The second of eight Xtra Frame PBA Tour events, the PBA XF Wilmington Open, is set for Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20, at Ten Pin Alley Family Fun Center in Wilmington, N.C. Anthony Simonsen (featured photo) of Austin, Texas, is defending champion.

This weekend’s Xtra Frame schedule includes start-to-finish coverage of the PBA50 Tour’s Johnny Petraglia BVL Open, presented by Brunswick, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday when reigning PBA50 Player of the Year Brian LeClair (right) will try to defend his title.

Coverage from Farmingdale Lanes in Farmingdale, N.Y., also will include a special “Clash of Legends” Saturday at 6:30 p.m. where PBA Hall of Famers Walter Ray Williams Jr., Pete Weber, Amleto Monacelli, Parker Bohn III and Johnny Petraglia will be paired with amateur bowlers in the annual special event.

The Petraglia BVL Open will be the final PBA50 Tour event until the senior players head west later in the month.

Also on this weekend’s Xtra Frame calendar is live coverage of the PWBA Sonoma County Open from Double Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park, Calif., Friday and Saturday. The PWBA will then visit Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley, Calif., for the PWBA Fountain Valley Open May 11-12, before heading to Reno for the USBC Queens. Xtra Frame will cover qualifying and preliminary match play elimination rounds from the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, May 17-21.

PWBA’s defending champions include Colombia’s Rocio Restrepo (left; Sonoma County), Kelly Kulick (Fountain Valley) and Diana Zavjalova (USBC Queens).

Xtra Frame, the online bowling channel of the PBA will be the livestream home of the PWBA Tour throughout the 2018 season, providing live coverage of all 14 events, including the stepladder finals of the first six standard events. Other finals will air on CBS Sports Network. For Xtra Frame subscription and schedule information click here.

Mark Roth to attend “Strikes against Strokes” fund-raiser

PBA Hall of Famer Mark Roth (pictured left), who continues to battle the after-effects of a stroke in 2009, will attend the seventh annual Strikes against Strokes fund-raiser on Sunday, May 6 at Flamingo Bowl in Liverpool, N.Y. Roth will be on hand between 5-8 p.m. to sign autographs and offer advice to those who ask.

The tournament, which will include a silent auction, will benefit the Stroke Center at Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. If you can’t attend, but would like to support the effort, make a check or money order payable to: Stroke Fund #44450 and mail it to Upstate Foundation, 750 East Adams Street-316 CAB, Syracuse, NY 13210. Contributions also can be made securely online by clicking here.

PBA’s “60 Most Memorable Moments” unveiling continues: 16 thru 20

The countdown to unveil the complete list of the PBA”s “60 most memorable moments” in its 60-year history continues, one a day, Monday through Friday, on all PBA Network outlets. Last week, “memorable moments” 16 through 20 were unveiled. Here are those five moments as the countdown continues:

16) In 1978, Mark Roth won a PBA record eight titles during the 35-event season which is still the record for most titles won in a season.

17) In 2009, Jason Belmonte became the first bowler using a two-handed delivery to win a PBA Tour title when he defeated Mike Fagan, 215-201, in The Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic in West Babylon, N.Y. The win kick-started a career that led to a record for the fastest player to reach $1 million in career earnings (131st event in 2017). Wes Malott held the record, reaching the million-dollar milestone when he won the 2013 U.S. Open in his 180th event.

18) Billy Hardwick became the first player to complete what would later be known as the “PBA Triple Crown,” winning the 1969 BPAA All-Star (later re-named as the U.S. Open), the 1963 PBA National Championship and the 1965 PBA Tournament of Champions. Hardwick is one of six players in the PBA’s 60-year history to accomplish the feat.

19) The PBA Tour’s 48th season started with a bang when Walter Ray Williams Jr. broke the Tour’s all-time titles record, earning win No. 42 over Pete Weber, 289-236, in the 2006 Dydo Japan Cup in Tokyo.

20) In 1993, Mike Aulby rolled a 300 game in the title match of the PBA Wichita Open to defeat David Ozio, 300-279. The 579 pinfall total remains a PBA record for highest combined score in a PBA title match.

To check on releases of subsequent “moments” as they are revealed, check the PBA Network: PBA on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ProfessionalBowlersAssociation) or Instagram (pbatour); subscribe to the PBA channel on YouTube (PBABowling); tweet along on Twitter (@pbatour), and on the web: https://www.pba.com/PBANetwork/MostMemorableMoments.

