USA women set the pace in Team event at World Senior Championships

18 August, 2017

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Defending women’s team champion USA out averaged their nearest competitor Sweden by more than 15 pins to take the lead in the team event at the World Senior Championships after the first three-game block Friday afternoon at Dream Bowl Palace in the Munich-area suburb of Unterföhring, Germany.

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

Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Leanne Hulsenberg, Lynda Barnes and Tish Johnson rolled games of 767, 869 and 853 to set the pace in a field of 23 countries with 2489 and an average of 207.42, which set a new record for the Championships.

Hulsenberg, who celebrated her 50th birthday today, posted the field-best 649 series and was followed by Johnson (636), Dorin-Ballard (614) and singles champion Barnes (590).

Trailing the Americans by 182 pins to sit in second place was 2013 team champion Sweden. Defending masters champion Susanne Olsson, Kristina Nordenson, Christel Carlsson and Lena Sulkanen took a 98-pin lead after the first game (865), but fell behind after losing 200 pins on the Americans in the second game (689 to 889). The Swedes finished with 753 for 2307 total (192.25).

Canada is further 73 pins back in third place with 2234 (186.17). France Joubert, Laurie Griffith, Sharon Tataryn and Jill Friis had games of 723, 799 and 712.

Australia’s Robyn Flynn, Julie Harrison, Janet Baker and Jeanette Baker started the first block with 700 and 710 but jumped into fourth place thanks to a 771 last game. The Aussies totaled 2181 (181.75).

All teams will return on Saturday at 12.30 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) for the second block of three games after which the field is cut to the top 4. The medal round starts at 6 p.m. with the semi-finals. The No. 1 seed takes on No. 4 and No. 2 meets No. 3. The winners of the best-of-three games matches in Baker style advance to the gold medal match and the losers share the bronze medal.

The team event will also determine the medals in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles and team event). With 15 of 18 games in the books, Leanne Hulsenberg (left) has regained the lead with 3255 total and an average of 217.

Lynda Barnes slipped to second place with 3205 and was followed by Reija Lundén of Finland in third place with 2968. Lena Sulkanen is just two pins off the pace for the medals in fourth place with 2966.

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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.

