Malaysia wins hands down in CTBC Mixed Team event in South Africa

25 November, 2016

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Malaysia outdistanced its nearest competitor by 588 pins to cruise to the gold medal in the four-player mixed team event of the VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship Thursday at Northcliff Bowl in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Muhd Nur Aiman, Siti Safiyah, Shalin Zulkfli and Timmy Tan averaged 233.42 as a team to win the third gold medal of this Championship for Malaysia with 5602 total, including games of 992, 867, 937, 875, 943 and 988.

Pictured above, from left to right: Muhd Nur Aiman, Siti Safiyah, Timmy Tan and Shalin Zulkfli.

Tan and Nur Aiman led the team with 1460 and 1454, respectively, Safiyah added 1364 and Zulkfli contributed 1324. The Malaysians outaveraged the team from the host country South Africa (pictured left) by almost 25 pins.

Doubles champions Quintin Haywood and Andrew Cyster teamed with Ursula Ekermans and Stacey-Lee Hooper to earn the silver medal with 5014 and an average of 208.92.

Lynne Walker, Stewart Bryden, Louise Roberts and Robert Bruce of Wales (right) beat out Australia with Paul Trotter, Dena Buxton, Jayden Leming and Rebecca Whiting for the bronze medal by 21 pins.

The foursome from Wales used a huge 952 in game four to win the first medal in this Championship with 4946 and an average of 206.08.

The Aussies (left), who came out of the gates with 959 but finished with three consecutive games under 800, had to settle for fourth place with 4925 (205.21).

Elliot Crosby, Becky Daly, Angie Brown and Sam Rose (below, l-r) of England were further 22 pins behind in fifth place with 4903 (204.29).

Mixed doubles champion Crosby and Tan started the team event with a bang. Bowling on lanes 1 & 2, both anchors had the front 11. Crosby’s last shot was a little wide, and for a moment looked like leaving the 7-10, but both went for the first 300 game of this Championship. Tan’s last shot went high to leave a 3 pin for 299.

The four Malaysians also led the 21 men and 20 women from 11 countries in all-events. In line with the Commonwealth Games Federation and Olympic guidelines, the winners in all-events will be recognized with a plaque or trophy but not a medal.

Muhd Nur Aiman (left) led the men’s field with 5800 and an average of 241.67 for 24 games, six each in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and mixed team. Tan was second with 5602, with Haywood in third place with 5476 and Crosby fourth with 5458.

Zulkifli (right) maintained a 48-pin lead over in Safiyah to win in women’s all-events with 5296 total and an average of 220.67. Safiyah was second with 5248 with singles champion Tiziana Carannante of Malta in third with 5156.

The top 12 men and women in all-events advanced to round robin match play masters on Friday. Dennis Mercieca of Malta and England’s Angie Brown took the 12th and last spot to advance with 4948 (206.17) and 4435 (184.79), respectively.

Starting from scratch all players will bowl 11 games of round robin match play plus one game position round. The top three men and women with the highest 12-game total, including bonus pins (10 pins bonus for each win, 5 for a tie), 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 Team

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Malaysia	992	867	937	875	943	988	5602	233.42
	Muhd Nur Aiman	202	237	279	212	245	279	1454	242.33
	Siti Safiyah	213	236	194	231	244	246	1364	227.33
	Shalin Zulkfli	278	191	198	224	228	205	1324	220.67
	Timmy Tan	299	203	266	208	226	258	1460	243.33
2.	South Africa	810	853	886	910	771	784	5014	208.92
	Quintin Haywood	227	247	278	279	189	216	1436	239.33
	Ursula Ekermans	211	200	173	184	159	173	1100	183.33
	Stacey-Lee Hooper	189	191	197	210	191	203	1181	196.83
	Andrew Cyster	183	215	238	237	232	192	1297	216.17
3.	Wales	871	804	697	952	837	785	4946	206.08
	Lynne Walker	185	182	177	234	179	168	1125	187.50
	Stewart Bryden	238	191	195	266	246	196	1332	222.00
	Louise Roberts	212	205	152	242	231	195	1237	206.17
	Robert Bruce	236	226	173	210	181	226	1252	208.67
4.	Australia	959	809	800	769	798	790	4925	205.21
	Paul Trotter	226	177	192	160	221	171	1147	191.17
	Dena Buxton	254	204	179	234	223	199	1293	215.50
	Jayden Leming	216	212	224	207	187	229	1275	212.50
	Bec Whiting	263	216	205	168	167	191	1210	201.67
5.	England	796	799	866	797	884	761	4903	204.29
	Angie Brown	129	183	194	201	222	170	1099	183.17
	Becky Daly	179	238	204	159	189	189	1158	193.00
	Sam Rose	188	177	248	200	227	193	1233	205.50
	Elliot Crosby	300	201	220	237	246	209	1413	235.50
6.	Bermuda	717	852	841	771	838	808	4827	201.13
	June Dill	173	223	184	144	214	177	1115	185.83
	Patrice Tucker	143	193	190	198	152	190	1066	177.67
	Rickai Binns	178	226	222	243	226	202	1297	216.17
	David Maycock	223	210	245	186	246	239	1349	224.83
7.	India	801	820	812	684	898	771	4786	199.42
	Akaash Kumar	181	221	248	181	225	202	1258	209.67
	Anukriti Bishnoi	215	184	148	161	206	176	1090	181.67
	Dhruv Sarda	204	225	192	183	248	210	1262	210.33
	Sabeena Athica	201	190	224	159	219	183	1176	196.00
8.	Malta	778	760	797	824	726	832	4717	196.54
	Tiziana Carannante	188	239	199	226	174	236	1262	210.33
	Dennis Mercieca	180	161	201	189	183	190	1104	184.00
	Sue Abela	199	164	198	180	201	204	1146	191.00
	Kenneth Arpa	211	196	199	229	168	202	1205	200.83
9.	Jersey	653	679	690	619	597	572	3810	158.75
	Paul Le Louam	153	178	164	164	148	171	978	163.00
	Sharon Le Louam	142	130	139	150	129	128	818	136.33
	June High	166	156	178	126	131	122	879	146.50
	Mike High	192	215	209	179	189	151	1135	189.17
10.	Northern Ireland	653	543	502	510	593	586	3387	141.13
	Lauren Dugan	181	171	175	190	181	150	1048	174.67
	Isobel Smith	131	0	0	0	0	0	131	21.83
	David Seay	181	170	145	154	191	190	1031	171.83
	Grant Dugan	160	202	182	166	221	246	1177	196.17

