Yousif Falah starts GCC Championships with victory in Singles

05 September, 2016

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Yousif Falah of Bahrain averaged 226.50 to kick off the 14th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Men’s Bowling Championships with victory in Singles Sunday at International Bowling Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

From left, Naif Oqab, Yousif Falah and Yaqoob Al Shatti.

Falah started his six-game series with a near-perfect 299 game, followed with back-to-back 202 games, for 703 to trail Naif Oqab of the United Arab Emirates after three games by 38 pins. With games of 208 and 225, Falah narrowed the gap to 19 and then six pins, before he closed with 223 to win the gold medal with 1359 total.

Oqab, who led the 36-player field with 741 (236, 255 and 250), finished with 189, and back-to-back 212 to fall five pins short to earn the silver medal with 1354 and an average of 225.67.

Heading into the last game Yaqoob Al Shatti of Kuwait was in sixth place but a 246 closing game propelled him into third place to take the bronze medal with 1339 (223.17).

Ghanim Aboujassom of Qatar and UAE’s Shaker Al Hassan finished in fourth and fifth place with 1313 and 1311, respectively.

The 14th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Men’s Bowling Championship will be held from September 2-9 at the International Bowling Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The Championship drew 36 players, six players each from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the host country United Arab Emirates, who will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in six disciplines, singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and masters.

14th GCC Bowling Championships – Singles Results

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Yousif Falah	Bahrain	299	202	202	703	208	225	223	656	1359	226.50
2.	Nayef Oqab Jaber	UAE	236	255	250	741	189	212	212	613	1354	225.67
3.	Yaqoob Al Shatti	Kuwait	204	242	225	671	208	214	246	668	1339	223.17
4.	Ghanim Aboujassom	Qatar	233	206	227	666	216	227	204	647	1313	218.83
5.	Shaker Al Hassan	UAE	247	216	223	686	201	231	193	625	1311	218.50
6.	Hazeem Al Muraikhi	Qatar	192	232	223	647	215	245	174	634	1281	213.50
7.	Jassim Al Muraikhi	Qatar	201	215	234	650	200	235	192	627	1277	212.83
8.	Khamis Al Shamsi	UAE	222	229	239	690	182	209	179	570	1260	210.00
9.	Ahmed Al Khaja	Bahrain	197	224	158	579	181	233	257	671	1250	208.33
10.	Bader Al Shaikh	Saudi Arabia	209	231	178	618	200	247	175	622	1240	206.67
11.	HRH Mohammed Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	208	201	194	603	267	168	201	636	1239	206.50
12.	Yousef Al Jabber	Qatar	196	227	257	680	214	179	158	551	1231	205.17
13.	Abdulla Dolijan	Saudi Arabia	245	160	188	593	196	233	199	628	1221	203.50
14.	Mustafa Al Mousawi	Kuwait	174	192	222	588	190	234	204	628	1216	202.67
15.	Bader Al Deyab	Qatar	199	177	226	602	215	168	222	605	1207	201.17
16.	Ahmed Abduljabbar	Bahrain	184	189	201	574	212	201	210	623	1197	199.50
17.	Osama A Rahman	Bahrain	180	169	202	551	244	228	156	628	1179	196.50
18.	Mahmood Al Attar	UAE	164	185	168	517	266	194	201	661	1178	196.33
19.	Ahmed Al Awadhi	Bahrain	181	176	214	571	185	235	185	605	1176	196.00
20.	Yasser Al Barwani	Oman	182	206	199	587	160	221	198	579	1166	194.33
21.	Hassan Al Shaikh	Saudi Arabia	202	186	187	575	163	235	192	590	1165	194.17
22.	Hassan Al Kharusi	Oman	186	163	175	524	211	210	219	640	1164	194.00
23.	Aseel Al Roomi	Kuwait	178	176	173	527	174	225	229	628	1155	192.50
24.	Emad Hussain Jahromi	Bahrain	211	223	192	626	204	163	152	519	1145	190.83
25.	Moeed Al Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	221	171	165	557	169	154	265	588	1145	190.83
26.	Adel Al Baqi	Saudi Arabia	178	219	178	575	180	192	193	565	1140	190.00
27.	Hussain Al Suwaidi	UAE	188	182	170	540	246	159	195	600	1140	190.00
28.	Mohammed Al Muraikhi	Qatar	161	183	202	546	201	199	175	575	1121	186.83
29.	Mahmood Al Hadidi	Oman	179	206	178	563	204	146	191	541	1104	184.00
30.	Fawaz Al Busairi	Kuwait	151	205	189	545	184	193	178	555	1100	183.33
31.	Abdulla Al Sulaiman	Oman	160	198	155	513	158	212	198	568	1081	180.17
32.	Sultan Al Qubaisi	UAE	171	188	191	550	145	159	214	518	1068	178.00
33.	Ali Saleh	Kuwait	159	157	179	495	160	199	201	560	1055	175.83
34.	Khalid Al Alawi	Oman	188	146	178	512	167	171	191	529	1041	173.50
35.	Faisal Saleem	Kuwait	230	190	161	581	178	118	156	452	1033	172.17
36.	Munther Al Shamsi	Oman	192	127	192	511	182	190	143	515	1026	171.00