Iceland’s women, Cyprus’ men win Doubles gold at Small Nations Cup

17 March, 2017

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Magna Yr Hjalmtysdottir and Dagny Edda Þorisdottir of Iceland and Neoklis Erodotou and Ioannis Konstantinou of Cyprus captured the gold medals in women’s and men’s Doubles in the 1st Small Nations Cup currently underway at Rose’n’Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino.

The Icelandic women (pictured right), who finished the six-game preliminaries in second place, met fourth-seeded Nora Turci and Catherine Chesney in the gold medal match. Hjalmtysdottir (184) and Þorisdottir (222) posted the highest game of the finals to beat Turci (170) and Chesney (145), 406-315, to seal the victory.

The women from Luxembourg, who stunned No. 1 seed Malta with Mixed Doubles gold medalist Sue Abela and Mixed Doubles bronze medalist Sara Xuereb in the semi-finals, 341-333, earned the silver medal.

The Maltese women and Nantia Irodotou and Niki Schiza of Cyprus, who fell to Iceland in the other semi-final, 355-322, both received bronze medals.

On the men’s side, fourth-seeded Erodotou & Konstantinou (left) sidelined top-seeded Mauro Anastasi and Justin Caruana Scicluna of Malta in the semi-final, 397-350, and went on to defeat Bjorn G. Sigurdsson and Arnar David Jónsson of Iceland in a close gold medal match, 419-409.

The Icelandic (pictured right with the women), who managed to eliminate Matteo Corazza and Ettori Bacciocchi from the host country San Marino in the other semi-final match by seven pins, 364-359, earned the silver medal, while the men from Malta and San Marino took bronze.

Abela and Erodotou held on to the lead in All-Events (total pinfall in Mixed Doubles, Doubles and Mixed Team event). With 12 of 18 games in the books, Abela, who toppled 2435 pins, an average of 202.92, leads Hjalmtysdottir (2384) and her team mate Xuereb (2349) by 51 and 86 pins, respectively. Irodotou rounds out the top 4 with 2267.

Erodotou totaled 2615 pins for 12 games, an average of 217.92, maintained a slim eight-pin lead over Jónsson, who leaped from third to second place with 2607, thanks to the field-best 1328 series on Friday. Scicluna dropped one spot to third place with 2577 with team mate Anastasi in fourth on 2556.

There will be no medals given in All-Events which serves as qualifying for the Masters finals. The top 4 women and the top 4 men with the highest 18-game totals in Mixed Doubles, Doubles and Mixed Team event will advance to Masters semi-finals.

Action shifts to men’s and women’s Mixed Team event. All teams bowl six games of preliminaries starting with the first block of three games on Friday afternoon and the second block on Saturday morning.

The top four out of five teams advance to the medal round which begins at 2 p.m. with the semi-finals (No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3). Following the medal presentation are the Masters finals which will conclude the Small Nations Cup from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m.

Starting in 2017 the European Tenpin Bowling Federation’s Small Nations Cup will be conducted biennially. The inaugural SNC will be held from March 15-19, 2017 at the Rose’n’Bowl, an 18-laner in Serravalle in the Republic of San Marino.

Each participating country is represented by a team of two female and two male competitors.

Players from five countries, Cyprus, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta and San Marino, compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Mixed Doubles, men’s and women’s Doubles, Mixed Team and men’s and women’s Masters in the three-day event.

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1st Small Nations Cup 2017 – Women’s Doubles Medal Round

Rose’n’Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino (March 17, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Iceland (Magna Yr Hjalmtysdottir, Dagny Edda Þorisdottir), 761 (2 games)
2. Luxembourg (Nora Turci, Catherine Chesney), 656 (2 games)
3. Malta (Sara Xuereb, Sue Abela), 333 (1 game)
Cyprus (Nantia Irodotou, Niki Schiza), 322 (1 game)

Pictured above from left to right: Small Nations Cup Women’s Doubles medalists Luxembourg (silver), Iceland (gold), Malta (bronze) and Cyprus (bronze).

Playoff Results:
Semi-final Match 1:
No. 4 Luxembourg (Turci 184/Chesney 157) def.
No. 1 Malta (Xuereb 174/Abela 159), 341-333
Semifinal Match 2:
No. 2 Iceland (Hjalmtysdottir 186/Þorisdottir 169) def.
No. 3 Cyprus (Irodotou 145/Schiza 177), 355-322
Gold Medal Match:
Iceland (Hjalmtysdottir 184/Þorisdottir 222) def.
Luxembourg (Turci 170/Chesney 145), 406-315.

