Malaysia, Malta take gold in Singles at Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship

21 November, 2016

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Muhd Nur Aiman of Malaysia and Tiziana Carannante of Malta started the VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship with victory in men’s and women’s singles.

Nur Aiman and his teammate Timmy Tan swept gold and silver in men’s singles, the opening event of the Championship, which got underway Monday morning at Northcliff Bowl in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Pictured above, from left, 2016 CTBC men’s singles medalists: Timmy Tan (2nd), Muhd Nur Aiman (1st), and Akaash Kumar (3rd).

After starting the event with a 173 effort, Nur Aiman (left), the lone left-handed bowler in the 21-player men’s field, averaged 255 for the remaining five games, including 266, 248, 235, 268 and 258, to cruise to the title with 1448 pinfall total and an average of 241.30 over six games.

Nur Aiman out averaged his compatriot by more than 15 pins. Tan used games of 269, 224, 224, 205, 200 and 234 to secure the silver medal with 1356 (226 avg.).

Four players battled it out for the bronze medal. Starting the last game in sixth position, Akaash Kumar (right) of India finished with his high game of 234 and 1315 total to beat out David Maycock of Bermuda for third place by just one pin. Despite a 230 last game, Maycock had to settle for fourth place with 1314.

Robert Bruce of Wales slipped from third to fifth place behind a 178 in game six and 1296 total. Kumar’s fellow countryman Dhruv Sarda, who came out of the gates commandingly with 234 and 279, slipped all the way out of the medals and tied Bruce for fifth place.

On the women’s side, Malta’s Sue Abela and Tiziana Carannante were first and second after five games with Abela holding a narrow 13-pin lead. Carannante (left), one of two southpaws in the women’s field (Isobel Smith of Northern Ireland is the other), followed a 168 opening game with 239, 203, 233 and 236 and closed with a high game of 246 to wrap up the title with 1325 and an average of 220.80.

Pictured above, from left, 2016 CTBC women’s singles medalists: Rebecca Whiting (2nd), Tiziana Carannante (1st), and Sue Abela (3rd).

Rebecca Whiting of Australia used a 228 last game to move into second place to take the silver medal with 1285 (214.20). Abela, who led the 20-player field from ten countries after three games (207, 226 and 269) by 71 pins, finished with 187 and slipped to third place to earn the bronze medal with 1279 (213.29).

Abela survived a late scare from Siti Safiyah of Malaysia, who closed with 234 and 227 but fell 12 pins short to settle for fourth place with 1267. Louise Roberts of Wales, who was only six pins behind Carannante heading into the sixth game, fell to fifth place with
1261 due to a 188 last game.

Action shifts to the doubles competition on Tuesday. The women will start a 9 a.m. South Africa Standard Time (SAST) with the men to follow at noon. The second day of competition will conclude with the first squad of the mixed doubles event scheduled to start a 3 p.m.

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.

Eleven countries to compete in 7th Commonwealth Championship

VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship – Women’s Singles

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Tiziana Carannante	Malta	168	239	203	233	236	246	1325	220.80
2.	Bec Whiting	Australia	194	200	223	245	195	228	1285	214.20
3.	Sue Abela	Malta	207	226	269	179	211	187	1279	213.20
4.	Siti Safiyah	Malaysia	235	188	204	179	234	227	1267	211.20
5.	Louise Roberts	Wales	199	248	184	216	226	188	1261	210.20
6.	Dena Buxton	Australia	183	189	226	213	223	225	1259	209.80
7.	Becky Daly	England	180	268	173	166	233	235	1255	209.20
8.	Shalin Zulkfli	Malaysia	204	192	195	202	235	223	1251	208.50
9.	Lynne Walker	Wales	174	235	177	203	211	179	1179	196.50
10.	Angie Brown	England	179	209	172	234	171	180	1145	190.80
11.	Ursula Ekermans	South Africa	198	193	184	179	179	188	1121	186.80
12.	Patrice Tucker	Bermuda	170	156	176	207	194	198	1101	183.50
13.	Sabeena Athica	India	228	190	155	188	172	157	1090	181.70
14.	Stacey-Lee Hooper	South Africa	194	189	141	200	168	180	1072	178.70
15.	Lauren Dugan	Northern Ireland	190	170	201	137	188	170	1056	176.00
16.	June Dill	Bermuda	156	208	164	155	162	188	1033	172.20
17.	Isobel Smith	Northern Ireland	142	143	160	172	197	167	981	163.50
18.	Sharon Le Louam	Jersey	143	190	134	174	176	161	978	163.00
19.	June High	Jersey	185	131	133	173	155	173	950	158.30
20.	Anukriti Bishnoi	India	219	118	139	139	149	166	930	155.00

VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship – Men’s Singles

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Muhd Nur Aiman	Malaysia	173	266	248	235	268	258	1448	241.30
2.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	269	224	224	205	200	234	1356	226.00
3.	Akaash Kumar	India	211	202	226	220	222	234	1315	219.20
4.	David Maycock	Bermuda	218	179	235	211	241	230	1314	219.00
5.	Robert Bruce	Wales	267	171	235	235	210	178	1296	216.00
(tie)	Dhruv Sarda	India	234	279	194	213	191	185	1296	216.00
7.	Quintin Haywood	South Africa	221	192	244	225	195	213	1290	215.00
8.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	203	180	254	188	215	213	1253	208.80
9.	Stewart Bryden	Wales	195	234	233	212	184	188	1246	207.70
10.	Elliot Crosby	England	220	220	204	202	194	205	1245	207.50
11.	Dennis Mercieca	Malta	237	175	201	208	225	197	1243	207.20
12.	Mike High	Jersey	197	259	157	224	210	180	1227	204.50
13.	Rickai Binns	Bermuda	213	183	166	205	217	222	1206	201.00
14.	Sam Rose	England	159	174	235	184	227	223	1202	200.30
15.	Andrew Cyster	South Africa	222	196	174	158	203	211	1164	194.00
16.	Paul Trotter	Australia	170	189	191	195	213	190	1148	191.30
17.	Grant Dugan	Northern Ireland	193	182	171	161	202	207	1116	186.00
18.	Jayden Leming	Australia	179	179	184	184	169	190	1085	180.80
19.	Paul Le Louam	Jersey	226	191	190	134	164	175	1080	180.00
20.	David Seay	Northern Ireland	193	172	150	196	192	172	1075	179.20
21.	Mashoud Emamsaib	Mauritius	148	149	167	141	139	162	906	151.00