November 8, 2007 CANADA S SCHMIDT FINISHES 6 TH TO BOWL WITH FINAL EIGHT AT BOWLING WORLD CUP Canada s Michael Schmidt of Winnipeg, Manitoba finished sixth to bowl with the top eight at the 43rd Annual Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup. Schmidt bowled 1772 for his final eight games. 88 countries are participating at the 32 lane centre in the Kontinental Shopping Centre in historic St. Petersburg, Russia. Jason Belmonte of Australia finished first in the men s division, 252 pins ahead of the field. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands led the women. Complete results are available at www.qubicaamf.com. The field is now cut to the top 8 men and women who will bowl a round robin of eight matches on Friday. The final three men and three women will be determined from the match play for the step-ladder final on Saturday. The televised step-ladder final will be the best two of three games. Player #2 will meet player #3 and winner will meet the #1 player for the title. Schmidt, the 2005 men s champion, is representing Canada for the third time. He finished 3 rd at the 2006 event. When asked how did it compare with the others? He said A lot tougher - the pattern is flatter and you must execute each shot. What are your thoughts going into tomorrow? I have some ground to make up to finish in the top three but I don t mind being the snake in the grass said Schmidt. Canada with seven champions, is tied with the Philippines for the second most Bowling World Cup wins. USA has 15. Other Canadian champions are: Graydon Blondie Robinson, Toronto, On., 1969, Ray Mitchell, White Rock, BC, 1972, Cathy Townsend, Montreal, QC, 1975, Rea Rennox, Toronto, 1977, Jean Gordon, Vancouver, BC., 1980, Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Mississauga, On. 2003. The Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada conduct the qualifying for the Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup and the qualifier is sanctioned by the Canadian Tenpin Federation. BPAC is the trade association for bowling centers in Canada. With 600 members across Canada, they conduct provincial qualifying events for the Bowling World Cup leading to the national event. Schmidt and Belanger earned the right to represent Canada when they overcame the other provincial qualifiers in the national event conducted by the BPAC last March at Gateway Entertainment in Edmonton Alberta. Sandra Lowe of Lindsay, Ontario is coaching the Canadian representatives. Lowe is one of the head coaches for the Canadian Tenpin Federation and coached Schmidt and Ryan-Ciach to their wins in 2005 and 2003. The Canadian Tenpin Federation was formed in 1969 to qualify representatives for international competition.. CTF became a full membership organization on August 1, 2004 to deliver membership services to 40,000 plus registered tenpin bowlers in Canada. Membership services had previously been provided by the American Bowling Congress, the Women s International Bowling Congress and the Young American Bowling Alliance who were headquartered in the USA. Top 8 32 games: Men: 1. Jason Belmonte Australia 7644, 2. Bill Hoffman USA, 7392, 3. Andres Gomez, Colombia 7111, 4. Petteri Salonen, Finland 7094, 5 Marcelo Suartz, Brazil, 7059, 6. Michael Schmidt, Canada, 7053, 7. Paul Moore, England, 6963, 8. Thomas Gross, Austria, 6930
Women: 1. Ghislane Van der Tol, Netherlands, 6871 2 Sharon Koh, Malaysia 6858, 3. Lee Sun Hee, Korea, 6842, 4. Ann-Maree Putney, Australia, 6801, 5. Tina Hulsch, Germany, 6770,6. Aumi Guera, Dominican Republic, 6742, 7 Piritta Kantola, Finland 6741, 8. Helen Johnsson, Sweden 6735