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 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					2489	207.42
	Carolyn Dorin-Ballard	187	236	191	614					614	204.67
	Leanne Hulsenberg	203	191	255	649					649	216.33
	Lynda Barnes	181	208	201	590					590	196.67
	Tish Johnson	196	234	206	636					636	212.00
2.	Sweden	865	689	753	2307					2307	192.25
	Susanne Olsson	174	175	167	516					516	172.00
	Kristina Nordenson	239	157	205	601					601	200.33
	Christel Carlsson	205	155	189	549					549	183.00
	Lena Sulkanen	247	202	192	641					641	213.67
3.	Canada	723	799	712	2234					2234	186.17
	France Joubert	174	200	186	560					560	186.67
	Laurie Griffith	184	201	183	568					568	189.33
	Sharon Tataryn	173	229	173	575					575	191.67
	Jill Friis	192	169	170	531					531	177.00
4.	Australia	700	710	771	2181					2181	181.75
	Robyn Flynn	162	163	189	514					514	171.33
	Julie Harrison	191	180	202	573					573	191.00
	Janet Baker	165	190	179	534					534	178.00
	Jeanette Baker	182	177	201	560					560	186.67
5.	Colombia	738	758	672	2168					2168	180.67
	Gloria Arango	209	199	172	580					580	193.33
	Ruth Vasquez	192	159	165	516					516	172.00
	Martha Trujillo	183	200	171	554					554	184.67
	Amanda Galeano	154	200	164	518					518	172.67
6.	Mexico	694	781	691	2166					2166	180.50
	Teresa Piccini	177	202	179	558					558	186.00
	Adriana Ortega	189	214	187	590					590	196.67
	Fransuesa Sacre	149	194	183	526					526	175.33
	Margarita Ramos	179	171	142	492					492	164.00
7.	Japan	708	747	690	2145					2145	178.75
	Eiko Toriyabe	190	185	181	556					556	185.33
	Yuko Miyakura	168	173	159	500					500	166.67
	Yumiko Yoshida	194	212	205	611					611	203.67
	Honami Yanagawa	156	177	145	478					478	159.33
8.	Norway	735	638	752	2125					2125	177.08
	Mariann Kleiven	146	143	180	469					469	156.33
	Roshild Jensen	186	178	188	552					552	184.00
	Sylvi B Berge	180	153	186	519					519	173.00
	Janne Monsen	223	164	198	585					585	195.00
9.	Germany	700	717	656	2073					2073	172.75
	Martina Kolbenschlag	183	181	174	538					538	179.33
	Bianca Völkl-Brand	202	186	177	565					565	188.33
	Petra Börding	176	190	164	530					530	176.67
	Kerstin Neubüeser	139	160	141	440					440	146.67
10.	Finland	693	704	675	2072					2072	172.67
	Leena Jokiniemi	181	162	159	502					502	167.33
	Jaana Anttas	159	176	173	508					508	169.33
	Tuula Tamminen	171	163	164	498					498	166.00
	Reija Lundén	182	203	179	564					564	188.00
11.	Switzerland	661	716	652	2029					2029	169.08
	Sabine Leutwiler	162	187	188	537					537	179.00
	Patricia Vergère	139	175	125	439					439	146.33
	Françoise Pari	169	183	168	520					520	173.33
	Ruth Doppler	191	171	171	533					533	177.67
12.	France	712	631	660	2003					2003	166.92
	Jacqueline Faure	183	159	166	508					508	169.33
	Nadine Robert	148	137	166	451					451	150.33
	Nadia Goron	201	153	160	514					514	171.33
	Pepita Jacques	180	182	168	530					530	176.67
13.	England	687	632	682	2001					2001	166.75
	Jan Hodge	169	132	151	452					452	150.67
	Sandra Boswell	160	136	166	462					462	154.00
	Catherine Wills	156	180	187	523					523	174.33
	Angie Brown	202	184	178	564					564	188.00
14.	Netherlands	617	723	643	1983					1983	165.25
	Helma Gruijthuijsen – de Graaf	181	178	165	524					524	174.67
	Cory Timisela	124	178	144	446					446	148.67
	Andrea Homan-Zorge	155	155	177	487					487	162.33
	Farida Pascoal-Blom	157	212	157	526					526	175.33
15.	New Zealand	633	675	664	1972					1972	164.33
	Cushla Burns	161	158	162	481					481	160.33
	Robyn Watkins	153	154	183	490					490	163.33
	Annabelle Swain	196	187	152	535					535	178.33
	Lynnaire Churchill	123	176	167	466					466	155.33
16.	Lithuania	683	623	655	1961					1961	163.42
	Jurate Palaimaite	163	168	200	531					531	177.00
	Daiva Seleniene	189	170	161	520					520	173.33
	Violeta Kuliaviene	156	127	143	426					426	142.00
	Leta Anuziene	175	158	151	484					484	161.33
17.	Russia	638	704	612	1954					1954	162.83
	Larisa Stashchenko	168	178	145	491					491	163.67
	Ellana Krivorotova	159	158	168	485					485	161.67
	Galina Sukhanova	160	149	132	441					441	147.00
	Marina Kravchenko	151	219	167	537					537	179.00
18.	Austria	604	682	644	1930					1930	160.83
	Lieselotte Wühl	159	197	173	529					529	176.33
	Christine Fiala	130	158	153	441					441	147.00
	Christine Gablek	145	124	163	432					432	144.00
	Wilhelmine Spitzmüller	170	203	155	528					528	176.00
19.	Wales	679	627	623	1929					1929	160.75
	Kay Rogers	180	166	156	502					502	167.33
	Hilary Cooke	135	122	144	401					401	133.67
	Pauline McDonald	182	158	150	490					490	163.33
	Lynne Walker	182	181	173	536					536	178.67
20.	Czech Republic	617	661	648	1926					1926	160.50
	Miluše Nováková	147	146	169	462					462	154.00
	Blanka Hanusíková	120	144	141	405					405	135.00
	Dana Hanušová	181	151	165	497					497	165.67
	Jana Lébrová	169	220	173	562					562	187.33
21.	Ireland	630	626	613	1869					1869	155.75
	Patricia Holmes	167	174	187	528					528	176.00
	Mary Heffernan	177	120	148	445					445	148.33
	Roisin Cloake	166	148	140	454					454	151.33
	Dymphna Kestell	120	184	138	442					442	147.33
22.	South Africa	603	650	584	1837					1837	153.08
	Susan Dos Santos	139	157	163	459					459	153.00
	Barbara Wilford	150	172	158	480					480	160.00
	Val Sham	174	149	111	434					434	144.67
	Debbi Fowler	140	172	152	464					464	154.67
23.	Israel	528	597	595	1720					1720	143.33
	Sara Aviram Harlap	154	162	141	457					457	152.33
	Ziva Gur	112	113	129	354					354	118.00
	Eti Cohen Matza	105	161	164	430					430	143.33
	Hana Duanis	157	161	161	479					479	159.67

