The perfect strike -by Paul Baldacchino during Malta Open

BOWLING RECORDS MTBA members MALTA

Lists of the top performers (MTBA Members/teams) based on the following criteria:
1. OFFICIAL GAMES ONLY from formal events:–Training and informal events not included;
2. Each team/bowler assigned best achievement only within category (Top Performers);
3. Split series not included (eg first 3 of a 6-game series or first 6 of 8 game series).
UPDATED 4.11.2016

Bowlers with a highest official game over 290 (sanctioned events, bowled on a pair of lanes):
300 Dennis Mercieca (2 times) --Division 1
300 Ray Falzon (4 times) -- Division 1/ Industries league/ Doubles
300 Justin Caruana Scicluna (7 times) MO2010/11/15/ Nats2012/WorldGames/Doubles Div1 4/2016
300 Leli Baldacchinno --2006 Doubles league
300 Brian Farrugia -- San Marino MCC 2006
300 Colin Attard --2007 Doubles league
300 Rankin Camillieri  (Thrice)-Div1 Oct15; Doubles April 2008 & June 2013
300 Kenneth Arpa (Twice)- 2008/ Malta Open 2013
300 John Balani -- 2009 Masters (January 2009)
300 Ramon Casha --2009 Div 1 (Nov 2009)
300 Mark Spiteri -2010 (4 times) Malta Open 2012/Istrina/MCC 2015/Doubles2015
300 Matthew Cossai -Gold Cup 2012
300 Paul Baldacchino -Malta Open 2013
300 Neil Sullivan - AMF World Cup 2014
300 Mauro Anastasi (twice) -Malta Open 2015/Div 1 (4/2016)
300 Mark Muscat -Doubles 2015
299 Simon Burke --2007 C'Wealth Qualifier
299 Sue Abela --Nationals 2008/Div1/Doubles 2016
297 Sammy Borg --Gold Cup Tournament 2008
291 Clive Farrugia -XXXXXXXXX.XX1
290 Tiziana Carranante - 2010 MediCup

Bowlers with highest 3 Game Series over 750 (250 avg):
(including 3 game series only, played on one pair of lanes. Any 3 game combination from a larger series or Step Ladder NOT covered here)
825 Mauro Anastasi -Doubles 2014 (279-278-268)
813 KennethArpa -Doubles 2015
813 Mark Spiteri -Doubles 2016 (803 in Dbls 2013)
805 Brian Farrugia --Doubles league 2006
800 Ray Falzon -- Doubles 2006
795 Kenneth Arpa -Doubles 2014 (779 in D1 2012)
792 Sue Abela -Doubles 2016
790 Danial Swift -Div 1, Nov 2010
789 Mark Muscat --doubles League 2008
785 Rankin Camilleri --18 March 2008 Doubles league
772 Paul Baldacchino -21 Oct 2010 Div 1
770 Justin -Doubles 2014
766 Mauro Anastasi - Doubles 2015
765 Dennis Mercieca -- 1998 Div 1
759 Neil Sullivan -Doubles 2014
754 Colin Attard -2003 Div 1

Bowlers with best 6-game series over 1350 (226 avg) 
(including only series designated as a 6-game-series, not as part of a larger series)
1555 Mauro Anastasi - Malta open 2013
1546 Kenneth Arpa –Malta Open 2015 (1521in 2013, 1519 in Trapani 2009)
1525 Justin -Malta Open 2013  (1483 in 2015)
1484 Neil Sullivan -Malta Open 2013
1468 Mark Muscat -MO 2015
1458 Mark Bugeja--Malta Open
1447 Mark Spiteri --Senior Championships 2015
1442 Ray Falzon Reale --Malta open 2007
1444 Rankin Camilleri --Malta Open 2013 
1412 Ryan Grech - Gold Cup 2013
1407 Brian Farrugia -- date? event?
1398 Sue Abela - qualification Senior Open 2016
1397 Philippe Vancell -MO 2015
1369 Melissa Swift -Malta Open 2013
1365 Paul Baldacchino -Malta Senior Open '15
1365 Danial Swift -Malta Open 2015
1365 Paul Gray -Monthly Championships Nov 97

Bowlers with a high 8-game series over 1800 (225 avg):(including only series designated as a 8-game-series)
1933 Kenneth Arpa --AMF WC Qualifier 2007
1910 Steve Calleja-1999 Nationals
1906 Justin Caruana Scicluna --MCC 2009 Qualifier      
1874 Charles Attard -Nationals 1999
1869 Sue Abela -- Cynergi -April 2006
1861 Mauro 2016
1858 Dennis Mercieca -- 2nd March -MC qualifier
1858 Steve Cassar -1999 Nationals
1851 Ray Falzon - 03/04/07 - Nationals 2007
1840 Melissa Anastasi 29/8/97 -World Cup qualifier
1838 Paul Baldachino --3 March 2008 - MCC
1831 Mark Spiteri -- Nationals 2009

