Mahmood Al Attar wins his third gold medal in GCC Masters

09 September, 2016

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In a title match between two bowlers from the host country United Arab Emirates, Mahmood Al Attar defeated top-seeded Shaker Al Hassan twice to wrap up the 14th Gulf Cooperation Council Men’s Bowling Championships with victory in masters.

It was the third gold medal for Al Attar after winning the titles in doubles and trios and the fourth gold medal for the UAE.

The 14th GCC Championships concluded on Thursday at the International Bowling Center in Dubai with the Masters finals featuring the top 12 players in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles, trios and team event).

Five bowlers from Qatar, three from the host country UAE, two from Kuwait and one each from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia bowled 11 games of round robin match play plus one game position round. Players received 10 pins bonus for each win and 5 pins bonus for a tie.

Al-Hassan (pictured left, receiving the high series award (1391) from Mohamed Khalifa Al Qubaisi, President of the Emirates Bowling Federation) averaged 210.83 and won 10 of his 12 matches to earn the No. 1 seed for the medal round with 2630 total. Hazeem Al Muraikhi of team gold medalist Qatar started match play with eight consecutive wins but closed with four losses to finish 51 pins behind in second place with 2579.

Heading into the position round match, Al Attar was sitting in fourth place, just four pins behind Ghanim Aboujasoom of Qatar. The Emirati won the match, 228-222, to beat the Qatari for the third and last place to advance by 12 pins, 2566 to 2554.

The top three players with the highest pinfall total including bonus pins advanced to the medal round (one game matches). The No. 2 and No. 3 seed met in the semifinal match. Al Attar flew past Al Muraikhi, 259-200, to bowl for the title.

Al Hassan, who had to be defeated twice to win the title, lost the first game, 215-182, and struggled in the deciding game to hand the gold medal to Al Attar (pictured right, with UAE head coach, Mika Koivuniemi, and Mohamed Khalifa Al Qubaisi, President of the Emirates Bowling Federation) on a silver plate, 199-142.

The Host country UAE emerged as overall champions winning nine out of 18 medals, including four gold, two silver and three bronze.

Overall Champion UAE – from left, back row, Mahmood Al Attar, Nayef Oqab Jaber, Hussain Al Suwaidi and head coach Mika Koivuniemi; front row, Khamis Al Shamsi, Sultan Al Qubaisi, Mohamed Khalifa Al Qubaisi, President of the Emirates Bowling Federation, Shaker Al Hassan and team manager Ahmed Khamis Al Ali.

2016 GCC Men’s Bowling Championship – Medal Tally

Pos	Combined	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1.	United Arab Emirates	4	2	3
2.	Qatar	1	3	1
3.	Bahrain	1
4.	Kuwait		1	1
5.	Saudi Arabia			1
	Total	6	6	6

The 14th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Men’s Bowling Championship was held from September 2-9 at the International Bowling Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The Championship drew 36 players, six players each from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the host country United Arab Emirates, who competed for gold, silver and bronze medals in six disciplines, singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and masters.

The GCC Championships were televised live on Dubai Sport Channel 3.

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14th GCC Bowling Championships – Masters Finals

Championship Round:
1. Mahmood Al Attar, United Arab Emirates, 673 (3 games)
2. Shaker Al Hassan, United Arab Emirates, 324 (2 games)
3. Hazeem Al Muraikhi, Qatar, 200 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semi-final Match: No. 3 Al Attar def. No. 2 Al Muraikhi, 259-200
Championship: Al Attar def. No. 1. Al Hassan, 215-182
and in the deciding game, Al Attar def. Al Hassan, 199-142.

14th GCC Bowling Championships – Masters Match Play

Players with position, country and 12-game total, including bonus pins (10 pins bonus for each win and 5 pins bonus for a tie); top 3 advance to the medal round

Pos	Player	Country	G1 G7	G2 G8	G3 G9	G4 G10	G5 G11	G6 G12	Pins Bonus	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Shaker Al Hassan	UAE	199	179	254	204	231	211	1278	2530	210.83	100	2630
			10	10	10	10	10	0	50
			199	201	190	223	221	218	1252
			10	10	10	0	10	10	50
2.	Hazeem Al Muraikhi	Qatar	208	216	176	207	238	238	1283	2499	208.25	80	2579
			10	10	10	10	10	10	60
			244	187	175	225	189	196	1216
			10	10	0	0	0	0	20
3.	Mahmood Al Attar	UAE	257	211	204	221	205	238	1336	2506	208.83	60	2566
			10	10	0	0	10	10	40
			208	175	172	178	209	228	1170
			10	0	0	0	0	10	20
4.	Ghanim Aboujasoom	Qatar	223	193	167	188	157	173	1101	2474	206.17	80	2554
			10	10	0	0	10	0	30
			237	242	237	212	223	222	1373
			10	10	10	10	10	0	50
5.	HRH Mohammed Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	218	183	243	187	110	245	1186	2476	206.33	60	2536
			0	0	10	0	0	10	20
			203	193	207	233	225	229	1290
			0	0	10	10	10	10	40
6.	Yousef Al Jaber	Qatar	199	204	227	192	215	219	1256	2431	202.58	90	2521
			10	10	10	0	10	10	50
			187	197	169	189	198	235	1175
			0	10	10	0	10	10	40
7.	Yaqoob Al Shatti	Kuwait	168	247	207	197	205	176	1200	2453	204.42	45	2498
			0	10	0	5	0	0	15
			162	203	184	258	221	225	1253
			0	10	0	10	10	0	30
8.	Nayef Oqab	UAE	192	191	164	249	209	193	1198	2438	203.17	50	2488
			0	0	0	10	0	0	10
			201	227	231	212	206	163	1240
			10	0	10	10	10	0	40
9.	Bader Al Deyab	Qatar	222	153	249	197	206	192	1219	2371	197.58	55	2426
			10	0	0	5	10	0	25
			217	148	195	200	190	202	1152
			10	0	0	10	0	10	30
10.	Yousif Falah	Bahamas	176	184	254	211	201	187	1213	2366	197.17	40	2406
			0	0	10	10	0	10	30
			204	222	172	172	186	197	1153
			0	10	0	0	0	0	10
11.	Mustafa Al Mousawi	Kuwait	194	150	231	241	183	179	1178	2316	193.00	40	2356
			0	0	10	0	0	0	10
			187	142	185	183	215	226	1138
			0	0	10	10	0	10	30
12.	Jassim Al Muraikhi	Qatar	173	134	201	243	235	233	1219	2256	188.00	20	2276
			0	0	0	10	0	10	20
			183	187	161	180	145	181	1037
			0	0	0	0	0	0	0