Park Ju Young, Korea, started the 24th East Asian Pacific Championship Tuesday at Central Lanes in Tamuning, Guam with victory in Women Singles. In the championship match, Park defeated team mate Sim Ui Jin, 231-209, to claim the first gold medal of the championships.

L-R Sim Ui Jin, Park Ju-Young, Lee Mi-Ryong and Maki Sano.

The Korean women dominated the event finishing the six-game preliminaries in first, second, third, fifth and sixth place. Sim led the 28-player field from five countries- Chinese Taipei, Guam, Japan, Korea and Macau - with 1301 and an average of 216.83. Park was second with 1263 and Lee Mi-Ryung third with 1229.

Maki Sano, Japan, took the fourth and last spot to advance to the playoffs with 1198 (199.67 ave.).

In the semifinals, Sim eliminated Sano, 231-171, while park ousted Lee, 201-177. Sim earned the silver medal and Sano and Lee shared the bronze.

 

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24th East Asian Pacific Championship - Women's Singles

Championship Round:
1. Park Ju Young, Korea
2. Sim Ui Jin, Korea
3. Lee Mi-Ryung, Korea
(tie) Maki Sano, Japan

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1: #1 Sim def. #4 Sano, 231-171
Semifinal Match 2: #2 Park def. #3 Lee, 201-177
Championship: Park def. Sim, 231-209.

 

Women Singles - Standings after six games preliminaries

The top 4 advance to the playoffs.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Avg.
1.	Sim Ui Jin	Korea	175	201	252	215	233	225	1301	216.83
2.	Park Ju Young	Korea	177	235	192	170	264	225	1263	210.50
3.	Lee Mi-Ryung	Korea	204	193	227	219	216	170	1229	204.83
4.	Maki Sano	Japan	235	179	180	181	194	229	1198	199.67
5.	Kim Hyun Mi	Korea	213	204	182	211	199	173	1182	197.00
6.	Choi Hae Yun	Korea	188	173	177	222	206	212	1178	196.33
7.	Chang Yu-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei	279	196	168	165	173	191	1172	195.33
8.	Mika Yamada	Japan	177	206	172	216	192	204	1167	194.50
9.	Wang Yu-Ling	Chinese Taipei	195	147	190	234	181	215	1162	193.67
10.	Lee Seung Ree	Korea	182	211	179	156	203	214	1145	190.83
11.	Chen Kuan-Ting	Chinese Taipei	193	162	193	177	217	194	1136	189.33
12.	Wang Ting-Wen	Chinese Taipei	160	192	214	190	177	192	1125	187.50
13.	Wang Ya-Ting	Chinese Taipei	163	204	180	198	183	190	1118	186.33
14.	Julia Lam	Macau	211	170	210	186	183	146	1106	184.33
15.	Um Im Cheng	Macau	214	182	138	189	164	187	1074	179.00
16.	Teliann San Nicolas	Guam	150	186	170	154	202	212	1074	179.00
17.	Pan Yu-Fen	Chinese Taipei	184	179	158	193	171	181	1066	177.67
18.	Saori Kanno	Japan	157	166	167	217	152	203	1062	177.00
19.	Shinobu Saitoh	Japan	150	166	193	166	173	214	1062	177.00
20.	Cherrylyn Catbagan	Guam	209	177	159	170	155	190	1060	176.67
21.	Patricia Hui	Macau	203	177	170	157	173	157	1037	172.83
22.	Kazumi Satoh	Japan	174	148	185	200	139	184	1030	171.67
23.	Francine Gatan	Guam	156	142	185	176	151	155	965	160.83
24.	Rina Asada	Japan	133	169	161	165	149	179	956	159.33
25.	Shellee Javier	Guam	169	149	167	175	136	148	944	157.33
26.	Tchiang Sin U	Macau	167	172	140	161	152	146	938	156.33
27.	Leanne Rankin	Guam	157	182	149	150	147	148	933	155.50
28.	Arlene Taitague	Guam	150	128	153	127	166	153	877	146.17