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BARNSLEY METRODOME, BARNSLEY, ENGLAND
APRIL 20-22, 2007


SESSION 2 - SATURDAY, APRIL 21 - 14:00

  Name Nat G1 G2 Total   Name Nat G1 G2 Total  
Darren
Cundy
England 217 255 472 vs Bader Al
Al Shaikh
Saudi
Arabia
218 274 492
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
8s1 X X X 9/ X 9/ X X 9/X
Cundy 9 39 68 88 108 128 148 177 197 217 217
9/ X 9/ X X X 9/ 9/ X 9/X
Al Shaikh 20 40 60 90 119 139 158 178 198 218 218
  X X X X X 6/ X X 9/ XXX  
Cundy 30 60 90 116 136 156 185 205 225 255 472
  X X X X 6/ X X X X XX8  
Al Shaikh 30 60 86 106 126 156 186 216 246 274 492

Like the proverbial lily on the pond, this world Tenpin Masters just gets bigger and better every year.
This afternoon's opening match had the crowded Barnsley Metrodome audience on the edge of their seats as this match literally went pin for pin right through to the final frames.
Al Shaikh carried just one pin forward to the second game and they both fought tooth and nail for victory. Blood, toil, tears and sweat had nothing on what they both felt as they came into the final frames and a stubborn 10-pin in the ninth frame was the undoing of Cundy.
So. Al Shaikh now progresses to the quarter-finals to come up against Aussie Jason Belmonte.

15:00

  Name Nat G1 G2 Total   Name Nat G1 G2 Total  
Michael
Schmidt
Canada 211 181 392 vs Alex
Liew
Malaysia 203 259 462
Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
X X X X 8s1 9/ X X 8/ 8s1
Schmidt     30 60 88 107 116 136 164 184 202 211 211
X X 5s3 X 7s- 9/ X X X X8/
Liew 25 43 51 68 75 95 125 155 183 203 203
  9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ X X 9/ 8s1 7s2  
Schmidt 19 38 57 76 96 125 145 163 172 181 181
  X 9/ X X X 9/ X X X XXX  
Liew 20 40 70 99 119 139 169 199 229 259 462

Alex Liew can now officially be called the 'Comeback Kid'. 41 pins down in the sixth frame of the first game, he managed to out four strikes together to bring the deficit down to eight pins.
Surprisingly, the burly Canadian went seven frames without a strike whilst the lithe Malaysian leftie buried each shot in the 1-2 pocket, leaving just two 7-pins and came out of the fray with a handsome lead of seventy pins overall.
Maybe they are dancing in the streets in Kuala Lumpur tonight, but there will certainly be some smiling faces at the Pyramid MegaLanes in Petaling Jaya.
Michael's father and coach, Uhlrich, was as surprised as his young son at the string of nine-spares. "It's so frustrating when you bury the ball in the pocket and don't carry all the pins," he exclaimed.
 

16:00
 
  Name Nat G1 G2 Total   Name Nat G1 G2 Total  
Paul
Moor
England 232 289 521 vs Biboy
Rivera
Philippines 168 216 384

Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
X X 9/ X X X X X 9/ 6s2
Moor 29 49 69 99 129 159 188 208 224 232 232
6/ X 8/ 71 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8s1
Rivera 20 40 57 65 84 103 122 141 159 168 168
  9/ X X X X X X X X XX9  
Moor 20 50 80 110 140 170 200 230 260 289 521
  8/ X X X 8s- X X X X 4s5  
Rivera 20 50 78 96 104 134 164 188 207 216 384

Biboy rivera is another candidate for entry into the 'Comeback Kid Club' but his entry has been black balled by Paul Moor as he put together a superb 289, the highest game of the tournament so far.
Rivera, the 2006 WTBA Men's World Championship Masters' titlist, suffered the having just one strike in his first game and emerged from that confrontation with a huge deficit to the striking Englishman with the strange nickname of 'The Persuader'.
"He should move further right on the approach," said Jason Belmonte as an enlightening co-commentator to the cool, calm and collected Simon Golding.
Rivera probably did just that as he managed to string quite a lot of strikes in the second game but made no headway against Moor and now heads home, understandably a little dejected.

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