In an all-Chinese Taipei affair, Yang Nien-Hua, seeded third, defeated No. 4 seed, Cheng Hsing-Chao, 226-210, to win the gold medal in Singles at the 24th East Asian Pacific Championship in Tamuning, Guam.

The spinners from Chinese Taipei occupied places 3 through 7 after the six-game preliminaries Tuesday afternoon at Central Lanes. Cheng was tied with team mate Hung Kun-Yi for fourth place with 1209. Cheng earned the fourth and final spot to advance to the playoffs due to the higher last game (203 to 196).

The No. 1 and No. 2 seed, however, went to local bowler Manny Tagle and Choi Io Fai, Macau, who led the 36-player field from six countries - Chinese Taipei, Guam Japan, Korea, Macau and Saipan - with 1307 and 1251, respectively.

In the semifinals, Tagle fell to Cheng, 168-186, while Choi was eliminated by Yang, 161-190. Cheng earned the silver medal and Tagle and Choi shared the bronze.

 

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24th East Asian Pacific Championship - Men's Singles

Championship Round:
1. Yang Nien-Hua, Chinese Taipei
2. Cheng Hsing-Chao, Chinese Taipei
3. Manny Tagle, Guam
(tie) Choi Io Fai, Macau

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: #4 Cheng def. #1 Tagle, 186-168
Semifinal Match 2: #3 Yang def. #2 Choi, 190-161
Championship: Yang def. Cheng, 226-210.

 

Men Singles - Standings after six games preliminaries

The top 4 advance to the playoffs.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Avg.
1.	Manny Tagle	Guam	202	298	233	171	200	203	1307	217.83
2.	Choi Io Fai	Macau	237	199	213	224	178	200	1251	208.50
3.	Yang Nien-Hua	Chinese Taipei	212	233	196	223	202	185	1251	208.50
4.	Cheng Hsing-Chao	Chinese Taipei	155	237	212	213	189	203	1209	201.50
5.	Hung Kun-Yi	Chinese Taipei	213	225	158	189	228	196	1209	201.50
6.	Chen Chang-Yen	Chinese Taipei	174	168	248	207	165	227	1189	198.17
7.	Chou Yen-Chih	Chinese Taipei	213	172	147	236	209	202	1179	196.50
8.	Kim Dong Gyun	Korea	211	183	188	203	197	186	1168	194.67
9.	Jose Manuel Machon	Macau	178	244	179	179	183	199	1162	193.67
10.	Tam Tsz Sun	Macau	161	210	228	194	176	192	1161	193.50
11.	Lee Tak Man	Macau	189	183	200	195	226	157	1150	191.67
12.	Kot Ka Hou	Macau	183	196	179	197	168	224	1147	191.17
13.	Lok Hei Ieong	Macau	197	160	171	193	191	229	1141	190.17
14.	Hiroki Takada	Japan	184	160	183	169	201	233	1130	188.33
15.	Masaru Ito	Japan	197	165	209	173	166	206	1116	186.00
16.	Kim Sang Pil	Korea	127	183	213	173	186	199	1081	180.17
17.	Jay Leon Guerrero	Guam	169	140	153	240	181	188	1071	178.50
18.	Cha In Ho	Korea	234	157	164	164	169	179	1067	177.83
19.	Shusaku Asato	Japan	146	180	184	174	180	201	1065	177.50
20.	Kim Nam Jun	Korea	135	162	181	176	194	213	1061	176.83
21.	Melvin Javier	Guam	132	193	133	221	203	161	1043	173.83
22.	Ruselle Zapanta	Saipan	169	169	164	157	194	187	1040	173.33
23.	Raymond Zapanta	Saipan	140	230	179	150	136	196	1031	171.83
24.	Percy Omechelang	Saipan	168	200	140	163	186	167	1024	170.67
25.	Reynaldo Zialcita	Guam	161	189	158	190	155	171	1024	170.67
26.	Chang Wu-Tsung	Chinese Taipei	192	146	166	163	163	193	1023	170.50
27.	Hisashi Obara	Japan	183	197	177	145	143	177	1022	170.33
28.	Raymond Angeles	Saipan	141	181	168	163	195	160	1008	168.00
29.	Takuma Echigo	Japan	200	128	184	186	159	138	995	165.83
30.	Yoshinao Masatoki	Japan	171	138	121	195	175	195	995	165.83
31.	Raymond Manibusan	Guam	185	145	191	160	129	185	995	165.83
32.	Kim Do Hyun	Korea	188	152	120	175	183	158	976	162.67
33.	Simon Manacop	Saipan	141	179	149	131	205	161	966	161.00
34.	Lee Hoo Min	Korea	151	138	143	159	175	170	936	156.00
35.	Duane Camacho	Guam	146	120	169	142	204	149	930	155.00
36.	Alex Castro	Saipan	121	142	143	183	124	181	894	149.00