Safiyah, Whiting, Daly to bowl for the medals in CTBC Women’s Masters

25 November, 2016

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Siti Safiyah of Malaysia is one win away from the title in women’s masters at the VII Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship.

Trailing Rebecca Whiting of Australia after 11 games of round robin match play by 49 pins, Safiyah (right) defeated the Aussie in the position round match, 255-192, to earn the No. 1 seed for Saturday’s stepladder finals at Northcliff Bowl in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Malaysian, who was second in all-events to qualify for masters match play, averaged 231.50 and won eight of her twelve matches to lead the top 12 women with 2858 total, including 80 bonus pins. Safiyah had a high game of 279 and a low game of 209.

Whiting (left), who won nine matches with games between 215 and 267 and had three losses with games under 200, finished 24 pins behind Safiyah in second place with 2834.

She will bowl Becky Daly (right) of England in the opening match. Daly tied Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia in the position round match, 220-220, to earn the No. 3 seed with 2702 total and the field-best 10-1-1 won-lost-tied record.

Zulkifli, who led the 20 women from 10 countries in all-events averaging 220.67 for 24 games, had to settle for fourth place with 2609 and a 7-4-1 match play record.

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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Game-by-Game Results

Pos	Player	Country	Pins	Avg.	W-L-T	Bonus	Total
1.	Siti Safiyah	Malaysia	2778	231.50	8-4-0	80	2858
2.	Bec Whiting	Australia	2744	228.67	9-3-0	90	2834
3.	Becky Daly	England	2597	216.42	10-1-1	105	2702
4.	Shalin Zulkfli	Malaysia	2534	211.17	7-4-1	75	2609
5.	Dena Buxton	Australia	2449	204.08	8-4-0	80	2529
6.	Sue Abela	Malta	2450	204.17	5-7-0	50	2500
7.	Tiziana Carannante	Malta	2381	198.42	7-5-0	70	2451
8.	Louise Roberts	Wales	2389	199.08	4-8-0	40	2429
9.	Lynne Walker	Wales	2335	194.58	6-6-0	60	2395
10.	Sabeena Athica	India	2252	187.67	2-10-0	20	2272
11.	Stacey-Lee Hooper	South Africa	2208	184.00	3-9-0	30	2238
12.	Angie Brown	England	2095	174.58	2-10-0	20	2115