Women’s All-Events after 15/18 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	15	1328	1278	649	3255	217.00
2.	Lynda Barnes	United States	15	1213	1402	590	3205	213.67
3.	Reija Lundén	Finland	15	1250	1154	564	2968	197.87
4.	Lena Sulkanen	Sweden	15	1132	1193	641	2966	197.73
5.	Yumiko Yoshida	Japan	15	1109	1187	611	2907	193.80
6.	Carolyn Dorin-Ballard	United States	15	1130	1152	614	2896	193.07
7.	Janne Monsen	Norway	15	1151	1158	585	2894	192.93
8.	Bianca Völkl-Brand	Germany	15	1179	1137	565	2881	192.07
9.	Teresa Piccini	Mexico	15	1096	1221	558	2875	191.67
10.	France Joubert	Canada	15	1154	1148	560	2862	190.80
11.	Tish Johnson	United States	15	1173	1045	636	2854	190.27
12.	Sharon Tataryn	Canada	15	1128	1147	575	2850	190.00
13.	Martina Kolbenschlag	Germany	15	1062	1200	538	2800	186.67
(tie)	Jill Friis	Canada	15	1101	1168	531	2800	186.67
15.	Alessandra Morra	Italy	15	1098	1132	544	2774	184.93
16.	Angie Brown	England	15	1103	1095	564	2762	184.13
17.	Christel Carlsson	Sweden	15	1136	1076	549	2761	184.07
18.	Amanda Galeano	Colombia	15	1085	1156	518	2759	183.93
19.	Eiko Toriyabe	Japan	15	1168	1032	556	2756	183.73
20.	Jana Lébrová	Czech Republic	15	1038	1139	562	2739	182.60
(tie)	Margarita Ramos	Mexico	15	1073	1174	492	2739	182.60
22.	Marina Kravchenko	Russia	15	1123	1077	537	2737	182.47
23.	Adriana Ortega	Mexico	15	1021	1114	590	2725	181.67
24.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	15	1179	1052	491	2722	181.47
25.	Kristina Nordenson	Sweden	15	1093	1027	601	2721	181.40
26.	Sara Aviram Harlap	Israel	15	1049	1213	457	2719	181.27
27.	Jurate Palaimaite	Lithuania	15	1066	1121	531	2718	181.20
(tie)	Lea Castro	Brazil	15	1081	1140	497	2718	181.20
29.	Janet Baker	Australia	15	1037	1146	534	2717	181.13
30.	Gloria Arango	Colombia	15	1051	1075	580	2706	180.40
31.	Susanne Olsson	Sweden	15	1100	1089	516	2705	180.33
32.	Fransuesa Sacre	Mexico	15	1032	1146	526	2704	180.27
(tie)	Tuula Tamminen	Finland	15	1113	1093	498	2704	180.27
34.	Laurie Griffith	Canada	15	1047	1087	568	2702	180.13
35.	Cushla Burns	New Zealand	15	1123	1097	481	2701	180.07
36.	Miluše Nováková	Czech Republic	15	1102	1118	462	2682	178.80
37.	Leena Jokiniemi	Finland	15	1019	1130	502	2651	176.73
38.	Helma Gruijthuijsen – de Graaf	Netherlands	15	1022	1103	524	2649	176.60
39.	Ruth Doppler	Switzerland	15	1106	1009	533	2648	176.53
(tie)	Jacqueline Faure	France	15	959	1181	508	2648	176.53
41.	Julie Harrison	Australia	15	910	1163	573	2646	176.40
42.	Jeanette Baker	Australia	15	1004	1072	560	2636	175.73
43.	Leta Anuziene	Lithuania	15	1095	1056	484	2635	175.67
44.	Jaana Anttas	Finland	15	1042	1082	508	2632	175.47
45.	Daniela Buzzelli	Italy	15	1035	1099	493	2627	175.13
46.	Ruth Vasquez	Colombia	15	985	1113	516	2614	174.27
47.	Lucia Vieira	Brazil	15	1007	1019	585	2611	174.07
48.	Lynnaire Churchill	New Zealand	15	1130	1009	466	2605	173.67
49.	Martha Trujillo	Colombia	15	1015	1035	554	2604	173.60
50.	Jan Hodge	England	15	1077	1072	452	2601	173.40
51.	Dana Hanušová	Czech Republic	15	1037	1062	497	2596	173.07
52.	Roshild Jensen	Norway	15	983	1056	552	2591	172.73
(tie)	Petra Börding	Germany	15	1016	1045	530	2591	172.73
54.	Honami Yanagawa	Japan	15	1044	1067	478	2589	172.60
