Melvin Ocando, Spain, claimed his second gold medal after winning in All Events at the 11th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in Crete, Greece, when he defeated three opponents, all matches two-games-to-one, to win the men's Masters competition. In the title match against Maurizio Celli, Italy, Ocando won the decider, 203-163. On the women's side,
Marie Gauton, France, the No. 5 seed, eliminated her team mate Elise Bretteville, both won gold in doubles, then ousted No. 1 seed Sue Abela, Malta, and topped Daniela Pialino, Italy, 2-0 in the title match.
50 players, 26 men and 24 women, from 13 countries and regions participated in the 14th Mediterranean Challenge Cup from March 29 - April 3, 2011 at Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain. Players competed in Singles, Doubles, All Events and Masters as well as in a four-player Mixed Team event. The Maltese women (3 gold and 1 bronze) and the Greek men (2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze) dominated the 14th edition of the MCC.
Men's All Events champion Lluis Montfort, Catalonia, and women's Singles champion Sue Abela, Malta, ended the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup with victory in the Masters competition. In the women's final, Abela cdefeated All Events winner Liat Vizenfeld, Israel, 2-1. Montfort won ithe men's title n three games against Singles champ Ioannis Stathatos, Greece.
Marie Gauton, Elise Bretteville, Alain Nicolas and Xavier Lotthe were the sole team that averaged over 200 en route to capture the first gold medal for the host country France in the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in Montpellier. The French team combined for 4809 (200.25) to beat out Catalonia (4621) and Greece (4616) for the top spot. After three silver medals in Singles, Doubles and Team, Lluis Montfort, Catalonia, won gold in All Events with 4002. Liat Vizenfeld, Israel, had 3566 to win the women's All Events title.
Anastasia Rovitakhi and Georgia Papadimitriou won the second gold medal for Greece in the women's doubles competition at the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in France with 2334 six-game total (194.50). In the men's division, Daniele Fiorentini and Federico Rossi, Italy, claimed the title with 2529 pinfall and an average of 210.75. 
Sue Abela from Malta successfully defended her Singles title in the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup at Bowling de Montpellier in Montpellier, France. Abela, who won the sixth Singles gold medal in the 12-year history of the event, felled 1209 pins. Ioannis Stathatos, Greece, was the hands-down winner in the men's division with 1425 (237.50). 
Trailing France by one pin heading into the final game Turkey with Habib Dogan, Mithat Siveliol, Ebru Ozogluuntur and Gulhan Aksular (pictured) rolled a huge 874 game en route to claim the gold medal in the team event at the 11th Mediterranean Challenge Cup with 4808 six game total. France earned silver with 4771 while Cyprus secured the bronze medal with 4728. Sue Abela, Malta and Melvin Ocando, Spain won the titles in women's and men's All Events. 
Chiara Roiati from Italy and Mark Spiteri of Malta won the coveted Masters titles in the 2007 Mediterranean Challenge Cup at Rollhouse Bowling Center in Mersin, Turkey. Spiteri, seeded 7th, defeated No. 1 seed, All Events champ Emmanuel Michaud, France, two-games-to-one. Roiati ousted women's No. 1 Natassa Rovithaki, Greece, in the semis, and went on to win the title against the No. 2 seed, Sue Abela from Malta, 2-1. 
Nunzio Romano from Italy shot 251 in the sixth and final game to overtake Emmanuel Michaud, France, by two pins en route to claim the gold medal in the men's Singles in the 2007 Mediterranean Challenge Cup at Rollhouse Bowling Center in Mersin, Turkey, with 1323 to 1321. Natassa Rovithaki (left), Greece, outaveraged Sue Abela, Malta, by more than 21 pins to cruise to the title with 1386 and an average of 231.00. 
Malta's Tenpin Bowlers have once again proved their chosen sporting discipline is one of the precious few in which our sportsmen and women can seriously compete against world class competition from nations much greater, and with far more resources than our own. The Team representing Malta in last week's IX Mediterranean Challenge Cup not only scooped an impressive array of medals in all divisions, but they managed to win the entire event against teams from eight other Mediterranean countries. 
Sue Abela from Malta and Vretos Pachoulis, Greece, finished the 9th Mediterranean Challenge Cup at Rose'n'Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino, with victory in All Events. Abela won her third gold medal in four events and her 19th in the nine-year history of the event with 216,33 average over 18 games. Abela has won eight out of nine All Events titles in the MCC. Pachoulis overtook Domenico Maddaloni, Italy, by six pins thanks to a fine 1361 performance in the Team event. 