Boy Browny
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can anyone tell me where we can follow the Olympics trial stuff online? Preferably in english
Olympic trials progress?
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Here's an excerpt from the PBA media team, going into the televised finals ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 11, 2015)
Barrett, Palermaa, O’Neill Advance to Japan’s Bowling World Open Finals
Kelly Kulick among four women advancing to Sunday’s championship rounds
TOKYO – Professional Bowlers Association champions Dom Barrett of England, Osku Palermaa of Finland and Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., along with Japan’s Isao Yamamoto, will bowl for an $81,000 first prize in the men’s singles championship round of the inaugural Bowling World Open Sunday in an arena setting at Makuhari-Messe convention center.
The women’s finalists will be Birgit Poppler, Germany; Joey Yeo, Singapore; Karen Marcano, Venezuela, and 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions winner Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., who advanced from sixth in the final three qualifying games Saturday to claim the fourth women’s berth.
The finalists were determined during an eight-game qualifying event Saturday at Round1 Minamisuna Bowling Center. In Sunday’s men’s finals, Barrett as top qualifier will bowl No. 4 Yamamoto while No. 2 Palermaa will meet No. 3 O’Neill in the semifinal round. The winners will bowl for the title.
Poppler, as women’s top qualifier, will meet No. 4 Kulick while No. 2 Yeo will bowl No. 3 Marcano in the women’s semifinal round. The winners in both divisions will bowl for the $81,000 women’s top prize on national television in Japan.
Barrett, a four-time PBA Tour title winner, started Saturday’s finals with a 300 game and average 246 for a 1,969 eight-game total to win the men’s top qualifying position by 118 pins over Palermaa, Finland’s two-handed star. Poppler, a member of Germany’s national women’s team, averaged 229 for her eight games, holding off Yeo by 14 pins for the No. 1 berth in the finals. Kulick, the only woman ever to win a PBA Tour title, started her final three-game round with games of 237 and 238 to claim the fourth berth in the finals by 10 pins over Malaysia’s Syaidatul Afifah.
The Bowling World Open, conducted by World Bowling in cooperation with the Japan Bowling Congress and the National Bowling Federation of Japan, is a special showcase designed to promote the sport’s bid to include bowling in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Bowling is one of eight sports in contention for possible inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.
The Bowling World Open is offering the richest prize fund on the World Bowling Tour schedule, including an estimated $81,000 each to the men’s and women’s champions. As a part of its support of the event and the Olympic movement, the PBA will award a PBA Tour title to the men’s champion if he is a PBA member.
Sunday’s finals, along with a special international mixed doubles demonstration event, will be contested on a special six-lane installation in an exhibition hall at the Makuhari-Messe convention center on the outskirts of Tokyo.
BOWLING WORLD OPEN
Round1 Minamisuna Bowling Center, Tokyo, Saturday
Men’s Final Qualifying Standings (after 8 games; top 4 advance to championship round)
1, Dom Barrett, England, 1,969.
2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,851.
3, Bill O'Neill, U.S., 1,849.
4, Isao Yamamoto, Japan, 1,836.
WOMEN’S DIVISION
Women’s Final Qualifying Standings (after 8 games; top 4 advance to championship round)
1, Birgit Poppler, Germany, 1,834.
2, Joey Yeo, Singapore, 1,820.
3, Karen Marcano, Venezuela, 1,795.
4, Kelly Kulick, U.S., 1,794.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 11, 2015)
Barrett, Palermaa, O’Neill Advance to Japan’s Bowling World Open Finals
Kelly Kulick among four women advancing to Sunday’s championship rounds
TOKYO – Professional Bowlers Association champions Dom Barrett of England, Osku Palermaa of Finland and Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., along with Japan’s Isao Yamamoto, will bowl for an $81,000 first prize in the men’s singles championship round of the inaugural Bowling World Open Sunday in an arena setting at Makuhari-Messe convention center.
