World Ranking Masters - Update: 4/16

Phantom — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:06:04 GMT

This prestigious WTBA international event will be hosted by Kegel from May 3-8, 2007.

Be sure to tune-in as The Phantom will be reporting live audio of the entire event.

You can look forward to 40-hours of internet broadcasting. Check back here for further details as they become available.

The field is set for the World Ranking Masters with the Top 8 Men and the Top 8 Women from each of the 3 Zones; American, Asian and European.

Those 48 players have earned their way to this tournament based on their performances throughout the year. They have been announced (see below).

*The Host Country (America) is allowed to have two (2) player exemptions, and they are: Bill Hoffman and Diandra Asbaty. Both have been named amateur Bowlers of the Year (2006) by the Bowling Writers Association of America.

Diandra Asbaty

WOMEN'S DIVISION.

ZONE NAME COUNTRY
American Rocio Restrepo Colombia
American Caroline Lagrange Canada
American Paola Gomez Colombia
American Sara Vargas Colombia
American Karen Marcano Venezuela
American Alicia Marcano Venezuela
American Lynne Gauthier Canada
American Patricia Ciotti Venezuela
*American Diandra Asbaty USA

ZONE NAME COUNTRY
Asian Choy Poh Lai Malaysia
Asian Shalin Zulkifli Malaysia
Asian Wang Yu-Ling Chinese Taipei
Asian Putty Armein Indonesia
Asian Esther Cheah Malaysia
Asian Wendy Chai Malaysia
Asian Zandra Aziela Malaysia
Asian Lai Kin Ngoh Malaysia

ZONE NAME COUNTRY
European Zara Glover England
European Nina Flack Sweden
European Helen Johnsson Sweden
European Isabelle Saldjian France
European Britt Brondsted Denmark
European Patricia Schwarz Germany
European Ivonne Gross Austria
European Anna Mattsson-Baard Sweden

MEN'S DIVISION.

ZONE NAME COUNTRY
American Mark Buffa Canada
American Jaime Monroy Colombia
American Francisco Colon Puerto Rico
American Arturo Hernandez Venezuela
American David Romero Colombia
American Manuel Otalora Colombia
American Luis Rodriguez Puerto Rico
American Rolando A. Sebelen Dominican Republic
*American Bill Hoffman USA

ZONE NAME COUNTRY
Asian Ryan Lalisang Indonesia
Asian Biboy Rivera Phillippines
Asian Remy Ong Malaysia
Asian Wu Siu Hong Hong Kong
Asian Alex Liew Malaysia
Asian Azidi Ameran Malaysia
Asian Yanna Larpapharat Thailand
Asian Zulmazran Zulkifli Malaysia

ZONE NAME COUNTRY
European Paul Moor England
European Peter Ljung Sweden
European Osku Palermaa Finland
European Kai Virtanen Finland
European Stuart Williams England
European Martin Larsen Sweden
European Jason Belmonte Australia
European Thomas Gross Austria

(NOTE: Photos courtesy of Herbert Bicket www.bowlingdigital.com)

Tentative Schedule

The WRM 2007 Schedule

Wednesday May 2, 2007	Last day of arrival: Ball check and registration open all day 19:00 – 20:00 : Players briefing at the Kegel Training Center.
Thursday May 3, 2007	09:00 – 11:00 : Ball check final registration 10:00 -10:30 : Second players briefing for any late arrivals. 11:00 - 12:00 : Official practice Men 12:00 - 12:30 : Lane maintenance 12:30 - 13:30 : Official practice Women 13:30 - 14:00 : Lane maintenance 14:00 - 14:30 : Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception Qualification games 14:30 - 19:30 : Squad 1 Men, 8 games Long oil
Friday May 4, 2007	Qualification games 09:00 - 14:00 : Squad 1 Women, 8 games long oil 14:00 - 14:30 : Lane maintenance 14:30 - 19:30 : Squad 2 Men, 8 games short oil
Saturday May 5^th 2007	Qualification games 09:00 - 14:00 : Squad 2 Women, 8 games short oil 14:00 - 14:30 : Lane maintenance 14:30 - 19:30 : Squad 3 Men, 8 games short/long oil
Sunday May 6, 2007	09:00 - 14:00 : Squad 3 Women, 8 games short/long oil 14:00 – 14:30 : Lane Maintenance/ score confirmation. Cut to the top 8 Women and top 8 Men for Play Offs 14:30 – 16:00 Quarter Finals Men Best of 3 game matches 16:00 – 16:30 Lane Maintenance 16:30 – 18:00 Quarter Finals Women Best of 3 game matches 18:00 – 18:30 Lane Maintenance 18:30 – 20:00 Men and Women’s Semi Finals Best of 3 game matches
Monday May,7 2007	12:00 - 13:30 : Final Women 13:30 - 14:00 : Lane Maintenance 14:00 - 15:30 : Final Men 15:30 - 16:00 : Award ceremony 19:00 - ????? : Victory Banquet
Tuesday May 8, 2007	Departure all day

The schedule might be changed dependent of an eventual TV transmission. The ball check will be a combination of a voluntary ball check before the squads and a selective/random ball check during the squads and the single elimination.

Other details of the event are posted in the WTBA section.

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Qualification games

Qualification games