Another nine players qualified for the divisional finals of the 2012 International Mini through Thursday's qualifying at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Las Vegas, which brought the total number of finalists to 28.

Former PBA exempt player DJ Archer of Port Arthur, Texas, posted the highest four-game series of in this year's event so far en route to advance to the finals of the Gold Division on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 starting at 8 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Central European Time).

Joining Archer in the finals of the Gold Division was Canadian Dan MacLelland (pictured left), who had a high series of 1005 and a 987 in a reentry. Third was four-time PBA champion Ryan Shafer (right) of Horseheads, N.Y., who chalked up 952. Also advancing was Jonathan Van Hees of Charlestown, R.I., with 951.

The top three players in the Silver Division qualifying made it to the finals. Mark Clark of Naperville, Ill., led the field Thursday with 1019, the second-highest series in his division so far. Joining Clark in the finals were Andy Blackwell of Shawnee, Okla., with 928 and James Hilligas Jr, of Beavercreek, Ohio, with 927.

The final two players, who advanced came from the Handicap Division. Elaine Weaver-Purdy of Las Vegas totaled 934 pins to lead the Bronze Division on Thursday, while David Pavilack of Hollywood, Fla., was second with 881.

Qualifying for The International Mini continues on Friday, Feb. 3, with another three squads at 10 a.m., 12.30 and 3 p.m. (all times Pacific).

 

The International Mini 2012 - All Qualifiers after Thursday, Feb. 2

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
Archer, D.J. - Pt Arthur, TX 1090
Scroggins, Mike - Amarillo, TX 1058
Page, Rhino - Clovis, CA 1015
Koivuniemi, Mika - Howell, MI, 1013
Couch, Jason - Clermont, FL 1011
Legnani, Lucas - Martinez, Argentina 1011
MacLelland, Dan - Saginaw, MI 1005
Larsen, Martin - Gothenburg, Sweden 985
Jones, Tommy - Simpsonville, SC 976
Norton, Scott - Costa Mesa, CA 963
Shafer, Ryan - Horseheads, NY 952
Van Hees, Jonathan - Charlestown, RI 951
300 Games (1) - Mika Koivuniemi

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
Wells, Willie - Herriman, UT 1063
Clark, Mark - Naperville, IL 1019
Leuthold, Cassandra - Black Hawk 935
Blackwell, Andy - Shawnee, OK 928
Hilligas Jr, James - Beavercreek, OH 927
Rogers, Bryson - Durham, NC 903
Staley, Lindsy - San Diego, CA 884
Vazquez, Humberto - San Pedro, Mexico 883
300 Games (1) - Willie Wells

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
Quitangon, Donato - Walnut, CA 967
Rash, Sara - Montgomery, IL 955
Gerencser, Joe - Henderson, NV 941
Bland Jr, Kenneth J. - APO, AE 933
Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 934
Adams, Chase, - Las Vegas, Nev. 891
Darrin Remiticado, Stockton, CA, 885
Pavilack, David - Hollywood, FL 881

 

Thursday, Feb. 2 Results

Players with position, hometown and 4-game total

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
1 Archer, D.J. - Pt Arthur, TX 1090 Advance to Finals
2 MacLelland, Dan - Saginaw, MI 1005 Advance to Finals
3 MacLelland, Dan - Saginaw, MI 987
4 Shafer, Ryan - Horseheads, NY 952 Advance to Finals
5 Van Hees, Jonathan - Charlestown, RI 951 Advance to Finals
6 Szczerbinski, John - North Tonawanda, NY 915
7 Aguiar, Alex - N Dartmouth, MA 914
8 Fagan, Mike - Grapevine, TX 898
9 Bock, Dan - Albert Lea, MN 894
10 Johnson, Liz - Cheektowaga, NY 887
11 Williams Jr, Walter Ray - Ocala, FL 881
12 Fagan, Mike - Grapevine, TX 880
13 Wu, Siu Hong - Hong Kong, China 877
14 Smith, Steven J - San Diego, CA 868
15 Wojnar, Jason - Chicago, IL 866
16 Eagle, Dale 860
17 Amkie, Isaac - Mexico 857
18 Van Putten, Nathan - Pasadena, TX 856
19 Malott, Wes - Pfulgerville, TX 852
20 Haugen, Michael - Carefree, AZ 846
21 Valenta, Brian - Lockport, IL 831
22 Vanderhoef, Lee - Greenville, SC 826
23 Gohagan, George III - Roswell, GA 809
24 Williams Jr, Walter Ray - Ocala, FL 791
25 Van Putten, Nathan - Pasadena, TX 788
26 Hess, Tom - Urbandale, IA 749
27 Williams Jr, Walter Ray - Ocala, FL 742
28 Eagle, Dale 704
29 Wu, Siu Hong - Hong Kong, China 569
30 Hamilton, Michael - Miami, FL 352

