Sin Li Jane leads top 42 into PBA-WBT Thailand finals

Sin Li Jane of Malaysia finished five days of qualifying, featuring 46 three-game squads, atop the leader board to win the qualifying of the Professional Bowlers Association/World Bowling Tour Thailand event at Blu-O Rhythm & Bowl Paragon in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday.

Sin (featured photo), who owns two European Bowling Tour titles and one Professional Women’s Bowling Association title, had high series of 820, 745 and 703, including eight pins handicap each game, to lead the 131-player field from 23 countries with 2268 pinfall total and an average of 244.00 scratch over nine games.

The leaderboard got a whole new look during Wednesday’s squads 38 to 46 as six players moved into the top 7, which consisted of four PBA champions and three PWBA Tour title winners.

Anthony Simonsen (left), a four-time PBA titlist, was mere three pins behind Sin in second place with 2265, including a high series of 801.

2016 PWBA Rookie of the Year and one-time winner New Hui Fen (right) of Singapore was the second-best of 21 women in the field in third place with 2256, including handicap.

Francois Lavoie (left) of Canada, whose three PBA titles include a victory in the 2016 U.S. Open, also cracked the 2250-bar (250 average) in fourth place with 2251, including the tournament’s fourth 300 game.

Danielle McEwan (right), USA, was the third woman in the top 7 in fifth place. The four-time PWBA titlist who has won one title in each of the past four years, totaled 2225 pins, including handicap.

Last year’s runner-up Jesper Svensson (left) of Sweden, a two-handed lefty who at age of 23 owns seven PBA titles along with eight European Bowling Tour titles, was just one pin back in sixth place with 2224.

Rounding out the top 7 was 2011-12 PBA Player of the Year and 12-time champion Sean Rash (right), USA, with 2218 and an average of 246.44. Those seven plus the top local player, 14th place Surasak Manuwong (2194), who was seeded eighth, will bypass the second and third round on Thursday (qualifying counts as first round).

Napat Buspanikonkul (left) was the second-best Thai with 2165 and therefore was seeded 9th to lead a group of 16 players, including another two women, who receive one bye for the finals.

Four-time PBA champion Marshall Kent (right), USA, took the 24th and last spot to earn one bye with 2179 and an average of 240.11.

Francois Louw of South Africa defeated Hardy Rachmadian of Indonesia in a one-ball roll-off after a 2150-2150 tie to take the 37th place and last place to advance from the overall leader board.

Positions 25 to 37 will be joined in the second round Thursday at 1 p.m. Indochina Time (ICT) by the next two Thais, Atchariya Cheng (38th, 2127) and Kim Bolleby (39th, 2113), and the top 3 of the one-game Desperado Squad.

Earning the last three spots were Choi Won Young of Korea (278), Alhassan Sugati of Saudi Arabia (274), and Matt Sanders, USA (267).

The PBA/World Bowling Tour Thailand 2018 tournament, a World Bowling Tour Tier 2 event, will be held September 22-28 at Blu-O Rhythm & Bowl inside the Siam Paragon Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand.

The tournament offers total prize fund of 4.215 million Baht or approximately 136,000 U.S. Dollar. The winner will walk away with 1 million Baht ($32,258) and will be awarded a World Bowling Tour title and a Professional Bowlers Association title, if won by a PBA member (women only if they don’t accept handicap pins).

In the 2017 WBT Thailand finale, Yannaphon Larp-apharat doubled in the 10th frame to defeat two-handed lefty and 2016 WBT Thailand winner, Jesper Svensson of Sweden, 212-202, to become the first bowler from Thailand to win a PBA title.

All players must bowl nine games of qualifying in three-game blocks with unlimited re-entries. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game. All ties will be broken by a one-ball roll-off.

Total 42 bowlers survive the qualifying portion (Round 1), including the top 7 qualifiers, the two highest Thai bowlers outside the top 7 (ranked 8 & 9), the next 28 qualifiers (ranked 10-37), the next two Thai bowlers outside the top 37 (ranked 38-39) plus the top 3 of the one-game Desperado Squad (ranked 40-42).

Players ranked 1-8 receive two byes and players ranked 9-24 get one bye. Bowlers ranked 25-42 advance to the second round to bowl six games from scratch with the top 10 advancing to Round 3.

