Korean women easily defend Team title at 21 Asian Championships

    01/22/11

    2011 Asian Championships

    Out-average Silver and bronze medalists Japan, Singapore by more than 12 pins

    2011AsCW5Korea.jpg2011AsCWAESonYunHeeHwangSunOk.jpgDefending champion Korea (pictured) with Hwang Sun-Ok, Hong Su-Yeon, Jeon Eun-Hee, Son Yun-Hee and Gye Min-Young outaveraged their nearest competitors by more than 12 pins to win the women's Team title at the 21st Asian Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Japan secured silver and Singapore took bronze.

    Hwang Sun-Ok and Son Yun-Hee (right, r-l) captured gold and silver in All Events. Singapore's Daphne Tan earned bronze.

    62 women from 12 countries - Australia, Bahrain, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and UAE - participated in the women's division at the 21st Asian Championships.

    The top 16 in All Events (combined results of Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team) - total 24 games) advanced to the Masters finals, which will conclude the 21st Asian Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

    Five Koreans, three Singaporeans, two each from Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia, and one each from Australia and Hong Kong will bowl 16 games of round robin match play - eight games on medium oil on Saturday and eight games on short oil on Sunday - to cut to the top three players who will bowl for the medals in a stepladder final.

    Photos and results courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.

     


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    2011 Asian Championships - Women Team


    Final standings after six games. Games 1-3 on short oil, games 4-6 on medium oil.

     


    Individual High Scores


    Short oil:
    1 Game: Haruka Matsuda, Japan, 280
    3: Games: Haruka Matsuda, Japan, 724
    Medium oil:
    1 Game: Gye Min-Young, Korea, 268
    3 Games: Gye Min-Young, Korea, 693
    Combined:
    6 Games: Haruka Matsuda, Japan, 1342

     


    Team High Scores


    Short oil:
    1 Game: Daphne Tan, Tan Yan Ling, Fok Ka Wai, Kristel Oh, Bernice Lim, Singapore, 1122
    3: Games: Misaki Mukotani, Yukari Homma, Rina Asada, Haruka Matsuda, Kanako Ishimine, Japan, 3098
    Medium oil:
    1 Game: Hwang Sun-Ok, Hong Su-Yeon, Jeon Eun-Hee, Son Yun-Hee, Gye Min-Young, Korea, 1140
    3 Games: Hwang Sun-Ok, Hong Su-Yeon, Jeon Eun-Hee, Son Yun-Hee, Gye Min-Young, Korea, 3354
    Combined:
    6 Games: Hwang Sun-Ok, Hong Su-Yeon, Jeon Eun-Hee, Son Yun-Hee, Gye Min-Young, Korea, 6427

     


    Women All Events - Final Standings after 24 games


    The top 16 advance to the Masters finals.

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