PBA Regional Update: Dick Allen claims milestone 20th title in Myrtle Beach

Dick Allen (left) of Columbia, S.C. won his milestone 20th PBA Regional title Sunday, defeating defending champion Christian Azcona of Puerto Rico, 235-213, to win the third annual PBA Brighton Construction Myrtle Beach South Open at Myrtle Beach Lanes in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Allen, who qualified in the number four position for the stepladder finals with a 17-game pinfall of 3,797, disposed of Brandon Curtis of Manson, N.C., in opening match, 204-191, and easily defeated Anthony DeStasio of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 260-225, in the semifinal contest to advance to the championship match.

Allen earned $3,000 while Azcona pocketed $1,600 for second, but he also picked up a $1,500 bonus. Title sponsor Brighton Construction put up a $1,500 prize pool to be shared by all players who bowled perfect games in the event, but Azcona had the only 300 so he collected the entire bonus pool.

Darren Andretta (center, with GM Dori Tingoli, left, and proprietor Richard Mark (right) of Patchogue, N.Y. defeated defending champion Patrick Allen of Elmwood Park, N.J., 246-235, to win his second PBA Regional title in the PBA Rockaway Lanes Eastern Open presented by Storm in Rockaway, N.J., Sunday.

After vaulting from fourth into the tournament lead with a 280 game in his position round match, Andretta finished with six consecutive strikes against Allen. Allen, who struck on six of his first seven shots, missed a 7 pin in the eighth frame, which allowed Andretta to strike out to insure at least a tie. Allen eliminated the drama when he failed to throw a second strike in his 10th frame, handing Andretta the $3,000 first prize.

Allen advanced to the championship match by defeating reigning East Region Player of the Year Matt O’Grady of Rahway, N.J., in a two-shot, sudden death roll-off after they tied at 235, 10-10, 10-9. O’Grady, defeated local amateur Jake Rollins of Glen Rock, N.J., 246-185, in the opening match.

PBA’s May schedule of regional events gets underway this weekend with the Taylor Kia Central Open presented by Hammer at Holiday Bowl in Struthers, Ohio; the Sandhills Aberdeen South Open at Sandhills Bowling Center in Aberdeen, N.C., and the Junction City Southwest/Midwest Open presented by Dexter at Junction City Bowl in Junction City, Kan.

Mother’s Day weekend, May 11-13, includes these PBA Regional events: the PBA50 and PBA Baldo Campana Memorial/Ohio Lottery Central Open doubleheader (PBA50 presented by MOTIV, one-day reduced entry fee PBA presented by DV8) at Rebman Recreation in Lorain, Ohio; the Oklahoma City Southwest Open at Planet Bowl in Oklahoma City; the PBA and PBA50 FiX Auto of Puyallup Open doubleheader (PBA50 presented by Sunset Auto Group; PBA presented by The Old Cannery) at Daffodil Bowl in Puyallup, Wash., and the PBA-PWBA Jim’s Strike Zone Pro Shop Northwest Open presented by Daffodil Bowl and Vise, also in Puyallup.

The only event on PBA’s Regional calendar for the May 18-20 weekend is the Waxahachie Southwest Challenge at Hilltop Lanes in Waxahachie, Texas.

The May 24-26 PBA Regional schedule includes the PBA and PBA50 Vanessa Brown Homes West Open (PBA presented by Track, PBA50 presented by Ebonite); the Colony Park Lanes East Challenge presented by Columbia 300 in York, Pa., and the Celeste Walker Midwest/Central Open presented by American Family Insurance at Strike-N-Spare II in Lockport, Ill.

For complete PBA Regional schedules, rules and entry information, click here to find the event(s) in your area.

Quick Notes

PBA50 member David Williams Jr. (pictured), 52, of Omaha is recovering after undergoing a successful double lung transplant on March 29 at the Iowa Methodist Transplant Center in Des Moines. Williams, a four-time PBA Regional winner and the PBA Midwest Region’s 2016 PBA50 Player of the Year, said he is looking forward to returning to competition as soon as he is medically cleared.

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McEwan (right), the No. 3 seed, ran the stepladder and defeated Bryanna Coté of Red Rock, Arizona, in the title match, 215-182, to win her fourth career PWBA Tour title.

In the process, she joined last week’s PWBA Sonoma County Open champion Shannon O’Keefe (left) of O’Fallon, Illinois, as the only players to win a title in each season since the relaunch of the PWBA Tour in 2015.

The stepladder finals were streamed live on Xtra Frame, the Professional Bowlers Association’s online bowling channel.