November 7, 2007 CANADA S SCHMIDT QUALIFIES 7TH AT BOWLING WORLD CUP Canada s Michael Schmidt of Winnipeg, Manitoba qualified seventh at the 43 Annual Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup. Schmidt bowled 1389 for his final six games of qualifying. Monique Belanger, Estevan, Saskatchewan bowled her best series - 1195 and finished 41 st. 88 countries are participating at the 32 lane centre in the Kontinental Shopping Centre in historic St. Petersburg, Russia. Jason Belmonte of Australia retained his position as high qualifier for the men. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands led the women. Complete results are available at www.qubicaamf.com. Today was the final day of qualifying. The field is now cut to the top 24 men and women who will bowl a further six games on Thursday when another cut will be made to the top eight men and eight women who will bowl a round robin of eight matches. The final three men and three women will be determined for the stepladder final on Saturday. The televised step-ladder final will be the best two of three games. Canada with seven champions, is tied with the Philippines for the second most Bowling World Cup wins. USA has 15. Schmidt, the 2005 men s champion, is representing Canada for the third time. He finished 3 rd at the 2006 event. Other Canadian champions are: Graydon Blondie Robinson, Toronto, On., 1969, Ray Mitchell, White Rock, BC, 1972, Cathy Townsend, Montreal, QC, 1975, Rea Rennox, Toronto, 1977, Jean Gordon, Vancouver, BC., 1980, Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Mississauga, On. 2003. The Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada conduct the qualifying for the Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup and the qualifier is sanctioned by the Canadian Tenpin Federation. BPAC is the trade association for bowling centers in Canada. With 600 members across Canada, they conduct provincial qualifying events for the Bowling World Cup leading to the national event. Schmidt and Belanger earned the right to represent Canada when they overcame the other provincial qualifiers in the national event conducted by the BPAC last March at Gateway Entertainment in Edmonton Alberta. Sandra Lowe of Lindsay, Ontario is coaching the Canadian representatives. Lowe is one of the head coaches for the Canadian Tenpin Federation and coached Schmidt and Ryan-Ciach to their wins in 2005 and 2003. The Canadian Tenpin Federation was formed in 1969 to qualify representatives for international competition.. CTF became a full membership organization on August 1, 2004 to deliver membership services to 40,000 plus registered tenpin bowlers in Canada. Membership services had previously been provided by the American Bowling Congress, the Women s International Bowling Congress and the Young American Bowling Alliance who were headquartered in the USA. Top 24 and Canadian scores 18 games: Men: 1. Jason Belmonte Australia 5606, 2. Bill Hoffman USA, 5489, 3. Andres Gomez, Colombia 5461, 4. Glen Morten Pedersen, Norway, 5393, 5 Marcelo Suartz, Brazil, 5371, 6. Petteri Salonen, Finland 5315, 7. Michael Schmidt, Canada, 5281, 8. Ildemaro Ruiz Venezuela, 5267, 9. Remy Ong, Singapore, 5182, 10. Paul Moore, England, 5160, 11. Thomas Gross, Austria, 5157, 12. Mohammed Khalifa, United Arab Emirates, 5132. 13. Yahav Rabin, Israel, 5131, 14. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 5109, 15. Mikael Anderson, Denmark, 5100, 16. Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 5094, 17. Daniel Lim, Malaysia, 5055, 18. Alexey Parshukov, Russia, 5049, 19 Ryan
Lalisang, Indonesia, 5044, 20. Guy Caminski, South Africa, 5038, 21. Luis Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, 5019, 22. Mark McQueen, Scotland, 5009, 23. Nikolijs Ovcinnikos, Latvia, 5000, 24. Paulo Lopes, Portugal, 4999. Women: 1. Ghislane Van der Tol, Netherlands, 5179 2 Sharon Koh, Malaysia 5168, 3. Helen Johnsson, Sweden 5140, 4. Sun Hee Lee, Korea, 5129., 5. Sue Abela, Malta, 5094,6. Aumi Guera, Dominican Republic, 5074, 7 Piritta Kantola, Finland 5030, 8. Ann-Maree Putney, Australia, 5028, 9. Melody Yeung, Hong Kong, 5012, 10. Lynda Barnes, USA 5010, 11. Sofia Granda, Guatemala, 5000, 12. Tina Hulsch, Germany, 4987, 13 Ivonne Gross, Austria, 4986, 14 Sasha Luciano, Puerto Rico, 4985, 15. Olena Mischenko, Ukraine, 4983, 16. Jo Allesbrook, England 4952 17. Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 4933, 18. Rebecca Veloz, Mexico 4932, 19. Sandra Torrents, Spain, 4887, 20. Daphne Tan, Singapore, 4886, 21.Liza del Rosario, Philippines, 4836, 22. Trina Simonsen, Denmark, 4835, 23. Eugenia Tsarkova, Russia, 4821, 24. Nofar Herscovitch, Israel, 4835 41st Monique Belanger, Canada 4571
