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England take boys singles gold at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - Adam Cairns of England snuck into the semifinals as the fourth seed and went on to win the boys singles gold medal Monday at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

Cairns defeated Australia's Sam Cooley, 210-139, to claim the title at Tali Bowl. For the United States, Andrew Koff of Miami was the high finisher, taking ninth place.

In the championship match, Cairns raced out to an early lead and never looked back to give England its seventh gold medal in the 11th World Youth Championships.

Cairns advanced to the gold-medal match by defeating top seed Jong-Woo Park of Korea, 246-214. Cooley knocked off Canadian Francois Lavoie, 211-158, in the other semifinal.

After six games of qualifying, Cairns was tied for fourth place with Christian Birlinger of Germany at 1,343 and advanced to the semifinals by virtue of a 233-159 edge in the final game of qualifying. Jong-Woo led qualifying with 1,447, an average of 241.2, but settled for a bronze medal along with Lavoie.

For the United States, Andrew Koff shot 1,308, an average of 218, and settled for a top-10 finish in his first appearance at the World Youth Championships. The 18-year-old opened with games of 203, 220 and 182 before hitting his stride and finishing with 248, 220 and 235.

"I started the first couple games really fast because this is a big tournament and I wanted to do my best; I lost sight of things," Koff said. "The last three games, I calmed down and felt like I threw it really well. I'm looking forward to the remaining games we have in the tournament."

Craig Hanson finished 14th for the United States with 1,296. Devin Bidwell was 77th with 1,148, and Jacob Peters took 78th with 1,145.

Syimir Abdul Razak of Malaysia had the tournament's first 300 game in the final game of his qualifying block. Razak finished in 48th place with 1,216.

Action shifts to girls doubles on Tuesday as Jenn Boisselle and Kristie Petravich will team up and Brittni Hamilton and Christine Bator will be paired for the United States.

The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the girls doubles coverage is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

2010 WTBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland
Monday's Results

BOYS

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner earns gold, loser gets silver)

(4) Adam Cairns, England def. (2) Sam Cooley, Australia, 210-193

SEMIFINALS
(Winners advance, losers tie for bronze)

(4) Cairns def. (1) Jong-Woo Park, Korea, 246-214
(2) Cooley def. (3) Francois Lavoie, Canada, 211-158

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, six games)

1, Jong-Woo Park, Korea, 1,447. 2, Sam Cooley, Australia, 1,377. 3, Francois Lavoie, Canada, 1,369. 4 (tie), Adam Cairns, England and Christian Birlinger, Germany, 1,343. 6, Steven Miller, England, 1,331. 7, Dwayne van Zandwijk, Netherlands, 1,325. 8, Basil Low, Singapore, 1,311. 9, Andrew Koff, United States, 1,308. 10, Hae-Sol Hong, Korea, 1,307.

Hamilton takes silver in girls singles at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - Junior Team USA's Brittni Hamilton of Webster, N.Y., earned the silver medal in girls singles Sunday in the opening event at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

Hamilton's silver-medal finish was the highest in any event at the World Youth Championships for the Junior Team USA girls since 2004. The three-time Junior Team USA member lost in the gold-medal match to Korea's Yeon-Ju Kim, 192-155.

Yeon-Ju raced out to a commanding lead in the match, taking a 65-pin advantage after six frames and rolled to the title with ease at Tali Bowl.

"I had a couple of shots early that I thought were good that just didn't react like I thought they would and it cost me," Hamilton said. "I kind of got lost in the beginning of the match, but I'm not disappointed at all. I know that medaling at all is a big accomplishment."

Hamilton advanced to the semifinals with a thrilling overtime victory against top seed Carmen Haandrikman of the Netherlands. Haandrikman needed just seven pins on her final shot to eliminate Hamilton but got six and the two tied 188-188. In the ninth and 10th frame roll-off, Hamilton was perfect and won 60-40 to move on.

