Barnes fulfils expectations and wins 9th World Tenpin Masters
04/24/06
Seven-time PBA champion Chris Barnes added another title to his trophy cabinet as he took the 2006 World Tenpin Masters title at the expense of England's Paul Moor in front of a packed house at the Metrodome complex in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.
The 36-year-old Barnes, making his Masters debut, knows all about delivering the goods under pressure and he did just that in a tight championship match. For Moor it was a bitter disappointment following defeat at the same stage of the event last year.
Both players made their way through the crowd as they were announced into the arena and following a few practice bowls and the TV interviews hostilities commenced. Barnes got off to the worst start imaginable as he left an awful split and subsequently an open frame. Moor, meanwhile started strike, spare to gain the early initiative.
It was Barnes though who settled into the quicker rhythm and a succession of strikes and spares got his Masters challenge underway. Moor matched him and edged ahead in the closing stages but the first game hinged on the final frames. The Englishman finished strike, spare but Barnes knocked down three strikes to give himself a 15 pin lead, 226-211.
The Englishman regrouped though to mount a serious challenge but just when he looked to getting back to level terms, Moor left an open frame in the fourth to give his title hopes a severe denting as Barnes opened up with three strikes.
However, there were more twists and turns to come - a six spare from Barnes slowed his march down as Moor reeled off the strikes in response. He made four on the spin to give himself a real chance of catching Barnes before he left the seven pin standing to take the wind out of his sales and leave him a big long shot for the title.
The American closed out the match to leave Moor's title dreams in tatters and give himself his first pro title in the UK and a cheque for $30,000.
"I was fortunate because the luck went my way. Paul is a great bowler and maybe the difference between us is where we live. If he lived in the States he would be winning titles on the PBA Tour, said Barnes after the match.
"It was a great tournament and the crowd was fantastic and the winning feeling doesn't get any better," he said.
"I'm a bit gutted because I played so well throughout the week but that's the way it goes. If I hadn't left that seven in the ninth it would have made it interesting, commented Moor.
"I'm looking to go over to the States in the summer for the PBA trials. It's expensive but the rewards are great if you make it," he added.
Match 15: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Paul Moor (ENG), 458-437
2006 World Tenpin Masters Final Standings
Champion: Chris Barnes, United States ($30,000)
Runner-Up: Paul Moor, England ($10,000)
Semi-final Losers: Alex Liew, Malaysia, and JensNickel, Germany ($5,000 each)
Quarterfinal Losers: Guy Caminsky, South Africa; Wim van der Veen, Netherlands; Jason Belmonte, Australia; Michael Schmidt, Canada ($2,000 each)
First Round Losers: Dominic Barrett, England; Tomas Leandersson, Sweden; Lynda Barnes, United States; Liza del Rosario, Philippines; Tore Torgersen, Norway; Zara Glover, Kirsten Penny, both of England; Britt Bröndsted, Denmark ($1,000 each).
Match 14: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Alex Liew (MAS), 515-419
English hope Paul Moor put in a blistering performance to secure a semi-final spot at the Barnsley Metrodome as the 2006 World Tenpin Masters entered its final day.
Moor's victim was tall Dutchman Wim van der Veen who proved no match for the aggressive Yorkshireman who started out the first game with seven consecutive strikes. As Moor excelled, van der Veen faltered and his opening 174 game was 89 pins shy of his opponents tally.
The 2004 and 2005 European ranking champion started the second game in similar style as he opened with six strikes. Van der Veen stuck with him with six of his own but Moor pulled away to take the second game 255-235 and the match by massive 109 pin margin. The 27 year-old runner-up from last year set up a revenge match against last year's champion Jens Nickel (left), Germany, in the semifinals.
In the third quarterfinal, Malaysia's Alex Liew (left), the current Asian No.1, took advantage of the left side of the lane to record a superb win over Jason Belmonte of Australia.
Liew was just five pins shy of the tournament high score set by Paul Moor in the previous match and the 78 pin deficit after the first game made the second half a foregone conclusion.
With games of 245 and 268, the Kuala Lumpur-based Liew now has a 251 average over the first two rounds of the tournament and he looks in the type of form that will be hard to stop.
