04/27/05

Standings after 8 Games

American Zone ranking champion Arturo Hernandez from Venezuela took the pole position after the first day of qualifying in the men's World Ranking Masters. Hernandez averaged 244,75 for his eight games on short oil and felled 1958 pins and received the 1,000 Dollar bonus from Kegel founder and Lane Condition Guru John Davis (pictured).

Hernandez has an 86-pin cushion over Finn Pasi Uotila, who finished second with 1872. England's Stuart Williams closed out the night shift with a 278-game to help grab the third place with 1819 pinfall. 2004 ABC Tournament Singles and All Events champion John Janawicz from the United States is fourth with 1804.

Former World and World Cup champion Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar, and Malaysian champion Daniel Lim are tied for fifth place at 1801. Shaheen shot the men's high game of 288. Seventh place belongs to Chester King from the Philippines, 1758, with former PBA professional Jouni Helminen, Finland, in 8th place at 1726. Rounding out the top ten are Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, 1713, and Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 1712.

Due to Lehtonen's 10th place Europe has four players among the top ten with Asia and America three each. The men outaveraged the women in the first 8-game block on short oil by mere 1.11 pin (42176 pinfall total and 210,88 average versus 41953 pinfall total and 209,77 average).

Men's Division - Standings after the 1st Block (short oil)
Players with position, country, 8-game total and average

1. Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 1958, 244,75
2. Pasi Uotila, Finland, 1872, 234,00
3. Stuart Williams, England, 1819, 227,38
4. John Janawicz, United States, 1804, 225,50
5. Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar, 1801, 225,13
(tie) Daniel Lim, Malaysia, 1801, 225,13
7. Chester King, Philippines, 1758, 219,75
8. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 1726, 215,75
9. Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, 1713, 214,13
10. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 1712, 214,00
11. Anders Öhman, Sweden, 1708, 213,50
12. Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1700, 212,50
13. Azidi Ameran, Malaysia, 1677, 209,63
14. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 1668, 208,50
15. Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1645, 205,63
(tie) Paul Moor, England, 1645, 205,63
(tie) Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 1645, 205,63
18. Rolando A. Sebelen, Dominican Republic, 1636, 204,50
19. Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 1625, 203,13
20. David Romero, Colombia, 1606, 200,75
21. Hilton Nunez, Dominican Republic, 1576, 197,00
22. Johan Hernandez, Colombia, 1561, 195,13
23. Abdulla Al-Qattan, Qatar, 1516, 189,50
24. Remy Ong, Singapore, 1510, 188,75
25. Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Qatar, 1494, 186,75

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Arturo Hernandez widens his lead in the men's division

American Zone ranking champion Arturo Hernandez from Venezuela is on fire in the first round of qualifying at 5th World Ranking Masters in Lakes Wales, FL. Hernandez had games of 200, 263, 267, 279, 258 and 269 for 1536, 6-game total or an average of 256. Hernadez widened his lead to 146 pins over second-placed Pasi Uotila from Finland, 1290. John Janawicz, United States, leaped into third place with 1340. Rounding out the top 5 are Stuart Williams, England, 1338, and Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, 1331.

Men's Division - First Block (short oil)
Players with position, country, 6-game total and average

1. Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 1536, 256,00
2. Pasi Uotila, Finland, 1390, 231,67
3. John Janawicz, United States, 1340, 223,33
4. Stuart Williams, England, 1338, 223,00
5. Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, 1331, 221,83
6. Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar, 1330, 221,67
7. Daniel Lim, Malaysia, 1308, 218,00
8. Chester King, Philippines, 1293, 215,50
9. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 1279, 213,17
10. Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1272, 212,00
11. Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 1258, 209,67
12. Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1245, 207,50
13. Paul Moor, England, 1234, 205,67
(tie) Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 1234, 205,67
15. Hilton Nunez, Dominican Republic, 1229, 204,83
16. Anders Öhman, Sweden, 1228, 204,67
17. Azidi Ameran, Malaysia, 1222, 203,67
18. Rolando A. Sebelen, Dominican Republic, 1207, 201,17
19. Johan Hernandez, Colombia, 1203, 200,50
20. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 1200, 200,00
21. Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 1189, 198,17
22. Abdulla Al-Qattan, Qatar, 1184, 197,33
23. David Romero, Colombia, 1166, 194,33
24. Remy Ong, Singapore, 1109, 184,83
25. Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Qatar, 1059, 176,50