In the championship match, McEwan began with three consecutive strikes, which echoed a tone she’d set in her previous matches by getting off to strong starts. Coté (right) struggled to find a look early in the match, but she still managed to give herself a chance to win with strikes in the eighth and ninth frames. McEwan countered with a strike in the ninth, and she sealed the victory with a spare to start the 10th frame to collect the $10,000 top prize.

“This means the world to me, especially on this tour,” McEwan said. “This year, in particular, the talent is unbelievable. The girls have come back and have gotten so much better from the first year to the second year and all the way through. Every week out here is grueling, the shots are hard and it’s really taken everything I have to make it through each round. So, to come out on top, this one’s a great feeling.”

McEwan didn’t record an open frame during her three wins. It’s a fact she didn’t even notice because she was intently focused on keeping her process the same throughout the stepladder finals. Her mental game has played an important role in her continued development as a player, and it’s something she’s focused on improving since last season.

“My main keys have been being positive and being patient,” McEwan said. “My downward spirals come from when I start to panic and I’m not patient, and it affects my physical game. I saw a lot of that last year. So, this year is about being patient, being positive and trying to keep everything as even-keel as possible.”

In McEwan’s three previous wins, her mother, Susan Varano, had been present for each victory. With the stepladder finals being held in the host center during the 2018 season, Varano was not in attendance for this championship-round appearance.

This presented a different feeling and vibe for McEwan, who was used to looking up and seeing her mother watching on as a spectator. But, perhaps more than anything, it provided McEwan a different perspective and understanding of just how important her mother is and has been.

“My family is very important to me,” McEwan said. “But, with Mother’s Day in particular, this is my first win where my mom hasn’t been here. It’s one of those things you kind of take for granted almost. I don’t mean to, but she’s just always been here. And, today while bowling, it caught me a couple times and I said, ‘wow, she’s not here. This is really weird.’ I know she was at home glued to the computer and sitting next to my grandmother probably all screaming and crying. It’s all good. Happy Mother’s Day, mom.”

McEwan advanced to the title match after defeating No. 2 seed Rocio Restrepo (left) of Louisville, Ohio, 247-209. The Colombian native was looking for her fourth career PWBA Tour title.

In the opening match, McEwan defeated local favorite Missy Parkin (right) of Laguna Hills, California, 220-202.

Competition this week at the PWBA Fountain Valley Open at Fountain Bowl included two eight-game qualifying blocks on Friday to determine the 32 players for Saturday’s Round of 32. An additional eight-game block Saturday morning narrowed the field to 12 players, who bowled six additional games to determine the stepladder finalists.

The 2018 PWBA Tour season continues next week with the first major of the season at the United States Bowling Congress Queens at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.

Qualifying and match-play rounds of PWBA Tour events are broadcast on Xtra Frame, which also will be the livestream home for the stepladder finals of seven standard events. Click here for more information about the PWBA Tour.

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Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley, Calif., USA (May 10-12, 2018)

Complete Results

Championship Round:
1. Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, New York, 682 (3 games), $10,000
2. Bryanna Coté, Red Rock, Arizona, 182 (1 game), $5,000
3. Rocio Restrepo, Louisville, Ohio, 209 (1 game), $3,500
4. Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, California, 202 (1 game), $3,000

Playoff Results:
First Match: No. 3 McEwan def. No. 4 Parkin, 220-202
Semifinal Match: McEwan def. No. 2 Restrepo, 247-209
Championship Match: McEwan def. No. 1 Coté, 215-182.

The defending World Cup champion (right), who led the women’s event after all but the first game, posted the second-highest 1333 six-game series Wednesday at Bol 300 to pace the field of 54 women after three qualifying rounds with 4096 total and an average of 227.56 for 18 games.

Pictured above are the top four women after three blocks of qualifying. From left: Jenny Wegner, Rocio Restrepo, Rebecca Whiting and Vanessa Timter.

The 23-year-old right-hander (left with Swedish coach and 1986 World Cup champion, Peter Ljung) rolled games of 214, 235, 233, 217, 221 and 213 to widen her lead to 126 pins heading into the final day of qualifying before the cut to the top 24.

With 449 pins for the first two games, Wegner lost 118 pins to the Aussie, who came out of the gates with 278 and 289 to jump from seventh to second place, only 62 pins behind Wegner. Whiting (right), who targets to improve on a seventh place finish last year, closed with 203, 186, 259 and 172 for 1387, the highest third-round series, to stay in second place with 3970 (220.56).

Vanessa Timter (left) of Germany fell one spot to third place with 3942 (219.00). The 31-year-old struggled today but had six solid games between 214 and 191. And there is a long way yet to go.

