Daegu, Hong Kong win team bowling<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
The host team secured a solitary bronze on Friday in the 19th
\nAsian Intercity Tenpin Bowling Championship, with Daegu of South
\nKorea and Hong Kong splitting gold in the men's and women's team
\nevents.<\/p>\n
Jeong Jin Ho, Park Dae Soon, Kim Young Pyo and Lee Tae Ju
\nscored a total of 5,175 pins to win for Daegu, while Hong Kong
\nmen's team of Wu Siu Hong, Wicky Yeung, Hui Chi Ho and Daniel Yiu
\ntallied 4,905 for second place on the third day of competition
\npitting teams from 17 cities in the region.<\/p>\n
Paranaque of the Philippines, represented by Purvis Granger,
\nJohnson Cheng, Sandi Cotoco and CJ Suarez, finished third with
\n4,830.<\/p>\n
In the women's team event, Hong Kong's Joey Yip, Kylie Lui,
\nJanet Lam and Vanessa Fung won with 4,651, followed by
\nParanaque's Cecilia Yap, Lucy Cheng, Liza Clutario and Yap Seok
\nKim with 4,617.<\/p>\n
After relinquishing an early lead, Putty Armein, Raniia A
\nNugroho, A. Ayu and Shalima Zalsha salvaged pride for Jakarta by
\ntaking bronze with 4,452.<\/p>\n
\"My women's team played very well. They play better when they
\nare under pressure,\" Hong Kong national head coach Pedro Merani
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The Hong Kong women trailed Jakarta at the end of game four,
\nbut they played more consistently in the final two games to
\ntriumph.<\/p>\n
On Thursday at Jaya Ancol Bowling Center in North Jakarta, the
\nhost city took gold in the men's doubles thanks to Ryan Lalisang
\nand Yuyu Lie.<\/p>\n
Ryan blazed the lanes for an impressive 1,383 with lines of
\n235, 220, 219, 268, 228 and 213.<\/p>\n
His partner, last week's Indonesia Open third runner-up,
\nposted 1,288 for a winning total of 2,671.<\/p>\n
\"We were doing great after the third game but not so good in
\nthe fourth and fifth games because the lanes were drying very
\nfast,\" Yuyu said.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong's Wicky Yeung and ABF Tour Grand Slam champion Wu
\nSiu Hong settled for silver with a total of 2592.<\/p>\n
Yeung's 1,268 combined with Wu's impressive 1,324, while
\nDaegu's Jeong and Lee were third with 2,571.<\/p>\n
In the women's doubles, Paranague's duo of Clutario and
\nCecilia Yap came out on top, with Jakarta settling for silver and
\nHong Kong the bronze.<\/p>\n
Clutario's six-game total of 1,333 and Yap's 1,174 were enough
\nto beat Putty, who posted 1,248, and her young partner Shalima
\nwith 1,104. The latter edged frontrunners Lam and Fung by eight
\npins.<\/p>",
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