Fédération Canadienne des Dix-Quilles, Inc November 6, 2007 CANADA S SCHMIDT IN TOP 10 AT BOWLING WORLD CUP Canada s Michael Schmidt of Winnipeg, Manitoba is now in the top 10 of the field at the 43 Annual Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup. Schmidt bowled 1397 for six games to move from 24 th to 10 th. Monique Belanger, Estevan, Saskatchewan bowled 1116 and dropped to 44 th. 88 countries are participating at the 32 lane centre in the Kontinental Shopping Centre in historic. Jason Belmonte of Australia is still leading in the men s division. Sue Abela of Malta has moved into the women s lead. Complete results are available at www.qubicaamf.com. All players will play six games on Wednesday when the field will be cut to the top 24 men and women who will bowl a further six games on Thursday when another cut will be made to the top eight men and eight women who will bowl a round robin of eight matches. The final three men and three women will be determined for the step-ladder final on Saturday. The televised step-ladder final will be the best two of three games. Canada with seven champions, is tied with the Philippines for the second most Bowling World Cup wins. USA has 15. Schmidt, the 2005 men s champion, is representing Canada for the third time. He finished 3 rd at the 2006 event. Other Canadian champions are: Graydon Blondie Robinson, Toronto, On., 1969, Ray Mitchell, White Rock, BC, 1972, Cathy Townsend, Montreal, QC, 1975, Rea Rennox, Toronto, 1977, Jean Gordon, Vancouver, BC., 1980, Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Mississauga, On. 2003. The Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada conduct the qualifying for the Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup and the qualifier is sanctioned by the Canadian Tenpin Federation. BPAC is the trade association for bowling centers in Canada. With 600 members across Canada, they conduct provincial qualifying events for the Bowling World Cup leading to the national event. Schmidt and Belanger earned the right to represent Canada when they overcame the other provincial qualifiers in the national event conducted by the BPAC last March at Gateway Entertainment in Edmonton Alberta. Sandra Lowe of Lindsay, Ontario is coaching the Canadian representatives. Lowe is one of the head coaches for the Canadian Tenpin Federation. The Canadian Tenpin Federation was formed in 1969 to qualify representatives for international competition.. CTF became a full membership organization on August 1, 2004 to deliver membership services to 40,000 plus registered tenpin bowlers in Canada. Membership services had previously been provided by the American Bowling Congress, the Women s International Bowling Congress and the Young American Bowling Alliance who were headquartered in the USA.
Top 24 and Canadian scores 18 games: Canadian Tenpin Federation, Inc. Fédération Canadienne des Dix-Quilles, Inc Men: 1. Jason Belmonte Australia 4206, 2. Glen Morten Pedersen, Norway, 4118, 3. Andres Gomez, Colombia 4113, 4. Bill Hoffman USA 4009 5 Marcelo Suartz, Brazil, 4059, 6. Ildemaro Ruiz Venezuela, 4055, 7. Petteri Salonen, Finland 3997, 8. Remy Ong, Singapore, 3956, 9. Yahav Rabin, Israel, 3941, 10. Michael Schmidt, Canada, 3892, 11. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 3871, 12. Thomas Gross, Austria, 3859, 13. Paulo Lopes, Portugal, 3857, 14. Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 3818, 14. Alexey Parshukov, Russia, 3818, 14. Mohammed Khalifa, United Arab Emirates, 3818, 17.Fred Dingenouis, Netherlands 3798, 18. Mikael Anderson, Denmark, 3792, 19. Luis Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, 3788, 20. Paul Moore, England, 3784, 20. Paulo Valdez, Philippines, 3784, 22. Ryan Lalisang, Indonesia, 3782, 23. Guy Caminski, South Africa, 3762, 24. Vytas Gykis, Lithuania, 3748. Women: 1. Sue Abela, Malta,3923 2. Sun Hee Lee, Korea, 3864. 