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
1 Clark, Mark - Naperville, IL 1019 Advance to Finals
2 Blackwell, Andy - Shawnee, OK 928 Advance to Finals
3 Hilligas Jr, James - Beavercreek, OH 927 Advance to Finals
4 Nelson, Chad - Owatonna, MN 887
5 Reyna, Alejandro 886
6 Caminsky, Guy - Durban, South Africa 865
7 Wilber, Hal - Las Vegas, NV 828 Free Reentry
8 Nelson, Chad - Owatonna, MN 819
9 Watson, Brian - Washington, WV 817
10 Hilligas Jr, James - Beavercreek, OH 811
11 Chew, David - Brentwood, CA 805
12 Watson, Brian - Washington, WV 792
13 Klein, Ross - Glen Cove, NY 785
14 Fulford, Kerry - Gatesville, TX 777
15 Nadeau, Chase - Las Vegas, NV 775
16 Wilber, Hal - Las Vegas, NV 775
17 Blackwell, Andy - Shawnee, OK 764
18 Paluszek, Joe - Bensalem, PA 752
19 Fulford, Kerry - Gatesville, TX 752
20 Kulow, Marshall - Shawnee, OK 743
21 Arena, Ron - East Meadow, NY 739
22 Reyna, Alejandro - Costa Rica 734

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
1 Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 934 Advance to Finals
2 Pavilack, David - Hollywood, FL 881 Advance to Finals
3 Pavilack, David - Hollywood, FL 841
4 Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 828
5 Bisnar, Roland - Henderson, NV 827
6 Marsicano, Salvatore - Myrtle Beach, SC 821
7 Cericos, Sol - Arcadia, CA 811 Free Reentry
8 Marsicano, Salvatore - Myrtle Beach, SC 808
9 Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 803
10 Cooper, Terry - Brooklyn, NY 787
11 Kulow, Mitch - Shawnee, OK 774
12 Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 770
13 Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 770
14 Romero, Rick - Henderson, NV 765
15 Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 764
16 Silva, Jayme - New Bedford, MA 764
17 Silva, Jayme - New Bedford, MA 734
18 Cericos, Sol - Arcadia, CA 725
19 Kulow, Mitch - Shawnee, OK 718
20 Tamburini, Sam - Las Vegas, NV 695

Scroll down this page to view all previous qualifying results.

 

The International Mini megabuck event, immediately following the USBC Masters and running concurrently with the WTBA International Open, is a scratch and handicap competition that runs from January 28 through February 5. All three events take place at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas.

Guaranteed top prize is $30,000 for the winner. The International Mini will be contested on the WTBA Athens lane conditioning pattern, which is 40 feet in length.

The International Mini is a four-game qualifying tournament. There are 23 squads and 1 in 8 bowlers each day, per division, will advance to the finals and cash for a minimum of $750. There are three divisions: Gold, Silver and Bronze.

In the scratch scoring Gold and Silver divisions women, super seniors (age 60 & over) and amateur seniors (age 50 to 59) will receive 6 bonus pins per game throughout all qualifying squads and finals. The bronze division is a handicap division based on 90% of 210 average. Minimum average for handicapping purposes is 150 (maximum of 54 pins per game).

Bowlers can skip the early rounds of the finals by earning byes. The finals of The International Mini will be held on Sunday, Feb. 5 starting at 8am. The finals use a single game beat half-the-field by division. All finalists are guaranteed to win a minimum of $750.

The last remaining bowler left in each division will be crowned the division champion and will advance to the final shootout. All three division champions will earn a minimum of $10,000.

The final shootout will be a 1 game match between the three division champions. The guaranteed top prizes in the final shootout will pay $30,000 for first place, $15,000 for second place and $10,000 for third place.

Click here to read our summary of the Tournament Format or visit the Mini Eliminator website for all details.

Bowlingdigital will cover The International Mini and the WTBA International Open live from Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Las Vegas all the way through to the finals on Feb. 5, 2012.

