Yelena Grishinenko (pictured left) and Yuriy Sazonov (right) captured the women's and men's title in the 14th Kazakhstan Cup which was held May 12-13 at Bowling Club Olimp in Almaty. The winners will represent Kazakhstan in the 2012 Bowling World Cup Nov. 24 to Dec. 2 in Wroclaw, Poland.

Sazonov, the 2011 Kazakhstan champion, led the men's division with 4148 pinfall total including 135 bonus pins to earn his first career BWC berth.

Local favorite Grishinenko, a three-time Kazakhstan champion, dominated the women's field and finished 442 pins ahead of her nearest competitor. Grishinenko will bowl her second consecutive World Cup after finishing 23rd in South Africa last year.

The Kaz Cup drew 14 men and 5 women. All players bowled 12 games of qualifying on dual lane condition with the top eight men and the top four women advancing to round robin match play. The qualifying pinfall was carried forward.

After seven (men) and three (women) match play games the players with the highest total including bonus (20 pins per win, 5 for a tie; additional 5 pins bonus for each game from 200 to 249 and 10 pins for each game from 250 to 300) were declared the champions.

 

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Men's Division - Final Standings after Round Robin

Pos	Player	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Yuriy Sazonov	2505	203	218	213	237	222	220	195	1508	215.43	135	4148
2.	Gennadiy Vologin	2437	203	179	237	173	219	217	220	1448	206.86	130	4015
3.	Alexandr Panchenko	2413	223	188	160	172	187	150	187	1267	181.00	25	3705
4.	Ruslan Ekkel	2226	175	254	197	159	207	196	173	1361	194.43	60	3647
5.	Konstantin Izhboldin	2162	133	209	255	162	202	188	214	1363	194.71	105	3630
6.	Nikolai Li	2212	203	215	149	169	207	182	198	1323	189.00	95	3630
7.	Oleg Minulin	2193	148	190	234	232	183	156	213	1356	193.71	75	3624
8.	Saken Akhmetov	2139	184	169	145	188	140	192	216	1234	176.29	65	3438

 

Women's Division - Final Standings after Round Robin

Pos	Player	B/F	G1	G2	G3	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Yelena Grishinenko	2252	214	194	189	597	199.00	65	2914
2.	Natalia Orlova	1948	168	146	170	484	161.33	40	2472
3.	Olga Berillo	2016	181	131	126	438	146.00	0	2454
4.	Zhanat Nusupbayeva	2002	143	137	129	409	136.33	20	2431

 

Men's Qualifying

The top eight advance to Round Robin Match Play.

Pos	Player	Block 1	Avg.	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Yuriy Sazonov	1150	191.67	177	252	278	259	198	191	1355	225.83	2505	208.75
2.	Gennadiy Vologin	1218	203.00	246	200	192	185	183	213	1219	203.17	2437	203.08
3.	Alexandr Panchenko	1190	198.33	208	203	196	202	171	243	1223	203.83	2413	201.08
4.	Ruslan Ekkel	1119	186.50	163	182	217	199	151	195	1107	184.50	2226	185.50
5.	Nikolai Li	1114	185.67	190	206	149	177	214	162	1098	183.00	2212	184.33
6.	Oleg Minulin	1075	179.17	183	225	177	166	194	173	1118	186.33	2193	182.75
7.	Konstantin Izhboldin	1082	180.33	203	183	162	169	177	186	1080	180.00	2162	180.17
8.	Saken Akhmetov	1072	178.67	196	189	174	150	170	188	1067	177.83	2139	178.25
9.	Leonid Fedyukov	1128	188.00	179	153	191	170	171	143	1007	167.83	2135	177.92
10.	Yevgeniy Kuznetsov	1094	182.33	166	136	171	216	166	180	1035	172.50	2129	177.42
11.	Oleg Ten	1063	177.17	154	180	188	169	162	191	1044	174.00	2107	175.58
12.	Vitaliy Bashayev	1015	169.17	222	146	233	154	173	150	1078	179.67	2093	174.42
13.	Ilya Orlov	972	162.00	145	155	172	211	149	256	1088	181.33	2060	171.67
14.	Andrey Kim	951	158.50	173	191	225	153	177	182	1101	183.50	2052	171.00

 

Women's Qualifying

The top four advance to Round Robin Match Play.

Pos	Player	Block 1	Avg.	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Avg.	Total	Avg.
1.	Yelena Grishinenko	1159	193.17	150	167	199	213	183	181	1093	182.17	2252	187.67
2.	Olga Berillo	1023	170.50	159	135	155	243	134	167	993	165.50	2016	168.00
3.	Zhanat Nusupbayeva	997	166.17	167	133	161	172	195	177	1005	167.50	2002	166.83
4.	Natalia Orlova	952	158.67	148	156	159	181	180	172	996	166.00	1948	162.33
5.	Alima Barmanbekova	977	162.83	109	164	162	129	166	115	845	140.83	1822	151.83