USA's Jones leads singles at 2014 World Men's Championships
December 06, 2014
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Team USA's Tommy Jones set the pace through the first day of singles qualifying at the 2014 World Bowling Men's Championships in Abu Dhabi.
Jones averaged 239 over six games Saturday on the 43-foot Tokyo oil pattern to lead the field after three of four squads with a 1,434 total.
Sweden's Martin Larsen rolled a 10 pin and tripped a 4 pin in his final frame to finish with a 259 game and jump into second place with 1,389. Opening-squad leader Glenn Morten Pedersen of Norway is third with 1,381 and Japan's Shogo Wada rounds out the top four with 1,371, a 228.5 average.
The final qualifying squad will hit the lanes at Zayed Sports City's Khalifa International Bowling Centre on Sunday at 12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
After all 272 bowlers, representing 49 countries, have completed their six games of qualifying, the field will be cut to the top four for the semifinals, which will begin at 4:30 a.m. EDT. The two semifinal winners will advance to the gold-medal match, and the losers each will earn bronze medals.
The nine-day World Men's Championships runs through Dec. 14, and bowlers will compete for medals in six events - singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and Masters match play.
The tournament features two different lane conditions - the 38-foot Atlanta pattern and the 43-foot Tokyo pattern.
Doubles, which will take place Monday and Tuesday, will be contested on Atlanta, while trios and team competition both will include three games on each pattern. Each event includes six games of qualifying before the field is narrowed to the top four for the semifinals.
The 2014 World Men's Championships marks the event's first visit to Abu Dhabi since 1999.
All rounds of the event will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. For a complete schedule in Eastern time, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.
For more information on the World Men's Championships, visit the official website of the event at adwtbc.com.
Jones averaged 239 over six games Saturday on the 43-foot Tokyo oil pattern to lead the field after three of four squads with a 1,434 total.
Sweden's Martin Larsen rolled a 10 pin and tripped a 4 pin in his final frame to finish with a 259 game and jump into second place with 1,389. Opening-squad leader Glenn Morten Pedersen of Norway is third with 1,381 and Japan's Shogo Wada rounds out the top four with 1,371, a 228.5 average.
The final qualifying squad will hit the lanes at Zayed Sports City's Khalifa International Bowling Centre on Sunday at 12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
After all 272 bowlers, representing 49 countries, have completed their six games of qualifying, the field will be cut to the top four for the semifinals, which will begin at 4:30 a.m. EDT. The two semifinal winners will advance to the gold-medal match, and the losers each will earn bronze medals.
The nine-day World Men's Championships runs through Dec. 14, and bowlers will compete for medals in six events - singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and Masters match play.
The tournament features two different lane conditions - the 38-foot Atlanta pattern and the 43-foot Tokyo pattern.
Doubles, which will take place Monday and Tuesday, will be contested on Atlanta, while trios and team competition both will include three games on each pattern. Each event includes six games of qualifying before the field is narrowed to the top four for the semifinals.
The 2014 World Men's Championships marks the event's first visit to Abu Dhabi since 1999.
All rounds of the event will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. For a complete schedule in Eastern time, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.
For more information on the World Men's Championships, visit the official website of the event at adwtbc.com.