International players continued to make an impact at the World Series of Bowling as Dominic Barrett (pictured left) of England earned the No. 1 seed for the PBA Scorpion Open finals after leading the preliminaries Monday at the South Point Bowling Center.

The reigning European Bowling Tour ranking champion bowled a 3264 14-game pinfall total (233.1 average) with the help of a 1453 six-game block on games of 248, 277, 210, 241, 178 and 299 in the final round.

Barrett will be joined by PBA Tour titlist Dave Wodka (right) of Henderson, Nev., four-time Tour titlist Sean Rash (below left) of Montgomery, Ill., and 13-time Tour winner Patrick Allen (below right) of Baltimore in the Scorpion Open ESPN Eliminator finals which will be taped at 6 p.m. PT on Nov. 18.

Barrett, who currently ranks fifth on the European Bowling Tour points list, won his first PBA title in a regional tournament in Reno last weekend on his way to the World Series.

"I came here to win one of these tournaments," Barrett said. "Winning the regional gave me a lot of confidence. This is going to be my first (PBA) show and I couldn't be happier.

"The key to my success so far has been taking advantage of every minute of practice time I've had since I've been here to work on everything from making adjustments to selecting the right ball."

So far four Americans - Rash (3), Mike Fagan, Dave Wodka, and Patrick Allen - and five international bowlers - Ildemaro Ruiz (2), Stuart Williams, Jason Belmonte, Osku Palermaa, and Dom Barrett - have split the 12 spots for the WSOB TV finals.

Rash earned his third straight television final, and fortified his lead after 24 games of PBA World Championship qualifying. Rash, who has already qualified for the ESPN televised finals of the Bayer Viper Open and Chameleon Open, had a 1,870 eight-game pinfall total in the morning qualifying round.

"Having already made two TV shows helps loosen up your arm swing," he added. "I've bowled well in all three World Series events and the All-In Showdown. All you ever want to do is give yourself a chance to win. If you give yourself enough chances, you'll win and that's what I'm trying to do."

With 24 of 32 qualifying games in the books, Rash leads the field of 204 players with 5801 total or an average of 241.71 and widened his lead to 250 pins. Stuart Williams (left), England, leaped from fourth to second place with 5551. His compatriot Barrett remained in third place with 5531.

PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber (right) leaped sixth spots to fourth place with 5500 while two-time WSOB finalist Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, dropped from second to fifth place with 5486. Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., jumped from 12th to sixth place with 5473.

Places 7-9 belong to international bowlers Jason Belmonte, Australia, (7th, 5463), Osku Palermaa, Finland (8th, 5421) and Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland (9th, 5391).

Rounding out the top 10 is Viper Open top qualifier Mike Fagan, Dallas, with 5387. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, holds 24th place with 5288.

With the conclusion of the eight-game Scorpion qualifying round, the fourth and final animal pattern is Tuesday's GEICO Shark Open. After the Shark round, the top 53 players based on 32 games will advance to Wednesday's eight-game PBA World Championship cashers round.

After a total of 40 games, the top qualifier will earn a $5,000 bonus and the top 16 players after 40 games will advance to the ESPN-taped divisional finals scheduled for Nov. 19 starting at 10:30 a.m.

 

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PBA Scorpion Open

Standings after 14 games; top 4 advance to ESPN finals.

1, Dom Barrett, England, 3,264
2, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 3,247
3, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,217
4, Patrick Allen, Baltimore, 3,212

Did not advance (after 14 games)
5, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,187, $2,500
6, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 3,162, $2,400
7, Ji-Hyun Cha, South Korea, 3,159, $2,300
8, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3,156, $2,200
9, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3,132, $2,150
10, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,123, $2,100
11, Stuart Williams, England, 3,114, $2,050
12, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 3,097, $2,000
13, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3,060, $1,950
14, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 3,029, $1,900
15, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 2,995, $1,850
16, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,978, $1,800