3. Aumi Guera, Dominican Republic, 3854,, 4., Tina Hulsch, Germany, 3848, 5. Sharon Koh, Malaysia 3844, 6. Helen Johnsson, Sweden 3823, 7. Melody Yeung, Hong Kong, 3805, 8. Lynda Barnes, USA 3779, 9. Ghislane Van der Tol, Netherlands3777, 10. Rebecca Veloz, Mexico 3769. 11 Piritta Kantola, Finland 3760, 12. Sofia Granda, Guatemala, 3745, 13 Daphne Tan, Singapore, 3736, 14 Sasha Luciano, Puerto Rico, 3735, 15. Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 3725, 16 Sandra Torrents, Spain, 3689, 17. Trina Simonsen, Denmark, 3681, 18. Ivonne Gross, Austria, 3677, 18. Ann-Maree Putney, Australia, 3677, 20. Jo Allesbrook, England 3664, 21. Olena Mischenko, Ukraine, 3662, 22. Nofar Herscovitch, Israel, 3631, 23. Eugenia Tsarkova, Russia, 3607 24. Helga DiBenedetto, Italy 3548 44 th Monique Belanger, Canada 3376
November 5, 2007 CANADA S SCHMIDT MOVE INTO TOP 24 AT BOWLING WORLD CUP Canada s Michael Schmidt of Winnipeg, Manitoba made a move on the second day of qualifying into the top 24 at the 43 Annual Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup. Schmidt bowled 1288 to move four places into the 24 th position. Monique Belanger, Estevan, Saskatchewan bowled 1180 to move from 44 th to 38 th position. 88 countries are participating at the 32 lane centre in Kontinental Shopping Centre in historic St. Petersburg, Russia. Complete results are available at www.qubicaamf.com. All players will play six games Tuesday and Wednesday. The top 24 men and women will bowl a further six games on Thursday when the cut will be made to the top eight men and eight women who will bowl a round robin of eight matches. The final three men and three women will be determined for the step-ladder final on Saturday. The televised stepladder final will be the best two of three games. Schmidt, the 2005 men s champion, is representing Canada for the third time. He finished 3 rd at the 2006 event. Canada with seven champions, is tied with the Philippines for the second most Bowling World Cup wins. USA has 15. Kerrie Ryan-Ciach of Mississagua, Ontario was the latest Canadian woman to win the event. She won in 2003.. The Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada conduct the qualifying for the Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup and the qualifier is sanctioned by the Canadian Tenpin Federation. BPAC is the trade association for bowling centers in Canada. With 600 members across Canada, they conduct provincial qualifying events for the Bowling World Cup leading to the national event. Schmidt and Belanger earned the right to represent Canada when they overcame the other provincial qualifiers in the national event conducted by the BPAC last March at Gateway Entertainment in Edmonton Alberta. Sandra Lowe of Lindsay, Ontario is coaching the Canadian representatives. Lowe is one of the head coaches for the Canadian Tenpin Federation. The Canadian Tenpin Federation was formed in 1969 to qualify representatives for international competition.. CTF became a full membership organization on August 1, 2004 to deliver membership services to 40,000 plus registered tenpin bowlers in Canada. Membership services had previously been provided by the American Bowling Congress, the Women s International Bowling Congress and the Young American Bowling Alliance who were headquartered in the USA. Top 24 and Canadian scores 12 games: Men: 1. Jason Belmonte Australia 2826, 2. Bill Hoffman USA 2800 3. Petteri Salonen, Finland 2696, 4. Ildemaro Ruiz Venezuela, 2685, 5. Glen Morten Pedersen, Norway,