Multiple American Zone champion Rocio Restrepo (right) of Colombia was on course for a 290 in the last game but had to settle for 256 after a 4-6 split in the 10th frame. Despite her 1286 series was the fourth-highest of the day, the World Games champion in doubles slipped to fourth place with 3927 (218.17).

Mexico’s Maribel Orozco (left) from the host country of Mexico added 1254 to the 1355 on Monday and the 1256 on Tuesday to stay in fifth place with 3865 (214.72).

Malaysian national team member Siti Safiyah (right) rolled her highest series in the tournament so far with 1317, including four games between 222 and 241 and low games of 206 and 194, to leap two spots to sixth place with 3851 (213.94).

Krizziah Lyn Tabora (left), Philippines, was just two pins behind the Malaysian in seventh place with 3849 (213.83).

Team USA’s Erin McCarthy (right) fell from fourth to eighth place and was further two pins behind Tabora with 3847.

While the eighth place bowler is 80 pins away from fourth place, there’s a bigger gap between eight and ninth place. Edith Quintanilla (left) of El Salvador is 104 pins back in ninth place with 3743 behind a 1274 series today.

Former European Champions Cup winner Sanna Pasanen (right) of Finland is just one pin behind Quintanilla to round out the top 10 with 3742.

It currently takes an average of 191.17 to make the first cut to 24th place, an average of 213.72 to make the second cut to the top 8 and a 218.17 average to get the fourth and last spot for the TV finals.

Ingrid Julià (left) of Catalonia holds the 24th and last spot to make the first cut with 2197.

The women will return to Bol 300 Thursday morning for the fourth and last qualifying block starting at 10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST).

The 53rd edition of the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held from Nov. 4-12 at Bol 300 in Hermosillo, Mexico.

All competitors will bowl 24 qualifying games over four days before the field is cut to the top 24 for eight additional games. The 32-game pinfall totals will determine the 8 players who advance to eight games round-robin match-play (30 pins for each win, 15 for a tie).

The top 4 players with highest 40-game total including bonus pins will advance to the playoffs. There will be a one-game knockout match with the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 qualifier and No. 2 versus No. 3. The winners of each match will earn a spot in the championship game.

Bowlingdigital will provide onsite coverage of the 53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from Hermosillo including reports, photos and results after each round commencing with the first round of qualifying on Monday, Nov. 6, all the way through to the finals on Saturday, Nov. 11, completed in the afternoon.

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Wegner (right), who went wire-to-wire in Hermosillo, rolled games of 259, 232, 206, 213, 226 and 221 for 1357, the highest score in the fourth six-game block on Thursday morning, to pace the field of 54 women after 24 games with 5453 total and an average of 227.21.

That includes the tournament’s lone 300 game so far in the second game of the first block. With the help of the perfecto, Wegner took the lead and never looked back since. However, there are still another 16 games to go before the cut to the playoffs.

Pictured above are the top four women after qualifying. From left: Jenny Wegner, Vanessa Timter, Rocio Restrepo and Erin McCarthy.

The 23-year-old right-hander, who won the 52nd edition of the prestigious event last year in Shanghai, China, is looking to become the seventh woman to win the World Cup twice and the fourth to win back-to-back titles after Jeanette Baker, Australia (1982, 83), Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic (2010, 11), and Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia (2014, 15).

It took an average of 191.83 to make the cut to top 24, an average of 212.42 to be among the top 8 and an average 215.04 to get into the top 4, who will make it to the TV finals Saturday.

Trailing Wegner by 170 pins to finish qualifying in second place was Vanessa Timter (left) of Germany, who posted the second-highest 1341 series to leap one spot into second place with 5283. The 31-year-old, who retired from the German National team, had games of 268, 188, 202, 214, 266 and 203.

The most decorated player in the field at the age of 29, three-time PWBA champion, 2017 World Games champion in doubles and multiple American Zone champion Rocio Restrepo (right) of Colombia also leaped one spot into third place behind the third-highest 1331 series.

Restrepo used games of 204, 190, 21, 258, 238 and 226 to move within 25 pins of Timter. There’s a bigger gap between third and fourth place.

Erin McCarthy (left), United States, who won the 2017 Team USA Team Trials to earn her ticket to the World Cup, chalked up the fourth-highest 1314 series to leap four spots and to regain fourth place with 5161.

McCarthy finished her set with a big 258 game to overtake Siti Safiyah (right), Malaysia’s first PWBA champion, by 12 pins. The long-time member of the Malaysian national team used a high game of 256 to move from sixth to fifth place with 5149.

