Maccabi GB Tenpin Bowling

As the Maccabi league entered the final round this week, the top 2 teams were neck and neck with only pinfall separating them. With Little and Large taking the first game 4-0, the Sasseienies fought back to take the second game by the same score. Going into the last it was all to play for but the Sassienies held their nerve to take the final game 3-1 and win the match 11-5 meaning they are the new Maccabi league champions!

Congratulations to all who took part in the league this season. It was definitely a lot of fun and great to see a lot of the final places went down to the last week. We look forward to welcoming you back next season

Prize giving will be at Dunstable on 27th July 8.15pm. If you don’t turn up then I will take your money

Michael

P.S. I know the games for the last round underneath the league table look wrong for PLS, LUA, Thomas Cookies and Chu Chi but rest assured I have manually adjusted the points tally so that everyone ended with the amount of points they should have

The 13th European Maccabi Games will be taking place in the Austrian capital Vienna from 5 – 13 July 2011. Following Team England’s success in Rome in 2007, all eyes will be on the tenpin bowling team to lead the medal haul once again.

If you wish to be part of the six man team, applications are now invited through the Maccabi GB website – http://www.maccabigb.org/news/509/european-maccabi-games-apply-here/. The format for trials will be announced once the number of participants has been finalised.

For more information on the 13th European Maccabi Games, visit the official website – http://www.emg2011.eu/.

Matthew Plax

Sports Chair, European Maccabi Games Organising Committee (EGMOC)

The Maccabi Australia International Games, or MAIGs as it is known, will take place in Sydney, Australia from 26 December 2010 until 2 January 2011. Many of the sports facilities will be those used in the Sydney Olympics and accommodation will be in a hotel near Bondi Beach. Australia expect there to be delegations from over 15 countries from across the world with around 700 participants.

Tenpin Bowling will be one of the sports taking place. At this stage, the price looks like being in the region of £2,500 for the week. At this stage, Maccabi GB are simply assessing interest levels. Whilst it sounds like alot of money, you have around fifteen months to save or raise the cash, so more than enough time. Hearing first hand from the Australians at the Maccabiah Games, the MAIGs is supposed to be a fantastic event.

For more information or to register your interest, please contact Matthew Plax.

We are very pleased to announce that the 2009 Maccabi GB Tenpin Bowling Tournament will take place on Sunday 18th October 2009 at GoBowling, Dunstable. Registration begins at 10:30am with roll off at 11:00am.

Official entry forms are available from any Committee Member, and online application forms are available on this website.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE AND HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

The 2009/2010 Maccabi GB Tenpin Bowling League commences on Tuesday 8^th September 2009 at 8:30pm. The league will once again be held every Tuesday night at GoBowling in Dunstable. As per last season, the format is a doubles handicap league and teams can register up to 5 players per squad.

Mixed male/female teams are more than welcome as are bowlers of ALL ABILITIES. It is a fun and enjoyable league and we are looking to increase the number of teams from the 13 teams that competed last year. For more information or to register your team, please contact Matthew Plax or Paul Loberman at league@maccabibowling.com.

In the Mens Masters Final, Phil Sachs from Australia won the Gold Medal beating Mexico’s Isaac Amkie 2-0 in the final. Read all about how the GB team did on the Maccabiah 2009 Updates Page at http://www.maccabibowling.com/maccabiah-2009-updates/

As the Maccabiah Games draw to a close tonight, we shall miss the friendships that have been formed these past two weeks, and those that have been renewed (but we shall not miss the Galil Hotel in Netanya or the food that they served!).

It has been an amazing two weeks, if only it could have been topped off with a medal or two. We’ll be back in four years time to give it another go.

Four of the six Team GB bowlers finished in the top 24 of the All Events and will be competing in today’s Masters competition. Click on the Maccabiah 2009 Updates page for LIVE SCORES.

The Trios event ended in controversy today after both the men’s and women’s Israel1 teams were penalised for amending the order of their teams between the fifth and sixth games. Their scores from these games were forfeited causing both teams to finish bottom of their respective tables. The women’s team therefore lost out on the silver medal.  They had previously been warned for contravening another rule by not cleaning the gripsack powder from their balls.

Team GB1 and Team GB2 finished in joint 6th position with 3229 pins.

Read the full update at http://www.maccabibowling.com/maccabiah-2009-updates/ and watch LIVE SCORING on Monday from 8.00am UK time.

The Trios are now underway. Click on the Maccabiah Updates 2009 link on the right of the page for LIVE SCORES.

After a two day break for Shabbat, which included some well earned rest and good food, Team GB are back in action tomorrow morning for the third event of the competition, the Trios. GB1 are represented by captain Paul Loberman, Michael Loberman and Gary Ellis with GB2 comprising Ian Davis, Tony Sharpstone and Jack Nesbit. Stay right up to date with LIVE SCORE UPDATES by clicking on the Maccabiah Updates link on the right of this page.