The women’s finalists will be Birgit Poppler, Germany; Joey Yeo, Singapore; Karen Marcano, Venezuela, and 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions winner Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., who advanced from sixth in the final three qualifying games Saturday to claim the fourth women’s berth.
The finalists were determined during an eight-game qualifying event Saturday at Round1 Minamisuna Bowling Center. In Sunday’s men’s finals, Barrett as top qualifier will bowl No. 4 Yamamoto while No. 2 Palermaa will meet No. 3 O’Neill in the semifinal round. The winners will bowl for the title.
Poppler, as women’s top qualifier, will meet No. 4 Kulick while No. 2 Yeo will bowl No. 3 Marcano in the women’s semifinal round. The winners in both divisions will bowl for the $81,000 women’s top prize on national television in Japan.
Barrett, a four-time PBA Tour title winner, started Saturday’s finals with a 300 game and average 246 for a 1,969 eight-game total to win the men’s top qualifying position by 118 pins over Palermaa, Finland’s two-handed star. Poppler, a member of Germany’s national women’s team, averaged 229 for her eight games, holding off Yeo by 14 pins for the No. 1 berth in the finals. Kulick, the only woman ever to win a PBA Tour title, started her final three-game round with games of 237 and 238 to claim the fourth berth in the finals by 10 pins over Malaysia’s Syaidatul Afifah.
The Bowling World Open, conducted by World Bowling in cooperation with the Japan Bowling Congress and the National Bowling Federation of Japan, is a special showcase designed to promote the sport’s bid to include bowling in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Bowling is one of eight sports in contention for possible inclusion in the 2020 Olympics.
The Bowling World Open is offering the richest prize fund on the World Bowling Tour schedule, including an estimated $81,000 each to the men’s and women’s champions. As a part of its support of the event and the Olympic movement, the PBA will award a PBA Tour title to the men’s champion if he is a PBA member.
Sunday’s finals, along with a special international mixed doubles demonstration event, will be contested on a special six-lane installation in an exhibition hall at the Makuhari-Messe convention center on the outskirts of Tokyo.
BOWLING WORLD OPEN
Round1 Minamisuna Bowling Center, Tokyo, Saturday
Men’s Final Qualifying Standings (after 8 games; top 4 advance to championship round)
1, Dom Barrett, England, 1,969.
2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 1,851.
3, Bill O'Neill, U.S., 1,849.
4, Isao Yamamoto, Japan, 1,836.
WOMEN’S DIVISION
Women’s Final Qualifying Standings (after 8 games; top 4 advance to championship round)
1, Birgit Poppler, Germany, 1,834.
2, Joey Yeo, Singapore, 1,820.
3, Karen Marcano, Venezuela, 1,795.
4, Kelly Kulick, U.S., 1,794.
Update release from the PBA media team ....
Finland’s Palermaa, Singapore’s Yeo Win Bowling World Open Titles in Tokyo
PBA champions Dom Barrett, Bill O’Neill, Kelly Kulick eliminated in semifinal round matches
TOKYO – Finland’s Osku Palermaa and Singapore’s Joey Yeo won the men’s and women’s singles titles in the inaugural Bowling World Open Sunday. Each earned an $81,000 first prize in the showcase event contested in a six-lane bowling arena inside Makuhari-Messe Convention Center in suburban Tokyo. The finals were nationally-televised in Japan.
Palermaa, a 31-year-old two-handed player, earned his fifth Professional Bowlers Association title with a 248-224 victory over home-country favorite Isao Yamamoto, a Japan PBA member. Palermaa started the match with seven strikes on his first eight shots to take an insurmountable lead.
Palermaa earned his berth in the championship match by out-striking Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., 266-255, in the semifinal round while Yamamoto eliminated men’s top qualifier Dom Barrett of England, 256-224.
Yeo used a string of five strikes to overcome a pair of early splits on her way to a thrilling 207-204 victory over top-qualifier Birgit Poppler of Germany in the women’s final. Poppler bowled a clean game, but had only one double after running away with a 258-224 victory over American star Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., in her semifinal match. Yeo ousted Venezuela’s Karen Marcano in the other semifinal match.