 

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Wednesday, Feb. 1 Results

Players with position, hometown and 4-game total

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Koivuniemi, Mika - Howell, MI 1013 Advance to Finals
2, Jones, Tommy - Simpsonville, SC 976 Advance to Finals
3, Haggerty, P. J. - Roseville, CA 942 Advance to Finals
4, O'Neill, Bill - Levittown, PA 923
5, Wolfe, Mike - New Albany, IN 922
6, Weber, Pete - St Ann, MO 922
7, Jones, Tommy - Simpsonville, SC 901
8, Wolfe, Mike - New Albany, IN 889
9, Haggerty, P. J. - Roseville, CA 883
10, Wojnar, Jason - Chicago, IL 878
11, Zuniga, J. C. - Tulsa, OK 874
12, Gohagan, George III - Roswell, GA 863
13, O'Neill, Bill - Levittown, PA 858
14, Ruiz Jr, Ildemaro - Miami, FL 858
15, McCune, Eugene - Munster, IN 850
16, Blanchard, Josh - Rancho Cucamonga, CA 827
17, Williams Jr, Walter Ray - Ocala, FL 822 Free Reentry
18, Bock, Dan - Albert Lea, MN 817
19, Wojnar, Jason - Chicago, IL 779
20, Wodka, Dave - Henderson, NV 773
21, Thompson, Anthony - Redding, CA 712

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Leuthold, Cassandra - Black Hawk, SC 935 Advance to Finals
2, Wimer, Darwin - Mesquite, NV 882 Free Reentry
3, Nelson, Chad - Owatonna, MN 862
4, Caminsky, Guy - Durban, South Africa 854 Free Reentry
5, Klein, Ross - Glen Cove, NY 852
6, Arena, Ron - East Meadow, NY 847
7, Nephew, Jay - Dallas, TX 826
8, Vazquez, Humberto - San Pedro, Mexico 821
9, Caminsky, Guy - Durban, South Africa 777
10, Ippolito, Andrew - Forest Hills, NY 728
11, Hickland Jr., Ronald - Clarksville, TN 668
12, Reyna, Alejandro 463

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
1, Adams, Chase - Las Vegas, NV 891 Advance to Finals
2, Remiticado, Darrin - Stockton, CA 885 Advance to Finals
3, Cericos, Sol - Arcadia, CA 873
4, Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 836 Free Reentry
5, Adams, Chase - Las Vegas, NV 832
6, Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 818
7, Silva, Jayme - New Bedford, MA 803
8, Sharp, Thomas - Ft. Worth, TX 803
9, Marsicano, Salvatore - Myrtle Beach, SC 790
10, Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 786
11, Cericos, Sol - Arcadia, CA 783
12, Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 773
13, Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 764
14, Hameed, Shaik Abdul - New Delhi, India 110 760
15, Kulow, Mitch - Shawnee, OK 760
16, Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 759
17, Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 689

 

Tuesday, Jan. 31 Results

Players with position, hometown and 4-game total

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Legnani, Lucas - Martinez, Argentina 1011 Advance to Finals
2, Larsen, Martin - Gothenburg, Sweden 985 Advance to Finals
3, MacLelland, Dan - Saginaw, MI 984
4, Barta, Adam - Girard, OH 956 Free Reentry
5, Koivuniemi, Mika - Howell, MI 950
6, Mizo, Jarret - Honolulu, HI 935
7, Shafer, Ryan - Horseheads, NY 935
8, Fagan, Mike - Grapevine, TX 931
9, Wojnar, Jason - Chicago, IL 895
10, Guerrero, Joseph L. - Henderson, NV 889
11, Belmont, Bob - Clearwater, FL 798
12, Bohn III, Parker - Jackson, NJ 796
13, Ciminelli, Ryan - Cheektowaga, NY 696

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Wells, Willie - Herriman, UT 1063 Advance to Finals
2, Caminsky, Guy - Durban, South Africa 998
3, Leuthold, Cassandra - Black Hawk, SC 953
4, Clark, Mark - Naperville, IL 938 Free Reentry
5, Wimer, Darwin - Mesquite, NV 877
6, Ippolito, Andrew - Forest Hills, NY 811
7, Chew, David - Brentwood, CA 778
300 game - Willie Wells

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
1, Rash, Sara - Montgomery, IL 955 Advance to Finals
2, Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 918 Free Reentry
3, Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 886 Free Reentry
4, Lund, Randy - Salt Lake City, UT 815
5, Clark, Artavius - Oxon Hill, MD 812
6, Wright, Don - Palm Desert, CA 772
7, Weaver-Purdy, Elaine - Las Vegas, NV 769
8, Silva, Jayme - New Bedford, MA 741

