Veronica Berumen & Teresa Piccini (pictured left, r-l) of Mexico and Senior Team USA's Hugh Miller & Ron Mohr (right, r-l) took the early lead in the Doubles competition as 22 of 43 women's teams and 29 of 60 men's teams have completed their six-game qualifying blocks.

Berumen/Piccini were the lone women's duo in Squad A which averaged over 200 on the 40-feet Athens lane conditioning pattern. The Mexicans finished with 2414 total or an average of 201.17. Piccini had the field-best 1268 series (211.33 average) and Berumen added 1146.

The Mexicans closed out with 447 to beat out Sweden and the United States for the top spot by 27 and 34 pins, respectively.

Second place belonged to Ann-Ki Larsson Carlsson & Susanne Olsson (left, r-l) of Sweden with 2387 (198.92), who maintained a seven-pin lead over Singles world senior champion Lucy Sandelin & Tish Johnson (right, r-l), who finished in third place with 2380 (198.33).

Australia's Jill Morris & Heather Robertson (left, r-l) were a distant fourth with 2270 (189.17). Only the top 4 teams at the end of the qualifying will advance to the playoffs later this afternoon.

Fresh off his runner-up finish in Men's Singles yesterday, two-time PBA50 Player of the Year, Ron Mohr, fired the field-best 1348 series while team mate Hugh Miller, whose resume includes seven PBA Tour titles and three PBA50 Tour wins, added 1284 to outdistance their competitors with 2632 total and an average of 219.33.

As in the men's and women's Singles finals, USA and Sweden held the top spots in Squad A as Singles bronze medalist Christer Pettersson & Jan Nordberg (left, r-l) landed in second place with 2505 (208.75).

The Americans outaveraged their rivals from Europe by more than 10 pins. Finland's Pentti Laine & Esa Sievänen (right, r-l) finished strong with games of 471 and 439 to help grab third place with 2437 (203.08).

Jesus Gutierrez & Victor Mar (right, l-r) of Mexico saved the best for last, finishing with 454 to take fourth place with 2423 (201.92). That feat came at the expense of Norway's Tom Nilsen & Per Eivind Fjordheim, who slipped out of the top 4 with 2401 (200.08).

The top four men's and women's teams have to sit and wait if their scores hold on. The semifinals and finals will start at 5 p.m.

The 1st World Senior Championships runs from Aug. 10 thru 16, 2013. Men and women will compete in separate divisions for medals in five events - Singles, Doubles, Team, All-Events and Masters. All participants must be 50 years of age or above in the year of the championships.

The 213 players from 33 countries return Tuesday for the Doubles event on the 40-feet Athens lane conditioning pattern.

 

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WSrC Men's Doubles Qualifying (Squad A only)