Rebecca Whiting (left) of Australia, who is trying to improve on a seventh place finish last year, fell from second to sixth place with 5106. 26-year-old Aussie, who started the third block yesterday with back-to-back 278 and 289, managed only 1136 in the fourth block to slip four spots.

21-year-old Maribel Orozco (right) of Mexico, who has won the Copa Mexico at Bowl 300 to qualify for the World Cup, slipped from fifth to seventh place with 5099, behind a 1234 series on Thursday.

Krizziah Lyn Tabora (left), Philippines, was only one pins behind the Mexican in eighth place with 5098, including a 1249 series today.

Tabora has a 60-pin cushion over Sanna Pasanen (right), who made up some ground with 1296 and 5038 total. The 2013 European Champions Cup winner is just 60 pins off the pace for top 8.

Edith Quintanilla of El Salvador suffered four games under 200 in the first five games, but closed with a huge 289 for 1273 to round out the top 10 with 5016.

Two-time World Cup champion Aumi Guerra (right) of the Dominican Republic sits in 14th place with 4851 and has some work to do to make the cut to the top 8.

Chan Shuk Han (left) of Hong Kong started the day in 22nd place and slipped two spots because of an 1118 series, but earned the final spot to advance with a 4604 total, a 191.83 average.

The top 24 women and the top 24 men will return to Bol 300 on Friday morning at 9 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) to bowl eight additional games before the cut to the top 8.

The 53rd edition of the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held from Nov. 4-12 at Bol 300 in Hermosillo, Mexico.

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Bowlingdigital will provide onsite coverage of the 53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from Hermosillo including reports, photos and results after each round commencing with the first round of qualifying on Monday, Nov. 6, all the way through to the finals on Saturday, Nov. 11, completed in the afternoon.

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53rd QubicaAMF World Cup – Women’s Round 4 Results

In the women’s division, Wegner (left) played in her own league finishing the round of 24 with 7261 and an average of 223.62 for 32 games. The defending champion, who took the lead in the second game Monday and never looked back.

Wegner once again rolled the highest block, this time an 1808 eight-game set, to widen her lead to 230 pins heading into the last eight-game block before the cut to the top 4.

World Games champion Rocio Restrepo (right) of Colombia moved into second place with 7031 behind a 1773 series Saturday morning. She holds a 134-pin cushion over Krizziah Lyn Tabora (left) of the Philippines.

The Filipina posted the second-highest 1799 block to jump from 8th to third with 6897.

Siti Safiyah (right) of Malaysia, who won her first Professional Women’s Bowling Association title in the Wichita Open this season, climbed one spot into fourth place with 6872.

Germany’s Vanessa Timter (left) had six games under 200 in the round of 24 to fall from second to fifth place with 1572 and 6855 total. Erin McCarthy (right), USA, slipped from fourth to sixth place with 6842.

Rebecca Whiting (left) of Australia moved from sixth to third place after starting with 222, 244, 243 and 233, but fell four spots in the final four games and had to settle for seventh place with 6837.

Maribel Orozco (right) of Mexico was in danger to fall out of the top 8, but finished with 228, 219, 247 and 216 to secure the last spot to advance with 1729 and 6828 total, an average of 215.78.

On the men’s side, Ahmad Muaz (left) of Malaysia held on the lead after two games, 26 overall, then fell behind Oscar Rodriguez of Colombia, who was able to stay ahead of the Malaysian by maximum 15 pins for the next three games.

Muaz regained the lead in the penultimate games with 230, and widened his lead to 81 pins after closing with 266 for an 1822 series and 7156 total, an average of 223.62 for 32 games.

Rodriguez (right), who was one pin better than Muaz today, remained in second place with 7075. The Columbian was never lower than in fifth place in each of the five rounds.

Mats Maggi (left) of Belgium, who moved into the top 4 in the last qualifying game on Thursday evening, had a 1710 series today to take third place with 6959.

U.S. Open runner-up Jakob Buttdorff (right), USA, fell out of the top 4 after a sub-par 995 series in the first five games, but managed to get back into fourth place with games of 226, 219 and 210 and a 1650 series for 6948 overall.

Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. (left) of Venezuela, who was in 9th place heading into the last game, 33 pins off the pace for the top 8, but closed with a huge 289 game to survive the second cut. The silver medalist in singles and doubles at the 2017 World Games in Poland, Jumped to fifth place with the field-best 1873 series (234.13 average).

