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.

Aaron Kong of Malaysia is the leader of the qualifiers for the Euro-Med Storm Challenge with a series of 1496. Paulo Valdez of TBAM-Timberpro is in second with 1462, just five pins ahead of Hong Kong’s Wu Siu Hong. Malaysian’s Adrian Ang (1448) and Zulmazran Zulkifli (1446) are in the fourth and fifth spot respectively. U.S.A. Storm pro staff members Tim Mack (1440) and Rhino Page (1438) are in the seventh and eighth position. KPBA’s Jeong Tae Hwa and Singapore’s Mark Wong round up the top 10 qualifiers with identical scores of 1429.

PBA youth bowler Javee Yusingco (1506) is still in the pole position for the Bevida-Storm Challenge 2009. Trailing his team mate is Nilo Penado with a 1487 series followed by PBAP-Bowlmart bowlers Gene Basa (1458) and J Em Ang (1387). A pair of lady bowlers Nelia Santos (1375) and Apple Posadas (1375) rounds up the top five position. TBAM’s Tommy Cu (1365), balikbayan Anthony Balabbo(1365), MTBA’s Mhen Nantin (1360), and Hong Kong’s Vanessa Fung (1358) Arounds up the top 10 qualifiers for Thursday’s finals.

The official airline partner is Philippine Airlines, while the official media partner is Manila Bulletin. Heritage hotel is the official hotel and City Garden hotel is the artery hotel. The lane maintenance is Bowlmart Training Institute led by Yap Kok Wee.