Malta’s representatives for the Mediterranean Bowling Championships selected

Malta’s representatives at the Mediterranean Bowling Championships were selected during a 24-game qualification tournament that was held recently at The Superbowl.

Two male bowlers and two women will represent Malta at the prestigious tournament.

Tiziana Muscat Carannante and Cynthia Frendo Duca qualified in the top two spots for the ladies, with Melissa Swift placing third after what was a three-way fight from the first day. 

Muscat Carannante saved the best for the last day. She was in third place after the first 18 games, 102 pins behind Frendo Duca.

But then in the last six games, Muscat Carannante compiled an average score of 216 to shoot up to first place.

Swift battled hard to close the gap to Frendo Duca and had clawed her way back after the first two games on the last day. However, Frendo Duca then found her form again, and the gap grew back to 63 pins at the end.  Seventeen-year-old Celianne Micallef finished in fourth place.

In the men’s competition, national champion Nicolai Mallia shot off into first place from the beginning and ended up with a stellar 240 average, 301 pins ahead of second-placed Kayden Lagana’, who had an average of 228 pins.

The fight for second place was open till the start of the last day, with Miguel Xuereb, Matthew Magro, and Mauro Anastasi all within striking distance. 

Lagana’, however, was the best bowler overall on the last day, with a 1,415 total, to end up 212 pins ahead of  Xuereb.

Magro finished in fourth place, just one pin behind Xuereb. 

Over these 24 games, many bowlers compiled some big scores, the highest being a 299 by Nicolai Mallia.

The Mediterranean Bowling Championship is a prestigious tournament that will be held in Croatia between April 26and May 3