Leanne Hulsenberg earns the No. 1 seed for the WSrC Women’s Singles finals

16 August, 2017

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Senior Team USA member Leanne Hulsenberg averaged over 220 in squad B to cruise to the top seed for the women’s singles finals of the World Senior Championships Tuesday at Dream-Bowl Palace near Munich, Germany.

The 26-time PWBA champion (pictured above) rolled games of 237, 226, 176, 227, 237 and 225 to lead the field of 110 bowlers from 32 countries with 1328 pinfall total and an average of 221.33.

Reija Lundén (right) of Finland was 78 pins behind with 1250 (208.33) to take the No. 2 seed for the semi-finals.

Overnight leader Lynda Barnes (left) slipped two spots to third place with 1213 (202.17).

The last spot for the semi-finals was decided in a one-ball roll-off as Russia’s Larisa Stashchenko and Bianca Völkl-Brand of Germany were tied for fourth place at 1179 (196.50).

Stashchenko (right) defeated Völkl-Brand, 10-9, to clinch the No. 4 seed.

In the semi-finals Hulsenberg meets Stashchenko and Lundén takes on Barnes.

The record 110 women from record 32 countries were divided into two squads to bowl their preliminaries on Tuesday afternoon (squad A) and Wednesday morning (squad B).

All athletes bowled one six-game block before the field was cut to the top four for the medal round, which will be held simultaneously with the men starting with the semifinals Wednesday at 12.30 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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Tuesday – August 15, 2017
08:30 – 12:00 Men’s Singles Squad A
12:00 – 13:00 Lane Maintenance
13:00 – 16:30 Men’s Singles Squad B
16:30 – 17:30 Lane Maintenance
17:30 – 21:00 Women’s Singles Squad A

Wednesday – August 16, 2017
08:30 – 12:00 Singles – Women’s Singles Squad B
12:00 – 13:00 Lane Maintenance
12:30 – 13:30 Singles Semi-Finals and Finals (Men & Women)
13:30 – 14:30 Lane Maintenance
13:30 Medal Presentation for Singles (Men & Women)
14:30 – 18:00 Doubles – Men (Squad A)

Bowlingdigital.com will provide onsite coverage of the event commencing Tuesday, August 15, with the singles preliminaries all the way through to the masters finals which will conclude the Championships on Sunday, August 20.

The 3rd World Senior Championships 2017 will be held from August 13-20 at Europe’s biggest bowling center, the magnificent 52-lane Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany.

Up to four men and four women per country (players must be 50 years of age or above in the year of the championship) will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in singles, doubles, four-player teams, all-events and masters in the seven-day competition.

Bowling officially gets underway Aug. 15. Singles, doubles and team events include six games of qualifying before the field is narrowed to the top four who advance to the medal round. The winners of the semi-finals bowl for gold and silver, the losers share the bronze medals.

The top 3 players in all-events (combined scores in singles, doubles and team preliminaries) also earn medals. The top 24 in all-events determine the medalists in masters in best-of-three games single-elimination match play format. The top 8 receive a first-round bye.

In accordance with World Bowling Statutes and Playing Rules Chapter 4.6.2, the 2017 World Senior Championships will be contested on the 41 feet Montreal lane conditioning pattern selected from Bank 2 (formerly “medium”) patterns of the World Bowling bank of patterns.

World Bowling provides governance to international bowling and is made up of 134 bowling international federations. For more information on World Bowling, click here.

The 4th World Senior Championships will return to Las Vegas in August 2019, this time to the new South Point Bowling Plaza, which is part of the South Point Hotel and Casino.

