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Englands Paul Moor won the 2010 Kegel London International title match, to lift the trophy for the 2nd time, a feat only ever achieved once before by fellow Englishman Steve Thornton in 1995 and 1999, Moor previously winning in 2003.
In the title match Moor faced Matt Chamberlain, who in last years event qualified for the finals but had to withdraw due to injury which he has recently recovered from. Showing no signs of weakness today, Chamberlain came into the match hopeful of ousting the undefeated Paul Moor. If Chamberlain had managed to do so, he would have had to beat Moor twice due to the double elimination format.
Moor himself qualified on Thursday before flying to Slovakia, to compete in the BNC Open on the European Bowling Tour, where he placed 2nd losing in the title match to Thomas Gross. Back on English soil, having flown back for the finals in London Moor was not contemplating the same fate.
With a large crowd assembled on the concourse behind lanes 9 and 10, the Airport Bowl saw Moor throw an impressive 258 in Game 1 to set himself up with a 88 pin lead going into game 2, Chamberlain only managing 170. Game 2 saw Chamberlain find his game, but Moor successfult beat him in the 2nd game 231-215, totalling 489-385 over the 2 games.
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The second weekend of the tournament seemed to be biased towards the locals, with Matt Forsyth, Iain McCorkindale and Damian Gray all fighting for 1st place on the lanes.
Damian Gray was able to take the daily winner spot, with Iain McCorkindable holding him up in 2nd place.
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Every year the Kegel London International seems to produce a historical moment. This year, for the first time in the events history, the top two spots were won by the same score. 2008 was the number of pins, and George Patel took the number 1 spot, with Damian Gray following up in 2nd. The tie is decided by high game in the 9 games, Damian having a 276, George topping him by a pin on 277!
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Written by Andy James
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The Kegel London International got off to a fine start, with 22 bowlers taking to the lanes for the 9 game qualifier, at the end of which the first experiences of this years tournament lanes were all positive. Last years day one daily winner was Damian Gray, who looking to achieve the same today was unable to repeat, and landed in 5th place on 1924.
Leon Devlin (pictured left) was today's star, not only taking the daily winner spot with a huge 2055 total, averaging 228, he also threw a 300 game on lanes 7-8 in game 6..
In the runner up spot, and also securing a spot in the finals was Dan French, just 9 pins behind Devlin. French threw a 277 in the final game to shift Mark Wells down a place into 3rd.
The qualifying continues Sunday, from 10.50am. Results are available on the results page.
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Jo Allsebrook is the Kegel London International 2009 champion, the second time a female has been first and making it two years in a row after the first female win last year by Lisanne Breeschoten. Allsebrook took on Matt Forsyth in the final stepladder match, and as Forsyth was the only player still undefeated coming in from the winners bracket, Allsebrook had to then beat him again to win the cup. Match one saw an injured Allsebrook need a time-out to repair her thumb, and eventually winning 416 to Forsyth's 379. In Match two, the stakes were high as it was now all to play for. Game 1 saw Forsyth roll a 224 to beat Allsebrooks 202 by 22 pins. Going into game two, both players were determined for the win, but again it was Allsebrook that was able to up her game and roll a 253 to beat Forsyth's game by 49 pins, and win the match 455 to 428. Earlier in the stepladder, James Tidd (World Tenpin Masters 2008) defeated Paul Moor (464 - 373), and then faced Allsebrook who ousted him by just 8 pins (418 - 410). This years event saw the introduction of a live video webstream, which was a huge success, seeing over 1719 viewer hours and a high of 455 single viewers during the finals (Stats from provider uStream), with commentary provided by Talk Tenpin and many of the competitors that were taking part.
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The qualifying for this years event is now over, and after a high scoring day producing two 300 games (James Tidd and Paul Moor), the cut was made and the draw carried out live over the video stream.
All results including the cut can be found on our results page... |
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If you have missed any of our live video webstreaming, you can catch up by viewing the recorded footage.
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Nicole Sanders gave a repeat performance of last years Kegel London International by qualifying on her first entry as Daily Winner. Sanders, from The Netherlands posted a score of 1979 (with bonus) to lead the first double squad day at this years event. Rolling right up in second was Englands Paul Moor, fresh back from the PBA World Tour, posting 1948.
Scores can be found on the results page.
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The last qualifying day where there is just one squad is now complete, and tomorrow we go to a double squad. 9.30am and 10.50am with bowlers playing 3 game blocks, changing squads after each block. So, A-B-A redress B-A-B. Mads Sandbaekken was back on the lanes today after a day of hitting the pocket and not striking yesterday, he found his form again and blitzed the field for a Norwegian victory. Steve Thornton showed he still has the power, and backed up behind Sandbaekken in second place.
Scores can be found on the results page.
