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Monday, 27 October 2025

Mohd Rizal Taib, Tomoki Ono and Michael Choong are WASPA winners at the Asian Cup


The Asian Cup in Sydney was played last week and was a huge success with more than 50 players from 4 nations taking part in the event. Besides the main events for individuals, clubs and national teams, some WASPA events were played during the week-end.

On Saturday, the "Shield event" was played for those who finished third in their groups. Mohd Rizal Taib (Singapore/Jurong SC) defeated Melvin Singh( Australia/Western Sydney on shots in the final. Noel Mani (Perth) and Nathan Urbaniak (Melbourne) made it to the semi-finals.

The "Plate" was organized for those who finished 4th in their group.  (Japan/Tokyo Sparkling Shooters) managed to beat Steve Diasinos (Australia. Western Sydney) in the final. Semi-finalists were Jonny Ball (Northern Falcons) and Nick McNeil (New Zealand TSA)

Finally, on Sunday, the "Presidents Cup" was organized for those who didn't have a club team.  from the Hong Kong Dragons was the undefeated winner of the event while Deniele Lombard was runner-up. Final table of the tournament played in Swiss system:

1. Michael Choong (SIN/hon)
2. Daniele Lombardi (AUS/syd)
3. Hideaki Wada (JPN/yam)
4. Tony Credentino (AUS/syd)
5. Kevin Grant (AUS/cvi)
6. Tomoki Ono (JPN/tss)
7. Mick Phillips (AUS/ade)
8. Stephen Wilson (AUS/ade)
9. Kazutoyo Kataoka (JPN/sai)
10. John Phokos (AUS/wss)
11. Kimi Wada (JPN/yam)

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