XII Mediterranean Championships 2009
BRIAN FARRUGIA WINS BRONZE
A Masters bronze was also clinched by Brian Farrugia, who made it to the
Semi-Finals in the men’s division. Ten Mediterranean nations took part in the
tournament, namely Catalonia for the very first time, Cyprus, host country
France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Israel, Malta, San Marino and Turkey.
Although
Brian Farrugia had not made the medals podium in any of the three lead events,
his good overall performance rewarded him with sixth place in the mens’ All
Events table, and so a place in the Masters Final. He managed to topple his
quarter final opponent, Greece’s Evaggelos Krizinis in two straight games, 213 –
190 and 211 – 200 to go forward.
Farrugia met the second Greek bowler, Ioannis Strathatos, in the semis and went
a game down as the opener fell 209 – 199 to his opponent. Brian then tied the
match with a scrappy 169 – 149 game two win, but fell at the final hurdle as the
Greek easily won the decider 203 – 146.
Stathatos then lost out two games to one in the men’s final match, which was won
by Lluis Montfort from Catalonia, the northern Spanish region whose Tenpin
Bowling Federation has only recently gained international recognition, and was
competing in the Mediterranean Championships for the very first time.