Bowlers with best 5-game series over 1150 (230 avg): (including only series designated as a 5-game-series, not as part of a larger series or stepladder)
1182 Neil Sullivan  AMF Wroclaw2014 

Bowlers with best 4-game series over 920 (230 avg): (including only series designated as a 4-game-series, not as part of a larger series or stepladder)
1028 Justin Caruana Scicluna Malta Open 2014  (213-269-259-287)
997 Mauro Anastasi -Malta Open Doubles 2014
988 Rankin -Malta open 2013
939 Mark Spiteri -Malta Open 2008
936 Brian farrugia -Malta Open 2005 (235 247 253 202)
919 Philip Grupetta -Malta Open 2016
917 Kenneth Arpa -Nationals 2005
906 Joanna Attard -Malta Open 2013

Bowlers with 24 game series over 5050:
5345 Justin C.Scicluna SN qualifier 2016 
5294 Sue Abela --2007 MCC qualifier
5242 Brian Farrugia --2009 MCC qualifier
5239 Justin C ScicLuna -2009 MCC qualifier
5170 Kenneth Arpa -2009 ECI 2009 CRETE
5148 Mauro Anastasi -2015 MCC qualifier
5122 Dennis Mercieca --2008 MCC qualifier
5085 Paul Baldacchino -2008 MCC qualifier
5075 Mark Spiteri -2012 MCC qualifier
5074 Neil Sullivan --2009 MCC qualifier

FOUR MAN TEAM:
-4-Man Teams with best Scratch Game over 975:
1017 okmalta.com 14.9.16: Rankin/Dennis/Mauro/Neil
1011 FINA FIRST - 8.1.15:  Sue/Justin/MarkM/Kenneth
991 FINA FIRST -17 Jan 2013: Justin/MarkM/Sue/Kenneth
984 AERCOMMS -16/03/06: Paul Baldacchino/KennethArpa/RayFalzon/Rankin
982 RAMIS --05/02/09: Paul Baldacchino/Dennis/Rankin/Kenneth Arpa
981 FINA FIRST --06/03/08: Sue/Mark Spiteri/Brian Farrugia /Justin
Team Malta-----------
964 TEAM MALTA 2015-MCC: Sue/Tiziana/MarkS/Mauro
931 TEAM MALTA2007-MCC: Sue/Joanna Attard/Mark Spiteri/Brian Farrugia
918 TEAM MALTA2005-MCC: Sue/Lorraine/Mark S/Kenneth
902 TEAM MALTA2008 - MCC: Sue/Titz Carranante/Paul Baldacchino/Dennis Mercieca

-4-man Teams with best Scratch Series over 2650:
2829 RAMIS -21/10/10 Div 1: Paul Baldacchino/Kenneth/John Balani/Rankin
2754 RAMIS -14/10/10 DIV 1: Paul Baldacchino/KennethArpa/Dennis/Rankin
2740 FINA 26.11.15  Div1: Sue/Justin/MarkMuscat/Kenneth
2697 FINA FIRST --09/02/2004: Dennis/Mauro Anastasi/Steve Cassar/Leli Baldacchino
2685 okmalta.com -14.09.2016:  Rankin/Mauro/Dennis/Neil
2684 RAMIS -4/4/13: Div1: Paul Baldacchino/Ray/MarkSpit/Philip
2652 AERCOMMS -16/02/06: -Paul Baldacchino/KennethArpa/RayFalzon/MarkBugeja

FIVE MAN TEAM:
-5-Man Teams with best Scratch Game over 1,025:
1099 -Team Malta EMC2016 Brussels -MarkSpit/Mauro/MarkM/rankin/Kenneth
1035 -Malta Team WMC2008 Bangkok -MarkSpit/BrianFarrugia/Paul Baldacchino/Justin/Kenneth

-5-Man Teams with best 3-game SERIES over 3,000: (includes only series designated as 3-game series)
3042 -Team Malta EMC2016 Brussels -MarkSpit/MarmM/Mauro/Rankin/Kenneth
3005 -Team Malta WMC2008 Bangkok -MarkSpit/Brian Farrugia/Paul Baldacchino/Justin/Kenneth

THREE MAN TEAM (Trios)
-Hi team games over 700:
741 –Team Malta -Trapani 2009 (Kenneth/Justin/Mark S)
712 -Team Malta -Brussels 2016 (Kenneth/Rankin/Kenneth)
Seniors:
681 -Team Malta ESBC 2016 (Paul Baldacchino/Mark Spit/G.Tolu)

-Hi team 6-game series over 4000:
4098 – Team Malta -Trapani 2009 (Kenneth/Justin/Mark S) – GOLD

DOUBLES  -top records per couple (not team name)
-Doubles Scratch Game over 530 (265 avg):
557 -Ray Falzon/MarkSpiteri (Team Ramis) -2013
549 -Kenneth Arpa/Dennis Mercieca -(Team Duwpa) -2007
548 -Mark Muscat/Justin (FINA) 2015
547 -Mark Spiteri/Brian Farrugia -(Team Pin Busters) -2007
542 -Paul Baldacchino/Rankin (Team Camillieri Wines) -2008
536 -Paul Baldacchino/Philip Grupetta (SAPNA) 2013
533 -Mauro/Rankin (okmalta.com) June 2014
531 -Mauro/Neil (Bellcaffe) 04/06/13
Team Malta
520 - TEAM MALTA MCC 2004 Kenneth Arpa/Brian Farrugia
501  -TEAM MALTA World Games Doubles 01/08/13 -Justin/Melissa Swift

