Korean bowlers won five of six medals in men's and women's Singles to start the bowling competition at the 6th East Asian Games at Tianjin Tuanbo Bowling Center in Tianjin, China.

Long-time Korean national team member Choi Bok Eum (pictured left) won the first gold medal for Korea Monday, Oct. 7, finishing Squad 2 on the short oil lane conditioning pattern with a huge 1460 series, an average of 243.33, including games of 234, 213, 254, 243, 237 and 279.

The lefty (right photo, center) out averaged his nearest competitor, Daisuke Yoshida (left) of Japan, by more than 11 pins. Yoshida, who led Squad 1 with 1392 including a high game of 289, had to settle for the silver medal.

Cho Young Seon (right) of Korea, who won the gold medal in Masters at the World Championship Aug./Sept. in Las Vegas, was mere five pins behind Yoshida to earn the bronze medal with 1387.

The highly successful Korean women's team took the top 5 places in the Singles competition. Son Yun Hee, who won three gold medals at the 2013 World Championships in Trios, Team and Masters, tied fellow Team World Champion Kim Moon Jeong (pictured left, l-r) at 1347, a 224.50 average, to share the gold medal.

Kim took a 15-pin lead with 278 in game #5, but Son rebounded with a 15-pin win in the final game, 224 to 209. Son's fellow Trios and Team World Champion Lee Na Young (far right) finished with 1305 to take the bronze medal.

Jung Da Wun and Baek Seung Ja were in fourth and fifth place with 1281 and 1271.

Action shifts to men's and women Doubles.

84 players - 38 women and 46 men - from eight East Asian countries, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and host country China, compete in the 6th East Asian Games Bowling Championships from Oct. 5-16 at Tianjin Tuanbo Bowling Center in Tianjin, China.

Men and women will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team of Five, All-Events and Masters (top 16 men and women in All-Events).

Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation (ABF).

 

6th East Asian Games Bowling Championships - Men's Singles

Six games on the short oil pattern

Pos	Player	Country	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Choi Bok Eum	Korea	2	234	213	254	701	243	237	279	759	1460	243.33
2.	Daisuke Yoshida	Japan	1	289	236	223	748	232	224	188	644	1392	232.00
3.	Cho Young Seon	Korea	1	246	235	233	714	222	228	223	673	1387	231.17
4.	Shusaku Asato	Japan	1	269	238	191	698	238	161	237	636	1334	222.33
5.	Shin Seung Hyeon	Korea	1	234	246	243	723	152	209	248	609	1332	222.00
6.	Michael Mak	Hong Kong	1	268	171	212	651	192	248	237	677	1328	221.33
7.	Lee Tak Man	Macau	2	233	237	236	706	238	179	205	622	1328	221.33
8.	Cheng Hsing Chao	Chinese Taipei	1	190	232	221	643	201	243	238	682	1325	220.83
9.	Qi Wankang	China	1	230	218	231	679	182	218	236	636	1315	219.17
10.	Park Jong Woo	Korea	2	202	212	232	646	236	236	191	663	1309	218.17
11.	Kim Jun Yung	Korea	1	233	177	179	589	184	235	266	685	1274	212.33
12.	Wicky Yeung	Hong Kong	1	255	203	220	678	214	159	223	596	1274	212.33
13.	Yoshinao Masatoki	Japan	2	217	202	185	604	158	287	222	667	1271	211.83
14.	Zoe Dias Ma	Macau	2	241	180	206	627	169	194	276	639	1266	211.00
15.	Zhang Peng	China	1	211	196	256	663	181	224	196	601	1264	210.67
16.	Michael Tsang	Hong Kong	1	221	227	258	706	179	175	184	538	1244	207.33
17.	Tomoyuki Sasaki	Japan	2	214	191	217	622	188	196	237	621	1243	207.17
18.	Leong Chou Kin	Macau	1	190	226	223	639	222	161	209	592	1231	205.17
19.	Tim Nauta	Guam	2	218	160	179	557	209	239	218	666	1223	203.83
20.	Kim Ju Young	Korea	1	164	236	178	578	248	170	215	633	1211	201.83
21.	Huang Teng Wei	Chinese Taipei	1	196	189	194	579	179	246	204	629	1208	201.33
22.	Keith Guerrero	Guam	2	181	213	175	569	194	182	257	633	1202	200.33
23.	Chen Yung Chuan	Chinese Taipei	1	235	163	184	582	247	149	224	620	1202	200.33
24.	Jay Leon Guerrero	Guam	1	174	200	223	597	198	195	202	595	1192	198.67
25.	Rickle Kam	Hong Kong	1	201	203	161	565	219	224	177	620	1185	197.50
26.	Cai Xiaotian	China	1	217	213	183	613	179	174	213	566	1179	196.50
27.	Mi Zhong Li	China	2	185	183	247	615	199	182	164	545	1160	193.33
28.	Chen Kuan Lun	Chinese Taipei	1	186	236	179	601	204	142	208	554	1155	192.50
29.	Toshihiko Takahashi	Japan	2	173	232	226	631	192	179	146	517	1148	191.33
30.	Shogo Wada	Japan	2	195	214	186	595	168	194	188	550	1145	190.83
31.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	2	171	196	161	528	222	214	180	616	1144	190.67
32.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	2	178	184	202	564	182	200	194	576	1140	190.00
33.	Chen Wengchang	China	1	168	199	168	535	218	193	180	591	1126	187.67
34.	Chen Hsin An	Chinese Taipei	2	192	166	185	543	201	180	197	578	1121	186.83
35.	Xu Chen	China	2	192	201	193	586	167	155	201	523	1109	184.83
36.	Sanjaa Batzorig	Mongolia	2	212	130	166	508	244	202	133	579	1087	181.17
37.	Chan Tak Seng	Macau	1	166	180	169	515	182	220	168	570	1085	180.83
38.	Fang Chih Nan	Chinese Taipei	2	188	171	158	517	187	182	197	566	1083	180.50
39.	Ricky Duenas	Guam	1	215	151	131	497	193	206	183	582	1079	179.83
40.	Choi Io Fai	Macau	2	192	154	178	524	158	159	212	529	1053	175.50
41.	Ider Naranbaatar	Mongolia	2	164	120	158	442	135	190	200	525	967	161.17
42.	Bruce Calip	Guam	2	157	117	138	412	172	164	212	548	960	160.00
43.	Jadamba Enkhjargalan	Mongolia	2	154	137	189	480	172	153	154	479	959	159.83
44.	M. Sambuu Bayarkhuu	Mongolia	1	162	174	145	481	187	132	151	470	951	158.50
45.	Tsolmon Temuulen	Mongolia	2	202	151	147	500	114	143	138	395	895	149.17
46.	Tumurbaatar Batbayar	Mongolia	1	163	173	117	453	145	136	143	424	877	146.17

