Bahrain bag more medals

Manama : Bahrain yesterday added further medals in its campaign at the Fifth GCC Women’s Games, being held in Doha, Qatar.
The latest successes saw the table tennis team put in spirited performances to win the team event silver medal and the bowling team event bronze. With three days remaining, Bahrain now have 19 medals (6 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze).
On the third day of the bowling competition, staged at Qatar Bowling Centre, singles event gold medalist Noora Sultan led a four-member team to a third-place finish with pins, as Oman (4,230) topped the standings for gold, while the UAE (3,810) finished second for the silver medal.

Noora Sultan and Layla Janahi also managed high individual scores and qualified for the Masters event, scheduled for today on the concluding day of bowling the bowling competition.
Bahrain Bowling Association president Abdulla Al Dossary, joined by other high-ranking delegation representatives, congratulated the team on the results straight  after the finals.

Elsewhere, Bahrain maintained their solid form in the table tennis championships as the pair of Kaltham Elyasi and Maryam Al A’ali reached the final of the team competition before losing out to Qatari Aya Mahdi and Maha Framzi 1-3, to settle for the silver medal.

In the singles, Elyasi, Al A’ali, Maryam Al Balooshi and Amal Al Nuaimi made it to the finals scheduled for today.
The table tennis championship concludes today with the singles final, to be followed by the prize-presentation ceremony.

In the basketball championship, Bahrain look to regain their winning ways today when they take on the UAE in the second leg’s first game in this three-team round robin battle. A win will keep alive the Bahraini team chances for the competition’s gold medal.
The handball, volleyball, taekwondo, fencing and shooting teams have already returned home after some impressive performances at the games.