Men's Quarter Finals (Top 8)
| Pos |
Name |
Country |
High |
Total |
AVG |
Cut |
#G |
Total
inc. bonus |
#Win |
#Ties |
#Loss |
| 1 |
Jason Belmonte |
Australia |
300 |
9405 |
235.13 |
532 |
40 |
9540 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
| 2 |
Bill Hoffman |
USA |
279 |
9172 |
229.30 |
344 |
40 |
9352 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Andres Gomez |
Colombia |
279 |
8888 |
222.20 |
0 |
40 |
9008 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| 4 |
Michael Schmidt |
Canada |
264 |
8793 |
219.83 |
-95 |
40 |
8913 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Paul Moor |
England |
288 |
8759 |
218.98 |
-99 |
40 |
8909 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| 6 |
Petteri Salonen |
Finland |
279 |
8773 |
219.33 |
-145 |
40 |
8863 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
| 7 |
Marcelo Suartz |
Brazil |
279 |
8707 |
217.68 |
-181 |
40 |
8827 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| 8 |
Thomas Gross |
Austria |
279 |
8490 |
212.25 |
-473 |
40 |
8535 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Women's Quarter Finals (Top 8)
| Pos |
Name |
Country |
High |
Total |
AVG |
Cut |
#G |
Total inc. bonus |
#Win |
#Ties |
#Loss |
| 1 |
Ann-Maree Putney |
Australia |
256 |
8595 |
214.88 |
77 |
40 |
8745 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| 2 |
Tina Hulsch |
Germany |
280 |
8508 |
212.70 |
5 |
40 |
8673 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Sun Hee Lee |
Korea |
247 |
8533 |
213.33 |
0 |
40 |
8668 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Sharon Koh |
Malaysia |
268 |
8559 |
213.98 |
-19 |
40 |
8649 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
| 5 |
Ghislaine van der Tol |
Netherlands |
258 |
8511 |
212.78 |
-37 |
40 |
8631 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| 6 |
Helen Johnsson |
Sweden |
276 |
8438 |
210.95 |
-110 |
40 |
8558 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| 7 |
Aumi Guerra |
Dominican Republic |
279 |
8391 |
209.78 |
-187 |
40 |
8481 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
| 8 |
Piritta Kantola |
Finland |
252 |
8351 |
208.78 |
-227 |
40 |
8441 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
“We’re
going to win it all. No question,” said
Australian coach Geoff Bowness after Jason
Belmonte and Ann-Maree
  Putney won the top-seeded
spots in the finals of the Qubica/AMF Bowling
World Cup.
No country has
won both the men’s and women’s titles
since 1986 when current
Swedish competitor Peter Ljung took the title
alongside Annette Hagre, but
based on their performances so far,
Belmonte and Putney could make Bowness’ dream
come true.
Bowness has been Ann-Maree’s
coach for 16 years and has seen her win dozens
of major titles. But Jason has never had a
coach, except for his father who taught him how
to bowl. The burly, curly-haired Aussie is one
of the few competitors in St. Petersburg who
doesn’t have a mentor here.
The top three scorers in
both divisions will advance to Saturday’s
televised finals. The third seeded bowler will
bowled a best-of-three match with No. 2 to
decide the opponent against
the top seed in the title match.
Belmonte, already far in
the lead, added insult to injury when he fired a
300 in the 39th game. He wound up with a 40-game
total of
9,540, well
ahead of America’s Bill Hoffman, who had
9,352.
Andres Gomez of Colombia took the third
spot with
9008.
.
The women’s race was much
closer. Ann-Maree posted a 40-game total of
8,745. The
other women’s finalists will be Germany’s Tina
Hulsch and Korea’s Sun
Hee Lee
Sharon Koh of Malaysia managed only
179 and 201 in
her last two games
and tumbled to fourth place.
“She’s terribly
disappointed,” said Sidney Tung of the Malaysian
Tenpin Bowling Congress, “but that’s
bowling.”
Mort Luby
Photos: Hero
Noda, QubicaAMF
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