PH Embassy in Yangon Joins ASEAN Bowling Tournament
Third Secretary and Vice Consul Stephanie Alexis A. Cruz (secondform left) and her team mates composed of colleagues from fellow ASEAN Embassies pose for a photo. (Yangon PE Photo)

YANGON 16 December 2019 – The Philippine Embassy in Yangon personnel led by Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Eduardo E. Kapunan, Jr. joined the ASEAN Bowling Tournament held on 24 November 2019 at the Royal Sportainment Complex in Yangon.

The Tournament was co-organized by the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ASEAN Missions in Yangon under the chairmanship of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Thailand. A total of 11 teams headed by either the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors, their spouses, or the Deputies of the Embassies of the ASEAN Member States competed against each other in the tournament. Each team was composed of one to two personnel from each Embassy.

A prize-giving ceremony and lunch reception was held immediately after the tournament as the culminating activity for all the ASEAN sporting events held in 2019 during Thailand’s Chairmanship year. Prizes were awarded to the winners of the ASEAN Bowling Tournament, ASEAN Badminton Tournament, and the ASEAN Table Tennis Tournament. A symbolic hand-over ceremony from Thailand to Vietnam of the ASEAN Chairmanship was held after the Bowling Tournament. 

Overall, the Philippine Embassy was awarded five trophies for individual category in the ASEAN Bowling Tournament and group categories of the ASEAN Badminton Tournament and ASEAN Bowling Tournament. END

 Symbolic Turnover of the ASEAN Chairmanship from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Yangon PE Photo)

Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Eduardo E. Kapunan, Jr. (standing, centermost) together with the Philippine Embassy personnel and dependents pose for a photo before the ASEAN Bowling Tournament. (Yangon PE photo)

Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Eduardo E. Kapunan, Jr. (second from left) together with the Heads of the Embassies of ASEAN Member States in Yangon perform the ASEAN handshake at the ASEAN Awarding Ceremony. (Yangon PE photo)

The members of the winning team of the ASEAN Bowling Tournament pose for a photo during the prize-giving ceremony. (Yangon PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.yangonpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinMyanmar.