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Bowling News USA - December 13, 2011 Shafer, Gomez and Ruiz Make PBA World Championship Telecast...

Storm's Ryan Shafer and Andres Gomez are apart of the field of four players who will do battle in the Billy Hardwick Division finals of the PBA World Championship Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in high-definition on ESPN. Free agent Ildemaro Ruiz and Thomas Smallwood also made the show.

The Hardwick Division is the second of four eliminator rounds that will trim the PBA World Championship field of 16 finalists down to four for a Sunday, Jan. 15, battle for the $50,000 first prize, the Earl Anthony Trophy and the PBA Tour’s first major title of the 2011-12 season.

All World Championship competition will be conducted on a pair of lanes specially installed in an exhibit hall at South Point Hotel and Casino.

As top qualifier in his group, Smallwood has selected the PBA’s Scorpion lane conditioning pattern for Sunday’s event when he will face Venezuela’s Ruiz, Colombia’s Gomez and 25-year PBA Tour veteran Shafer of Horseheads, N.Y., in a battle for a berth in the World Championship finals.

Both South American players are trying for their first PBA Tour titles. Ruiz, who is making his PBA television debut, qualified for the elimination rounds in seventh place. Gomez was 10th and Shafer tied for 14th. No international player has ever won the PBA World Championship.

In Sunday’s eliminator round, all four players will bowl a one-game match. The player with the lowest score will be eliminated. The three survivors will bowl another game, with the low man knocked out. The two finalists will bowl a final game, with the survivor advancing to the World Championship finals.

The four World Championship divisional finals have been named for PBA superstars who excelled in the event during their careers. Finland’s Osku Palermaa has already won the Don Carter Division berth. The Johnny Petraglia and Mike Aulby Division finals, which will air on ESPN on Jan. 1 and Jan. 8, respectively, will complete the divisional elimination rounds. The championship trophy is named in honor of Anthony, the only player ever to win the event six times.

A special preview of the Hardwick Division finals will be webcast on pba.com’s Xtra Frame beginning Wednesday, and a post-game show will be presented on Xtra Frame Sunday immediately following the ESPN finals.

(courtesy: pba.com)

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December, 2011

• 12/29/2011: The Bowling Foundation, YES Fund Help High School Team After Fire
• 12/28/2011: PDW Returns to ESPN this Sunday...
• 12/27/2011: Staffers Duke and Hulsenberg Compete in "Beat the Champ" Event
• 12/22/2011: Belmo Honored in Orange...
• 12/22/2011: Storm Staffer Shoots 300 and Wins New Car
• 12/22/2011: Sean Swanson & Casey Murphy Win Holiday Doubles 2011
• 12/22/2011: Ohio High School Bowler Fires 599 For 2 Games With Storm Victory Road Solid
• 12/21/2011: Andres Gomez Excels at Colombian Team Trials...
• 12/20/2011: The Schlemer Report - PBA World Championship: Billy Hardwick Division
• 12/19/2011: Belmonte Wins 47th Bowling World Cup
• 12/19/2011: Shafer Advances at PBA World Championship...
• 12/14/2011: Osku Stays Red Hot with Victory at Swedish Super Six Event...
• 12/14/2011: The Schlemer Report - PBA World Championship: Don Carter Division
• 12/13/2011: Shafer, Gomez and Ruiz Make PBA World Championship Telecast...
• 12/12/2011: Storm Supports The Fight Against Diabetes.
• 12/11/2011: Osku Advances at PBA World Championship...
• 12/09/2011: Storm's Diandra Asbaty Runner-up at World Cup..
• 12/07/2011: Belmo on Fire...Wins World Cup in South Africa...
• 12/07/2011: Belmonte Reigns as BWAA Bowler of the Month
• 12/07/2011: Belmonte, Asbaty Roll for World Cup Titles...
• 12/07/2011: PBA World Championship Division Finals Set for ESPN...
• 12/04/2011: CDB Rolls to WBT Title in Las Vegas...
• 12/03/2011: Are You Ready For Some Action?