55.	Pepita Jacques	France	15	1051	1005	530	2586	172.40
56.	Nadia Goron	France	15	1064	1006	514	2584	172.27
57.	Catherine Wills	England	15	995	1061	523	2579	171.93
(tie)	Wilhelmine Spitzmüller	Austria	15	1004	1047	528	2579	171.93
59.	Sabine Leutwiler	Switzerland	15	996	1044	537	2577	171.80
60.	Lynne Walker	Wales	15	1023	1013	536	2572	171.47
61.	Daiva Seleniene	Lithuania	15	1052	999	520	2571	171.40
62.	Lieselotte Wühl	Austria	15	997	1039	529	2565	171.00
63.	Marina McClain	Bahamas	15	1030	1017	514	2561	170.73
64.	Robyn Flynn	Australia	15	976	1063	514	2553	170.20
65.	Sandra Boswell	England	15	1000	1079	462	2541	169.40
66.	Ellana Krivorotova	Russia	15	1050	997	485	2532	168.80
67.	Patricia Holmes	Ireland	15	1026	972	528	2526	168.40
68.	Nadine Robert	France	15	995	1077	451	2523	168.20
69.	Sylvi B Berge	Norway	15	983	1020	519	2522	168.13
70.	Annabelle Swain	New Zealand	15	985	991	535	2511	167.40
71.	Mariann Kleiven	Norway	15	1038	996	469	2503	166.87
72.	Andrea Homan-Zorge	Netherlands	15	944	1060	487	2491	166.07
73.	Galen Nazario	Puerto Rico	15	946	1012	525	2483	165.53
74.	Susan Dos Santos	South Africa	15	972	1051	459	2482	165.47
75.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	15	959	991	526	2476	165.07
76.	Yuko Miyakura	Japan	15	1006	959	500	2465	164.33
77.	Jonice Lockhart	Bahamas	15	996	988	479	2463	164.20
78.	Barbara Wilford	South Africa	15	992	987	480	2459	163.93
79.	Kerstin Neubüeser	Germany	15	1038	975	440	2453	163.53
(tie)	Blanka Hanusíková	Czech Republic	15	977	1071	405	2453	163.53
81.	Magdolna Kapronczayne Karadi	Hungary	15	1024	949	466	2439	162.60
82.	Françoise Pari	Switzerland	15	972	924	520	2416	161.07
83.	Galina Sukhanova	Russia	15	904	1068	441	2413	160.87
84.	Robyn Watkins	New Zealand	15	958	961	490	2409	160.60
85.	Val Sham	South Africa	15	976	997	434	2407	160.47
86.	Miriam Perez	Puerto Rico	15	977	955	470	2402	160.13
87.	Pauline McDonald	Wales	15	877	1033	490	2400	160.00
88.	Patricia Vergère	Switzerland	15	987	951	439	2377	158.47
89.	Hana Duanis	Israel	15	934	946	479	2359	157.27
90.	Dymphna Kestell	Ireland	15	925	988	442	2355	157.00
91.	Eva Hossone Beres	Hungary	15	1015	941	393	2349	156.60
92.	Elizabeth Gove	Scotland	15	957	962	428	2347	156.47
(tie)	Carolina Miranda	Bolivia	15	922	964	461	2347	156.47
94.	Christine Gablek	Austria	15	938	971	432	2341	156.07
95.	Cory Timisela	Netherlands	15	951	941	446	2338	155.87
96.	Agnes Toth	Hungary	15	927	944	447	2318	154.53
97.	Violeta Kuliaviene	Lithuania	15	915	969	426	2310	154.00
98.	Kay Rogers	Wales	15	910	895	502	2307	153.80
99.	Christine Fiala	Austria	15	961	895	441	2297	153.13
100.	Roisin Cloake	Ireland	15	897	944	454	2295	153.00
101.	Mary Heffernan	Ireland	15	883	960	445	2288	152.53
102.	Debbi Fowler	South Africa	15	922	900	464	2286	152.40
103.	Eti Cohen Matza	Israel	15	920	903	430	2253	150.20
104.	Sharon Le Louarn	Jersey	15	897	869	437	2203	146.87
105.	Margaret Rae	Scotland	15	832	951	411	2194	146.27
106.	Ziva Gur	Israel	15	921	892	354	2167	144.47
107.	Alice Bogie	Scotland	15	867	880	417	2164	144.27
108.	Paula Harts	Bahamas	15	847	870	401	2118	141.20
109.	Susana López	Paraguay	15	821	857	432	2110	140.67
110.	Hilary Cooke	Wales	15	746	834	401	1981	132.07