Sue Abela, Valentin Saulnier kick off MBC with victory in Singles

28 March, 2017

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Malta’s Sue Abela and Valentin Saulnier of France kicked off the Mediterranean Bowling Championship (MBC) with victory in women’s and men’s Singles Tuesday at Klub 300 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abela (center), the only athlete who participated in all 20 events and, of course, by far the record MBC gold medal winner, filled her trophy case with another gold medal as she toppled 1291 pins, an average of 215.17 for six games, to lead the 24-player women’s field by 76 pins.

Lidia Serrano (left) of Spain was the only other woman who surpassed the 1200-mark (a 200 average) to earn the silver medal with 1215 (202.50), Bronze went to Alexandra Lopes D’Andrade (right) of France, who posted 1137 (189.50).

Giola Pastou of Cyprus closed her set with the field-best 276 but fell six pins short to finish in fourth place with 1131 (188.50).

The bowlers from France and Slovenia battled it out for the medals in men’s Singles. Valentin Saulnier (center of France averaged 222.50 to capture the first gold medal with 1335 total, including a high game of 269, four games between 212 and 242 and a low game of 176.

Saulnier out averaged his nearest competitor, Aleksander Koštric (left) of Slovenia, by more than 12 pins. Koštric earned the silver medal and the first medal for the host country with 1259 (209.83).

Gaetan Mouveroux (right), France, beat out Anže Grabrijan, Slovenia, for the bronze medal by six pins, 1248 to 1242.

Action at the Mediterranean Bowling Championship shifts to the Doubles competition on Wednesday. The men will start at 10 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) and the women will follow at 2.30 p.m.

The 20th Mediterranean Bowling Championships 2017 (formerly the Mediterranean Challenge Cup) will be held from March 27 through April 1 at Klub 300, a 16-laner in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It marks the second time after the year 2013 that Ljubljana and Slovenia host the MBC.

The Championships drew 50 bowlers 26 men and 24 women, from 13 countries, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the host country Slovenia. Each country will be represented by a team of two female and two male competitors, except Gibraltar which participates in the men’s division only.

Men and women will compete in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, All Events and Masters as well as in Mixed Doubles and a Mixed Team event.

The 21st Mediterranean Bowling Championships will be held April 15-22, 2018 at Rollhouse Bowling Center in Ankara, Turkey.

20th MBC 2017 – Women Singles Results

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Ave.
1.	Sue Abela	Malta	211	204	178	238	214	246	1291	215.17
2.	Lidia Serrano	Spain	229	177	232	205	193	179	1215	202.50
3.	Alexandra Lopes D’Andrade	France	193	181	190	164	191	218	1137	189.50
4.	Giola Pastou	Cyprus	212	151	156	162	174	276	1131	188.50
5.	Victoria Krivolutskaya	Slovenia	183	202	182	166	199	195	1127	187.83
6.	Ebru Acar Özoğluuntur	Turkey	178	167	177	171	208	202	1103	183.83
7.	Adva Eliav	Israel	190	198	167	192	177	172	1096	182.67
8.	Myria Kastori	Cyprus	170	177	177	201	192	178	1095	182.50
9.	Amelie Keloganian	France	178	170	202	183	138	211	1082	180.33
10.	Sara Xuereb	Malta	173	176	199	191	188	153	1080	180.00
11.	Simona Pia Maria Fasol	Italy	163	167	182	172	164	214	1062	177.00
12.	Ivana Krajačić	Croatia	183	148	168	189	193	170	1051	175.17
13.	Adile Sevgi Michajlow	Turkey	164	171	170	160	189	197	1051	175.17
14.	Nataša Pirc Musar	Slovenia	180	184	158	173	174	178	1047	174.50
15.	Vesna Barišić	Croatia	147	204	183	158	170	169	1031	171.83
16.	Alexandra Zormba	Greece	148	180	165	181	175	178	1027	171.17
17.	Syrmatenia Michailidou	Greece	177	198	144	183	113	192	1007	167.83
18.	Monica Jimenez	Spain	173	203	169	146	138	150	979	163.17
19.	Liron Gal Peled	Israel	172	130	160	163	179	167	971	161.83
20.	Sara Giustini	Italy	182	116	209	164	126	126	923	153.83
21.	Morena Barbieri	San Marino	153	149	128	154	162	161	907	151.17
22.	Sonia Annagui	Tunisia	137	164	156	140	151	155	903	150.50
23.	Milva Piva	San Marino	137	143	169	119	127	124	819	136.50
24.	Hela Meziou	Tunisia	139	137	144	115	136	138	809	134.83

20th MBC 2017 – Men Singles Results

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Total	Ave.
1.	Valentin Saulnier	France	269	213	223	176	242	212	1335	222.50
2.	Aleksander Koštric	Slovenia	196	278	186	192	180	227	1259	209.83
3.	Gaetan Mouveroux	France	222	162	238	202	224	200	1248	208.00
4.	Anže Grabrijan	Slovenia	165	235	244	211	206	181	1242	207.00
5.	Evangelos Krizinis	Greece	236	182	200	199	222	192	1231	205.17
6.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	160	187	232	205	223	211	1218	203.00
7.	Phillip Kargotis	Cyprus	237	205	158	211	202	188	1201	200.17
8.	Matteo Corazza	San Marino	149	234	180	169	212	226	1170	195.00
9.	Ruben Orche	Spain	169	171	227	195	175	214	1151	191.83
10.	Željko Barunčić	Croatia	170	167	223	147	193	241	1141	190.17
11.	Graham Coles	Gibraltar	192	184	192	183	203	176	1130	188.33
12.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	183	221	206	191	199	126	1126	187.67
13.	Joan Vall	Spain	178	191	213	170	183	183	1118	186.33
14.	Mark Spiteri	Malta	178	180	177	209	179	181	1104	184.00
15.	Kyriakos Pittashis	Cyprus	162	171	184	185	202	193	1097	182.83
16.	Ioannis Stathatos	Greece	178	174	163	165	228	187	1095	182.50
17.	Reuven Ovadia	Israel	193	159	180	180	187	196	1095	182.50
18.	Ettore Bacciocchi	San Marino	150	215	203	179	186	153	1086	181.00
19.	Zoran Banjac	Croatia	158	158	219	200	166	180	1081	180.17
20.	Pierpaolo De Filippi	Italy	211	143	190	159	187	171	1061	176.83
21.	Emre Kumru	Turkey	165	171	177	149	211	151	1024	170.67
22.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	169	156	165	153	152	227	1022	170.33
23.	Gal Hammer	Israel	153	155	165	181	175	188	1017	169.50
24.	Michael Wood	Gibraltar	148	196	145	175	189	160	1013	168.83
25.	Khaled Meziou	Tunisia	173	171	168	136	175	134	957	159.50
26.	Ziad Mokni	Tunisia	122	151	167	112	168	138	858	143.00