Gold for France in Mixed Doubles at Mediterranean Bowling Championships

30 March, 2017

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Men’s singles champion Valentin Saulnier and women’s singles bronze medalist Alexandra Lopes D’Andrade averaged 210.83 en route to win the second gold medal for France in the 20th Mediterranean Bowling Championships Thursday at Klub 300 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Lopes D’Andrade posted the first 1300 series by a woman with 1322 and Saulnier, who posted 1335 series in singles and doubles, added 1208 for 2530 total, the lone series above 1200 (200 average).

Trailing the French by 136 pins to finish in second place was Slovenia with men’s doubles gold medalist Anže Grabrijan and Victoria Krivolutskaya, who joined forces for 2394 (199.50). The silver medal is already the third medal for the host country.

Monica Jimenez and Ruben Orche of Spain beat out women’s doubles champion Sara Xuereb and partner Mark Spiteri of Malta for the bronze medal by 19 pins, 2357 to 2338.

There were no changes atop the leaderboard in men’s all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and mixed team event). Saulnier maintained a 113-pin lead after three of four events with 3878 and an average of 215.44 for 18 games.

Aleksander Koštric of Slovenia moved into second place with 3765 (209.17), thanks to a 1257 series in mixed doubles. Teammate Grabrijan slipped to third place with 3736 (207.56). With six more games to go, defending champion Evangelos Krizinis is 3521 pins off the pace for the bronze medal in fourth place with 3701 (205.61).

Mixed doubles champ Lopes D’Andrade used her 1322 series to shoot into the lead with 3606 total and an average of 200.33. Sue Abela of Malta, who led women’s all-events at halftime by 171 pins, managed only 1114 to fall to second place with 3569 (198.28).

Giola Pastou of Cyprus slipped one spot to third place with 3481 (193.39), with Krivolutskaya in fourth place with 3453 (191.83), just 28 pins off the pace for the medals.

Action at the Mediterranean Bowling Championship shifts to the mixed team on Friday. The 12 teams roll the first block of three games at 10 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) and the second at 3.30 p.m.

The 20th Mediterranean Bowling Championships 2017 (formerly the Mediterranean Challenge Cup) will be held from March 27 through April 1 at Klub 300, a 16-laner in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It marks the second time after the year 2013 that Ljubljana and Slovenia host the MBC.

The Championships drew 50 bowlers 26 men and 24 women, from 13 countries, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the host country Slovenia. Each country will be represented by a team of two female and two male competitors, except Gibraltar which participates in the men’s division only.

Men and women will compete in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, All Events and Masters as well as in Mixed Doubles and a Mixed Team event.

The 21st Mediterranean Bowling Championships will be held April 15-22, 2018 at Rollhouse Bowling Center in Ankara, Turkey.

Slovenia, Malta capture men’s and women Doubles gold in Ljubljana
Sue Abela, Valentin Saulnier kick off MBC with victory in Singles

