Category: Bowling

by Abhishek Shukla

Sachin, Sagar storm into quarters at 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament

Sofia, (Bulgaria), February 6, 2024: Former world youth champion Sachin and Commonwealth Games silver medalist Sagar entered the quarter-finals on day three of the ongoing 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Tuesday.

Sachin (57kg) was up against Uzbekistan’s Fayzov Khudoynazar in the pre-quarters and both the boxers came out with an attacking intent but it was Fayzov who took a slight advantage in the first round.

Sachin looked transformed in the second round and initiated a comeback by using his quick reflexes to dodge multiple attacks before landing some accurate jabs. In the third round, he was at his attacking best, leaving his opponent clueless with his sharp punches and quick movements, ultimately grabbing a phenomenal 3-2 win to enter the quarter-finals. He will now face Kapanadze Giorgi of Georgia on Friday to secure a place in the semifinals.

Sagar (92+kg) faced Lithuania’s Jazeviciius Jonas in the pre-quarters. The Indian pugilist looked completely in control of the game from the get-go as he put up a scintillating attacking display, making his way into the quarterfinals with a 5-0 unanimous decision win. Sagar will now take on Zokirov Jakhongir of Uzbekistan on Thursday.

Vanshaj (63.5kg) went down fighting in a close contest against Iran’s Habibinezhad Ali. Both the boxers were cautious in their approach and were looking to capitalize on counterattacks. Vanshaj had his moments of domination but eventually, the final verdict came against him as he lost the bout 2-3 to end his campaign.

Late on Monday, Arundhati Choudhary (66kg) made her way into the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over France’s Sonvico Emilie. She will now face Matovic Milena of Serbia on Thursday. Manisha (60kg), on the other hand, went down 2-3 against Zidani Amina of France in the pre-quarters.

On Wednesday, five Indian pugilists will kick off their campaign in their respective pre-quarter bouts. Amit Panghal (51kg) will be in action against Rudyk Maksym of Ukraine, Akash (71kg) will take on Traore Makan of France and Deepak (75kg) will face Asankul Uulu Sultan of Kyrgyzstan,

Abhimanyu Loura (80kg) and Naveen Kumar (92kg) will go up against France’s Monny Raphael and Voisnarovic Darius of Lithuania, respectively.

The Strandja Memorial Tournament is one of Europe’s oldest international sports competitions and is witnessing the participation of over 300 pugilists from 30 countries.

by Abhishek Shukla

Chennai Club 300 moved to Knockout Round in the 2nd KSTBA Open Trios Tenpin Bowling Tournament

Chennai Club 300 top the table in Round 2 and moved to Knockout Round in the 2nd KSTBA Open Trios Tenpin Bowling Tournament currently underway at Amoeba, Church Street, Bangalore.
Led by International medallist Shabbir Dhankot of TamilNadu, team bowled consistently in Round 2, scoring 561, 592, 553 and 529 and finished at the top with total pinfall of 6781 and team average of 188.36.
At the end of Round 2, Chennai Turkeys finished in second position with total pinfall of 6727 and team average of 186.86. Gujarat Rollers (6725 at an average of 186.81) and Bowling Bohemians Bengaluru (6712 at an average of 186.44) finished in 3rd and 4th position respectively.
Highlight of the day is the performance from International Medallist Dhruv Sarda (DEL) who scored total pinfall of 920 at an average of 230.00 in 4 games in Round 2. This performance helped his team Delhi Tornados move up to 5th position at the end of Round 2.
Earlier today, top 18 teams based on total pinfall from 24 games in Round 1 moved to Round 2. Each team played a block of 4 games in Round 2. Top 8 teams based on total pinfall from Round 1 and 2 moved to Knockout Round.
Knockout Rounds and Finals are currently in progress.

