Maria Bulanova (center) and Alexey Fedin (left), both from team Alliance from Nizny Novgorod and both coached by Sergey Starchenkov (right), emerged as women's and men's champions in the Russian National Championships which were held from November 28-30 at 32-lane Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. The center hosted the 49th QubicaAMF World Cup in 2013.

41 men and 19 women qualified from 13 regions in Russia for the three-day event which featured two different oil pattern. All players rolled two blocks of six games after which the field was cut to the top 24 men and top 12 women.

The top 8 in each division after six games scratch advanced to seven games of round robin match play (20 bonus for each win, 10 for a tie) with the six-game total of Round 2 carrying over.

16-year-old Bulanova, who became the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title when she captured the title in the 2013 Russian Open at the tender age of 14 averaged 229.23 for 13 games and won all but one match in round robin to cruise to the title with 3100 total including 120 bonus pins.

In the fifth game of match play, Bulanova rolled the lone 300 game of the Championships and the first perfecto in her career.

Ksenia Apaniakina of Moscow was 182 pins behind to take the silver medal with 2918 (216 average). Bronze went to Kristina Ushakova of Altay county, who was further 111 pins behind with 2807.

Bulanova outaveraged men's champion Fedin by almost 15 pins. Fedin, who barely made the cut to the match play round, posted the field-best 1554 series, 222.43 average, and compiled a 5-2 won-lost record to jump from eighth to first place with 2892 total and an overall average of 214.77.

Eugeny Mineev of Altay county finished in second place to earn the silver medal with 2850 including 100 bonus pins. Ilya Tsarenko of Moscow was mere seven pins behind to take the bronze medal with 2843 including 80 bonus pins.

The photo shows the top 3 men and women on the podium. Photos courtesy of Max Bulanov.

 

Women's Division - Standings after Round Robin Match Play (final)

Pos	Player	Region	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	Pins	Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Maria Bulanova	Nizhny Novgorod	1294	221	223	253	227	300	259	203	1686	120	3100	229.23
2.	Ksenia Apaniakina	Moscow	1283	197	235	203	233	202	234	221	1525	110	2918	216.00
3.	Kristina Ushakova	Altay county	1294	278	191	158	197	202	235	202	1463	50	2807	212.08
4.	Marina Kravchenko	Novosibirsk	1348	193	162	200	227	213	182	242	1419	20	2787	212.85
5.	Maria Koshel	Nizhny Novgorod	1179	209	228	267	238	193	196	174	1505	100	2784	206.46
6.	Eugenia Zelenkova	Ekaterinburg	1205	199	199	206	236	203	215	235	1493	60	2758	207.54
7.	Nadezhda Korablinova	Moscow	1303	221	194	205	195	186	206	201	1408	40	2751	208.54
8.	Ksenia Kulikova	Moscow	1215	193	209	198	233	192	162	181	1368	60	2643	198.69

 

Men's Division - Standings after Round Robin Match Play (final)

Pos	Player	Region	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	Pins	Bonus	Total	Avg.
1.	Alexey Fedin	Nizhny Novgorod	1238	247	239	193	191	236	212	236	1554	100	2892	214.77
2.	Eugeny Mineev	Altay county	1279	236	226	235	189	197	187	201	1471	100	2850	211.54
3.	Ilya Tsarenko	Moscow	1352	171	246	137	254	191	202	210	1411	80	2843	212.54
4.	Mikhail Belenky	Irkutsk	1302	243	228	214	189	178	200	211	1463	60	2825	212.69
5.	Leonid Usov	Irkutsk	1271	175	203	236	244	211	196	200	1465	60	2796	210.46
6.	Roman Starchenkov	Nizhny Novgorod	1251	191	173	213	228	221	191	210	1427	80	2758	206.00
7.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Krasnodar	1296	167	215	233	154	205	199	193	1366	20	2682	204.77
8.	Vadim Badin	Altay county	1268	179	201	193	177	213	215	168	1346	60	2674	201.08

 

