Ron Oldfield, Marianne Pelz win ISBT Masters Final for 2015 season

04 September, 2016

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Ron Oldfield of England and Marianne Pelz of Germany were the winners of the International Seniors Bowling Tour Masters Final for the 2015 season, which was held in conjunction with the 3rd Senior Open Dream-Bowl Palace Saturday, Sept. 3, at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany.

Every year, the top competitors from the ISBT series of tournaments are invited to participate in the Masters Final. There is no entry fee to participate, the prize fund of over 9.000 Euro is generated from the tournaments run during the year.

The top 32 men and 12 women from the previous year’s rankings were invited. The tournament was played on the Kegel Stonehenge recreational pattern.

In the men’s section, the top 32 were divided into four groups of 8, each group playing an eight person round robin. Only the top two from each group would made the final.

There was some good scoring in this round, including a fine 300 for Ron Oldfield. The eight finalists then played a further 8 person round robin, with the scores starting from scratch.

Oldfield (middle) bowled solidly throughout the final, and won 6 of his 7 matches to finish top by just over 70 pins from Giorgio Desimio (left) of Belgium, with Desimio’s compatriot André Geelen (right) in third place.

In the ladies section, the top 12 were divided into two groups of 6, again playing a round robin format. The top four from each group then went forward to the 8-person round robin final. Marianne Pelz (middle) bowled superbly throughout, averaging over 221 to win by a commanding margin from fellow countrywoman and defending champion Martina Beckel (left) and Liliane Vintens (right) of Belgium.

The ISBT Masters for the 2016 season with be held on March 13, 2017, at Vegas Bowling in Osnabruck, Germany. Full details are available at the ISBT website.

Story and Results courtesy of Tony Brown.

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ISBT Masters for 2015 – Women’s Results

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	Pinfall	Average	Age Bonus	Win Bonus	Total
1.	Marianne Pelz	Germany	15	1552	221.71	105	120	1777
2.	Martina Beckel	Germany	7	1409	201.29	49	70	1528
3.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	9	1363	194.71	63	80	1506
4.	Allesandra Morra	Italy	3	1450	207.14	21	30	1501
5.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	21	1271	181.57	147	80	1498
6.	Hillevi Huhta	Finland	11	1340	191.43	77	80	1497
7.	Kimberley Oakley	England	3	1368	195.43	21	60	1449
8.	Gisela Insinger	Germany	23	1203	171.86	161	40	1404

ISBT Masters for 2015 – Men’s Results

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	Pinfall	Average	Age Bonus	Win Bonus	Total
1.	Ron Oldfield	England	25	1422	203.14	175	120	1717
2.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	16	1452	207.43	112	80	1644
3.	Andre Geelen	Belgium	20	1422	203.14	140	60	1622
4.	Jürgen Preuss	Germany	20	1419	202.71	140	60	1619
5.	Mo Singleton	England	22	1399	199.86	154	60	1613
6.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	17	1419	202.71	119	40	1578
7.	Frank Stander	England	36	1259	179.86	252	60	1571
8.	Berny Stöckl	Germany	12	1393	199.00	84	80	1557