NEWSFLASH: Kuwait City

[Jase]

Australia’s Jason Belmonte has qualified for the final rounds of the 4th Kuwait International Open Tournament overnight. Following 24 games, the Orange-based bowler averaged 230, with American Tim Mack currently in the lead with a 234 average and Sweden’s Martin Larsen just ahead of Belmonte with a 231 average.


Bowlers from Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Colombia, Korea, Mexico, UAE, Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, England and host Federation Kuwait make up the top international field of 32 bowlers that now moves into the next phase of the event, with a further eight games bowled before the field is cut to 16, and pinfall dropped.


Full scores and further details, see www.kuwaitbowling.com

 

[Kyles]

Come on Belmo, you can win this one!! We are all behind you!

 

[Ice Maiden]

Nice work Belmo, lets see if you can make it 3 in a row

 

[tixmclaren]

Yes well done on the 3rd place qualifying into the top 32 round there Jason and also of note from looking through the site and the results Andrew Frawley has also made it into the last 32 sitting in 13th spot after qualifying.

Great work from both the Aussies, now they are looking for that podium finsh yet again with Jason Belmonte winning this tournament last year and Andrew Frawley finishing in 3rd place. It would be great to see a 1 - 2 finish this year so keep up the great bowling over the weekend guys and best of luck.

Michael Mclaren
tickets for short lol

 

[JAY K]

Well done to both Aussie have just had a look and here are the standings


4th Kuwait International Open Tournament - 2007
Open Top 16 Fri 13/04/2007

RNK Name Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 BONUS TOT AV
1 Jason Belmonte AUS 255 230 205 236 217 258 90 1491 234
0 20 20 20 20 10 1491 15
2 Robert Andersson SWE 267 244 221 244 192 219 100 1487 231
0 20 20 20 20 0 20 1487 17
3 Mohammed Al Kubaisi UAE 201 213 223 289 255 224 80 1485 234
0 20 0 20 20 20 1485 13
4 Martin Larsen SWE 223 276 210 180 254 242 80 1465 231
0 20 20 0 20 20 1465 13
5 Shaker Al Hassan UAE 214 211 268 214 226 215 100 1448 225
20 20 20 20 0 20 1448 17
6 Andres Gomez COL 203 250 259 191 288 185 60 1436 229
0 20 20 0 20 0 1436 10
7 Nick Frogatt ENG 195 221 208 267 234 203 80 1408 221
20 20 20 20 0 0 1408 13
8 Peter Ljung SWE 246 221 234 221 194 215 60 1391 222
20 0 20 20 0 0 1391 10
9 Ryan Lalisang INA 238 183 243 204 239 202 60 1369 218
20 20 20 1369 10
10 Pasut THA 216 177 161 227 235 225 60 1301 207
20 0 0 0 20 20 0 1301 10
11 Fadhel Al Mousawi KUW 197 212 211 198 198 223 60 1299 207
0 20 20 0 0 20 1299 10
12 Andrew Frawley AUS 198 189 195 234 211 200 40 1267 205
0 0 0 20 20 0 1267 7
13 Tim Mack USA 247 201 178 174 194 258 10 1262 209
0 10 1262 2
14 Khalid Al Dubyyan KUW 204 149 197 191 255 202 40 1238 200
20 0 0 0 20 0 1238 7
15 Bader Al Sheikh KSA 181 149 188 203 225 163 40 1149 185
0 0 20 20 0 0 1149 7
16 Yannaphon THA 168 173 205 164 234 195 0 1139 190
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1139 190



Jeanette

 

[ShadowWolf]

well done jason, no one can stop him over there at present

 

[Ice Maiden]

4th Kuwait International Open - abfonline.org
14th April, Kuwait: Doha Asian Games gold medalist, Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia, bagged the coveted 4th Kuwait International Open Bowling Championship title after defeating challenger, Mohammed Al Kubaisi of UAE, 234-217 on Saturday evening.

After lying 16th in the Top 16 Finals, the Indonesian bounced back with a strong 2406 winning 8 out of the 10-game Top 16 second block finals as top seed for the stepladder finals. The Jaya Ancol bowler scorched the Cozmo Bowling Center with lines of 269, 265, 243, 231, 240, 245, 241, 233, 204 and 235.

Mohammed Al Kubaisi, who finished second earned a carck at the title after he knocked out England's Nick Frogatt, 212-169 before going down to the champion. Frogatt, who was fifth-seed, also eliminated fourth-seed, Martin Larsen of Sweden, 211-194 and fourth-seed, Andres Gomez of Colombia, 211-194 in the earlier two matches.

The runner-up amassed a total of 3802 for second ahead of Andres Gomez in third with 3783 and Martin Larsen fourth with 3720. Frogatt finished fifth with 3720. Australia's Jason Belmonte, who topped the Top 16 round 1, just missed the cut for the stepladder finals in sixth position while qualifying round leader, Tim Mack of USA finished tenth.

Meanwhile, Vanessa Fung of Hong Kong, upset top-seed, Kim Eun Jung of Korea to regain the title she won two year ago with a victory over the Korean in two matches. Fung won the first match, 234-214 and clinched the title with 191-182 in the decider.

The champion had earlier edged Nasha King, 196-189 to set up the match with the top seed. Nasha, who was third-seed, defeated fourth-seed, Aliaa Ismiel of Egypt, 213-166 in the first match before losing to Fung in the second match.