Sathish Paul Claimed Title

Karnataka State Tenpin Bowling Association
And
Sports Writers' Association of Bangalore

"KSTBA"-"SWAB"
TENPIN BOWLING TOURNAMENT 2011

(Final day results)

Sathish Paul Claimed Title

Bangalore: In a closely contested final, Sathish Paul of Bangalore Mirror claimed the inaugural KSTBA-SWAB Tenpin Bowling title besting Maxin Mathhew of Deccan Chronicle by 146-134 pins at the Amoeba bowling alley on Friday.

In the semi-finals, Maxin defeated Sidney Kiran of Deccan Herald by whopping 176-85 pins and also ensured the award for the highest pinfall in a single game was his for the taking, while Sathish defeated Abhishek Baadkar of DC 160-139.

With seven players in the fray to claim the award for the most strikes (All having a double to their name), Sathish pocketed the award breading the dead-lock with a double in the final too.

Earlier, Maxin was on a roll accounting for top seed Roshan Thyagarajan in the quarter-finals, with a splendid display of nerves and claiming spares at crucial junctures to win with a pinfall score of 121-105.

Results:

Finals:

SATHISH PAUL bt MAXIN MATTHEW 146-134

Semi Finals:

MAXIN MATTHEW bt SIDNEY KIRAN 176-85

SATHISH PAUL bt ABHISHEK BAADKAR 160-139

Quarter finals:

MAXIN MATTHEW bt ROSHAN THAYAGARAJAN 121-105

SATHISH PAUL bt MOHAMMED NOOMAN 145-99

ABHISHEK BAADKAR bt NANDINI 157-95

SIDNEY KIRAN bt D.V.GARUD 103-95


(L-TO-R) Sathish Paul (Winner), Kannan Ramachandran (Secretary, Karnataka State Tenpin Bowling Association) and Maxin Matthew (Runners up).