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	United States	405	430	493	1328	459	471	374	1304	2632	219.33
	Hugh Miller	196	216	246	658	222	202	202	626	1284	214.00
	Ron Mohr	209	214	247	670	237	269	172	678	1348	224.67
2.	Sweden	436	446	391	1273	414	432	386	1232	2505	208.75
	Christer Pettersson	209	248	219	676	213	222	181	616	1292	215.33
	Jan Nordberg	227	198	172	597	201	210	205	616	1213	202.17
3.	Finland	401	364	401	1166	361	471	439	1271	2437	203.08
	Pentti Laine	216	196	223	635	183	236	245	664	1299	216.50
	Esa Sievänen	185	168	178	531	178	235	194	607	1138	189.67
4.	Mexico	364	406	370	1140	414	415	454	1283	2423	201.92
	Jesus Gutierrez	194	203	172	569	215	212	220	647	1216	202.67
	Victor Mar	170	203	198	571	199	203	234	636	1207	201.17
5.	Norway	374	366	379	1119	388	490	404	1282	2401	200.08
	Tom Nilsen	159	204	202	565	207	269	196	672	1237	206.17
	Per Eivind Fjordheim	215	162	177	554	181	221	208	610	1164	194.00
6.	Japan	425	392	451	1268	407	359	356	1122	2390	199.17
	Takeo Murakami	223	201	230	654	216	178	200	594	1248	208.00
	Kokichi Itagaki	202	191	221	614	191	181	156	528	1142	190.33
7.	Chile	336	356	373	1065	402	480	417	1299	2364	197.00
	Jorge Mandiola	164	185	192	541	199	234	225	658	1199	199.83
	Enrique Fernandez	172	171	181	524	203	246	192	641	1165	194.17
8.	Australia	402	408	392	1202	410	315	436	1161	2363	196.92
	Bob Whybrow	249	214	227	690	180	154	214	548	1238	206.33
	Mick Talevski	153	194	165	512	230	161	222	613	1125	187.50
9.	England	385	376	353	1114	376	397	442	1215	2329	194.08
	Ian Lee	182	201	196	579	182	205	204	591	1170	195.00
	Mark Fullbrook	203	175	157	535	194	192	238	624	1159	193.17
10.	Colombia	393	345	374	1112	385	370	446	1201	2313	192.75
	Néstor Barrantes	191	186	179	556	196	205	211	612	1168	194.67
	Nicolás Ruiz	202	159	195	556	189	165	235	589	1145	190.83
11.	Italy	420	415	388	1223	331	384	375	1090	2313	192.75
	Lorenzo Fiorentin	175	182	170	527	167	210	213	590	1117	186.17
	Sergio Fabbietti	245	233	218	696	164	174	162	500	1196	199.33
12.	New Zealand	370	357	446	1173	396	328	409	1133	2306	192.17
	Delfin De Guzman	176	165	181	522	182	176	174	532	1054	175.67
	Gregorio Nicolas	194	192	265	651	214	152	235	601	1252	208.67
13.	China	354	443	372	1169	374	386	377	1137	2306	192.17
	Xiaogang Qin	179	231	185	595	187	210	188	585	1180	196.67
	Yongqiu Zhu	175	212	187	574	187	176	189	552	1126	187.67
14.	Ukraine	412	456	351	1219	356	357	367	1080	2299	191.58
	Mykhaylo Scherbinin	201	243	161	605	184	196	195	575	1180	196.67
	Aleksej Asajewicz	211	213	190	614	172	161	172	505	1119	186.50
15.	Brazil	355	383	369	1107	398	400	376	1174	2281	190.08
