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Two tournaments cancelled, one postponed, 2010 Masters moved to Denmark
2010 European Bowling Tour now features 19 tournaments
Within in a week, the 2010 European Bowling Tour lost two of its
tournaments and was reduced to 19 events as the Austria Challenge (EBT
Silver) in Vienna and the Ankara Open (EBT Gold) in Turkey have been
cancelled by the organizers.
The EBT also announced that the tournament in Torneo Internazionale di Roma,
Italy was postponed from September to November and the 2010 EBT Masters
will be moved from Vienna to Aalborg, Denmark.
The good news for the players, who have already registered for Vienna and/or
Ankara is that non refundable flight tickets will be refunded by the organizers.
The inaugural Austria Challenge was a newcomer on the EBT and created as a side
tournament to the 2010 European Masters, the season ending event of the 2009 EBT
in which the top 16 men and top 16 women determine the top-ranked players in
Europe.
Special Rates for Members of The Malta Ten Pin Bowling Association
Standing Ovations is offering MTBA members a preferential rate on block buster shows.
So if you're a fan of such shows you can avail yourself of this offer simply by presenting your membership card at the MCC booking office.
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Mediterranean Challenge Cup
The Mediterranean Challenge Cup Qualifying Tournament came to a close today with a trilling final in the men's section. Until the start of the final came it was still not clear which of the 3 bowlers would represent Malta in Cyprus in April.
After 7 games of the final round Neil Sullivan of team Global Air was only 22 pins away of second place Justin C. Scicluna.
Dennis Mercieca was in the lead with 30 pins ahead on second place. With Justin finishing first, he managed with a strong finish to put a game of 205 on his score sheet, and Dennis a game of 179, that meant that Neil had to bowl a game of 228 to move up, but a six pin in the 8 frame stopped him in his string of strikes and finished with a game of 213.
The highest series of the day went to Ray Falzon with 1690 and finished in 4th position with only 54 pins away of qualifying.
In the woman's division Sue Abela and Tiziana Carannante where too strong for the other 2 woman Melissa Swift and Pamela D'Emanuel. Earlier in round one the number two of the woman in leading average Joanna Attard had to stop because of a neck injury.
Rankin Camilleri and Tizianna Carannante retain youth championships titles
The qualifying round was played over two days with all competitors rolling 16 games, after which the top six qualified to the round robin stage which was followed by a stepladder final for the top three.
Camilleri and Carannante both led their respective divisions from the outset. In spite of a couple of low games (167, 145), Camilleri was top on 1,575 after eight games and stayed there with a 3,114 tally from 16.
Mark Spiteri wins Masters
Sunday the finals where held at the Eden Superbowl of the MTBA Masters championship. The tournament was played over three days with the top 4 qualifying for the semi finals on Sunday.
Sue Abela and Rankin Luke Camilleri where setting the pace through the 8 games.
2009 Sportivi Nazzjonali contest
Bowling champion Sue Abela was the 2008 Sportswoman of the Year but this time around she had to settle for second place in the contest after being beaten in the vote by basketball national team star Rebecca Brincat Thorensen.
V European Women's Masters
The fifth European Women's Masters
was hosted by a new location this year in Barcelona, the Baix bowling
center in the suburb of Saint Vincenc dels Horts. This homely 12-lane, AMF equipped centre is run by Carlos Marti, a warm host known well for
his past management of previous home centre, Bowling Pedralbes
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Div I - Commentary - Week 8
RAMIS, FINA and Okmalta.com savoured
important victories to keep challenging for the title and the
podium places. Reigning champions Globalair are now
rather adrift and loosing touch with the top positions. Both
RAMIS and okmalta.com came off with 8-0 wins against the
relegation zone teams.
TURU's 6-2 victory over HSBC
pulls them off the relegation zone. Despite a huge 663 series
from Ernest AGIUS, HSBC could only take 2
points in a rather close encounter.
FINA vs Globalair
was a pulsating match with some good scores and both teams going
through low and high moments. With a 2-2 postion going into the
final game, FINA showed their team power with an 895 game, the
highest team game so far in 2010.
Pharmavet beat ROYALS
to remain in mid-table. They should now call in Danial SWIFT
from early retirement to help them climb up the table. Royal
Shock somehow keep finding it hard to win close matches.
They remain in relegation zone.
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He only played 3 games this season compare to Neil in second with 51 games. His lack of play is still a mystery consider he is one of the top players of the MTBA
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- National Championships
- Malta Open
- Malta Senior Open
- National Youth Championships
- 23.02-28.02 VIII Catalonia Open - Trofeu Galasa in Barcelona (04)
March 2010
- 02.03-07.03 Tali Senior Open in Helsinki, Finland
- 05.03-14.03 Brunswick Euro Challenge in Saint-Maximin, France (05)
- 10.03-14.03 Arthur's 5. Senior Open 2010 in Monheim-Baumberg, Germany
- 15.03-21.03 Ebonite International Luxembourg Open in Foetz (06)
- 18.03-21.03 8th Track International of Vidy in Lausanne, Switzerland
- 28.03-05.04 O'Learys Tournament in Sk vde, Sweden
April 2010
- 01.04-04.04 33th Sweden Les Lion Cup 2010 in Norrk ping, Sweden
- 07.04-14.04 Latvian Open Dialog Cup 2010 in Riga, Latvia
- 13.04-18.04 4th Qubica/AMF Open 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia (07)
- 17.04-18.04 1st International Youth Tournament 2009-2010 in Germany
- 28.04-02.05 1st Ebonite Austria Challenge in Vienna, Austria (08)
May 2010
- 10.05-16.05 7th Istanbul Bowling Open in Istanbul, Turkey (09)
- 13.05-16.05 Danish Masters 50+ in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 24.05-30.05 Bowltech Aalborg International 2010 in Denmark (10)
- 25.05-30.05 Dolphins Tournament 2010 in Tilburg, Netherlands
- 28.05-30.05 German Youth Open in Munich, Germany
- 30.05-06.06 8th Reutlinger Bowling Cup in Reutlingen, Germany
- 27.03-05.04 European Youth Championships in Saint Maximin, France
- 13.04-18.04 Mediterranean Challenge Cup in Paphos, Cyprus
- 03.05-04.05 EBT Masters in Vienna, Austria
- 10.06-20.06 European Women Championships in Riga, Latvia
- 19.06-25.06 ESBC in Vienna, Austria
- 23.07-01.08 World Youth Championships in Helsinki, Finland
- 11.08-22.08 World Men Championships in Munich, Germany
- 15.10-24.10 QubicaAMF World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia
- 25.10-31.10 European Champions Cup in Ankara, Turkey
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2011
- March Mediterranean Challenge Cup (city/country not decided)
- 11.04-12.04 EBT Masters in Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 16.04-25.04 European Youth Championships in Munich, Germany
- 10.06-19.06 European Men Championships in Munich, Germany
- 18.06-24.06 ESBC in Netanya, Israel
- 15.08-22.08 European Champions Cup in Lahti, Finland
- 31.08-11.09 World Women Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- November QubicaAMF World Cup (city/country not decided)
