WTBA adds 1st Abu Dhabi World Bowling Tour Tournament to 2014 WBT schedule
The 2013 World Bowling Tour consists of 14 tournaments in America, Arabia, Asia, and Europe. Players earn ranking points based on how they finish in each event. The top three men and top three women will be invited to compete in the World Bowling Tour Finals, which will be held in conjunction with the PBA World Series of Bowling V from Friday, October 25 thru Sunday, November 3, 2013 at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Missy Parkin continues to lead women's point list after seven events in 2013
Finland's Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and the United States' Missy Parkin (r.) lead the World Tenpin Bowling Association World Bowling Tour points list after seven events on the 2013 schedule. In the two most recent events, Koivuniemi picked up 40 points for a second-place finish at the Kuwait Open and earned eight points at the 10th Brunswick Euro Challenge in Munich, Germany. He leads the men's field with 476 total points.
Players with country, ranking points earned in 2011, 2012 and 2013, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The 2013 World Bowling Tour, which actually includes two events from late 2012, features five major events including double ranking points and two events which are exclusively for women. The top 50 men and women earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle. The top 3 men and top 3 women will qualify for the World Bowling Tour finals at the end of 2013.
Players with country, ranking points earned in 2011, 2012 and 2013, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The 2013 World Bowling Tour, which actually includes two events from late 2012, features five major events including double ranking points and two events which are exclusively for women. The top 50 men and women earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle. The top 3 men and top 3 women will qualify for the World Bowling Tour finals at the end of 2013.
PBA Touring pro earns berth in next week's PBA Tournament of Champions
PBA Touring pro Ronnie Russell, United States, defeated James Gruffman of Sweden, in the championship match of the 10th Brunswick Euro Challenge, 224-210, to claim the title and the 15.000 Euro top prize. Russell, who secured the No. 1 seed for the three-player stepladder finals with a 279 last game in the match play round, earned his first European Bowling Tour title, his first World Bowling Tour title and, due to an agreement between the PBA and the WTBA, his first career PBA international title.
Reigning PBA Player of the Year captures his sixth career PBA title
Reigning PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash (l.) of Montgomery, Ill., USA, defeated Mika Koivuniemi (r.), Finland, 234-201, in the title match of the World Bowling Tour's 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 to win the PBA International title and the $25,000 top prize. Rash, who won his sixth career PBA title, Rash struck eight times and took advantage of a big split by Koivuniemi
in the 10th frame to seal the victory. Koivuniemi was consoled with $12,000.
WTBA announces addition of It's Daejeon International Open to WBT schedule
Team USA members Mike Fagan (l.) and Missy Parkin (r.) lead the WTBA World Bowling Tour points list after the recently concluded USBC Masters. The World Bowling Tour is made up of various events around the world and players earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so points include some events from 2011 and all events from 2012.
The Japan Bowling Congress has released four new High Definition videos featuring the highlights of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. The preliminaries of the World Bowling Tour event were held at the world's biggest bowling center, 116-lane Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan, while the Trios Shootout and the Men's and Women's TV Finals were staged on temporary lanes in an arena-style setting at Inazawa Futsal (Indoor Football) Stadium.
Claims his 14th career PBA title, the third in Japan, and takes home six million Yen
In a title match between two PBA Player of the Year, Tommy Jones (l.) defeated Sean Rash, 209-204, to defend his title in the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to win the six million Yen top prize. It was the 14th career PBA title, the fourth in Japan, and another big payday for Jones, who earned the PBA Player of the Year Award for 2005-06 after leading the Tour with $301,700, the third-highest single season earnings of all-time.
Shayna Ng of Singapore defeated Kelly Kulick of the United States, 248-201, in the final showdown of the arena-style Eliminator finals at Inazawa Futsal Stadium in Inazawa City, Japan, to win the women's title and six million Yen of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. It was the second consecutive victory in the IBC for a Singaporean women after Ng's team mate on the national team, Cherie Tan, has won the 2012 event.
The best three local bowlers and the best three international bowlers outside the top five in the International Bowling Championships 2013 qualified for a Trios shoot-out in Baker format Saturday morning at Inazawa Futsal Stadium. The Japanese women beat the international team for the second year in the row, 204-170. The international men took revenge defeating the Japanese, 245-193. The winners split 200,000 Yen, while the second-place team received 100,000 Yen.
