Ryan Ciminelli wins qualifying in World Bowling Tour Thailand event

    09/30/12

    2012 World Bowling Tour #10

    37 men and five women advance to Sunday's finals: six PBA champions and Thailand's Yannaphon Larp-apharat receive two byes; cut off number for 38th place was 2065 (229.44)

    201112PBARyanCiminelli.jpg2012AsCYannaphonLarpapharat2.jpgRyan Ciminelli (pictured left) of the United States, won the qualifying in the World Bowling Tour event en route to lead 42 of 72 players from 16 countries into Sunday's finals at Blu-O-Paragon bowling center in Bangkok.

    Ciminelli, who targets his second career PBA title, totaled 2328 pins, an average of 258.67, including high three-game sets of 855, 743 and 730.

    Thailand's No. 1, Yannaphon Larp-apharat (right), who won the gold medal in All Events at the 22nd Asian Championships earlier this month, was 34 pins behind in second place with 2294 (254.89).

    201112PBASeanRash.jpg201112PBAMikeFagan.jpgReigning PBA player of the year Sean Rash (left), United States, rolled the fifth 300 game of the tournament on Saturday to finish in third place with 2254 total (250.44). Last year's runner-up Mike Fagan (right), who is looking for his second international PBA title of the year after his victory in the Brunswick Euro Challenge in March, was fourth with 2229.

    Current European Bowling Tour point ranking leader and one-time PBA champion Dominic Barrett of England was fifth with 2225 and was followed by two-time PBA player of the year Mika Koivuniemi and three-time PBA champion Osku Palermaa, both of Finland, in sixth and seventh place with 2213 and 2211, respectively.

    2011HKGOpenAnnopArromsaranon.jpg2012WBT10AngkanaNetvriseth.jpgThose seven as well as the next best local bowler Annop Arromsaranon (left, 2143), who was seeded eighth, received two byes for the finals.

    The next-best local (Thailand's No. 1 woman bowler Angkana Netrviseth, right) and the next 15 players in the overall qualifying standings received first-round byes. The next 14 qualifiers plus two locals and the top two of the Desperado Squad (Wicky Yeung of Hong Kong and Jo Nam-Yi of Korea) advanced to the first round of the finals.

    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) ran from Tuesday, Sept. 25 through Saturday, Sept. 30 and concluded with the one-game Desperado Squad. 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.

    Courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.

     


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    Standings after Qualifying and Desperado Squad


    Total 42 players advance to finals. F indicates female bowlers, receive eight pins handicap each game

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