U.S. women follow the men, earn No. 1 seed for WSrC women’s team finals

19 August, 2017

Championships

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Senior Team USA’s Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Leanne Hulsenberg, Lynda Barnes and Tish Johnson followed in the footprints of their male counterparts as the foursome led the teams from 23 countries after the second three–game block of the women’s team preliminaries to earn the No. 1 seed for the medal round at the World Senior Championships in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany.

Pictured above are the top 4 teams, from top left, clockwise: United States, Sweden, Canada and Japan.

The Americans (above right) added 2428 to the 2489 from the first block to lead the field with championship record 4917 pins and an average of 204.88. Hulsenberg led the team with 1294, and was followed by Johnson (1215), Dorin-Ballard (1208) and singles gold medalist Barnes with 1200.

Trailing the defending team champion by 382 pins to sit in second place was 2013 WSrC team champion Sweden (left). Defending masters champion Susanne Olsson, Kristina Nordenson, Christel Carlsson and Lena Sulkanen used games of 793, 728 and 707 to maintain their second place from the first day with 4535 (188.96).

Canada’s doubles gold medalists France Joubert and Jill Friis joined forces with Laurie Griffith and Sharon Tataryn (right) and registered games of 747, 727 and 758 to remain in third place with 4466 (186.08).

Eiko Toriyabe, Yuko Miyakura, Yumiko Yoshida and Honami Yanagawa of Japan topped Australia in the last game, 744-691, to make up a 14 pin deficit and to claim the last place for the medal round with 4399 (183.29).

Robyn Flynn, Julie Harrison, Janet Baker and Jeanette Baker (left) had to settle for fifth place with 4353 (181.38).

The medal round, which will be held simultaneously with the men, starts at 4 p.m. with the semi-finals. No. 1 USA takes on No. 4 Canada and No. 2 Finland meets No. 3 Mexico. The winners of the best-of-three games matches in Baker style advance to the gold medal match, while the losers tie for bronze.

The team event also determined the medals in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles and team event). Leanne Hulsenberg (center) cruised to her first career gold medal at World Championships as she totaled record 3900 pins or an average of 216.67 for 18 games to lead the 110 women from 32 countries.

Lynda Barnes (left) took the silver medal with 3815 and was followed by Reija Lundén (right) of Finland in third place with distant 3540. Yumiko Yoshida of Japan missed the bronze medal by 27 pins to finish fourth with 3513.

Bianca Völkl-Brandt of Germany took the eighth and last spot to earn one bye for the masters finals with 3455 (191.94). Laurie Griffith of took the 24th and last place to advance to first round of match play masters with 3268 (181.56).

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All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Saturday – August 19, 2017
08:30-11:30 Men’s Team event 2nd Block
11:30-12:30 Lane Maintenance
Medal Presentation for Doubles (Men & Women)
12:30-15:30 Women’s Team event 2nd Block
16:00-17:30 Team Semi-Finals and Finals (Men & Women)
17:30 Medal Presentation for All-Events (Men & Women)
18:00 Medal Presentation for Team event (Men & Women)

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.

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 – Women’s Team Preliminaries

Top four teams after six games will advance to the medal round.

