Team USA sweeps Doubles titles at PABCON Senior Championships

23 August, 2018

Championships

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The United States captured the first two gold medals on the second day of competition in the 6th PABCON Senior Championships when Steve Badovinac & Warren Eales and Lucy Sandelin & Paula Vidad won the men’s and women’s titles in doubles Tuesday at bowling center Let’s Bowl in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The U.S. men averaged 223.92 as a team to win the title with 2687 total pinfall for six games. Badovinac had 1346 and Eales contributed 1341.

Silver and bronze went to Mexico. Manuel Garcia and Salvador Suarez were 56 pins behind the Americans in second place with 2631, 32 pins ahead of Mario Garcia and Alejandro Sanchez, who were third with 2599.

The second U.S. duo, Bob Learn Jr. and Lennie Boresch were further 32 pins back in fourth place with 2567.

The U.S. women swept the gold and silver medals in senior doubles. Sandelin and Vidad joined forces to claim the gold medal with 2492 total and an average of 207.67 as a team. Sandelin toppled 1257 pins and Vidad added 1235.

Their team mates Tish Johnson & Sharon Powers were 55 pins behind to take the silver medal with 2437. Singles champion Jill Friis and Deb Lee of Canada secured the bronze medal with 2385.

The PABCON Senior Championships is for competitors age 50 and older, while the 4th PABCON Super Senior Championships, for bowlers 60 and older, is held simultaneously at Let’s Bowl. The United States are not represented in the Super Senior version of the event.

Super Senior men’s singles champion Alfonso Rodriguez (third from left) of Mexico won his second gold medal of this Championships when he teamed with Isaac Amkie to take the doubles title with a 2726 total, the highest pinfall of both championships, and an average of 227.17.

Amkie led the way with 1395, the highest individual series of all 80 bowlers in both championships, and Rodriguez had 1331.

The Mexicans out averaged their nearest competitors, Jack Guay and David Dunphy of Canada by more than 20 pins. The Canadians took the silver medal with 2482. Carlos Benitez and Jaime Almendro were third with 2376 to win the first medal for Puerto Rico.

Lauraine Fast and Deb Linigton won the third gold medal for the host country and the first in the super senior division when the Canadian duo finished with 2191 total and an average of 182.58. Fast had 1117 and Linigton 1074.

Singles champion Enriqueta Berra of Mexico teamed with Gloria Carrera to take the silver medal with 2149. Bronze went to Puerto Rico’s Galen Nazario and Vivian Noble, who chalked up 2103.

The Championships continued Wednesday with the men’s and women’s trios event in the senior division and the mixed doubles event in the super senior division.

The 6th Pan American Bowling Confederation Senior Championships will be held simultaneously with the 4th PABCON Super Senior Championships August 19-24, 2018, at Bowling Center Let’s Bowl, a 30-laner in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, featuring 80 bowlers from 10 countries.

The 56 seniors (maximum four men and four women per country; must be 50 years and older in the year of the championship) will bowl for medals in singles, doubles, trios, teams, all-events and masters, while the 24 super seniors (maximum two men and two women age 60 and older) will compete for medals in singles, doubles, mixed doubles, mixed teams, all-events and masters.

For more information on the PABCON Senior and Super Senior Championships visit the PABCON website.

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6th PABCON Senior Championships – Men’s Doubles

