2008 Hermosillo, Mexico
7th - 15th November 2008
Usa’s Derek Eoff stretches his lead
Derek Eoff of the USA increased his lead in the men’s competition of the 44th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Hermosillo, Mexico, after 18 games.
He has a pinfall 4156, an average of 230.8. In second place is Jack Guay of Canada on 4053, with Hussain Al-Suwardil of the UAE in 3rd on 4030. Jack had today’s high set of six games with 1397. Early leader Martin Larsen from Sweden is now in 4th place on 4005.
Denmark’s Jimmy Mortensen played well today, shooting 1385 to move up from 18th to 8th. George Frilongos of Australia also did well with a 1354 series which pulled him up from 22nd place to 12th.
The overall scoring has been high with the 82 men in the competition posting a joint average of 199.46.
There are only six games more to play and the competition to be in the top 24 is fierce. Currently in 24th place is Jonathan Hocsman of Argentina, though Chris Vandamme of Belgium is just 5 pins off the pace. Chris came 5th when the tournament was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The final round of qualifying will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) and is expected to finish at about 8pm local time.