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2nd Asian Para Tenpin Bowling Championship

Malaysia host Asian Youth for third time

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31st August, Petaling Jaya: Eighty-four men, 34 women and 54 team officials from 10 countries have converged in Malaysia for the 2nd Asian Para Tenpin Bowling Championships hosted by Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress at Sunway Megalanes, Bandar Sunway from September 1 to 5, 2025.

The physically disabled athletes were confirmed during the team managers meeting held at Sunway Megalanes conference room. China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Chinese Taipei and host, Malaysia are the participating countries and territories.

Before the meeting commenced, Mr Maradona Chok, Secretary General of Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress welcomed team officials attending the meeting on behalf of YBhg Dato' Mohammad Najeeb Abdullah, President of MTBC and extended his sincere gratitude for supporting the event with their participation.

Dr Danny Santos, Tournament Director, then kicked off the meeting by introducing members of the tournament committee, Mr Alex Cheah, Technical Delegate who will be handling the lane maintenance and Mr Steven Teng, the Host Tournament Coordinator.

Tournament Committee members, Dr Danny Santos, Mr Maradona Chok and Mr Steven Teng

He also announced that Ms Vivien Lau, Honorary Life President of Asian Bowling Federation, Mr Maradona Chok, Secretary General of MTBC and Mr Tomokatsu Yamashita, Secretary General of Japan Bowling Congress are the members of the Jury of Appeal.

Dr Santos, after the roll-call, covered all aspects of the championships including general rules and regulations, schedule of events, lane draws of the three events and the official practice procedures.

There are seven classes and two divisions (men and women) - TPB1, TPB2, TPB3, TPB4, TPB8, TPB9 and TPB10. Three events will be contested which comprises of Singles (6 games), Doubles (6 games) and Trios (4 games). All three medals will be awarded to a category if there are three or more athletes.

If there are three or less athletes in a category, only the gold and silver medals will be awarded. Medals will also be awarded for the All Events (16 games total) for all the seven classes. Men and women will be mixed for some events, namely the Doubles and Trios competing for medals. Those not competing for medals will complete their events in the makeup teams.

The official practice, divided into two squads will be held tomorrow, 1st September followed by the opening ceremony which will be held at Sunway Megalanes at 5:30pm local time.

Competition will kick off with the Singles on 2nd and 3rd September. The Doubles will be contested on 3rd and 4th September. The Trios will be staged on the final day of the championships on 5th September. A victory banquet, hosted by MTBC will be held at the Sunway Resorts Hotel at 8:00pm.

Photos by Terence Yaw in Pataling Jaya, Malaysia.

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