Pos	Player/Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	United States	767	869	853	2489	829	756	843	2428	4917	204.88
	Carolyn Dorin-Ballard	187	236	191	614	207	167	220	594	1208	201.33
	Leanne Hulsenberg	203	191	255	649	243	185	217	645	1294	215.67
	Lynda Barnes	181	208	201	590	181	226	203	610	1200	200.00
	Tish Johnson	196	234	206	636	198	178	203	579	1215	202.50
2.	Sweden	865	689	753	2307	793	728	707	2228	4535	188.96
	Susanne Olsson	174	175	167	516	235	178	169	582	1098	183.00
	Kristina Nordenson	239	157	205	601	232	205	171	608	1209	201.50
	Christel Carlsson	205	155	189	549	173	166	170	509	1058	176.33
	Lena Sulkanen	247	202	192	641	153	179	197	529	1170	195.00
3.	Canada	723	799	712	2234	747	727	758	2232	4466	186.08
	France Joubert	174	200	186	560	170	166	190	526	1086	181.00
	Laurie Griffith	184	201	183	568	173	182	211	566	1134	189.00
	Sharon Tataryn	173	229	173	575	183	187	190	560	1135	189.17
	Jill Friis	192	169	170	531	221	192	167	580	1111	185.17
4.	Japan	708	747	690	2145	713	797	744	2254	4399	183.29
	Eiko Toriyabe	190	185	181	556	198	182	172	552	1108	184.67
	Yuko Miyakura	168	173	159	500	147	212	209	568	1068	178.00
	Yumiko Yoshida	194	212	205	611	198	211	197	606	1217	202.83
	Honami Yanagawa	156	177	145	478	170	192	166	528	1006	167.67
5.	Australia	700	710	771	2181	772	709	691	2172	4353	181.38
	Robyn Flynn	162	163	189	514	156	181	176	513	1027	171.17
	Julie Harrison	191	180	202	573	236	193	146	575	1148	191.33
	Janet Baker	165	190	179	534	203	163	181	547	1081	180.17
	Jeanette Baker	182	177	201	560	177	172	188	537	1097	182.83
6.	Mexico	694	781	691	2166	716	759	665	2140	4306	179.42
	Teresa Piccini	177	202	179	558	127	224	201	552	1110	185.00
	Adriana Ortega	189	214	187	590	170	171	160	501	1091	181.83
	Fransuesa Sacre	149	194	183	526	173	183	137	493	1019	169.83
	Margarita Ramos	179	171	142	492	246	181	167	594	1086	181.00
7.	Norway	735	638	752	2125	691	730	717	2138	4263	177.62
	Mariann Kleiven	146	143	180	469	180	185	178	543	1012	168.67
	Roshild Jensen	186	178	188	552	178	197	167	542	1094	182.33
	Sylvi B Berge	180	153	186	519	150	162	179	491	1010	168.33
	Janne Monsen	223	164	198	585	183	186	193	562	1147	191.17
8.	Germany	700	717	656	2073	719	704	735	2158	4231	176.29
	Martina Kolbenschlag	183	181	174	538	158	195	211	564	1102	183.67
	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	202	186	177	565	224	174	176	574	1139	189.83
	Petra Börding	176	190	164	530	177	174	168	519	1049	174.83
	Kerstin Neubüeser	139	160	141	440	160	161	180	501	941	156.83
9.	Finland	693	704	675	2072	692	707	713	2112	4184	174.33
	Leena Jokiniemi	181	162	159	502	156	148	204	508	1010	168.33
	Jaana Anttas	159	176	173	508	152	178	171	501	1009	168.17
	Tuula Tamminen	171	163	164	498	181	176	174	531	1029	171.50
	Reija Lundén	182	203	179	564	203	205	164	572	1136	189.33
10.	France	712	631	660	2003	705	714	756	2175	4178	174.08
	Jacqueline Faure	183	159	166	508	187	171	170	528	1036	172.67
	Nadine Robert	148	137	166	451	165	209	200	574	1025	170.83
	Nadia Goron	201	153	160	514	179	162	172	513	1027	171.17
	Pepita Jacques	180	182	168	530	174	172	214	560	1090	181.67
11.	Colombia	738	758	672	2168	615	695	699	2009	4177	174.04
	Gloria Arango	209	199	172	580	157	195	173	525	1105	184.17
	Ruth Vasquez	192	159	165	516	132	153	166	451	967	161.17
	Martha Trujillo	183	200	171	554	153	158	183	494	1048	174.67
	Amanda Galeano	154	200	164	518	173	189	177	539	1057	176.17
12.	Lithuania	683	623	655	1961	730	688	772	2190	4151	172.96
	Jurate Palaimaite	163	168	200	531	208	177	159	544	1075	179.17
