WORLD BOWLING TOUR RANKINGS TIGHTEN FOLLOWING MALMO STOP

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WORLD BOWLING TOUR RANKINGS TIGHTEN FOLLOWING MALMO STOP

LAUSANNE, August 30^th – Following the conclusion of the World Bowling Tour Malmo stop (also known as the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters) which saw Jason Belmonte triumph over a field of 450 players from 22 countries, the men’s and women’s World Bowling Rankings have tightened in competition.

Still leading the field for the men is USA’s Marshall Kent after his Oklahoma Open win on 273 points, ahead of England’s Dominic Barret on 249, despite neither having competed in Malmo. Yet Sweden’s Martin Larsen, Australia’s Jason Belmonte and Anthony Simonsen from the USA all competed at the event winning points that have put them hot on the heels of the number one and two ranked players. Larsen remains in third position on 227, Belmonte jumps to fourth on 220 and Simonsen is bumped down to fifth on 216.

We see a similar trend in the Women’s rankings where by USA athletes Danielle McEwan and Liz Johnson maintain their lead but with far fewer points difference than before the Malmo stop. McEwan now leads on 445 to Johnson’s 230 and Colombia’s Anggie Ramirez, a new entry into the top 10, makes third position on 228 points. Other new entries to the top ten women’s lists are USA’s Liz Kuhlkin in 5^th position, Ingelimar Beasley from Venezuela in 8^th position and Sweden’s Jenny Wegner in 10^th.

The top 10 Men’s & Women’s Rankings are as follows:

Men’s Ranking

1.	Kent	Marshall	USA	273
2.	Barrett	Dominic	England	249
3.	Larsen	Martin	Sweden	227
4.	Belmonte	Jason	Australia	220
5.	Simonsen	Anthony	USA	216
6.	Tackett	EJ	USA	203
7.	Svensson	Jesper	Sweden	190
8.	Williams	Stuart	England	188
9.	Larsen	Thomas	Denmark	177
10.	Rash	Sean	USA	172

Women’s Ranking

1.	McEwan	Danielle	USA	445
2.	Johnson	Liz	USA	230
3.	Ramirez Perea	Anggie	Colombia	228
4.	Ng	Shayna	Singapore	186
5.	Kuhlkin	Liz	USA	176
6.	Zavjalova	Diana	Latvia	155
7.	Tan	Cherie	Singapore	142
8.	Beasley	Ingelimar	Venezuela	140
9.	Wegner	Jenny	Sweden	122
10.	Tan	Jazreel	Singapore	117

The next stop on the World Bowling Tour will be Bangkok from September 30^th to October 6^th.

About The World Bowling Tour: The World Bowling Tour is sanctioned by World Bowling, the governing body for the sport of bowling. The tour is the premier international bowling series that is hosted in numerous, unique cities around the globe. Men and women compete for points to earn places on The World Bowling Tour rankings. The points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, where points include every event from the previous two year format.

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Megan Tidbury

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