USA’s Bohn, Learn lead as Men’s Doubles Qualifying reaches halfway mark

16 August, 2017

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Parker Bohn III and Bob Learn Jr. of the United States averaged almost 210 as a team Wednesday evening at Dream-Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany, to take the lead as the qualifying in men’s doubles has reached the halfway mark.

With 40 doubles in the books, the Americans took the pole position with 2519 total and an average of 209.92. Learn (right) led the team with the field-best 1293 series and Bohn (left; coach Bill Spigner in the middle) added 1226.

Pictured above from left to right: Parker Bohn III, Bob Learn Jr., United States; Shaun Cummings, Andrew Frawley, Australia; Ron van den Bogaard, Nico Thienpondt, Netherlands; and Jesus Gutierrez, Daniel Falconi, Mexico.

Australia’s Shaun Cummings and two-time World Senior Champion Andrew Frawley (left, l-r) led the field after four games, then slipped to second place with 2492 (207.67).

Ron van den Bogaard and Nico Thienpondt (right, l-r) of the Netherlands were 35 pins behind the Aussies in third place with 2457 (204.75).

Rounding out the top 4, who are still in the race for Friday’s medal round, were Jesus Gutierrez and Daniel Falconi (left, l-r) of Mexico, who chalked up 2397 (199.75).

The other 36 teams are already out of contention before the teams of squad B take to the lanes on Thursday morning at 8.30 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST). The top 4 teams will advance to the medal round starting Friday at 6 p.m.

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All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Wednesday – August 16, 2017
17:30-21:00 Men’s Doubles (Squad A)

Thursday – August 17, 2017
08:30-12:00 Men’s Doubles (Squad B)
12:00-13:00 Lane Maintenance
13:00-16:30 Women’s Doubles (Squad A)
16:30-17:30 Lane Maintenance
17:30-21:00 Women’s Doubles (Squad B)

