HONG KONG—For the fifth year in a row, champions of both gender at the National Champion of Champions singles were new winners of the competition.
Hong Kong International Tony Cheung, who qualified for the competition as the Singles champion at Kowloon Bowling Green Club, added the title to the National Triples he won earlier this year to round off a successful year for him.
Cheung faced the reigning National Singles champion Chadwick Chen in the final, which was played at KBGC last Sunday, March 5. Cheung progressed through the double round-robin group stage and a semi-finals victory against Warren Cheung of Hong Kong Football Club to the final.
The final was tight and filled with fine drawing and precision strikes. It started with a dead end in the first end when Chen drove the jack out of the boundary with his last bowl. From then on there were ups and downs for both players and the score was tied at 9-9 and 10-10 mid-way through.
Cheung believed the critical point was on end 15 when he was leading 12-13, “Chen was lying shot and if he got it, the score would be tied on the board and it would put myself in a difficult position. I stayed focused and drew close for the shot bowl. He tried to take it out but missed. I took the shot, opened up the margin a bit and hung on to win the game.
Cheung was delighted to win the title, “The green was fast today but it was nice to play on. I think both of us managed it quite well and that’s why we tried a lot of different shots. I just kept my composure and stayed focused to maintain my consistency in drawing. It worked out fine and I am glad to lift this trophy.”