-Doubles Scratch Series over 1450:  top records per couple (not team name)
1492 -Mark Spiteri/Brian Farrugia (Pin Busters) -2007
1490 -Mark Spiteri/Ray Falzon (Ramis) -2013
1489 -Kenneth Arpa/Dennis Mercieca (Duwpa) -2006  (1473 in 2014)
1486 -Justin/Mark  (Fina 2015) (1478 in 2015)
1477 -Mauro/Rankin (okmalta) 2014
1466 -Paul Baldacchino/Rankin (Camillieri Wines) -2008


SENIORS RECORDS
-Top 10 official records by MTBA members (after 50th Birthday) 
300 game by bowlers over 50:
Balani John (54)- 2009
Baldacchino Leli (53)- 2006
Baldacchino Paul (51) -Malta Open 2013
Spiteri Mark (50) - Doubles 2015
-Games over 290:
298 Paul Baldacchino -Senior Open 6th Oct 2011
297 Sammy Borg --Gold Cup Tournament 2008

290 Paul Baldacchino -Senior Open 09.10.15

3-game scratch series by Senior Bowlers -over 735 (245avg)
813 -Mark Spiteri -Doubles 2016
792 -Sue Abela -Doubles 2016
756 -Mark Spiteri - Div 1 2016
753 -Dennis Mercieca Div1 2016
745 -Baldacchino Paul -Doubles 12.08.14

6-game scratch series by Senior Bowlers -over 1350 (225 average)
1447 -Spiteri Mark Malta Senior Open 2015
1436 -Spiteri Mark -MTBA Nat Senior Championships 2015
1398 -Sue Abela -Malta Senior Open 2016
1365 -Baldacchino Paul -Malta Senior Open 2015
1354 -Paul Gray -MTBA Senior Championships 2016
1353 -Baldacchino Paul -Italia Senior Open 2011

4-game scratch series by Senior Bowlers -over 860 (215avg)
901 -Mark Spiteri Malta Senior Open 2016 (226-224-226-225)
892 -Cassar Joe -MTBA Autumn Tournament 2014
873 -Baldacchino Paul -Malta Seniors Open 2014 (216-178-233-246)

8-game scratch series by Senior Bowlers -over 1700:
1786 -Dennis -Ranking Event Nov.2015
1758 -Baldacchino Paul -Ranking Event Nov.2015

ESBC Team Malta records:
best Trio game:  681  -2016 G.Tolu/P.Baldacchino/M.Spit
best Trio 6-game series: 3664  -2015 G.Tolu/P.Baldacchino/M.Spit


JUNIORS RECORDS -top performers MTBA members 18 years or under

Games over 260:
289 -Sara(14) Doubles 15/09/15
269 -Justin(15)  DivI 25/08/2005
269 -Rankin(18) Div1 19/5/2006)
268 -Matthew Magro (14) MO 2016
267 -Jurgen Harrington(17)-Bronze Cup 2014
259  -Jonathan Chetcuti(17) -British Junior Open 2014

-3game Series over 675 (225avg):
743 -Sara Xuereb (14) -Doubles 2016
726 -Matthew Magro (14) -Doubles 2016
699- Rankin(18) -Div1 2006
671 -Justin (15) Div 1 Aug 2005

- 6game Series over 1300 (217avg):
1327 - Matthew Magro (14) -MO 2016
1299 -Shawn Montanaro (18) MO 2016
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-Hall of Fame-
Top performances of all time by MTBA members:

All the 3-game series over 800
825 Mauro Anastasi -Doubles league 17/06/14  279-278-268
813 KennethArpa -Doubles 2015
813 Mark Spiteri -Doubles 2016
805 Brian Farrugia --Doubles league 2006
803 Mark Spiteri --Doubles 2013
800 Ray Falzon -- Doubles 2006

All the 6-game series over 1500
1555 Mauro Anastasi - Malta open 2013
1546 Kenneth Arpa –Malta Open 2015
1525 Justin -Malta Open 2013
1521  Kenneth Arpa Malta Open 2013
1519  Kenneth Arpa -Trapani with TEAM MALTA 2009

All the 8-game series over 1900
1933 Kenneth Arpa -AMF WC Qualifier 2007
1910 Steve Calleja  -1999 Nationals
1906 Justin Caruana Scicluna --MCC 2009 Qualifier
1904 Justin Caruana Scicluna (Ranking 2015)
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for information only- UNOFFICIAL 300s by bowlers not in list1: -Not Sanctionable (eg in training)
Mark Bugeja ---Siracusa Pre-tournament practice
Tiziana Carranante - 1.11.10 Training