The final round of trials for the 2009 Maccabiah Games took place on 14th September about 100 miles north of London at the Lakeside Superbowl, Nuneaton.
Paul Loberman maintained his top spot in the overall trials standings with a record total of 1870 (a 233 average). Paul led his brother Michael by 42 pins prior to the day’s bowling, and the battle for the bragging rights in the Loberman family went back and forth in the first few games, with Michael starting the day rolling a superb 257 game to wipe the deficit out straight away. In game 3, Paul started to haul the pins back on his brother, shooting consecutive games of 228, 237, 259, 268, 247, and 224 to record the record total pinfall.
Michael continued his good form ending the day with games of 231 and 246 to record a 1746 total (218 average), his best performance of the trials too. Gary Ellis made it a trio of personal bests in these trials rolling 1693 (211 average).
After a slow start to the day, Jack Nesbit bowled steadily and consistently, averaging 198 to secure the final automatic place in the team for the 2009 Maccabiah Games.
High game of the day was a 268 from Paul Loberman.
Both the scores from this round and the final overall scores, AND the team for the Maccabiah Games 2009 can be found on the Maccabiah 2009 Trials page (link on the right).
