In the first event of a Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour Qualifying Round (TQR) double-header, former Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour exempt player Chad Kloss of Greenfield, WI, was the top qualifier in the Viper Championship TQR Sunday at Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, MI.
Kloss had a 1,575 seven-game pinfall (225 average) to lead a field of 82
non-exempt players competing for 11 spots in the PBA Viper Championship which begins with qualifying Aug. 15.
“Winning this helped a lot mentally,” said the 32-year-old Kloss who had been an exempt player on the PBA Tour the last two seasons. “I’ve been struggling the
last four or five weeks bowling in regionals and have been doing a lot of work
on my equipment and that seems to have helped.”
The Viper Championship is contested on one of the animal-named PBA lane
conditions and is considered one of the Tour’s more challenging lane
conditioning patterns.
“I do much better on lower-scoring lane conditions,” Kloss said. “It seems like I just can’t strike enough on the easier patterns.”
Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who won yesterday’s Cheetah Championship TQR, showed his versatility on two of PBA’s lane conditions by finishing second with 1,572.
Others advancing to the Viper Championship are: Todd Sim, Canada, 1,540; Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 1,537; Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,532; Mike Rose, West Henrietta, N.Y., 1,512; Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,504; Martin Larsen, Sweden, 1,490; Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,487; Bo Goergen,
Midland, Mich., 1,474 and Jeff Zaffino, Warren, Pa., 1,472.
The 72-player Viper Championship field will bowl two seven-game qualifying
rounds on Aug. 15 beginning at 8 a.m., which will determine the 28 players who
will compete in single-elimination best-of-seven game matches on Aug. 16, with
the Round of 8 starting at 7 p.m.
The Viper Championship finals will be taped on Sept. 5 at Thunderbowl and aired on ESPN Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. Eastern.
The PBA will conduct the Chameleon Championship TQR later this afternoon.
PBA World Series of Bowling
Viper Championship Tour Qualifying Round
Thunderbowl Lanes, Allen Park, Mich.
Aug. 9, 2009
(Top 11 advance to the Round of 72 for Viper Championship qualifying Aug. 15)
Pos., name, hometown, seven-game total, money
1, Chad Kloss, Greenfield, Wis., 1,575, advanced
2, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 1,572, advanced
3, Todd Sim, Canada, 1,540, advanced
4, Steve Rogers, Bourbonnais, Ill., 1,537, advanced
5, Ken Simard, Greenville, S.C., 1,532, advanced
6, Mike Rose Jr., West Henrietta, N.Y., 1,512, advanced
7, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 1,504, advanced
8, Martin Larsen, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1,490, advanced
9, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 1,487, advanced
10, Bo Goergen, Midland, Mich., 1,474, advanced
11, Jeff Zaffino, Warren, Pa., 1,472, advanced
12, Dave D'Entremont, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 1,443, $1,000
13, Timothy Behrendt, St Louis, Mo., 1,435, $800
14, Mark Heller Jr., Allentown, Pa., 1,434, $600
15, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 1,428, $500
16, Jay Futrell, Derby, Kan., 1,424, $400
17, Jeffrey Roche, Dearborn, Mich., 1,421, $350
18, Carleton Chambers, Detroit, 1,416, $320
19, Daniel Patterson, Utica, N.Y., 1,415, $310
20, David Williams Jr., Omaha, Neb., 1,403, $150
20, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 1,403, $150
22, Jonathan Van Hees, Charlestown, R.I., 1,399
23, Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., 1,392
24, John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 1,391
25, Thomas Larsen, Assens, Denmark, 1,386
26, Steven Black, Phoenix, Ariz., 1,381
27, Duane Kilts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1,377
28, Tom Daugherty, Tampa, Fla., 1,375
29, Brian LeClair, Athens, N.Y., 1,371
30, Keith Nichols, Englewood, Fla., 1,359
31, Scott Jones, Livonia, Mich., 1,356
32, Tony Campagna Jr., Chesapeake, Va., 1,353
32, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 1,353
34, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 1,352
35, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 1,348
36, Paul Gibson, Bunswick, Ohio, 1,341
37, Ed Olszewski III, Griffith, Ind., 1,330
38, Josh Chambliss, Charleston, S.C., 1,328
39, Chris Kliczinski, Pinckney, Mich., 1,325
40, Andrew Cain, Scottsdale, Ariz., 1,324
41, Michael Wall, Fayetteville, N.C., 1,323
42, Anthony Wright, Redford, Mich., 1,312
43, Jason Zook, Tampa, Fla., 1,311
44, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 1,307
45, Quinton Bohlen, Decorah, Iowa, 1,302
45, Jeffrey Edwards, Sterling Heights, Mich., 1,302
47, Paul Moor, England, 1,298
48, B.J. Satkowski, Jackson, Mich., 1,296
49, Alex Medveditskov, Russia, 1,294
50, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,293
51, Nick Weber, St. Charles, Mo., 1,292
52, Jason Wojnar, Chicago, 1,286
53, Walter Schaub II, Schaumburg, Ill., 1,285
54, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 1,279
54, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 1,279
56, Corey Miller, Grand Blanc, Mich., 1,274
56, Tim Keeler, Omaha, Neb, 1,274
58, Tom Stickroe, Hudsonville, Mich., 1,266
59, Bryan Paul, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1,263
60, Michael Cimba, Monroeville, Pa., 1,262
61, Scott Lawson Jr., Flat Rock, Mich., 1,257
62, Curtis Foss, Medina, N.Y., 1,249
63, Mason Brantley, Detroit, 1,240
64, Nick Kokenos, St Clair Shores, Mich., 1,229
65, Billy Oatman, Chicago, 1,227
66, Ed Carter, Akron, Ohio, 1,224
67, Danial Cline, Lansing, Mich., 1,222
68, Thomas Wall III, Fayetteville, N.C., 1,218
69, Mike Keily, Lakewood, Colo., 1,205
70, Brian Thompson, Flat Rock, Mich., 1,198
71, Jason Dooley, Paw Paw, Mich., 1,191
72, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 1,185
73, Joseph Costanzo, Plainview, N.Y., 1,162
74, Mark Hurttgam, New Baltimore, Mich., 1,158
75, Abed Daher, Brownstown, Mich., 1,147
76, Toshifumi Kojima, Japan, 1,145
77, Timothy Mayer, Harrison Twp., Mich., 1,127
78, Brian DiCicco, Agawam, Mass., 1,118
79, Jack Nealon, Bowie, Md., 1,112
80, Glen Hall, Canton, Mich., 1,076
81, Christopher Brennan, Baltimore, 878 (WD)
82, Rudy Kasimakis, Baldwyn, Miss., 687(WD)
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