【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【ＴＶ決勝】

　

第4回MKチャリティカップ
川西広次、JPBA最年長優勝！

優勝決定戦

× ジョン・テハ 200 - 210 ○ 川西広次

３位決定戦

○ 川西広次 248 - 157 × 鈴木勇太

　

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【ＴＶ決勝】

　

　

優勝決定戦

　

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【ラウンドロビン】

　

ジョン・テハ

上位3名そのままTV決勝へ進出！

　

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【準決勝】

　

姫路　麗

ポジションマッチ3位土屋佑佳対4位佐藤まさみの対戦で佐藤が246で土屋194を破り58ポイント差をひっくり返し3位でTVへ！

　

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【準決勝】

　

ジョン・テハ

PBAツアーにも参戦し日本でも5勝を挙げているジョン・テハがトップでラウンドロビンへ！また2007年プロ入りの23歳鈴木勇太（46期：フリー）が大健闘を見せ2位、無冠の実力者土谷が3位、そして先日の「新人戦」を制し初タイトルを挙げた串田　昭も見事4位通過。

　

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【準決勝】

縄多禧子

予選トップの長縄が準決勝も216アベを残し初優勝を目指してトップでラウンドロビンへ！2位に昨年3冠王が地元関西で今季初優勝を目指す姫路　麗、そして先日の「女子新人戦」で嬉しい初優勝を挙げた新人佐藤まさみが3位通過を果たす。

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【予選・後半】

　

ジョン・テハ

PBAツアーにも参戦しているジョン・テハが4シリーズ全て700アップﾟ（12G=240AVG）でトップ！
吉井昌幸が10G目パーフェクトゲーム達成！

　

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【予選・後半】

　

長縄多禧子

昨日の1G目パーフェクトゲームを達成し勢いに乗る長縄多禧子が、後半6ゲームも4位のスコアで遂にトップへ！22年目での初優勝を目指し明日の最終日へ。2位に現在ポイントランキングトップの土屋佑佳が続く。

　

　【PBA】　PBA World Championship　【Round of 8】

Malott to Bowl for First Major Title in PBA World Championship

Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, will get his chance to win the PBA World Championship and his first Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour major title on Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan.

Malott, who entered the best-of-seven-game, single-elimination match play portion of the tournament as the No. 1 qualifier, survived an upset-filled day Friday at Thunderbowl Lanes, defeating Sweden's Martin Larsen, 4-3, and Jeff Carter of Springfield, Ill., 4-1, to advance to the championship round.

Thomas Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.; Rhino Page, Wesley Chapel, Fla., and Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., also advanced to the finals with victories Friday night.

Earning berths in the Women's World Championships title match were Shannon Pluhowsky of Phoenix and Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J. Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Township, Mich., and Hugh Miller of Mercer Island, Wash., are the Senior World Championships finalists.

It was a day filled with upsets, however, as 11 of the 16 men, women and seniors who earned byes for two rounds were eliminated during Friday's early rounds.

"That's something that always happens in this event," Malott, the only top 8 survivor in the men's field, said. "The guys ahead of you get two matches to see how the lanes are going to set up, but I'll take my chances with two byes any day. At least it guarantees you’ll be in the top 16."

"I made a risky move against Martin (Larsen), and it worked, and I was able to shoot 279 at him in the last game to win the match," Malott continued. "I kind of wish we could keep the tour going because every week of the World Series, I've been getting better. Hopefully I can end it with a title on Sunday (in the PBA Shark Championship), and then go for my first major title in December."

"It wasn't just a tough day; it's been a tough month," Page said, "but what a way to finish it. You'd ideally like to carry the momentum of the tournament into the TV show, but that won't happen in this case. I'm just excited I have to wait until December."

Smallwood, who is bowling on the PBA Tour only because he was laid off from General Motors earlier in the year, will bowl O'Neill in the first World Championship semifinal match in December. Each is looking for his first PBA Tour title.

"I won't say this has been a dream month for me, but it has exceeded expectations," Smallwood said. "I was hoping to come out of here maybe in the top 15 in points or make a couple top eight finishes, so I'm pretty happy. This has validated what I can do out here."

"I'm thrilled," O'Neill said of making his third TV final of the World Series. "It's been tough to put your opponent away here, even when you're up 3-0. But now I've got to take it to the next level."