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	USA	504	429	436	1369	471	465	382	1318	2687	223.92
	Steve Badovinac	266	228	200	694	213	244	195	652	1346	224.33
	Warren Eales	238	201	236	675	258	221	187	666	1341	223.50
2.	Mexico	395	554	421	1370	394	461	406	1261	2631	219.25
	Manuel Garcia	183	275	187	645	172	256	184	612	1257	209.50
	Salvador Suarez	212	279	234	725	222	205	222	649	1374	229.00
3.	Mexico	432	472	392	1296	413	463	427	1303	2599	216.58
	Mario Garcia	255	204	196	655	206	206	211	623	1278	213.00
	Alejandro Sanchez	177	268	196	641	207	257	216	680	1321	220.17
4.	USA	406	485	447	1338	415	424	390	1229	2567	213.92
	Bob Learn Jr.	172	236	224	632	234	243	165	642	1274	212.33
	Lennie Boresch	234	249	223	706	181	181	225	587	1293	215.50
5.	Canada	380	390	433	1203	391	444	417	1252	2455	204.58
	Doug Schatz	192	180	207	579	166	243	204	613	1192	198.67
	John Chapman	188	210	226	624	225	201	213	639	1263	210.50
6.	Bahamas	386	399	438	1223	401	389	399	1189	2412	201.00
	Tyrone Knowles	154	201	193	548	195	149	164	508	1056	176.00
	Davis Slatter	232	198	245	675	206	240	235	681	1356	226.00
7.	Dominican Republic	447	380	421	1248	316	421	405	1142	2390	199.17
	Jose Perez	275	194	257	726	164	269	196	629	1355	225.83
	Cesar Vidal	172	186	164	522	152	152	209	513	1035	172.50
8.	Puerto Rico	420	439	395	1254	443	286	383	1112	2366	197.17
	Edgardo Ruiz	216	237	182	635	195	142	182	519	1154	192.33
	Antonio Santa	204	202	213	619	248	144	201	593	1212	202.00
9.	Canada	386	397	368	1151	394	396	414	1204	2355	196.25
	Joe Ciach	198	190	184	572	205	236	227	668	1240	206.67
	Ray Vervynck	188	207	184	579	189	160	187	536	1115	185.83
10.	Colombia	386	406	394	1186	409	371	377	1157	2343	195.25
	Nelson Jimenez	189	211	193	593	212	181	183	576	1169	194.83
	Oscar Jaimes	197	195	201	593	197	190	194	581	1174	195.67
11.	Puerto Rico	373	387	385	1145	413	369	360	1142	2287	190.58
	Eddie Roncoli	171	203	182	556	223	190	180	593	1149	191.50
	Antonio Mendez	202	184	203	589	190	179	180	549	1138	189.67
12.	Bahamas	364	341	358	1063	400	420	402	1222	2285	190.42
	Leonardo Davis	170	173	160	503	232	182	205	619	1122	187.00
	Sonith Lockhart	194	168	198	560	168	238	197	603	1163	193.83
13.	Colombia	424	300	397	1121	373	372	381	1126	2247	187.25
	David Romero	208	152	194	554	207	171	191	569	1123	187.17
	Nicolas Ruiz	216	148	203	567	166	201	190	557	1124	187.33
14.	Dominican Republic	337	339	319	995	311	332	476	1119	2114	176.17
	Jose Marte	184	177	123	484	162	172	229	563	1047	174.50
	Joseph Hatchett	153	162	196	511	149	160	247	556	1067	177.83
15.	Argentina	325	406	343	1074	340	392	282	1014	2088	174.00
	Horacio Bustos	154	168	149	471	164	191	135	490	961	160.17
	Jorge Guarnieri	171	238	194	603	176	201	147	524	1127	187.83

6th PABCON Senior Championships – Women’s Doubles

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	USA	428	407	403	1238	398	445	411	1254	2492	207.67
	Lucy Sandelin	208	198	200	606	197	245	209	651	1257	209.50
	Paula Vidad	220	209	203	632	201	200	202	603	1235	205.83
2.	USA	372	455	378	1205	388	463	381	1232	2437	203.08
	Tish Johnson	177	233	201	611	183	207	208	598	1209	201.50
	Sharon Powers	195	222	177	594	205	256	173	634	1228	204.67
3.	Canada	428	382	363	1173	382	376	454	1212	2385	198.75
	Jill Friis	234	202	152	588	208	201	244	653	1241	206.83
	Deb Lee	194	180	211	585	174	175	210	559	1144	190.67
4.	Mexico	406	333	385	1124	453	398	409	1260	2384	198.67
	Margarita Ramos	203	153	215	571	231	183	193	607	1178	196.33
	Maria Piccini	203	180	170	553	222	215	216	653	1206	201.00
5.	Mexico	373	375	395	1143	343	395	415	1153	2296	191.33
	Veronica Berumen	178	201	212	591	170	214	223	607	1198	199.67
	Maria Ruiz	195	174	183	552	173	181	192	546	1098	183.00
6.	Puerto Rico	402	418	331	1151	339	358	385	1082	2233	186.08
	Myrna Florez	179	196	139	514	189	203	185	577	1091	181.83
	Marydel Santiago	223	222	192	637	150	155	200	505	1142	190.33
7.	Colombia	303	356	351	1010	343	419	444	1206	2216	184.67
	Martha Trujillo	158	208	160	526	154	214	265	633	1159	193.17
	Sandra Silva	145	148	191	484	189	205	179	573	1057	176.17
8.	Colombia	369	399	335	1103	348	362	353	1063	2166	180.50
	Gloria Arango	203	219	170	592	156	155	177	488	1080	180.00
	Amanda Galeano	166	180	165	511	192	207	176	575	1086	181.00
9.	Canada	424	335	347	1106	317	352	377	1046	2152	179.33
	Susan Grande	254	146	158	558	135	193	195	523	1081	180.17
	Julie Ryan	170	189	189	548	182	159	182	523	1071	178.50
10.	Bahamas	340	378	400	1118	302	379	335	1016	2134	177.83
	Janice Bodie-Hoyte	180	166	221	567	136	198	176	510	1077	179.50
	Jonyce Lockhart	160	212	179	551	166	181	159	506	1057	176.17
11.	Puerto Rico	322	289	326	937	401	362	383	1146	2083	173.58
	Ana E. Melendez	165	137	180	482	169	167	173	509	991	165.17
	Hilda Arroyo	157	152	146	455	232	195	210	637	1092	182.00
12.	Bahamas	324	370	315	1009	337	410	291	1038	2047	170.58
	Marina Mc Clain	191	215	161	567	169	209	152	530	1097	182.83
	Kayla Smith – Nixon	133	155	154	442	168	201	139	508	950	158.33

