All particpating teams walked away as winners !!

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 16 : With competition in the air and big prizes to be won all 16 teams set off to battle with equal strengths in their respective category namely Championship Group, Intermediate Group & the Greenie Group. Al Qwassem stormed past all opponents in the Championship Group, Whiplash came close to losing their titlein theIntermediate Group,while in the Greenie Group Amaya walked through with flying colors. At the end of the day all IBL teams were winners as they walked away with prize money and awards.

A total of four participating teams in the Championship group,witnessed a deep and well seasoned lineup of Al Qwassem who took over the driver’s seat right at the start of the first round robin of their finals to bag the coveted title of the 2011 Season 2 IBL Cup, Tenpin Bowling Tournament held at the Cozmo bowling lanes at Souk Salmiya.Their first match versus Firefly saw 886-789 total pinfalls defeating them although Firefly played with one blind. Game two saw Al Qwassem’s next challenge the Kuwait Federation Bowlers and yet another win with a 873-767 total pinfalls. Their game three against the underdogs of Kegler Strikers with yet another victorious win with a 913-870 pushing Keglers to the bottom of the Championship Group. Coming to the second round robin once again Al Qwassem played Kegler Strikers in game one 814-773 again clobbering their way to victory. Coming to game two once more Al Qwassem with ease cruised past their opponents Firefly with a 918-868 victory. And with no serious threat in sight, the Al Qwassem let down their guard and lost to Kuwait Federation Bowlers with a 740-887 went on to win the title with a grand total pinfalls of 5144. Kuwait Federation Bowlers who came close within striking distance of the victory by just 21 pins.

Going to the round robin of the Intermediate Group with six participating teams, Whiplash who started off with a win against Petrolink with a total pin falls of 860-828 in game one. Then going on to game two Whiplash found themselves sinking against the force of No Strikes !! who took them with a surprise victory 884-833 total pinfalls. Although still in the lead Whiplash moved ahead to game three against Spare Us,this time coming clean with a easy victory of 884-681 total pinfalls leaving Spare Us dazzled. In Game four Whiplash easily stormed in front of West End Watches Co. with a 855-729 victory. Whiplash now gaining momentum keeping their position in the 1stplace went on to play game five,came another big hurdle when they had to face Solo Sorisso (Just Smile). Solo Sorisso wasted no timeasthey hadalong way to catch up the top and struck down Whiplash 823-734 total pinfalls. Despite their loss Whiplash kept to their No.1 position in the intermediate group after the round robin. Game Six saw only pinfalls and no bonus or win points. With Whiplash still ahead as victory came their way with a grand total pinfalls of 4925 followed closely by Petrolink who battled intensely who came close to winning by just 18 pins.

Refusing to be outdone were Amaya who even soared to a highest position in the Greenie Group with 6 participating competing for the No.1 place. Amaya were bursting with energy in Game One of their round robin when they went up against Bowling Stones with a 916-726 total pinfalls victory. Up against Amaya next were Street Bowlers who were taken in a hurricane as Amaya swept them off with another victory 905-748 total pinfalls. In game three moved ahead again with another confident win against the Alleygators with another sweeping win of 815-738 total pinfalls Amaya leads the entire group with an unreachable lead. Game four Amaya went up against yet another contender Pin Pointers who dropped their earlier matches due to a depleted squad, nevertheless Amaya went face to face with Pin Pointers who again came out victorious 769-737 total pinfalls. Victory seemed already in their court with a big lead in pinfalls none of teams in the Greenie Group could compete with their seasoned bowlers. Amaya ready for their next opponents iBowl in game five was another walk in the park victory with a total pinfalls of 813-771. Now completing their round robin and moving into the final game of pinfalls only Amaya stay on top blindfolded with a total pin falls of 802 bring their grand total of 5020 pinfalls.

The team standings after the finals as follows (read as team name, rank and total pinfalls)

Championship Group :

Intermediate Group :

Greenie Group :

AWARDS :

The Tournament High Qualifier (Scratch average) Men’s Division was shared by Andrew Frawley & Yacoub Shatti and Women’s Division was taken by Nasha King.

Tournament High Game (with HCP) for Men was taken by Andrew Frawley and forWomen was taken by Majorie Mercado.

Tournament High Game Team (with HCP) was taken by Petrolink.

The IBL Season 2 has been made possible with the help of their Sponsors Advanced Technology Company who distributed prizes to all teams as they left the bowling alley with confidence & Smiles as they get ready for the upcoming Season 3 due to be held in beginning of 2012.