Sullins, the only top four Senior qualifier to advance, slipped past Kerry Painter of Henderson, Nev., 4-3, and Brian Brazeau of Ocala, Fla., 4-3. Sullins, who made the championship round for the fourth time in six PBA Senior Tour events, hasn't won a PBA title since winning in Windsor Locks, Conn., 15 years ago.

"It was fun, exhilarating, pressure-packed," Sullins said. "It was like, 'Holy cow, throw the ball, Batman!' but in a good way."

Miller knocked out No. 4 Dave Patchen of Oregon, Ohio, 4-1, and won a tense 4-3 contest over four-time PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Tom Baker of King, N.C., in his semifinal match.

"I've bowled Baker many times on the regular Tour and the Senior Tour and he was always especially tough to bowl against," Miller said. "On the Senior Tour it seems like he's gotten the best of me, so it was nice to turn the tables this time."

The top two Women's qualifiers will meet in their TV final. Pluhowsky defeated Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, 4-1, and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., 4-3, to earn her third television finals berth of the World Series. No. 2 Kulick defeated Diandra Asbaty of Chicago, 4-3, and Missy Bellinder of Fullerton, Calif., 4-2.

"My brain hurts," Kulick said. "Those were some good matches. I think my advantage was moving in to where my opponents were playing so I could take advantage of what they were doing."

Pluhowsky, the 2006 USBC Queens champion and a three-time U.S. Amateur champion, will be trying for her second major title and her second PBA Women's Series presented by BOWL.COM title. "This is my third TV show of the World Series, so I'm happy," she said. "Anything can happen in one game on TV, but getting there is the biggest part."

The Women's and Senior World Championship title matches will be contested Saturday at noon for delayed telecast to open the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season on ESPN on Sunday, Oct. 25. The men's finals will be contested live on ESPN on Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan.

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【予選・前半】

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【予選・前半】

　

高坂麻衣

ディフェンディングチャンピオンの高坂麻衣が 1st・2nd と2シリーズ続けて700アップで前半トップ！
1G目長縄多禧子がパーフェクトゲーム達成！（自身6個目）

　

　【PBA】　PBA World Championship　【Round of 32】

Leaders Malott, Mohr, Pluhowsky Await Final Day of World Championship

Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, led the field of 40 PBA World Championship finalists who moved into match play at Thunderbowl Lanes Thursday by sitting on the sidelines, resting until Friday.

Malott, Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, and Shannon Pluhowsky of Phoenix were the top qualifiers in the PBA, PBA Women's and PBA Senior World Championships, respectively, which earned each of them - and a handful of others - byes for the first two rounds of best-of-seven-game, single-elimination match play.

Also earning byes in the PBA World Championship field were Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich.; Mike DeVaney, San Diego; Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas; Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., and Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C.

Senior World Championship players earning two bye rounds along with Mohr were Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla.; Harry Sullins, Chester Township, Mich., and Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio. Joining Pluhowsky in the women's bye pool were Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.; Michelle Feldman, Auburn, N.Y., and Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

During Thursday's afternoon opening PBA World Championship Round of 32, Michigan residents Thomas Smallwood, Saginaw; Brian Waliczek, Birch Run, and Dan MacLelland, Saginaw, advanced to Friday's Round of 16 while PBA Hall of Famers Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo., and Brian Voss of Alpharetta, Ga., along with Australian two-handed star Jason Belmonte were among the 16 players eliminated.

In the opening Senior match play round, PBA Hall of Famers Tom Baker, King, N.C.; Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, and Wayne Webb, Sacramento, Calif., were among the eight Round of 16 survivors. In the women's Round of 16, hall of famer Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, advanced while a pair of fellow hall of famers - Wendy Macpherson of Henderson, Nev., and Cheryl Daniels of West Bloomfield, Mich., were eliminated.

The final three rounds of matches for all players on Friday will reduce the fields to four men, two seniors and two women for the ESPN finals.

"My concern was staying in the top four," Malott said. "Scroggins has a great look on fresh lane conditions. He has been bowling some big games, so I figured if I could stay in the top four, the first time I'll have to bowl against him would be on TV. That was on my mind. Now I can get some rest, which is always a good thing.

"But I will be in the center watching to see how the guys break down the lane condition on the pairs I'll be on tomorrow."