Tor Inge Jansen (right), who climbed into fourth place after the 29th game, lost some ground due to a 166 game in game 30, but closed with 223 and 224 to secure sixth place with 1759 and 6920 total.

Ray Teece (left) of England, who led the men’s field after round three, earned his spot in the round of 8 with four strikes in the last two frames of the finishing game. Teece took seventh place with 6910.

Oliver Morig (right) of Germany beat out Arturo Estrada of Mexico for the eighth and last place to advance by just three pins, 6905 to 6902. Estrada, who led the field in the first two rounds averaging 223.50 for the first 12 games, had to settle for ninth place.

The top 8 players, men and women, will roll an additional eight games of round robin match play Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time to determine the top 4 players for Saturday’s TV finals starting at 1.45 p.m. MST with the semi-finals (no. 1 vs. no. 4 and no. 2 vs. no. 3). The winners of the semi-finals bowl for the coveted title.

The 53rd edition of the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held from Nov. 4-12 at Bol 300 in Hermosillo, Mexico.

All competitors will bowl 24 qualifying games over four days before the field is cut to the top 24 for eight additional games. The 32-game pinfall totals will determine the 8 players who advance to eight games round-robin match-play (30 pins for each win, 15 for a tie).

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Top 8 advance to the next stage.

53rd QubicaAMF World Cup – Men’s Round of 24 Results

Defending women’s champion Jenny Wegner of Sweden led the round of 8 to qualify as the no. 1 seed for the semi-finals and was followed by Rocio Restrepo of Colombia, Krizziah Lyn Tabora of the Philippines, and Siti Safiyah of Malaysia.

On the men’s side, Ildemaro Ruiz of Venezuela, who barely made the cut to the top 8 thanks to a 289 last game, carried the momentum into the round of 8 and powered his way into the lead to earn the no. 1 seed.

He was followed by Ahmad Muaz of Malaysia (275) and Jakob Butturff, USA (277), who both finished with a huge game as well as Oscar Rodriguez of Colombia who defeated Tor Inge Jansen in the last game to shut out the Norwegian.

Venezuela has never won a World Cup title, men or women. If Rodriguez wins, it would be the second men’s title for Colombia after Jairo Ocampo back in 1974. Muaz would become the second man from Malaysia to win a World Cup title after Syafig Ridhwan in 2012.

A win by Butturff would give record titlist USA its 19th World Cup title and the 11th in the men’s division. The last men’s champion from the U.S. was PBA star Chris Barnes, who won the 50th anniversary edition in Wroclaw, Poland, in 2014.

Wegner is looking to become the seventh woman to win the World Cup twice and the fourth to win back-to-back titles after Jeanette Baker, Australia (1982, 83), Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic (2010, 11), and Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia (2014, 15).

Restrepo would win the third women’s title for Colombia in four years. Safiyah, Malaysia’s first PWBA champion, would also become the first Malaysian woman to win the World Cup. Tabora would be the third Filipina to win the women’s title after Lita de la Rosa (1978) and Bong Coo Garcia (1979).

Malaysia and Colombia will also battle it out for the prestigious Bent Pedersen Country Award. The winner gets 1 point, the first runner-up gets 2 points, and so on. The country with the lowest point total – man and woman combined – will receive the trophy.

The top 4 men and women will return to Bol 300 for Saturday’s TV finals starting at 1.45 p.m. MST with the semi-finals (no. 1 vs. no. 4 and no. 2 vs. no. 3). The winners of the semi-finals bowl for the men’s and women’s title.

The 53rd edition of the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup will be held from Nov. 4-12 at Bol 300 in Hermosillo, Mexico.

All competitors will bowl 24 qualifying games over four days before the field is cut to the top 24 for eight additional games. The 32-game pinfall totals will determine the 8 players who advance to eight games round-robin match-play (30 pins for each win, 15 for a tie).

The top 4 players with highest 40-game total including bonus pins will advance to the playoffs. There will be a one-game knockout match with the No. 1 seed versus the No. 4 qualifier and No. 2 versus No. 3. The winners of each match will earn a spot in the championship game.

Bowlingdigital will provide onsite coverage of the 53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from Hermosillo including reports, photos and results after each round commencing with the first round of qualifying on Monday, Nov. 6, all the way through to the finals on Saturday, Nov. 11, completed in the afternoon.

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53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup – Women’s Finals

Bol 300 in Hermosillo, Mexico (Nov. 4-12, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Krizziah Lyn Tabora, Philippines, 485 (2 games)
2. Siti Safiyah, Malaysia, 418 (2 games)
3. Jenny Wegner, Sweden, 197 (1 game), and
(tie) Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 222 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semi-Final Match 1: No. 4 Safiyah def. No. 1 Wegner, 227-197
Semi-Final Match 2: No. 3 Tabora def. No. 2 Restrepo, 249-222
Championship Match: Tabora def. Safiyah, 236-191.

