Beatrix Pesek (left) and Zoltan Skobrics (right), both members of the Hungarian national team. won the World Cup Qualifier in Szekesfehervar, Hungary en route to qualify for the 2007 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The 43rd edition of this prestigious event will be held at Continent Bowling Center in St. Petersburg, Russia from November 3-11, 2007. Pesek's victory in the women's division marked her fifth consecutive win in this tournament.
More and more countries have decided on their representatives for the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and another former champion will join Michael Schmidt of Canada and Lynda Barnes of the USA, both champions in 2005, in the starting line up: Peter Ljung (r.) of Sweden, the winner in Copenhagen in 1986.
Ildemaro Ruiz and Gilant González won the Venezuelan World Cup Qualifier and will represent their country in the 2007 Qubica AMF World Cup in St Petersburg, Russia, from November 3 to 11, 2007. The men's and women's champions were decided in best-of-three games single elimination finals.
Nufar Herskovitch and Yahav Rabin captured the women's and men's Israeli National Individual Championship with a 2-1 victory in the best-of-three games finals at Bola Bowling in Holon, Israel on August 30th. Usually the champions book their tickets to the European Champions Cup, but not this year. "Israel cannot participate in the Europe Champions Cup in Luxemburg," Arie Fisher, president of the Israel Bowling Federation, stated.
Star Bowling in Salzburg, Austria (August 25-26, 2007)
Last year, Ivonne and Thomas Gross, became the first couple to qualify for the World Ranking Masters. This year, the Austrians qualified to represent Austria in the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ivonne and Thomas won the women's and men's division at Salzburg Summer Tournament & BWC Qualifier to earn the coveted tickets to the BWC to be held from November 3 through 11, 2007.
Republished courtesy of Belfast Telegraph (August 27, 2007)
A student who was left for dead following a brutal assault which horrified Ulster has made an amazing recovery and is now set to represent Northern Ireland in an international sporting competition. Grant Dugan (21), from Newtownards, has won a place in the Qubica AMF World TenPin Bowling Cup which is taking place in Russia this November. His sporting success comes just 19 months after he was beaten and stabbed seven times with a broken bottle in an unprovoked attack in Newtownards.
Continent Bowling Center in St. Petersburg, Russia (November 3-11, 2007)
Entries are coming in for the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in St Petersburg, Russia, and QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Manager Anne-Marie Board already knows she will welcome two returning champions. Both the champions from 2005, when the event was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will be there: Michael Schmidt of Canada and the USA's Lynda Barnes (pictured left). Bowlingdigital will cover the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup live from November third to 11th 2007.
Dragon Bowling Center Lanes in Sao Paulo, Brazil (August 3-5, 2007)
Marcelo Suartz and Roseli Santos won the XVI Brazil Open Cup QubicaAMF 2007 in Sao Paulo and will represent Brazil in the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia, from November 3-11, 2007. Suartz (l.), 19, stopped Mario Farias' run in the decisive game, 174-158, en route to win the men's division. Santos (r.), 43, had dominated the women's division and topped Roberta Rodrigues, 214-164, to wrap up the title.
Republished courtesy of the Winnipeg Sun (March 20, 2007)
Winnipeg tenpin bowler Michael Schmidt made some history this weekend in Edmonton but he had to get past a familiar face to do it. The 26-year-old chalked up his third consecutive Bowling World Cup National title by beating Winkler's Darren Klassen in the final. The top seed after the qualifying round, Schmidt will now represent Canada at the Qubica/AMF Bowling World Cup, Nov. 3-11 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
At a special ceremony in Moscow, Ron Wood QubicaAMF Vice-President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (left) and Alexander Gogolev, (right) President of the Federation of Sports Bowling Russia (FSBR) signed the official agreement which will bring the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup to the city of St Petersburg, Russia.
QubicaAMF has announced that the 43rd Bowling World Cup will be held in the historic and beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia. "We are very pleased and proud to have been chosen to be QubicaAMF's partner for the 2007 Bowling World Cup", Federation of Sports Bowling Russia President Alexander Gogolev (l.) stated. "We are looking forward to welcoming players from all over the world to St. Petersburg."
