17th Asian Senior Bowling Championships
TBNZ is pleased to announce the teams traveling to Singapore for the 17th Asian Senior Bowling Championships, to be held at the Singapore Bowling @Rifle Range from the 13th to the 22nd of October 2024.
This is TBNZ’s largest contingent since we started to send teams to this very prestigious and highly attended tournament. Each participating country can send a maximum of 16 teams. So far there are 11 countries registered, namely Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand with approximately 450-500 bowlers in total.
TBNZ has a total of eight teams this year and the following bowlers have taken on the challenge to represent New Zealand in this tournament.
| Team | Bowler 1 | Bowler 2 | Bowler 3 | Bowler 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Men 1 | Gregorio Nicolas | Pete Richardson | Robert Jacobsen | Roger Balanay |
| Senior Men 2 | Mark Stretton | Terry Mustchin | Tim Swain | Rey Non |
| Senior Men 3 | Stuart Cunningham | Jim Roberts | Don Adshead | Daryl Painter |
| Grand Senior Men 1 | Delfin De Guzman | Fred Housham | Murray Bicknell | Roger Tucker |
| Senior Women 1 | Jho Balanay | Jo King | Wink Mustchin | Rebecca Stretton |
| Senior Women 2 | Janet Miklos | Kylie Richardson | Lynnaire Churchill | Seema Sahayam |
| Grand Senior Women 1 | Annabelle Swain | Carole Adshead | Linda Wright | Robyn Watkins |
| Grand Senior Women 2 | Donna Fletcher | Helen Greene | Susan Beckford | Susie Mann |
The Senior division is for bowlers 50 years of age and above, and Grand Senior division is for bowlers aged 65 and above.
For more information about the tournament, here is the link to the tournament hub: abf-online.org – brought to you by ASIAN BOWLING FEDERATION – 17thasiansnr.htm
Should you wish to know more as the teams prepare for their travel, please contact either Fred Housham on fhandsh@gmail.com or Annabelle Swain on ajswain@outlook.co.nz, who have volunteered to organise all the logistics for this for this trip.
Congratulations and all the very best to everyone!