by Abhishek Shukla

2nd KSTBA Open Trios Tenpin Bowling Tournament to start in Bangalore

Karnataka State Tenpin Bowling Association (KSTBA) is organizing its 2nd KSTBA Open Trios
Tenpin Bowling Tournament, from 28th to 30th Nov at Amoeba, Church Street, Bangalore.
44 teams comprising of 132 bowlers from 12 different states will be competing in this three-day
event.
International medallists Shabbir Dhankot (TN), Akaash Ashok Kumar (KAR), Dhruv Sarda (DEL),
Shoumick Datta (KAR) and Defending Champions “Xtreme Strikers Bengaluru” led by Former
National Champion Vijay Punjabi (KAR) will be seen in action.
Total prize money at stake will be 3.35 Lakhs.
• Winning team will take home Rs 1,20,000 + Medals
• Runners-up will take home Rs 75,000 + Medals
• Third and Fourth position will take home Rs 35,000
• 5th position to 8th position : Rs 15,000 each
• Team with highest average in a block of 4 games: Rs 10,000
Round 1 and Round 2 will be played on classic format whereas Round 3 and Stepladder round will
be played on Baker format.
All participants will compete on WTBA 3rd Philippines Open 2019 (43”) oil pattern.

by Abhishek Shukla

Dhruv Sarda felicitated on winning Silver medal

Tenpin Bowling Federation of India [ TBF(I) ] felicitated Dhurv Sarda at a function organized at Amoeba Bowling Center, Church Street, Bangalore, who won the Silver Medal in the Singles Event at 25th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships-2019 held in Kuwait last month.
Dhruv Sarda was awarded an incentive of Rs. 3 Lakhs by TBF (I). Dr. Ajay Singh, President, TBF (I) did the honors.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ajay Singh said “I am really proud of this achievement by Dhruv who won the Silver Medal. We missed the Gold Medal by a whisker and year 2020 will be the year to look forward with solid plans in place to target more Medal events”.

by Abhishek Shukla

Dhruv Sarda qualifies for Round 2 of 55th Qubica AMF WORLD CUP

Dhruv Sarda of India qualified for Round 2 of the 55 th Qubica AMF WORLD CUP currently underway at Palembang, Indonesia.

In Round 1 all participants had played 4 blocks of 6 games each and Dhruv had scored total of 4808 pins in 24 games to finish 20th among 73 participants. Top 24 bowlers move to Round 2 and the field is led by Francois Louw of South Africa (5520) followed by Oliver Morig of Germany (5332) and Wanhee Lee of South Korea (5155) in 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.

In Round 2, top 24 Bowlers will play One Block of 8 games and top 8 based on pinfall of 32 games will move to Knockout Round. This the 4th time Dhruv has made it to Top 24 Round and the only Indian Bowler to have ever made it to Top 24 Round in the Men’s Category.

In the Women’s Category, Sabeena Athica finished overall 45th with total pinfall of 3982 with an average of 165.92 in 24 games.

by Abhishek Shukla

Shabbir and Dhruv win Bronze in Doubles – 5th AIMAG Turkmenistan 2017

Shabbir Dhankot and Dhruv Sarda of India won bronze medal in Men’s Doubles at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games currently underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Shabbir (181) and Dhruv (237) of India defeated Kenneth Chua (224) and Jo-mar Jumapao (182) of Philippines 418 — 406 by 12 pins in the Quarter finals.
In the Semi-finals Shabbir (178) and Dhruv (187) lost to Cho- Young – Seon ( 226 ) and Kang He Won of Korea (232) by 93 pins to bag the bronze , India ‘s first ever medal for the sport of Tenpin Bowling in 5 editions of Asian Indoor Games.
Cho – Young – Seon and Kang He Won of Korea went on to win Gold defeating another Korean pair of Choi Bok Eum and Kim Kyung Min by 52 pins (434- 382).
In the Qualifying rounds, Played on long oil conditions, Shabbir (1355) and Dhruv (1215) pair had fiinished overall 5th scoring 2570 pins to qualify for Top 8 Knock out rounds. Akaash Ashok Kumar and Parvez Ahmed finished 17th.
In the Singles Shabbir( 1342) missed the Cut for Top 8 by 12 pins and Dhurv Sarda ( 1326) by 28 pins.
Team India comprising of Shabbir Dhankot, Dhruv Sarda, Akaash Ashok Kumar and Parvez Ahmed will be competing in the qualifying rounds Team of 4 event to be held tomorrow.

