Jo Allsebrook and Zara Glover (l.r)  from England cruised to victory in Women's Doubles at the IV Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship Tuesday at Dundonald International Ice Bowl in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Photos courtesy of CTBF.

The duo averaged 231.58 over six games on the short oil pattern and felled 2779 pins. Glover, who won the European Champions Cup and finished third in the Bowling World Cup earlier this month, led the team with 1498, a 249.67 average, and Allsebrook contributed 1281 (213.50).

The duo outaveraged their nearest competitors, Jennifer Tan and Jazreel Tan (r-l) from Singapore by 17.5 pins. The Singaporean felled 2569 pins (214.08) to win the second silver medal for their country after Jazreel's second-place finish in Singles yesterday.

The bronze medal went to Canadians Jo-Ann Sanesac and Julie Johson-Loyer (r-l), who checked in with 2521 (210.08). Karen Payne and Lynda Black-Watson from the host country of Northern Ireland were 97 pins behind the Canadians in fourth place with 2424 (202.00).

Singles champion Sin Li Jane (1114) from Malaysia and team mate Syakirah Yeoh had to settle for fifth place with 2319 (193.25).

Glover overtook the lead in All Events with 2815 and an average of 234.58 over 12 games. Singles silver and bronze medalists Jazreel Tan and Cassie Staudinger, Australia, remained in second and third place with 2722 (226.83) and 2535 (211.25), respectively. Singles champion Jane fell to sixth place with 2509 (209.08).

32 women from 16 Commonwealth countries, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Cyprus, England, Gibraltar, Guernsey, India, Jersey, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, Wales and the host Northern Ireland participate in the championships.

2008 CTBC Women's Doubles - Final Standings

Pos	Players/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	England	510	449	452	1411	427	503	438	1368	2779	231.58
	Jo Allsebrook	230	191	209	630	190	259	202	651	1281	213.50
	Zara Glover	280	258	243	781	237	244	236	717	1498	249.67
2.	Singapore	424	417	448	1289	457	414	409	1280	2569	214.08
	Jennifer Tan	203	205	213	621	229	198	181	608	1229	204.83
	Jazreel Tan	221	212	235	668	228	216	228	672	1340	223.33
3.	Canada	383	407	425	1215	481	416	409	1306	2521	210.08
	Jo-Ann Sanesac	226	223	215	664	223	224	182	629	1293	215.50
	Julie Johnson-Loyer	157	184	210	551	258	192	227	677	1228	204.67
4.	Northern Ireland	388	407	425	1220	323	442	439	1204	2424	202.00
	Karen Payne	176	191	209	576	158	225	194	577	1153	192.17
	Lynda Black-Watson	212	216	216	644	165	217	245	627	1271	211.83
5.	Malaysia	408	379	318	1105	450	370	394	1214	2319	193.25
	Syakirah Yeoh	231	185	145	561	247	182	215	644	1205	200.83
	Sin Li Jane	177	194	173	544	203	188	179	570	1114	185.67
6.	Australia	346	413	433	1192	372	375	372	1119	2311	192.58
	Rebecca Simpson	151	212	159	522	179	205	194	578	1100	183.33
	Cassie Staudinger	195	201	274	670	193	170	178	541	1211	201.83
7.	Malta	383	406	345	1134	352	387	398	1137	2271	189.25
	Sue Abela	201	202	182	585	172	225	186	583	1168	194.67
	Joanna Attard	182	204	163	549	180	162	212	554	1103	183.83
8.	Guernsey	362	392	376	1130	377	334	328	1039	2169	180.75
	Joanne Johnson	181	189	192	562	183	180	138	501	1063	177.17
	Lauren Hurford	181	203	184	568	194	154	190	538	1106	184.33
9.	Scotland	360	312	346	1018	381	390	367	1138	2156	179.67
	Laura Rhoney	188	169	198	555	245	218	168	631	1186	197.67
	Jacqui MacColl	172	143	148	463	136	172	199	507	970	161.67
10.	India	314	342	348	1004	376	413	317	1106	2110	175.83
	Sumanthi	152	173	171	496	188	178	182	548	1044	174.00
	Prathima	162	169	177	508	188	235	135	558	1066	177.67
11.	NZ	345	373	306	1024	386	328	338	1052	2076	173.00
	Lynnaire Churchill	174	179	156	509	206	148	157	511	1020	170.00
	Melonie Lister	171	194	150	515	180	180	181	541	1056	176.00
12.	Wales	271	344	323	938	300	349	480	1129	2067	172.25
	Louise Roberts	148	143	177	468	146	179	254	579	1047	174.50
	Sue Thomas	123	201	146	470	154	170	226	550	1020	170.00
13.	Cyprus	354	310	351	1015	338	357	330	1025	2040	170.00
	Nandia Herodotou	175	190	157	522	159	154	146	459	981	163.50
	Avgi Nicolaou	179	120	194	493	179	203	184	566	1059	176.50
14.	Jersey	331	314	317	962	336	312	340	988	1950	162.50
	June High	156	176	159	491	188	164	161	513	1004	167.33
	Tracey Ryan	175	138	158	471	148	148	179	475	946	157.67
15.	Bahamas	318	295	302	915	375	279	348	1002	1917	159.75
	Rochelle Russell	143	141	146	430	189	129	137	455	885	147.50
	Justina Sturrup	175	154	156	485	186	150	211	547	1032	172.00
16.	Gibraltar	333	245	294	872	302	278	341	921	1793	149.42
	Kelly-Anne Turnbull	156	123	150	429	122	114	175	411	840	140.00
	Julie Jackson	177	122	144	443	180	164	166	510	953	158.83