Frawley wins singles gold at World Senior Championships
August 25, 2015
RESULTS
LAS VEGAS - Australia's Andrew Frawley took home the men's singles title Tuesday at the 2015 World Bowling Senior Championships.
The 51-year-old right-hander got off to an early advantage in the championship match against top seed Todd Sim of Canada and never looked back, claiming the gold medal with a 224-183 victory at Sam's Town Bowling Center.
Frawley started the match with four consecutive strikes as Sim stayed clean but was unable to double. Frawley nearly opened the window after leaving a 3-6-7-10 split in the sixth frame, but he converted it to keep Sim at bay.
"I had a pretty good ball reaction in practice, so I was feeling relatively confident," Frawley said. "I was really trying to burn up a spot to roll it into, and it really started to roll early. I had to make a move and was a little late. So, I made the move, and Tom got a little unlucky with a few taps, so I relaxed after that."
A 4-7-10 split in the ninth from Sim ended any hope of a comeback as Frawley brought Australia its first gold medal at the World Bowling Senior Championships. Sim, who lead qualifying with a 1,415 six-game total, earned the silver medal for his performance.
Frawley advanced to the semifinals as the No. 3 seed after posting a 1,339 total in qualifying. He defeated Scotland's Alan Keddie, 215-211, to earn his spot in the championship match.
Sim advanced to the final by besting fellow Canadian John Chapman, 243-206, in the other semifinal. Keddie and Chapman both earned bronze medals.
Ron Mohr of the United States just missed advancing to the semifinals, finishing qualifying in fifth with 1,297. Lennie Boresch Jr. placed seventh with 1,270, while Johnny Petraglia (1,106) and Bob Learn Jr. (1,074) finished outside of the top 50.
The World Bowling Senior Championships features more than 200 male and female participants age 50 and older from 33 countries vying for medals in singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters competition.
Competition continues Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern with women's singles. All rounds of the 2015 event will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.
For more information on the World Bowling Senior Championships, visit WorldBowling.org.
LAS VEGAS - Australia's Andrew Frawley took home the men's singles title Tuesday at the 2015 World Bowling Senior Championships.
The 51-year-old right-hander got off to an early advantage in the championship match against top seed Todd Sim of Canada and never looked back, claiming the gold medal with a 224-183 victory at Sam's Town Bowling Center.
Frawley started the match with four consecutive strikes as Sim stayed clean but was unable to double. Frawley nearly opened the window after leaving a 3-6-7-10 split in the sixth frame, but he converted it to keep Sim at bay."I had a pretty good ball reaction in practice, so I was feeling relatively confident," Frawley said. "I was really trying to burn up a spot to roll it into, and it really started to roll early. I had to make a move and was a little late. So, I made the move, and Tom got a little unlucky with a few taps, so I relaxed after that."
A 4-7-10 split in the ninth from Sim ended any hope of a comeback as Frawley brought Australia its first gold medal at the World Bowling Senior Championships. Sim, who lead qualifying with a 1,415 six-game total, earned the silver medal for his performance.
Frawley advanced to the semifinals as the No. 3 seed after posting a 1,339 total in qualifying. He defeated Scotland's Alan Keddie, 215-211, to earn his spot in the championship match.
Sim advanced to the final by besting fellow Canadian John Chapman, 243-206, in the other semifinal. Keddie and Chapman both earned bronze medals.
Ron Mohr of the United States just missed advancing to the semifinals, finishing qualifying in fifth with 1,297. Lennie Boresch Jr. placed seventh with 1,270, while Johnny Petraglia (1,106) and Bob Learn Jr. (1,074) finished outside of the top 50.
The World Bowling Senior Championships features more than 200 male and female participants age 50 and older from 33 countries vying for medals in singles, doubles, team, all-events and Masters competition.
Competition continues Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern with women's singles. All rounds of the 2015 event will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.
For more information on the World Bowling Senior Championships, visit WorldBowling.org.