Yelena Grishinenko (pictured left) of Almaty and Alexandr Panchenko (right) of Petropavlovsk captured the women's and men's titles in the 2011 Kazakhstan Cup which was held May 28-29 at Bowling Club Olimp in Almaty.

The Kaz Cup drew 20 men and eight women. All players bowled 12 games of qualifying on dual lane condition to cut to the top eight players who advanced to round robin match play. After seven match play games the player with the highest 19-game total including bonus (20 pins per win, 5 for a tie; additional 5 pins bonus for each game from 200 to 249 and 10 pins for each game from 250 to 300) was declared the champion.

Local favorite Grishinenko, a two-time Kazakhstan champion, dominated the women's field from the qualifying. The 34-year-old had a 1287 series on the 44 feet long pattern and a 1200 series on the 35 feet short pattern for 2487 qualifying total or an average of 207.25. Grishinenko held a 421 lead over second place team mate Olga Berillo who totaled 2066 pins, a 175.67 average.

Grishinenko averaged 190.29 in match play and added 115 bonus pins to cruise to the title with 3934 pinfall total. Trailing Grishinenko by 596 pins to land in second place was Natalia Orlova of Astana with 3338. Yelena Izhboldina, Almaty and Berillo tied for third and forth place at 3272.

15-year-old Panchenko had an 1184 series on long oil before he averaged 230 on short oil including his first career 300 game to take a 169 pin lead after qualifying with 2564 12-game total and an average of 213.67.