BAHRAIN national team star Yousef Falah claimed the overall title in the 2019 Godfathers Bowling Tournament at Funland Centre late on Friday night.
Falah clinched back-to-back titles defeating fellow-Bahraini Isa Khalid and American AJ Edwards in the final round.
All three earned the right to face off in the championship-decider after winning their respective groups. They then played one game with the highest scorer declared the overall champion.
Falah lived up to his tag as a favourite posting an impressive 247 while Khalid notched 222 and Edwards 198.
The winners were presented with their respective trophies and prize money by Funland owner and managing director Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa and Funland general manager Adel Rasti.
Rasti thanked Shaikh Mohammed for supporting the event and attending the awards presentation.
The event was held in memory of the late Murtadha Qudrat Rasti and the late Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.
A total of BD4,400 in prize money was distributed among the top 18 bowlers with the overall champion claiming BD1,000.
Rolled
Over 100 bowlers took part in the qualification phase which ran from the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
Earlier on Friday, Falah, Khalid and Edwards rolled the best scores amongst the top three in their groups.
In Group ‘A’, Falah had a 215 total to beat the scores of fellow-elite bowlers Emerson Gotencio (206) and Ahmed Fareed (201).
In Group ‘B’ (for intermediate bowlers), Khalid had an impressive 268 which was far too good for the 212 by Mustafa Qaed and 210 by Shaker Daraj.
In Group ‘C’ (for beginners), Edwards registered a 235 to beat Maricel Sultan (210) and Hisham Mohammed (163).
The top three from each group earlier featured in Round Three which was six bowlers in each division play six games.
Gotencio topped Group ‘A’ with a 1,462 total and a 243.67 average. Falah and Fareed followed him while Dante Tisdom, Ahmed Almalki and Fawaz Abdulla were eliminated.
Daraj topped Group ‘B’ (1,372, 228.67) while Khalid and Qaed completed the top three.
Mohammed Mahmoud, Mohammed Alansari and Abdulla Almurbati were ranked fourth through sixth respectively.
Edwards (1,458, 243) led Group ‘C’ with Mohammed and Sultan second and third respectively while Leah Siruno, Layla Janahi and Ahmed Alansari were eliminated.