In the other semifinal, Yeon-Ju advanced with a 214-204 victory against Latvia's Diana Zavjalova. Haandrikman and Zavjalova shared the bronze medal.

The four players in the semifinals led a field of 107 girls after six games of qualifying. Hamilton finished tied for third in qualifying with 1,320, an average of 220, but was the fourth seed for the semifinals by virtue of Zavjalova having a higher final game of qualifying.

Junior Team USA's Kristie Petravich finished seventh with 1,273, Jenn Boisselle was 11th at 1,265 and Christine Bator was 34th with 1,195.

"I think today sets the tone and gives us a good start to the tournament," Hamilton said. "This fuels everyone on the team and gets them pumped up for the rest of the week."

Action shifts to boys singles on Monday as Junior Team USA's Devin Bidwell, Jake Peters, Craig Hanson and Andrew Koff will take to the lanes.

The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the boys singles coverage is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Eastern on Monday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

2010 WTBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland
Sunday's Results

GIRLS

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner earns gold, loser gets silver)

(2) Yeon-Ju Kim, Korea def. (4) Brittni Hamilton, United States, 192-155

SEMIFINALS
(Winners advance, losers tie for bronze)

(4) Hamilton def. (1) Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands, 188-188 (60-40)
(2) Yeon-Ju def. (4) Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 214-204

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, six games)

1, Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands, 1,389. 2, Yeon-Ju Kim, Korea, 1,329. 3 (tie), Diana Zavjalova, Latvia and Brittni Hamilton, United States, 1,320. 5, Hayley White, England, 1,302. 6, Sin Li Jane, Malaysia, 1,288. 7, Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 1,278. 8, Seung-Ja Baek, Korea, 1,277. 9, Kristie Petravich, United States, 1,273. 10, Lexi Nicoll, Australia, 1,269.

Doubles

Junior team USA wins gold,silver in boys doubles at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - The United States boys doubles teams earned the gold and silver medals Wednesday at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

Junior Team USA's Craig Hanson and Andrew Koff won the gold medal by defeating teammates Devin Bidwell and Jake Peters, 428-426, in the championship match at Tali Bowl. Hanson shot 227 and Koff had 201, while Bidwell shot 222 and Peters fired 204.

The United States is the only country in the history of the event to win both the gold and silver in the same year. It last happened in 1988 in Manila, Philippines, when the event was known as the International Youth Championships.

"It was really relaxing, and we were just having fun out there doing our best," Koff said. "We got both medals, that's what we were out here for."

In the gold-medal match, Bidwell and Peters looked like they would be on their way to the title, leading by more than 50 pins at the halfway point. But Hanson finished with six consecutive strikes and then Koff doubled in the 10th to give them the gold.

"We never let ourselves get out of it mentally," Hanson said. "We talked to each other and said that we needed to have a strong last half, make a good ball change, make good shots and hopefully that would get us the gold."

Even though they were bowling their teammates, Bidwell said both doubles teams wanted to come out on top.

"Of course we wanted to win as a team, but it was still a doubles event, so we wanted to win it just as bad as they did," Bidwell said. "It's really cool to have both teams on top, though, and this gives us momentum heading into the team event."

In the semifinals, Hanson shot 182 and Koff had 198 as they took down top seed Korea, 380-363. Ju-Young Kim shot 185, while Seung-Hyeon Shin had 178 for Korea.

Bidwell fired 194, while Peters had 192 as they knocked off Malaysia, 386-343. Aris Ardilla had 174, and Syimir Razak shot 169 for Malaysia.

In all-events, Mats Maggi of Belgium leads the field with 2,748, an average of 229. Koff is the highest U.S. player as he sits in third place with 2,701.

The top 16 players after 18 games advance to Masters match play based on their all-events totals. For the rest of Junior Team USA, Hanson sits in 21st place with 2,535, Peters is 29th with 2,498 and Bidwell is 35th at 2,473.

