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Mike Wolfe wins PBA Cheetah Championship at Reno National Bowling Stadium.
Darren Tang from San Francisco is runner-up. Photos: Kimberly Power
World Bowling Women’s Singles
Championships in Qatar
PBA Tour champion
Kelly Kulick, representing Team USA, successfully de-
fended her title at the World Bowling Women’s Singles Championships in Qatar on
Dec. 11., defeating 2016 PWBA Rookie of the Year
New Hui Fen
of Singapore,
214-195, in the title match. In the men’s final, Denmark's
Jesper Agerbo
topped
Malaysian left-hander
Rafiq Ismail
, 256-205.
PBA member
Diana Zavjalova
defeated Sweden’s
Pontus Andersson
, 474-427,
in the two-game title match of the Qatar Open Friday. Zavjalova, whose score in-
cluded 16 handicap pins (8 per game allotted to women bowlers in the event),
earned US$40,000 in the final PBA International-World Bowling Tour tournament
of 2016. Because she accepted handicap pins, Zavjalova doesn’t receive credit for
a PBA title. Zavjalova advanced to the title match by defeating Australia’s
Jason
Belmonte
, 484-442, while Andersson eliminated Malaysia’s
Ahmad Muaz
in the
semifinal round, 492-469.
Shannon Pluhowsky and Kelly Kulick
Walter Ray Williams Jr. First
to Reach 100 PBA Titles
with Win in PBA/PBA50/PBA60
Baker Trios Event
By Bill Vint
HARRISONBURG, Va.
– Professional
Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Walter
Ray Williams Jr., with the help of partners
Dennis Lane and Dick Allen, became the
first player in PBA history to win a combined total of 100 PBA titles Sunday when the
trio won the PBA/PBA50/PBA60 Decker Appraisal Services Baker Trios title, pre-
sented by Hammer, at Valley Lanes.
Williams, as the PBA50 player in the group, won his 10th PBA50 Regional title to go
along with his 47 PBA Tour titles, 32 PBA Regional titles and 11 PBA50 Tour titles.
With his win, Williams broke a tie with fellow hall of famer Pete Weber in their race to
become the first 100-title winner in PBA history.
“It was quite amazing watching Walter Ray strike in the 10th to win his 100th title,”
said Kyle Troup, the PBA member on the runner-up team.
Williams’ team defeated top qualifiers Kenny Parks, Dale Csuhta and Troup, 213-201,
in the title match to share a $5,100 first prize.
