SEMIFINALS & FINAL:
Total pinfall over two games (plus 8 pins
per game ladies' bonus)
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
Total |
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
Total |
|
 |
TANYA PETTY |
GER |
192
+ 8 |
192
+8 |
400 |
PETER KNOPP |
GER |
245 |
209 |
454 |
 |
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
Total |
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
Total |
|
 |
PIRITTA KANTOLA |
FIN |
202
+8 |
184
+8 |
402 |
ACHIM GRABOWSKI |
GER |
289 |
255 |
544 |
 |
FINAL
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
Total |
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
Total |
|
 |
PETER KNOPP |
GER |
279 |
230 |
509 |
ACHIM GRABOWSKI |
GER |
212 |
279 |
491 |
 |

THE FINAL TOUCH
It was something of a dream come true for the
organizers of the 2nd Istanbul Open to have a
finale with all the thrills and spills of a
roller coaster ride.
The script called for man v woman in both
semifinals where, maybe sadly, both the young
ladies were eliminated, but nobody would have
dared to have forecast the scores that would
come in the final.
When Peter Knopp of Frankfurt, Germany opened up
the fist game with a 279, leaving the 4-pin in
the first ball of the tenth frame, and Achim
Grabowski of Duisburg, also in Germany, hit a
meagre 212, it looked as though Knopp has the
match sewn up.
But no, back came Grabowski with a 279 in the
second game and Knopp had to pull out all the
stops for a 230 to clinch this strikefest by
just 18 pins.
Bith finalists are in the bowling business,
Knopp with a respected pro shop business and
Grabowski proprietor of a very nice center in
Duisburg.
"We've known one another for about 100 years,"
joked Knopp after the final, "but we've only met
head-to-head a couple of times. We both just
wanted to have a good final to show the crowd
how exciting bowling can be, and I think we
proved that."
Our picture shows the three German top
place finishers as Tanya Petty, last year's
runner-up took third place, on the podium with
(l to r) Addie Ophelders, president of ETBF,
Ahmet Recep Tekcan, president of the Turkish
Bocce, Bowling & Darts Federation, and Kim
Thorsgaard Jensen, ETBF vice-president.
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