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Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Orang Buta, Malaysia
National Council For The Blind, Malaysia

2nd Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship for the Blind

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The National Council for the Blind, Malaysia hosted the 2nd Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship for the Blind 2005 from the 10th - 14th November, 2005 at Pyramid Megalanes, assisted by the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress.

The 1st edition of the championship was held in Tokyo, Japan.

A total of Seven countries, namely Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Western Australia and host, Malaysia competed in the event. There were a total of 56 bowlers

The bowlers were classified into a "3-Class System":

* B1 - No light perception in either eye up to light perception but inability to recognize the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction
* B2 - From ability to recognize the shape of a hand up to a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual of less than 5 degrees.
* B3 - From visual acuity above 2/60 up to visual acuity of 6/60 and/or a visual field of more than 5 degrees and less 20 degrees.

For more News and Results from the event, visit:
http://www.mtbc.org.my/results/2ndblind-res.htm

To download the souvenir programme, click on the link below:
SouvenirProgramme.pdf