Horsham's Sophie Martin performed stunningly at the inaugural World Junior Bowling Championships in Paris this week.
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Martin finished 10th overall against 47 of the best junior tenpin bowlers in the world, only narrowly missing out on making it through to the semi-finals.
The result suggests Martin is the tenth-best junior female bowler in the world.
Martin bowled six rounds at the tournament with an average of 219.33.
She started the tournament somewhat nervously with a score of 198 in the first game, just above the tournament average of 197.
But she hit her stride in the next two games, bowling 231 and 251 in the second and third rounds.
The latter score was the third-best score in round three.
Martin finished the final three rounds of the tournament with scores of 221, 198 and 215 for a total of 1316.
Martin finished 58 behind fourth place.
The top four competitors made it through to the tournament semi-finals.
Martin was the highest-finishing Australian across the entire tournament.