RP bowlers 1-2 in HK all-events
07/11/08
Veteran Chester King (center) dished out another sterling performance and teammate Raoul Miranda (left) held his ground to give the Philippines a gold-silver finish in the men's all-events competition Wednesday in the 20th Asian tenpin bowling championships here.
Picture Leung Chifai.
King added a three-game series of 648 pins to his Asian 3-game record of 813 of amass a 24-game total of 5,534 (230.58 average) from his singles, doubles, trios and team outings, while Miranda, already the singles bronze medalist, accounted for 5444 (226.83) to hold off United Arab Emirate's Hussain Al-Suwaidi (right), who settled for the bronze win 5366 (223.58).
King's fiery showing gave him his first individual gold after his team up with Miranda and Frederick Ong had earned for the Filipinos their first gold medal in the tough week-long kegfest.
King Miranda, Ong (5109), Tyrone Ongpauco (4941) and Vlad Tuazon (4878) landed only sixth in the five-player team event with a six-game series of 6364 pins.
However, the depleted RP squad gets another chance to win medals when King Miranda and first-timer Krizziah Lyn Tabora compete in the centerpiece Masters even Thursday and Friday.
"Chester (King) and Raoul (Miranda) proved to be our heroes in this tournament, said PBC president Steve Hontiveros.
"They delivered when we needed it most, considering that our top two bowlers – world champion Biboy Rivera and Paulo Vladez failed to compete due to injuries.''
Joining King, Miranda and Hussain in the men's Masters finals are Qatar's Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Malaysia's Alex Liew, Korea's Choi Ki-Bong, Hong Kong's Wu Siu Hong, Japan's Masaru Ito, Malaysia's Zulmazran Zulkifli, Singapore's Shaun Ng, China's Zhang Peng, Korea's Kim Tae-Young, Malaysia's Adrian Ang, Qatar's Saeed Al-Hajri, Hong Kong's Michael Tsang and Kuwait's Mohammad Alrajibah.
Philippines
Republished courtesy of Manila Bulletin - Philippines (July 11, 2008)
Veteran Chester King (center) dished out another sterling performance and teammate Raoul Miranda (left) held his ground to give the Philippines a gold-silver finish in the men's all-events competition Wednesday in the 20th Asian tenpin bowling championships here.Picture Leung Chifai.
King added a three-game series of 648 pins to his Asian 3-game record of 813 of amass a 24-game total of 5,534 (230.58 average) from his singles, doubles, trios and team outings, while Miranda, already the singles bronze medalist, accounted for 5444 (226.83) to hold off United Arab Emirate's Hussain Al-Suwaidi (right), who settled for the bronze win 5366 (223.58).
King's fiery showing gave him his first individual gold after his team up with Miranda and Frederick Ong had earned for the Filipinos their first gold medal in the tough week-long kegfest.
King Miranda, Ong (5109), Tyrone Ongpauco (4941) and Vlad Tuazon (4878) landed only sixth in the five-player team event with a six-game series of 6364 pins.
However, the depleted RP squad gets another chance to win medals when King Miranda and first-timer Krizziah Lyn Tabora compete in the centerpiece Masters even Thursday and Friday.
"Chester (King) and Raoul (Miranda) proved to be our heroes in this tournament, said PBC president Steve Hontiveros.
"They delivered when we needed it most, considering that our top two bowlers – world champion Biboy Rivera and Paulo Vladez failed to compete due to injuries.''
Joining King, Miranda and Hussain in the men's Masters finals are Qatar's Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Malaysia's Alex Liew, Korea's Choi Ki-Bong, Hong Kong's Wu Siu Hong, Japan's Masaru Ito, Malaysia's Zulmazran Zulkifli, Singapore's Shaun Ng, China's Zhang Peng, Korea's Kim Tae-Young, Malaysia's Adrian Ang, Qatar's Saeed Al-Hajri, Hong Kong's Michael Tsang and Kuwait's Mohammad Alrajibah.