	Paulo Soares	165	176	204	545	221	222	200	643	1188	198.00
	Marco Túlio	190	207	165	562	177	178	176	531	1093	182.17
16.	Austria	368	321	371	1060	382	351	462	1195	2255	187.92
	Dusan Kometter	211	157	165	533	182	171	215	568	1101	183.50
	Manfred Panzenboeck	157	164	206	527	200	180	247	627	1154	192.33
17.	Puerto Rico	351	401	362	1114	373	403	361	1137	2251	187.58
	Antonio Velez	161	204	183	548	182	173	163	518	1066	177.67
	Edward Roncoli	190	197	179	566	191	230	198	619	1185	197.50
18.	Romania	412	359	358	1129	366	396	340	1102	2231	185.92
	Marcel Tarase	223	173	178	574	200	162	169	531	1105	184.17
	Corneliu Antimirecu	189	186	180	555	166	234	171	571	1126	187.67
19.	Dominican Republic	325	399	340	1064	401	353	398	1152	2216	184.67
	Rolando Sebelen	188	190	167	545	195	182	207	584	1129	188.17
	Hilton Nunez	137	209	173	519	206	171	191	568	1087	181.17
20.	Panama	356	320	392	1068	355	408	371	1134	2202	183.50
	Eric Lanuza	176	147	169	492	152	222	178	552	1044	174.00
	Jorge Quintero	180	173	223	576	203	186	193	582	1158	193.00
21.	Germany	376	323	367	1066	383	372	378	1133	2199	183.25
	Karl-Heinz Gaiser	195	168	200	563	178	199	208	585	1148	191.33
	Erich Behrends	181	155	167	503	205	173	170	548	1051	175.17
22.	Venezuela	324	324	389	1037	384	361	415	1160	2197	183.08
	Raul Valcarcel	155	135	191	481	194	178	202	574	1055	175.83
	Antonio Ochoa	169	189	198	556	190	183	213	586	1142	190.33
23.	Netherlands	328	334	363	1025	423	380	365	1168	2193	182.75
	Paul Kruemmel	159	159	163	481	198	188	187	573	1054	175.67
	Harold Jablonski	169	175	200	544	225	192	178	595	1139	189.83
24.	Israel	362	369	404	1135	342	349	366	1057	2192	182.67
	Izhak Dekel	181	193	199	573	171	198	160	529	1102	183.67
	Eliezer Shienman	181	176	205	562	171	151	206	528	1090	181.67
25.	Canada	323	364	363	1050	342	404	364	1110	2160	180.00
	Randy Kostenuk	166	149	179	494	182	221	206	609	1103	183.83
	Russel Serwetnyk	157	215	184	556	160	183	158	501	1057	176.17
26.	Russia	348	359	305	1012	339	393	383	1115	2127	177.25
	Rafkat Vakhidov	173	181	158	512	161	189	203	553	1065	177.50
	Salavat Adiatulin	175	178	147	500	178	204	180	562	1062	177.00
27.	Uruguay	303	362	329	994	366	358	404	1128	2122	176.83
	William Rodriguez	158	194	162	514	194	173	179	546	1060	176.67
	Gustavo Garcia	145	168	167	480	172	185	225	582	1062	177.00
28.	Wales	336	359	323	1018	361	315	403	1079	2097	174.75
	Richard Morgan	138	123	140	401	167	143	220	530	931	155.17
	Gareth Roberts	198	236	183	617	194	172	183	549	1166	194.33
29.	Czech Republic	297	386	380	1063	374	309	340	1023	2086	173.83
	Jaroslav Moravek	158	208	175	541	221	150	183	554	1095	182.50
	Petr Tomasek	139	178	205	522	153	159	157	469	991	165.17

