Mathieu Bergès and Bigi Manico (pictured left) won the men's and women's division of the Swiss World Cup Qualifier at Bowling Beseco in Rümikon-Winterthur last weekend and will represent Switzerland at the 47th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup later this year. The last time Bergès and Manico have bowled together on a World Cup was 2004 in Singapore.

46 men and 15 women qualified for the finals On Sept. 3 and 4 and rolled three four-game blocks to cut to 12 men and 12 women, who advanced to the match play round. The top six men and women after 23 games including bonus determined the champion in the final match play round over five games.

Bergès was third in the, men's qualifying averaging 218.92 for 12 games. He improved his average to 227.80 to take a comfortable 240 pins lead after 23 games winning eight of his eleven matches in the semifinals.

The Swiss national team member defeated five of his four opponents in the final match play round to finish with 6613 total including 320 bonus (20 per win plus 5 pins extra for games over 200) and an average of 224.75.

Cédric Regenass was a distant second at 6320 with Daniel Hürlimann in third at 6250.

Manico, who has attended numerous World Cups in her career, led the women's division from wire to wire to cruise to victory. Manico averaged 204.82 for 28 games and totaled 6025 pins including 290 total bonus to beat out Valérie Cornuz for the title by 328 pins.

Cornuz was second with 5697 and Joëlle Company third with 5556.

The 47th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will take place at Northcliff Bowling Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Nov. 30 - Dec. 7, 2011.

 

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Men's Division - Final Standings after Finals

Pos	Player	Section	Games	B/F	G24	G25	G26	G27	G28	Pins	Avg.	MP Bonus	>200 bonus	Total
1.	Mathieu Bergès	VD	28	5460	213	221	221	213	185	6513	224.75	80	20	6613
2.	Cédric Regenass	VD	28	5123	237	225	182	240	213	6220	214.64	80	20	6320
3.	Daniel Hürlimann	ZH	28	5220	202	198	223	220	172	6235	217.50	0	15	6250
4.	Michel Caré	ZH	28	4996	226	207	213	234	188	6064	210.14	80	20	6164
5.	Larry Vontobel	VD	28	5029	190	206	266	222	155	6068	210.46	40	20	6128
6.	Vasco Mendes	VD	28	5075	191	204	208	179	205	6062	211.68	20	15	6097

 

Women's Division - Final Standings after Finals

Pos	Player	Section	Games	B/F	G24	G25	G26	G27	G28	Pins	Avg.	MP Bonus	>200 bonus	Total
1.	Bigi Manico	ZH	28	4974	180	206	210	198	202	5970	204.82	40	15	6025
2.	Valérie Cornuz	VD	28	4716	211	168	149	177	206	5627	194.36	60	10	5697
3.	Joëlle Company	GE	28	4614	188	175	168	181	170	5496	189.14	60	0	5556
4.	Muriel Zini	VD	28	4450	166	160	166	155	194	5291	181.82	20	0	5311
5.	Sabine Leutwiler	ZH	28	4263	190	178	191	162	192	5176	182.54	60	0	5236
6.	Cécile Pakosz	GE	28	4184	170	192	218	171	203	5138	179.21	60	10	5208

 

Men's Division - Standings after Semifinals

The 6 advance to the finals

Pos	Player	Section	Games	Pins	Avg.	MP Bonus	>200 bonus	Total
1.	Mathieu Bergès	VD	23	5240	227.80	160	60	5460
2.	Daniel Hürlimann	ZH	23	5075	220.70	100	45	5220
3.	Cédric Regenass	VD	23	4913	213.60	160	50	5123
4.	Vasco Mendes	VD	23	4940	214.80	100	35	5075
5.	Larry Vontobel	VD	23	4854	211.00	140	35	5029
6.	Michel Caré	ZH	23	4816	209.40	140	40	4996
7.	Luciano Fiorani	ZH	23	4847	210.70	100	30	4977
8.	Kevin Haasper	ZH	23	4782	207.90	100	35	4917
9.	Daniel Golay	GE	23	4779	207.80	40	25	4844
10.	Roland Stuker	BE	23	4692	204.00	100	40	4832
11.	Ivan Zini	VD	23	4645	202.00	120	30	4795
12.	Ivo Küttel	ZG	23	4696	204.20	60	10	4766

 

Women's Division - Standings after Semifinals

The 6 advance to the finals

Pos	Player	Section	Games	Pins	Avg.	MP Bonus	>200 bonus	Total
1.	Bigi Manico	ZH	23	4739	206.00	200	35	4974
2.	Valérie Cornuz	VD	23	4531	197.00	160	25	4716
3.	Joëlle Company	GE	23	4414	191.90	160	40	4614
4.	Muriel Zini	VD	23	4250	184.80	180	20	4450
5.	Sabine Leutwiler	ZH	23	4198	182.50	60	5	4263
6.	Cécile Pakosz	GE	23	4064	176.70	100	20	4184
7.	Natacha Corminboeuf	VD	23	4086	177.70	90	0	4176
8.	Carmen Pfammatter	BE	23	3957	172.00	90	5	4052
9.	Pamela Marschall	BE	23	3903	169.70	140	0	4043
10.	Dora Perlmutter	ZH	23	3923	170.60	80	5	4008
11.	Anne-Marie Ruegg-Pellarin	GE	23	3759	163.40	60	5	3824
12.	Monika Köstinger	BE	18	3061	170.10	0	0	3061