Friday – August 18, 2017
18:00-19:00 Doubles Semi-Finals and Finals (Men & Women)
19:00 Medal Presentation for Doubles (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 advance to the medal round.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	United States	423	414	436	1273	475	377	394	1246	2519	209.92
	Parker Bohn III	217	220	204	641	220	175	190	585	1226	204.33
	Bob Learn Jr.	206	194	232	632	255	202	204	661	1293	215.50
2.	Australia	444	393	481	1318	446	363	365	1174	2492	207.67
	Shaun Cummings	211	188	237	636	224	151	192	567	1203	200.50
	Andrew Frawley	233	205	244	682	222	212	173	607	1289	214.83
3.	Netherlands	475	389	427	1291	382	388	396	1166	2457	204.75
	Ron Van den Bogaard	258	213	191	662	192	190	158	540	1202	200.33
	Nico Thienpondt	217	176	236	629	190	198	238	626	1255	209.17
4.	Mexico	340	471	352	1163	392	362	480	1234	2397	199.75
	Daniel Falconi	177	278	204	659	193	177	248	618	1277	212.83
	Jesus Gutierrez	163	193	148	504	199	185	232	616	1120	186.67
5.	Sweden	409	361	371	1141	425	406	403	1234	2375	197.92
	Johan Åberg	195	182	201	578	222	209	186	617	1195	199.17
	Christer Danielsson	214	179	170	563	203	197	217	617	1180	196.67
6.	Japan	369	448	366	1183	336	409	440	1185	2368	197.33
	Tomokazu Maeda	196	259	174	629	175	183	220	578	1207	201.17
	Yusuke Harimoto	173	189	192	554	161	226	220	607	1161	193.50
7.	Spain	361	375	475	1211	424	340	382	1146	2357	196.42
	Samuel Castillo	166	188	209	563	243	177	192	612	1175	195.83
	Manuel Martinez	195	187	266	648	181	163	190	534	1182	197.00
8.	Saudi Arabia	389	362	405	1156	396	386	408	1190	2346	195.50
	Abdullah Alqahtani	184	175	202	561	200	194	212	606	1167	194.50
	Moued Alqahtani	205	187	203	595	196	192	196	584	1179	196.50
9.	Italy	411	325	386	1122	410	412	395	1217	2339	194.92
	Massimo Isoppo	208	160	191	559	203	215	213	631	1190	198.33
	Maurizio Celli	203	165	195	563	207	197	182	586	1149	191.50
10.	Austria	357	359	397	1113	372	445	400	1217	2330	194.17
	Andreas Haim-Geist	158	192	221	571	157	213	195	565	1136	189.33
	Manfred Panzenböck	199	167	176	542	215	232	205	652	1194	199.00
11.	Finland	401	353	423	1177	394	397	354	1145	2322	193.50
	Jari Aikioniemi	221	171	215	607	203	191	178	572	1179	196.50
	Teemu Raatikainen	180	182	208	570	191	206	176	573	1143	190.50
12.	Scotland	305	344	388	1037	395	407	467	1269	2306	192.17
	Alan Keddie	122	158	216	496	196	204	233	633	1129	188.17
	Andrew Gillespie	183	186	172	541	199	203	234	636	1177	196.17
13.	England	373	354	399	1126	413	358	407	1178	2304	192.00
	Gary Baker	212	176	205	593	213	182	195	590	1183	197.17
	Gordon Humphries	161	178	194	533	200	176	212	588	1121	186.83
14.	Germany	390	365	403	1158	370	366	396	1132	2290	190.83
	Holger Ohlrogge	185	205	200	590	189	185	182	556	1146	191.00
	Robert Vetter	205	160	203	568	181	181	214	576	1144	190.67
15.	Belgium	398	389	339	1126	369	405	384	1158	2284	190.33
	Herman Pellegroms	203	181	157	541	189	178	203	570	1111	185.17
	Philippe Van Vaerenbergh	195	208	182	585	180	227	181	588	1173	195.50
16.	France	374	354	390	1118	375	374	416	1165	2283	190.25
	Yves Strobbe	178	191	209	578	181	183	225	589	1167	194.50
	Patrick Berthomiere	196	163	181	540	194	191	191	576	1116	186.00
17.	Ireland	348	406	329	1083	393	384	413	1190	2273	189.42
	Haulie Storan	199	223	165	587	225	181	193	599	1186	197.67
	Paddy Dunne	149	183	164	496	168	203	220	591	1087	181.17
18.	Venezuela	434	362	400	1196	390	359	321	1070	2266	188.83
	Ricardo Gomez	233	208	184	625	191	168	167	526	1151	191.83
	Arturo Hernandez	201	154	216	571	199	191	154	544	1115	185.83
19.	Puerto Rico	366	383	343	1092	390	415	347	1152	2244	187.00
	Antonio Santa	204	205	172	581	212	201	175	588	1169	194.83
	Jaime Almendro	162	178	171	511	178	214	172	564	1075	179.17
20.	Czech Republic	416	362	353	1131	365	366	377	1108	2239	186.58
