Bowlers Journal International - January 2008 - (Page 20) TOURNAMENTS 'BELMO' & ASBATY EARN INTERNATIONAL HONORS World Bowling Writers select the Aussie and U.S. standouts as the top tournament bowlers of 2007. IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT ANNUM tion to being named WBW Female of bowling for Australian star Jason International Bowler of the Year, she Belmonte, who continues to turn also was selected as BJI's Female naysayers into fans with his unusual Amateur Bowler of the Year. Asbaty two-handed delivery. How great was now has a pro title to her credit as it? Great enough to bring "Belmo" the well, as she won the final leg of the World Bowling Writers' International PBA Women's Series (see story on Male Bowler of the Year award for page 42). 2007. WBW's female International Bowler of the Year is Team USA star WILLIAMS: HOINKE STAR Diandra Asbaty. Fero Williams hasn't had much Belmonte's first big win came in the opportunity to strut his stuff as February High Roller in Las Vegas. a member of Team USA, but the Then in April, he Miamisburg, Ohio, rolled to victory in the resident showed made-for-TV World what he could do in Tenpin Masters, a the 65th edition of triumph punctuated the fabled Hoinke by a 300 game. The Classic at Western summer saw him Bowl in Cincinnati. record three tournaAlthough the results ment victories — in were unofficial at press time, Williams the Melbourne Tenpin was in line to win the Cup, the New South General Handicap Wales Open in SydSingles event (with ney and the Indonesia an 1126 score) and International Open. to finish second in Belmonte closed out the Men's All-Events the year with a vic(with 2686). Other tory in the Brunswick unofficial champiAustralian Cup in Canberra. (In that ons included Jodi JASON BELMONTE event, held at AMF Woessner, Ladies Tuggeranong Bowl, Handicap Singles; he averaged 218.8 over 27 games, Bob Webb, Senior Singles; Randolph R. Salmon and Donald P. Grogan, and won 11 of 15 games in match General Handicap Doubles; Olympia play to claim the $6,000 first prize.) Lopez and Dalila Garcia, Ladies Belmonte also registed five runDoubles; David Koch and Jacalynn ner-up finishes along the way — Haugen, Mixed Doubles; Stacy in the Asian Bowling Federation's Fehr, Women's All-Events; Lift Inc., Tournament of Champions in General Handicap Team; and Strikes, Indonesia, the 30th Malaysian Ladies Team. For updated results, International Open, the ABF Tour visit Hoinke.com. event in Kuwait, the Istanbul Open in Turkey, and the QubicaAMF World EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia (see story on page 76). It was Malaysia versus Hong Kong in the title match of the 10th PBAP Asbaty's resumé was just as Bevida-Storm International Classic impressive, as she dominated womat Pearl Bowling Centre in Manila. In en's bowling worldwide in 2007 (see story on page 34). As a result, in addithe end, Malaysia's Syafiq Ridhwan 20 bowlers journal international JANUARY 2008 prevailed over Hong Kong's Cyrus Cheung, 238-208, to claim the $3,500 first prize. "I'm so happy with my first title," said Ridhwan, who turned 21 just two weeks after the win. "I had a great start in the finals to lead this strong field, and I said to myself that I'm not going to let this opportunity slip by." Cheung received $1,800 for his runner-up finish. AH-TEN-SHUN! Everett H. Thomas, promoted to a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General in early December, will throw out the first ball at the 2008 Military Bowling Championships, scheduled this month at the Gold Coast Bowling Center in Las Vegas. (And it figures to be a Storm ball, as Storm Bowling Products is the presenting sponsor of the tournament.) General Thomas, who serves as Vice Commander, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base, also will deliver a welcome address to the military bowlers and fans in attendance on January 21. The tournament features three divisions (Active Duty, Retired and Senior Retired) and four competition categories (six-person team, singles, doubles and all-events). Capping the event will be an awards breakfast, sponsored by the USBC. BIG YEAR FOR YAMAMOTO Isao Yamamoto — one of the TV finalists in the 2007 Dydo Japan Cup — has captured the "Triple Crown" of the Japan PBA after successfully defending his title in the 41st All Japan Pro Bowling Championships at the Tokyo Dome Bowling Center. Yamamoto was top-seeded for the All Japan finals, and lost to Korean Gu Yong-Jim, 248-229. But tournament rules called for a second, deciding match if the top seed should lose, and in that rematch, Yamamoto turned back Gu, 229-204. The vic- http://Hoinke.com
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