Arturo Hernandez begins pulling away in the men's division

American Zone ranking champion Arturo Hernandez from Venezuela rolled an 809-series in his last three games to pull ahead of the 25-player men's field in the 5th World Ranking Masters in Lakes Wales, FL. Hernandez had games of 200, 263, 267 and 279 for 1009, 4-game total or an average of 252,25. Stuart Williams, England, is second at 942, with Pasi Uotila, Finland, in third 927 and Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, fourth 926. Rounding out the top 5 is John Janawicz, United States, 899.

Men's Division - First Block (short oil)
Players with position, country, 4-game total and average

1. Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 1009, 252,25
2. Stuart Williams, England, 942, 235,50
3. Pasi Uotila, Finland, 927, 231,75
4. Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, 926, 231,50
5. John Janawicz, United States, 899, 224,75
6. Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 873, 218,25
7. Chester King, Philippines, 854, 213,50
8. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 850, 212,50
9. Daniel Lim, Malaysia, 849, 212,25
10. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 840, 210,00
11. Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 837, 209,25
12. Anders Öhman, Sweden, 829, 207,25
13. Abdulla Al-Qattan, Qatar, 826, 206,50
14. Paul Moor, England, 824, 206,00
15. Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar, 820, 205,00
16. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 818, 204,50
17. Johan Hernandez, Colombia, 817, 204,25
18. Hilton Nunez, Dominican Republic, 803, 200,75
19. Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 796, 199,00
20. Azidi Ameran, Malaysia, 786, 196,50
21. Andres Gomez, Colombia, 773, 193,25
22. Rolando A. Sebelen, Dominican Republic, 772, 193,00
23. David Romero, Colombia, 758, 189,50
24. Remy Ong, Singapore, 703, 175,75
25. Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Qatar, 685, 171,25

Hernandez and Janawicz set the pace in the men's division

American Zone ranking champion Arturo Hernandez (pictured) from Venezuela and 2004 ABC Tournament Singles and All Events champion John Janawicz (picrured) from the United States set the pace in the men's division at the 5th World Ranking Masters after two games. Hernandez shot 200 and 263 for 463, while "JJ" started with 183 followed by the high game of 277 thus far for 460.

Men's Division - First Block (short oil)
Players with position, country, 2-game total and average

1. Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 463, 231,50
2. John Janawicz, United States, 460, 230,00
3. Stuart Williams, England, 448, 224,00
4. Chester King, Philippines, 447, 223,50
5. Victor Richards Jr., Dominican Republic, 437, 218,50
6. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 436, 218,00
7. Pasi Uotila, Finland, 434, 217,00
8. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 429, 214,50
9. Abdulla Al-Qattan, Qatar, 428, 214,00
10. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 426, 213,00
11. Anders Öhman, Sweden, 422, 211,00
(tie) Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 422, 211,00
13. Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar, 411, 205,50
14. Daniel Lim, Malaysia, 410, 205,00
15. Johan Hernandez, Colombia, 404, 202,00
16. Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 403, 201,50
17. Andres Gomez, Colombia, 399, 199,50
18. Hilton Nunez, Dominican Republic, 396, 198,00
19. Azidi Ameran, Malaysia, 390, 195,00
20. Paul Moor, England, 380, 190,00
21. Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 371, 185,50
22. Rolando A. Sebelen, Dominican Republic, 363, 181,50
23. Mubarak Al-Muraikhi, Qatar, 359, 179,50
24. Remy Ong, Singapore, 338, 169,00
25. David Romero, Colombia, 333, 166,50