New Hui Fen (pictured left) from the host country of Singapore cruised to victory in the Girls Singles in the 1st Asian Youth Games bowling competition Wednesday at Orchid Bowl, Singapore.

Hui Fen, a two-time gold medalist in the Asian Intercity Bowling Championships, started her six-game block with games of 192 and 237 and overtook the lead in the 36-player field from nine countries - China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand - with a 239 in game #3.

The 17-year-old Singaporean closed out her set with 220, 267 and 204 to win the first gold medal with 1359 and an average of 226.50.

"For sure there is tremendous pressure on home soil but the fifth game really eased a lot of that pressure," said the Singapore Sports School student after the medal presentation. "But the crowd and supporters here are a great help which urged me to this victory which makes me extremely happy and proud. I still have to thank my coaches for guiding me throughout the event."

Trailing Hui Fen by 45 pins to earn the silver medal was Japan's Misaki Mukotani (left), who posted a 1314 series including a 279 in game #5, the highest game of the event. Heading into the final game, Mukotani was tied with Oh Nu-Ri (right), Korea, for second place with 1089.

Mukotani finished with 225 to secure the silver medal, while Nu-Ri had to settle for bronze with 1308 behind a 219 final game. Her team mate Sim Ui-Jin came up strong with another 279 in game #6 but fell 23 pins short of the medals in fourth place with 1285.

On the boys' side, Michael Mak from Hong Kong claimed the gold medal with 1396. Koreans Park Ji-Soo and Hwang Dong-Jun earned silver and bronze with 1381 and 1345, respectively.

Bowlers will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Team and Masters competition.

Courtesy of Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF).

1st Asian Youth Games - Girls Singles Results

Pos	Player	Country	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Pinfall	Average
1.	New Hui Fen	Singapore	192	237	239	220	267	204	1359	226.50
2.	Misaki Mukotani	Japan	217	227	148	218	279	225	1314	219.00
3.	Oh Nu-Ri	Korea	244	204	179	208	254	219	1308	218.00
4.	Sim Ui-Jin	Korea	183	173	204	246	200	279	1285	214.17
5.	Darshini Krishna	Singapore	184	239	195	225	224	203	1270	211.67
6.	Rinnie Prominintia	Indonesia	220	203	162	202	229	213	1229	204.83
7.	Chan Weng Sam	Macau	223	219	145	179	246	212	1224	204.00
8.	Priyanka	Indonesia	215	203	180	235	191	191	1215	202.50
9.	Alexis Sy	Philippines	195	200	191	199	215	211	1211	201.83
10.	Yoo Ka-Jee	Korea	205	194	196	197	232	178	1202	200.33
11.	Madeline Llamas	Philippines	208	201	204	200	200	183	1196	199.33
12.	Dyan Coronacio	Philippines	225	197	190	194	205	178	1189	198.17
13.	Anthea Soh	Singapore	246	208	128	201	205	196	1184	197.33
14.	Yanee Saebe	Thailand	167	190	240	193	206	184	1180	196.67
15.	Tanaprang Sathean	Thailand	157	194	232	168	211	209	1171	195.17
16.	Shinobu Saito	Japan	227	211	159	190	177	200	1164	194.00
17.	Yuka Oshima	Japan	233	223	143	192	131	223	1145	190.83
18.	Ilma Nur Jannah Fadzal	Singapore	150	186	235	181	175	215	1142	190.33
19.	Hong Hae-Ni	Korea	149	168	225	175	176	215	1108	184.67
20.	Hui Tong	Macau	161	178	185	203	153	209	1089	181.50
21.	Patarapa Naovaniruth	Thailand	130	174	217	169	222	167	1079	179.83
22.	Wang Ying	China	138	215	189	180	169	185	1076	179.33
23.	Syncheria Ng	Indonesia	156	210	183	183	146	189	1067	177.83
24.	Mikie Hamamoto	Japan	203	140	188	149	199	188	1067	177.83
25.	Hsu Shih-Ting	Chinese Taipei	178	159	181	170	166	182	1036	172.67
26.	Ling Ling De Guzman	Philippines	187	148	138	176	183	201	1033	172.17
27.	Chang Yu-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei	199	130	162	191	216	135	1033	172.17
28.	Li Qing (a)	China	164	211	161	163	177	156	1032	172.00
29.	Chen Szu-Min	Chinese Taipei	174	198	188	141	163	167	1031	171.83
30.	Lon Ka Man	Macau	196	179	147	155	163	188	1028	171.33
31.	Chantika Cheya	Indonesia	124	177	153	209	147	193	1003	167.17
32.	Nattaporthna Suwannavasit	Thailand	158	176	144	174	178	156	986	164.33
33.	Wu Junyi	China	158	154	168	162	161	181	984	164.00
34.	Chan Weng Hang	Macau	125	175	208	130	130	176	944	157.33
35.	Chang Hsu-Chen	Chinese Taipei	174	165	165	152	135	131	922	153.67
36.	Li Qing (b)	China	139	106	178	134	147	151	855	142.50