	Daiva Seleniene	189	170	161	520	206	178	211	595	1115	185.83
	Violeta Kuliaviene	156	127	143	426	135	154	220	509	935	155.83
	Leta Anuziene	175	158	151	484	181	179	182	542	1026	171.00
13.	New Zealand	633	675	664	1972	649	698	790	2137	4109	171.21
	Cushla Burns	161	158	162	481	180	169	188	537	1018	169.67
	Robyn Watkins	153	154	183	490	157	167	170	494	984	164.00
	Annabelle Swain	196	187	152	535	167	194	212	573	1108	184.67
	Lynnaire Churchill	123	176	167	466	145	168	220	533	999	166.50
14.	England	687	632	682	2001	611	768	660	2039	4040	168.33
	Jan Hodge	169	132	151	452	171	145	184	500	952	158.67
	Sandra Boswell	160	136	166	462	149	198	161	508	970	161.67
	Catherine Wills	156	180	187	523	144	201	146	491	1014	169.00
	Angie Brown	202	184	178	564	147	224	169	540	1104	184.00
15.	Czech Republic	617	661	648	1926	698	702	713	2113	4039	168.29
	Miluše Nováková	147	146	169	462	211	175	191	577	1039	173.17
	Blanka Hanusíková	120	144	141	405	150	143	138	431	836	139.33
	Dana Hanušová	181	151	165	497	178	157	202	537	1034	172.33
	Jana Lébrová	169	220	173	562	159	227	182	568	1130	188.33
16.	Netherlands	617	723	643	1983	768	662	602	2032	4015	167.29
	Helma Gruijthuijsen – de Graaf	181	178	165	524	200	163	138	501	1025	170.83
	Cory Timisela	124	178	144	446	172	158	118	448	894	149.00
	Andrea Homan-Zorge	155	155	177	487	172	162	164	498	985	164.17
	Farida Pascoal-Blom	157	212	157	526	224	179	182	585	1111	185.17
17.	Russia	638	704	612	1954	651	689	685	2025	3979	165.79
	Larisa Stashchenko	168	178	145	491	174	179	180	533	1024	170.67
	Ellana Krivorotova	159	158	168	485	162	171	162	495	980	163.33
	Galina Sukhanova	160	149	132	441	161	191	160	512	953	158.83
	Marina Kravchenko	151	219	167	537	154	148	183	485	1022	170.33
18.	Wales	679	627	623	1929	681	657	679	2017	3946	164.42
	Kay Rogers	180	166	156	502	148	127	146	421	923	153.83
	Hilary Cooke	135	122	144	401	161	132	177	470	871	145.17
	Pauline McDonald	182	158	150	490	191	176	183	550	1040	173.33
	Lynne Walker	182	181	173	536	181	222	173	576	1112	185.33
19.	Switzerland	661	716	652	2029	655	537	665	1857	3886	161.92
	Sabine Leutwiler	162	187	188	537	146	147	207	500	1037	172.83
	Patricia Vergère	139	175	125	439	161	113	147	421	860	143.33
	Françoise Pari	169	183	168	520	160	123	138	421	941	156.83
	Ruth Doppler	191	171	171	533	188	154	173	515	1048	174.67
20.	Austria	604	682	644	1930	668	559	676	1903	3833	159.71
	Lieselotte Wühl	159	197	173	529	170	116	163	449	978	163.00
	Christine Fiala	130	158	153	441	174	122	169	465	906	151.00
	Christine Gablek	145	124	163	432	159	142	167	468	900	150.00
	Wilhelmine Spitzmüller	170	203	155	528	165	179	177	521	1049	174.83
21.	South Africa	603	650	584	1837	617	706	617	1940	3777	157.38
	Susan Dos Santos	139	157	163	459	180	157	170	507	966	161.00
	Barbara Wilford	150	172	158	480	150	194	150	494	974	162.33
	Val Sham	174	149	111	434	137	171	152	460	894	149.00
	Debbi Fowler	140	172	152	464	150	184	145	479	943	157.17
22.	Ireland	630	626	613	1869	605	627	649	1881	3750	156.25
	Patricia Holmes	167	174	187	528	131	175	142	448	976	162.67
	Mary Heffernan	177	120	148	445	145	168	162	475	920	153.33
	Roisin Cloake	166	148	140	454	173	133	161	467	921	153.50
	Dymphna Kestell	120	184	138	442	156	151	184	491	933	155.50
23.	Israel	528	597	595	1720	635	620	647	1902	3622	150.92
	Sara Aviram Harlap	154	162	141	457	148	175	191	514	971	161.83
	Ziva Gur	112	113	129	354	155	165	163	483	837	139.50
	Eti Cohen Matza	105	161	164	430	166	155	139	460	890	148.33
	Hana Duanis	157	161	161	479	166	125	154	445	924	154.00