Action shifts to girls and boys team qualifying Thursday and Friday. The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the team event coverage is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

2010 WTBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland
Wednesday's Results

BOYS DOUBLES

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner earns gold, loser gets silver)

(4) Craig Hanson/Andrew Koff, United States def. (2) Devin Bidwell/Jake Peters, United States, 428-426

SEMIFINALS
(Winners advance, losers tie for bronze)

(4) Hanson/Koff def. Ju-Young Kim/Seung-Hyeon Shin, Korea, 380-363
(2) Bidwell/Peters def. Aris Ardilla/Syimir Razak, Malaysia, 386-343

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, six games)

1, Ju-Young Kim/Seung-Hyeon Shin, Korea, 2,705. 2, Devin Bidwell/Jake Peters, United States, 2,678. 3, Aris Ardilla/Syimir Razak, Malaysia, 2,638. 4, Craig Hanson/Andrew Koff, United States, 2,632. 5, Richard Teece/Matt Chamberlain, England, 2,554. 6, Hae-Sol Hong/Jong-Woo Park, Korea, 2,542. 7, Adam Cairns/Steven Miller, England, 2,537. 8, Kevin McRae/Sam Cooley, Australia, 2,532. 9, Phil Hulst/Dwayne van Zandwijk, Netherlands, 2,510. 10, Mattias Wetterberg/Kim Bolleby, Sweden, 2,503.

BOYS ALL-EVENTS
(Top 10 after 12 of 18 games)

1, Mats Maggi, Belgium, 2,748. 2, Jong-Woo Park, Korea, 2703. 3, Andrew Koff, United States, 2,701. 4, Steven Miller, England, 2,653. 5, Sam Cooley, Australia, 2,650. 6, Daniels Vezis, Latvia, 2,612. 7, Hae-Sol Hong, Korea, 2,593. 8, Francois Lavoie, Canada, 2,583. 9, Dwayne van Zandwijk, Netherlands, 2,577. 10, Adam Cairns, England, 2,558.

Colombians take girls doubles gold at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - A pair of Colombian bowlers who compete collegiately in the United States won the girls doubles gold medal Tuesday at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

Colombia's Laura Fonnegra and Maria Jose Rodriguez teamed up to defeat Singapore's Daphne Tan and New Hui Fen, 481-473, to claim the top spot at Tali Bowl. The high finishers for Junior Team USA were Jenn Boisselle and Kristie Petravich, who took 11th.

In the gold-medal match, Fonnegra, who bowls for Lindenwood, shot 259 and Rodriguez, who competes for Maryland Eastern Shore, shot 222. Fen had 237, while Tan shot 236 for Singapore.

"This means a lot, like a dream coming true, seriously," Rodriguez said. "When you come to the World Championships, you want to win and making it real is unbelievable. I can't explain it."

In the semifinals, the Colombians defeated Singapore's second team of Shayna Ng and Wichita State bowler Jazreel Tan, 412-392. The other Singaporean team took out Korea's Yeon-Ju Kim and Moon-Jeong Kim, 456-414. The semifinals losers shared the bronze medal.

For Junior Team USA, Petravich and Boisselle shot 2,459, an average of 204.9, and missed making the semifinals by 96 pins. Petravich shot 1,275, while Boisselle contributed 1,184.

The other U.S. pairing of Christine Bator and Brittni Hamilton finished in 13th place with 2,440. Bator paced the duo with 1,289, while Hamilton shot 1,162.

In all-events, Latvia's Diana Zavjalova leads with 2,656, an average of 221.3, with six games of team event remaining. Moon-Jeong is second at 2,651. Petravich is the highest player for Junior Team USA in seventh place with 2,548.

The top 16 players after 18 games advance to Masters match play based on their all-events totals. Hamilton sits in 14th place with 2,482, and Bator is 16th with 2,473. Boisselle sits in 20th place with 2,449.

Action shifts to boys doubles Wednesday as Andrew Koff and Craig Hanson will team up and Devin Bidwell and Jake Peters will be paired for the United States.

