The women from Korea and the Chinese Taipei men claimed the gold medals in the five-player team event in the 24th East Asian Pacific Championship Saturday at Central Lanes in Tamuning, Guam.

In the women's championship match, Kim Hyun Mi, Park Ju Young, Lee Mi Ryung, Choi Hae Yun and Sim Ui Jin (pictured right), seeded No. 1 easily defeated Chinese Taipei's Wang Yu-Ling, Wang Ting-Wen, Pan Yu-Fen, Wang Ya-Ting, Chang Yu-Hsuan, 1026-889, to win the fourth gold medal for Korea in as many events.

In the semis, Korea eliminated No. 4 seed Guam, 1082-847, while Chinese Taipei ousted #3 Japan, 1036-879. Chinese Taipei took the silver medal while Guam and Japan shared the bronze medal.

Sim Ui Jin secured gold medal No. 5 for the Korean women by winning the coveted All Events title with 5310 pinfall total (combined results of Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team) and an average of 221.25 over 24 games. Her team mate Park Ju Young was 382 pins behind to finish in second place and the bronze medal went to Chang Yu-Hsuan, Chinese Taipei.

The six Korean and the six Chinese Taipei bowlers finished among the top 13 in All Events. Maki Sano, Japan, was 9th. The top 8 women, who advanced to the Masters finals on Sunday, consist of 5 Korean and three Chinese Taipei bowlers.

On the men's side, the spinners from Chinese Taipei, Hung Kun-Yi, Cheng Hsing-Chao, Chen Chang-Yen, Chou Yen-Chih and Yang Nien-Hua took revenge when they defeated Korea's Kim Sang Pil, Cha Im Ho, Kim Nam Jun, Kim Do Hyun and Kim Dong Gyun, 978-934, in the title match.

In the semifinal, Chinese Taipei's Chou Yen-Chih fired the first 300 game of the championships to lead his team to an 1126-962 victory over fourth seeded Macau. Meanwhile, Korea, seeded third topped no. 2 seed Japan, 1065-1048.

Korea had to settle for the silver medal while Japan and Macau shared the bronze medal.

Singles champion Yang Nien-Hua earned another gold medal for Chinese Taipei by winning the men's All Events title. Yang felled 5211 pins in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team, an average of 217.13, to beat out Kim Dong Gyun, Korea, for the title by 122 pins. Hung Kun-Yi, Chinese Taipei, got the bronze.

The top 16 men from All Events advanced to the masters finals in single-elimination best-of-three games format. Each pair of lanes will be dressed with a short and a long oil pattern. The higher seed will choose the pattern for the first game. The second game will be bowled on the other lane/pattern. If the match goes the distance, the third and deciding game will be played on the first lane.

 

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Women's All Events

 

Pos	Player	Country	Singles	Doubles	Trios	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Sim Ui Jin	Korea	1301	1269	1361	1379	5310	221.25
2.	Park Ju Young	Korea	1263	1330	1179	1156	4928	205.33
3.	Chang Yu-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei	1172	1203	1233	1257	4865	202.71
4.	Wang Yu-Ling	Chinese Taipei	1162	1167	1294	1119	4742	197.58
5.	Choi Hae Yun	Korea	1178	1192	1189	1176	4735	197.29
6.	Lee Seung Ree	Korea	1145	1194	1216	1165	4720	196.67
7.	Pan Yu-Fen	Chinese Taipei	1066	1262	1225	1155	4708	196.17
8.	Lee Mi-Ryung	Korea	1229	1122	1211	1142	4704	196.00
9.	Maki Sano	Japan	1198	1190	1173	1096	4657	194.04
10.	Chen Kuan-Ting	Chinese Taipei	1136	1267	1159	1088	4650	193.75
11.	Wang Ting-Wen	Chinese Taipei	1125	1153	1151	1199	4628	192.83
12.	Wang Ya-Ting	Chinese Taipei	1118	1161	1130	1217	4626	192.75
13.	Kim Hyun Mi	Korea	1182	1193	1099	1147	4621	192.54
14.	Mika Yamada	Japan	1167	1146	1118	1186	4617	192.38
15.	Patricia Hui	Macau	1037	1131	1196	1072	4436	184.83
16.	Shinobu Saitoh	Japan	1062	1093	1107	1153	4415	183.96
17.	Kazumi Satoh	Japan	1030	1054	1192	1132	4408	183.67
18.	Rina Asada	Japan	956	1134	1204	1082	4376	182.33
19.	Saori Kanno	Japan	1062	1182	1051	1068	4363	181.79
20.	Julia Lam	Macau	1106	1054	1017	1136	4313	179.71
21.	Um Im Cheng	Macau	1074	1113	1006	988	4181	174.21
22.	Cherrylyn Catbagan	Guam	1060	1132	1003	905	4100	170.83
23.	Francine Gatan	Guam	965	1010	1014	1021	4010	167.08
24.	Shellee Javier	Guam	944	1062	995	926	3927	163.63
25.	Teliann San Nicolas	Guam	1074	1007	970	862	3913	163.04
26.	Leanne Rankin	Guam	933	1062	969	924	3888	162.00
27.	Arlene Taitague	Guam	877	1006	1012	905	3800	158.33
28.	Tchiang Sin U	Macau	938	900	941	900	3679	153.29

