Mauro Anastasi wins first medal for Team Malta at the Mediterranean Bowling Championships being held in Ankara, Turkey.
A spirited performance in the Male Singles saw Anastasi climb up steadily with all 6 games above 200, totalling 1351 for a 225 average. After 2 good identical 205s in games 1 and 2, Mauro fired a 247 and 267 to shoot up the ranks to 3rd place after 4 games. A 222 and another 205 saw him overtake Cemal Batu Pinear from Turkey who ended up 4 pins behind Mauro. First place went to the Cypriot Iraklis Kyriakou with an incredible 1509 total (251 average) that included a perfect 300 game.
Our second male contestant, Nicholas Muscat also had a very good performance finishing strongly with a great 249 last game that saw him jump up 3 position to finish in 6th place.
Earlier in the day, Cynthia Frendo Duca and Sue Abela bowled in the female singles. Frendo Duca ended up in in a very good 6th place , bowling a strong 1140 total pinfall (190 average), while Sue Abela had a tough start to these championships and ended up in 15th place.
Mauro Anastasi jirbaħ l-ewwel midalja għal Team Malta fil-Kampjonati tal-Mediterran tal-Bowling li qed isiru f’ Ankara t-Turkija.
Prestazzjoni ferm tajba fis- Singles tal-irgiel rat lil Anastasi ikollu s-sitt logħbiet kollha l fuq minn 200, b’ total ta 1351 għal medja qawwijja ta’ 225. Wara bidu tajjeb b’ żewġ logħbiet identiċi ta 205s, Mauro laghab 247 u 267 biex tela’ għat-3 post wara 4 logħbiet. L-ahhar żewġ logħbiet ta 222 u 205 rawh jaqbeż lil Cemal Batu Pinear mit-Turkija li spiċċa 4 pins wara Mauro. L-ewwel post mar għaċ-Ċiprijott Iraklis Kyriakou b’total inkredibbli ta’ 1509 (medja ta’ 251) li kien jinkludi logħba perfetta ta’ 300. It-tieni kontestant Malti fil Male singles , Nicholas Muscat ukoll kellu wirja tajba hafna, fejn temm b’ partita kbira ta’ 249 fl-ahhar loghba li rawh jaqbeż 3 pożizzjonijiet biex spicca fis-6 post.
Aktar kmieni matul il-ġurnata, Cynthia Frendo Duca u Sue Abela laghbu fis-sezjoni tas-singles femminili. Frendo Duca spiċċat tajjeb fis-6 post , b’ pinfall totali b’ saħħtu ta’ 1140 (medja ta’ 190), filwaqt li Sue Abela kellha bidu iebes għal dawn il-kampjonati u spiċċat fil-15-il post.
Il-kontingent Malti huwa mmexxi mil kowc nazzjonali Mark Spiteri.