STAR Bahraini bowlers Yousef Falah and Fawaz Abdulla shook things up on Friday night in the qualifying round of the 2019 Godfathers Bowling Tournament at Funlad Centre.
Only four days remain (from today) in the qualification stage and the participating bowlers are now feverishly jostling for position as they look to make it through to the next rounds.
The event is being held in memory of the late Murtadha Qudrat Rasti and the late Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.
Falah scored the daily high series of 758 while Abdulla rose to the top of the standings in Group ‘A’ (for elite bowlers).
Both players also rolled near-perfect games of 298 pins in the process.
Falah’s 758 trial was his best to date and it was also the highest score by any bowler taking part in this event.
His other top series were 675 and 651, earning him an average of 231.6 from a 2,084 total which was good enough to reach fifth in the standings.
Abdulla, meanwhile, bowled a 726, one pin better than his previous top trial and adding to his other leading score of 706. His latest series allowed him to improve his average to 239.7 and a 2,157 total, pushing him to the top of Group ‘A’.
Abdulla displaced former leader Abdulla Abdulkarim, who had a 238.6 and 2,147, just 10 pins behind the new pacesetter. Dante Tisdom of the US slipped to third with 236.4 and 2,128.
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Emerson Gotencio was ranked fourth just ahead of Falah while Mohammed Al Mannai was sixth, Ahmed Fareed seventh and Ahmed Almalki eighth. Completing the top 12 were Abdullah Aldulaijan, Ahmed Algaoud, Ahmed Alkhaja and JM Villanueva.
Also on Friday night, Ali Abdulla and Hisham Mohammed rolled the high series in their respective groups.
In Group ‘B’ featuring intermediate bowlers, Ali Abdulla enjoyed a 709 trial to post his best outing so far. Abdulla’s score improved his average to 225.7 and 2,031 total, pushing him up to second place in his division.
Mustafa Qaed continued to lead with a 230.7 average and 2,076 total while Abdulrahman Alali was third with 224.0 and 2,016.
Completing the top 12 were Mohammed Mahmoud, Abdulla Almurbati, Patrick Toney, Essa Taqi, Siddiq Siddiq, Mohammed Alansari, Tin-Tin Cruz, Shaker Daraj and Arnold Garcia.
In Group ‘C’ for beginners, Hisham Mohammed registered the daily high of 549. It was not amongst his best three scores though, so it had no effect on his 196.3 average and 1,767 total. He remains in first place.
Leah Siruno was second with 184.3 and 1,659 while Layla Janahi was third with 181.8 and 1,636.
The rest of the group’s leading 12 included Maricel Sulta, Ahmed Refacs, AJ Edwards, Ali Mahmoud, Albert Barrozo, Ahmed Alansari, Joses Garcia, Khalid Al Qaed and Cora Jabile.
The qualification round continues till Wednesday. At the end of this stage, the first and second from each group advance directly to Round Three while those ranked third through 12th move on to Round Two.
These stages will be played on Thursday and Friday along with the ensuing step-ladder final round.
A total of BD4,400 in prizes are up for grabs with BD1,000 going to the overall champion.
Cash prizes will also be awarded to those finishing in the top 18, as well as the first scorer of a perfect game.
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