in the first game and went on to lead till the fourth game when Kuwait's Mohammad Al-Zaidan mounting an attack to grab the lead after the fifth game by just 2 pins from Canada's Dan MacLealland.

Al-Zaidan kept his nerves intact to post 215 in the final game and to secure the gold medal with a total of 1316. MacLelland managed a 195 to claim the silver medal with 1304, 12 adrift while Sandbaekken settled for the bronze medal with 1296.

Malaysia's Aaron Kong, who topped Squad 2 with 1271, just fell short by 25 pins to finish fourth ahead of Sweden's Peter Nordensson in fifth spot with

1252. The win by Al-Zaidan gave Kuwait their first-ever medal in the history of the championship. 2004 World Youth Singles Gold medalist, Jason Belmonte of Australia, could only manage seventh.

The girls will contest their Doubles event over the long oil condition on Tuesday, 25th July while the boys will resume with the Doubles on Wednesday, 26th July. For detailed scores and information, please visit http://www.wyc2006.com.

Photos by courtesy of German Bowling Congress.

23rd July, Berlin: Singapore got off to a fabulous start in the 9th World Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship underway at Schillerpark Bowling Center as Valerie Teo Hui Ying pipped teammate and Squad 1 leader, Cherie Tan Shi Hua by 3 pins for the Gold medal in the Girl's Singles.

Valerie Teo started in Squad 2 with a superb 230 to line herself up of a 1190 target to beat set by teammate, Cheire Tan Shi Hua in Squad 1 played earlier. But a 189 and 164 in the second and third game saw Teo dropping down the field.

The champion crawled her way up with 192 and 245 in the fourth and fifth games to amassed 1020 and take the lead in Squad B before the final and sixth game. All the 21-year-old NUS medical student needed was 170 or more for a golden chance to overtake the top score and she duly obliged with 173.

Others with a chance to catch up were Michelle Quirk of USA, who needed 194 or more and Women's World Championship Singles Gold medalist,

Esther Cheah of Malaysia, who required to score 209 or more. Quirk and Cheah fumbled and could only manage 177 and 151 to drop out of contention.

2004 World Youth Championship Silver medalist, Stefanie Nation of USA finished third for the Bronze medal with 1181 scored in Squad 1 while Quirk took fourth spot with 1173. For detailed scores and information, please visit http://www.wyc2006.com.

Photos courtesy of Singapore Bowling.