Former India International Dr. Ajay Singh M.L.A was elected unanimously as the President of Tenpin Bowling Federation (India) for the term 2018-2022.
Special General Council Meeting of the Federation, to elect the Executive Committee for the term 2018-2022 was held at Hotel Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore, Today.
Newly Elected Executive Committee 2019-23:
Dr. Ajay Singh President
Mr. Vijay Kalantri Vice President
Mr. Sreenivavsa Rao Vice President
Mr. Ravikanth Reddy Vice President
Mr. R Kannan Vice President
Mr. Vijay Krishna Dasari Secretary General
Mr. Surender Popli Treasurer
Mr. D R Sharma Joint Secretary
Ms. Judy Alban Joint Secretary
Mr. Pratiik Vijan Executive Committee Member
Ms. Sumathi Nallabantu Executive Committee Member
Mr. G Dinesh Kumar Executive Committee Member
- The newly elected Executive Committee approved the Action Plan – 2018, leading upto The Asian Games to be held in August 2018.
- The Plan comprises of 5 International Exposure Events and 92 Days of Preparatory Camp under National Coach Andrew Frawley.
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Shabbir Dhankot of TamilNadu & Anukriti Bishnoi of Haryana won National titles at the Uniply 28th National Tenpin Bowling Championships, which concluded at Amoeba, Church Street, Bangalore.
In Men’s category, Shabbir Dhankot (TN) won his 3rd National title defeating top-seed Akaash Ashok Kumar of Karnataka (486 – 474) by 12 pins.
In the Women’s category top-seed Anukriti Bishnoi (HAR) won her First National Title defeating Defending Champion Sumathi Nallabantu of Telangana (460 –360) by 100 pins.
Earlier in the day, in the stepladder round, played based on cumulative pinfall of two games, in Match 1 of Men’s category, 3rd placed S A Hameed (DEL) lost to 4th placed Shabbir Dhankot (TN) (475 – 444) by 31 pins.
In Match 2, Shabbir Dhankot (TN) beat Defending Champion Dhruv Sarda (DEL) (486 – 460) by 26 pins. Shabbir was trailing by 14 pins at the end of Game 1, scored 3 strikes in a row to end Game 2 with a score of 264 as against 224 of Dhruv and moved to Finals.
In Match 1 of the stepladder round of Women’s category, 2nd placed Sumathi Nallabantu of Telangana comfortably beat 3rd placed Anuradha Sarda (462 - 399) by 63 pins to move to finals against Anukriti of Haryana.
In the Men’s category, Akaash Ashok Kumar of Karnataka (6735 pinfall & 210.447 average) finished at the top position after 32 games, followed by Dhruv Sarda of Delhi (6630 pinfall & 207.19 average), S A Hameed of Delhi (6568 pinfall & 205.25 average) & Shabbir Dhankot of TamilNadu (6347 pinfall & 198.34 average) in 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions respectively and qualified for the stepladder round earlier.
In Women’s category Anukriti Bishnoi (HAR) finished at the top spot (3478 pins at 173.90 average) after 20 games after Round 2, followed by Sumathi Nallabantu of Telangana (3455 pinfall & 172.75 average) & Anuradha Sarda of Delhi (3388 pinfall and 169.40 average) at 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.
Special Prizes:
Most Promising Player: Salman Khan (KAR)
Maximum number of scores above 225 (Men’s category): Dhruv Sarda (DEL) - 10
Maximum number of scores above 200 (Women’s category): Sabeena Athica (TN) – 3
Highest Block of 6 Games (Men’s category) – Akaash Ashok Kumar (KAR) - 1401
Highest Block of 6 Games (Women’s category) – Anuradha Sarda (DEL) - 1083
