Galaxy Bowling in San Salvador, El Salvador (May 22-27, 2006)

El Salvador's Angel Ortíz and Sofia Granda of Guatemala were crowned men's and women's Masters champions of the Campeonato de Centroamérica y México Mayor de Bowling - Cambowl Mayor 2006 at Galaxy Bowling in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Ortiz, the No. 2 seed, defeated 8th seeded Andrés Herrera, Guatemala, in the deciding game 215-193 to win the gold medal in the best-of-three-games format, two-games-to-one. Granda won her fifth gold medal (she had also two silver medals) of the championships with 2-0 sweep over Viviana Delgado, Costa Rica.

The men's team of the host country El Salvador claimed the country all events title, while Granda and her team mates were unchallenged in the women's division.

Use the left menu bar to view the complete results, stories and pictures courtesy of Jose Guandique, President of the El Salvador Bowling Federation and President of the WTBA American Zone.

Cambowl Mayor 2006 - Men's Masters Finals

Single-elimination, best-of-three-games

Quarterfinals
#8 Andrés Herrera, Guatemala def. #1 Diego Rojas, Costa Rica, 2-1
140-202, 194-188, 215-203
#2 Angel Ortíz, El Salvador def. #7 Julio Acosta Baires, El Salvador, 2-0
189-151, 216-189
#6 Angel Moreno, Costa Rica def. #3 Julio Acosta Espinoza, El Salvador, 2-1
146-169, 221-204, 236-169
#4 Marco Odio, Costa Rica def. #5 Mauricio Piñol, Guatemala, 2-1
177-167, 150-183, 192-189

Semi-finals
#8 Andrés Herrera, Guatemala def. #4 Marco Odio, Costa Rica, 2-0
170-167, 184-178
#2 Angel Ortíz, El Salvador def. #6 Angel Moreno, Costa Rica, 2-1
167-184, 183-148, 180-174

One-game roll-off for third and fourth place
#4 Marco Odio, Costa Rica def. #6 Angel Moreno, Costa Rica, 211-144

Championship Match
#2 Angel Ortíz, El Salvador def. #8 Andrés Herrera, Guatemala, 2-1
221-174, 170-185, 215-193

Download the Men's Brackets here (pdf file....

Cambowl Mayor 2006 - Women's Masters Finals

Single-elimination, best-of-three-games

Quarterfinals
#1 Sofia Granda, Guatemala def. #8 Hildelena De Maul, Guatemala, 2-1
226-218, 221-228, 257-207
#7 Martha Cáder, El Salvador def. #2 Marie Ramírez, Costa Rica, 2-0
172-168, 233-191
#3 Viviana Delgado, Costa Rica def. #6 Elizabeth Acosta, El Salvador, 2-1
176-169, 177-198, 194-184
#4 Aida Granillo, El Salvador def. #5 Liz De Castillo, Guatemala, 2-1
139-166, 203-157, 202-179

Semi-finals
#1 Sofia Granda, Guatemala def. #4 Aida Granillo, El Salvador, 2-0
209-160, 189-166
#3 Viviana Delgado, Costa Rica def. #7 Martha Cáder, El Salvador, 2-0
222-195, 255-170

One-game roll-off for third and fourth place
#7 Martha Cáder, El Salvador def. #4 Aida Granillo, El Salvador, 189-148

Championship Match
#1 Sofia Granda, Guatemala def. #3 Viviana Delgado, Costa Rica, 2-0
204-179, 206-176

Download the Women's Brackets here (pdf file....