Monday, Jan. 30 Results

Players with position, hometown and 4-game total

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Page, Rhino - Clovis, CA 1015 Advance to Finals
2, Couch, Jason - Clermont, FL 1011 Advance to Finals
3, Couch, Jason - Clermont, FL 888 Free Reentry
4, Koivuniemi, Mika - Howell, MI 883
5, Bohn, Parker - Jackson, NJ 880
6, Smith, Steven J - San Diego, CA 871
7, Pepe, Anthony - Queens, NY 853
8, Barta, Adam - Girard, OH 834
9, Blanchard, Josh - Rancho Cucamonga, CA 833
10, Gohagan, George III - Roswell, GA 830
11, Barta, Adam - Girard, OH 827
12, Ruiz Jr, Ildemaro - Miami, FL 812
13, Ciminelli, Ryan - Cheektowaga, NY 429

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Staley, Lindsy - San Diego, CA 884 Advance to Finals
2, Paluszek, Joe - Bensalem, PA 870 Free Reentry
3, Paluszek, Joe - Bensalem, PA 858
4, Wells, Willie - Herriman, UT 842
5, Ippolito, Andrew - Forest Hills, NY 839
6, Wells, Willie - Herriman, UT 820
7, Reyna, Alejandro 817
8, Wilber, Hal - Las Vegas, NV 808
9, Robertson, Brandon - Clinton, CT 775
10, Chew, David - Brentwood, CA 733 Free Reentry

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
1, Gerencser, Joe - Henderson, NV 941 Advance to Finals
2, Rash, Sara - Montgomery, IL 906 Free Reentry
3, Badovinac, Steven - Parker, CO 890
4, Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 868
5, Cericos, Sol - Arcadia, CA 834
6, Rash, Sara - Montgomery, IL 815 Free Reetry
7, Clark, Artavius - Oxon Hill, MD 772
8, Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 727

 

Sunday, Jan. 29 Results

Players with position, hometown and 4-game total

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Norton, Scott - Costa Mesa, CA 963 Advance to Finals
2, Gohagan, George III - Roswell, GA 915 Free Reentry
3, Legnani, Lucas - Martinez, Argentina 867
4, Hamilton, Michael - Miami, FL 835
5, Daugherty, Tom - West Chapel, FL 770

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Vazquez, Humberto - San Pedro, Mexico 883 Advance to Finals
2, Wilber, Hal - Las Vegas, NV 787
3, Chew, David - Brentwood, CA 768
4, Robertson, Brandon - Clinton, CT 748 Free Reentry
5, Robertson, Brandon - Clinton, CT 724

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
1, Bland Jr, Kenneth J. - APO, AE 933 Advance to Finals
2, Gerencser, Joe - Henderson, NV 883 Free Reentry
3, Clark, Artavius - Oxon Hill, MD 766
4, Sharp, Thomas - Ft. Worth, TX 763
5, Macaluso, Joe - Hudson, FL 762
6, Clark, Artavius - Oxon Hill, MD 737
7, Hill, Harold Jr. - Lakeside, CA 712
8, Bland Jr, Ken - Germany 711

 

Saturday, Jan. 28 Results

Players with position, hometown and 4-game total

Gold Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Scroggins, Mike - Amarillo, TX 1058 Advance to Finals
2, Pepe, Anthony - Queens, NY 943 Free Reentry
3, McNiel, Matt - Prior Lake, MN 938
4, Legnani, Lucas - Martinez, Argentina 927
5, Rash, Sean - Montgomery, IL 911
6, Hess, Tom - Urbandale, IA 905
7, Pojas, Chad - Wajoaw, HI 885
8, Thompson, Anthony - Redding, CA 814
9, Vermilyea, Erik - Mansfield, TX 795

Silver Division - Scratch Qualifying
1, Rogers, Bryson - Durham, NC 903 Advance to Finals
2, Chew, David - Brentwood, CA 864 Free Reentry
3, Wilber, Hal - Las Vegas, NV 809 Free Reentry
4, Vazquez, Humberto - San Pedro, Mexico 783
5, Ippolito, Andrew - Forest Hills, NY 748

Bronze Division - Handicap Qualifying (90% of 210)
1, Quitangon, Donato - Walnut, CA 967 Advance to Finals
2, Bland Jr, Ken - Germany 804
3, Bland Jr, Ken - Germany 796 Free Reentry
4, Rash, Sara - Montgomery, IL 785
5, Hill, Harold Jr. - Lakeside, CA 771 Free Reentry
6, Reyes, Celestino 739