Falah wins daily high prize in HH Shaikh Khalid bowling

TDT | Manama

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Bahrain’s international bowling superstar Yousef Falah posted the high series on day five of qualifying in the His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa First Bowling Championship, being played at Funland Centre.

Falah took down 693 pins for his best trial of the tournament thus far, earning him the daily prize. His score added to his two other series of 650 and 612 to bring his new total to 1,955 pins for a 217.22 average, which helped him improve to third place on the men’s standings.

Still in the lead with a 2,039 total and a 226.56 average was Emerson Gotencio from the Philippines, while Ahmed Fareed followed in second on 2,026 and 225.11 marks. Zeyad Alkheliwi (1,903, 211.44) from Saudi Arabia, Dante Tisdom (1,895, 210.56) from the US and Essa Taqi (1,893, 210.33) were fourth through sixth, respectively.

Ali Al Mass (1,873, 208.11) and Abdulla Abdulkarim (1,807, 200.78) rounded off the top eight. Meanwhile, national team star Nadia Al Awadhi rose to first place in the women’s division. She played her first two trials of the competition and posted scores of 553 and 549, bringing her two-series total to 1,102 for a 122.44 average.

She took over as leader from fellow-Bahrain international Reem Sultan (1,003, 111.44), while Nahla Al Adaas from Saudi (993, 110.33) stayed third. Behind them were Noor Saleh (811, 90.11), also from Saudi, Maricel Sultan (791, 87.89), and Marwa Sultan (741, 82.33). Completing the top eight were Mariam Abdulla (636, 70.67) and Fatma Abdulla (625, 69.44). In the seniors division, Yousif Al Ali improved to the top spot after playing a pair of impressive series to raise his standing.

Al Ali continued his fine form from the previous day, when he registered a high of 684, by scoring 645 and 598 trials. That brought his total to 1,927 and average to 214.11. The veteran leapfrogged former leader Tisdom into first place, while Arif Murseel was third with marks of 1,773 and 197.00.

Mohammed Al Shawoosh (1,695, 188.33), Mohammed Darraj (1,599, 177.67), Sami Salloom (1,436, 159.56), Abdullatif Rashid (968, 107.56), and Mohammed Al Murbati (892, 99.11) were all also in the seniors’ best eight. Qualifying continues today.

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.

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.