The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the boys doubles coverage is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

2010 WTBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland
Tuesday's Results

GIRLS DOUBLES

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner earns gold, loser gets silver)

(3) Laura Fonnegra/Maria Jose Rodriguez, Colombia def. (4) Daphne Tan/New Hui Fen, Singapore, 481-473

SEMIFINALS
(Winners advance, losers tie for bronze)

(4) Tan/Fen def. (1) Yeon-Ju Kim/Moon-Jeong Kim, Korea, 456-414
(3) Fonnegra/Rodriguez def. Shayna Ng/Jazreel Tan, Singapore, 412-392

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, six games)

1, Yeon-Ju Kim/Moon-Jeong Kim, Korea, 2,663. 2, Shayna Ng/Jazreel Tan, Singapore, 2,575. 3 (tie), Laura Fonnegra/Maria Jose Rodriguez, Colombia and Daphne Tan/New Hui Fen, Singapore, 2,535. 5, Hayley White/Dannielle Hopcroft, England, 2,506. 6, Krizziah Lyn Tabora/Marian Lara Posadas, Philippines, 2,504. 7, Seung-Ja Baek/Bo-Hyun Shin, Korea, 2,499. 8, Sanna Pasanen/Roosa Lunden, Finland, 2,494. 9, Gabriela Hernandez/Aseret Zetter, Mexico, 2,462. 10, Joline Persson Planefors/Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 2,460.


GIRLS ALL-EVENTS
(Top 10 after 12 of 18 games)

1, Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 2,656. 2, Moon-Jeong Kim, Korea, 2,651. 3, Hayley White, England, 2,619. 4, Yeon-Ju Kim, Korea, 2,580. 5, Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands, 2,573. 6, Seung-Ja Baek, Korea, 2,549. 7, Kristie Petravich, United States, 2,548. 8, Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden, 2,534. 9, Jazreel Tan, Singapore, 2,533. 10, Laura Fonnegra, Colombia, 2,507.

Team

U.S boys take team silver medal at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - The United States boys settled for the silver medal in team event Saturday after a high-scoring battle with Korea a the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

Junior Team USA fired a game of 860 in the gold-medal match, but it wasn't enough as the Koreans got ahead and never relinquished the lead in shooting 892 at Tali Bowl. The Korean girls also won the team gold medal.

Craig Hanson led a balanced effort from the Americans with a 226 game and was followed by Jake Peters (222), Devin Bidwell (211) and all-events gold medalist Andrew Koff (201). The Koreans were led by Ju-Young Kim with 237, while Hae-Sol Hong shot 235, Jong-Woo Park had 221 and Seung-Hyeon Shin had 199.

"There's a little disappointment, but you can never be unhappy when you bowl well, and all four guys bowled really well today," Peters said. "We feel we bowled the best we could, and they bowled better. You can't do anything about that."

In the semifinals, the United States took down top seed Estonia with ease, 942-786. Peters led the high-scoring effort with a 279 game. Bidwell shot 227, Koff had 220 and Hanson fired 216. Korea knocked out Australia in the other semifinal, 812-755.

Korea's girls team won the title with an 839-785 victory over Korea. The Koreans advanced to the gold-medal match by ousting England, 816-756, while Singapore topped Malaysia, 860-769.

In Masters match play action, which began after the team semifinals and finals Saturday afternoon, the United States' four players were eliminated prior to the medal rounds.

Koff advanced to the quarterfinals, but fell to Ju-Young, 3-2, in the best-of-five games format. After taking a 2-1 lead, Koff dropped the final two games 219-210 and 221-196.

Junior Team USA's Jenn Boisselle also made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Korea's Moon-Jeong Kim, 3-1. Boisselle took the first game 242-224 but then lost 176-141, 234-225 and 243-192.

In the Round of 16, Koff defeated England's Richard Teece, 3-1, while Peters fell to Finland's Samu Valaranta, 3-1. Christine Bator lost to Moon-Jeong, 3-2, while Boisselle defeated Hayley White of England, 3-2.