20th MBC 2017 – Mixed Doubles Results

Pos	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Ave.
1.	France	376	413	435	481	350	475	2530	210.83
	Valentin Saulnier	212	204	178	213	148	253	1208	201.33
	Alexandra LopesD’Andrade	164	209	257	268	202	222	1322	220.33
2.	Slovenia	362	427	387	405	401	412	2394	199.50
	Victoria Krivolutskaya	183	230	185	199	207	186	1190	198.33
	Anže Grabrijan	179	197	202	206	194	226	1204	200.67
3.	Spain	410	380	389	377	372	429	2357	196.42
	Monica Jimenez	192	188	182	190	138	182	1072	178.67
	Ruben Orche	218	192	207	187	234	247	1285	214.17
4.	Malta	421	366	370	393	407	381	2338	194.83
	Sara Xuereb	205	160	177	200	186	154	1082	180.33
	Mark Spiteri	216	206	193	193	221	227	1256	209.33
5.	Cyprus	344	395	342	449	354	452	2336	194.67
	Giola Pastou	190	191	193	227	195	201	1197	199.50
	Kyriakos Pittashis	154	204	149	222	159	251	1139	189.83
6.	France	427	383	350	398	354	419	2331	194.25
	Amelie Keloganian	217	223	164	206	188	181	1179	196.50
	Gaetan Mouveroux	210	160	186	192	166	238	1152	192.00
7.	Turkey	357	365	391	361	362	468	2304	192.00
	Habib Dogan	179	199	207	220	206	299	1310	218.33
	Adile SevgiMichajlow	178	166	184	141	156	169	994	165.67
8.	Slovenia	406	397	385	314	387	393	2282	190.17
	Nataša PircMusar	158	183	165	156	195	168	1025	170.83
	Aleksander Koštric	248	214	220	158	192	225	1257	209.50
9.	Greece	357	379	401	388	348	387	2260	188.33
	Syrmatenia Michailidou	177	179	173	175	157	185	1046	174.33
	Evangelos Krizinis	180	200	228	213	191	202	1214	202.33
10.	Turkey	342	388	377	323	409	417	2256	188.00
	Ebru AcarÖzoğluuntur	154	169	190	152	206	220	1091	181.83
	Emre Kumru	188	219	187	171	203	197	1165	194.17
11.	Italy	303	437	411	352	369	372	2244	187.00
	Sara Giustini	140	192	197	160	154	193	1036	172.67
	Pierpaolo DeFilippi	163	245	214	192	215	179	1208	201.33
12.	Greece	429	341	323	396	358	395	2242	186.83
	Alexandra Zormba	206	182	146	199	167	168	1068	178.00
	Ioannis Stathatos	223	159	177	197	191	227	1174	195.67
13.	Croatia	315	416	407	377	359	349	2223	185.25
	Ivana Krajačić	170	162	207	165	179	173	1056	176.00
	Zoran Banjac	145	254	200	212	180	176	1167	194.50
14.	Cyprus	375	375	378	314	373	398	2213	184.42
	Myria Kastori	175	176	179	136	201	182	1049	174.83
	Phillip Kargotis	200	199	199	178	172	216	1164	194.00
15.	Malta	373	306	357	393	380	403	2212	184.33
	Sue Abela	195	173	173	170	170	233	1114	185.67
	Justin CaruanaScicluna	178	133	184	223	210	170	1098	183.00
16.	Israel	344	366	352	375	344	419	2200	183.33
	Adva Eliav	170	179	163	193	169	183	1057	176.17
	Reuven Ovadia	174	187	189	182	175	236	1143	190.50
17.	Israel	296	378	381	330	394	373	2152	179.33
	Liron GalPeled	157	169	167	145	179	168	985	164.17
	Gal Hammer	139	209	214	185	215	205	1167	194.50
18.	Italy	415	292	364	371	340	338	2120	176.67
	Simona PiaMariaFasol	199	134	161	177	171	162	1004	167.33
	Marco Reviglio	216	158	203	194	169	176	1116	186.00
19.	Spain	309	386	327	363	372	361	2118	176.50
	Lidia Serrano	140	176	157	190	189	169	1021	170.17
	Joan Vall	169	210	170	173	183	192	1097	182.83
20.	Croatia	344	389	335	367	325	343	2103	175.25
	Vesna Barišić	167	192	151	213	166	164	1053	175.50
	Željko Barunčić	177	197	184	154	159	179	1050	175.00
21.	San Marino	319	372	314	331	336	340	2012	167.67
	Morena Barbieri	141	160	146	174	145	146	912	152.00
	Ettore Bacciocchi	178	212	168	157	191	194	1100	183.33
22.	San Marino	312	298	303	345	345	360	1963	163.58
	Matteo Corazza	173	169	165	214	196	226	1143	190.50
	Milva Piva	139	129	138	131	149	134	820	136.67
23.	Tunisia	349	318	342	297	285	325	1916	159.67
	Ziad Mokni	156	160	182	156	141	152	947	157.83
	Sonia Annagui	193	158	160	141	144	173	969	161.50
24.	Tunisia	313	315	304	348	323	258	1861	155.08
	Hela Meziou	169	162	166	151	157	125	930	155.00
	Khaled Meziou	144	153	138	197	166	133	931	155.17