 

 

Men's All Events

 

Pos	Player	Country	Singles	Doubles	Trios	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Yang Nien-Hua	Chinese Taipei	1251	1329	1309	1322	5211	217.13
2.	Kim Dong Gyun	Korea	1168	1341	1253	1328	5090	212.08
3.	Hung Kun-Yi	Chinese Taipei	1209	1269	1241	1299	5018	209.08
4.	Takuma Echigo	Japan	995	1396	1280	1260	4931	205.46
5.	Choi Io Fai	Macau	1251	1222	1292	1159	4924	205.17
6.	Manny Tagle	Guam	1307	1195	1166	1243	4911	204.63
7.	Yoshinao Masatoki	Japan	995	1292	1281	1327	4895	203.96
8.	Chen Chang-Yen	Chinese Taipei	1189	1181	1193	1261	4824	201.00
9.	Kot Ka Hou	Macau	1147	1189	1208	1223	4767	198.63
10.	Chou Yen-Chih	Chinese Taipei	1179	1155	1182	1201	4717	196.54
11.	Jay Leon Guerrero	Guam	1071	1284	1218	1135	4708	196.17
12.	Hiroki Takada	Japan	1130	1259	1157	1148	4694	195.58
13.	Lee Tak Man	Macau	1150	1224	1193	1107	4674	194.75
14.	Masaru Ito	Japan	1116	1174	1136	1229	4655	193.96
15.	Jose Manuel Machon	Macau	1162	1210	1096	1146	4614	192.25
16.	Cheng Hsing-Chao	Chinese Taipei	1209	1148	1072	1182	4611	192.13
17.	Hisashi Obara	Japan	1022	1181	1173	1197	4573	190.54
18.	Shusaku Asato	Japan	1065	1177	1113	1211	4566	190.25
19.	Reynaldo Zialcita	Guam	1024	1294	1184	1061	4563	190.13
20.	Lok Hei Ieong	Macau	1141	1046	1194	1173	4554	189.75
21.	Kim Sang Pil	Korea	1081	1328	1091	1040	4540	189.17
22.	Cha In Ho	Korea	1067	1260	988	1214	4529	188.71
23.	Tam Tsz Sun	Macau	1161	1179	1057	1104	4501	187.54
24.	Kim Nam Jun	Korea	1061	1148	1109	1170	4488	187.00
25.	Chang Wu-Tsung	Chinese Taipei	1023	1145	1172	1105	4445	185.21
26.	Simon Manacop	Saipan	966	1152	1129	1183	4430	184.58
27.	Duane Camacho	Guam	930	1160	1080	1258	4428	184.50
28.	Raymond Zapanta	Saipan	1031	1048	1210	1113	4402	183.42
29.	Kim Do Hyun	Korea	976	1102	1112	1150	4340	180.83
30.	Raymond Angeles	Saipan	1008	1124	1056	1116	4304	179.33
31.	Ruselle Zapanta	Saipan	1040	1169	973	1082	4264	177.67
32.	Alex Castro	Saipan	894	1025	1131	1173	4223	175.96
33.	Lee Hoo Min	Korea	936	1009	1205	1038	4188	174.50
34.	Percy Omechelang	Saipan	1024	1026	997	1139	4186	174.42
35.	Melvin Javier	Guam	1043	983	1142	979	4147	172.79
36.	Raymond Manibusan	Guam	995	1032	1093	1002	4122	171.75

 

 

Women's Team event - Standings after six games preliminaries

The top 4 advance to the playoffs.