Women’s All-Events – Final Standings after 18 games

Top three after 18 games will earn the medals in all-events; top 24 will advance to match play masters, top 8 receive a first-round bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Leanne Hulsenberg	United States	18	1328	1278	1294	3900	216.67
2.	Lynda Barnes	United States	18	1213	1402	1200	3815	211.94
3.	Reija Lundén	Finland	18	1250	1154	1136	3540	196.67
4.	Yumiko Yoshida	Japan	18	1109	1187	1217	3513	195.17
5.	Lena Sulkanen	Sweden	18	1132	1193	1170	3495	194.17
6.	Carolyn Dorin-Ballard	United States	18	1130	1152	1208	3490	193.89
7.	Janne Monsen	Norway	18	1151	1158	1147	3456	192.00
8.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	18	1179	1137	1139	3455	191.94
9.	Tish Johnson	United States	18	1173	1045	1215	3433	190.72
10.	Teresa Piccini	Mexico	18	1096	1221	1110	3427	190.39
11.	Sharon Tataryn	Canada	18	1128	1147	1135	3410	189.44
12.	Alessandra Morra	Italy	18	1098	1132	1178	3408	189.33
13.	France Joubert	Canada	18	1154	1148	1086	3388	188.22
14.	Jill Friis	Canada	18	1101	1168	1111	3380	187.78
15.	Martina Kolbenschlag	Germany	18	1062	1200	1102	3364	186.89
16.	Margarita Ramos	Mexico	18	1073	1174	1086	3333	185.17
17.	Kristina Nordenson	Sweden	18	1093	1027	1209	3329	184.94
18.	Eiko Toriyabe	Japan	18	1168	1032	1108	3308	183.78
19.	Jana Lébrová	Czech Republic	18	1038	1139	1130	3307	183.72
20.	Angie Brown	England	18	1103	1095	1104	3302	183.44
21.	Amanda Galeano	Colombia	18	1085	1156	1057	3298	183.22
22.	Susanne Olsson	Sweden	18	1100	1089	1098	3287	182.61
23.	Christel Carlsson	Sweden	18	1136	1076	1058	3270	181.67
24.	Laurie Griffith	Canada	18	1047	1087	1134	3268	181.56
25.	Janet Baker	Australia	18	1037	1146	1081	3264	181.33
26.	Jurate Palaimaite	Lithuania	18	1066	1121	1075	3262	181.22
27.	Miluše Nováková	Czech Republic	18	1102	1118	1039	3259	181.06
28.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	18	1179	1052	1024	3255	180.83
29.	Lea Castro	Brazil	18	1081	1140	1027	3248	180.44
30.	Cushla Burns	New Zealand	18	1123	1097	1018	3238	179.89
31.	Tuula Tamminen	Finland	18	1113	1093	1029	3235	179.72
32.	Sara Aviram Harlap	Israel	18	1049	1213	971	3233	179.61
33.	Gloria Arango	Colombia	18	1051	1075	1105	3231	179.50
34.	Adriana Ortega	Mexico	18	1021	1114	1091	3226	179.22
35.	Marina Kravchenko	Russia	18	1123	1077	1022	3222	179.00
36.	Julie Harrison	Australia	18	910	1163	1148	3221	178.94
37.	Fransuesa Sacre	Mexico	18	1032	1146	1019	3197	177.61
38.	Daniela Buzzelli	Italy	18	1035	1099	1059	3193	177.39
39.	Leta Anuziene	Lithuania	18	1095	1056	1026	3177	176.50
40.	Jacqueline Faure	France	18	959	1181	1036	3176	176.44
41.	Jeanette Baker	Australia	18	1004	1072	1097	3173	176.28
42.	Daiva Seleniene	Lithuania	18	1052	999	1115	3166	175.89
43.	Ruth Doppler	Switzerland	18	1106	1009	1048	3163	175.72
44.	Leena Jokiniemi	Finland	18	1019	1130	1010	3159	175.50
45.	Helma Gruijthuijsen – de Graaf	Netherlands	18	1022	1103	1025	3150	175.00
46.	Lynne Walker	Wales	18	1023	1013	1112	3148	174.89
47.	Pepita Jacques	France	18	1051	1005	1090	3146	174.78
48.	Lynnaire Churchill	New Zealand	18	1130	1009	999	3138	174.33
49.	Dana Hanušová	Czech Republic	18	1037	1062	1034	3133	174.06
(tie)	Jaana Anttas	Finland	18	1042	1082	1009	3133	174.06
(tie)	Roshild Jensen	Norway	18	983	1056	1094	3133	174.06
52.	Honami Yanagawa	Japan	18	1044	1067	1006	3117	173.17