American, Singaporean lead top 5 men and top 5 women into the TV Eliminator Finals Saturday at noon and 3 p.m. JST at Inazawa Futsal Stadium
Defending men's champion Tommy Jones (USA) and Shayna Ng (SIN) led the Round of 24 semifinals of the International Bowling Championships 2013 to lead the top five players into Saturday's TV Eliminator Finals. Joining Jones in the men's finals are Rafiq Ismail (MAS), Chris Barnes (USA), Hiroki Suzuki (JPN) and Sean Rash (USA). Ng meets Liz Johnson (USA), Zandra Aziela (MAS), Kelly Kulick (USA) and Miki Nishimura (JPN), who was seeded fifth as no local women finished in the top 5.
Guam's Jay Leon Guerrero defeats Fumihiro Yoshida, Japan, in roloff for 24th place in the men's division; Friday's semifinals will trim the field to the top 5 men and women, who advance to the TV Eliminator Finals Saturday at Inazawa Futsal Stadium
Shigeo Saito (l.) of Japan and Shayna Ng (r.) of Singapore finished Round One of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC atop the men's and women's leaderboard en route to lead the top 24 women and the top 24 men into the semifinals Friday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan. Guam's Jay Leon Guerrero defeated Fumihiro Yoshida of Japan in roll-off for 24th place in the men's division, 225-209.
Malaysia's Zandra Aziela (722) and Japan's Shigeo Saito (755) led the second block; Minoru Sendan misses the sixth 300 game by one pin; with the three games to go, the men's and women's cut for 24th place is 1335 (222.50) and 1327 (221.17), respectively
Ryan Ciminelli (l.), United States, and Shayna Ng (r.), Singapore, continued to lead Round One at the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. Ng added a 716 series to her 792 first-block set to hold on to the lead in the women's division with 1508 total and an average of 251.33 for six games. Ciminelli has 1479 (246.50) and maintained a 13-pin buffer over defending champion Tommy Jones.
After three events on the 2013 WTBA World Bowling Tour, Finland's Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and the United States' Kelly Kulick (r.) lead the rolling two-year point ranking list. The WBT is made up of various events around the world and players earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so points include some events from 2011 and all events from 2012 and 2013.
USA's Liz Johnson and Ciminelli roll the fourth and fifth 300 game of the International Bowling Championships worth 50.000 Yen or 625 Dollar
Shayna Ng (l.t) of Singapore and USA's Ryan Ciminelli (r.) took the early lead in the International Bowling Championships 2013 after the first block of Round One Thursday at 116-lane Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan. Ng rolled games of 267, 246 and 279 to lead the 95 women with 792 (264 average), while Ciminelli had 226, 300 and 269 to take the pole in the 136-player men's division with 795 (265 average).
Korean, Singaporean lead the top 36 men and the top 24 women into the main event Jan. 17-19 at Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan; World Bowling Tour "major" offers total prize fund of 30 million Yen (approx. USD375,000)
Song Young-Seok (l.) of Korea and Singapore's Amanda Ng (r.) won the international qualifying of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to lead the top 36 men and the top 24 women into the main event which starts Thursday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Japan. The IBC is the fourth event on the 2013 World Bowling Tour and offers total prize fund of 30 million Yen.
With six of eight qualifying squads completed, the cut for 36th place in the men's division is now 590 (196.67 average); cut for 24th place in the women's division is 682 (227.33)
Singapore's Amanda Ng (l.) and Yang Tae-Seon (r.) of Korea and continued to lead the men's and women's international qualifying at the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. With six out of eight qualifying squads completed, Yang held on to the lead in the men's division with 792 three-game total (264 avg.). Ng remained unchallenged atop the women's division with 817 (272.33), the highest series of all 74 qualifiers.
KPBA professional uses third 300 game of the tournament for 792 series; Ng rolls 817 in Squad 4 to become the first player who cracked the 800-bar
Korea's Yang Tae-Seon (l.) and Amanda Ng (r.) of Singapore took over the lead as the international qualifying of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC has reached the halfway point. Yang, 51, a member of the Korea Professional Bowlers Association, used a 300 game to help grab the lead in the men's division with 792 (264 average). Ng leads the women's division with 817 total and an
average of 272.33.
Malaysians sets the pace in the women's and men's division after two of eight squads with 790 and 775 three-game series
Shalin Zulkifli (l.) of Malaysia started the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC with a bang rolling the first 300 game of the tournament in the first game of the first squad to finish the first day of the women's qualifying atop the leaderboard with 790 (263.33). On the men's side Alex Liew (r.), Malaysia, fired the second perfecto of the day to overtake the lead in the men's qualifying with 775 total (258.33).