In the last quarterfinal match, Chris Barnes (left) won a fantastic contest as he nudged past Canada's Michael Schmidt (right) in the closest game of the tournament so far. Both players worked hard to find openings in the first game and it was the PBA star's four strike closer that saw him take a five pin lead into the second session.
Both players recorded a strike and a nine spare with their first two throws before Schmidt, needing something big to take the tie, went into strike overdrive. He knocked down seven in a row to put himself in a great position to win before a deadly split in the ninth derailed his challenge.
Barnes had been scoring under pressure and he took full advantage of the Canadian's slip up to strike out, tie up the second game at 238 apiece and steal the match by five pins.
Match 10: Paul Moor (ENG) def. Wim vander Veen (NED), 518-409
Match 11: Alex Liew (MAS) def. Jason Belmonte (AUS), 513-373
Match 12: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Michael Schmidt (CAN), 443-438
In the penultimate first round match-up at the World Tenpin Masters, World Cup champion Michael Schmidt of Canada became the fourth male bowler to go through at the expense of a female opponent as he overcame England's Kirsten Penny by a wide margin.
The 25 year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba, edged the first game by a slender 2 pin margin as Penny stayed with him.
Penny, the 2000 and 2003 World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year, was making her return to the Masters following a year absence and by her own admission was a little ring-rusty. A 201 game in the first was good enough to keep her in the game before Schmidt ran away with it in the second.
The Canadian recorded a 257 game, the best of the event so far, while Penny could only manage a 196. Schmidt goes on to meet Chris Barnes tomorrow afternoon.
Barnes (left), one of the top stars on the American PBA Tour, put paid to remaining female hopes as he cruised past Denmark's Britt Bröndsted by a 69-pin margin.
The American, who had cleaned up earlier this month winning $300,000 in two consecutive tournaments, was steady throughout and will be confident going into tomorrow's quarterfinal against Schmidt.
Bröndsted, the 24 year-old doubles silver medalist at the 2005 Women's World Championship, got off to a bad start and never recovered.
In the evening's final match-up and the event's first quarterfinal, defending champion Jens Nickel (left) of Germany powered his way past Guy Caminsky (right) by a comfortable 91-pin margin to secure the first semi-final berth of this year's championship.
Caminsky, the affable South African, couldn't get started in the first game as he trailed by 54 pins and Nickel never let up in the second as he upped his strike rate to put clear distance between himself and his opponent.
Match 7: Michael Schmidt def. Kirsten Penny (ENG), def. 460-397
Match 8: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Britt Bröndsted (DEN), 469-400
Quarterfinal
Match 9: Jens Nickel (200, 236) def. (146, 199) Guy Caminsky, 436-345
In the first match of the Saturday afternoon session at the World Tenpin Masters, 2005 World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year Paul Moor, England, made light work of the Philippines' Liza del Rosario at the Barnsley Metrodome, South Yorkshire.
It was a poor opening game that did the damage for the Asian No.1 Del Rosario as she struggled to find her line. Moor who struck for the first time in the fourth as Liza responded with a strike of her own after back to back open frames.
Moor doubled in the next before Del Rosario left another open frame en route to a lowly 146 opening game. By contrast, Moor came on strong in the latter half of the opener to record a 214 game and a virtually unassailable 68 pin lead.
The two-time defending European ranking champion continued where he left off in the second and posted a 219 game for a 433 total. Del Rosario battled on to stay with Moor but her first game deficit was to be her downfall.
Three-times Masters Champion Tore Torgersen's 2006 challenge fell at the first hurdle on the Metrodome lane as he succumbed to Asian No.1 Alex Liew (left) of Malaysia by a 88 pin margin as the lane began to open up to bigger scoring.
The story of the match was one of too many strikes for Liew and too many spares for Torgersen as the Malaysian bowler lead from the start.
Liew, who is 30 today, opened up a 32 pin lead in the first game. However with the Norwegian's ability to win from behind looming, the Malaysian really turned it on in the second session to knock down 255 pins; the highest game of the tourney so far.
With the three-time titlist trailing in with a 200 game, it was Liew who cruised into tomorrow's quarter-finals.
In the final match of the afternoon session, last year's '300 Man' Jason Belmonte of Australia made it through the first round at the expense of England's Zara Glover. Both bowlers were consistent - each of their two games were within a point of the other - but it was Belmonte's superior striking power that told in the end.
Play continues this evening with the final two first round matches and the first of the quarter finals.