by Abhishek Shukla

Karanataka State Bowling Tournament to start from tomorrow

KSTBA State Ranking Tournament will be held from 19th August 2017 to 21st August 2017 at  Amoeba, Church Street, Bangalore.
46 Karnataka Bowlers which include Reining State Champion Akaash Ashok Kumar, Judy Alban and Indian International Parvez Ahmed will complete in this 3 day Event. 6 Guest Players which include Daniela Wyatt (Under 16 National Champion from Colombia) will be competing for the honours.
Total Prize money: Rs. 75000.00

 

by Abhishek Shukla

Dhruv Sarda retains Title of Wissen 3rd Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships

Dhruv Sarda of Delhi retained the title at the Wissen 3rd Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships which concluded at the Amoeba Bowling Center.
In the Finals of the Open Division, played on Challenge the Leader Format, Top Seeded Dhruv Sarda comfortably won the match against Shabbir Dhankot of TN (234 – 180) to take home Prize money Rs 1.25 Lakhs.
Dhruv who started with 2 spares followed it up with a turkey in next 3 frames. And finished the final 2 frames with a bagger and a score of 234. Shabbir opened Frame 1 with a 7 – 10 split scored double strikes in next 2 frames. But he opened again in Frame 8 and did not get connection of strikes to finish with score of just 180 and losing the finals.
Earlier Shabbir had pipped local favorite Akaash Ashok Kumar by 2 pins (247- 245) to move into the Finals.
Akaash comfortably won his match against teenage sensation Kishan R of Karnataka who played his maiden Step ladder round (247- 158).
In the Masters Round of the Open Division, Dhruv Sarda (3418), Shabbir (3404), Kishan R (3357) and Akaash Ashok Kumar (3346) finished on top of the table after 16 games and made it to the Step Ladder Knock out Round.

by Abhishek Shukla

Abhishek Dhudasiya won Men’s Graded ‘A’ Division Title in Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships

Abhishek Dhudasiya of Tamil Nadu won the Men’s Graded ‘A’ Division Title at the Wissen 3rd Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships – 2017 being held at the Amoeba Bowling Center, Church Street, Bangalore.
In the Masters Round, held this morning, where Top 20 bowlers bowled 8 games block to decide the winner based on total pinfall. Abhishek bowled quite consistently, scoring 6 games above 200 and ending up with total pinfall of 1674 and an impressive average of 209.25.

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The 22-year-old Abhishek finished 91 pins ahead of Salman Khan of Karnataka who finished 2nd with total pinfall of 1583. Former International Antony Rajkumar (1535) of Karnataka finished 3rd.
In the Masters Round of Open Division, out of 16 bowlers who made the Cut, 8 bowlers are from Karnataka. Vijay Punjabi of Karnataka is injured and in his place, 1st Reserve Surendra Babu from TamilNadu will play this evening.
All 16 bowlers will bowl 8 games this evening and 8 games tomorrow morning. Top 4 bowlers, based on cumulative pinfall of 16 games will move to the Knock-Out Stepladder round. The Finals will be held at 5 pm tomorrow.

by Abhishek Shukla

Shoumick and Kishan R make the Cut in Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships

Shoumick Datta and Kishan R, both 17-year-old, of Karnataka made the cut in the Open Division of the Wissen 3rd Bangalore Open Tenpin Bowling Championships – 2017.

In the final day of Qualifying rounds, Shoumick Datta scored an impressive 692 (207, 237 and 248) and 651 in 2 blocks of 3 games to finish with total pinfall of 1343 and comfortably making it to the Masters Round. And Kishan R had qualified earlier with total pinfall of 1306. Shabbir Dhankot (1438) of TamilNadu and Defending Champion Dhruv Sarda (1417) of Delhi are still on top. 7 Men from Karnataka are likely to make it to the Masters Round.

In Men’s Graded A category, 7 Men Bowlers led by 17-year-old Misam Rizvi at the Top are in the race to qualify for the Masters Round. In the Men’ s Graded Division Finals, Susil Adam of Tamil Nadu (1537) was the winner, Praveen Kumar of Karnataka (1522) finished Runner Up and Ziauddin of TamilNadu (1433) finished 3rd.

The Masters Round Finals of Men’s Graded A will be held tomorrow morning and the First Round of Masters of Open category will be held tomorrow evening.

 

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