The exciting, best-of-three Men’s and Women’s stepladder finals produced a thrilling climax to the IV Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship when England’s Darren Cundy rolled the only perfect (300) game of the Championship.

Bowlers from Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Cyprus, England, Gibraltar, Guernsey, India, Jersey, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, Wales, and the host country Northern Ireland have competed this week in individual and mixed Singles, Doubles and Team events for Commonwealth Games Federation accredited Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

Having secured the right to contest the grand final by finishing in the top 3 of the round-robin matchplay completed earlier today, four bowlers from Singapore, Canada and England took to the lanes this evening to determine who would challenge the top seeds from England and Malaysia for the coveted Masters title. 

In Game 1 of the semi-final, Singapore’s Jazreel Tan outclassed Jo Allesbrook 258-225, while England team-mate Paul Moor carded 235 against Canada’s Joe Ciach on 217.  Open frames in the second and third spelt disaster for Ciach, with Moor advancing to an all-England final stepladder match with a second game score of 225-160.   

On adjoining lanes, Jazreel Tan faltered with an open frame in the fourth, while Jo Allesbrook struck out from the seventh frame to score a 228-206 win, taking the match to a third deciding game.   Tan defeated Allesbrook 209-197 and then faced top-seed Sin Li Jane from Malaysia for the final match.

Championship rules allow the top seed of the stepladder grand final to choose their preferred lane condition for the first game of each match.   Both Derbyshire bowler, Darren Cundy and Malaysian Sin Li Jane chose Long oil condition in what unfolded as full three-game final matches in both divisions.

Top seed Sin Li Jane convincingly defeated Jazreel Tan 258-188 in the first game, but the Singaporean responded with a 269-211 in the second, while Paul Moor won the first game of the Men’s division 216-189.  Darren Cundy’s stunning 300 game caused an excited uproar with spectators and put paid to Moor’s hope clinching the title in two games, but Moor’s 258-198 win in the third sealed it for Moor.   At the same time, 16 year-old Sin Li Jane struck Gold with a 202-156 over Jazreel Tan in their third game.

The CTBF Triple Diamond Perpetual Trophy, representing the three international zones of the sport of bowling, will be awarded to the country that accumulated the highest aggregate pinfall by all team members over 24 games - Team England – at a glamorous Victory Banquet, being held tonight at Belfast’s Holiday Inn.

Masters Stepladder Final Results - Female - Click Here
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Kegel representative Ross Gibson prepared the lanes at Dundonald International Ice Bowl early this morning with a Long Oil condition in readiness for the final day of matchplay in the IV Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships. 

With pinfall carried over from yesterday’s 6-games, the ladies final block commenced at 9am and at the half-way point Malaysia’s Sin Li Jane took the lead by a slim 4 pin margin from dual Gold medallist, Jo Allsebrook, with Canadian Jo-Ann Sanesac third, a mere 2 pins ahead of England’s Zara Glover.

Games 4, 5 and 6 saw Sin Li Jane extend her lead to finish on 2697, 43 pins clear of Allsebrook, and while the pressure showed in her final ball, Singapore’s Jazreel Tan claimed her place in this afternoon’s stepladder final with 2637, ousting Zara Glover by 8 pins.

In the first game of the Men’s matchplay, Canada’s Mark Buffa moved into top place with a 255 game, and England’s Darren Cundy threw a 268 to overtake overnight leader, Paul Moor.    Teams gold-medallist Cundy then followed with lines of 280 and 278 to card a stunning 826 for his first three games and move to a comfortable 85-pin lead. 

In the final three, 32 year-old Cundy extended his lead to finish on 2905 with a final flourish of 290, securing top seed ranking for the stepladder final, 152 pins ahead of Canada’s Joe Ciach.  Ciach outclassed Cundy’s team-mate, Paul Moor by just 4 pins going into this afternoon’s best-of-three stepladder grand final.

Championship rules allow the top seed for both matches of the stepladder grand final to choose their preferred lane condition for the first game of each best-of-three match.

The televised stepladder finals for both men’s and women’s division will be played simultaneously, commencing at 4pm local time.

To view the final standings in the female section: Click Here
To view the final standings in the male section: Click Here