U.S. national amateur champion Diandra Asbaty captured the one major international individual title that eluded her Friday by winning the women's 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas. Her 2-0 victory over England's Lisa John in the championship match made it three World Cup victories in a row for U.S. women. Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark, finished third.
For the second year in a row, the winner of the men's QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup led the tournament wire to wire. Last year in Slovenia, it was Michael Schmidt of Canada. This year, it was the human pin-shredding machine, Osku Palermaa of Finland. Top-seeded Palermaa defeated Petter Hansen of Norway, 2 games to 1 to win the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela.
Palermaa, Schmidt, Hansen to bowl for men's Bowling World Cup title Osku Palermaa of Finland is the players to beat in Friday's stepladder finals of the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup at Centro Nacional de Bowling Mampote in Caracas. Defending champion Michael Schmidt from Canada will battle it out with 2004 World Cup runner-up Petter Hansen from Norway for the right to bowl Palermaa for the title.
Diandra Asbaty of the United States completed the 40 games of qualifying at Centro Nacional de Bowling Mampote in Caracas in first place in the women's divisions. In the opening match of the best-of-three games finals on Friday at 10 a.m., Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark takes on Lisa John from England.
Centro Nacional de Bowling Mampote in Caracas, Venezuela (Nov. 4-10, 2006)
The 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup takes place in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 4-10, 2006. Besides the normal 'Live Coverage' with all the results, reports and pictures Bowlindigital editor Herbert Bickel and Lydia Rypcinski, the long-time Bowling World Cup press room officer, will keep you up-to-date with daily podcasts.
Osku Palermaa showed he is human after all, while Ryan Lalisang touched immortality Thursday at the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas. "I can't be 100 percent all the time," Palermaa acknowledged afterward. "I admit I was a little tired out there, because our squad finished so late last night. I didn't get a lot of sleep. But there was no letdown after I shot the second 300 game last night. There is still time to make lots more of those."
A 1,910 series Thursday morning swept Diandra Asbaty of the U.S. into first place in the women's division at the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, as the remaining 24-woman field was narrowed to the top 8. She averaged 224.63 and felled 7,188 pins. The top 8 return to Centro Nacional de Bowling Mampote Thursday afternoon for the final Round of qualifying. The top 3 TV finals will take place on Friday.
Osku Palermaa (l.) dominated the 24-game preliminaries in the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The Finn became the second player in the World Cup hsitory with two 300 games. Palermaa felled 6057 pins, an average of 252.38 over 24 games. Reydnier Chavez (r.) from Venezuela closed out the qualifying with 289 and 279 to hit the cutoff number for 24th place with 5105 (212.71).
Lisa John (l.) of England burst into the women's lead after 24 games at the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas. John moved from third place at the end of Tuesday's action to first on the strength of a 1,701 block Wednesday. She has 5,296 pins and a 220.67 average. Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.), Colombia posted Wednesday's best eight-game set with a 1788 total, a 223.50 average.
Beatrix Pesek (left) and Zoltan Skobrics (right), both members of the Hungarian national team. won the World Cup Qualifier in Szekesfehervar, Hungary en route to qualify for the 2007 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The 43rd edition of this prestigious event will be held at Continent Bowling Center in St. Petersburg, Russia from November 3-11, 2007. Pesek's victory in the women's division marked her fifth consecutive win in this tournament. 
More and more countries have decided on their representatives for the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and another former champion will join Michael Schmidt of Canada and Lynda Barnes of the USA, both champions in 2005, in the starting line up: Peter Ljung (r.) of Sweden, the winner in Copenhagen in 1986. 
Nufar Herskovitch and Yahav Rabin captured the women's and men's Israeli National Individual Championship with a 2-1 victory in the best-of-three games finals at Bola Bowling in Holon, Israel on August 30th. Usually the champions book their tickets to the European Champions Cup, but not this year. "Israel cannot participate in the Europe Champions Cup in Luxemburg," Arie Fisher, president of the Israel Bowling Federation, stated. 
Last year, Ivonne and Thomas Gross, became the first couple to qualify for the World Ranking Masters. This year, the Austrians qualified to represent Austria in the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ivonne and Thomas won the women's and men's division at Salzburg Summer Tournament & BWC Qualifier to earn the coveted tickets to the BWC to be held from November 3 through 11, 2007.