53.	Petra Börding	Germany	18	1016	1045	1049	3110	172.78
54.	Lucia Vieira	Brazil	18	1007	1019	1078	3104	172.44
55.	Jan Hodge	England	18	1077	1072	952	3101	172.28
56.	Wilhelmine Spitzmüller	Austria	18	1004	1047	1049	3100	172.22
57.	Martha Trujillo	Colombia	18	1015	1035	1048	3098	172.11
58.	Nadine Robert	France	18	995	1077	1025	3097	172.06
(tie)	Nadia Goron	France	18	1064	1006	1027	3097	172.06
60.	Annabelle Swain	New Zealand	18	985	991	1108	3084	171.33
61.	Sabine Leutwiler	Switzerland	18	996	1044	1037	3077	170.94
62.	Marina McClain	Bahamas	18	1030	1017	1024	3071	170.61
63.	Catherine Wills	England	18	995	1061	1014	3070	170.56
64.	Robyn Flynn	Australia	18	976	1063	1027	3066	170.33
65.	Ruth Vasquez	Colombia	18	985	1113	967	3065	170.28
66.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	18	959	991	1111	3061	170.06
67.	Sandra Boswell	England	18	1000	1079	970	3049	169.39
68.	Mariann Kleiven	Norway	18	1038	996	1012	3046	169.22
69.	Yuko Miyakura	Japan	18	1006	959	1068	3033	168.50
70.	Ellana Krivorotova	Russia	18	1050	997	980	3027	168.17
71.	Lieselotte Wühl	Austria	18	997	1039	978	3014	167.44
72.	Sylvi B Berge	Norway	18	983	1020	1010	3013	167.39
73.	Susan Dos Santos	South Africa	18	972	1051	966	2989	166.06
(tie)	Andrea Homan-Zorge	Netherlands	18	944	1060	985	2989	166.06
75.	Jonice Lockhart	Bahamas	18	996	988	990	2974	165.22
(tie)	Patricia Holmes	Ireland	18	1026	972	976	2974	165.22
77.	Galen Nazario	Puerto Rico	18	946	1012	1000	2958	164.33
78.	Kerstin Neubüeser	Germany	18	1038	975	941	2954	164.11
79.	Barbara Wilford	South Africa	18	992	987	974	2953	164.06
80.	Pauline McDonald	Wales	18	877	1033	1040	2950	163.89
81.	Magdolna Kapronczayne Karadi	Hungary	18	1024	949	966	2939	163.28
82.	Galina Sukhanova	Russia	18	904	1068	953	2925	162.50
83.	Robyn Watkins	New Zealand	18	958	961	984	2903	161.28
84.	Blanka Hanusíková	Czech Republic	18	977	1071	836	2884	160.22
85.	Miriam Perez	Puerto Rico	18	977	955	940	2872	159.56
86.	Val Sham	South Africa	18	976	997	894	2867	159.28
87.	Dymphna Kestell	Ireland	18	925	988	933	2846	158.11
88.	Eva Hossone Beres	Hungary	18	1015	941	883	2839	157.72
89.	Françoise Pari	Switzerland	18	972	924	941	2837	157.61
90.	Violeta Kuliaviene	Lithuania	18	915	969	935	2819	156.61
91.	Carolina Miranda	Bolivia	18	922	964	927	2813	156.28
92.	Christine Gablek	Austria	18	938	971	900	2809	156.06
93.	Hana Duanis	Israel	18	934	946	924	2804	155.78
94.	Patricia Vergère	Switzerland	18	987	951	860	2798	155.44
95.	Cory Timisela	Netherlands	18	951	941	894	2786	154.78
96.	Debbi Fowler	South Africa	18	922	900	943	2765	153.61
97.	Mary Heffernan	Ireland	18	883	960	920	2763	153.50
98.	Christine Fiala	Austria	18	961	895	906	2762	153.44
(tie)	Roisin Cloake	Ireland	18	897	944	921	2762	153.44
100.	Elizabeth Gove	Scotland	18	957	962	842	2761	153.39
101.	Agnes Toth	Hungary	18	927	944	885	2756	153.11
102.	Kay Rogers	Wales	18	910	895	923	2728	151.56
103.	Eti Cohen Matza	Israel	18	920	903	890	2713	150.72
104.	Ziva Gur	Israel	18	921	892	837	2650	147.22
105.	Margaret Rae	Scotland	18	832	951	844	2627	145.94
106.	Sharon Le Louarn	Jersey	18	897	869	854	2620	145.56
107.	Alice Bogie	Scotland	18	867	880	872	2619	145.50
108.	Susana López	Paraguay	18	821	857	896	2574	143.00
109.	Paula Harts	Bahamas	18	847	870	773	2490	138.33
110.	Hilary Cooke	Wales	18	746	834	871	2451	136.17