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Top four advance to the medal round.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Leanne Hulsenberg	United States	237	226	176	639	227	237	225	689	1328	221.33
2.	Reija Lundén	Finland	245	182	187	614	204	206	226	636	1250	208.33
3.	Lynda Barnes	United States	218	191	159	568	205	258	182	645	1213	202.17
4.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	190	168	192	550	266	188	175	629	1179	196.50
5.	Bianca Völkl-Brand	Germany	182	198	197	577	179	235	188	602	1179	196.50
6.	Tish Johnson	United States	184	196	235	615	157	207	194	558	1173	195.50
7.	Eiko Toriyabe	Japan	207	178	192	577	190	201	200	591	1168	194.67
8.	France Joubert	Canada	184	182	182	548	203	221	182	606	1154	192.33
9.	Janne Monsen	Norway	166	192	246	604	199	150	198	547	1151	191.83
10.	Christel Carlsson	Sweden	164	207	161	532	196	229	179	604	1136	189.33
11.	Lena Sulkanen	Sweden	172	243	174	589	177	141	225	543	1132	188.67
12.	Lynnaire Churchill	New Zealand	181	203	153	537	180	200	213	593	1130	188.33
(tie)	Carolyn Dorin-Ballard	United States	174	186	246	606	205	154	165	524	1130	188.33
14.	Sharon Tataryn	Canada	147	183	225	555	188	192	193	573	1128	188.00
15.	Marina Kravchenko	Russia	216	184	219	619	154	170	180	504	1123	187.17
(tie)	Cushla Burns	New Zealand	181	171	227	579	199	174	171	544	1123	187.17
17.	Tuula Tamminen	Finland	177	193	210	580	153	196	184	533	1113	185.50
18.	Yumiko Yoshida	Japan	186	152	184	522	179	173	235	587	1109	184.83
19.	Ruth Doppler	Switzerland	181	165	234	580	189	181	156	526	1106	184.33
20.	Angie Brown	England	202	181	164	547	168	163	225	556	1103	183.83
21.	Miluše Nováková	Czech Republic	172	154	164	490	173	245	194	612	1102	183.67
22.	Jill Friis	Canada	188	180	176	544	207	189	161	557	1101	183.50
23.	Susanne Olsson	Sweden	152	197	192	541	179	210	170	559	1100	183.33
24.	Alessandra Morra	Italy	167	196	196	559	170	208	161	539	1098	183.00
25.	Teresa Piccini	Mexico	176	159	194	529	179	201	187	567	1096	182.67
26.	Leta Anuziene	Lithuania	168	203	163	534	199	200	162	561	1095	182.50
27.	Kristina Nordenson	Sweden	200	178	189	567	161	170	195	526	1093	182.17
28.	Amanda Galeano	Colombia	191	148	183	522	221	182	160	563	1085	180.83
29.	Lea Castro	Brazil	187	169	160	516	163	202	200	565	1081	180.17
30.	Jan Hodge	England	174	191	170	535	156	160	226	542	1077	179.50
31.	Margarita Ramos	Mexico	204	169	147	520	208	166	179	553	1073	178.83
32.	Jurate Palaimaite	Lithuania	181	181	164	526	142	206	192	540	1066	177.67
33.	Nadia Goron	France	169	187	203	559	148	178	179	505	1064	177.33
34.	Martina Kolbenschlag	Germany	179	160	181	520	176	206	160	542	1062	177.00
35.	Daiva Seleniene	Lithuania	168	162	180	510	194	178	170	542	1052	175.33
36.	Gloria Arango	Colombia	150	171	197	518	157	183	193	533	1051	175.17
(tie)	Pepita Jacques	France	193	136	171	500	181	182	188	551	1051	175.17
38.	Ellana Krivorotova	Russia	164	181	183	528	165	184	173	522	1050	175.00
39.	Sara Aviram Harlap	Israel	172	192	188	552	166	182	149	497	1049	174.83
40.	Laurie Griffith	Canada	181	162	170	513	156	197	181	534	1047	174.50
41.	Honami Yanagawa	Japan	138	197	166	501	170	184	189	543	1044	174.00
42.	Jaana Anttas	Finland	208	166	189	563	175	143	161	479	1042	173.67
43.	Kerstin Neubüeser	Germany	152	158	190	500	181	170	187	538	1038	173.00
(tie)	Mariann Kleiven	Norway	192	173	168	533	176	148	181	505	1038	173.00
(tie)	Jana Lébrová	Czech Republic	167	177	204	548	152	180	158	490	1038	173.00
46.	Dana Hanušová	Czech Republic	154	194	174	522	170	152	193	515	1037	172.83
(tie)	Janet Baker	Australia	169	152	178	499	172	210	156	538	1037	172.83
48.	Daniela Buzzelli	Italy	168	173	162	503	183	158	191	532	1035	172.50
49.	Fransuesa Sacre	Mexico	211	163	207	581	139	171	141	451	1032	172.00
50.	Marina McClain	Bahamas	181	135	202	518	181	145	186	512	1030	171.67
51.	Patricia Holmes	Ireland	182	178	141	501	172	207	146	525	1026	171.00
52.	Magdolna Kapronczayne Karadi	Hungary	209	152	147	508	183	141	192	516	1024	170.67
53.	Lynne Walker	Wales	191	193	140	524	168	191	140	499	1023	170.50
54.	Helma Gruijthuijsen – de Graaf	Netherlands	159	180	169	508	178	179	157	514	1022	170.33