20th MBC 2017 – Women’s All-Events after 3/4 events

Top 8 will advance to match play Masters.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Mixed Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Alexandra Lopes D’Andrade	France	18	1137	1147	1322		3606	200.33
2.	Sue Abela	Malta	18	1291	1164	1114		3569	198.28
3.	Giola Pastou	Cyprus	18	1131	1153	1197		3481	193.39
4.	Victoria Krivolutskaya	Slovenia	18	1127	1136	1190		3453	191.83
5.	Amelie Keloganian	France	18	1082	1085	1179		3346	185.89
6.	Sara Xuereb	Malta	18	1080	1171	1082		3333	185.17
7.	Lidia Serrano	Spain	18	1215	1066	1021		3302	183.44
8.	Ebru Acar Özoğluuntur	Turkey	18	1103	1048	1091		3242	180.11
9.	Adva Eliav	Israel	18	1096	1073	1057		3226	179.22
10.	Ivana Krajačić	Croatia	18	1051	1091	1056		3198	177.67
11.	Myria Kastori	Cyprus	18	1095	1044	1049		3188	177.11
12.	Simona Pia Maria Fasol	Italy	18	1062	1121	1004		3187	177.06
13.	Nataša Pirc Musar	Slovenia	18	1047	1088	1025		3160	175.56
14.	Adile Sevgi Michajlow	Turkey	18	1051	1106	994		3151	175.06
15.	Syrmatenia Michailidou	Greece	18	1007	1091	1046		3144	174.67
16.	Vesna Barišić	Croatia	18	1031	1015	1053		3099	172.17
17.	Monica Jimenez	Spain	18	979	1018	1072		3069	170.50
18.	Sara Giustini	Italy	18	923	1109	1036		3068	170.44
19.	Alexandra Zormba	Greece	18	1027	963	1068		3058	169.89
20.	Liron Gal Peled	Israel	18	971	1061	985		3017	167.61
21.	Sonia Annagui	Tunisia	18	903	1039	969		2911	161.72
22.	Morena Barbieri	San Marino	18	907	939	912		2758	153.22
23.	Hela Meziou	Tunisia	18	809	910	930		2649	147.17
24.	Milva Piva	San Marino	18	819	862	820		2501	138.94

20th MBC 2017 – Men’s All-Events after 3/4 events

Top 8 will advance to match play Masters.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Mixed Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Valentin Saulnier	France	18	1335	1335	1208		3878	215.44
2.	Aleksander Koštric	Slovenia	18	1259	1249	1257		3765	209.17
3.	Anže Grabrijan	Slovenia	18	1242	1290	1204		3736	207.56
4.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	18	1231	1256	1214		3701	205.61
5.	Mark Spiteri	Malta	18	1104	1206	1256		3566	198.11
6.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	18	1248	1147	1152		3547	197.06
7.	Pierpaolo De Filippi	Italy	18	1061	1264	1208		3533	196.28
8.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	18	1126	1097	1310		3533	196.28
9.	Ruben Orche	Spain	18	1151	1077	1285		3513	195.17
10.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	18	1218	1167	1116		3501	194.50
11.	Phillip Kargotis	Cyprus	18	1201	1108	1164		3473	192.94
12.	Ioannis Stathatos	Greece	18	1096	1169	1174		3439	191.06
13.	Graham Coles	Gibraltar	18	1130	1127	1180		3437	190.94
14.	Ettore Bacciocchi	San Marino	18	1086	1194	1100		3380	187.78
15.	Zoran Banjac	Croatia	18	1081	1121	1167		3369	187.17
16.	Joan Vall	Spain	18	1118	1150	1097		3365	186.94
17.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	18	1170	1050	1143		3363	186.83
18.	Emre Kumru	Turkey	18	1024	1158	1165		3347	185.94
19.	Kyriakos Pittashis	Cyprus	18	1097	1096	1139		3332	185.11
20.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	18	1022	1210	1098		3330	185.00
21.	Reuven Ovadia	Israel	18	1095	1063	1143		3301	183.39
22.	Gal Hammer	Israel	18	1015	1079	1167		3261	181.17
23.	Željko Barunčić	Croatia	18	1141	1046	1050		3237	179.83
24.	Michael Wood	Gibraltar	18	1013	1013	1004		3030	168.33
25.	Ziad Mokni	Tunisia	18	858	1131	947		2936	163.11
26.	Khaled Meziou	Tunisia	18	957	978	931		2866	159.22