Paeng Nepomoceno is back again!

Release date: 9/22/2009

The amazing Paeng Nepomoceno, four times winner of the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, will be back again, having qualified to represent the Philippines in this year’s tournament in Melaka, Malaysia, in mid-November.

Paeng, who is now 52, won the trophy in 1976 (Teheran, Iran), in 1980 (Jakarta, Indonesia), in 1992 (Le Mans, France) and 1996 (Belfast, Northern Ireland). He was the youngest male player to win the title, being just 19 in 1976 and should he win in Melaka, he will become the oldest as well, beating Italy’s Remo Fornesari, who was 51 when he won in 1982.

The Philippines entrant in the women’s section will be Lisa del Rosario, who will be making her fourth appearance in the Bowling World Cup and who was our runner up in 2001 in Pattaya, Thailand, and came third in 2004 in Singapore.

Australia has announced its participants: Ann Maree Putney, our champion in 2007 in St Petersburg, Russia, and runner up last year in Hermosillo, Mexico, will be trying to regain the title while Paul Trotter will be remembered for his record 896 three-game series (300, 298, 298) in Riga, Latvia in 2002.
Indonesia’s representatives will be Ryan Leonard Lalisang, who shot a 300 game in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2006, and Putty Armein, who reached the top eight in Caracas.

And Sweden will now be sending Helen Johnsson to take part in the women’s section. Helen has finished in the top eight every time she has played in the event – five times in all. She and Martin Larsen, who will also be competing in Melaka, won the top country award last year.

“It will be fantastic to see Paeng compete again,” said Anne-Marie Board, QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup manager. “He has already written himself into all sorts of record books, including ours, and maybe he will add to his immense record in Melaka.”
There are now 94 countries who have indicated they will be participating. A list of the named competitors to date is available here.