STEPLADDER FINALS:
Match 1:

	Name	Sd.	Score	Vs	Name	Sd.	Score
	Thomas Gross Austria	4	257		Kai Virtainen Finland	3	215

Match 2:

	Name	Sd.	Score	Vs	Name	Sd.	Score
	Zara Glover England	2	248 inc. 10 bonus		Thomas Gross Austria	4	232

Match 3:

	Name	Sd.	Score	Vs	Name	Sd.	Score
	Anders Ohman Sweden	1	245 224		255 243	2	Zara Glover England (10 bonus per game)

As the top seed was defeated in the first game, one further game was played.

VICTORY FOR GLOVER

A magnificent stepladder final, featuring four different nations, brought the inaugural Oltremane Naples Championships to an exciting close. A packed concourse of supporters, with many of the Italians having driven many kilometers to see the Italian tenpin spectacle of the year, gave favorable encouragement to all the competitors but seemed to favor the eventual champion, Zara Glover.

The format of this prestigious event calls for the top seed, in this case Anders Ohman, to be beaten twice before relinquishing his pole position, and that was to be the story of the night.

"I've got a 100 per cent record against Anders Ohman now," said Glover after clinching her victory. "I've played him twice before and won, so this is my third victory against him."

Glover hit the third perfect game of her career in the qualifying round, one of five in this year's tournament, to win a one week vacation on top of the 6,000 euro she pocketed for the win.

This is the third victory for the fairer sex on the 2004 European Tenpin Bowling Federation Tour. Britt Brondsted of Denmark won the Brunswick Euro Callenge in Thessalonika, Greece in Marcg; Iben Tchu, also of Denmark, clinched the Malta Open in June and now Glover makes it three in Naples.

2005 OLTREMARE CHAMPION: ZARA GLOVER, ENGLAND

Newly crowned champion Zara Glover with the Oltremare Bowl
host Stefano Coppa.

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