A student who was left for dead following a brutal assault which horrified Ulster has made an amazing recovery and is now set to represent Northern Ireland in an international sporting competition. Grant Dugan (21), from Newtownards, has won a place in the Qubica AMF World TenPin Bowling Cup which is taking place in Russia this November. His sporting success comes just 19 months after he was beaten and stabbed seven times with a broken bottle in an unprovoked attack in Newtownards.
Entries are coming in for the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in St Petersburg, Russia, and QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup Manager Anne-Marie Board already knows she will welcome two returning champions. Both the champions from 2005, when the event was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will be there: Michael Schmidt of Canada and the USA's Lynda Barnes (pictured left). Bowlingdigital will cover the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup live from November third to 11th 2007.
Marcelo Suartz and Roseli Santos won the XVI Brazil Open Cup QubicaAMF 2007 in Sao Paulo and will represent Brazil in the 43rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia, from November 3-11, 2007. Suartz (l.), 19, stopped Mario Farias' run in the decisive game, 174-158, en route to win the men's division. Santos (r.), 43, had dominated the women's division and topped Roberta Rodrigues, 214-164, to wrap up the title. 
Winnipeg tenpin bowler Michael Schmidt made some history this weekend in Edmonton but he had to get past a familiar face to do it. The 26-year-old chalked up his third consecutive Bowling World Cup National title by beating Winkler's Darren Klassen in the final. The top seed after the qualifying round, Schmidt will now represent Canada at the Qubica/AMF Bowling World Cup, Nov. 3-11 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
At a special ceremony in Moscow, Ron Wood QubicaAMF Vice-President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (left) and Alexander Gogolev, (right) President of the Federation of Sports Bowling Russia (FSBR) signed the official agreement which will bring the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup to the city of St Petersburg, Russia. 
QubicaAMF has announced that the 43rd Bowling World Cup will be held in the historic and beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia. "We are very pleased and proud to have been chosen to be QubicaAMF's partner for the 2007 Bowling World Cup", Federation of Sports Bowling Russia President Alexander Gogolev (l.) stated. "We are looking forward to welcoming players from all over the world to St. Petersburg."
U.S. national amateur champion Diandra Asbaty captured the one major international individual title that eluded her Friday by winning the women's 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas. Her 2-0 victory over England's Lisa John in the championship match made it three World Cup victories in a row for U.S. women. Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark, finished third. 
For the second year in a row, the winner of the men's QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup led the tournament wire to wire. Last year in Slovenia, it was Michael Schmidt of Canada. This year, it was the human pin-shredding machine, Osku Palermaa of Finland. Top-seeded Palermaa defeated Petter Hansen of Norway, 2 games to 1 to win the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela.
Palermaa, Schmidt, Hansen to bowl for men's Bowling World Cup title Osku Palermaa of Finland is the players to beat in Friday's stepladder finals of the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup at Centro Nacional de Bowling Mampote in Caracas. Defending champion Michael Schmidt from Canada will battle it out with 2004 World Cup runner-up Petter Hansen from Norway for the right to bowl Palermaa for the title. 
The 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup takes place in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 4-10, 2006. Besides the normal 'Live Coverage' with all the results, reports and pictures Bowlindigital editor Herbert Bickel and Lydia Rypcinski, the long-time Bowling World Cup press room officer, will keep you up-to-date with daily podcasts. 
Osku Palermaa (l.) dominated the 24-game preliminaries in the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. The Finn became the second player in the World Cup hsitory with two 300 games. Palermaa felled 6057 pins, an average of 252.38 over 24 games. Reydnier Chavez (r.) from Venezuela closed out the qualifying with 289 and 279 to hit the cutoff number for 24th place with 5105 (212.71).
Lisa John (l.) of England burst into the women's lead after 24 games at the 42nd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Caracas. John moved from third place at the end of Tuesday's action to first on the strength of a 1,701 block Wednesday. She has 5,296 pins and a 220.67 average. Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.), Colombia posted Wednesday's best eight-game set with a 1788 total, a 223.50 average. 