11th January, Hong Kong: Opening squad leader, Timothy Tham and Muhd Jaris Goh bagged Singapore's second gold medal in the Men's Doubles event of the 26th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships while Baek Seungja and Jung Dawun picked Korea's second gold in the Women's division.

Both Korea's first pair of Park Donghyuk and Park Geonha and Singapore's second pair of Timothy Tham and Muhd Jaris Goh got off to a cracking start to share the lead with 511 followed by the Thai pair of Supakrit Wantasuk and Annop Arromsaranon in second, just two pins adrift.

But Tham and Goh added a stronger 485 in their second game to firm up their lead as the Korean pair managed only 435 to fall behind the first Singapore pair of Mike Ong and Dareen Ong after they added 504 to their 486 opener.

Another superb 524 in the third game gave the leader a wider margin of 65 pins as Korea recovered with 509 in the third game to regain second spot. There was simply no stopping the leading Singapore pair after they rolled 508, 450 and 513 to seal top spot of the squad with 2991.

In the women's division, Cherie Tan, who topped the first squad with 1525 remained unchallenged to win the first gold medal for Singapore. Malaysia's Natasha Roslan, who trailed the Singaporean lefty most of the way, took the silver medal with 1476.

Korea's Hwang Yeonju took home the bronze medal with 1459. In the women's second squad, a second Malaysian, Nora Lyana Nastasia took an early lead but was soon overtaken by Singapore's Shayna Ng. Ng and Nastasia were the only two who could beat Roslan and Hwang for the medals with their strong pace.

But Nastasia fizzled off while Ng, who only needed a strike in her final frame of the last game to snatch the silver, threw a gutter ball and despite sparing it, ended up only in fourth overall with 1457 and missing the podium by two pins.

The competition will shift to the Doubles event tomorrow, again divided into two squads. The medal ceremony for the Singles will be held after the end of the Doubles.