 

6th East Asian Games Bowling Championships - Women's Singles

Six games on the short oil pattern

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Kim Moon Jeong	Korea	192	239	268	699	161	278	209	648	1347	224.50
(tie)	Son Yun Hee	Korea	177	225	239	641	225	257	224	706	1347	224.50
3.	Lee Na Young	Korea	257	253	170	680	211	224	190	625	1305	217.50
4.	Jung Da Wun	Korea	215	237	226	678	236	180	187	603	1281	213.50
5.	Baek Seung Ja	Korea	169	289	224	682	224	174	191	589	1271	211.83
6.	Misaki Mukotani	Japan	245	237	181	663	210	210	160	580	1243	207.17
7.	Sun Hongdou	China	178	213	220	611	192	197	223	612	1223	203.83
8.	Natsuki Teshima	Japan	192	139	259	590	221	206	205	632	1222	203.67
9.	Li Shiau Ping	Chinese Taipei	204	211	193	608	205	183	208	596	1204	200.67
10.	Chien Hsiu Lan	Chinese Taipei	226	180	247	653	169	178	201	548	1201	200.17
11.	Haruka Matsuda	Japan	192	201	214	607	160	197	235	592	1199	199.83
12.	Wang Ya Ting	Chinese Taipei	182	203	199	584	208	193	204	605	1189	198.17
13.	Pan Yu Fen	Chinese Taipei	160	226	190	576	201	213	189	603	1179	196.50
14.	Kong Min	China	180	189	167	536	191	244	204	639	1175	195.83
15.	Chou Chia Chen	Chinese Taipei	169	248	183	600	167	204	204	575	1175	195.83
16.	Joan Chen	Hong Kong	185	193	210	588	183	161	232	576	1164	194.00
17.	Hui Tong	Macau	204	215	181	600	169	202	186	557	1157	192.83
18.	Hiraku Takekawa	Japan	220	194	191	605	214	192	143	549	1154	192.33
19.	Julia Lam	Macau	233	200	167	600	190	178	185	553	1153	192.17
20.	Chan Shuk Han	Hong Kong	174	190	158	522	212	195	211	618	1140	190.00
21.	Zhang Chunli	China	186	211	180	577	203	164	184	551	1128	188.00
22.	Tsai Hsin Yi	Chinese Taipei	173	183	211	567	183	168	207	558	1125	187.50
23.	Kanako Ishimine	Japan	194	213	160	567	177	189	190	556	1123	187.17
24.	Chan Weng Sam	Macau	180	179	188	547	190	187	195	572	1119	186.50
25.	Ryu Seo Yeon	Korea	187	178	146	511	222	192	192	606	1117	186.17
26.	Filomena Choi	Macau	154	186	189	529	178	190	204	572	1101	183.50
27.	Milki Ng	Hong Kong	155	193	168	516	226	191	167	584	1100	183.33
28.	Mitsuki Okamoto	Japan	181	191	191	563	178	193	161	532	1095	182.50
29.	Wang Xinlin	China	213	159	213	585	177	143	182	502	1087	181.17
30.	Chan Weng Hang	Macau	151	199	193	543	180	164	171	515	1058	176.33
31.	Zoe Tam	Hong Kong	131	211	207	549	184	175	142	501	1050	175.00
32.	Victoria Chan	Hong Kong	152	147	178	477	224	173	170	567	1044	174.00
33.	Zhang Yuhong	China	167	133	177	477	203	190	163	556	1033	172.17
34.	Li Qing	China	166	201	139	506	158	186	170	514	1020	170.00
35.	Batbayar Myagmart Send	Mongolia	141	144	161	446	135	189	149	473	919	153.17
36.	Tumur Nansalmaa	Mongolia	132	138	166	436	146	137	169	452	888	148.00
37.	Khalzan Ulzikhorol	Mongolia	201	122	127	450	148	128	140	416	866	144.33
38.	Luvsandagva Tsetsegguren	Mongolia	142	157	158	457	117	140	144	401	858	143.00