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The first weekday squad saw an influx of an international players, with Australia and Norway represented. Australia's Cassie Staudinger put in a performance that will almost certainly place her in the finals, ending 183 over (with bonus) after the nine game qualifier. Placing one spot ahead of her in third was Phil Scammell, who a few years ago broke the 3-game series national record during a Thursday qualifier, made do with 224 over. Todays guaranteed placings went to Dom Barrett (2145), and Ray Teece (2033).
We expect to be Live Streaming once again tomorrow.
Scores can be found on the results page.
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In last years Kegel London International Qualifying, Chris Oates qualified as number 3 seed, and en-route hit a personal best series of 796 in his 1st 3 game block on the first Sunday. One year later, and he has now improved on that personal best by some 29 pins. Rolling games of 278, 268 and 279, Oates now has a personal best 3-game series of 825. This also secured him the Daily winner spot, ahead of Damian Gray who also matches a 2008 accolade. Gray was the first person to qualify as both a daily winner, and a daily runner up last year, and has repeated the feat again today, rolling a 1968 total, an improvement on his previous 9 game score (1941). Oate's score was enough to put him into second place behind yesterdays winner, Lee Chatfield.
Website visitors were able to enjoy some bonus Live Video Streaming footage, which was well received. Next weekend will see full coverage on Sunday and the finals on Monday, with additional bonus footage when available.
Scores can be found on the results page.
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The second weekend is here already and the numbers are starting to increase. 30 bowlers took to the lanes today, 11 of which were re-entries. Local Iain McCorkindale was hoping to match his arch rival and doubles partner, Damian Gray with a daily winner spot, but alas it was not to be as the ever smiley Lee Chatfield psused his way to the top with just one game under 200 (a 182), Chatfield also surpassed John Wells by taking over as tournament leader on a 2033 total. Second place, and also guaranteeing his spot on Finals day was Matt Chamberlain in a familiar position to last year. A special mention should be made of Matt Miller, operator of The London Pro Shop at Airport Bowl. Miller has bowled all 3 squads thus far and place 3rd, 4th, and 3rd again! Better luck tomorrow Matt?
Scores can be found on the results page.
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The first weekend is now complete, with a total of 53 entries over the 2 days. 30 of which entered todays squad with the intention of qualifying for the Bank Holiday Monday finals and the £5,000 guaranteed first place payout. Yesterdays daily winner, Damian Gray was back on the lanes today to try and improve on yesterday, but was unable to match. John Wells and Rob Kendall secured their places in the finals, both going past Gray with Wells posting 2017, and 2006 winner Kendall jumping in with 1955.
All scores can be found on the results page.
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The Kegel London International got off to a fine start, albeit a little late due to some traffic delays! 23 bowlers took to the lanes for the 9 game qualifier, at the end of which the first experiences of this years tournament lanes were all positive. Damian Gray, and Glenn Robson guaranteed their places on finals day by being the daily winner and runner up. Scores can be found on the results page. |
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Well it seems the heart of the Kegel London International is beating strongly, with a great number of entries and once again as is usual each year a spectacular finals day. Starting out the day with the local brothers clashing against each other drew in the home crowd first thing, and the centre was busy with spectators throughout the day, witnessing some fantastic and exciting matches. We cannot end this brief summary without mentioning our two finalists Lisanne Breeschoten and Chris Van Damme. Van Damme, going through the winners bracket sinking his opponents in every match and going undefeated to the stepladder meant he was odds on favourite for the win, not just because of this feat but that we have never had a lady reach the final match. Englands Kirsten Penny and Ann Smith have both reached the stepladder finals before, but have never progressed. So for Breeschoten to do so was a history maker for the tournament in itself. We then witnessed two matches of intense excitement as the scores were close frame by frame for the entire two matches. Breeschoten forced us to rewrite the history books once again by becoming our first female champion of the London International. 
We would like to thank all the bowlers and spectators for coming and making the event one to remember. We also would not have been able to achieve such an event without the help of many people, so our thanks go out to The Kegel Company and Bowltech UK for all of their help and assistance. Also to all of the volunteers that were willing to run around each day ensuring competitors needs were met as quickly as possible. Of course our thanks go out to Airport Bowl for hosting the event and providing all we needed each day, the management team, technicians and control staff all performed admirably. Stay tuned for 2009, and remember the team behind this tournament will also be hosting the Ebonite English Open in December, and will be back at Airport Bowl on October 11th and 12th for the UK's first Dual Lane condition tournament using two Kegel Kustodian Walkers. |
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Team England International Hayley White reflects on her day at Airport Bowl, and modestly doesn't mention the fact that she did well enough to be Daily Winner.  "Birthday Boy Andy James (who managed to keep it quiet all day :) ) had everything set up early and |
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We have found an advert for the 1979 edition of the "Match Play". |
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Each time the lanes are conditioned during the Kegel London International, we follow the “Process Verification Procedure.” What this means is the process of cleaning and conditioning the lanes is verified. This ensures to the players that the same procedures are being followed each and every time we perform lane maintenance during the tournament. |
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