Malta Sue Abela, Mark Spiteri to compete in 46th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Zagreb
07/02/10
June at the SuperBowl in St. Julian's, Malta, saw the Malta Tenpin Bowling Association's (MTBA) qualifying event for this year’s QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, which will be held in Zagreb, Croatia between the 15th - 24th of October.
The photo shows Sue Abela, right, and Mark Spiteri, left, with Malta's national coach, Rick Vogelesang, center.
The BWC is one of the most prestigious events in the worldwide tenpin bowling calendar, with typically in excess of eighty nations represented by their male and female champions. Malta will be represented by Mark Spiteri and Sue Abela after the duo came through to top their respective divisions with flying colors.
The Maltese World Cup qualifier follows a simple format, all bowlers playing three 8-game sessions, and the highest pinfall from those 24 games determining the male and female winners.
The male division rolled off with a tough field of hopefuls, but day one saw Spiteri take early control with a 1694 session including a high opening game of 278. He was narrowly trailed by Rankin Camilleri in second on 1672 and Philippe Vancell on 1601.
Spiteri held his composure and position for the second eight with a 3344 interim total ahead of Camilleri on 3292. The third place holder changed however, as Kenneth Arpa sneaked in with a good 1667 set for a 3250 sixteen game tally.
That’s how the top three stayed on the final day of the event, with Spiteri claiming victory on 4940 pins (205.8 average), although Camilleri almost overtook him at the last hurdle, placing second with just fifteen pins separating them (4925, 205.2 avg.). Arpa’s 4890 total (203.7) kept him in third place, while Justin Caruana Scicluna took fourth on 4763 pins.
Sue Abela was a cut above the rest of the ladies division from the offset, finishing her first eight with a sound 1658 total to take the early lead above Melissa Swifton 1566, and Joanna Attard with 1526 pins.
There was some jostling for position on day two as Abela’s game dropped somewhat, although 1479 was enough to keep her on top with 3137 pins over sixteen. Attard advanced to second on 3026, taking a tiny two pin advantage over Swift on 3024.
Only a disaster could have stopped Sue Abela from winning the ladies event on day three, and she succeeded with a final 4739 total (197.4 avg.) to take the glory.
Joanna Attard remained second (4443, 185.1 avg.), finishing just twenty ahead of Swift in third (4423, 184.2 avg.). Tiziana Carannante finished in fourth place with 4205 pins.
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June at the SuperBowl in St. Julian's, Malta, saw the Malta Tenpin Bowling Association's (MTBA) qualifying event for this year’s QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, which will be held in Zagreb, Croatia between the 15th - 24th of October. The photo shows Sue Abela, right, and Mark Spiteri, left, with Malta's national coach, Rick Vogelesang, center.
The BWC is one of the most prestigious events in the worldwide tenpin bowling calendar, with typically in excess of eighty nations represented by their male and female champions. Malta will be represented by Mark Spiteri and Sue Abela after the duo came through to top their respective divisions with flying colors.
The Maltese World Cup qualifier follows a simple format, all bowlers playing three 8-game sessions, and the highest pinfall from those 24 games determining the male and female winners.
The male division rolled off with a tough field of hopefuls, but day one saw Spiteri take early control with a 1694 session including a high opening game of 278. He was narrowly trailed by Rankin Camilleri in second on 1672 and Philippe Vancell on 1601.
Spiteri held his composure and position for the second eight with a 3344 interim total ahead of Camilleri on 3292. The third place holder changed however, as Kenneth Arpa sneaked in with a good 1667 set for a 3250 sixteen game tally.
That’s how the top three stayed on the final day of the event, with Spiteri claiming victory on 4940 pins (205.8 average), although Camilleri almost overtook him at the last hurdle, placing second with just fifteen pins separating them (4925, 205.2 avg.). Arpa’s 4890 total (203.7) kept him in third place, while Justin Caruana Scicluna took fourth on 4763 pins.
Sue Abela was a cut above the rest of the ladies division from the offset, finishing her first eight with a sound 1658 total to take the early lead above Melissa Swifton 1566, and Joanna Attard with 1526 pins.
There was some jostling for position on day two as Abela’s game dropped somewhat, although 1479 was enough to keep her on top with 3137 pins over sixteen. Attard advanced to second on 3026, taking a tiny two pin advantage over Swift on 3024.
Only a disaster could have stopped Sue Abela from winning the ladies event on day three, and she succeeded with a final 4739 total (197.4 avg.) to take the glory.
Joanna Attard remained second (4443, 185.1 avg.), finishing just twenty ahead of Swift in third (4423, 184.2 avg.). Tiziana Carannante finished in fourth place with 4205 pins.
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