Women's Division - Standings after Round Two

Top 8 advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Player	Region	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Marina Kravchenko	Novosibirsk	168	207	233	268	244	228	1348	224.67
2.	Nadezhda Korablinova	Moscow	260	205	208	215	217	198	1303	217.17
3.	Kristina Ushakova	Altay county	231	247	188	175	229	224	1294	215.67
4.	Maria Bulanova	Nizhny Novgorod	225	194	214	256	203	202	1294	215.67
5.	Ksenia Apaniakina	Moscow	212	156	191	289	222	213	1283	213.83
6.	Ksenia Kulikova	Moscow	192	163	234	182	224	220	1215	202.50
7.	Eugenia Zelenkova	Ekaterinburg	175	177	277	165	210	201	1205	200.83
8.	Maria Koshel	Nizhny Novgorod	191	188	201	213	186	200	1179	196.50
9.	Tatiana Stepanova	Moscow	198	194	175	214	205	186	1172	195.33
10.	Elena Sazonova	Nizhny Novgorod	194	194	212	190	171	208	1169	194.83
11.	Ksenia Smotrova	Nizhny Novgorod	221	190	176	177	138	195	1097	182.83
12.	Tatiana Sheshenya	Krasnoyarsk	193	156	146	182	173	168	1018	169.67

 

Men's Division - Standings after Round Two

Top 8 advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Player	Region	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Ilya Tsarenko	Moscow	219	222	220	279	212	200	1352	225.33
2.	Mikhail Belenky	Irkutsk	169	222	226	267	213	205	1302	217.00
3.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Krasnodar	266	212	212	205	219	182	1296	216.00
4.	Eugeny Mineev	Altay county	206	203	196	227	223	224	1279	213.17
5.	Leonid Usov	Irkutsk	221	212	200	223	202	213	1271	211.83
6.	Vadim Badin	Altay county	185	227	239	215	209	193	1268	211.33
7.	Roman Starchenkov	Nizhny Novgorod	201	213	175	235	221	206	1251	208.50
8.	Alexey Fedin	Nizhny Novgorod	170	174	213	209	234	238	1238	206.33
9.	Maxim Zhidkih	Altay county	212	214	220	233	176	178	1233	205.50
10.	Alexey Blashkovsky	Kemerov	233	198	199	197	187	213	1227	204.50
11.	Sergey Dmitriev	Irkutsk	213	200	199	203	215	191	1221	203.50
12.	Oleg Koshelev	Moscow	238	214	173	203	212	170	1210	201.67
13.	Maxim Khomudiarov	Krasnoyarsk	176	224	177	230	187	194	1188	198.00
14.	Sergey Isaev	Nizhny Novgorod	172	154	249	187	223	200	1185	197.50
15.	Anton Zelenkov	Altay county	166	229	192	252	163	182	1184	197.33
16.	Dmitry Danilin	Moscow	197	223	145	216	238	164	1183	197.17
17.	Vladimir Potorochin	Novosibirsk	208	192	228	184	169	201	1182	197.00
18.	Alexander Teryaev	Moscow	176	245	204	191	168	189	1173	195.50
19.	Anton Krasnoshtanov	Irkutsk	192	199	180	210	183	202	1166	194.33
20.	Vladislav Sitnikov	Altay county	214	183	178	177	185	216	1153	192.17
21.	Alexander Mashukov	Irkutsk	233	181	178	183	171	193	1139	189.83
22.	Vladimir Dar'enko	Krasnoyarsk	200	224	164	184	174	171	1117	186.17
23.	Anton Pronchev	Moscow	157	166	160	199	169	235	1086	181.00
24.	Alexey Drozhbin	Moscow	210	191	211	161	139	156	1068	178.00

 

Women's Division - Standings after Round One

Top 12 advance to the second round.

Pos	Player	Region	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Average
1.	Maria Bulanova	Nizhny Novgorod	1331	1349	2680	223.33
2.	Nadezhda Korablinova	Moscow	1400	1201	2601	216.75
3.	Ksenia Apaniakina	Moscow	1440	1150	2590	215.83
4.	Eugenia Zelenkova	Ekaterinburg	1276	1223	2499	208.25
5.	Kristina Ushakova	Altay county	1163	1313	2476	206.33
6.	Ksenia Kulikova	Moscow	1171	1239	2410	200.83
7.	Elena Sazonova	Nizhny Novgorod	1144	1207	2351	195.92
8.	Tatiana Stepanova	Moscow	1213	1131	2344	195.33
9.	Marina Kravchenko	Novosibirsk	1166	1174	2340	195.00
10.	Maria Koshel	Nizhny Novgorod	1127	1158	2285	190.42
11.	Tatiana Sheshenya	Krasnoyarsk	1105	1105	2210	184.17
12.	Ksenia Smotrova	Nizhny Novgorod	1098	1094	2192	182.67
13.	Varvara Gryaznova	Moscow	1123	1064	2187	182.25
14.	Natalia Nevostrueva	Novosibirsk	1091	1089	2180	181.67
15.	Tatiana Tsukanova	Krasnoyarsk	1033	1132	2165	180.42
16.	Daria Kolomenskaya	Altay county	1148	1000	2148	179.00
17.	Khamidullina Guzel	Tatarstan	1073	1036	2109	175.75
18.	Anna Motruk	Novosibirsk	974	1089	2063	171.92
19.	Natalia Badina	Altay county	1039	981	2020	168.33

