2008 KTBA INVITATIONAL MASTERS
The 2008 KTBA Invitational Masters took place on Sunday 11th May at AMF Ashford bowling centre.
This event is by invitation only and the following eight ladies and eight men participated:
Ladies Men
Jan Hodge – 2007 Master Bill Shrimpton - 2007 Master
Dot Boyd Jason Cooper
Sam Denne Keith Hodge
Victoria Ellis Clive Mitchell
Carole Lakin Rob Packman
Hannah Smith Justin Shaw
Sandra Smith Wayne Shaw
Sheila White Chris Standell
All of the players had to play four games, changing lanes after each game.
Game 1
(Men). Jason Cooper was the only player to achieve a game in excess of 200 with a 210 score. Justin Shaw was second with 186, Keith Hodge 3rd with 179 and Chris Standell 4th.
(Ladies) Sandra Smith had the early lead starting with a 194 game. Sheila White in 2nd with 183 was closely followed by Jan Hodge with 182. Sam Denne was in 4th on 166.
Game 2
(Men). Jason's 217 game kept him in the lead. Chris moved up into 2nd rolling an excellent 211 game. This moved Justin down into 3rd, Rob Packman was in 4th after 2 games. Highest game came from Wayne Shaw with a superb 223 game.
(Ladies) Sheila White rolled a great game of 206 moving her into 1st place. Sandra Smith was in 2nd place after two games, with Jan Hodge 3rd and Hannah Smith (no relation to Sandra) 4th.
Game 3
(Men). Jason stayed top after the third game with a 605 series. Chris rolled a 206 putting him close behind Jason on 593. In third place was Justin Shaw (557 series), with his brother, Wayne, in 4th on 541.
(Ladies) After the 3rd game the top 3 positions remained unchanged. Sheila top with 577, Sandra 2nd with 564 and Jan 3rd with 533. Sam Denne bowled a 208 game moving her up into 4th on 525.
Game 4
(Men). Having lead from the start, Jason had a bad last game and was overtaken by Chris Standell, who averaged 198.00 over the four games. Jason averaged 184.75 with Justin Shaw 3rd on a 184.00 ave and Wayne 4th on 180.75.
(Ladies) Sheila White finished with an excellent 216 game, giving her the top average on 198.25. Jan finished with a 203 game and a 184.00 average. Sandra Smith was 3rd with 179.00 average and Carole Lakin moved up into the 4th place averaging 171.75.
Semi-finals - 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd
The mens semi-finals had Chris Standell playing Wayne Shaw and Jason Cooper against Justin Shaw.
Right up until the last frame it looked as if Wayne would be victorious but he got a split in the last frame and lost to Chris 210 to 200. In the other semi-final Justin beat Jason 188 to 167.
The ladies semi-final had Sheila White beating Carole Lakin 166 to 133 and Jan Hodge going through against Sandra Smith 174 to 159
Finals
In the finals Chris Standell rolled another great game to beat Justin 214 to 189. Chris averaged 207 over the event, making him a worthy Champion.
Jan Hodge was victorious for the third year in a row with a 200 game to Sheila's 171 game. Jan has now won the event no less than 9 times (Click here to see Kent Masters Roll of Honour).
Congratulations to Jan Hodge and Chris Standell for winning the 2008 KTBA Invitational Masters!
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