Qualischefski claims the circuits’ first stop for 2007 in Bundaberg Queensland…
Queensland’s Brandon Qualischefski won his second event for 2007… throwing his new Columbia product, he went on to win the “2007 Rum City Classic” at the Bundy Bowl and Leisure Complex in Bundaberg, QLD.
Bowling Balls Australia representative Carl Bottomley, lead the Tournament into the Match Play round, after averaging 215.50 for his 14 games of Qualifying, throwing his Visionary product…Qualischefski set him self up for the win sitting second at this stage of the finals with an average of 212.64 for his 14 games…Peter Cottam of Hervey Bay was sitting third averaging 211.86 and was the leading lefty at this stage…
This was the first time the event had been run in more than 7 years and defending champion Darryl Alford unfortunately missed the cut of 15 and averaged 192.64 for his 14 games of his titles defense…Local bowler Brendon Thompson also made the top 15 and the three person Match Play finals… Rockhampton lefty Graham Allen took the tournaments early honors with a perfect game 300 in the 13th game of qualifying and catapult himself also into the Match Play in 10th spot.
Qualischefski was trailing Bottomley by 40 pins leading into the last stage of the Tournament. Dominating the Match Play stage of the series opener with consistent 200-plus scores, games of 233, 247, 267, 235, 229, 259, 257 and undefeated record in Match Play seen the young Columbia thrower real Bottomley in with two games to go…Bottomley needing to win the final game of match play. Both bowlers put on a huge display for the crowd, the final game going down to the wire right to the tenth frame, both guys throwing a string of strikes leading into the last frame of the tournament, with Qualischefski closing out the tenth with three strikes taking the game 257-233 and the title from Bottomley…
Qualischefski averaged 224.00 for 21 games and compiled a 7-0 won-lost record in the 3 person match play and averaged 246.71 in Match Play to finish with a 4984 pinfall total. Bottomley averaged 221.67 and went 5-2 in match play to secure the second place with 4895 for his 21 game totals. Dale Warren of Rockhampton averaged 208.76 and finished 351 pins behind Bottomley in third place due to his 2-4 record in Match Play and a 4544 pinfall total for his 21 games… Mark Lawton of Maryborough finished 4th and had high Game of 290 in the Match Play section of the finals…Brian Looby rounded out the top 5 for the Tournament…
The ladies division was won by Rockhampton bowler Leesa Bartlem with a 187.50 average for the event…Second place went to local Bundaberg bowler Josie Sommer who averaged 174.86 for her 14 games and third went to another Local from Bundy Laura Henry averaging 164.07 for her 14 games…
All scores can be found here at this link http://www.totalbowling.com.au/news/livescores/
Would also like to thank Barb and Emma from Bundy Bowl and Andrew Christopher from qldbowling.com for helping out with the scoring while i bowled...
Queensland’s Brandon Qualischefski won his second event for 2007… throwing his new Columbia product, he went on to win the “2007 Rum City Classic” at the Bundy Bowl and Leisure Complex in Bundaberg, QLD.
Bowling Balls Australia representative Carl Bottomley, lead the Tournament into the Match Play round, after averaging 215.50 for his 14 games of Qualifying, throwing his Visionary product…Qualischefski set him self up for the win sitting second at this stage of the finals with an average of 212.64 for his 14 games…Peter Cottam of Hervey Bay was sitting third averaging 211.86 and was the leading lefty at this stage…
This was the first time the event had been run in more than 7 years and defending champion Darryl Alford unfortunately missed the cut of 15 and averaged 192.64 for his 14 games of his titles defense…Local bowler Brendon Thompson also made the top 15 and the three person Match Play finals… Rockhampton lefty Graham Allen took the tournaments early honors with a perfect game 300 in the 13th game of qualifying and catapult himself also into the Match Play in 10th spot.
Qualischefski was trailing Bottomley by 40 pins leading into the last stage of the Tournament. Dominating the Match Play stage of the series opener with consistent 200-plus scores, games of 233, 247, 267, 235, 229, 259, 257 and undefeated record in Match Play seen the young Columbia thrower real Bottomley in with two games to go…Bottomley needing to win the final game of match play. Both bowlers put on a huge display for the crowd, the final game going down to the wire right to the tenth frame, both guys throwing a string of strikes leading into the last frame of the tournament, with Qualischefski closing out the tenth with three strikes taking the game 257-233 and the title from Bottomley…
Qualischefski averaged 224.00 for 21 games and compiled a 7-0 won-lost record in the 3 person match play and averaged 246.71 in Match Play to finish with a 4984 pinfall total. Bottomley averaged 221.67 and went 5-2 in match play to secure the second place with 4895 for his 21 game totals. Dale Warren of Rockhampton averaged 208.76 and finished 351 pins behind Bottomley in third place due to his 2-4 record in Match Play and a 4544 pinfall total for his 21 games… Mark Lawton of Maryborough finished 4th and had high Game of 290 in the Match Play section of the finals…Brian Looby rounded out the top 5 for the Tournament…
The ladies division was won by Rockhampton bowler Leesa Bartlem with a 187.50 average for the event…Second place went to local Bundaberg bowler Josie Sommer who averaged 174.86 for her 14 games and third went to another Local from Bundy Laura Henry averaging 164.07 for her 14 games…
All scores can be found here at this link http://www.totalbowling.com.au/news/livescores/
Would also like to thank Barb and Emma from Bundy Bowl and Andrew Christopher from qldbowling.com for helping out with the scoring while i bowled...
