TALI BOWL, HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 6 - 14, 2007

CAN LASSE DO IT AGAIN?

Finland's  Lasse Lintila (pictured, center), the defending champion for the 2007 Brunswick Ballmaster Open, may hope for an easier win than having to throw a one-ball shoot-out as in the final last year.

After a 256 tie with fellow Finn Kai Virtanen, it was a case of just one ball each, unless there was a further tie. Kai had the misfortune to score just eight, not enough as Lasse rolled a strike to clinch his third Ballmaster title.

WTBA and Finnish Federation president Heikki Sarso was on hand to make the presentations and complete the pictured trio.

Tournament host Kimmo Lehtonen, along with two-handed delivery Jason Belmonte of Australia were the losing semi-finalists and are no doubt intending to improve on that this year.

At the other end of the scale, Kimmo's bright young son Tatu (pictured, right) finished in last place last year but the word on the street is that he has considerably improved over the past twelve months and is going for the cut this time.

Full tournament details are set on: www.ballmaster.fi

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