Maria Bulanova, Alexey Parshukov dominate Russian Championships 2015

    05/07/15

    Russia

    Bulanova wins four out of possible five gold medals; Parshukov claims the titles in Singles and Team; the leaders in All-Events, who rolled the lone women's and men's 300 game, will represent Russia in 2015 European Championships Cup

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    2015RUSCAlexeyParshukovMariaBulanova.jpg2015RUSCRussianField.jpgDefending Russian champions Maria Bulanova of Nizhny Novgorod and Alexey Parshukov of Krasnodar (pictured left, r-l) dominated the Russian Championships 2015 which took place April 28th to May 3rd at Russian Field (right) in St. Petersburg, the biggest bowling center in Russia.

    The event combined the Russian Individual and Team Championships, which were held separately in previous years, and drew 166 participants from 14 regions of Russia, 112 men and 54 women.

    The Championships was played on 42 feet (long) and 38 feet (medium) lane conditioning pattern and featured four events each in men's and women's division, Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team plus a Mixed Doubles event.

    In each event, the top four after six games of qualifying advanced to the playoffs to determine the medalists. No. 1 bowled No. 4 and No 2 took on No. 3 in the semifinal matches. The winners bowled for gold and silver and the losers determined the bronze medalist.

    As the repeat winners in the All-Events standings (non-medal event), Bulanova and Parshukov will represent Russia in 2015 European Championships Cup October19-26 in San Marino.

    The top six women in All-Events, Bulanova, her team mate Kristina Kryl, Moscow's, Alena Korobkova, Daria Voronkova and Nadezda Korablinova as well as St. Petersburg's Anastasia Tikhonova made the Russian team for the 2015 Women's World Championships December 5-14 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

    2015RUSCMariaBulanova.jpgBulanova (left), the youngest player in European Bowling Tour history to win an EBT title (2013 Russian Open at the age of 14) won four out of possible five gold medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team and also finished fourth in Mixed Doubles.

    2015RUSCWomenTeamNiznyNovgorod.jpgAfter defeating top-seeded Alena Korobkova for the Singles title, 279-224, Bulanova teamed with Kristina Kryl to win in Doubles. The duo teamed with Daria Minenko to capture the Trios title and joined forces with Maria Koshel, Elena Sazonova and Ksenia Smotrova.

    The success of the Bulanova and her team mates from Nizhny Novgorod (pictured right with coach Starchenkov) came at the expense of the bowlers from Moscow, who lost all four title matches from the No. 1 seed.

    Maria Bulanova rolled the lone 300 game by a woman in game four of the Trios qualifying. She averaged 226.70 for 30 games to win in All-Events, outaveraging second-placed Kristina Kryl by almost 15 pins.

    2015RUSCMenTeamChampion.jpg2015RUSCAlexeyParshukov300.jpgParshukov defeated Nikita Koshelev of Moscow, 202-193, to claim the Singles title. Koshelev rebounded with victory in Doubles and Trios before he teamed with Parshukov and Yan Korshak, Aleksander Medveditskov, Ivan Semenov and Andrey Suslov to win the coveted Team gold medal (pictured left).

    The team featuring four bowlers from Moscow and two from Krasnodar were the only top-seed who was able to hang on for the victory and the gold medal. Parshukov (right), who posted the lone 300 game by a man in semifinal on challenging dual lane condition (one lane with long, the other lane with medium oil).

    He finished atop the All-Events standings averaging 224.13 for 30 games with Andrey Suslov of Krasnodar 62 pins behind in second place.

    2015RUSCMixedDoublesTop3.jpgThe Mixed Doubles title went to St.Petersburg after Alexey Vasilenko & Anastasia Tikhonova (center) defeated top-seeded Aleksander Medveditskov & Varvara Korobkova (left) of Moscow in the title match, 424-401.

    2015RUSCAllEventsTop2.jpgThe Russian federation has been invited to participate in the World Bowling Tour's Bowling World Open - Bowling to the Olympics July 9-12, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan, and will send the top two men (Parshukov & Suslov) and the top 2 women (Bulanova & Kryl) in All-Events to the event which offers total prize fund of 48 million Yen or approximately 400,000 U.S. Dollar. L-R Suslov, Bulanova, Kryl and Parshukov.