4th PABCON Super Senior Championships – Men’s Doubles

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Mexico	472	430	400	1302	467	494	463	1424	2726	227.17
	Alfonso Rodriguez	224	236	185	645	232	258	196	686	1331	221.83
	Isaac Amkie	248	194	215	657	235	236	267	738	1395	232.50
2.	Canada	487	349	372	1208	417	419	438	1274	2482	206.83
	Jack Guay	242	169	197	608	212	227	205	644	1252	208.67
	David Dunphy	245	180	175	600	205	192	233	630	1230	205.00
3.	Puerto Rico	373	371	388	1132	448	358	438	1244	2376	198.00
	Carlos Benitez	161	183	207	551	190	192	226	608	1159	193.17
	Jaime Almendro	212	188	181	581	258	166	212	636	1217	202.83
4.	Bahamas	341	384	415	1140	412	392	352	1156	2296	191.33
	Yule Hoyte	167	170	190	527	204	170	184	558	1085	180.83
	Gregory Taylor	174	214	225	613	208	222	168	598	1211	201.83
5.	Colombia	400	379	405	1184	392	358	355	1105	2289	190.75
	Cesar Wilches	168	145	218	531	198	148	209	555	1086	181.00
	Fernando Morales	232	234	187	653	194	210	146	550	1203	200.50
6.	Dominican Republic	384	295	355	1034	364	354	404	1122	2156	179.67
	Hilton Nuñez	219	180	188	587	238	212	209	659	1246	207.67
	Rolando Sebelen	165	115	167	447	126	142	195	463	910	151.67

4th PABCON Super Senior Championships – Women’s Doubles

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Canada	315	420	376	1111	391	346	343	1080	2191	182.58
	Lauraine Fast	139	245	187	571	212	187	147	546	1117	186.17
	Deb Linigton	176	175	189	540	179	159	196	534	1074	179.00
2.	Mexico	354	349	316	1019	364	367	399	1130	2149	179.08
	Enriqueta Berra	230	172	161	563	162	214	202	578	1141	190.17
	Gloria Carrera	124	177	155	456	202	153	197	552	1008	168.00
3.	Puerto Rico	313	348	349	1010	371	379	343	1093	2103	175.25
	Galen Nazario	152	169	180	501	183	176	151	510	1011	168.50
	Vivian Noble	161	179	169	509	188	203	192	583	1092	182.00
4.	Colombia	336	304	347	987	407	373	316	1096	2083	173.58
	Nora Delgado	145	144	176	465	162	170	149	481	946	157.67
	Ruth Vasquez	191	160	171	522	245	203	167	615	1137	189.50
5.	Argentina	343	258	343	944	303	366	318	987	1931	160.92
	Stella De Lucia	198	125	164	487	156	199	164	519	1006	167.67
	Maria Gallego	145	133	179	457	147	167	154	468	925	154.17