Stuart Williams (Ten-pin Bowling)
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Stuart Williams, from England
England
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, is one of the world's leading Ten-pin bowlers. He is one of the most active tour players in the sport. Williams, along with the store owner father Dave, runs a Ten-pin Bowling Pro-Shop at Chester Megabowl, called MCS Bowling http://www.mcsbowling.com/.

Williams has 3 ETBF
European Bowling Tour
The European Bowling Tour is one of three tenpin bowling tours that form part of the ranking system of the World Tenpin Bowling Association ....

 titles to his name, the "City of Barcelona" trophy in 2003 (This was his first ever European ranking event), the Brunswick Aalborg International in 2004 and the Ebonite Luxembourg Open in 2006.

Williams triumphed in the 2007 World Ranking Masters
World Ranking Masters
The World Ranking Masters is Ten-pin bowling's international ranking system, as with professional Tennis. It is governed by the World Tenpin Bowling Association ....

 http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowling/node/15703/1?PHPSESSID=134f5cb9b15f810d77e3bd0cc83eecbd defeating Peter Ljung
Peter Ljung (bowling player)
Peter Ljung is a Swedish ten-pin bowler. He won the AMF World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1986 when he was 19 years old.Ljung participated in the 2007 World Ranking Masters and qualified in 7th position after the 24 game qualifier...

 from Sweden
Sweden
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 2-1 (233-236, 235-224, 269-240) in the best of 3 game final. Williams had qualified in 3rd position, and also eliminated David O'Sullivan
David O'Sullivan (bowler)
David O'Sullivan is an American ten-pin bowler and was the 2007 U.S. Amateur champion. O'Sullivan earned the title at the 2007 USBC Team USA Trials in January, 2007, which also put him on Team USA for the first time...

 (U.S.
United States
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) in the quarter finals, and Thomas Gross (Austria
Austria
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) in the semi-finals.

On May 31, 2009, Williams earned an exemption for the U.S. PBA Tour
Professional Bowlers Association
The Professional Bowlers Association is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the PBA membership consists of almost 4,300 members worldwide...

 by finishing 6th at the PBA Tour Trials in Allen Park, MI (USA). This makes him the first bowler from the United Kingdom to compete full-time on the PBA Tour.

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