The Bowling World Open was conducted by World Bowling, the international governing body for tenpin bowling, and supported by the Japan Bowling Congress, National Bowling Federation of Japan, the PBA and other bowling interests around the world in support of World Bowling’s bid to include bowling in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Bowling is one of eight sports in contention for possible inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
A major championship on the PBA International-World Bowling Tour, the Bowling World Open began with a field of 567 bowlers from 52 countries.
BOWLING WORLD OPEN
Makuhari-Messe Convention Center, Tokyo, Sunday
MEN’S DIVISION
Championship: Osku Palermaa, Finland ($81,800) def. Isao Yamamoto, Japan ($40,800), 248-224.
Semifinal Round: Semifinal Match One – Yamamoto def. Dom Barrett, England ($12,240), 256-224. Semifinal Match Two – Palermaa def. Bill O’Neill, U.S. ($12,240), 266-255.
WOMEN’S DIVISION
Championship: Joey Yeo, Singapore ($81,800) def. Birgit Poppler, Germany ($40,800), 207-204.
Semifinal Round: Semifinal Match One – Poppler def. Kelly Kulick, U.S. ($12,240), 258-227. Semifinal Match Two – Yeo def. Karen Marcano, Venezuela ($12,240), 234-188.
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Finland’s Palermaa, Singapore’s Yeo Win Bowling World Open Titles in Tokyo
PBA champions Dom Barrett, Bill O’Neill, Kelly Kulick eliminated in semifinal round matches
TOKYO – Finland’s Osku Palermaa and Singapore’s Joey Yeo won the men’s and women’s singles titles in the inaugural Bowling World Open Sunday. Each earned an $81,000 first prize in the showcase event contested in a six-lane bowling arena inside Makuhari-Messe Convention Center in suburban Tokyo. The finals were nationally-televised in Japan.
Palermaa, a 31-year-old two-handed player, earned his fifth Professional Bowlers Association title with a 248-224 victory over home-country favorite Isao Yamamoto, a Japan PBA member. Palermaa started the match with seven strikes on his first eight shots to take an insurmountable lead.
Palermaa earned his berth in the championship match by out-striking Bill O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., 266-255, in the semifinal round while Yamamoto eliminated men’s top qualifier Dom Barrett of England, 256-224.
Yeo used a string of five strikes to overcome a pair of early splits on her way to a thrilling 207-204 victory over top-qualifier Birgit Poppler of Germany in the women’s final. Poppler bowled a clean game, but had only one double after running away with a 258-224 victory over American star Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., in her semifinal match. Yeo ousted Venezuela’s Karen Marcano in the other semifinal match.
The Bowling World Open was conducted by World Bowling, the international governing body for tenpin bowling, and supported by the Japan Bowling Congress, National Bowling Federation of Japan, the PBA and other bowling interests around the world in support of World Bowling’s bid to include bowling in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Bowling is one of eight sports in contention for possible inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
A major championship on the PBA International-World Bowling Tour, the Bowling World Open began with a field of 567 bowlers from 52 countries.
BOWLING WORLD OPEN
Makuhari-Messe Convention Center, Tokyo, Sunday
MEN’S DIVISION
Championship: Osku Palermaa, Finland ($81,800) def. Isao Yamamoto, Japan ($40,800), 248-224.
Semifinal Round: Semifinal Match One – Yamamoto def. Dom Barrett, England ($12,240), 256-224. Semifinal Match Two – Palermaa def. Bill O’Neill, U.S. ($12,240), 266-255.
WOMEN’S DIVISION
Championship: Joey Yeo, Singapore ($81,800) def. Birgit Poppler, Germany ($40,800), 207-204.
Semifinal Round: Semifinal Match One – Poppler def. Kelly Kulick, U.S. ($12,240), 258-227. Semifinal Match Two – Yeo def. Karen Marcano, Venezuela ($12,240), 234-188.
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