	Jiri Hindrák	223	185	185	593	178	181	182	541	1134	189.00
	Rostislav Kala	193	177	168	538	187	185	195	567	1105	184.17
21.	Ukraine	380	391	357	1128	405	349	355	1109	2237	186.42
	Viacheslav Oseredko	166	199	182	547	188	159	200	547	1094	182.33
	Oleksandr Savchuk	214	192	175	581	217	190	155	562	1143	190.50
22.	Bahamas	430	347	342	1119	399	353	354	1106	2225	185.42
	Gregory Taylor	215	151	188	554	200	165	180	545	1099	183.17
	Sonith Lockhart	215	196	154	565	199	188	174	561	1126	187.67
23.	Russia	340	375	433	1148	370	360	334	1064	2212	184.33
	Aleksandr Pashkovskii	192	195	198	585	203	158	154	515	1100	183.33
	Sergey Evdokimov	148	180	235	563	167	202	180	549	1112	185.33
24.	Canada	379	326	436	1141	330	368	368	1066	2207	183.92
	Conn Casey	212	159	225	596	166	199	166	531	1127	187.83
	Fred Phillips	167	167	211	545	164	169	202	535	1080	180.00
25.	Malta	310	341	392	1043	383	370	403	1156	2199	183.25
	Paul Baldacchino	147	174	164	485	202	199	200	601	1086	181.00
	Mark Spiteri	163	167	228	558	181	171	203	555	1113	185.50
26.	Belarus	361	350	326	1037	404	383	363	1150	2187	182.25
	Aliaksandr Paliak	176	156	167	499	210	179	196	585	1084	180.67
	Olexandr Dyakov	185	194	159	538	194	204	167	565	1103	183.83
27.	Dominican Republic	381	395	360	1136	366	348	329	1043	2179	181.58
	Victor Richards	173	223	193	589	196	158	196	550	1139	189.83
	Domingo Castro	208	172	167	547	170	190	133	493	1040	173.33
28.	Poland	355	386	354	1095	370	377	334	1081	2176	181.33
	Adam Martin	185	193	170	548	177	230	158	565	1113	185.50
	Andrzej Linke	170	193	184	547	193	147	176	516	1063	177.17
29.	New Zealand	388	329	428	1145	371	351	305	1027	2172	181.00
	Gregorio Nicolas	196	160	234	590	184	182	169	535	1125	187.50
	Rey Non	192	169	194	555	187	169	136	492	1047	174.50
30.	Brazil	351	349	393	1093	363	349	361	1073	2166	180.50
	Eugênio Carvalho	176	153	193	522	203	159	163	525	1047	174.50
	Jamil Sales	175	196	200	571	160	190	198	548	1119	186.50
31.	Wales	312	392	333	1037	421	322	368	1111	2148	179.00
	Gareth Roberts	180	224	186	590	223	158	166	547	1137	189.50
	Graham Dalton	132	168	147	447	198	164	202	564	1011	168.50
32.	Colombia	424	365	350	1139	319	325	358	1002	2141	178.42
	Carlos Patino	191	173	180	544	167	165	183	515	1059	176.50
	Jhimy Gualdron	233	192	170	595	152	160	175	487	1082	180.33
33.	Israel	363	331	368	1062	336	381	340	1057	2119	176.58
	Shlomo Ohayon	188	181	194	563	154	209	157	520	1083	180.50
	Noam Hanaor	175	150	174	499	182	172	183	537	1036	172.67
34.	Switzerland	369	353	314	1036	348	318	391	1057	2093	174.42
	Urs Läng	165	171	157	493	188	157	206	551	1044	174.00
	Andreas Bösiger	204	182	157	543	160	161	185	506	1049	174.83
35.	Lithuania	333	384	322	1039	321	384	342	1047	2086	173.83
	Laimontas Dinius	147	193	157	497	194	223	159	576	1073	178.83
	Rimantas Daubaras	186	191	165	542	127	161	183	471	1013	168.83
36.	Hungary	346	393	302	1041	344	342	349	1035	2076	173.00
	Laszlo Paal	156	190	145	491	162	164	188	514	1005	167.50
	György Bodis	190	203	157	550	182	178	161	521	1071	178.50
37.	Norway	293	361	357	1011	381	310	333	1024	2035	169.58
	Ove Osgjelten	137	176	175	488	180	149	177	506	994	165.67
	Pål S Romskaug	156	185	182	523	201	161	156	518	1041	173.50
38.	Slovakia	329	301	308	938	361	342	379	1082	2020	168.33
	Jan Debnar	168	168	173	509	189	150	211	550	1059	176.50
	Frantisek Trnka	161	133	135	429	172	192	168	532	961	160.17
39.	South Africa	353	288	298	939	353	294	362	1009	1948	162.33
	Anil Sewchuran	182	136	148	466	199	158	168	525	991	165.17
	Eddie Drewnicki	171	152	150	473	154	136	194	484	957	159.50
40.	Slovenia	289	336	341	966	348	317	305	970	1936	161.33
	Franci Borovnik	134	144	179	457	200	152	146	498	955	159.17
	Zdravko Mulej	155	192	162	509	148	165	159	472	981	163.50