Parker Bohn III sets the tone in Singles at World Senior Championships

15 August, 2017

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PBA and USBC Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III of the United States averaged 227.83 to take the lead in men’s singles as the 80 bowlers of squad A have completed the six-game preliminaries at the World Senior Championships.

Bohn (right), 54, a 35-time PBA champion and four-time PBA50 titlist, posted games of 185, 279, 192, 241, 269 and 201 Tuesday morning at Dream-Bowl Palace near Munich, Germany, to set the pace with 1367.

Pictured above from left to right: Parker Bohn III, Marco Reviglio, Christer Danielsson and Patrick Mochon.

Trailing Bohn by 40 pins to sit in second place was Marco Reviglio (left) of Italy. Reviglio used six consistent games between 237 and 211 for with 1327, an average of 221.17.

Christer Danielsson (right) of Sweden, who won gold in team and singles at the inaugural World Senior Championships in 2013, was the only other player who surpassed the 1300-mark. Danielsson had a huge 289 in game five, the highest game of the competition so far, to boost his six-game pinfall to 1309 (218.17).

Rounding out the top 4 was Patrick Mochon (left) of France, who toppled 1261 pins (210.17). The top 4 have to wait until squad B has completed the preliminaries to see if their score will hold up to clinch a spot for Wednesday’s medal round.

Johan Åberg (right) of Sweden fell 18 pins short to land in fifth place with 1243. 2015 WSrC team champion Bob Learn Jr. (below left), United States, a five-time PBA and three-time PBA50 champion, was one pin back in sixth place with 1242.

The scores count toward the all-events total with the top 24 advancing the masters finals, which will conclude the Championships next Sunday.

The record 162 men from record 43 countries were split into two squads. The 82 bowlers of squad B took to the lanes at 1 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) for their six-game block after which the is trimmed to the top four who advance to the medal round on Wednesday.

The record 110 women from record 32 countries, also divided into two squads, will bowl their preliminaries on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

Click on the respective links to catch Tuesday’s action via the Internet:
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
All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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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World Senior Championships 2017 – Men’s Singles (Squad A only)