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Avg.
1.	Korea	956	914	951	1034	1062	1099	6016	200.53
	Kim Hyun Mi	181	204	173	206	207	176	1147	191.17
	Park Ju Young	222	165	170	196	198	205	1156	192.67
	Lee Mi Ryung	145	194	198				537	179.00
	Choi Hae Yun	194	150	203	201	180	248	1176	196.00
	Sim Ui Jin	214	201	207	220	258	279	1379	229.83
	Lee Seung Ree				211	219	191	621	207.00
2.	Chinese Taipei	1012	907	1007	1050	914	911	5801	188.07
	Chen Kuan-Ting	159	203	200	209	159	158	1088	181.33
	Wang Ting-Wen	192	163	191				546	182.00
	Pan Yu-Fen	233	169	223	182	167	181	1155	192.50
	Wang Ya-Ting	215	193	204	223	204	178	1217	202.83
	Chang Yu-Hsuan	213	179	189	256	210	210	1257	209.50
	Wang Yu-Ling				180	174	184	538	179.33
3.	Japan	895	848	857	987	1054	929	5570	173.33
	Kazumi Satoh	172	138	170	236	237	179	1132	188.67
	Mika Yamada	214	172	190	209	198	203	1186	197.67
	Shinobu Saitoh	177	168	145				490	163.33
	Saori Kanno	162	181	160	186	203	176	1068	178.00
	Maki Sano	170	189	192	179	199	167	1096	182.67
	Rina Asada				177	217	204	598	199.33
4.	Guam	767	739	730	791	767	844	4638	149.07
	Leanne Rankin	132	130	146	170	172	174	924	154.00
	Francine Gatan	166	191	175	164	171	154	1021	170.17
	Teliann San Nicolas	176	142	127	131	134	152	862	143.67
	Cherryyn Catbagan	176	140	131	140	135	183	905	150.83
	Shellee Javier	117	136	151	186	155	181	926	154.33
	Arlene Taitague

 

 

Men's Team event - Standings after six games preliminaries

The top 4 advance to the playoffs.

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Avg.
1.	Chinese Taipei	1124	1063	1027	998	1078	975	6265	208.83
	Hung Kun-Yi	235	239	203	211	209	202	1299	216.50
	Cheng Hsing-Chao	202	191	212	211	191	175	1182	197.00
	Chen Chang-Yen	276	212	216	180	201	176	1261	210.17
	Chou Yen-Chih	186	237	170	184	232	192	1201	200.17
	Yang Nien-Hua	225	184	226	212	245	230	1322	220.33
	Chang Wu-Tsung
2.	Japan	875	984	935	1052	1101	1170	6117	203.90
	Masaru Ito	170	228	176				574	191.33
	Hiroki Takada	168	201	148	202	196	233	1148	191.33
	Hisashi Obara	176	163	215	214	171	258	1197	199.50
	Shusaku Asato	200	173	211	206	231	190	1211	201.83
	Yoshinao Masatoki	161	219	185	237	258	267	1327	221.17
	Takuma Echigo				193	245	222	660	220.00
3.	Korea	984	858	895	1042	1073	996	5848	194.93
	Kim Sang Pil	162	172	190	137	209	170	1040	173.33
	Kim Nam Jun	202	154	212				568	189.33
	Kim Do Hyun	170	152	153	246	194	235	1150	191.67
	Cha Im Ho	238	157	171	212	245	191	1214	202.33
	Kim Dong Gyun	212	223	169	267	246	211	1328	221.33
	Lee Hoo Min				180	179	189	548	182.67
4.	Macau	1043	942	891	930	1060	932	5798	193.27
	Jose Manuel Machon	202	202	186	163	225	168	1146	191.00
	Kot Ka Hou	268	196	178	186	196	199	1223	203.83
	Tam Tsz Sun	187	191	190				568	189.33
	Lee Tak Man	188	184	159	169	202	205	1107	184.50
	Choi Io Fai	198	169	178	227	205	182	1159	193.17
	Lok Hei Ieong				185	232	178	595	198.33
5.	Guam	873	938	997	1020	995	853	5676	189.20
	Manny Tagle	212	217	253	160	194	207	1243	207.17
	Reynaldo Zialcita	165	191	158	169	215	163	1061	176.83
	Melvin Javier	147	147	200	201	133	151	979	163.17
	Duane Camacho	187	186	200	290	206	189	1258	209.67
	Jay Leon Guerrero	162	197	186	200	247	143	1135	189.17
	Raymond Manibusan
6.	Saipan	888	885	915	909	898	1036	5531	184.37
	Raymond Zapanta	194	164	192	150	201	212	1113	185.50
	Ruselle Zapanta	183	199	192	173	150	185	1082	180.33
	Raymond Angeles	146	185	162				493	164.33
	Percy Omechelang	151	168	199	233	188	200	1139	189.83
	Simon Manacop	214	169	170	182	184	264	1183	197.17
	Alex Castro				171	175	175	521	173.67