1st
Globalair Travel Youth Open Gets Underway
The first
ever Globalair Travel Malta Youth Open got underway at Eden Leisure’s SuperBowl
yesterday (Thu), with no less that 70 youth and junior bowlers registered to
take part. Although the majority of the competitors are locals, there is also an
impressive foreign line up of 29 bowlers hailing from England, Scotland and also
Belgium.
The Youth
Open was opened by Mr. Neil Dent, the SuperBowl’s General Manager
(pictured), accompanied
by Mr. Mark Bugeja on behalf of the Open’s sponsors, Globalair Travel Ltd. Mr.
Dent welcomed all
 bowlers and guests to the SuperBowl, thanking them all in
advance for taking part, saying that the high turnout surely augurs well for the
Youth Open’s future growth. Mr. Dent also thanked youth and junior coaches
Pierre German and Giancarlo Tolu for their dedication to the local youth bowling
scene, and Mr. Tolu in particular for his involvement and help in the creation
of this new event in the Maltese bowling calendar. There was also appreciation
for the backing of Globalair Travel, as well as the Eden Leisure Group – without
which the holding of the event would not have been possible.
 Mr. Bugeja
(pictured left),
began by expressing his great pleasure with the response to this the inaugural
Globalair Travel Youth Open, highlighting the various international events
hosted by the SuperBowl during the year. Between the Youth Open, the Malta Open
(June) and the Seniors Open (October), all age groups of bowlers on all levels
are now catered for, and know that they can come to Malta and play in a
tournament organised to the highest standard. An active league and tournament
bowler himself, Mr. Bugeja then officially opened the Youth Open by bowling a
single frame in front of the enthusiastic crowd of bowlers and spectators alike.
Doubles
Event
Thursday
saw the doubles event, where 35 teams competed over six games in four different
age categories, specifically U-24, U-21, U-18 and U-16.
Final
standings for the four age categories in the Doubles event were as follows :-
Under
16’s
1st
Alex Thistleton/Craig Lambkin (Eng)
2313
2nd Kris Cartwright/Robert Greening (Eng)
2130
3rd Emily Tamblyn/Kali Goff (Eng)
2074
4th Justin C Scicluna/Mattia Busuttil (Mal)
1988
5th Andrew Sykes/Garry Sykes (Eng) 1988
6th Ross Law/Stephanie Tilson (Eng) 1932
Under
18’s
1st
Jimmy Ravez/Mats Maggi (Bel)
2435
2nd Dean Micallef/Nicky Micallef (Mal)
2265
3rd Mauro Anastasi/Rankin Camilleri (Mal)
2127
4th Shane Hecken/Simon Skudder (Eng) 2056
5th Darren Grey/Helen Tamblyn (Eng) 2053
6th Ian Davis/Kris Llewellyn (Eng)
2010
Under
21’s
1st
Daniel Grech/Peter Mallia (Mal) 2071
2nd Philippe Vancell/Ramon Casha (Mal)
2065
3rd Lorraine Casha/T Carannante(Mal) 1890
4th Darren Uren/Luisa Buttigieg (Eng/Mal)
1713
5th Annemarie Bonello/B Carannante (Mal) 1690
Under
24’s
1st
Matthew Caruana/Neil German (Mal)
2183
2nd Mark Muscat/Neil Sullivan (Mal)
2099
3rd Alan Sammut/Pam Demanuele (Mal) 2025
4th Amanda Cini/Melissa Camenzuli (Mal)
2006
Competition
continues with the Singles competition also played over six games in similar age
categories, and the cumulative individual scores of each bowler from the Doubles
and Singles events will be put together to decide the ‘Masters’ standings for
the next stage of the Youth Open. A ‘round robin’ will then be played between
the top six qualifiers of each age category, followed by the final stages which
will decide the first ever Globalair Travel Malta Youth Open Champions. This
thrilling conclusion will take place during the afternoon of Saturday 17th
April.
Neil Dent
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