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

Top 12 advance to match play Masters

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Muhd Nur Aiman	Malaysia	24	1448	1457	1441	1454	5800	241.67
2.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	24	1356	1401	1385	1460	5602	233.42
3.	Quintin Haywood	South Africa	24	1290	1515	1235	1436	5476	228.17
4.	Elliot Crosby	England	24	1245	1346	1454	1413	5458	227.42
5.	David Maycock	Bermuda	24	1314	1280	1251	1349	5194	216.42
6.	Dhruv Sarda	India	24	1296	1211	1281	1262	5050	210.42
(tie)	Robert Bruce	Wales	24	1296	1213	1289	1252	5050	210.42
8.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	24	1253	1319	1228	1205	5005	208.54
9.	Andrew Cyster	South Africa	24	1164	1346	1172	1297	4979	207.46
10.	Akaash Kumar	India	24	1315	1182	1201	1258	4956	206.50
11.	Stewart Bryden	Wales	24	1246	1075	1297	1332	4950	206.25
12.	Dennis Mercieca	Malta	24	1243	1230	1371	1104	4948	206.17
13.	Sam Rose	England	24	1202	1235	1263	1233	4933	205.54
14.	Jayden Leming	Australia	24	1085	1281	1251	1275	4892	203.83
15.	Rickai Binns	Bermuda	24	1206	1204	1100	1297	4807	200.29
16.	Paul Trotter	Australia	24	1148	1239	1125	1147	4659	194.13
17.	Grant Dugan	Northern Ireland	24	1116	1232	1115	1177	4640	193.33
18.	Mike High	Jersey	24	1227	984	1186	1135	4532	188.83
19.	David Seay	Northern Ireland	24	1075	1099	1197	1031	4402	183.42
20.	Paul Le Louam	Jersey	24	1080	944	1024	978	4026	167.75
21.	Mashoud Emamsaib	Mauritius	24	906	966	941	1021	3834	159.75

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

Top 12 advance to match play Masters

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Shalin Zulkfli	Malaysia	24	1251	1347	1374	1324	5296	220.67
2.	Siti Safiyah	Malaysia	24	1267	1259	1358	1364	5248	218.67
3.	Tiziana Carannante	Malta	24	1325	1273	1296	1262	5156	214.83
4.	Dena Buxton	Australia	24	1259	1255	1276	1293	5083	211.79
5.	Bec Whiting	Australia	24	1285	1292	1247	1210	5034	209.75
6.	Sue Abela	Malta	24	1279	1279	1280	1146	4984	207.67
7.	Becky Daly	England	24	1255	1193	1366	1158	4972	207.17
8.	Louise Roberts	Wales	24	1261	1120	1225	1237	4843	201.79
9.	Lynne Walker	Wales	24	1179	1127	1183	1125	4614	192.25
10.	Stacey-Lee Hooper	South Africa	24	1072	1161	1133	1181	4547	189.46
11.	Sabeena Athica	India	24	1090	1100	1148	1176	4514	188.08
12.	Angie Brown	England	24	1145	1089	1102	1099	4435	184.79
13.	Ursula Ekermans	South Africa	24	1121	1081	1129	1100	4431	184.63
14.	June Dill	Bermuda	24	1033	1148	1104	1115	4400	183.33
15.	Patrice Tucker	Bermuda	24	1101	988	1192	1066	4347	181.13
16.	Lauren Dugan	Northern Ireland	24	1056	1123	1067	1048	4294	178.92
17.	Anukriti Bishnoi	India	24	930	930	966	1090	3916	163.17
18.	June High	Jersey	24	950	937	946	879	3712	154.67
19.	Sharon Le Louam	Jersey	24	978	954	886	818	3636	151.50
20.	Isobel Smith	Northern Ireland	13	981	0	1069	131	2181	167.77

VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship – Team All-Events

Accumulate pinfall of all team members in Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Mixed-Team Events (96 games). The overall team winner gets the perpetual shield.

Pos	Country	Women Singles	Men Singles	Women Doubles	Men Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Mixed Team	Total	Average
1.	Malaysia	2518	2804	2606	2858	5558	5602	21946	228.60
2.	Malta	2604	2496	2552	2549	5175	4717	20093	209.30
3.	England	2400	2447	2282	2581	5185	4925	19820	206.46
4.	Australia	2544	2233	2547	2520	4899	4903	19646	204.65
5.	Wales	2440	2542	2247	2288	4994	4946	19457	202.68
6.	South Africa	2193	2454	2242	2861	4669	5014	19433	202.43
7.	Bermuda	2134	2520	2136	2484	4647	4827	18748	195.29
8.	India	2020	2611	2030	2393	4596	4786	18436	192.04
9.	Northern Ireland	2037	2191	1123	2331	4448	3387	15517	161.64
10.	Jersey	1928	2307	1891	1928	4042	3810	15906	165.69