Did not advance (after 8 games)
17, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 1,798, $1,300
18, Fawaz Abdullah, Bahrain, 1,797, $1,250
19, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 1,790, $1,200
20, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 1,788, $1,150
21, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,785, $1,120
22, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 1,784, $1,100
23, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,773, $1,090
24, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 1,770, $1,080
25, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 1,768, $1,070
26 (tie), Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo.; Mike Fagan, Dallas, and Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 1,764, $1,050
29, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 1,761, $1,030
30, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 1,758, $1,020
31, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 1,753, $1,010
32, Kim Hyun Bum, South Korea, 1,739, $1,000
33 (tie), Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 1,738
35, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 1,735
36, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,734
37, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 1,733
38, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 1,732
39, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,731
40, Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., 1,723
41, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,721
42, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 1,720
43, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 1,713
44, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 1,705
45, Chuck Tillson, Rohnert Park, Calif., 1,701
46 (tie), Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 1,700
48, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 1,698
49, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 1,694
50 (tie), Andy Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., and Clara Guerrero, Colombia, 1,691
52, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,690
53, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 1,689
54, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 1,688
55, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,687
56, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,686
57, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 1,685
58, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 1,683
59, Jimmy Mortensen, Denmark, 1,679
60, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 1,675
61, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 1,672
62, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,668
63 (tie), Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C.; Floyd Raymond, Gaylord, Mich., and Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 1,667
66, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,666
67 (tie), Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., and Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 1,665
69, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 1,664
70, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,663
71, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 1,661
72, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1,659
73, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 1,657
74, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 1,656
75, Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 1,653
76, Joseph Hostetler, Minerva, Ohio, 1,651
77 (tie), Martin Larsen, Sweden, and Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 1,649
79, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 1,648
80, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 1,647
81, Ricky Schissler, Henderson, Colo., 1,646
82, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 1,645
83, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 1,644
84, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 1,643
85, Park Jong Soo, South Korea, 1,641
86 (tie), Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, and Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., 1,640
88 (tie), Ray Eddy III, Saginaw, Mich., and Darrell Gilbert Jr., Valparaiso, Ind., 1,639
90 (tie), Joshua McBride, Wichita, Kan., and Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,638
92, Mathias Ã…rup, Sweden, 1,637
93, John Furey, East Windsor, N.J., 1,636
94, Jason Miller, Portland, Ore., 1,634
95 (tie), Chris Hayden, Las Vegas, and Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 1,632
97, Brett Cooper, Fort Worth, Texas, 1,631
98, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 1,625
99, Kasey Normandin, Canada, 1,624
100, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 1,620
101, Isaac Amkie Amkie, Mexico, 1,617
102 (tie), Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., and Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 1,616
104 (tie), Yousif Falah, Bahrain, and Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 1,615
106 (tie), Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., and William Guszczo, Orland Park, Il., 1,613
108, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 1,612
109 (tie), Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Paul Moor, England, 1,611
111, Gu Yong-Jin, South Korea, 1,610
112 (tie), Matthew O'Grady, South Amboy, N.J.; D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, and Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,608
115, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,607
116, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 1,606
117, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,603
118, Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., 1,602
119, James Wallace, Hicksville, N.Y., 1,597
120 (tie), Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., and Mahd Assad, Bahrain, 1,595
122, Billy Rogers, Dallas, 1,589
123, Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 1,588
124, Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 1,587
125 (tie), Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., and Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 1,585
127, Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 1,584
128, Billy Rohde, Marietta, Ga., 1,583
129, Antonio Medina, Louisville, Ky., 1,580
130, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 1,577
131, Robert Piroozshad, Ranch Santa Margarita, Calif., 1,574
132, Toni Palermaa, Finland, 1,571
133, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 1,570
134, Chris Cundiff, Lake Station, Ind., 1,567
135, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.V., 1,563
136 (tie), Santiago Garcia, Colombia, and Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 1,561
138, Adrian Anderson, Roseburg, Ore., 1,560
139 (tie), Zack Hattori, Las Vegas, and Martin Paulsson, Sweden, 1,559
141, Jerry Johnson Jr., Las Vegas, 1,558
142, Patrick Girard, Canada, 1,555
143, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 1,553
144, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,552
145, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 1,551
146, David Peterson, Plano, Texas, 1,550
147, Adam Monks, San Diego, 1,549
148, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 1,546
149, Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, 1,544
150, Tony Campagna Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn., 1,541
151, Sean Mamlok, San Jose, Calif., 1,540
152, Adam James, Redmond, Wash., 1,539
153, Bubba Harrison, Citrus Heights, Calif., 1,538
154 (tie), Paola Gomez, Colombia, and Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 1,533
156, Frank Boyer, Lebanon, Pa, 1,532
157, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 1,526
158, Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., 1,524
159, Hameed Taqi, Bahrain, 1,522
160, Park Kyung-Shin, South Korea, 1,518
161 (tie), Kenneth Bland Jr., Germany, and Miroslaw Pajak, Poland, 1,517
163, John DeBenedetta Jr., Las Vegas, 1,513
164, Adam Miller, Charlotte, N.C., 1,511
165, Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., 1,510
166, Matthew Thornton, Montgomery, Ill., 1,507
167 (tie), Kurt Bogner, Longview, Wash., and Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 1,506
169, Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 1,501
170, Krzysztof Olesinski, Poland, 1,494
171, J.T. Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., 1,493
172, Masoud Saberi, Bahrain, 1,490
173, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 1,485
174, Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,482
175 (tie), Will Wells, New Zealand, and Mohammed Al Swawoosh, Bahrain, 1,478
177, Michael Ciardulli Jr., Valley Stream, N.Y., 1,476
178, David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 1,474
179, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,469
180, Jeff Toyne, Columbia, S.C., 1,460
181, Dwight Tincher, Perris, Calif., 1,457
182, Erik Andersin, Sweden, 1,456
183, Courtney Miller, Charleston, S.C., 1,449
184, Rachel Vaughn, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1,441
185, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 1,436
186, Eric Malone, Brewster, N.Y., 1,431
187, Kevin Prior, Allen, Texas, 1,425
188, Mark Fennell, Seattle, 1,419
189, Mike Armstrong Jr., Tucson, Ariz., 1,404
190, David Meadows, Houston, 1,396
191, Chuck Galaviz, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1,380
192, Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 1,375
193, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 1,371
194, Chris Helton, Fountain, Colo., 1,367
195 (tie), Jorge Tello, Colombia, and Travis Thomas, Lumberton, N.C., 1,365
197, Jimmy Smith, Puyallup, Wash., 1,362
198, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 1,360
199, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,349
200, Tyler Johnson, Surprise, Ariz., 1,339
201, Sam Grihm, Portland, Ore., 1,333
202, Jim Horan, Oakley, Calif., 1,306
203, Mathew Tabor, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1,286

 

PBA World Championship Qualifying Leaders

Top 24 after 24 of 32 games

1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 5,801
2, Stuart Williams, England, 5,551
3, Dom Barrett, England, 5,531
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 5,500
5, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 5,486
6, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 5,473
7, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 5,463
8, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 5,421
9, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 5,391
10, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 5,387
11, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 5,369
12, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 5,358
13, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 5,353
14, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 5,351
15, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 5,350
16, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 5,336
17, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 5,332
18, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 5,326
19, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 5,321
20, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 5,318
21, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 5,311
22, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 5,303
23, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 5,299
24, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 5,288