Gene Basa has been tearing up  the pins at the D’Blues league held at Paeng’s Midtown Bowl in Robinson’s Place, Malate. Since he became a Brunswick Ball Rep his average has sky rocketed. Along with doubles partner James Dela Cruz, the duo has won the league seven straight times. They are trying for their eighth straight and are off to a fast start. James is also using a mix of Storm and Brunswick balls only. Continue reading this post…

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Doug Kent wins a thriller over Michael Mak with a score of 192 to 180 to capture the Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge 2009. Hong Kong’s youth bowler Continue reading this post…

Zulmazran Zulkifli of Team Malaysia rolled a 1957 series for eight games to take the pole position. Zulmazran took the lead in the fourth game and never waivered despite all the high games that were shot. He just matched all the bowlers strikes and nev Continue reading this post…

PTBA bowler Allan Co captured the Bevida-Storm Challenge 2009 title. Along with the champions trophy comes 100,000 pesos. Allan averaged 201 scratch and finished with a 10 game series of 2264 to win the challenge. PBAP-Bowlmart’s Lara Posadas made a great run in the position round with a 260 game to finish second. Lara, a Roto Grip staff, finished with a 2228 series. Frank Russo of Guam-Bowlmart slipped to third with a 2198 series. LCTBA’s Egay Latag also made a move with his 2183 series to edge out PBA’s Nelia Santos by three pins. Another youth bowler from PBA , Paolo Darroca finished with a score of 2151 to finish in sixth place just five pins better than senior bowler Dennis Ho from PBAP-Bowlmart. SJBA-Ateneo bowler, Scott Uy is in eighth place with 2138 to finish a pin ahead of PBA bowler Nilo Penado. Guamanian Jonathan Duenas (2122), PTBA’s Hamilton Hernando (2110), and SLETBA-Bowlmart bowler Jeremy Posadas (2093) rounds up the top 12 position and cashers in the Challenge.

This challenge is sponsored by Euro-Med Laboratories and Storm Products Inc. It is also sponsored by Bevida Distilled Drinking Water. Philippine Airlines is the official airline partner. Manila Bulletin is the official media partner. Other sponsors include Premiere Insurance & Surety Corporation, EGI, MOC, AZO, Roto Grip, Ark International, and Wave Products. The Heritage Hotel is the official hotel, while the City Garden is the artery Hotel. The lane maintenance that has produced great scores yet equal opportunities for all types of style is credited to Mr. Yap Kok Wee of Bowlmart Training Institute.

KPBA member Jeong Tae Hwa rolled a 1460 series on the last day of qualifying to take the top daily best score in the 7th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge being held at Paeng’s Midtown Bowl in Robinsons Place, Malate. The top three bowlers for the daily best scores automatically gets into the finals on Thursday. If the bowler is already in the finals then the next bowler will get the automatic seed. Aside from the 15 bowlers that gets a bye, another 33 bowlers will qualify for the chance to win the Champions trophy and a million pesos. Eric Tseng (1427) and Michael Mak (1426) of Hong Kong are currently second and third but since they are already in U.S.A’s Jeff Butler (1406) and Singaporean Lee Yu Wen (1386) gets the automatic bye into the final.

Aaron Kong of team Malaysia continues to lead the Euro-Med Storm qualifiers with a 1496 series. U.S.A. pro bowler Doug Kent is in second place with a 14 65 series three pins ahead of Philippine national bowler Paulo Valdez. Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong and Choi Won Young of Korea rolled identical 1457 series to tie for fourth. Malaysians Adrian Ang (1448) and Zulmazran Zulkifli (1446) are in the sixth and seventh position. Storm pro staff bowlers Tim Mack and Rhino Page rolled 1440 and 1438 respectively to finish in the eighth and ninth spot. Singapore’s Mark Wong rounds up the top 10. The 48th and final spot is Korean Kim Yong Pil with a series of 1386. The top 48 bowlers will bowl eight games Thursday with the top 24 bowlers advancing to Friday’s final round two.

This prestigious tournament is a great way for the best bowlers around the world to showcase their talents. This year is no different as the best amatuer and professional bowlers from the American, Asian and European bowlers participated representing 16 countries. Euro-Med Laboratories and Storm Products Inc. are the proud title sponsors for this tournament. Other Major sponsors are Bevida Distilled Drinking Water, Ark International, Wave Products, Roto Grip Inc., AZO, MOC, Premiere Insurance & Surety Corporation, and EGI. The official airline is Philippine Airlines and the official media partner is Manila Bulletin. Heritage hotel is the official hotel and City Garden hotel is the artery hotel. The official lane maintenance partner is Bowlmart Training Institute.

Javee Yusingco and Nilo Penado of PBA are still the top two qualifiers for the Bevida-Storm Challenge 2009 with scores of 1506 and 1487 respectively. Mhen Nantin of MTBA rolled a 1461 to take the third spot. Gene Basa of PBAP-Bowlmart is in fourth with a 1458 series. Guam’s Jonathan Duenas moved into the fifth spot with a 410 series. J Em Ang’s 1387 puts the PBAP-Bowlmart member in the sixth spot. Lady bowlers Nelia Santos (1375) of PBA and Apple Posadas (1373) of PBAP-Bowlmart are in the seventh and eighth spot. The ninth spot goes to TBAM’s Tommy Cu and balikbayan from Saudi Arabia Anthony Balabbo who rolled identical 1365 series. The final spot goes to Carl Lim of TBAM-Ateneo with a series 1282. They will bowl 10 games on Thursday morning trying to cash in on 100,000 pesos.

American pro bowler Lonnie Waliczek rolled a 1586 series to take the lead in the fourth qualifying day of the 7th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge held at Paeng’s Midtown Bowl in Robinsons Place, Malate. This challenge is proudly sponsored by Euro-Med Laboratories and Storm Products Inc. Other sponsors include Bevida Distilled Drinking Water, Roto Grip, AZO, MOC, EGI, Premiere Insurance & Surety Corporation, Ark International, and Wave Products Inc. Lonnie has been using Ebonite products and has two PBA title and 40 perfect games to his credit. Malaysian national team bowler Shafiq Ridhwan also surpassed the 1500 barrier with a 1522 series. Korean lady pro bowler Cha Mi Jung rolled the first perfect game of the tournament and finished with a 1510 series to land the third highest two block series of the day. All three bowlers will automatically qualify for the finals on Thursday and Friday. Continue reading this post…

American professional bowler Tom Smallwood, Columbia 300 ball rep, rolled an impressive 1476 in his first try to take the pole position in the third qualifying day of the Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge. Tom has rolled over 60 perfect games and qualified for the World Series of bowling finals in December. Continue reading this post…

Sammy Sy of MTBA-Henrich rolled a 1408 series to top the second day of the 7th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge. Storm-Thailand’s waited until the last squad of the day to qualify for the bye to the finals. Continue reading this post…