Match 4: Paul Moor (ENG) def. Liza Del Rosario (PHI), 433-357
Match 5: Alex Liew (MAS) def. Tore Torgersen (NOR) , 491-403
Match 6: Jason Belmonte (AUS) Zara Glover (ENG), 431-395
Defending Champion Jens Nickel of Germany drew on his greater experience in the closing stages to secure a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Tenpin Masters at the expense of 20 year-old Englishman Dominic Barrett.
Barrett (right) came into the match as the No.1 player on the English rankings but this was his big-time TV debut. He shook off any first time nerves though as he stuck with Nickel in a high scoring (255-237) opening game to trail by just 18 pins at the turn.
The youngster had every chance of springing an upset when Nickel left an open frame in the third but Barrett failed to cash in as he too left a nasty 2/8 split.
From there, Nickel dug deep to close out the match as he took the second game 198-188 and the match by a 28 pin margin.
In the second game of the evening, South Africa's Guy Caminsky dumped out World Bowling Writers Hall-of-Famer Tomas Leandersson in a scrappy encounter that suffered from changing lane conditions under the hot TV lights.
Games of 164, including three open frames and 175 from the Swede were never going to be enough and it was Caminsky, a quarter-finalist last year, who recovered from a 166 opener to post a second game of 209 to pinch the tie.
In the final encounter of the first session, America's Lynda Barnes got off to the worst possible start in her first round match against Wim van der Veen as she dumped her opening ball straight into the gutter.
And there was more woe for Lynda in the third frame as she left an impossible split and a subsequent open frame.
Van der Veen, a left hander operating out of the opposite side of the lane, got to grips with the conditions slightly better and opened up at 34 pin lead after a 185-151 first game.
It looked a hopeless cause for Barnes but she gave it her best shot in the second game, forcing van der Veen right down to the wire as she posted a 201 game. Unluckily for her though, she just came up short as the lanky Dutchman maintained his lead for victory.
Play continues at the Barnsley Metrodome tomorrow afternoon with three more first round matches.
Match 1: Jens Nickel (GER) def. Dominic Barratt (ENG), 453-425
Match 2: Guy Caminsky (RSA) def. Tomas Leandersson (SWE), 375-339
Match 3: Wim Van der Veen (NED) def. Lynda Barnes (USA), 375-352
Friday, April 21
Match 1 at 19:00 Dominic Barrett (ENG) vs. Jens Nickel (GER)
Match 2 at 20:00 Tomas Leandersson (SWE) vs. Guy Caminsky (RSA)
Match 3 at 21:00 Lynda Barnes (USA) vs. Wim Van Der Veen (NED)
Satuday, April 22
Match 4 at 14:00 Liza Del Rosario (PHI) vs. Paul Moor (ENG)
Match 5 at 15:00 Tore Torgersen (NOR) vs. Alex Liew (MAS)
Match 6 at 16:00 Zara Glover (ENG) vs. Jason Belmonte (AUS)
Match 7 at 19:00 Kirsten Penny (ENG) vs. Michael Schmidt (CAN)
Match 8 at 20:00 Britt Bröndsted (DEN) vs. Chris Barnes (USA)
Satuday, April 22
Match 9 at 21:00 Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2
Sunday, April 23
Match 10 at 13:00 Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4
Match 11 at 14:00 Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6
Match 12 at 15:00 Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8
Sunday, April 23
Match 13 at 18:00 Winner Match 9 vs. Winner Match 10
Match 14 at 19:00 Winner Match 11 vs. Winner Match 12
Sunday, April 23
Match 15 at 21:00 Winner Match 13 vs. Winner Match 14
England
Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England (April 21-23, 2006)
Seven-time PBA champion Chris Barnes added another title to his trophy cabinet as he took the 2006 World Tenpin Masters title at the expense of England's Paul Moor in front of a packed house at the Metrodome complex in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. The 36-year-old Barnes, making his Masters debut, knows all about delivering the goods under pressure and he did just that in a tight championship match. For Moor it was a bitter disappointment following defeat at the same stage of the event last year.
Both players made their way through the crowd as they were announced into the arena and following a few practice bowls and the TV interviews hostilities commenced. Barnes got off to the worst start imaginable as he left an awful split and subsequently an open frame. Moor, meanwhile started strike, spare to gain the early initiative.
