SINGLES
Considering this was the first event of the tournament I was very happy with my performance. This event was played on the long oil pattern.
206 225 193 191 202 210 = 1227. I finished the event in joint 11th place which is the highest I've finished in this event in the 3 of the World Youth's I've competed in. The other girls played well too, the scores were as follows...
Faye 158 199 246 191 254 191 = 1239 8th place
Laura 192 183 175 232 203 197 = 1182 24th place
Hayley 191 200 165 205 216 203 = 1180 26th place
There are 135 women so for the 4 of us to be placed in the top 20% is a great achievement and gives us a good start to work towards the team event at the end of the tournament.
The boys did well also -
Dominic 228 226 216 171 267 221 = 1329 3rd place (after qualifying)
Matt 222 215 164 173 173 252 = 1199 46th place
Sean 199 212 204 202 189 182 = 1188 58th place
Richie 193 213 241 177 173 235 = 1232 22nd place
The format takes the top 4 from qualifying. The 1st seed plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd in a 1 game roll off, the winners then compete for the gold & silver medals.
Dom's first game was against Jaime Eduador Gonzalez from Colombia which he won 244 - 206. The final match was played against Fredrik Tjernes which he won also 211 - 191. The match was tight from the start, dom struck out in the 10th frame for a 211 game causing his oponent to have to strike out for a 212 and the gold medal. This was not to be and Domsie became the World Champion in the Singles event of the World Youth Championships 2008!
There was a great atmosphere in the England Camp as this was England first gold medal in the male section of the World Youth Championships!
DOUBLES
The boys had a day off today and the girlies took to the lanes to play the doubles on the short oil pattern. It was a good day again today for the girls with all 4 of us having steady sets and feeling happy. The scores were as follows:
Hayley 199 167 193 195 190 237 = 1181
Laura 196 172 185 144 260 201 = 1158
Team Total = 2339 29th place
Faye 189 257 152 202 203 176 = 1179
JoJo 244 206 234 221 236 190 = 1331
Team Total = 2510 7th place
We were so close today but didn't eecute the shots well enough in the last game to create the big game we needed. We ended up missing the medal spots by 30 pins. We were both pretty gutted at the time but looking back we realise we both made some mistakes, bad shots, missed spares etc during the 6 game block.
This has just added extra desire for us to pull together as a unit for the team event and bring home a medal! We're all placed in the top 25% in the all events after 12 games so we have a strong base to work on!
We had a great time letting off steam tonight. The girls went out for dinner at Longhorns Steakhouse along with Richie, Matt, Amanda, Dave & Michelle. After dinner I dragged everyone over to Chuck - E Cheese...if you've never been to one of these you just HAVE to go! It's an arcade 'where kids can be kids' or where adults can be kids! It's so much fun :o)
Tomorrow is our day off so we'll relax, watch the boys and we're gonna head to Downtown Disney :o)
Fingers Crossed for the boys tomorrow and the team events on Tuesday & Wednesday!
JoJo xx
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