A contestant competes in 20th Asian Petanque Championship
The opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Petanque Championship 2016 was held at the Wunna Theikdi Petanque Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint Htwe, Hluttaw representatives, officials of the Ministry, the Chairman of the Asian Petanque Federation Mr Eddie Lin, Patron U Thein Win and Chairman U Aye Tun of Myanmar Petanque Federation.
Before the competition began, guests greeted participants in the event. After the competition, it was determined that the first and second prizes went to Thailand and Cambodia, respectively, while the third prize was jointly won by Myanmar and China (Taipei) in the junior shooting event.
In the women’s shooting event, Thailand and Myanmar won the first and second prizes respectively and third prize was jointly won by Cambodia and Laos. In the men’s shooting event, Cambodia and Thailand won the first and second prizes respectively and Singapore and Laos jointly won the third prize.
A total of 129 athletes from host country Myanmar, Brunei, Cambodia, Singapore, Laos, Japan, Malaysia, China (Taipei) and Thailand participated in the events.