It was Barnes though who settled into the quicker rhythm and a succession of strikes and spares got his Masters challenge underway. Moor matched him and edged ahead in the closing stages but the first game hinged on the final frames. The Englishman finished strike, spare but Barnes knocked down three strikes to give himself a 15 pin lead, 226-211.
The Englishman regrouped though to mount a serious challenge but just when he looked to getting back to level terms, Moor left an open frame in the fourth to give his title hopes a severe denting as Barnes opened up with three strikes.
However, there were more twists and turns to come - a six spare from Barnes slowed his march down as Moor reeled off the strikes in response. He made four on the spin to give himself a real chance of catching Barnes before he left the seven pin standing to take the wind out of his sales and leave him a big long shot for the title.
The American closed out the match to leave Moor's title dreams in tatters and give himself his first pro title in the UK and a cheque for $30,000.
"I was fortunate because the luck went my way. Paul is a great bowler and maybe the difference between us is where we live. If he lived in the States he would be winning titles on the PBA Tour, said Barnes after the match.
"It was a great tournament and the crowd was fantastic and the winning feeling doesn't get any better," he said.
"I'm a bit gutted because I played so well throughout the week but that's the way it goes. If I hadn't left that seven in the ninth it would have made it interesting, commented Moor.
"I'm looking to go over to the States in the summer for the PBA trials. It's expensive but the rewards are great if you make it," he added.
Match 15: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Paul Moor (ENG), 458-437
2006 World Tenpin Masters Final Standings
Champion: Chris Barnes, United States ($30,000)
Runner-Up: Paul Moor, England ($10,000)
Semi-final Losers: Alex Liew, Malaysia, and JensNickel, Germany ($5,000 each)
Quarterfinal Losers: Guy Caminsky, South Africa; Wim van der Veen, Netherlands; Jason Belmonte, Australia; Michael Schmidt, Canada ($2,000 each)
First Round Losers: Dominic Barrett, England; Tomas Leandersson, Sweden; Lynda Barnes, United States; Liza del Rosario, Philippines; Tore Torgersen, Norway; Zara Glover, Kirsten Penny, both of England; Britt Bröndsted, Denmark ($1,000 each).
The Semi-Finals
England's Paul Moor blasted his way into his second consecutive World Tenpin Masters final as he delivered an assured performance to avenge last year's final defeat at the hands of Jens Nickel, Germany.
Moor raced out the traps early as he made nine strikes in the opening game to record a 265 game - the highest of the tournament so far. Nickel by contrast, came unstuck and his 160 game, including two open frames, left him a mammoth 105 points adrift.
The game was effectively over and Moor removed any doubts in the second half. After a shaky start including an open frame, he fired home eight strikes on the spin to seal Nickel's fate.
Moor's scoring upped his tournament average up to a fraction over 244.
In the second semi-final, Chris Barnes, Flower Mound, Texas, won a hard fought encounter over Malaysia's Masters debutant Alex Liew to set up a dream final against England's Paul Moor.
Barnes was tipped from the outset to make it through to the final and he hasn't disappointed so far.
Both players went at it in the first game as Barnes' 259 game gave him a 25-pin lead. Proving that consistency is the key, the American posted three nine spares and eight strikes to put some serious daylight between himself and Liew.
Despite having a great tournament, Liew's form dipped just when he didn't need it and his 185 was no match for a rampaging Barnes.
Match 13: Paul Moor (ENG) def. Jens Nickel (GER), 515-371Moor raced out the traps early as he made nine strikes in the opening game to record a 265 game - the highest of the tournament so far. Nickel by contrast, came unstuck and his 160 game, including two open frames, left him a mammoth 105 points adrift.
The game was effectively over and Moor removed any doubts in the second half. After a shaky start including an open frame, he fired home eight strikes on the spin to seal Nickel's fate.
Moor's scoring upped his tournament average up to a fraction over 244.
In the second semi-final, Chris Barnes, Flower Mound, Texas, won a hard fought encounter over Malaysia's Masters debutant Alex Liew to set up a dream final against England's Paul Moor.
Barnes was tipped from the outset to make it through to the final and he hasn't disappointed so far.
Both players went at it in the first game as Barnes' 259 game gave him a 25-pin lead. Proving that consistency is the key, the American posted three nine spares and eight strikes to put some serious daylight between himself and Liew.
