England’s Daly, Crosby average 235 to claim gold in Mixed Doubles at CTBC

23 November, 2016

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England’s Becky Daly and Elliot Crosby averaged 235 as a team to win the gold medal in mixed doubles in the VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship Tuesday which concluded with B squad Wednesday morning at Northcliff Bowl in Johannesburg.

Malaysia’s Siti Safiyah and men’s singles champion Muhd Nur Aiman (pictured right) set the pace in A squad on Tuesday evening with 2799 total and an average of 232.25 for six games.

Daly/Crosby (pictured above) came out of the gates with games of 489 and 522, the highest game of the event, and added games of 459, 467 and 444 for a five-game total of 2381 (Daly 1195, Crosby 1186) or an average of 238.10.

Heading into the final game, the English duo held just a 49-pin lead over the second Malaysian duo, Shalin Zulkfli and Timmy Tan with 2332, and needed at least 418 last game to tie the overnight leaders for the gold medal.

While Daly was struggling and managed only 171, Crosby started with the front 8 to finish with 268 for 439 and to clinch the gold medal with 2820 total. Crosby led the way with the field-best 1454 series, an average of 242.33, and Daly had 1366 (227.67).

Zulkifli had back-to-back splits in frames 7 and 8 and she and Tan (left) closed with 427 and 2759 total (229.92) to finish in third place, just 40 pins behind their teammates Safiyah and Nur Aiman, who took the silver medal.

Women’s singles champion Tiziana Carannante and her partner Dennis Mercieca of Malta, who were second in A squad yesterday, slipped to fourth place with 2667 (222.25).

Muhd Nur Aiman (right) used the second-highest 1441 series to widen his lead in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team event) from 100 to 204 pins. With six more games to go in the mixed team event, Aiman leads the men’s field with 4346 and an average of 241.44 for 18 games.

His compatriot Timmy Tan sits in second place with 4142 and has a comfortable 97 and 102-pin cushion over Crosby and men’s doubles champion Quintin Haywood, who are in third and fourth place with 4045 and 4040, respectively. Fifth place David Maycock (3845) of Bermuda is already 200 pins off the pace for the bronze medal.

Shalin Zulkfli (pictured with Siti Safiyah, left) posted the highest women’s series in mixed doubles with 1374, a 229.00 average, to become the leader in women’s all-events with 3972 and an overall average of 220.66. Tiziana Carannante, who started the day tied for first place with Zulkifli, fell 78 pins behind in second place with 3894.

Siti Safiyah is just 10 pins behind Carannante in third place with 3884 and is followed by Sue Abela (3838), Rebecca Whiting (3824) of Australia and Becky Daly (3814), who are 90 pins or less away from the silver medal spot.

Action shifts to the mixed team event on Thursday. The first block of three games will start at 10.30 a.m. South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Following the lane maintenance, the second block of three games is slated for 1.30 p.m. and will determine the medalists and the top 12 men and women in all-events who will advance to round robin match play masters on Friday. The top three men and women will bowl for gold, silver and bronze in the stepladder finals on Saturday.

The VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship will be held from Nov. 19-27 at Northcliff Bowl in Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa.

This is the seventh edition of the championship, after being inaugurated in 2002 in Scotland events have been staged in Cyprus, Australia, Northern Ireland, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The 2016 CTBC drew 21 men and 20 women from 11 countries, Australia, Bermuda, England, India, Jersey, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Northern Ireland, Wales and the host country South Africa.

All teams but Mauritius (one male bowler only) consist of four players, two women and two men, who compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in women’s and men’s singles and doubles, mixed doubles and mixed teams, each event decided by the highest six-game total.

There will be no medals awarded in all-events in this Championship. The top 12 women and the top 12 men in all-events (24-game total pinfall in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and mixed team) will advance to the masters finals.

After 11 games of round robin match play plus one position round match, the top three players will advance to the stepladder finals which will conclude the Championship on Saturday, Nov. 26.