    Photos and results courtesy of Max Bulanov.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's All Events

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's All Events

     


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    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Team Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Yan Korshak/Nikita Koshelev/Aleksander Medveditskov/Alexey Parshukov/Ivan Semenov, Andrey Suslov, Moscow and Krasnodar
    2. Sergey Evdokimov/Artemy Zubkov/Vladimir Letuchiy/Oleg Sokolov/Alexey Yakovlev, Saint-Petersburg
    3. Mikhail Belenky/Sergey Dmitriev/Anton Krasnoshtanov/Vladislav Smetanin/Leonid Usov, Irkutsk
    4. Alexey Vasilenko/Vladimir Vasilyev/Aleksander Pashkovsky/Kirill Sebruyev/Alexey Sidorov/Andrey Shamshuro, Saint-Petersburg

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1:
    No. 1 Korshak (279)/Medveditskov (185), Parshukov 300/Semenov (206)/Suslov (227) def.
    No. 4 Vasilenko (196)/Pashkovsky (185)/Sebruyev (187)/Sidorov (246)/Shamshuro (175), 1197-989
    Semifinal Match 2:
    No. 3 Evdokimov (191)/Zubkov (240)/Letuchiy (172)/Sokolov (182)/Yakovlev (213) def.
    No. 2 Belenky (195)/Dmitriev (144)/Krasnoshtanov (168)/Smetanin (166)/Usov (161), 998-834
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place:
    Belenky (222)/Dmitriev (192)/Krasnoshtanov (214)/Smetanin (219)/Usov (176) def.
    Vasilenko (205)/Vasilyev (200)/Pashkovsky (203)/Sebruyev (188)/Sidorov (207), 1023-1003
    Championship:
    Korshak (211)/Koshelev (239), Parshukov (204)/Semenov (215)/Suslov (222) def.
    Evdokimov (166)/Zubkov (165)/Letuchiy (171)/Sokolov (202)/Yakovlev (194), 1091-898.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Team Qualifying

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Team Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Maria Bulanova/Maria Koshel/Kristina Kryl/Daria Minenko/Elena Sazonova/Ksenia Smotrova, Nizhny Novgorod
    2. Daria Voronkova/Zariana Efimoba/Nadezda Korablinova/Alena Korobkova/Varvara Korobkova/Eugenia Smirnova, Moscow
    3. Natalia Badina/Yulia Gorbacheva/Eugenia Zelenkova/Marina Kravchenko/Kristina Ushakova, Altay county
    4. Ksenia Apanyakina/Varvara Gryaznova/Marina Guseva/Ksenia Kulikova/Tatiana Stepanova/Galina Sukhanova, Moscow

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1:
    No. 1 Voronkova (200)/Efimoba (196)/Korablinova (171)/A. Korobkova (255)/V. Korobkova 162) def.
    No. 4 Apanyakina (178)/Guseva (159)/Kulikova (172)/Stepanova (171)/Sukhanova (197), 984-877
    Semifinal Match 2:
    No. 2 Bulanova (277)/Koshel (182)/Kryl (257)/Minenko (180)/Smotrova (172) def.
    No. 3 Badina (189)/Gorbacheva (198)/Zelenkova (214)/Kravchenko (142)/Ushakova (173), 1068-916

    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place:
    Badina (183)/Gorbacheva (203)/Zelenkova (188)/Kravchenko (174)/Ushakova (200) def.
    Apanyakina (189)/Gryaznova (180)/Guseva (185)/Kulikova (224)/Sukhanova (168), 948-946
    Championship:
    Bulanova (266)/Koshel (189)/Kryl (248)/Minenko (177)/Sazonova (180) def.
    Voronkova (167)/Efimoba (204)/Korablinova (135)/A. Korobkova (166)/Smirnova (199), 1060-871.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Team Qualifying

     


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    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Trios Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Sergey Andreyev/Nikita Koshelev/Maxim Okorokov, Moscow
    2. Yan Korshak/Aleksander Medveditskov/Ivan Semenov, Moscow
    3. Alexey Parshukov/Andrey Suslov/Vladimir Churilov, Krasnodar
    4. Alexey Bezotosny/Petr Marchenko/Maxim Shukaev, Volgograd

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1:
    No. 4 Korshak (210)/Medveditskov (234)/Semenov (182) def.
    No. 1 Parshukov (221)/Suslov (177)/Churilov (178), 626-576
    Semifinal Match 2:
    No. 2 Andreyev (181)/Koshelev (176)/Okorokov (225) def.
    No. 3 Bezotosny (137)/Marchenko (190)/Shukaev (170), 582-497
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place:
    Parshukov (247)/Suslov (212)/Churilov (183) def.
    Bezotosny (205)/Marchenko (196)/Shukaev (202), 642-603
    Championship:
    Andreyev (197)/Koshelev (248)/Okorokov (181) def.
    Korshak (192)/Medveditskov (181)/Semenov (231), 626-604.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Trios Qualifying

