The "2nd Fernando Rezende Morumbi" Brazilian National Cup, held September 4-7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, found his place in the history of the Brazilian Bowling Federation due to some special and unique moments. The men's and women's doubles tournament was named after Brazil's rising star Fernando Rezende, who died in an accident at the age of 23. Rezende, a member of club Morumbi, had won a gold medal in FIQ World Youth championships and two Brazilian individual titles.

The third game on the third day of competition brought the first highlight, when Ademir Medina and De Luquetti, husband and wife, bowled side to side on lanes 15-16 and 17-18. The couple started their games with the first nine strikes. Medina, finishing first rolled another double, then left a solid 10 for 299. Luquetti, who hardly couldn't stand to bowl because of the pressure, rolled strikes No. 10 and 11 before leaving a 6-pin on her fill ball ... 299! Have you ever heard of anything close to this? Picture courtesy of Talita Kadri.

Then it was Marizete Scheer's turn. The bowling instructor from Belo Horizonte set three national records for 6 and 24 games individual and 6 games doubles. The "little giant" as the Brazilian bowling website called her, fired games of 254, 255, 203, 258, 246 and 253 for six-game total of 1469 and an average of 244,83. Scheer broke the previous record (1370) by 99 pins! The series helped her to break also the women's doubles record for six team games. Scheer and partner Janice Couto finsihed with 2596 (216,33), 110 pins better than the previous mark of 2486. With her 24-game total of 5267 (219,46), Scheer re-broke her own national record set in August by just two pins. Picture courtesy of Alberto Wolk.

Celso Barata (photo) was the first to roll a perfect game in the tournament. Happy end for Mr. Medina. One day after his 299 he fired twelve strikes in a row in his 23rd game of the event for perfecto No. 2. Renato Castelloes set a new Brazilian record for the men's 24-game total with 5562 (231,75 average). Scheer, Castelloes and Barata are all left-handers. Picture courtesy of Alberto Wolk.

Of course there were also winners crowned in the "2nd Fernando Rezende Morumbi " Brazilian National Cup. Luiza Rocha and Marilza Yasuoka defeated Marizette Scheer and Janice Couto 367-362 to win the women's title. Marcio Vieira and Celso Feltrin had to defeated tournament leaders Caco Cruz and Renato Castelloes twice to win the men's title. And that was exactly what they did.... 426-421 and 472-434. Men's championship round: First match: Marcio Vieira/Celso Feltrin def. Igor Pizzoli/Caio Pizzoli, 400-369 Championship match: Vieira/Feltrin def. Caco Cruz/Renato Castelloes, 426-421 and in the decisive match Vieira/Feltrin def. Cruz/Castelloes 472-434. Women's championship round: First match: Janice Couto/Marizete Scheer def. Sarah Guterman/Marina Suartz, 367-362 2. Luiza Rocha/Marilza Yasuoka def Couto/Scheer, 430-417.