Tisdom scores daily high series in bowling qualifiers

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Dante Tisdom scored the daily high series of 685 pins on the third day of qualification in the His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa First Bowling Championship, currently being held at Funland Centre’s bowling lanes.

Tisdom’s trial was his best of the tournament thus far, and it helped raise his average to 202.33 pins per game from a 1,821 total from his three best series. His two other top scores were 579 and 557. With that, Tisdom improved to third place on the men’s division standings, while also keeping his position atop the seniors category.

Bowlers in this stage must play at least three trials to be eligible to advance to the next round, with each participant’s top three series being counted. Tisdom now trails Ahmed Fareed and Essa Taqi amongst the men.

Fareed stayed in first with his leading marks of 221.56 and 1,994. Taqi moved to second position after playing two impressive scores of 647 and 607 to bring his average to 210.33 and total to 1,893. Abdulla Abdulkarim and Emeerson Gotencio from the Philippines, who were previously second and third, respectively, dropped to fourth and fifth.

Abdulkarim boasts a 200.78 average from a 1,807 total, while Gotencio has a 197.89 average and 1,781 total. Zeyad Alkheliwi of Saudi Arabia improved to sixth position with a 176.67 average and 1,590 total, while rounding off the top eight were Jan Meden of the Philippines (144.11, 1,297) and day two high series winner Ali Al Mass (139.11, 1,252).

Meanwhile, action started to heat up in the women’s category with a number of Bahrain’s national team bowlers playing their first trials. Reem Sultan moved into the top spot after scoring 520 and 483 series, to bring her total to 1,003 for a 111.44 average.

She overtook Nahla Al Adaas (110.33, 993) from Saudi Arabia to take first place, while Noor Saleh (90.11, 811), also from Saudi, went to third. Maricel Sultan (87.89, 791), Marwa Sultan (741, 82.33) and Noora Sultan (54.78, 493) were all in the top six.

In the seniors division, Tisdom maintained his status as leader with Yousif Al Ali going up to second. Al Ali’s latest series of 355 added to his other scores of 578 and 548 to bring his average to 164.56 from a 1,481 total.

Sami Salloom went to third with marks of 158.44 and 1,426, while Mohammed Al Shawoosh (124.44, 1,120), Mohammed Darraj (121.11, 1,090) and Mohammed Al Murbati (99.11, 892) completed the top six. Qualifying continues today. At the end of this stage, the top 24 men march through to their next stage, while the top eight from the women’s and seniors divisions will qualify.

The tournament is scheduled to be held until February 26, and it features prize money worth more than BD19,000, to be allocated to the top finishers in the men’s, women’s and seniors categories.