Photos courtesy of Tony Brown.

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VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship – Mixed Doubles

Pos	Country/Player	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	England	B	489	522	459	467	444	439	2820	235.00
	Becky Daly		275	256	222	232	210	171	1366	227.67
	Elliot Crosby		214	266	237	235	234	268	1454	242.33
2.	Malaysia	A	442	493	491	430	505	438	2799	233.25
	Siti Safiyah		234	213	267	194	246	204	1358	226.33
	Mohd Nur Aiman		208	280	224	236	259	234	1441	240.17
3.	Malaysia	B	496	471	483	459	423	427	2759	229.92
	Shalin Zulkfli		239	213	280	235	217	190	1374	229.00
	Timmy Tan		257	258	203	224	206	237	1385	230.83
4.	Malta	A	462	411	440	472	443	439	2667	222.25
	Tiziana Carannante		215	191	229	246	190	225	1296	216.00
	Dennis Mercieca		247	220	211	226	253	214	1371	228.50
5.	Australia	B	417	434	390	451	425	410	2527	210.58
	Dena Buxton		193	185	212	234	225	227	1276	212.67
	Jayden Leming		224	249	178	217	200	183	1251	208.50
6.	Wales	B	383	443	411	485	392	408	2522	210.17
	Louise Roberts		202	185	216	237	200	185	1225	204.17
	Stewart Bryden		181	258	195	248	192	223	1297	216.17
7.	Malta	B	353	431	376	497	426	425	2508	209.00
	Sue Abela		193	246	181	255	193	212	1280	213.33
	Kenneth Arpa		160	185	195	242	233	213	1228	204.67
8.	Wales	A	425	401	385	468	365	428	2472	206.00
	Lynne Walker		190	247	193	215	166	172	1183	197.17
	Robert Bruce		235	154	192	253	199	256	1289	214.83
9.	India	B	359	459	400	426	399	386	2429	202.42
	Sabeena Athica		164	204	200	181	206	193	1148	191.33
	Dhruv Sarda		195	255	200	245	193	193	1281	213.50
10.	Australia	A	403	389	417	346	417	400	2372	197.67
	Bec Whiting		228	188	204	191	235	201	1247	207.83
	Paul Trotter		175	201	213	155	182	199	1125	187.50
11.	England	A	442	405	398	350	405	365	2365	197.08
	Angie Brown		204	183	185	168	202	160	1102	183.67
	Sam Rose		238	222	213	182	203	205	1263	210.50
12.	South Africa	B	385	378	354	389	429	429	2364	197.00
	Quintin Haywood		205	202	183	193	227	225	1235	205.83
	Ursula Eckermans		180	176	171	196	202	204	1129	188.17
13.	Bermuda	B	421	408	372	420	340	394	2355	196.25
	June Dill		207	200	170	194	154	179	1104	184.00
	David Maycock		214	208	202	226	186	215	1251	208.50
14.	South Africa	A	488	316	405	377	357	362	2305	192.08
	Stacey-Lee Hooper		235	158	215	211	162	152	1133	188.83
	Andrew Cyster		253	158	190	166	195	210	1172	195.33
15.	Bermuda	A	400	426	373	308	391	394	2292	191.00
	Patrice Tucker		224	247	200	160	180	181	1192	198.67
	Rickai Binns		176	179	173	148	211	213	1100	183.33
16.	Northern Ireland	B	329	450	337	370	358	422	2266	188.83
	Isobel Smith		173	193	167	172	155	209	1069	178.17
	David Seay		156	257	170	198	203	213	1197	199.50
17.	Northern Ireland	A	326	341	393	377	335	410	2182	181.83
	Lauren Dugan		169	193	158	205	170	172	1067	177.83
	Grant Dugan		157	148	235	172	165	238	1115	185.83
18.	India	A	356	344	366	346	417	338	2167	180.58
	Akaash Kumar		225	181	181	220	225	169	1201	200.17
	Anukriti Bishnoi		131	163	185	126	192	169	966	161.00
19.	Jersey	B	335	366	299	405	324	403	2132	177.67
	June High		152	170	150	170	144	160	946	157.67
	Mike High		183	196	149	235	180	243	1186	197.67
20.	Jersey	A	265	333	297	284	380	351	1910	159.17
	Sharon Le Louam		137	132	128	144	184	161	886	147.67
	Paul Le Louam		128	201	169	140	196	190	1024	170.67

