Katrien Goossens, Brabo bowling club, and Olivier Leroy, Cordial bowling club, won the finals of the Bowling World Cup Belgium National Championships last Sunday at Bowling Stones Wemmel in Belgium.

They will represent Belgium at the 45th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from November 14 through 21 at Melaka International Bowling Center, a new 52-laner inside the Melaka International Trade Center in Melaka, Malaysia.

The Belgian Bowling World Cup National Championships consisted of two six-game qualifying series at Cordial Bowling Jumet (May 10th) and Bowlmaster Bowling Bruxelles (May 24th) with the top 6 women and the top 8 men advancing to the round robin finals at Bowling Stones Wemmel (June 28th).

Goossens (left) led from wire to wire averaging over 220 in the women's preliminaries and cruised to the title with 3706 pinfall total including 90 pins bonus. Goossens topped second-place Catherine Durieux (3572) and third-place Christine Van Boom (3541) by 134 and 165 pins.

Four players battled it out for the men's title, Leroy (right), who posted one of two 300 games to lead the field after the first block (Frederic Salmon had the other); Mats Maggi, who overtook Leroy after 12 games thanks to a 1523 six-game block; as well as Marc Franveus and Jean-Marc Lebon, who were in third and fourth place heading into the finals.

Leroy started the 7-game round robin portion with a 277-game and maintained a slim 7 pin-lead over Lebon after 19 games winning the title with 4653 pinfall total and a field-best 237.53 average. Lebon was second with 4646, with Franveus another 8 pins behind in third with 4638 and Maggi fourth with 4571.

 

Finals - Bowling Stones Wemmel (June 28, 2009)

Women's Division

Pos	Player	B/F	G13	G14	G15	G16	G17	Pins	Bonus	Round Robin	Total	Average
1.	Katrien Goosssens	2649	203	170	193	203	198	967	90	1057	3706	212.71
2.	Catherine Durieux	2560	214	151	221	173	183	942	70	1012	3572	206.00
3.	Christine Van Boom	2649	146	175	163	203	180	867	25	892	3541	206.82
4.	Carolin Witvrouwen	2512	189	172	182	164	196	903	20	923	3435	200.88
5.	Kaat Vanden Driessche	2322	192	200	177	158	248	975	60	1035	3357	193.94
6.	Nadia Ledent	2270	192	203	182	176	214	967	80	1047	3317	190.41

 

Men's Division

Pos	Player	B/F	G13	G14	G15	G16	G17	G18	G19	Pins	Bonus	Round Robin	Total	Average
1.	Olivier Leroy	2925	277	212	267	220	237	173	202	1588	140	1728	4653	237.53
2.	Jean-Marc Lebon	2864	213	219	266	269	221	230	219	1637	145	1782	4646	236.89
3.	Marc Francus	2888	216	264	226	208	180	273	243	1610	140	1750	4638	236.74
4.	Mats Maggi	3012	248	175	207	225	253	189	197	1494	65	1559	4571	237.16
5.	Jimmy Ravez	2714	195	238	219	248	216	266	201	1583	105	1688	4402	226.16
6.	Michael Coussens	2730	211	221	200	194	204	228	199	1457	85	1542	4272	220.37
7.	Olivier Braine	2722	175	238	225	210	218	171	205	1442	55	1497	4219	219.16
8.	Jonathan Cools	2716	191	164	210	199	232	201	225	1422	80	1502	4218	217.79

 

Second Block - Bowlmaster Bowling in Bruxelles (May 24, 2009)

Women's Division

Pos	Player	Block 1	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Block 2	Average	Total	Average
1.	Katrien Goossens	1335	223	214	218	248	198	213	1314	219.00	2649	220.75
2.	Christine Van Boom	1257	243	278	229	277	189	226	1392	232.00	2649	220.75
3.	Catherine Durieux	1273	210	192	235	248	231	171	1287	214.50	2560	213.33
4.	Carolin Witrvouwen	1122	236	258	186	238	258	214	1390	231.67	2512	209.33
5.	Kaat Vanden Driessche	1050	168	235	176	219	228	246	1272	212.00	2322	193.50
6.	Nadia Ledent	1141	182	181	236	148	214	168	1129	188.17	2270	189.17
7.	Nancy Gysemberg	1164	195	136	237	202	137	175	1082	180.33	2246	187.17
8.	Sandrine Peelman	977	168	169	239	184	243	188	1191	198.50	2168	180.67

 

Men's Division

Pos	Player	Block 1	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Block 2	Average	Total	Average
1.	Mats Maggi	1489	236	237	268	255	259	268	1523	253.83	3012	251.00
2.	Olivier Leroy	1513	206	212	244	236	257	257	1412	235.33	2925	243.75
3.	Marc Franveus	1445	257	215	245	256	223	247	1443	240.50	2888	240.67
4.	Jean-Marc Lebon	1476	218	213	268	236	215	238	1388	231.33	2864	238.67
5.	Michael Coussens	1408	224	246	246	182	190	234	1322	220.33	2730	227.50
6.	Olivier Braine	1382	279	185	198	226	204	248	1340	223.33	2722	226.83
7.	Jonathan Cools	1295	212	237	256	279	212	225	1421	236.83	2716	226.33
8.	Jimmy Ravez	1384	257	220	224	213	215	201	1330	221.67	2714	226.17
9.	Gaetan Van Damme	1348	206	199	265	243	207	227	1347	224.50	2695	224.58
10.	Nico Joris	1410	213	187	181	244	201	257	1283	213.83	2693	224.42
11.	Jelle Kemps	1309	244	256	208	243	279	154	1384	230.67	2693	224.42
12.	Frederic Salmon	1337	265	247	216	190	197	238	1353	225.50	2690	224.17

 

First Block - Cordial Bowling in Jumet (May 10, 2009)

Women's Division

Pos	Player	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Block 1	Average
1.	Katrien Goossens	259	216	234	204	225	197	1335	222.50
2.	Catherine Durieux	244	191	213	197	213	215	1273	212.17
3.	Christine Van Boom	236	195	226	192	217	191	1257	209.50
4.	Nancy Gysemberg	209	202	194	236	157	166	1164	194.00
5.	Nadia Ledent	201	172	179	195	214	180	1141	190.17
6.	Carolin Witrvouwen	183	225	195	164	180	175	1122	187.00
7.	Kaat Vanden Driessche	179	166	171	179	174	181	1050	175.00
8.	Sandrine Peelman	168	191	155	121	163	179	977	162.83

 

Men's Division

Pos	Player	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Block 1	Average
1.	Olivier Leroy	227	226	238	226	256	300	1513	252.17
2.	Mats Maggi	234	247	278	237	258	235	1489	248.17
3.	Jean-Marc Lebon	218	279	230	268	234	247	1476	246.00
4.	Marc Franveus	205	279	216	259	226	260	1445	240.83
5.	Nico Joris	247	198	278	237	228	222	1410	235.00
6.	Michael Coussens	236	259	237	203	225	248	1408	234.67
7.	Yves Van Eyken	236	258	235	225	233	213	1400	233.33
8.	Jimmy Ravez	235	230	228	214	259	218	1384	230.67
9.	Olivier Braine	200	279	234	257	219	199	1382	230.33
10.	Gaetan Van Damme	223	279	255	215	186	187	1348	224.67
11.	Frederic Salmon	193	183	226	222	300	213	1337	222.83
12.	Frederic Parmentier	218	235	235	213	224	205	1330	221.67