55.	Adriana Ortega	Mexico	164	165	138	467	190	169	195	554	1021	170.17
56.	Leena Jokiniemi	Finland	134	179	191	504	165	160	190	515	1019	169.83
57.	Petra Börding	Germany	181	167	174	522	130	174	190	494	1016	169.33
58.	Eva Hossone Beres	Hungary	184	160	169	513	159	159	184	502	1015	169.17
(tie)	Martha Trujillo	Colombia	194	171	148	513	184	159	159	502	1015	169.17
60.	Lucia Vieira	Brazil	183	156	157	496	181	192	138	511	1007	167.83
61.	Yuko Miyakura	Japan	155	206	175	536	135	146	189	470	1006	167.67
62.	Wilhelmine Spitzmüller	Austria	145	139	208	492	157	180	175	512	1004	167.33
(tie)	Jeanette Baker	Australia	178	165	150	493	194	160	157	511	1004	167.33
64.	Sandra Boswell	England	148	179	170	497	141	172	190	503	1000	166.67
65.	Lieselotte Wühl	Austria	194	162	151	507	154	166	170	490	997	166.17
66.	Jonice Lockhart	Bahamas	146	175	166	487	174	150	185	509	996	166.00
(tie)	Sabine Leutwiler	Switzerland	142	160	171	473	153	234	136	523	996	166.00
68.	Catherine Wills	England	213	162	156	531	148	146	170	464	995	165.83
(tie)	Nadine Robert	France	105	213	162	480	179	177	159	515	995	165.83
70.	Barbara Wilford	South Africa	128	150	158	436	200	184	172	556	992	165.33
71.	Patricia Vergère	Switzerland	132	179	184	495	119	180	193	492	987	164.50
72.	Ruth Vasquez	Colombia	133	163	145	441	187	165	192	544	985	164.17
(tie)	Annabelle Swain	New Zealand	146	184	192	522	157	150	156	463	985	164.17
74.	Roshild Jensen	Norway	168	151	148	467	203	149	164	516	983	163.83
(tie)	Sylvi B Berge	Norway	147	161	197	505	154	172	152	478	983	163.83
76.	Blanka Hanusíková	Czech Republic	139	146	152	437	189	174	177	540	977	162.83
(tie)	Miriam Perez	Puerto Rico	149	175	177	501	128	191	157	476	977	162.83
78.	Val Sham	South Africa	155	148	212	515	147	157	157	461	976	162.67
(tie)	Robyn Flynn	Australia	144	173	185	502	168	155	151	474	976	162.67
80.	Susan Dos Santos	South Africa	155	143	184	482	158	162	170	490	972	162.00
(tie)	Françoise Pari	Switzerland	152	167	141	460	188	177	147	512	972	162.00
82.	Christine Fiala	Austria	171	162	169	502	154	151	154	459	961	160.17
83.	Jacqueline Faure	France	171	158	150	479	179	144	157	480	959	159.83
(tie)	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	147	188	149	484	190	136	149	475	959	159.83
85.	Robyn Watkins	New Zealand	169	171	142	482	160	154	162	476	958	159.67
86.	Elizabeth Gove	Scotland	149	158	149	456	203	156	142	501	957	159.50
87.	Cory Timisela	Netherlands	172	114	180	466	178	141	166	485	951	158.50
88.	Galen Nazario	Puerto Rico	166	153	139	458	159	147	182	488	946	157.67
89.	Andrea Homan-Zorge	Netherlands	168	147	140	455	164	157	168	489	944	157.33
90.	Christine Gablek	Austria	155	153	146	454	146	150	188	484	938	156.33
91.	Hana Duanis	Israel	145	145	141	431	176	171	156	503	934	155.67
92.	Agnes Toth	Hungary	138	138	147	423	170	167	167	504	927	154.50
93.	Dymphna Kestell	Ireland	171	156	154	481	147	168	129	444	925	154.17
94.	Debbi Fowler	South Africa	183	104	132	419	163	179	161	503	922	153.67
(tie)	Carolina Miranda	Bolivia	146	157	156	459	149	165	149	463	922	153.67
96.	Ziva Gur	Israel	158	130	127	415	144	199	163	506	921	153.50
97.	Eti Cohen Matza	Israel	138	159	164	461	146	134	179	459	920	153.33
98.	Violeta Kuliaviene	Lithuania	180	139	176	495	144	116	160	420	915	152.50
99.	Kay Rogers	Wales	137	143	159	439	139	152	180	471	910	151.67
(tie)	Julie Harrison	Australia	124	158	123	405	213	138	154	505	910	151.67
101.	Galina Sukhanova	Russia	144	136	185	465	157	151	131	439	904	150.67
102.	Roisin Cloake	Ireland	125	142	162	429	148	164	156	468	897	149.50
(tie)	Sharon Le Louarn	Jersey	152	125	166	443	136	170	148	454	897	149.50
104.	Mary Heffernan	Ireland	168	155	123	446	132	170	135	437	883	147.17
105.	Pauline McDonald	Wales	152	139	147	438	151	137	151	439	877	146.17
106.	Alice Bogie	Scotland	116	169	113	398	149	153	167	469	867	144.50
107.	Paula Harts	Bahamas	166	132	137	435	147	138	127	412	847	141.17
108.	Margaret Rae	Scotland	147	134	125	406	152	170	104	426	832	138.67
109.	Susana López	Paraguay	155	124	158	437	131	133	120	384	821	136.83
110.	Hilary Cooke	Wales	130	115	122	367	120	131	128	379	746	124.33