Masters competition wraps up with the semifinals and finals starting Sunday morning. The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the Masters coverage is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. Eastern on Sunday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

2010 WTBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland
Friday's Results

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner earns gold, loser gets silver)

(2) Korea def. (4) United States, 892-860

SEMIFINALS
(Winners advance, losers tie for bronze)

(4) United States def. (1) Estonia, 942-786
(2) Korea def. (3) Australia, 812-755

GIRLS TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner earns gold, loser gets silver)

(1) Korea def. (2) Singapore, 839-785

SEMIFINALS
(Winners advance, losers tie for bronze)

(1) Korea def. (4) England, 816-756
(2) Singapore def. (3) Malaysia, 860-769

USA Boys first, Girls third in team qualifying at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - The Junior Team USA boys took the lead after the first round of team qualifying Thursday, while the girls sat in third at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

After struggling in singles on the short-oil pattern Monday, the U.S. boys team fared much better during the first three games of qualifying for team event on the same pattern. The team shot         2,530, an average of 210.8, and leads Korea by 13 pins.

The Junior Team USA girls shot 2,460, an average of 205, and trail Malaysia by eight pins and Singapore by five pins. Qualifying concludes Friday for the boys and girls with three additional games before the field will be cut to the top four teams for the semifinals Saturday.

Jake Peters paced the U.S. boys with a 658 series and was followed by Andrew Koff (642), Devin Bidwell (632) and Craig Hanson (598).

"It was definitely a concern for us with the way we bowled on this pattern in singles," said Peters, who shot 236, 225 and 197. "We came in with a game plan and did a lot better. This gives us confidence heading into the long pattern tomorrow."

Jenn Boisselle led the American girls with a 681 series and was followed by Brittni Hamilton (649), Christine Bator (624) and Kristie Petravich (506).

"I think today worked out really well, and we like the spot we are sitting in," said Boisselle, who had games of 256, 247 and 178. "All you have to do is be in the top four, and we are a strong enough team to compete in match play. We just have to attack it the same way tomorrow that we did today."

In boys all-events after 15 games, Korea's Jong-Woo Park leads with 3,360, an average of 224, while Koff is second with 3,343. Peters is 17th with 3,156, Hanson is 21st at 3,133 and Bidwell is 28th with 3,105.

On the girls side, Korea's Moon-Jeong Kim leads with 3,292, an average of 219.5, while Latvia's Diana Zavjalova is second with 3,274. Hamilton sits in eight place with 3,131, while Boisselle is ninth at 3,130.

The top 16 players after 18 games advance to Masters match play based on their all-events totals, and Bator is currently in 16th position with 3,097. Petravich is 20th with 3,054.

The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the team event coverage is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

2010 WTBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tali Bowl, Helsinki, Finland
Wednesday's Results

GIRLS TEAM

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, three of six games)

1, Malaysia, 2,468. 2, Singapore, 2,465. 3, United States, 2,460. 4, Korea, 2,448. 5, Netherlands, 2,388. 6, Latvia, 2,385. 7, Finland, 2,384. 8, Colombia, 2,380. 9, England, 2,353. 10, Australia, 2,344.

BOYS TEAM

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, three of six games)

1, United States, 2,530. 2, Korea, 2,517. 3, France, 2,473. 4, Australia, 2,471. 5, Singapore, 2,468. 6, Estonia, 2,442. 7, Macau, 2,441. 8, Sweden, 2,440. 9, Kuwait, 2,413. 10, England, 2,411.

GIRLS TEAM

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, six games)

1, Korea, 5,024. 2, Singapore, 4,971. 3, Malaysia, 4,844. 4, England, 4,774. 5, Latvia, 4,770. 6, Netherlands, 4,749. 7, United States, 4,747. 8, Sweden, 4,717. 9, Colombia, 4,716. 10, Germany, 4,712.


