Andre Fors, Juliana Franco crowned Masters champions in CONCECABOL Youth Championships

04/29/11

Guatemala

2011CONCECABOLMastersAndreFors.jpgMexico's Andre Fors (pictured left) and Colombia's Juliana Franco captured the coveted gold medals in Boys and Girls Masters match play on the final day of competition in the 2011 CONCECABOL Youth Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Fors, who earned the No. 1 seed for the eight-player Masters finals by winning the gold medal in All Events with a 210.13 average for 24 games, defeated defending champion Fidel Marchena, Dominican Republic, two-games-to-one, to win the Boys title.

The Mexican, who also won silver in Doubles and Mixed Doubles, bronze in Singles, Mixed Foursome and Country All Events, took a 1-0 lead with a 257-249 win in a high-scoring opening game. Marchena forced a decider with a huge 257-176 win in game two. Fors wrapped up the title with a narrow victory in game three, 214-202.

Franco, seeded fifth in the girls finals, eliminated compatriot Laura Lopez, the All Events champion and top seed in the semis, 2-0, and then swept Puerto Rico's Neishka Cardona in the title match, 2-0. The Colombian won the first game, 210-192, and cruised to the title with a huge 237-147 win in game two.

28 bowlers from ten countries - maximum two boys and two girls each from Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the host country Guatemala participated in the 2011 CONCECABOL (Central and Caribbean Bowling Confederation) Youth (under 20) Championships from March 19-26.

They competed for gold, silver and bronze medals in eleven disciplines, Boys' and girls' Singles, Doubles, All Events and Masters as well as Mixed Doubles, Mixed Foursomes and Country All Events.

The Colombian youth bowlers, Franco, Lopez, Jorge Moreno and Carlos Saavedra, followed in the footprints of the Colombian adult team winning gold medals in seven out of eleven disciplines and adding one silver and two bronze medals.

Besides Franco's victory in Girls Masters, Lopes and Moreno won the titles in Singles and teamed to win in Mixed Doubles. Franco and Lopez captured the title in Girls Doubles. Lopez was the sole sub-20 female bowler with a 200-plus average in All Events (200.29) and led her team to the gold medal in Country all Events.

Mexico was next in the Medal Tally with three gold, three silver and four bronze. Enrique Urrutia tied Moreno at 1279 (213.17) to share the gold medal in Singles and Fors won the other individual boys gold medals in All Events and Masters.

Puerto Rico took home two gold, three silver and five bronze medals. Cristian Azcona teamed with Josh Lee Encarnacion to win the Boys Doubles and with Neishka Cardona to win in Mixed Doubles.

Aruba (two silver, one bronze), Dominican Republic (1 silver) and Costa Rica (1 bronze) took the remaining medals.

 


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