 

WSrC Women's Doubles Qualifying (Squad A only)

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Mexico	400	404	379	1183	370	414	447	1231	2414	201.17
	Veronica Berumen	198	179	181	558	158	193	237	588	1146	191.00
	Teresa Piccini	202	225	198	625	212	221	210	643	1268	211.33
2.	Sweden	392	412	383	1187	404	411	385	1200	2387	198.92
	Ann-Ki Larsson Carlsson	178	203	191	572	203	222	158	583	1155	192.50
	Susanne Olsson	214	209	192	615	201	189	227	617	1232	205.33
3.	United States	450	359	398	1207	373	410	390	1173	2380	198.33
	Lucy Sandelin	235	213	213	661	182	197	192	571	1232	205.33
	Tish Johnson	215	146	185	546	191	213	198	602	1148	191.33
4.	Australia	393	404	355	1152	383	371	364	1118	2270	189.17
	Jill Morris	202	221	201	624	237	159	198	594	1218	203.00
	Heather Robertson	191	183	154	528	146	212	166	524	1052	175.33
5.	Canada	359	419	336	1114	408	357	341	1106	2220	185.00
	Cathy Harvey	188	196	191	575	217	167	170	554	1129	188.17
	France Joubert	171	223	145	539	191	190	171	552	1091	181.83
6.	Finland	334	343	388	1065	344	399	393	1136	2201	183.42
	Tuula Tamminen	173	179	205	557	169	188	188	545	1102	183.67
	Riitta Nikupeteri	161	164	183	508	175	211	205	591	1099	183.17
7.	Germany	374	396	373	1143	354	345	330	1029	2172	181.00
	Gisela Insinger	184	172	190	546	191	161	169	521	1067	177.83
	Marett Schiller	190	224	183	597	163	184	161	508	1105	184.17
8.	Norway	373	390	388	1151	347	301	357	1005	2156	179.67
	Ragnhild E Kristoffersen	191	201	164	556	174	151	158	483	1039	173.17
	Sylvi Bergtun Berge	182	189	224	595	173	150	199	522	1117	186.17
9.	Chile	321	342	392	1055	343	339	392	1074	2129	177.42
	Filomena Arenas	172	179	224	575	184	190	200	574	1149	191.50
	Cleo Quintanilla	149	163	168	480	159	149	192	500	980	163.33
10.	New Zealand	347	337	400	1084	328	347	369	1044	2128	177.33
	Natalie Adams	169	158	199	526	173	170	198	541	1067	177.83
	Donna Fletcher	178	179	201	558	155	177	171	503	1061	176.83
11.	Czech Republic	407	346	283	1036	393	339	355	1087	2123	176.92
	Dagmar Stulikova	177	175	152	504	203	161	204	568	1072	178.67
	Eva Stefkova	230	171	131	532	190	178	151	519	1051	175.17
12.	Austria	400	286	336	1022	371	389	341	1101	2123	176.92
	Christine Gablek	215	150	164	529	207	191	157	555	1084	180.67
	Gabriele Loos	185	136	172	493	164	198	184	546	1039	173.17
13.	Israel	363	369	326	1058	331	340	376	1047	2105	175.42
	Hana Duanis	176	193	167	536	169	149	171	489	1025	170.83
	Rhona Gill	187	176	159	522	162	191	205	558	1080	180.00
14.	Panama	336	363	329	1028	351	333	366	1050	2078	173.17
	Ely Bennett	172	176	159	507	142	146	190	478	985	164.17
	Sherlie Charles	164	187	170	521	209	187	176	572	1093	182.17
15.	Venezuela	309	319	388	1016	328	348	377	1053	2069	172.42
	Ivette Gonzalez	155	168	190	513	146	171	213	530	1043	173.83
	Suzanne Algernon	154	151	198	503	182	177	164	523	1026	171.00
16.	Japan	315	395	378	1088	348	284	348	980	2068	172.33
	Misako Karatsu	163	245	210	618	185	141	157	483	1101	183.50
	Chieko Hirata	152	150	168	470	163	143	191	497	967	161.17
17.	Uruguay	321	313	326	960	371	377	348	1096	2056	171.33
	Silvia Juarez	170	164	162	496	192	166	178	536	1032	172.00
	Rosalia Brea	151	149	164	464	179	211	170	560	1024	170.67
18.	Wales	352	395	326	1073	353	262	364	979	2052	171.00
	Pauline McDonald	183	225	190	598	156	122	192	470	1068	178.00
	Angie Morgan	169	170	136	475	197	140	172	509	984	164.00
19.	Brazil	354	405	320	1079	306	349	313	968	2047	170.58
	Léa Castro	176	193	180	549	146	181	165	492	1041	173.50
	Marlene Bonacina	178	212	140	530	160	168	148	476	1006	167.67
20.	England	310	369	285	964	350	357	348	1055	2019	168.25
	Tricia Lloyd	145	157	148	450	183	149	174	506	956	159.33
	Jan Steiner	165	212	137	514	167	208	174	549	1063	177.17
21.	Puerto Rico	362	330	335	1027	294	316	341	951	1978	164.83
	Nora Serracin	195	181	185	561	137	137	192	466	1027	171.17
	Marta Ramos	167	149	150	466	157	179	149	485	951	158.50
22.	Virgin Islands	309	296	259	864	314	330	316	960	1824	152.00
	Sheryl Williams	186	136	125	447	175	172	187	534	981	163.50
	Winona Lester	123	160	134	417	139	158	129	426	843	140.50