MEN - BLOCK 1
Eight games on long oil
All three lefties in the top eight as we
go into the first squad. An expected onslaught
on the pins from two-handed delivery Osku
Palermaa has yet to appear but the other with
that style, Jason Belmonte, is on the right
road with a 253.
Game two and now two lefties at the top of
the table, then the two-handed Jason Belmonte.
Not a spinner n the field this year.
Five players on 500 and over - is that a
record?
It's a long time, if ever, since an 817 was
posted as the score after three games of the
first squad, especially as this eight-gamer is
on long oil, but that is the happy situation
for Paul Moor, England's top ranked player and
rankings leader for three years on the
European Bowling Tour.
Moor is certainly on a mission this
evening. 1085 over four games is no mean score
and he is now over one hundred pins clear of
his nearest challenger, Osku Palermaa of
Finland. all three lefties and the two
two-handed stars are all in the top eight
right now.
Game five has seen somewhat of a change
around but there are still two left-handers
and the two two-handed guys in the top eight.
A disappointing drop for Alex Liew of Malaysia
to 18th but David O'Sullivan is pleased to get
up into the top echelon.
Moor continues his relentless march to
victory, still with a 70-plus pin lead over
Palermaa. Belmonte has dropped out of the top
eight now, but only four pins adrift. He will
be back. After a drop to 214 the overall game
average has made a comeback, it must be the
bowlers getting a second wind.
A 279 from singapore's Remy Ong has brought
the battle for the top spot and the $1,000
squad prize a lot closer. Just 16 pins buffer
now for Paul Moor and Osku Palermaa is really
not out of the hunt.
The unfortunate situation of a tie for total
pinfall of 1969 , a 246 average, over the eight
games for Paul Moor and Remy Ong robbed the
Englishman of a share of the $1,000 squad prize
as the
 tournament
rule states that in case of a tie the prize is
awarded to the person shooting the highest last
game, so the money goes to Singapore.
This came really hard for Moor (pictured, right)
as he had led the squad with some superb bowling
and one pin has cost him a lot of money.
"I lost quite a few pins with a bad game on
lanes 5 & 6 and when I got to lanes 7 & 8 the
ball kept falling off my hand," explained Moor.
"At the beginning of the squad I couldn't do
anything wrong. It didn't seem to matter where I
hit the headpin as I got a strike.
"Now it is disappointing not to get some reward
for all that effort."
Remy Ong now walks away with one thousand
unexpected dollars. "I didn't really realize
what was going on," he explained. "I was totally
focused on my own game and just bowled. You
can't control what is going on elsewhere so I
play one shot at a time. I'm really pleased that
it all worked out well."
FINAL STANDINGS - SQUAD 1 - LONG OIL
|
Pos |
Name |
Nat |
Sqd |
H |
Total |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
1 |
Paul Moor |
ENG |
1 |
L |
1969 |
269 |
259 |
289 |
268 |
218 |
246 |
200 |
220 |
|
2 |
Remy Ong |
SIN |
1 |
L |
1969 |
204 |
277 |
234 |
234 |
246 |
259 |
279 |
236 |
|
3 |
Jason Belmonte |
AUS |
1 |
R |
1913 |
253 |
257 |
216 |
215 |
235 |
204 |
278 |
255 |
|
4 |
Osku Palermaa |
FIN |
1 |
R |
1909 |
228 |
230 |
268 |
248 |
217 |
279 |
226 |
213 |
|
5 |
David O'Sullivan |
USA |
1 |
R |
1898 |
268 |
209 |
226 |
232 |
234 |
215 |
268 |
246 |
|
6 |
Stuart Williams |
ENG |
1 |
R |
1872 |
226 |
246 |
233 |
269 |
224 |
243 |
207 |
224 |
|
7 |
Mark Buffa |
CAN |
1 |
R |
1863 |
229 |
233 |
278 |
214 |
219 |
257 |
208 |
225 |
|
8 |
Yannaphon Larpapharat |
THA |
1 |
R |
1856 |
234 |
191 |
257 |
253 |
214 |
206 |
256 |
245 |
|
9 |
Kai Virtanen |
FIN |
1 |
R |
1830 |
224 |
200 |
256 |
214 |
185 |
224 |
269 |
258 |
|
10 |
Martin Larsen |
SWE |
1 |
R |
1828 |
202 |
235 |
237 |
227 |
254 |
266 |
203 |
204 |
|
11 |
Thomas Gross |
AUT |
1 |
R |
1820 |
232 |
200 |
194 |
235 |
257 |
257 |
205 |
240 |
|
12 |
Luis Rodriguez |
PUR |
1 |
R |
1818 |
248 |
236 |
182 |
253 |
211 |
226 |
258 |
204 |
|
13 |
Biboy Rivera |
PHI |
1 |
R |
1809 |
255 |
248 |
242 |
213 |
200 |
246 |
199 |
206 |
|
14 |
Peter Ljung |
SWE |
1 |
L |
1808 |
279 |
248 |
181 |
259 |
181 |
215 |
223 |
222 |
|
15 |
Rolando Sebelen |
DOM |
1 |
R |
1755 |
236 |
264 |
234 |
193 |
180 |
214 |
208 |
226 |
|
16 |
Francisco Colon |
PUR |
1 |
R |
1733 |
232 |
212 |
218 |
190 |
187 |
247 |
259 |
188 |
|
17 |
Manuel Otalora |
COL |
1 |
R |
1729 |
202 |
225 |
215 |
182 |
201 |
267 |
215 |
222 |
|
18 |
Zulmazran Zulkifli |
MAS |
1 |
R |
1718 |
237 |
235 |
254 |
203 |
192 |
185 |
229 |
183 |
|
19 |
Jamie Monroy |
COL |
1 |
R |
1710 |
193 |
214 |
171 |
234 |
237 |
238 |
215 |
208 |
|
20 |
Azidi Ameran |
MAS |
1 |
R |
1705 |
210 |
226 |
228 |
170 |
205 |
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