Nur Aiman, Haywood, Crosby advance to Masters Stepladder Finals

25 November, 2016

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Muhd Nur Aiman of Malaysia, Quintin Haywood from the host country South Africa and Elliot Crosby of England are targeting to win another gold medal at the VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship as they advanced to Saturday’s men’s Masters stepladder finals at Northcliff Bowl in Johannesburg.

Nur Aiman (right), who has won the gold medals in singles and mixed team in and got a trophy for winning in all-events plus the perpetual shield for Malaysia for winning in country all-events, finished round robin match play with a 278-242 win in the position round match against Haywood to lead the 12 finalists with 2987 pinfall total, including 80 pins bonus (10 per win).

Nur Aiman, who averaged 242.25 for 12 games, outaveraged second place Haywood by more than 10 pins. The gold medalist in men’s doubles (left) averaged 231.92 and used the field-best 9-3 won-lost record for 2873 total.

Crosby, the gold medalist in mixed doubles and the lone player who rolled a 300 game (in mixed team event), defeated Dennis Mercieca in the position round match, 221-165, to overtake the Maltese and to help grab the third and last spot for the stepladder finals.

Crosby (right) finished with 2768 total, including 65 pins bonus for his 6-5-1 won-lost-tied record, just two pins ahead of Malaysian Timmy Tan, who won his position round match against Robert Bruce, Wales, 226-157, but missed the top 3 by just two pins with 2766.

The women’s and men’s stepladder finals are scheduled to start on Saturday at 10 a.m. South Africa Standard Time (SAST).

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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Pictured above are the top 12 men in all-events, who advanced to round robin match play. Photo courtesy of Sean van den Berg of AdvanceNet Africa.

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Top 3 advance to the Stepladder Finals on Saturday

Game-by-Game Results

Pos	Player	Country	Pins	Avg.	W-L-T	Bonus	Total
1.	Muhd Nur Aiman	Malaysia	2907	242.25	8-4-0	80	2987
2.	Quintin Haywood	South Africa	2783	231.92	9-3-0	90	2873
3.	Elliot Crosby	England	2703	225.25	6-5-1	65	2768
4.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	2676	223.00	9-3-0	90	2766
5.	Dennis Mercieca	Malta	2666	222.17	6-6-0	60	2726
6.	Kenneth Arpa	Malta	2598	216.50	8-4-0	80	2678
7.	Robert Bruce	Wales	2610	217.50	6-6-0	60	2670
8.	Andrew Cyster	South Africa	2597	216.42	5-7-0	50	2647
9.	Dhruv Sarda	India	2575	214.58	6-5-1	65	2640
10.	David Maycock	Bermuda	2481	206.75	3-9-0	30	2511
11.	Stewart Bryden	Wales	2379	198.25	3-9-0	30	2409
12.	Akaash Kumar	India	2350	195.83	2-10-0	20	2370