53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup – Men’s Finals

Bol 300 in Hermosillo, Mexico (Nov. 4-12, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Jakob Butturff, USA, 512 (2 games)
2. Oscar Rodriguez, Colombia, 433 (2 games)
3. Ildemaro Ruiz Jr., Venezuela, 193 (1 game), and
(tie) Ahmad Muaz, Malaysia, 176 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semi-Final Match 1: No. 4 Rodriguez def. No. 1 Ruiz, 232-193
Semi-Final Match 2: No. 3 Butturff def. No. 2 Muaz, 266-176
Championship Match: Butturff def. Rodriguez, 246-201.

53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup – Women’s Final Standings

Players with position, country, pinfall total and average

1. Krizziah Lyn Tabora, Philippines, 8799, 221.05
2. Siti Safiyah, Malaysia, 8676, 216.52
3. Jenny Wegner, Sweden, 8914, 222.22
(tie) Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 8838, 220.98
5. Erin McCarthy, USA, 8593, 214.82
6. Rebecca Whiting, Australia, 8532, 213.30
7. Vanessa Timter, Germany, 8436, 210.90
8. Maribel Orozco, Mexico, 8353, 208.82
9. Sanna Pasanen, Finland, 6778, 211.81
10. Edith Quintanilla, El Salvador, 6654, 207.94
11. Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, 6595, 206.09
12. Miranda Panas, Canada, 6506, 203.31
13. Lorna Scott, England, 6458, 201.81
14. Stephanie Martins, Brazil, 6426, 200.81
15. Ghislaine Stigter-Van der Tol, Netherlands, 6404, 200.12
16. Åse Jacobsen, Norway, 6355, 198.59
17. Sarolta Dosztály, Hungary, 6339, 198.09
18. Maria Koshel, Russia, 6332, 197.88
19. Suzanne Howell, New Zealand, 6304, 197.00
20. Bauke Jespers, Belgium, 6291, 196.59
21. Stephanie Dubourg, France, 6274, 196.06
22. Chan Shuk Han, Hong Kong, 6236, 194.88
23. Adile Sevgi Michajlow, Turkey, 6220, 194.38
24. Melania Rossi, Italy, 6114, 191.06
25. Carina Hügin, Switzerland, 4588, 191.17
26. Jacqui MacColl, Scotland, 4542, 189.25
27. Charlene Lim, Singapore, 4534, 188.92
28. Ingrid Julià, Catalonia, 4522, 188.42
29. Marina Stefanova, Bulgaria, 4486, 186.92
30. Veronika Hudjakova, Latvia, 4484, 186.83
31. Raquel Mir Cuevas, Spain, 4482, 186.75
32. Lauren Gervolino, New Caledonia, 4466, 186.08
33. Ivana Krajacic, Croatia, 4452, 185.50
34. Anna Petáková, Czech Republic, 4430, 184.58
35. Louise Roberts, Wales, 4368, 182.00
36. Julia Lam, Macau, 4342, 180.92
37. Marta Lydka, Poland, 4311, 179.62
38. Ursula Ekermans, South Africa, 4291, 178.79
39. Lauren Dugan, Northern Ireland, 4269, 177.88
40. Laura Piros, Romania, 4229, 176.21
41. Alexandra Levchuk, Ukraine, 4223, 175.96
42. Adva Eliav, Israel, 4197, 174.88
43. Jurate Palaimaite, Lithuania, 4168, 173.67
44. Nora Turci, Luxembourg, 4167, 173.62
45. Marine Lancien, Reunion, 4114, 171.42
46. Cristina Soares, Portugal, 4102, 170.92
47. Nicole Riaño Sánchez, Ecuador, 3974, 165.58
48. Hela Meziou, Tunisia, 3880, 161.67
49. Tiia Lige, Estonia, 3839, 159.96
50. Lidija Zaletel, Slovenia, 3755, 156.46
51. Antonieta Costa, Azores, 3734, 155.58
52. Zebenay Nega Berihanu, Ethiopia, 3713, 154.71
53. Uchenna Ijeoma-Delva, Bahamas, 3680, 153.33
54. Narantuya Shagdar, Mongolia, 3561, 148.38

53rd QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup – Men’s Final Standings

