Aitken Spence wins Travel Trade Bowls

Ranil Nimalasena and Salman Haque shared 368 points to steer Aitken Spence Travels ‘C’ to lift the brand new Amadeus Trophy winning the 8th Travel Trade Sports Club Bowling Championships concluded at the Strikes Cosmic Bowling Centre, Excel World. Walkers Tours ‘B’ and United Holidays came second and third respectively.
Thirty-eight teams bowled on the first day of which the top scoring 16 teams advanced into the second round.
This is how the top 16 teams fared in the second: World Air, defending champions (371), Ait. Spence Travels ‘A’ (446), Amadeus ‘A’ (368), Exotic Holidays International ‘A’ (323), Ait. Spence Travels ‘C’ (379), Amja Travels ‘A’ (404), Traveller Global ‘C’ (500), Srilankan Airlines (413), Walkers Tours ‘A’ (384), Walkers Tours ‘B’ (387), Walkers Tours ‘C’ (321), Asian Adventures (326), Ait. Spence Travels ‘B’ (371), Ait. Spence Aviation ‘B’ (355), Amadeus ‘B’ (339) and United Holidays (378).
Final Round: Amja Travels (349), SriLankan Airlines (372), Walkers Tours ‘A’ (380), Traveler Global ‘C’ (396), Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ (410),
2nd Runners Up: United Holidays (420), Chaminda Dias (141), Amal Waidyatillake (124) & Dileepa Weerasekera (155); 1st Runners Up: Walkers Tours ‘B’ (433), Afdhal Mohamed (196), Trevin Reid (108) & Rehan Senaka (129); Winner: Aitken Spence Travels ‘C’ (493) - Ranil Nimalasena (185), Sharaff Sameer (125) & Salman Haque (183). The award for the top scorer in the final round went to Afdhal Mohamed who scored 196 pins for Walkers Tours ‘B’. Incidentally that was highest in the whole tournament.
The post tournament awards presentation was represented by chief guest Dennis Fonseka, Country Manager, Bonita Odeyar, General Manager Julian Stephens, Sales Manager (all from the sponsors, Amadeus Lanka (Pvt) Limited) and Denesh Silva, Vice President/TTSC and tournament co-ordinator. – [LW]