 

Men's Division - Standings after Round One

Top 24 advance to the second round.

Pos	Player	Region	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Average
1.	Anton Pronchev	Moscow	1224	1385	2609	217.42
2.	Sergey Isaev	Nizhny Novgorod	1244	1334	2578	214.83
3.	Alexey Fedin	Nizhny Novgorod	1359	1202	2561	213.42
4.	Roman Starchenkov	Nizhny Novgorod	1279	1261	2540	211.67
5.	Vladimir Potorochin	Novosibirsk	1280	1252	2532	211.00
6.	Eugeny Mineev	Altay county	1313	1208	2521	210.08
7.	Anton Zelenkov	Altay county	1326	1145	2471	205.92
8.	Mikhail Belenky	Irkutsk	1242	1200	2442	203.50
9.	Vladimir Dar'enko	Krasnoyarsk	1221	1201	2422	201.83
10.	Alexey Blashkovsky	Kemerov	1205	1217	2422	201.83
11.	Alexander Mashukov	Irkutsk	1183	1233	2416	201.33
12.	Leonid Usov	Irkutsk	1143	1262	2405	200.42
13.	Vadim Badin	Altay county	1181	1224	2405	200.42
14.	Maxim Zhidkih	Altay county	1200	1203	2403	200.25
15.	Ilya Tsarenko	Moscow	1188	1212	2400	200.00
16.	Anton Krasnoshtanov	Irkutsk	1165	1223	2388	199.00
17.	Dmitry Danilin	Moscow	1297	1085	2382	198.50
18.	Sergey Dmitriev	Irkutsk	1146	1235	2381	198.42
19.	Oleg Koshelev	Moscow	1181	1195	2376	198.00
20.	Vladislav Sitnikov	Altay county	1191	1177	2368	197.33
21.	Maxim Khomudiarov	Krasnoyarsk	1234	1093	2327	193.92
22.	Alexey Drozhbin	Moscow	1168	1154	2322	193.50
23.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Krasnodar	1172	1147	2319	193.25
24.	Alexander Teryaev	Moscow	1202	1112	2314	192.83
25.	Artemy Filatov	Altay county	1201	1112	2313	192.75
26.	Sergey Martynov	Omsk	1128	1185	2313	192.75
27.	Yury Murav'ev	Kemerov	1178	1129	2307	192.25
28.	Alexey Stepin	Moscow	1058	1232	2290	190.83
29.	Dmitry Polonsky	Khabarovsk	1091	1160	2251	187.58
30.	Igor Gubov	Krasnoyarsk	1105	1129	2234	186.17
31.	Alexander Voronezhsky	Khabarovsk	1052	1166	2218	184.83
32.	Oleg Sidorov	Kemerov	1144	1057	2201	183.42
33.	Valery Eysner	Krasnoyarsk	1064	1118	2182	181.83
34.	Konstantin Kalinin	Tatarstan	1152	1028	2180	181.67
35.	Sergey Timokhin	Krasnoyarsk	1116	1063	2179	181.58
36.	Vladislav Brazhnikov	Kemerov	1085	1079	2164	180.33
37.	Vladimir Nevostruev	Novosibirsk	1171	979	2150	179.17
38.	Yury Gryazin	Novosibirsk	1137	1004	2141	178.42
39.	Eugeny Glazunov	Altay county	1019	1095	2114	176.17
40.	Alexander Opolev	Khanty-Mansiysk - Yugra	1060	959	2019	168.25
41.	Dmitry Opolev	Khanty-Mansiysk - Yugra	987	1021	2008	167.33