31-07-2025
Qatar bag two more medals at ongoing Asian Jr Bowling C'ship
QNA
Doha
The Qatar bowling team won two new medals (silver and bronze) on Thursday at the 24th Asian Junior Bowling Championship, which Doha is hosting until August 2.
Qatar's Abdulrahman Al-Dosari won the silver medal in all-events category after collecting 3,960 points across all competitions. He finished second behind Kuwait's Nasser Al Kandari, who topped the standings with 4,037 points and won the gold medal. Malaysian bowler Mohammed Aqeel came in third with 3,921 points and won the bronze medal.
Qatar's Team B, comprising Hassan Al Muraikhi, Hamad Al Abdullah, Abdullah Al Dosari, and Abdulrahman Al Dosari, won the bronze medal in the 4-player team competition, finishing third with 5,052 points.
Qatar raised its medal tally in the tournament to four, having previously won gold and silver in the doubles competition.
The Malaysian team topped the four-person team competition, taking first place with 5,198 points and winning the gold medal, while the Kuwaiti team came in second with 5,196 points and won the silver medal.
At the girls' level, the Malaysian team won the gold medal after topping the competition with 4,775 points, while the Chinese Taipei team came in second with 4,563 points and won the silver medal. The Malaysian B team came in third with 4,456 points and won the bronze medal.
The medal presentation ceremony took place in the main hall of the Qatar National Bowling Center, which is hosting the tournament.
The Asian Championship continues Friday, with the first round of the masters competitions for both boys and girls.
The competition concludes the day on Saturday, with the championship prizes being distributed to the winners at the conclusion of the tournament.
For his part, Abdullah Sultan Al Qattan, President of the Qatar Bowling Federation, expressed his complete satisfaction with the results achieved by the Qatari national team during its participation in the ongoing Asian Championship.
Al Qattan said, 'We are very happy to win silver and bronze medals, which will be added to the medal tally achieved by Qatar during the tournament. The success motivates us to continue working towards achieving more medals.
'We congratulate our national team on this achievement, which was accomplished amidst extremely tough competition from the elite Asian bowling champions at the junior level. We hope to secure more medals in the masters category, and we are confident in the ability of the Qatari players to perform at their best in the remaining tournaments.'
For his part, Khalifa Ali Al Kubaisi, national coach of the Qatari bowling team, affirmed that the two new silver and bronze medals won by Qatar in the Asian Championship are an honourable achievement. 'We have succeeded in winning four medals in the Asian Championship so far, including one gold, two silver, and one bronze. This is a remarkable and commendable achievement, and we look forward to more, given the great capabilities of the national team members. We hope to succeed in achieving this,' he said.
Al Kubaisi continued: 'The tournament represents a great opportunity to interact and compete with the best players in Asia. We seek to maximize our benefits in line with our ambition to prepare a promising generation capable of achieving outstanding achievements for Qatar in the future.'
For his part, Qatar bowling team member Abdulrahman Al Dosari expressed his great happiness at winning the silver medal in the overall standings, stressing that this achievement was the result of the great work that preceded the start of the tournament.
Al Dosari said, 'I feel very proud to stand on the podium in the Asian Championship, which is witnessing very strong competition, but we were on time and won the silver medal in the overall classification and the bronze medal in the team competition. We hope to continue our good performance to achieve more medals in this continental edition.'