Despite having a great tournament, Liew's form dipped just when he didn't need it and his 185 was no match for a rampaging Barnes.
Match 14: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Alex Liew (MAS), 515-419
Moor, Liew, Barnes join defending champion Nickel in the semis of World Tenpin Masters
English hope Paul Moor put in a blistering performance to secure a semi-final spot at the Barnsley Metrodome as the 2006 World Tenpin Masters entered its final day. Moor's victim was tall Dutchman Wim van der Veen who proved no match for the aggressive Yorkshireman who started out the first game with seven consecutive strikes. As Moor excelled, van der Veen faltered and his opening 174 game was 89 pins shy of his opponents tally. The 2004 and 2005 European ranking champion started the second game in similar style as he opened with six strikes. Van der Veen stuck with him with six of his own but Moor pulled away to take the second game 255-235 and the match by massive 109 pin margin. The 27 year-old runner-up from last year set up a revenge match against last year's champion Jens Nickel (left), Germany, in the semifinals. In the third quarterfinal, Malaysia's Alex Liew (left), the current Asian No.1, took advantage of the left side of the lane to record a superb win over Jason Belmonte of Australia.Liew was just five pins shy of the tournament high score set by Paul Moor in the previous match and the 78 pin deficit after the first game made the second half a foregone conclusion.
With games of 245 and 268, the Kuala Lumpur-based Liew now has a 251 average over the first two rounds of the tournament and he looks in the type of form that will be hard to stop.
In the last quarterfinal match, Chris Barnes (left) won a fantastic contest as he nudged past Canada's Michael Schmidt (right) in the closest game of the tournament so far. Both players worked hard to find openings in the first game and it was the PBA star's four strike closer that saw him take a five pin lead into the second session. Both players recorded a strike and a nine spare with their first two throws before Schmidt, needing something big to take the tie, went into strike overdrive. He knocked down seven in a row to put himself in a great position to win before a deadly split in the ninth derailed his challenge.
Barnes had been scoring under pressure and he took full advantage of the Canadian's slip up to strike out, tie up the second game at 238 apiece and steal the match by five pins.
Match 10: Paul Moor (ENG) def. Wim vander Veen (NED), 518-409
Match 11: Alex Liew (MAS) def. Jason Belmonte (AUS), 513-373
Match 12: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Michael Schmidt (CAN), 443-438
World Tenpin Masters: All women eliminated, Barnes with easy win, Nickel first quarterfinalist
In the penultimate first round match-up at the World Tenpin Masters, World Cup champion Michael Schmidt of Canada became the fourth male bowler to go through at the expense of a female opponent as he overcame England's Kirsten Penny by a wide margin. The 25 year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba, edged the first game by a slender 2 pin margin as Penny stayed with him.
Penny, the 2000 and 2003 World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year, was making her return to the Masters following a year absence and by her own admission was a little ring-rusty. A 201 game in the first was good enough to keep her in the game before Schmidt ran away with it in the second.
The Canadian recorded a 257 game, the best of the event so far, while Penny could only manage a 196. Schmidt goes on to meet Chris Barnes tomorrow afternoon.
Barnes (left), one of the top stars on the American PBA Tour, put paid to remaining female hopes as he cruised past Denmark's Britt Bröndsted by a 69-pin margin. The American, who had cleaned up earlier this month winning $300,000 in two consecutive tournaments, was steady throughout and will be confident going into tomorrow's quarterfinal against Schmidt.
Bröndsted, the 24 year-old doubles silver medalist at the 2005 Women's World Championship, got off to a bad start and never recovered.
In the evening's final match-up and the event's first quarterfinal, defending champion Jens Nickel (left) of Germany powered his way past Guy Caminsky (right) by a comfortable 91-pin margin to secure the first semi-final berth of this year's championship. Caminsky, the affable South African, couldn't get started in the first game as he trailed by 54 pins and Nickel never let up in the second as he upped his strike rate to put clear distance between himself and his opponent.
