09/09/07
2007 WWC
Asbaty ends 2nd Women's World Championships by winning her second Masters title
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
10-time Team USA member Diandra Asbaty (left) won her second World Championship Masters title after 2003 when she defeated Jazreel Tan from Singapore, three-games-to-two to end the Women's World Championships at Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico. Picture Lucas Wiseman.Tan, seeded 7th, decided to start on the short-oil pattern and won the first two games on this pattern. Asbaty, however, leveled the match twice when she won the second and fourth game on the long-oil pattern.
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09/08/07
2007 WWC
Asbaty targets second Masters title at Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
2003 Masters champion Diandra Asbaty, United States, ousted All Events champion and No. 1 seed, Choi Jin A, Korea, three-games-to-one, Friday in the Quarterfinal at Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico. The 10-time Team USA member, who won her second World Ranking Masters title earlier this year, bowled four games over 200 and was only defeated in game #3, when the Korean fired a 279 game.
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09/07/07
2007 WWC
Tennelle Milligan is the first player to advance to the Masters Quarterfinals
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
Team USA's Tennelle Milligan was the sole player in the first round of the Masters finals at the Women's World Championships in Mexico, who swept her opponent to advance to the quarterfinals at Bol Obispado in Monterrey. The All Events silver medalist, seeded second, defeated Trios champion Malin Glendert, Sweden, three-game-to-none in the single-elimination best-of-five match play format.
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09/07/07
2007 WWC
Choi Jin A sets championship record to claim the gold medal in All Events at Women's World Championships
Top 16 women in All Events advance to Masters finals
Despite rolling her lowest six-game series in the 2nd Women's World Championships, Choi Jin A from Korea, broke the championship record for 24 games en route to secure the gold medal in All Events (individual totals from Doubles, Trios, Team and Singles) at Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico. The Korean averaged 221.50 over 24 games and felled 5,316 pins. England's Zara Glover set the previous record when she won the All Events title in 2003 in Malaysia with 5,286.
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09/07/07
2007 WWC
O'Keefe rolls to singles gold at Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
As the final squad of singles came to a close Thursday at the 2007 World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships, Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe of Rochester, N.Y., sat nervously waiting in the stands to hear if she would hold on to win the gold medal.As the news got to her that she indeed had become just the second American woman in World Championships history to win the singles gold, O'Keefe gasped for air, threw her hands into her face and began crying.
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09/07/07
2007 WWC
Same pants to world glory By Rajes Paul
Republished courtesy of The Star Online, Malaysia (Sep. 7, 2007)
The national women bowlers did not change their new bowling pants for three days but it was worth it when they emerged as the world's best team on Wednesday in Monterrey, Mexico.
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09/07/07
2007 WWC
Malaysia tops Team USA by seven pins to win team gold at Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
Trailing the leaders by nearly 230 pins heading into the final Round of team event, Team USA made a furious comeback Wednesday and settled for the silver medal at the 2007 World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships.
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09/06/07
WWC
Rasmussen sets the pace in Singles event at Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
With one of four squads having completed their six-game block on the long oil pattern, Rikke Holm Rasmussen sets the pace in the Singles event at the Women's World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, The Dane had games of 212, 225, 170, 199, 221 and 258 for 1,285 pinfall total and an average of 214.17.
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09/05/07
2007 WWC
England takes lead in Team event after the first block
Scores trend higher on short pattern at Women's World Championships
England found success on the short pattern Tuesday, shooting 3,310 for three games to take the lead heading into Wednesday's final team block. The series included a record-breaking game of 1,261 in the second game, which included a perfect game by Kirsten Penny. Fiona Banks led the team with 750, Followed by Penny (701), Lisa John (661), Zara Glover (646) and Jemma Smith (552). The fivesome averaged 220.67 for the first block and missed the WWC record for three games set by the Colombian team 2003 in Malaysia (3,335) by mere 25 pins.
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09/04/07
2007 WWC
Sweden takes Gold in trios at Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
Sweden's Helen Johnsson, Malin Glendert and Nina Flack (l-r) overcame a 43-pin deficit in the final game to win the gold medal in the Women's World Championships in Mexico. The Swedes, who finished the event with 3,970, shot 686 in the finale to top the first block leaders from the United States. Click on the image to enlarge it. Johnsson, who moved into third place with 2746 (228.83), led the team with 1393, Glendert added 1329 and Flack contributed 1238 en route to break the old Championship record (3,811) set by 2005 World Champions Wang Yu-Lin, Huang Chiung-Yao and Chou Miao-Lin, Chinese Taipei, by 159 pins. The Swedes averaged 220.56 over six games, the first three on long oil and the second three on the short oil pattern.
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09/03/07
2007 WWC
Danes set the pace after Squad 2 has completed the Trios event at the Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
Britt Brondsted, Kamilla Kjeldsen and Mai Ginge Jensen (l-r) from Denmark rolled games of 726, 632 and 610 on the short-oil pattern to set the pace in the Trios event at the Women's World Championships in Mexico.
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09/03/07
2007 WWC
Team USA leads Trios event at halftime in Women's World Championships
Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico (Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2007)
After a strong showing Sunday, Team USA is in position to make a run at its first gold medal in the trios event in 20 years at the 2007 World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships.
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09/02/07
2007 WWC
Gold and Silver for Korea, Bronze for USA in Doubles event at Women's World Championships
No changes among the top 3 in the final squad
Korea started the 2nd Women's World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico by winning the gold and silver medal in the Doubles event Sunday at Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico.
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09/02/07
2007 WWC
Korean Doubles in first and second place at Women's World Championships
All Championship record broken and re-broken on Day 1
The Korean team of Choi Jin-A and Nam Bo-Ra (l-r) shot the highest doubles total in Women's World Championships history Saturday and sit in position to win a gold medal with three of four doubles squads completed.
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09/01/07
2007 WWC
Koreans set three WWC records en route to set the pace after one of four squads in Doubles
Kim Yeau Jin shoots second perfecto in WWC history
Gye Min Young and Kim Yeau Jin (l-r) from Korea combined for a new championship record of 2787, an average of 232.25 over six games, to set the pace in Women’s World Championships Doubles event Saturday at Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico. Kim set the highlight by rolling the second 300 game of a woman in the history of the WTBA World Championships in game #2.
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