VII CTBC – Men’s All-Events after 18/24 games

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Muhd Nur Aiman	Malaysia	18	1448	1457	1441		4346	241.44
2.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	18	1356	1401	1385		4142	230.11
3.	Elliot Crosby	England	18	1245	1346	1454		4045	224.72
4.	Quintin Haywood	South Africa	18	1290	1515	1235		4040	224.44
5.	David Maycock	Bermuda	18	1314	1280	1251		3845	213.61
6.	Dennis Mercieca	Malta	18	1243	1230	1371		3844	213.56
7.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	18	1253	1319	1228		3800	211.11
8.	Robert Bruce	Wales	18	1296	1213	1289		3798	211.00
9.	Dhruv Sarda	India	18	1296	1211	1281		3788	210.44
10.	Sam Rose	England	18	1202	1235	1263		3700	205.56
11.	Akaash Kumar	India	18	1315	1182	1201		3698	205.44
12.	Andrew Cyster	South Africa	18	1164	1346	1172		3682	204.56
13.	Stewart Bryden	Wales	18	1246	1075	1297		3618	201.00
14.	Jayden Leming	Australia	18	1085	1281	1251		3617	200.94
15.	Paul Trotter	Australia	18	1148	1239	1125		3512	195.11
16.	Rickai Binns	Bermuda	18	1206	1204	1100		3510	195.00
17.	Grant Dugan	Northern Ireland	18	1116	1232	1115		3463	192.39
18.	Mike High	Jersey	18	1227	984	1186		3397	188.72
19.	David Seay	Northern Ireland	18	1075	1099	1197		3371	187.28
20.	Paul Le Louam	Jersey	18	1080	944	1024		3048	169.33
21.	Mashoud Emamsaib	Mauritius	18	906	966	941		2813	156.28

VII CTBC – Women’s All-Events after 18/24 games

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Shalin Zulkfli	Malaysia	18	1251	1347	1374		3972	220.67
2.	Tiziana Carannante	Malta	18	1325	1273	1296		3894	216.33
3.	Siti Safiyah	Malaysia	18	1267	1259	1358		3884	215.78
4.	Sue Abela	Malta	18	1279	1279	1280		3838	213.22
5.	Bec Whiting	Australia	18	1285	1292	1247		3824	212.44
6.	Becky Daly	England	18	1255	1193	1366		3814	211.89
7.	Dena Buxton	Australia	18	1259	1255	1276		3790	210.56
8.	Louise Roberts	Wales	18	1261	1120	1225		3606	200.33
9.	Lynne Walker	Wales	18	1179	1127	1183		3489	193.83
10.	Stacey-Lee Hooper	South Africa	18	1072	1161	1133		3366	187.00
11.	Sabeena Athica	India	18	1090	1100	1148		3338	185.44
12.	Angie Brown	England	18	1145	1089	1102		3336	185.33
13.	Ursula Ekermans	South Africa	18	1121	1081	1129		3331	185.06
14.	June Dill	Bermuda	18	1033	1148	1104		3285	182.50
15.	Patrice Tucker	Bermuda	18	1101	988	1192		3281	182.28
16.	Lauren Dugan	Northern Ireland	18	1056	1123	1067		3246	180.33
17.	June High	Jersey	18	950	937	946		2833	157.39
18.	Anukriti Bishnoi	India	18	930	930	966		2826	157.00
19.	Sharon Le Louam	Jersey	18	978	954	886		2818	156.56
20.	Isobel Smith	Northern Ireland	12	981	0	1069		2050	170.83