BOYS TEAM

QUALIFYING
(Top 10, six games)

1, Estonia, 5,008. 2, Korea, 4,962. 3, Australia, 4,952. 4, United States, 4,932. 5, Macau, 4,923. 6, Finland, 4,910. 7, Sweden, 4,896. 8, Venezuela, 4,827. 9, Singapore, 4,823. 10, France, 4,790.
 

All Events

Koff wins gold, US Boys team advances at World Youth Championships

HELSINKI, Finland - Junior Team USA's Andrew Koff won the gold medal in boys all-events Friday and helped lead the Americans into the team semifinals at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships.

Koff became the first United States bowler to win the all-events in the history of the World Youth Championships, finishing with an 18-game total of 4,036, an average of 224.2, at Tali Bowl. His strong performance also helped the U.S. into the team semifinals in fourth position after six games of qualifying.

Junior Team USA finished team event with 4,932, an average of 205.5, and earned the last spot in the semifinals. They will take on qualifying leader Estonia, which totaled 5,008, on Saturday morning. The other match will feature second seed Korea against third seed Australia.

"Obviously, I'm really excited and this is unbelievable," Koff said. "Winning all-events wasn't anything I really thought about because you are out there just trying to knock as many pins down for your team as you can. To win it when so many great bowlers have represented Junior Team USA is great, and I'm very excited."

Koff led the Americans with 1,335 and was followed by Jake Peters (1,273), Devin Bidwell (1,207) and Craig Hanson (1,117).

On the girls side, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and England advanced to the semifinals. The Koreans shot 5,024 for six games, an average of 209.3, to earn the top position. The United States finished seventh, 37 pins out of the semifinals.

Singapore qualified second with 4,971, while Malaysia was third with 4,844. England took the last spot with 4,774, edging Latvia by just four pins. In the semifinals, Korea will take on England, while Singapore and Malaysia will battle.

Junior Team USA entered the day in third place after the opening three games of qualifying, but opened Friday with games of 756 and 713 to fall out of contention. The team finished with 868, but was unable to overcome more than a 160-pin deficit to England in the final game.

Jenn Boisselle led the Americans with a six-game total of 1,255 and was followed by Christine Bator (1,221), Brittni Hamilton (1,185) and Kristie Petravich (1,076).

Korea's Moon-Jeong Kim took the gold medal in all-events with 3,922, an average of 217.9. England's Hayley White earned the silver with 3,905, and Latvia's Diana Zavjalova was third with 3,899.

Rounding out the boys all-events medalists was Korea's Jong-Woo Park, who took silver with 3,994, and Finland's Samu Valaranta, who earned the bronze with 3,965.

The top 16 players in the all-events standings advanced to Masters match play, which begins Saturday afternoon and continues through Sunday.

The United States girls will be represented by Boisselle, who was 15th with 3,704, and Bator, who took 16th with 3,694. Hamilton finished 21st in all-events with 3,667, while Petravich was 23rd with 3,624.

For the U.S. boys, Peters was 14th with 3,771 to advance to the Masters, while Bidwell was 36th with 3,680 and Hanson finished 42nd with 3,652.

The United States Bowling Congress is working in cooperation with the Finnish Bowling Federation to provide live video streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event. Coverage will be available on BOWL.com, and the team event coverage is scheduled to begin at 2 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.

A field of 46 countries are competing in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

Masters

Korea ends World Youth Championships with two masters golds

HELSINKI, Finland - Korea capped off a dominating tournament by winning the boys and girls gold medals in Masters match play Sunday as the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Youth Championships came to a close.

Korea's Yeon-Ju Kim defeated Colombia's Laura Fonnegra, 3-2, in the best-of-five games girls championship match, while Ju-Young Kim defeated countryman Seung-Hyeon Shin, 3-1, in the boys final to give Korea the gold and silver.

In the girls final, Yeon-Ju dropped the first two games to Fonnegra, 222-186 and 256-182, before coming back to win the last three games 234-206, 216-200 and 268-246.

