PBA bowlers dominate Final Round 3 at Bahrain International Championship

    03/07/14

    Bahrain

    Fagan, Loschetter, Angelo and Barnes survive Thursday's finals; also advancing to Final Round Four are local bowler Mohammed Sultan and Hong Kong's Michael Mak

    2014BAHMikeFagan.jpg2014BAHChrisLoschetter.jpgFour PBA bowlers, one Bahraini and one bowler from Hong Kong survived Thursday's Final Round 2 & 3 at the 12th Kingdom of Bahrain Bowling Championship to meet qualifiers 7-12 in the fourth round Friday at Ozone Entertainment Center in Sitra, Bahrain.

    The PBA stars dominated Round Three with Mike Fagan (pictured left) leading with 1402 and an average of 233.70. The four-time PBA champion had six games between 207 and 252.

    Chris Loschetter (right), who won his first PBA title in the Lucas Oil Wolf Open in the 2012-13 season, was a distant second with 1326 (221.00). Two-time PBA champion Brad Angelo was third with 1308.

    Fresh off his victory in the Emir Cup in Doha, Qatar, Chris Barnes barely survived Round Two (6th) before he made the third cut in fifth place with 1244.

    Barnes, who won his 16th career PBA title in Qatar, was sandwiched between local bowler Mohammed Sultan and Hong Kong's Michael Mak, who took fourth and fifth place with 1281 and 1238, respectively.

    The lone woman in the finals, Sweden's Sandra Andersson, was eliminated in Round Two to finish in 28th place but to win the World Bowling Tour's women ranking in Bahrain.

    The 12th Kingdom of Bahrain International Bowling Championship will be held from March 1-7 at Ozone Entertainment Center in Sitra, Bahrain. The tournament is the eighth stop on the 2014 World Bowling Tour and offers a PBA international title if won by a PBA member. Players competed for total prize money of US$105,050.

    Qualifying (two 6-game series) ran from February 23 through March 1 for local bowlers and March 2 through 5 for international bowlers. Women and youth bowlers receive seven pins handicap each game.

    Total 30 players advanced to the finals on Thursday and Friday including the top 27 qualifiers, the next two Bahrainis and the top-ranked woman.

    Players 1-6 (top 5 plus the next Bahraini) received three byes. Players 7-12 will receive two byes and players 13-18 earn one bye. The other 12 players advance to Final Round Two.

    Final Rounds 2-5 consist of six games scratch with the top six players advancing to the next round with the exception of Round 5, where the top three players will advance to the stepladder finals.

    The No. 2 seed bowls the No. 3 seed in the semifinal match. The winner of that game takes on the top-seeded player for the title and the US$25,000 first-place check. According to the tournament rules, the No. 1 seed must be defeated twice to win the title.

    WBTLogo_small.jpg The 2014 World Bowling Tour, which actually got underway in November 2013 with the PBA World Championship, consists of 15 tournaments in Arabia (6), Asia (3), United States (3), Europe (2) and Australia (1).

    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 some points earned in 2012 and all points from the 2013 and 2014 are added to determine the points list.

    The top three men and top three women in the WBT Point Ranking will be invited to compete in the 2014 World Bowling Tour Finals, which will be held in conjunction with the PBA World Series of Bowling VI from Oct. 24 through Nov. 2 at South Point in Las Vegas.

    The World Tenpin Bowling Association, which is made up of 111 bowling federations, governs the sport throughout the world. For more information on WTBA and the World Bowling Tour, click here.

    Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation.

     


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