Those 10 and qualifiers 9-24 bowl another six games from scratch. The top 12 bowlers meet the top 8 qualifiers in Round 4. The remaining 20 players bowl another six-game block from scratch to cut to the top 7 plus the next Thai bowler (ranked 8th; if there is any in the fourth round) for the TV stepladder finals.

Qualifiers 6, 7 and 8 meet in the opening stepladder match. The winner takes on no. 4 and 5 in the second match. The winner bowls no. 3 with the winner advancing to the semi-final match against no. 2. The winner of that match meets the top-seed in the championship match and must defeat him or her twice to win the title and the first-place check.

The World Bowling Tour 2018 has recently added another PBA Tour event to its schedule, which now features 13 stops, one each in Germany, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand and Hong Kong and eight stops on U.S. soil.

The PBA-WBT Thailand is the 10th stop of the WBT 2018 and one of the tier 2 events this season. WBT tier 2 events award bowlers with four times the number of base WBT Rankings points (tier 1 six times and tier 3 two times).

The World Bowling Tour is sanctioned by World Bowling, the governing body for the sport of bowling. The tour is the premier international bowling series that is hosted in numerous, unique cities around the globe.

Due to an agreement between World Bowling and the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), World Bowling Tour tournaments will award a PBA Tour title if the winner is a PBA member (who doesn’t accept handicap pins). However, when an event is U.S. based and not a PBA event, no PBA title can be granted.

Men and women compete for points to earn places on the World Bowling Tour rankings. The points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, where points include every event from the previous two year format.

The top three men and top three women in the annual points list will compete in the season-ending World Bowling Tour Finals, presented by PBA, which will be held at the International Training and Research Center in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, January 6, 2019.

World Bowling provides governance to international bowling and is made up of 134 bowling international federations. For more information on the World Bowling Tour, click here.

The 11th stop of the 2018 World Bowling Tour season is the FloBowling PBA Fall Swing Tulsa Open, a tier 2 event, which will be held at The Lanes at Coffee Creek in Owasso, Okla., USA, October 14-20.

Photos courtesy of Asian Bowling Federation (ABF).

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WBT Thailand 2018 – Standings after Qualifying and Desperado Squad

Total 42 players advance to the finals. Top 7 plus the top local bowler (seeded 8th) earn two byes. The next local bowler (seeded 9th) plus qualifiers 10-24 receive one bye. Qualifiers 25-37 plus another two local bowlers (seeded 38th & 39th) and the top 3 of the Desperado Squad (places 40-42) advance to second round. (F) indicates female bowler (scores include 8 pins handicap each game)