Players with position, country, pinfall total and average

1. Jakob Butturff, USA, 8756, 220.67
2. Oscar Rodriguez, Colombia, 8738, 218.36
3. Ahmad Muaz, Malaysia, 8841, 219.93
(tie) Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. Venezuela, 8786, 219.00
5. Tor Inge Jansen, Norway, 8701, 217.53
6. Mats Maggi, Belgium, 8625, 215.62
7. Oliver Morig, Germany, 8583, 214.57
8. Ray Teece, England, 8571, 214.28
9. Arturo Estrada, Mexico, 6902, 215.69
10. Ryan Reid, Canada, 6847, 213.97
11. Nicola Pongolini, Italy, 6790, 212.19
12. Niko Oksanen, Finland, 6746, 210.81
13. Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 6716, 209.88
14. Dhruv Sarda, India, 6670, 208.44
15. James Gruffman, Sweden, 6627, 207.09
16. Raul Felipe Ayala, Ecuador, 6612, 206.62
17. Lluis Montfort, Catalonia, 6569, 205.28
18. Pierre Luc Sanchez, France, 6553, 204.78
19. Dan Østergaard Poulsen, Denmark, 6546, 204.56
20. Ron Berlov, Israel, 6545, 204.53
21. Artemijs Hudjakovs, Latvia, 6513, 203.53
22. Mahmood Al Attar, UAE, 6491, 202.84
23. Steven Gill, Scotland, 6442, 201.31
24. Willie Javier, Dominican Republic, 6396, 199.88
25. Leonardo Davis, Bahamas, 4856, 202.33
26. Derek Lee, Macau, 4855, 202.29
27. James Kelly, New Zealand, 4854, 202.25
28. Jarrod Langford, Australia, 4847, 201.96
29. Barry Foley, Ireland, 4842, 201.75
30. Marco Moretti, Costa Rica, 4836, 201.50
31. Brandan Tan, Singapore, 4812, 200.50
32. Cevat Bayram, Turkey, 4806, 200.25
33. Jomar Roland Jumapao, Philippines, 4757, 198.21
34. Kostas Drymonas, Greece, 4752, 198.00
35. Feng Nan, China, 4739, 197.46
36. Michell Stinissen, Netherlands, 4715, 196.46
37. Roman Starchenkov, Russia, 4703, 195.96
38. Paulo Lopes, Portugal, 4651, 193.79
39. Krzysztof Olesiński, Poland, 4598, 191.58
40. Roman Ilyin, Ukraine, 4596, 191.50
41. David Tanic, Serbia, 4576, 190.67
42. Aidas Daniunas, Lithuania, 4572, 190.50
43. Renan Zoghaib, Brazil, 4548, 189.50
44. Getachew Alehegn Mengeste, Ethiopia, 4543, 189.29
45. Gareth Roberts, Wales, 4498, 187.42
46. David Gervolino, New Caledonia, 4490, 187.08
47. Alejandro Ishikawa, Peru, 4456, 185.67
48. Jaanek Talisainen, Estonia, 4452, 185.50
49. Jose Ignacio Estevez, Spain, 4434, 184.75
50. Alejandro Velásquez, El Salvador, 4409, 183.71
51. Ladislav Švec, Czech Republic, 4387, 182.79
52. Ahmer Saldera, Pakistan, 4378, 182.42
53. Róbert Rusznyák, Hungary, 4370, 182.08
54. Alain Regnard, South Africa, 4340, 180.83
55. Eduardo Padilla, Nicaragua, 4325, 180.21
56. Valentin Piros, Romania, 4310, 179.58
57. Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgaria, 4203, 175.12
58. Stephane Severin, Reunion, 4049, 168.71
59. Einar Mar Bjornsson, Iceland, 4030, 167.92
60. Romain Oberweis, Luxembourg, 4025, 167.71
61. Shant Panos Tomassian, Iraq, 3857, 160.71
62. Kevin Horton, Northern, 3821, 159.21
63. Odkhuu Narantuya, Mongolia, 3658, 152.42
64. Khaled Meziou, Tunisia, 3646, 151.92

53rd QubicaAMF World Cup – Women’s Standings after 40 Games

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53rd QubicaAMF World Cup – Men’s Standings after 40 Games

Top 4 advance to the TV Finals.

53rd QubicaAMF World Cup -Women’s Standings after 32 Games

Top 8 advance to the next stage.

53rd QubicaAMF World Cup -Men’s Standings after 32 Games

Top 8 advance to the next stage.

53rd QubicaAMF World Cup -Women’s Final Qualifying Standings

Top 24 after 24 games advance to the next stage