Day 2 started with a roll off for 16th place. Troy Gaylard must have had his weetbix as he came out all guns firing to hit the front 8 and finish with a nice 254 game, leaving Paul Robinson in 17th.
The top 16 the bowled a further 8 games. Odd lanes were oiled with WTBA Tokyo, even lanes with WTBA Beijing and it showed in the early games! Pinfall from day 1 carried over, and at the completion of stage 2, the field looked like this:
1. Chris Castle 3228
2. Josh Alvisse 3175
3. Ryan Burton 3168
4. Paul White 3128
5. Narelle Baker 3098
6. Andrew Thorpe 3080
7. Steve Eeles 3048
8. Steve Toth 3034
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9. Brien Show-Yin 2931
10. Vi Huynh 2923
11. Barry Wicks 2884
12. Troy Gaylard 2868
13. Amy Farrell 2861
14. Ralph Harford 2854
15. Mario Cordedda 2795
16. Carl Quaremba 2392* (Withdrew after game 6)
Top 8 then played in 2 game elimination matches, with 2 game total deciding the winner.
Quarter Finals
M1 - Chris Castle (396) bt Steve Toth (376)
M2 - Josh Alvisse (428) bt Steve Eeles (297)
M3 - Andrew Thorpe (401) bt Ryan Burton (394)
M4 - Narelle Baker (372) bt Paul White (362)
Semi Finals
M5 - Christ Castle (412) bt Narelle Baker (377)
M6 - Andrew Thorpe (376) bt Josh Alvisse (361)
Final
M7 - Andrew Thorpe (421) bt Chris Castle (406)
Congratulations to our 2010 winner ANDREW THORPE!
A huge thanks to the bowlers for a great weekend. I hope you all have a great festive season and look forward to seeing you all again in the 2011 series.