2025 IBF World Championships – Team Australia: Morning Brief Day 7
By Matt Stevens
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2025 IBF World Championships – Top Bowl, Kowloon, Hong Kong – Day 7
Day 7 begins with a fresh opportunity for Australia as the Championships move into the Trios phase. After a tough but hard-fought day in Doubles Round 2, both Aussie teams bowed out of the discipline but showed resilience, flashes of quality, and a continued willingness to fight against some of the biggest names in world bowling.
The focus now shifts forward – a new event, a new format, and a clean slate. The Championships are entering the middle stretch, and Australia is ready to attack the next challenge.
What Happened – Women’s & Men’s Doubles Round 2
Australia entered Round 2 of the Doubles discipline with two teams in action: #BecSquared – Bec Whiting and Bek Martin in the women’s field and Julian Dinham and Luke Doyle in the men’s.
Both teams were placed in extremely strong Group C line-ups, facing multiple world-level medallists, seasoned Baker-format nations, and several of the tournament’s heaviest hitters. Despite the calibre of competition, both Aussie duos battled through all five matchplay games, collected wins, and pushed some of the world’s best to the edge.
Women’s Doubles – Bec Whiting & Bek Martin
Group C brought a stacked field including two USA teams, a Korean side led by Kim Bo Ah, and multiple Asian medal contenders.
Bec and Bek produced two excellent wins – one against Korea’s Kim Bo Ah & Shin Hye Bin, and one against So Cheng Lam & Wong Son Jan from Macau. They were also painfully close to two more wins, falling by one pin to both the Chinese Taipei and Russo/Clemmer USA side in their fourth game.
The group was ultimately topped by USA’s Jillian Martin and Julia Bond, who went a perfect 5-0 to advance to the medal rounds.
Despite a slow start and some close finishes, #BecSquared finished strongly with a superb 248 in Game 3 and followed with a 213, and 216 to close the block.
| Lost to Wang Ya Ting & Teng Jo Yu (TPE) 171-172 |
| Lost to Jilliam Martin & Julia Bond (USA) 153-187 |
| Defeated Kim Bo Ah & Shin Hye Bin (KOR) 248-207 |
| Lost to Lauren Russo & Breanna Clemmer (USA) 213-214 |
| Defeated So Cheng Lam & Wong Son Jan (MAC) 216-212 |
| Total Pins – 1,001 |
| Points – 6 points ( 2 wins, 3 losses) |
| Average – 200.20 |
| Group Finishing Position – 4th place |
Men’s Doubles – Julian Dinham and Luke Doyle
The men’s Group C was equally loaded, featuring Sweden’s Jesper Svensson & James Blomgren, Denmark’s Tim Stampe & Carsten W.Hansen, China’s elite pairing, and the eventual group winners from Malaysia – Muhammad Syazirol Shamsudin & Rafiq Ismail.
After the extraordinary back-to-back 299 and 300 in qualification, the magic unfortunately didn’t follow into Round 2. Julian and Luke fought hard through all five games, securing a win in Game 3 against the UAE, but couldn’t generate the same control and momentum required to challenge the group leaders.
Malaysia’s Shamsudin & Ismail dominated the group with four wins and an average of 226.80, progressing to the semi-finals.
| Lost to James Blomgren & Jesper Svensson (SWE) 195-202 |
| Lost to Tim Stampe & Carsten W.Hansen (DEN) 225-236 |
| Defeated Mohamed Ismail Al Zarooni (UAE) 202-200 |
| Lost to Muhammad Syazirol Shamsudin (MAS) 194-243 |
| Lost to Zhang Min & Du Jian Chao (CHN) 225-266 |
| Total Pins – 1,041 |
| Points – 3 points ( 1 win, 4 losses) |
| Average – 208.20 |
| Group Finishing Position – 6th place |
Summary
- Both Australian teams battled through stacked Group C line-ups
- #BecSquared collected two wins and two agonising one-pin losses.
- Julian & Luke claimed one win but faced world-class opposition.
- No Australian teams advanced to the Doubles semi-finals.
- Australia now turns attention to the Trios discipline with two Men’s teams ready to go.
🎳 Day 7 Preview – Men’s Trios Qualification
Today marks the beginning of the Trios discipline – a fast, fluid, and highly strategic Baker-format event that often produces big scoring swings and momentum shifts.
Australia will field two Men’s Trios teams, each bowling seven Baker games in their respective qualification squads. The goal: finish inside the Top 16 to advance to Round 2 group matchplay stage.
Trios is all about depth, communication, and consistency across three athletes. With multiple players in strong form across Singles and Doubles, Australia enters this event with opportunity and belief.
🗓️Monday 1 December 2025 – Day Schedule (AEST)
(The times below are AEST e.g. Brisbane. Hong Kong is 2 hours behind Brisbane)
- 09:30-11:00 – Lane Maintenance
- 11:00-11:10 – Warm Up
- 11:10-13:30 – Men Trios Qualifying Squad 1 (7 Games)
- 13:30-14:30 – Lane Maintenance
- 14:30-14:40 – Warm Up
- 14:40-17:00 – Men Trios Qualifying Squad 2 (7 Games)
- 17:00-18:00 – Lane Maintenance
- 18:00-18:10 – Warm Up
- 18:10-20:30 – Men Trios Round 2 (Round Robin – 7 Games)
🇦🇺 Australian Schedule – Trios (AEST)
| 11:10-13:30 – Men’s Trios Qualifying Squad 1 |
| Julian Dinham, Luke Doyle, Blake Walsh |
| Lanes 21, 18, 12, 11, 9, 32, 28 |
| 14:40-17:00 – Men’s Trios Qualifying Squad 2 |
| Jesse Ellis, Jackson Buckingham, Jordan Dinham |
| Lanes 23, 20, 14, 13, 11, 34, 30 |
🔵 Evening Session – Men’s Trios Round 2 Begins
The Men’s Trios Round 2 matchplay block begins tonight with Julian Dinham, Luke Doyle & Blake Walsh taking on seven opponents across seven Baker games. With only the top 2 from both groups progressing to the semi-finals later in the week, every frame tonight matters. Full results will be covered in tomorrow’s Morning Brief.
🎳Trios Event – Format Overview
- Max two trios per federation.
- Round 1 – Qualifying – 7 baker games
- Round 2 – Top 16 Matchplay – advance to two groups of 8 teams, seeded based on qualifying and evenly. All bowlers in each group bowl against each other for a total of 7 baker games.
- Semi-Finals – Top 4: Group winners play 1v4, 2v3 (best-of-three). Losers receive bronze.
- Grand Final: Winners meet for gold and silver in a best-of-three.
📲 How to Follow
Stay updated on all schedules, morning briefs, results, stream links via the Team Australia Hub on the TBA website here – Click Here.
💚💛 Let’s Go Aussies!