2650, 6. Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2648, 7. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 2648, 8. Paulo Lopes, Portugal, 2591. 9, Yahav Rabin, Israel, 2589, 10 Thomas Gross, Austria, 2580, 11. Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 2570, 11. Remy Ong, Singapore 2570, 13. Maurizio Celli, Italy, 2558, 14. Vytas Gykis, Lithuania, 2547, 15. Luis Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, 2546, 16. Marcelo Suartz, Brazil, 2541, 17. Alexey Parshukov, Russia, 2539, 18. Mark McQueen, Scotland, 2525, 19. Mohammed Khalifa Al-Qubaisi, United Arab Emirates, 2520, 20 Don Ho Lee, Korea, 2518. 21. Ryan Lalisang, Indoneisia, 2510, 22. Takuya Hiratsuka, Japan, 2501, 23. Mikael Anderson, Denmark, 2497, 24. Michael Schmidt, Canada, 2485. Women: 1.Sun Hee Lee, Korea, 2636 2. Sue Abela, Malta, 2592. 3. Sasha Luciano, Puerto Rico, 2568, 4., Tina Hulsch, Germany, 2565, 5.Rebecca Velo z, Mexico 2561.5. Helen Johnsson, Sweden 2561 7. Lynda Barnes, USA 2537 8 Ghislane Van der Tol, Netherlands2534, 9. Melody Yeung, Hong Kong 2528 10.Susan Koh, Malaysia 2516, 11. Sofia Granda, Guatemala, 2501, 12 Daphne Tan, Singapore, 2493, 13. Nofar Herscovitch, Israel, 2477,14 Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 2461, 15 Ann-Maree Putney, Australia, 2461, 16.Jo Allesbrook, England 2458, 17 Aumi Guera, Dominican Republic, 2451, 17 Piritta Kantola, Finland 2451, 19. Sandra Torrents, Spain, 2445, 20. Trina Simonsen, Denmark, 2416, 21. Olena Mischenko, Ukraine, 2415, 22. Ivonne Gross, Austria, 2399, 23. Helga DiBenedetto, Italy 2355. 24. Irene Strakova, Czech Republic, 2342. 38 th Monique Belanger, Canada 2260
November 4, 2007 AUSTRALIA AND KOREA ARE THE LEADERS AFTER DAY 1 OF THE BOWLING WORLD CUP Australia s Jason Belmonte and Sun Hee Lee of Korea are the leaders after the first day of competition at the Quibica/Amf Bowling World Cup. Canada s Michael Schmidt of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Monique Belanger, Estevan, Saskatchewan finished.28 th and 44 th respectively. Complete results are available at www.qubicaamf.com. All players will play six games each day until Wednesday. The top 24 men and women will bowl a further six games on Thursday when the cut will be made to the top eight men and eight women who will bowl a round robin of eight matches. The final three men and three women will be determined for the step-ladder final on Saturday. The televised step-ladder final will be the best two of three games. The 43 rd event is taking place at a 32-lane centre in the Continent Shopping Mall in the historic city of St Petersburg, from 3 to 11 November 2007. Representatives from 88 countries are competing. Schmidt, the 2005 men s champion, is representing Canada for the third time. He finished 3 rd at the 2006 event. Canada with seven champions, is tied with the Philippines for the second most Bowling World Cup wins. USA has 15. Kerrie Ryan-Ciach of Mississagua, Ontario was the latest Canadian woman to win the event. She won in 2003.. The Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada conduct the qualifying for the Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup and the qualifier is sanctioned by the Canadian Tenpin Federation.. BPAC is the trade association for bowling centers in Canada. With 600 members across Canada, they conduct provincial qualifying events for the Bowling World Cup leading to national event. Schmidt and Belanger earned the right to represent Canada when they overcame the provincial qualifiers in the national event conducted by the BPAC last March at Gateway Entertainment in Edmonton Alberta. Sandra Lowe of Lindsay, Ontario is coaching the Canadian representatives. Lowe is one of the head coaches for the Canadian Tenpin Federation. The Canadian Tenpin Federation was formed in 1969 to qualify representatives for international competition.. CTF became a full membership organization on August 1, 2004 to deliver membership services to 40,000 plus registered tenpin bowlers in Canada. Membership services had previously been provided by the American Bowling Congress, the Women s International Bowling Congress and the Young American Bowling Alliance who were headquartered in the USA.