Top four advance to the medal round.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Parker Bohn III	United States	185	279	192	656	241	269	201	711	1367	227.83
2.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	211	225	224	660	218	212	237	667	1327	221.17
3.	Christer Danielsson	Sweden	170	215	219	604	213	289	203	705	1309	218.17
4.	Patrick Mochon	France	215	210	248	673	202	194	192	588	1261	210.17
5.	Johan Åberg	Sweden	202	226	193	621	223	183	216	622	1243	207.17
6.	Bob Learn Jr.	United States	192	159	240	591	212	186	253	651	1242	207.00
7.	Andreas Bösiger	Switzerland	196	199	183	578	216	213	218	647	1225	204.17
8.	Maurizio Celli	Italy	190	177	191	558	248	212	200	660	1218	203.00
9.	Shaun Cummings	Australia	219	211	164	594	190	233	196	619	1213	202.17
10.	Nico Thienpondt	Netherlands	230	190	213	633	188	187	204	579	1212	202.00
11.	Mark Spiteri	Malta	189	149	206	544	204	202	237	643	1187	197.83
12.	Antonio Santa	Puerto Rico	242	157	205	604	200	183	196	579	1183	197.17
13.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	201	168	202	571	199	144	268	611	1182	197.00
(tie)	Andrew Gillespie	Scotland	177	247	238	662	176	149	195	520	1182	197.00
15.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	191	231	166	588	160	210	221	591	1179	196.50
(tie)	Noam Hanaor	Israel	208	186	196	590	226	167	196	589	1179	196.50
17.	Teemu Raatikainen	Finland	177	215	200	592	187	186	210	583	1175	195.83
18.	Jack Edelaar	Netherlands	194	187	213	594	192	173	214	579	1173	195.50
19.	Rimantas Daubaras	Lithuania	193	199	207	599	147	189	230	566	1165	194.17
20.	Fred Phillips	Canada	188	216	211	615	169	203	175	547	1162	193.67
21.	Richard Lafleur	Canada	175	200	181	556	168	236	196	600	1156	192.67
22.	Sami Luoto	Finland	216	221	173	610	180	171	192	543	1153	192.17
23.	Manfred Panzenböck	Austria	168	249	166	583	178	176	215	569	1152	192.00
24.	Shlomo Ohayon	Israel	201	203	201	605	179	168	195	542	1147	191.17
25.	Patrick Berthomiere	France	182	173	199	554	175	167	249	591	1145	190.83
26.	Ove Osgjelten	Norway	220	138	225	583	172	194	189	555	1138	189.67
27.	Masanobu Matsui	Japan	203	158	190	551	179	199	205	583	1134	189.00
28.	Carlos Denot	Mexico	169	184	193	546	180	235	169	584	1130	188.33
29.	Philippe Van Vaerenbergh	Belgium	182	211	184	577	166	178	204	548	1125	187.50
(tie)	Aleksej Asajewicz	Poland	177	158	204	539	207	201	178	586	1125	187.50
31.	William Johnson	Australia	149	206	189	544	184	203	193	580	1124	187.33
32.	Gordon Humphries	England	141	199	181	521	155	235	210	600	1121	186.83
33.	Laimontas Dinius	Lithuania	190	210	186	586	166	145	223	534	1120	186.67
34.	Yusuke Harimoto	Japan	170	205	170	545	201	183	189	573	1118	186.33
35.	Moued Alqahtani	Saudi Arabia	181	154	187	522	227	161	200	588	1110	185.00
36.	Mario Garcia	Mexico	171	190	191	552	186	211	157	554	1106	184.33
37.	Graham Dalton	Wales	177	180	186	543	179	181	199	559	1102	183.67
(tie)	Márcio Vieira	Brazil	168	169	195	532	197	181	192	570	1102	183.67
39.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	207	193	150	550	146	192	208	546	1096	182.67
(tie)	Andreas Haim-Geist	Austria	158	222	206	586	166	164	180	510	1096	182.67
41.	Andrzej Meronk	Poland	218	168	160	546	192	169	188	549	1095	182.50
42.	Viacheslav Oseredko	Ukraine	185	155	182	522	223	181	168	572	1094	182.33
(tie)	Zdravko Mulej	Slovenia	198	197	173	568	203	171	152	526	1094	182.33
44.	Samuel Castillo	Spain	182	183	202	567	173	163	187	523	1090	181.67
45.	Oleksandr Savchuk	Ukraine	177	147	178	502	191	193	202	586	1088	181.33
46.	Franci Borovnik	Slovenia	186	150	183	519	204	163	201	568	1087	181.17
47.	Kevin Gibson	Wales	166	169	218	553	148	183	202	533	1086	181.00
48.	Sonith Lockhart	Bahamas	203	174	181	558	177	158	192	527	1085	180.83
49.	Luiz Braga	Brazil	187	182	169	538	178	147	213	538	1076	179.33
50.	Carlos Patino	Colombia	168	171	188	527	181	196	170	547	1074	179.00
51.	Urs Läng	Switzerland	149	182	181	512	192	180	188	560	1072	178.67
(tie)	Pål S Romskaug	Norway	158	175	200	533	184	200	155	539	1072	178.67
53.	Lawrence Ellis	England	213	191	180	584	183	144	159	486	1070	178.33
54.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	187	170	167	524	155	213	177	545	1069	178.17
55.	Zoltan Lelovics	Hungary	158	190	183	531	167	162	204	533	1064	177.33
56.	Jürgen Preuss	Germany	176	205	174	555	177	134	192	503	1058	176.33
57.	Majid Alaslani	Saudi Arabia	167	191	148	506	180	192	178	550	1056	176.00
58.	Juan Marian	Spain	193	172	163	528	194	160	170	524	1052	175.33
59.	Haulie Storan	Ireland	194	216	123	533	156	177	175	508	1041	173.50
60.	Georgie Rivera	Puerto Rico	151	170	188	509	209	169	150	528	1037	172.83
61.	Aleksandr Pashkovskii	Russia	177	175	195	547	141	142	205	488	1035	172.50
62.	Jiri Vrážel	Czech Republic	161	182	181	524	182	155	172	509	1033	172.17
63.	Viktor Sytchev	Belarus	184	179	163	526	185	148	171	504	1030	171.67
(tie)	Laszlo Paal	Hungary	153	179	190	522	172	168	168	508	1030	171.67
(tie)	Tim Swain	New Zealand	146	180	162	488	168	226	148	542	1030	171.67
66.	Giancarlo Tolu	Malta	183	182	182	547	169	166	142	477	1024	170.67
67.	Jozef Suvak	Slovakia	194	173	169	536	177	159	147	483	1019	169.83
68.	Jimhy Gualdron	Colombia	185	181	154	520	168	157	170	495	1015	169.17
69.	Stephen Penny	New Zealand	184	194	144	522	132	190	169	491	1013	168.83
70.	Jan Fleischmann	Czech Republic	167	192	130	489	170	171	181	522	1011	168.50
71.	Miguel Varela	Venezuela	137	164	183	484	193	171	162	526	1010	168.33
72.	Domingo Castro	Dominican Republic	175	156	155	486	165	171	182	518	1004	167.33
73.	Viktor Spindor	Slovakia	140	170	128	438	211	175	176	562	1000	166.67
(tie)	Victor Richards	Dominican Republic	165	174	148	487	189	186	138	513	1000	166.67
75.	Sergey Evdokimov	Russia	148	165	135	448	198	162	161	521	969	161.50
76.	Paddy Dunne	Ireland	160	145	171	476	144	153	183	480	956	159.33
77.	Anil Sewchuran	South Africa	160	163	161	484	162	207	102	471	955	159.17
78.	Jorge Cegarra	Venezuela	167	135	150	452	168	173	159	500	952	158.67
79.	Gregory Taylor	Bahamas	156	144	189	489	143	159	151	453	942	157.00
80.	Eddie Drewnicki	South Africa	142	134	104	380	189	145	167	501	881	146.83