Yannaphon Larp-apharat, Sean Rash take early lead at World Bowling Tour Thailand event

    09/26/12

    2012 World Bowling Tour #10

    Blu-O-Paragon in Bangkok, Thailand (Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2012)

    2012AsCYannaphonLarpapharat.jpg201112PBA01SeanRash4.jpgThailand's No. 1 bowler, Yannaphon Larp-apharat and PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash, United States, took the early lead in the qualifying of the World Bowling Tour Thailand at Blu-O-Paragon bowling center in Bangkok.

    Yannaphon (pictured left), who won the gold medal in All Events at the 22nd Asian Championships earlier this month, put together three game series of 734, 714 and 698 to set the pace with 2149 nine-game total and an average of 238.44.

    The five-time PBA champion (right) had a high series of 750 and added sets of 719 and 657 to sit in second place with 2126 (236.22). Third and fourth place belonged to Phoemphun Yakasem and Surasak Manuwong of Thailand with 2085 and 2056, respectively.

    WBTLogo.jpgThe World Bowling Tour Thailand 2012 will be held from Sept. 24 through Oct. 1, 2012 at Blu-O-Paragon bowling center in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament is the 10th stop of the 2012 World Bowling Tour. and offers total prize fund of 4.215 million Baht or approx. 132,000 USD with 1 million Baht ($32,250) going to the winner and 500.000 Baht to the runner-up.

    The World Bowling Tour Thailand 2012 will also award a PBA Tour title if won by PBA member or a PBA International member.

    Qualifying (Three highest three-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Tuesday, Sept. 25 through Saturday, Sept. 30 with the last squad scheduled for 9 p.m. local time. Qualifying concludes with the Desperado Squad scheduled for 10 p.m. Women receive eight pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament.

    Total 42 players will advance to the second round including
    • the top 7 qualifiers (receive two byes),
    • the next two local bowlers (8th receives two byes, 9th gets one bye),
    • the next 29 players in the overall standings seeded 10-38 (10-24 receive one bye)
    • plus another two locals seeded 39-40 and
    • the top 2 of the Desperado Squad seeded 41-42.
    Round 2, 3 and 4 each feature a six-game series from scratch. Ties in Round 1-4 will be broken by a one-ball roll-off. The field will be trimmed to 34, 20 and eight players, who will determine the champion in the TV stepladder final.

    After the Bahamas Classic has been postponed and the Daejeon International Open 2012 in Korea has lost its WBT status, the 2012 World Bowling Tour consists of 12 tournaments in America, Asia, Europe and Australia - five in the United States and one each in Australia, Austria, Finland, France, Japan, Kuwait and Thailand.

    Players earn ranking points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so points earned in 2012 will be added to points earned in 2011 to determine the points list.

    The top three men and top three women will be invited to compete in the World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the Professional Bowlers Association at the end of 2012 featuring total prize fund of $70,000.

    The World Tenpin Bowling Association, which is made up of 115 bowling federations, governs the sport throughout the world. For more information on WTBA and the World Bowling Tour, visit WorldTenpinBowling.com.

    Results courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.

     


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    Qualifying Standings as of Sept. 26 noon local time

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