 

Men's Division - Standings after Qualifying

The 12 advance to the semifinals

Pos	Player	Section	Games	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Total	Avg.
1.	Vasco Mendes	VD	12	820	915	945	2680	223.33
2.	Daniel Hürlimann	ZH	12	826	901	907	2634	219.50
3.	Mathieu Bergès	VD	12	842	939	846	2627	218.92
4.	Ivo Küttel	ZG	12	796	892	938	2626	218.83
5.	Daniel Golay	GE	12	918	898	793	2609	217.42
6.	Luciano Fiorani	ZH	12	912	795	862	2569	214.08
7.	Larry Vontobel	VD	12	857	895	809	2561	213.42
8.	Kevin Haasper	ZH	12	686	890	972	2548	212.33
9.	Michel Caré	ZH	12	877	878	776	2531	210.92
10.	Ivan Zini	VD	12	830	874	815	2519	209.92
11.	Roland Stuker	BE	12	762	791	959	2512	209.33
12.	Cédric Regenass	VD	12	759	824	918	2501	208.42
13.	Patrice Girardin	VD	12	827	803	863	2493	207.75
14.	Andreas Ebener	BE	12	778	804	895	2477	206.42
15.	Sandro Ancarani	ZH	12	904	747	804	2455	204.58
16.	Pierre-André Syrvet	VD	12	851	794	789	2434	202.83
17.	Javier Mas	VD	12	722	850	852	2424	202.00
18.	Beat Grauwiler	ZH	12	814	799	795	2408	200.67
19.	Nils Humbel	BS	12	771	885	731	2387	198.92
20.	Xavier Ecoffey	VD	12	793	863	730	2386	198.83
21.	Daniel Roth	BS	12	854	734	797	2385	198.75
22.	Juerg Muhmenthaler	BE	12	833	831	705	2369	197.42
23.	Eric Gabriel	GE	12	746	836	781	2363	196.92
24.	Rinaldo Ineichen	ZH	12	848	697	816	2361	196.75
25.	Mario Ancarani	ZH	12	822	725	798	2345	195.42
26.	Adi Maridas	ZH	12	809	784	741	2334	194.50
27.	Helmuth Paller	ZH	12	770	766	791	2327	193.92
28.	Christian Dietre	BS	12	828	763	732	2323	193.58
29.	Martin Hürlimann	ZH	12	673	890	736	2299	191.58
30.	Harn Chieh Kwan	ZH	12	835	739	695	2269	189.08
31.	Gregi Ramsak	ZH	12	755	765	728	2248	187.33
32.	Sven Aubrecht	AG	12	829	687	716	2232	186.00
33.	Pascal Corminboeuf	GE	12	645	692	891	2228	185.67
34.	Hans Röthlisberger	BE	12	748	707	729	2184	182.00
35.	Peter Häusler	ZH	12	757	700	724	2181	181.75
36.	Eduardo Morales	GE	12	689	675	817	2181	181.75
37.	Gilles Toffel	GE	12	696	658	787	2141	178.42
38.	André Jörg	ZH	12	739	701	701	2141	178.42
39.	Thierry Vuillens	GE	12	696	749	676	2121	176.75
40.	Andreas Gritsch	AG	12	713	657	743	2113	176.08
41.	Roland Aerni	BE	12	739	710	641	2090	174.17
42.	Andreas Weber	AG	12	660	663	761	2084	173.67
43.	Michel Monnier	GE	12	591	696	738	2025	168.75
44.	Roger Aebischer	BE	12	625	655	704	1984	165.33
45.	Marc Jakob	BS	12	510	671	773	1954	162.83
46.	Martin Suter	BS	6	674	363	0	1037	WD

 

Women's Division - Standings after Qualifying

The 12 advance to the semifinals

Pos	Player	Section	Games	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Total	Avg.
1.	Bigi Manico	ZH	12	845	793	793	2431	202.58
2.	Valérie Cornuz	VD	12	848	682	840	2370	197.50
3.	Natacha Corminboeuf	VD	12	813	701	762	2276	189.67
4.	Sabine Leutwiler	ZH	12	745	781	732	2258	188.17
5.	Muriel Zini	VD	12	812	664	732	2208	184.00
6.	Joëlle Company	GE	12	696	752	742	2190	182.50
7.	Pamela Marschall	BE	12	737	743	648	2128	177.33
8.	Monika Köstinger	BE	12	650	711	734	2095	174.58
9.	Carmen Pfammatter	BE	12	605	776	680	2061	171.75
10.	Dora Perlmutter	ZH	12	651	655	730	2036	169.67
11.	Cécile Pakosz	GE	12	668	692	655	2015	167.92
12.	Anne-Marie Ruegg-Pellarin	GE	12	598	670	661	1929	160.75
13.	Ramona Hürzeler	AG	12	645	651	522	1818	151.50
14.	Josefine Spangenberg	AG	12	665	788	630	2083	WD
15.	Linda Schmid	ZH	12	574	687	705	1966	WD