World Senior Championships 2019

Catherine Wills was the standout English player in the WSrC ladies’ singles, scoring 1182 for 15th place.

Angie Brown had 1051, Marsha Dalley 1044, and Diane Johnson 1013.

Men’s doubles starts at 17:00 PST, with top players from the singles Kim Johnson and Lol Ellis bowling today. The second men’s doubles squad is tomorrow morning.

End of the first squad of the men’s doubles. Kim Johnson had a great 277 in game 5 with a 1225 total, supported by Lol Ellis with 1171. A team total of 2386 leaves them in 12th place, with the second squad to play tomorrow morning.

A much better day for Paul Cosgrove, shooting 1283 in the doubles, to post the best series by an England bowler so far. A solid block of 1191 by Geoff Brown gave a team total of 2474, and 12th place overall. The other England pairing finished in 23rd place.

A tremendous effort by the England Team of Angie Brown and Marsha Dalley resulted in a great eighth place finish in the ladies doubles at the WSrC, just 25 pins off 5th place. After leading after the first game, they couldn’t quite find the game scores over the last few games to stay in contention for a medal place. Angie’s 1228 block was the highest by an England lady so far, with Marsha adding 1105 to the total of 2333.

The other England team of Catherine Wills and Diane Johnson had scores of 1115 and 1077 to finish in 19th place.

A frustrating afternoon for the Team England ladies at the WSrC. Despite the vocal support of the traveling supporters (aka the Johnson family) and a super middle game of 822, the final total of 2152 leaves them in ninth place, 137 pins off a medal place. Diane Johnson was top scorer with 566, Angie Brown 541, Marsha Dalley 537, and Catherine Wills 508.

The end of competition for the England ladies at the 2019 WSrC. The England quartet finished in 11th place, just one spot lower than their best ever result back in 2013.

Star of the team event was Diane Johnson who bowled really well for her total of 1130, followed by Angie Brown with 1071, Marsha Dalley 1041 and Catherine Wills 1005.

None of the ladies made the top 24 in the all events to qualify for the Masters competition. Angie was closest in 30th place with a 186 average, just 64 pins short. Catherine finished in 37th with 183 average, Diane was 48th with 179 average, and Marsha 54th with 177 average from a field size of 101 bowlers.

End of the championship for the England men’s team as well. Needing a great block to make a medal position, the big scores just couldn’t be found. They finished in 12th place, their total of 4764 coming from 1226 from Lawrence Ellis, 1201 from Kim Johnson, 1171 from Paul Cosgrove and 1166 from Geoff Brown.

In the all events, Kim made a run for a top 24 place, and a great 5th game got him close. But the last game didn’t go to plan, and he finished in 33rd with 201 average. Lol finished top of the English players in 30th place on 202. Paul finished in 56th on 195 average, with Geoff in 77th out of 159 players on 191 average.