"I'm tired," Mohr admitted. "When you're trying to bowl at this level, every shot is important. It's draining. It'll be nice to have a couple of rounds to rest."

"The lanes today played the hardest they have all week," the three-time 2009 PBA Senior Tour titlist said. "There was no mistake room. When that happens, you become afraid of making a shot too fast or too slow. You just can't relax."

Pluhowsky overtook Kulick for the first time, but being the top women's qualifier didn't excite her.

"All pins are dropped now and we're moving into a different section of the bowling center for match play, so there's no advantage to being No. 1 other than having fewer matches to bowl and the guarantee of a bigger check," Pluhowsky said. "So far I'm very pleased with the way I have been bowling. Everything's good. It's going to be a busy weekend (she has already qualified for two television finals over the weekend), but that's much better than watching."

The Women's and Senior World Championship title matches will be contested Saturday at noon for delayed telecast on ESPN. The men's finals will be contested live on ESPN on Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan.

　【JPBA】　ＭＫチャリティカップ　【選抜大会】

　

日置秀一

前半4Gで1006（251アベ）と爆発の日置秀一が後半も934とスコアを伸ばしトップ通過、2位にブラインドが出て繰り上がり出場のラッキー正田晃也、3位に先日の「新人戦」を制した串田　昭らが明日の本大会へ進出を果たす。

　

　【PBA】　PBA World Championship　【Qualifying Round - Block 3】

Malott, Mohr, Kulick are Third Round Leaders in PBA World Championships

Reigning Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, trying to add his first major title to his resume claimed the third round lead in the PBA World Championship at Thunderbowl Lanes Wednesday.

Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., and Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, retained their leads in the PBA Women's and Senior World Championships, respectively.

Malott, a three-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour winner during the 2008-09 season, averaged 233.06 for a 4,195 pinfall total to advance from fourth place into a 64-pin lead over Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, who needs a PBA World Championship title to become the sixth player in history to complete the PBA Triple Crown.

"I started slow, but then I moved left, got slow, managed to get the right ball in my hands and the combination of things worked out," Malott said. "The main thing is to stay in the top eight. Unless I fall on my face, that would be two less matches I'd have to worry about."

Barnes, who won the 2005 U.S. Open and 2006 PBA Tournament of Champions, finished with 4,131 pins.

"I have six more games to try to make the top eight and get a couple of bye rounds in match play," Barnes said. "The World Championship is my missing piece. I have two seconds against guys who shot big scores at me. I need to get back to the title match and be the one who has the big game. You can't bowl average and win this title."

Among Wednesday's casualties was two-time defending PBA World Champion Norm Duke of Clermont, Fla., who failed to make the cut to the top 40.

Kulick, who has won two majors herself - the 2007 USBC Queens and 2003 U.S. Women's Open titles - struggled but maintained a healthy lead over the women's field. She finished with an 18-game total of 4,191 pins - a 232.83 average - for a 101-pin lead over Shannon Pluhowsky of Phoenix.

"The lanes were different today. I read the condition wrong and made some dumb mistakes," Kulick said. "But I caught some breaks, too. The goal now is to keep pushing, make the top four tomorrow and worry about it from there."

Mohr, the PBA Senior Tour's only three-time winner in 2009, hopes to win his first major title in the Senior Tour's final event of the year. Mohr, who had led all three rounds, posted an 18-game total of 4,018 pins to fend off hard-charging Kent Wagner of Palmetto, Fla., who finished with 3,953 pins.

"This whole year has been surreal," Mohr said. "If I won a major, I don't know how I could explain that. My first title in Dayton was awesome, but winning last week in Lansing against the stepladder field of players I had to beat? That was unreal. I was like that guy who beat Tiger Woods a couple of weeks ago. He said, what's the worst that can happen? I lost to Tiger Woods? That's the way I was thinking."

"My goal tonight was just to stay ahead of fifth place," he added. "Getting one of those byes would be a huge advantage."

The top 40 men, 36 seniors and 20 women's advance to a six-game cashers round Thursday morning to determine seeding positions for best-of-seven-game, single-elimination match play rounds Thursday night and Friday. Thursday's morning round will determine the top eight men, four seniors and four women who will earn byes through the first two rounds of match play.

The Women's and Senior World Championship title matches will be contested Saturday at noon for delayed telecast on ESPN. The men's finals will be contested live on ESPN on Dec. 13 at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kan.