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Pins	Avg.
1.	Sin Li Jane (F)	Malaysia	820	745	703	2268	252.00
2.	Anthony Simonsen	United States	801	750	714	2265	251.67
3.	New Hui Fen (F)	Singapore	808	726	722	2256	250.67
4.	Francois Lavoie	Canada	792	730	729	2251	250.11
5.	Danielle McEwan (F)	United States	777	753	695	2225	247.22
6.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	815	747	662	2224	247.11
7.	Sean Rash	United States	749	743	726	2218	246.44
8.	Surasak Manuwong	Thailand	762	736	696	2194	243.78
9.	Napat Buspanikonkul	Thailand	767	705	693	2165	240.56
10.	Shota Kawazoe	Japan	785	721	707	2213	245.89
11.	Kyle Troup	United States	771	729	705	2205	245.00
12.	Michael Tang	United States	753	740	710	2203	244.78
13.	Billy M. Islam	Indonesia	779	745	677	2201	244.56
14.	Wu Siu Hong	Hong Kong	740	736	724	2200	244.44
15.	Stuart Williams	England	738	734	725	2197	244.11
16.	Darren Tang	United States	754	731	704	2189	243.22
17.	Tommy Jones	United States	756	728	704	2188	243.11
18.	Abdulrahman Alkheliwi	Saudi Arabia	800	706	680	2186	242.89
19.	Esther Cheah (F)	Malaysia	751	720	715	2186	242.89
20.	Bill O’Neill	United States	769	718	698	2185	242.78
21.	Natasha Roslan (F)	Malaysia	794	696	694	2184	242.67
22.	Chris Via	United States	737	729	717	2183	242.56
23.	Ryan Lalisang	Indonesia	740	737	704	2181	242.33
24.	Marshall Kent	United States	787	700	692	2179	242.11
25.	Liz Johnson (F)	United States	745	718	715	2178	242.00
26.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	749	729	697	2175	241.67
27.	Rafiq Ismail	Malaysia	730	723	721	2174	241.56
28.	Greg Young	United States	792	706	673	2171	241.22
29.	Misaki Mukotani (F)	Japan	742	716	706	2164	240.44
30.	Yannaphon Larpapharat	Thailand	773	716	671	2160	240.00
31.	Ryan Ciminelli	United States	736	714	705	2155	239.44
32.	Daphne Tan (F)	Singapore	731	726	698	2155	239.44
33.	Steve Weber	United States	741	717	697	2155	239.44
34.	Sam Cooley	Australia	758	713	683	2154	239.33
35.	Sithiphol Kunaksorn	Thailand	729	724	700	2153	239.22
36.	Chris Barnes	United States	725	722	704	2151	239.00
37.	Francois Louw	South Africa	745	707	698	2150	238.89
38.	Kim Bolleby	Thailand	731	705	697	2133	237.00
39.	Atchariya Cheng	Thailand	719	714	694	2127	236.33
40.	Choi Won Young	Korea				278	278.00
41.	Alhassan Sugati	Saudi Arabia				274	274.00
42.	Matt Sanders	United States				267	267.00
43.	Hardy Rachmadian	Indonesia	725	717	708	2150	238.89
	Matt Sanders	United States	719	716	710	2145	238.33
44.	Siti Safiyah Amirah (F)	Malaysia	719	718	698	2135	237.22
45.	Kamron Doyle	United States	735	722	677	2134	237.11
46.	Aj Johnson	United States	717	714	700	2131	236.78
47.	Yousef Akbar	Saudi Arabia	712	712	688	2112	234.67
48.	Michael Mak	Hong Kong	715	707	690	2112	234.67
49.	Mika Koivuniemi	Finland	711	710	689	2110	234.44
50.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	714	707	684	2105	233.89
51.	Oscar	Indonesia	768	668	668	2104	233.78
52.	Syafiq Ridhwan	Malaysia	765	673	665	2103	233.67
53.	Tannya Roumimper (F)	Indonesia	721	692	687	2100	233.33
54.	Matthew Farber	United States	711	708	680	2099	233.22
55.	Darren Ong	Singapore	785	659	654	2098	233.11
56.	James Lui	Hong Kong	702	698	696	2096	232.89
57.	Zulmazran Zulkifli	Malaysia	731	704	656	2091	232.33
58.	Dominic Barrett	England	696	695	690	2081	231.22
59.	Ahmad Aidil	Malaysia	695	694	691	2080	231.11
60.	Hassan Alshaikh	Saudi Arabia	691	690	688	2069	229.89
61.	Annop Arromsaranon	Thailand	704	694	669	2067	229.67
62.	Andrew Anderson	United States	700	691	673	2064	229.33
63.	Tun Hakim	Malaysia	694	685	685	2064	229.33
64.	Remy Ong	Singapore	696	694	673	2063	229.22
65.	Badin Lerdpiriyasakulkit	Thailand	695	682	679	2056	228.44
66.	Aidan Byrne	Ireland	738	686	626	2050	227.78