Ju-Young lost the first game in the boys championship match 224-211 but took the title by winning the next three games, 194-187, 247-221 and 245-215.

To have a shot at the gold medal, Fonnegra swept Moon-Jeong Kim of Korea, 3-0, while Yeon-Ju took down Carmen Haandrikman of the Netherlands, 3-2. In the boys semifinals, Ju-Young defeated Korean Jong-Woo Park, 3-2, while Seung-Hyeon knocked off Latvia's Daniels Vezis, 3-2. The semifinals losers shared the bronze medals.

The Masters medals brought the Korean's medal tally to 13. They won six gold medals, two silver and five bronze.

After winning just two medals in each of the past two World Youth Championships, the United States came away with five total medals in Helsinki.

The Americans earned gold medals in boys doubles (Andrew Koff and Craig Hanson) and boys all-events (Koff), while also taking silver medals in boys doubles (Devin Bidwell and Jake Peters), boys team and girls singles (Brittni Hamilton).

A field of 46 countries competed in the World Youth Championships for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters match-play. Visit BOWL.com for complete coverage of the event.

BOYS MASTERS
(Best-of-five matches)

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner takes gold; loser earns silver)

Ju-Young Kim, Korea def. Seung-Hyeon Shin, Korea, 3-1

SEMIFINALS
(Losers share bronze medal)

Ju-Young Kim, Korea def. Jong-Woo Park, Korea, 3-2
Seung-Hyeon Shin, Korea def. Daniels Vezis, Latvia, 3-2


GIRLS MASTERS
(Best-of-five matches)

CHAMPIONSHIP
(Winner takes gold; loser earns silver)

Yeon-Ju Kim, Korea def. Laura Fonnegra, Colombia, 3-2

SEMIFINALS
(Losers share bronze medal)

Laura Fonnegra, Colombia def. Moon-Jeong Kim, Korea, 3-0
Yeon-Ju Kim, Korea def. Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands, 3-2

GIRLS MASTERS
(Best-of-five matches)

ROUND OF 16

(1) Moon-Jeong Kim, Korea def. (16) Christine Bator, United States, 3-2
(15) Jenn Boisselle, United States def. (2) Hayley White, England, 3-2
(14) Gabriela Hernandez, Mexico def. Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 3-0
(13) Laura Fonnegra, Colombia def. (4) Jazreel Tan, Singapore, 3-0
(12) Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands def. (5) Shayna Ng, Singapore, 3-1
(11) Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia def. Sin Li Jane, Malaysia, 3-2
(7) Yeon-Ju Kim, Korea def. Bo-Hyun Shin, Korea, 3-2
(9) Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden def. (8) Seung-Ja Baek, Korea, 3-0

QUARTERFINALS

Moon-Jeong def. Boisselle, 3-1
Yeon-Ju def. Hernandez, 3-2
Fonnegra def. Planefors, 3-2
Haandrikman def. Roumimper, 3-2

BOYS MASTERS
(Best-of-five matches)

ROUND OF 16

(1) Andrew Koff, United States def. (16) Richard Teece, England, 3-1
(2) Jong-Woo Park, Korea def. (15) Dwyane van Zandwijk, Netherlands, 3-0
(3) Samu Valaranta, Finland def. (14) Jake Peters, United States, 3-1
(13) Ju-Young Kim, Korea def. (4) Mats Maggi, Belgium, 3-1
(5) Daniels Vezis, Latvia def. (12) Kevin Belandria, Venezuela, 3-1
(6) Kert Truus, Estonia def. (11) Ulari Lees, Estonia, 3-1
(10) Phil Hulst, Netherlands def. (7) Sam Cooley, Australia, 3-2
(8) Seung-Hyeon Shin, Korea def. (9) Steven Miller, England, 3-2

QUARTERFINALS

Ju-Young def. Koff, 3-2
Jong-Woo def. Hulst, 3-0
Seung-Hyeon def. Valaranta, 3-1
Vezis def. Truus, 3-1