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Trios Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Maria Bulanova/Kristina Kryl/Daria Minenko, Nizhny Novgorod
    2. Daria Voronkova/Nadezda Korablinova/Varvara Korobkova, Moscow
    3. Zariana Efimoba/Alena Korobkova/Eugenia Smirnova, Moscow
    4. Ksenia Apanyakina/Marina Guseva/Tatiana Stepanova, Moscow

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1:
    No. 1 Voronkova (237)/Korablinova (200)/V. Korobkova (234) def.
    No. 4 Apanyakina (182)/Guseva (223)/Stepanova (194), 671-599
    Semifinal Match 2:
    No. 2 Bulanova (212)/Kryl (264)/Minenko (193) def.
    No. 3 Efimoba (210)/A. Korobkova (216)/Smirnova (222), 669-648
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place:
    Efimoba (210)/A. Korobkova (214)/Smirnova (136) def.
    Apanyakina (212)/Guseva (162)/Stepanova (183), 560-557
    Championship:
    Bulanova (227)/Kryl (236)/Minenko (214) def.
    Voronkova (236)/Korablinova (199)/V. Korobkova (235), 677-670.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Trios Qualifying

     


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    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Doubles Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Nikita Koshelev/Maxim Okorokov, Moscow
    2. Alexey Parshukov/Andrey Suslov, Krasnodar
    3. Aleksander Medveditskov/Ivan Semenov, Moscow
    4. Sergey Andreyev/Yan Korshak, Moscow

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Parshukov (223)/Suslov (229) def. No. 4 Andreyev (223)/Korshak (220), 452-443
    Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Koshelev (240)/Okorokov (234) def. No. 3 Medveditskov (237)/Semenov 180), 474-417
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place: Medveditskov (247)/Semenov 196) def. Andreyev (222)/Korshak (158), 443-380
    Championship: Koshelev (279)/Okorokov (178) def. Parshukov (202)/Suslov (180), 457-382.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Doubles Qualifying

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Doubles Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Maria Bulanova/Kristina Kryl, Nizhny Novgorod
    2. Daria Voronkova/Alena Korobkova, Moscow
    3. Maria Koshel/Daria Minenko, Nizhny Novgorod
    4. Aleksandra Sergeyeva/Anastasia Tikhonova, Saint-Petersburg

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Voronkova (214)/Korobkova (191) def. No. 4 Sergeyeva (174)/Tikhonova (186), 405-360
    Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Bulanova (223)/Kryl (200) def. No. 3 Koshel (152)/Minenko (181), 423-333
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place: Koshel (247)/Minenko (198) def. Sergeyeva (176)/Tikhonova (206), 445-382
    Championship: Bulanova (175)/Kryl (193) def. Voronkova (201)/Korobkova (153), 368-354

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Doubles Qualifying

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Mixed Doubles Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Alexey Vasilenko/Anastasia Tikhonova, Saint-Petersburg
    2. Aleksander Medveditskov/Varvara Korobkova, Moscow
    3. Sergey Isaev/Kristina Kryl, Nizhny Novgorod
    4. Nikita Kuznetshov/Maria Bulanova, Nizhny Novgorod

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Medveditskov (194)/Korobkova (189) def. No. 4 Isaev (168)/Kryl (161), 383-329
    Semifinal Match 2: No. 3 Vasilenko (268)/Tikhonova (155) def. No. 2 Kuznetshov (154)/Bulanova (192), 423-346
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place: Isaev (208)/Kryl (222) def. Kuznetshov (172)/Bulanova (218), 430-390
    Championship: Vasilenko (235)/Tikhonova (189) def. Medveditskov (206)/Korobkova (195), 424-401.

     


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    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Singles Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Alexey Parshukov, Krasnodar
    2. Nikita Koshelev, Moscow
    3. Vladimir Sverchkov, Krasnodar
    4. Andrey Suslov, Krasnodar

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Koshelev def. No. 4 Suslov, 233-178
    Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Parshukov def. No. 3 Sverchkov, 247-234
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place: Sverchkov def. Suslov, 205-185
    Championship: Parshukov def. Koshelev, 202-193.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Men's Singles Qualifying

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Singles Playoffs


    Championship Round:
    1. Maria Bulanova, Nizhny Novgorod
    2. Alena Korobkova, Moscow
    3. Daria Voronkova, Moscow
    4. Ksenia Kulikova, Moscow

    Playoff Results:
    Semifinal Match 1: No. 1 Korobkova def. No. 4 Kulikova, 205-195
    Semifinal Match 2: No. 2 Bulanova def. No. 3 Voronkova, 235-179
    Roll-off for 3rd and 4th place: Voronkova def. Kulikova, 212-174
    Championship: Bulanova def. Korobkova, 279-224.

     


    Russian Championships 2015 - Women's Singles Qualifying

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