67.	Shalin Zulkifli (F)	Malaysia	702	683	660	2045	227.22
68.	Robert Townsend	Australia	716	669	657	2042	226.89
69.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	695	684	661	2040	226.67
70.	Muhd Jaris Goh	Singapore	716	665	652	2033	225.89
71.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	694	665	664	2023	224.78
72.	Fachri Askar	Indonesia	686	672	663	2021	224.56
73.	Timothy Tham	Singapore	715	662	637	2014	223.78
74.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	686	680	642	2008	223.11
75.	Tony Wong	Hong Kong	687	657	657	2001	222.33
76.	Ahmad Muaz	Malaysia	687	675	633	1995	221.67
77.	Charlene Lim Jia Yi (F)	Singapore	697	651	643	1991	221.22
	Choi Won Young	Korea	674	659	649	1982	220.22
78.	Jake Peters	United States	685	656	637	1978	219.78
79.	Matt O’Grady	United States	716	630	630	1976	219.56
80.	Lau Kwun Ho	Hong Kong	704	649	609	1962	218.00
	Alhassan Sugati	Saudi Arabia	681	656	618	1955	217.22
81.	Syaidatul Afifah (F)	Malaysia	666	658	629	1953	217.00
82.	Gu Yong Jin	Korea	665	659	627	1951	216.78
83.	Supakrit Wantasuk	Thailand	670	658	619	1947	216.33
84.	Basil Dill Ng	Singapore	666	639	626	1931	214.56
85.	Kunakorn Ponganekkul	Thailand	663	634	625	1922	213.56
86.	Syaffique Ikhwan	Malaysia	678	628	609	1915	212.78
87.	Ramon Hilferink	Netherlands	661	653	599	1913	212.56
88.	Yanee Saebae (F)	Thailand	667	637	599	1903	211.44
89.	Saroj Prachapardung	Thailand	691	610	583	1884	209.33
90.	Mohammed Alsaud	Saudi Arabia	660	615	597	1872	208.00
91.	Hengki Susanto	Indonesia	633	625	614	1872	208.00
92.	Fahed Falah	United Arab Emirates	657	620	582	1859	206.56
93.	Thanchanok Vilailak (F)	Thailand	665	599	590	1854	206.00
94.	Pawat Ungtrakul	Thailand	644	617	591	1852	205.78
95.	Jason Sterner	United States	632	615	604	1851	205.67
96.	Setthaporn Kridakorn	Thailand	631	604	595	1830	203.33
97.	Ali Suria	Pakistan	637	633	557	1827	203.00
98.	Udomrat Tawatpalangkorn	Thailand	676	581	562	1819	202.11
99.	Kantaporn Singhabubpha (F)	Thailand	652	616	548	1816	201.78
100.	Tevakorn Ang-Ngeun	Thailand	613	606	581	1800	200.00
101.	Ravshan Abdusamadov	Uzbekistan	633	587	568	1788	198.67
102.	Putana Buspanikonkul	Thailand	606	602	571	1779	197.67
103.	Ahmer Saldera	Pakistan	610	598	542	1750	194.44
104.	Chu Wai Kim Alan	Hong Kong	611	585	542	1738	193.11
105.	Kalyawat Ponganekkul (F)	Thailand	587	571	570	1728	192.00
106.	Afzal Akhter	Pakistan	674	550	487	1711	190.11
107.	Teerachata Rachatahiranyakan	Thailand	614	571	513	1698	188.67
108.	Rashid Fail Al-Satmi	Oman	633	538	509	1680	186.67
109.	Joseph Reese	Japan	610	535	534	1679	186.56
110.	Khattiya Ngoenkham (F)	Thailand	586	551	538	1675	186.11
111.	Arun Supateeravet	Thailand	580	531	530	1641	182.33
112.	Humeid Ahmad	United Arab Emirates	574	537	517	1628	180.89
113.	Danyril Shah	Pakistan	568	527	504	1599	177.67
114.	Satja Wongcharnkij	Thailand	633	487	463	1583	175.89
115.	Natthasinee Madeeparsert (F)	Thailand	543	526	508	1577	175.22
116.	Ijaz Ur Rehman	Pakistan	549	483	474	1506	167.33
117.	Jung Jun Oh	Korea	534	498	435	1467	163.00
118.	Arne – Antoine Bosch	South Africa	550	469	424	1443	160.33
119.	Aleem Agha	Pakistan	524	462	433	1419	157.67
120.	Sikandar Hayat	Pakistan	517	447	445	1409	156.56
121.	Isaac Russell	Malaysia	638	525	0	1163	193.83
122.	Olim Mukhtarov	Uzbekistan	578	543	0	1121	186.83
123.	Phonethep P.	Laos	554	536	0	1090	181.67
124.	Anas Asif	Pakistan	488	488	0	976	162.67
125.	Oudavanh Sysoulath	Laos	515	453	0	968	161.33
126.	Passakorn Sillamat	Thailand	455	444	0	899	149.83
127.	Saysiri S.	Laos	536	0	0	536	178.67
128.	Chhenang Nita (F)	Cambodia	530	0	0	530	176.67
129.	Khuon Sreymom (F)	Cambodia	490	0	0	490	163.33
130.	Shaabdurakhmanov Khondamir	Uzbekistan	477	0	0	477	159.00
131.	Soukkhaphong K.	Laos	458	0	0	458	152.67