1st Small Nations Cup 2017 – Women’s Doubles Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round. No 1 bowls No. 4 and No 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Malta	380	415	426	1221	373	394	396	1163	2384	198.67
	Sara Xuereb	181	216	213	610	173	200	194	567	1177	196.17
	Sue Abela	199	199	213	611	200	194	202	596	1207	201.17
2.	Iceland	353	380	417	1150	338	390	443	1171	2321	193.42
	Magna Yr Hjalmtysdottir	137	202	224	563	179	195	227	601	1164	194.00
	Dagny Edda Þorisdottir	216	178	193	587	159	195	216	570	1157	192.83
3.	Cyprus	319	294	367	980	415	353	399	1167	2147	178.92
	Nandia Irodotou	180	153	203	536	203	170	198	571	1107	184.50
	Niki Schiza	139	141	164	444	212	183	201	596	1040	173.33
4.	Luxembourg	307	346	339	992	343	421	391	1155	2147	178.92
	Nora Turci	170	204	185	559	167	177	204	548	1107	184.50
	Catherine Chesney	137	142	154	433	176	244	187	607	1040	173.33
5.	San Marino	389	282	298	969	277	311	323	911	1880	156.67
	Milva Piva	178	137	128	443	141	123	146	410	853	142.17
	Morena Barbieri	211	145	170	526	136	188	177	501	1027	171.17

1st Small Nations Cup 2017 – Men’s Doubles Medal Round

Rose’n’Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino (March 17, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Cyprus (Neoklis Erodotou, Ioannis Konstantinou), 737 (2 games)
2. Iceland (Bjorn G. Sigurdsson, Arnar David Jónsson), 719 (2 games)
3. Malta (Mauro Anastasi, Justin Caruana Scicluna), 350 (1 game)
San Marino (Matteo Corazza, Ettori Bacciocchi), 359 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semi-final Match 1:
No. 4 Cyprus (Erodotou 192/Konstantinou 205) def.
No. 1 Malta (Anastasi 177/Scicluna 173), 397-350
Semifinal Match 2:
No. 2 Iceland (Sigurdsson 158/Jónsson 206) def.
No. 3 San Marino (Corazza 191/Bacciocchi 168), 364-359
Gold Medal Match:
Cyprus (Erodotou 187/Konstantinou 232) def.
Iceland (Sigurdsson 173/Jónsson 236), 419-409.

1st Small Nations Cup 2017 – Men’s Doubles Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round. No 1 bowls No. 4 and No 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Malta	405	441	417	1263	439	416	438	1293	2556	213.00
	Mauro Anastasi	267	235	193	695	183	194	225	602	1297	216.17
	Justin Caruana Scicluna	138	206	224	568	256	222	213	691	1259	209.83
2.	Iceland	388	434	414	1236	391	455	434	1280	2516	209.67
	Bjorn G. Sigurdsson	192	212	199	603	175	199	211	585	1188	198.00
	Arnar David Jónsson	196	222	215	633	216	256	223	695	1328	221.33
3.	San Marino	385	432	437	1254	359	378	410	1147	2401	200.08
	Matteo Corazza	174	210	193	577	148	210	180	538	1115	185.83
	Ettori Bacciocchi	211	222	244	677	211	168	230	609	1286	214.33
4.	Cyprus	409	370	395	1174	441	360	403	1204	2378	198.17
	Neoklis Erodotou	197	193	205	595	220	177	221	618	1213	202.17
	Ioannis Konstantinou	212	177	190	579	221	183	182	586	1165	194.17
5.	Luxembourg	380	350	390	1120	350	395	397	1142	2262	188.50
	Alain Lieners	186	165	202	553	150	162	177	489	1042	173.67
	David Manderscheid	194	185	188	567	200	233	220	653	1220	203.33

1st Small Nations Cup 2017 – Women’s All-Events after 12 of 18 games

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Mixed Doubles	Doubles	Mixed Team	Pins	Avg.
1.	Sue Abela	Malta	12	1228	1207		2435	202.92
2.	Magna Yr Hjalmtysdottir	Iceland	12	1220	1164		2384	198.67
3.	Sara Xuereb	Malta	12	1172	1177		2349	195.75
4.	Nandia Irodotou	Cyprus	12	1160	1107		2267	188.92
5.	Dagny Edda Þorisdottir	Iceland	12	1086	1157		2243	186.92
6.	Catherine Chesney	Luxemburg	12	1019	1040		2059	171.58
(tie)	Morena Barbieri	San Marino	12	1032	1027		2059	171.58
8.	Niki Schiza	Cyprus	12	1013	1040		2053	171.08
9.	Nora Turci	Luxemburg	12	909	1107		2016	168.00
10.	Milva Piva	San Marino	12	928	853		1781	148.42

1st Small Nations Cup 2017 – Men’s All-Events after 12 of 18 games

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Mixed Doubles	Doubles	Mixed Team	Pins	Avg.
1.	Neoklis Erodotou	Cyprus	12	1402	1213		2615	217.92
2.	Arnar David Jónsson	Iceland	12	1279	1328		2607	217.25
3.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	12	1318	1259		2577	214.75
4.	Mauro Anastasi	Malta	12	1259	1297		2556	213.00
5.	David Manderscheid	Luxemburg	12	1214	1220		2434	202.83
6.	Ettori Bacciocchi	San Marino	12	1122	1286		2408	200.67
7.	Ioannis Konstantinou	Cyprus	12	1197	1165		2362	196.83
8.	Bjorn G. Sigurdsson	Iceland	12	1149	1188		2337	194.75
9.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	12	1165	1115		2280	190.00
10.	Alain Lieners	Luxemburg	12	1115	1042		2157	179.75