Match 7: Michael Schmidt def. Kirsten Penny (ENG), def. 460-397
Match 8: Chris Barnes (USA) def. Britt Bröndsted (DEN), 469-400
Quarterfinal
Match 9: Jens Nickel (200, 236) def. (146, 199) Guy Caminsky, 436-345
3-time champion Torgersen suffers first Round out in World Tenpin Masters
In the first match of the Saturday afternoon session at the World Tenpin Masters, 2005 World Bowling Writers Bowler of the Year Paul Moor, England, made light work of the Philippines' Liza del Rosario at the Barnsley Metrodome, South Yorkshire. It was a poor opening game that did the damage for the Asian No.1 Del Rosario as she struggled to find her line. Moor who struck for the first time in the fourth as Liza responded with a strike of her own after back to back open frames.
Moor doubled in the next before Del Rosario left another open frame en route to a lowly 146 opening game. By contrast, Moor came on strong in the latter half of the opener to record a 214 game and a virtually unassailable 68 pin lead.
The two-time defending European ranking champion continued where he left off in the second and posted a 219 game for a 433 total. Del Rosario battled on to stay with Moor but her first game deficit was to be her downfall.
Three-times Masters Champion Tore Torgersen's 2006 challenge fell at the first hurdle on the Metrodome lane as he succumbed to Asian No.1 Alex Liew (left) of Malaysia by a 88 pin margin as the lane began to open up to bigger scoring. The story of the match was one of too many strikes for Liew and too many spares for Torgersen as the Malaysian bowler lead from the start.
Liew, who is 30 today, opened up a 32 pin lead in the first game. However with the Norwegian's ability to win from behind looming, the Malaysian really turned it on in the second session to knock down 255 pins; the highest game of the tourney so far.
With the three-time titlist trailing in with a 200 game, it was Liew who cruised into tomorrow's quarter-finals.
In the final match of the afternoon session, last year's '300 Man' Jason Belmonte of Australia made it through the first round at the expense of England's Zara Glover. Both bowlers were consistent - each of their two games were within a point of the other - but it was Belmonte's superior striking power that told in the end. Play continues this evening with the final two first round matches and the first of the quarter finals.
Match 4: Paul Moor (ENG) def. Liza Del Rosario (PHI), 433-357
Match 5: Alex Liew (MAS) def. Tore Torgersen (NOR) , 491-403
Match 6: Jason Belmonte (AUS) Zara Glover (ENG), 431-395
Defending champion Nickel wins opening match in World Tenpin Masters
Defending Champion Jens Nickel of Germany drew on his greater experience in the closing stages to secure a spot in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Tenpin Masters at the expense of 20 year-old Englishman Dominic Barrett. Barrett (right) came into the match as the No.1 player on the English rankings but this was his big-time TV debut. He shook off any first time nerves though as he stuck with Nickel in a high scoring (255-237) opening game to trail by just 18 pins at the turn. The youngster had every chance of springing an upset when Nickel left an open frame in the third but Barrett failed to cash in as he too left a nasty 2/8 split.
From there, Nickel dug deep to close out the match as he took the second game 198-188 and the match by a 28 pin margin.
In the second game of the evening, South Africa's Guy Caminsky dumped out World Bowling Writers Hall-of-Famer Tomas Leandersson in a scrappy encounter that suffered from changing lane conditions under the hot TV lights. Games of 164, including three open frames and 175 from the Swede were never going to be enough and it was Caminsky, a quarter-finalist last year, who recovered from a 166 opener to post a second game of 209 to pinch the tie.
In the final encounter of the first session, America's Lynda Barnes got off to the worst possible start in her first round match against Wim van der Veen as she dumped her opening ball straight into the gutter. And there was more woe for Lynda in the third frame as she left an impossible split and a subsequent open frame.
Van der Veen, a left hander operating out of the opposite side of the lane, got to grips with the conditions slightly better and opened up at 34 pin lead after a 185-151 first game.
It looked a hopeless cause for Barnes but she gave it her best shot in the second game, forcing van der Veen right down to the wire as she posted a 201 game. Unluckily for her though, she just came up short as the lanky Dutchman maintained his lead for victory.
Play continues at the Barnsley Metrodome tomorrow afternoon with three more first round matches.