The 2013 World Bowling Tour consists of 14 tournaments in America, Arabia, Asia, and Europe. Players earn ranking points based on how they finish in each event. The top three men and top three women will be invited to compete in the World Bowling Tour Finals, which will be held in conjunction with the PBA World Series of Bowling V from Friday, October 25 thru Sunday, November 3, 2013 at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Finland's Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and the United States' Missy Parkin (r.) lead the World Tenpin Bowling Association World Bowling Tour points list after seven events on the 2013 schedule. In the two most recent events, Koivuniemi picked up 40 points for a second-place finish at the Kuwait Open and earned eight points at the 10th Brunswick Euro Challenge in Munich, Germany. He leads the men's field with 476 total points.
PBA Touring pro Ronnie Russell, United States, defeated James Gruffman of Sweden, in the championship match of the 10th Brunswick Euro Challenge, 224-210, to claim the title and the 15.000 Euro top prize. Russell, who secured the No. 1 seed for the three-player stepladder finals with a 279 last game in the match play round, earned his first European Bowling Tour title, his first World Bowling Tour title and, due to an agreement between the PBA and the WTBA, his first career PBA international title.
Reigning PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash (l.) of Montgomery, Ill., USA, defeated Mika Koivuniemi (r.), Finland, 234-201, in the title match of the World Bowling Tour's 10th Kuwait International Open 2013 to win the PBA International title and the $25,000 top prize. Rash, who won his sixth career PBA title, Rash struck eight times and took advantage of a big split by Koivuniemi
in the 10th frame to seal the victory. Koivuniemi was consoled with $12,000.
Team USA members Mike Fagan (l.) and Missy Parkin (r.) lead the WTBA World Bowling Tour points list after the recently concluded USBC Masters. The World Bowling Tour is made up of various events around the world and players earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so points include some events from 2011 and all events from 2012.
The Japan Bowling Congress has released four new High Definition videos featuring the highlights of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. The preliminaries of the World Bowling Tour event were held at the world's biggest bowling center, 116-lane Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan, while the Trios Shootout and the Men's and Women's TV Finals were staged on temporary lanes in an arena-style setting at Inazawa Futsal (Indoor Football) Stadium.
In a title match between two PBA Player of the Year, Tommy Jones (l.) defeated Sean Rash, 209-204, to defend his title in the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to win the six million Yen top prize. It was the 14th career PBA title, the fourth in Japan, and another big payday for Jones, who earned the PBA Player of the Year Award for 2005-06 after leading the Tour with $301,700, the third-highest single season earnings of all-time.
Shayna Ng of Singapore defeated Kelly Kulick of the United States, 248-201, in the final showdown of the arena-style Eliminator finals at Inazawa Futsal Stadium in Inazawa City, Japan, to win the women's title and six million Yen of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. It was the second consecutive victory in the IBC for a Singaporean women after Ng's team mate on the national team, Cherie Tan, has won the 2012 event.
Defending men's champion Tommy Jones (USA) and Shayna Ng (SIN) led the Round of 24 semifinals of the International Bowling Championships 2013 to lead the top five players into Saturday's TV Eliminator Finals. Joining Jones in the men's finals are Rafiq Ismail (MAS), Chris Barnes (USA), Hiroki Suzuki (JPN) and Sean Rash (USA). Ng meets Liz Johnson (USA), Zandra Aziela (MAS), Kelly Kulick (USA) and Miki Nishimura (JPN), who was seeded fifth as no local women finished in the top 5.
Shigeo Saito (l.) of Japan and Shayna Ng (r.) of Singapore finished Round One of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC atop the men's and women's leaderboard en route to lead the top 24 women and the top 24 men into the semifinals Friday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan. Guam's Jay Leon Guerrero defeated Fumihiro Yoshida of Japan in roll-off for 24th place in the men's division, 225-209.
After three events on the 2013 WTBA World Bowling Tour, Finland's Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and the United States' Kelly Kulick (r.) lead the rolling two-year point ranking list. The WBT is made up of various events around the world and players earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so points include some events from 2011 and all events from 2012 and 2013.
Song Young-Seok (l.) of Korea and Singapore's Amanda Ng (r.) won the international qualifying of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to lead the top 36 men and the top 24 women into the main event which starts Thursday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Japan. The IBC is the fourth event on the 2013 World Bowling Tour and offers total prize fund of 30 million Yen.
Shalin Zulkifli (l.) of Malaysia started the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC with a bang rolling the first 300 game of the tournament in the first game of the first squad to finish the first day of the women's qualifying atop the leaderboard with 790 (263.33). On the men's side Alex Liew (r.), Malaysia, fired the second perfecto of the day to overtake the lead in the men's qualifying with 775 total (258.33).