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THE 2007 WEBER CUP
EUROPE vs UNITED STATES
Barnsley Metrodome, England
October 19-21, 2007

Friday, October 19 - 19:00

5 Singles events:

Name

Total

Chris Barnes

7s2

XXX

USA

104

113

132

141

171

201

Paul Moor

X9/

EUROPE

115

145

172

192

212

232

TOTAL: USA 0 - EUROPE 1

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Tim Mack	9/	8/	X	X	6/	X	X	X	X	X7s2
USA	18	38	64	84	104	134	164	194	221	240	240
Mika Koivuniemi	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8/	X	X9/
EUROPE	30	60	90	120	150	178	198	218	247	267	267

TOTAL: USA 0 - EUROPE 2

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Bill Hoffman	9/	7s2	X	9/	X	9/	X	9/	X	XXX
USA	17	26	46	66	86	106	126	146	176	206	206
Osku Palermaa	X	X	X	X	9/	X	X	9/	9/	X7/
EUROPE	30	60	89	109	129	158	178	197	217	237	237

TOTAL: USA 0 - EUROPE 3

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Doug Kent	X	X	9/	9/	X	X	X	X	X	XX6
USA	29	49	68	88	118	148	178	208	238	264	264
Tore Torgersen	9/	X	X	X	X	X	9/	9/	X	XXX
EUROPE	20	50	80	110	139	159	178	198	228	258	258

TOTAL: USA 1 - EUROPE 3

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Tommy Jones	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	XXX
USA	30	60	90	120	150	180	210	240	270	300	300
Tomas Leandersson	X	8/	X	9/	X	9/	7/	8s1	X	XXX
EUROPE	20	40	60	80	100	117	135	144	174	204	204

TOTAL: USA 2 - EUROPE 3

1 Baker team event:

Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
	X	X	9/	8/	X	9/	7/	X	X	XXX
USA	29	49	67	87	107	124	144	174	204	234	234
	9/	9/	X	8/	X	X	X	7/	X	9/9
EUROPE	19	39	59	79	109	136	156	176	196	215	215

Mack, Hoffman, Kent, Barnes, Jones

Moor, Leandersson, Torgersen, Koivuniemi, Palermaa

TOTAL: USA 3 - EUROPE 3

Who would have thought that Chris Barnes would miss two single pins, a 7-pin in frame six and a 10-pin two frames later, thus letting Paul Moor, well and truly in striking form, put the first point on the board for his European buddies?

Tim Mack versus Mika Koivuniemi. Now there's a dream match, but it looked like being a nightmare for the American when Koivuniemi started with the first seven strikes.

Match three and another point for Europe as Osku Palermaa, with his unique two-handed delivery, took Bill Hoffman to the cleaners despite three single pins having the audacity to withstand his power ball.

Doug Kent, the 'rookie' on the American team this year, buried every ball deep into the pocket and strung seven strikes from the fifth to the tenth frames to upstage Tore Torgersen's 258 by ten pins and put the Americans' first point on the board.

And the last singles game of the evening saw the cream as Tommy Jones bowled the second perfect game of the Weber Cup's history to take out the European captain Tomas Leandersson and bring the scores to 3-2 with the advantage to the Europeans going into the Baker team game, an event the home team are very much inclined to lose.

Just for a moment, a very brief interlude, there were hopes of a European victory in the Baker team event, the closing game of the evening, but the irrepressible Tommy Jones put paid to that, scoring four strikes in his fifth and tenth frame stints, making the evening perfect for him, 16 strikes in 16 frames.

What looked like a stronger American team today was pegged back with perhaps some surprising scores and Torgersen was unlucky to lose his match after hitting 258.
If this standard of bowling is going to stay with us through the weekend then we are in for a rare treat indeed.

Photo: Tommy Jones wills home his 16th strike of the day. (Lawrence Lustig)

For further information, contact Keith Hale: keithhale679@aol.com