Match 1: Jens Nickel (GER) def. Dominic Barratt (ENG), 453-425
Match 2: Guy Caminsky (RSA) def. Tomas Leandersson (SWE), 375-339
Match 3: Wim Van der Veen (NED) def. Lynda Barnes (USA), 375-352
PBA Superstar Chris Barnes to compete in 9th World Tenpin Masters
The 9th annual World Tenpin Masters kicks off today at 7 p.m. in the Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. The 16-player field of invitees from 13 countries - eleven men and five women - are seeded into single-elimination bracket match play and roll a two-game set against one another with the bowler having the highest series winning. The total prize fund is $66,000, with a top prize of $33,000 to the eventual winner.
Defending his title will be last year’s champion, Jens Nickel (left) of Germany, who fired a 278 in the last game to comfortably beat England’s Paul Moor (right) in the 2005 final, 485-389. Moor is one of four English players in Barnsley. Others are Dominic Barrett, who won the English rankings last year, and former World Champions Zara Glover and Kirsten Penny.
The two English women will be joined by Liza Del Rosario (left) of the Philippines, two-time European ranking champion Britt Bröndsted of Denmark and 2-time U.S. National Amateur Champion and reigning QubicaAMF Qorld Cup queen Lynda Barnes (right), United States.
Also on hand is the men's World Cup champion Michael Schmidt (left) from Canada. Tore Torgersen (right) of Norway will be looking to take the first prize for the fourth time. Other invitees include Jason Belmonte, Australia; Alex Liew, Malaysia; Wim van der Veen; Netherlands; Tomas Leandersson, Sweden; and Guy Caminsky; South Africa.
However, the clear favorite for the $33,000 top prize is Lynda's husband, seven-time PBA champion Chris Barnes. The PBA Superstar wrapped off the 2005-06 season with victory in the prestigious Tournament of Champions ($100,000 for the winner) and repeated as winner of the season-ending PBA special event, the 'Motel 6 Roll to Riches' ($200,000).
Defending his title will be last year’s champion, Jens Nickel (left) of Germany, who fired a 278 in the last game to comfortably beat England’s Paul Moor (right) in the 2005 final, 485-389. Moor is one of four English players in Barnsley. Others are Dominic Barrett, who won the English rankings last year, and former World Champions Zara Glover and Kirsten Penny. The two English women will be joined by Liza Del Rosario (left) of the Philippines, two-time European ranking champion Britt Bröndsted of Denmark and 2-time U.S. National Amateur Champion and reigning QubicaAMF Qorld Cup queen Lynda Barnes (right), United States. Also on hand is the men's World Cup champion Michael Schmidt (left) from Canada. Tore Torgersen (right) of Norway will be looking to take the first prize for the fourth time. Other invitees include Jason Belmonte, Australia; Alex Liew, Malaysia; Wim van der Veen; Netherlands; Tomas Leandersson, Sweden; and Guy Caminsky; South Africa. However, the clear favorite for the $33,000 top prize is Lynda's husband, seven-time PBA champion Chris Barnes. The PBA Superstar wrapped off the 2005-06 season with victory in the prestigious Tournament of Champions ($100,000 for the winner) and repeated as winner of the season-ending PBA special event, the 'Motel 6 Roll to Riches' ($200,000). Round of 16
Friday, April 21
Match 1 at 19:00 Dominic Barrett (ENG) vs. Jens Nickel (GER)
Match 2 at 20:00 Tomas Leandersson (SWE) vs. Guy Caminsky (RSA)
Match 3 at 21:00 Lynda Barnes (USA) vs. Wim Van Der Veen (NED)
Satuday, April 22
Match 4 at 14:00 Liza Del Rosario (PHI) vs. Paul Moor (ENG)
Match 5 at 15:00 Tore Torgersen (NOR) vs. Alex Liew (MAS)
Match 6 at 16:00 Zara Glover (ENG) vs. Jason Belmonte (AUS)
Match 7 at 19:00 Kirsten Penny (ENG) vs. Michael Schmidt (CAN)
Match 8 at 20:00 Britt Bröndsted (DEN) vs. Chris Barnes (USA)
Round of 8
Satuday, April 22
Match 9 at 21:00 Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2
Sunday, April 23
Match 10 at 13:00 Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4
Match 11 at 14:00 Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6
Match 12 at 15:00 Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8
Semi-finals
Sunday, April 23
Match 13 at 18:00 Winner Match 9 vs. Winner Match 10
Match 14 at 19:00 Winner Match 11 vs. Winner Match 12
Finals
Sunday, April 23
Match 15 at 21:00 Winner Match 13 vs. Winner Match 14