Team Malta Bags Gold At Mediterranean Bowling Championships In Ankara
Team Malta wins gold at the Mediterranean Bowling Championships that took place over the weekend in Ankara, Türkiye.
The Maltese team, comprised of Mauro Anastasi, Cynthia Frendo Duca, Sue Abela and Nicholas Muscat ended the first set of three games in first place, just ahead of Cyprus, Italy and Türkiye. The start of the second set saw Italy come out with a strong 813 to overtake both Malta and Cyprus by a few pins.
From then on, Malta simply took off , first bowling an 857 to regain the lead, ensuring that both Türkiye and Cyprus fell well behind, and then a simply outstanding last game of 963 (240.75 average!) ensured that Italy fell almost 200 pins behind overall (5010-4811).
This brilliant performance secured all four Maltese players a spot in the Masters, with Cynthia Frendo Duca also securing another medal, a bronze, as she placed third in the female all events category.
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On the last day of the championships, the top eight men and women fought it out for the coveted Masters title. Mauro Anastasi, Nicholas Muscat and Cynthia Frendo Duca all managed to overcome their respective opponent to move on to the semi finals, with Sue Abela unfortunately losing 360-349 to Claudia Amnella of Italy.
Amnella then faced Frendo Duca, who won 382-340 to go to the finals where she lost 436-433 to French Celia Jeanne Delafosse. Frendo Duca thus added a silver to her Gold in the team , Gold in the female doubles with Abela and a bronze in the All Events. In the male semi finals, Muscat faced Luis Jesus Briceno from Spain and had to concede defeat 438-417, to end up in third place and secure a Bronze Medal, his third of these championships after the Gold in the team and Silver in the doubles with Anastasi.
Anastasi faced another Spaniard, Axel Guimo, and defeated him with a clear 466 vs 429 score, to go on to the final to face the other Spaniard, Briceno. Anastasi put on an even more impressive performance to win 474 -422 and ensure that these Championships would be his with a total of two Gold medals (Masters and Team) and two Silver medals (Singles and Male Doubles).
With these eight medals, Malta was top of the table in this edition of the Championships and is back in the lead overall.
Well done team Malta!
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