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Japan, 3-1. Suda def. Koji Kawazu, Japan, 3-
1. Belmonte def. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3-
1. Koivuniemi def. Teruyuki Obara, Japan, 3-1.
Satoh def. Yasuyuki Sadamatsu, Japan, 3-1.
Round of 64 (best of five games, losers
earned $1,000): Bohn def. Koji Hosoi, Japan, 3
-0. Chol def. Yoshimi Kitaoka, Japan, 3-1. Soo
def. Shiegeo Saito, 3-0. Ciminelli def. Jim
Ohtomo, Japan, 3-0. Barnes def. Dom Barrett,
England, 3-1. M. Saito def. Yoshihiro Gima,
Japan, 3-2. Kaji def. Shogo Yamashita, Japan,
3-1. Nagatani def. Ryo Nishimura, Japan, 3-0.
Kawazu def. Yuki Hattori, Japan, 3-2. Suda
def. Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3-1. Duke
def. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 3-1. Belmonte
def. Kenji Kawashima, Japan, 3-0. Koivuniemi
def. Masami Koura, Japan, 3-0.Obara def.
Satoshi Tsushima, Japan, 3-0. Satoh def.
Takashi Ishibashi, Japan, 3-1. Sadamatsu def.
Akiyoshi Hokura, Japan, 3-2. Palermaa def.
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Japan, 3-2. Harada def.
Takuya Murakami, Japan, 3-2. Akimoto def.
Akihiro Sunako, Japan, 3-2. Fagan def. Choi
Won Young, Korea, 3-1. Kwan def. Shigeyuki
Mizuno, Japan, 3-1. O'Neill def. Hiroki Suzuki,
Japan, 3-0. Rash def. Kengo Tagata, Japan, 3-
1. Nagano def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala,
Fla., 3-1. Katoh def. Fumihiro Yoshida, Japan,
3-0. Page def. Kazuma Naborikawa, Japan, 3-
1. Malott def. Yukihiro Nakashima, Japan, 3-0.
Hwa def. Makoto Dohkan, Japan, 3-2. Hira-
yama def. Junia Yoshida, Japan, 3-0. Tamai
def. Kim Sun Tae, Korea, 3-2. Yamamoto def.
Seo Jeng Hwan, Korea, 3-0. Sakuraba def.
Keijiro Miyauchi, Japan, 3-1.
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International Bowling Championship Title
In Japan 7-10 Split In Ninth Frame
Proves Costly To PBA Player Of The
Year Sean Rash
INAZAWA CITY, Japan - Tommy
Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., successfully
defended his International Bowling
Championships title Saturday at Inazawa
Futsal Stadium, defeating reigning Pro-
fessional Bowlers Association Player of
the Year Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill.,
209-204, for the $75,000 first prize.
The International Bowling Champion-
ships 2013 supported by DHC was a
World Tenpin Bowling Association-World
Bowling Tour "major" championship, and
awarded Jones a PBA International Tour
title, his 14th career PBA Tour title, and
double points in the rolling two-year WBT
points standings.
In the women's division, Singapore's
Shayna Ng defeated PBA Tour champion
Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., 248-201, also
earning $75,000 for first place.
Rash and Kulick, as runners-up, each
earned an estimated $37,500.
In the men's title match, Rash led
Jones by eight pins going into the ninth
frame, but left a 7-10 split and opened.
Rash then missed the headpin on his first
shot in the 10th frame, converted the
spare and struck to finish with 204.
Jones, needing a spare and good count
to win, converted a 4 pin and struck for a
five-pin margin of victory.
The International Bowling Champion-
ships finals began with five-player
"eliminator" matches where all five play-
ers bowled the first game, and the two
lowest scores were eliminated. In the
men's division, 16-year-old Malaysian
star Rafiq Ismail led the field with a 268.
Jones followed with 261 and Rash with
215 while Japan's Hiroki Suzuki (190)
and PBA star Chris Barnes of Double
Oak, Texas (180) were eliminated.
In the semifinal round, Rash rolled a
247 game and Jones a 229 to advance to
the title match, eliminating Ismail (200).
In the women's finals, Liz Johnson of
Cheektowaga, N.Y., joined Kulick and Ng
in advancing out of the opening match,
but Johnson was eliminated in the semifi-
nal round.
At the conclusion of the International
Bowling championships, Mike Fagan of
Dallas held the lead in the men's World
Bowling Tour points list with 464 points.
Mika Koivuniemi of Finland dropped out
of the lead and into second place with
453. Rash was third with 438 and Jones
was fourth with a 401 total. American
players dominated the women's stand-
ings, led by Kulick with 524 points, Missy
Parkin of Lake Forest, Calif., with 441
and Johnson with 365 in the top three
positions.
INTERNATIONAL BOWLING CHAMPI-
ONSHIPS 2013 supported by DHC Ina-
zawa Futsal Stadium, Inazawa City,
Japan, Jan. 19
Men's Final Standings:
1, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, $75,000.
2, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., $37,500.
3, Rafiq Ismail, Malaysia, $16,700.
4, Hiroki Suzuki, Japan, $8,900.
5, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas,
$6,700.
Eliminator Match Results:
Eliminator Round 1 (two lowest scores
eliminated): Ismail 268, Jones 261, Rash
215, Suzuki 190), Barnes 180.
Eliminator Round 2 (lowest score elimi-
nated): Rash 247, Jones 229, Ismail 200.
Championship: Jones def. Rash, 209-
204.
Women's Final Standings:
1, Shayna Ng, Singapore, $75,000.
2, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., $37,500.
3, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.,
$16,700.
4, Zandra Aziela, Malaysia, $8,900.
5, Miki Nishimura, Japan, $6,700.
Eliminator Match Results:
Eliminator Round 1 (two lowest scores
eliminated): Johnson 237, Ng 218, Kulick
214, Aziela 212, Nishimura 195.
Eliminator Round 2 (lowest score elimi-
nated): Ng 252, Kulick 236, Johnson 201.
Championship: Ng def. Kulick, 248-201.
WORLD BOWLING TOUR MEN'S
POINTS LEADERS
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Tommy Jones Successfully Defends
