Slac Usbc Annual Meeting Set for June 19
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MAY 27, 2021 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,OWLING CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (626) 252-2985 Fax: (562) 807-2288 BOND.... JULIA BOND WINS FIRST MAJOR AT 2021 USBC QUEENS RENO, Nev. - Julia earned $10,000 for her run- Bond of Aurora, Illinois, ner-up finish. capped a dominating per- The finals of the 2021 formance this week at the Queens were broadcast on National Bowling Stadium BowlTV.com. by winning her first ma- “This feels great,” said jor championship Tuesday Bond, who won her first at the 2021 United States career national tour title in Bowling Congress Queens. January at the PWBA Hall The 25-year-old right- of Fame Classic. “It’s a hander went undefeated very validating feeling to through the double-elimi- see that I’m on the right nation bracket and recorded path, making good choices her second win of the 2021 and learning. That’s been Professional Women’s the goal since my rookie Bowling Association Tour season, and this win is very season by defeating 2011 special.” USBC Queens champion Bond, who had to be de- Missy Parkin of Laguna feated twice as the top seed Hills, California, in the title for the stepladder finals in match, 238-154. the true double-elimination Bond claimed the cov- format, quickly took the eted tiara and the $20,000 lead in the title match, with first-place prize. Parkin continued on page 7 2021 Queens Champion Julia Bond Put Some Swag in Your Bag! SLAC USBC ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR JUNE 19 With only days (June Grinder V2 core but now is Southern LA County tending the meeting must vote on the potential merg- should yield increased ef- 1st) until the Swag line of using its USY 1 pearl cov- USBC members are in- RSVP online at slacusbc. er with North LA County ficiency and monetary sav- Bowling Balls become an erstock that debuted on the vited to attend our Annual com by JUNE 9. USBC. ings while maintaining a officially registered prod- Dynamite. The Joker Wild Meeting on SATURDAY, If you are not currently NLAC USBC held their consistent level of service uct on the PBA/PBA50 comes out of the box at JUNE 19 at 2pm (check-in bowling in a USBC cer- Annual Meeting on May 15 for our bowlers. tour, their parent company 4000 grit sanded. at 1:45pm). Your voice and tified league and need a and they voted 100% for The consolidation will California Bowling contin- If you are interested in vote is extremely important USBC card in order to at- the merge. Information re- also allow for the elimi- ues to grow strong interest, seeing this and any of the and we encourage you to tend this meeting, we can garding the proposed merg- nation of transfer fees for and sales have backed that Swag balls in action, you attend. offer a basic card for $12 er can be found at slacusbc. those that bowl in league up. can check out the Swag Your input helps to (adults). Youth can pur- com. or tournaments within both First with the recently Bowling Facebook page,or shape our organization and chase cards for $5 (meet- As we all know, the associations. We need to released Dynamite, now search Swag Bowling on helps us to grow our sport. ings and state tournament sport of bowling has been change and remain flex- Swag is about to release YouTube. This year’s meeting will only). This membership is negatively impacted greatly ible with the current times (June 2021) a peal version Check out the website at be virtual, and all attendees NOT applicable for a cer- (particularly in California) while increasing our mem- of their widely successful www.californiabowlingllc. must be current 2020-21 tified summer league. If because of the pandemic. bership and promoting this Joker line aptly named Jok- com to apply for a staff SLAC USBC members. interested, please email us With the loss of some cen- great sport. er Wild. The original Joker position, purchase any of Any youth attending must [email protected]. ters and bowlers, we want Email us at info@sla- was released in Septem- their equipment, or inquire be at least 14 years of age. The main topic for the to reduce operational ex- cusbc.com if you have any ber 2018, This symmetri- on how to get product into Anyone interested in at- meeting is to discuss and penses and a consolidation questions. cal ball keeps it’s original your pro shop. PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM May 27, 2021 CBS Green Lights Tom Smallwood Comedy CBS announced this week it gave the green light to a series around the life and career of PBA player Tom Smallwood. by Lucas Wiseman In March, news came out that a CBS had or- dered a pilot for Small- wood, a comedy based on the life of PBA player ADULT/SENIOR Tom Smallwood. This week, CBS announced it VIP DOUBLES has given the green light TOURNAMENT the series. Locals and Walk-Ons Are Welcome! Smallwood is planned SATURDAY, JULY 10 for a mid-season release FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: with the date to be deter- JESSE DOTSON, JR. (909) 628-3966 OR mined. The multi-camera EMAIL: [email protected] comedy will star Pete Holmes as Smallwood. The show will revolve around Smallwood’s personal story of being laid off as a GM factory worker only to 12th LAUGHLIN chase his dreams as a professional bowler. BLAST Since making that decision, Smallwood has found success on the lanes, winning two major titles along Senior No–Tap Doubles the way. Handicap Event! SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 Smallwood’s story is an inspirational one and one that is well known within the bowling community. How- FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: ever, the opportunity to tell that story to a wider audience while at the same time promoting professional bowl- JOYCE DALTON–JENSEN (619) 251–9660 ing could prove positive for the sport. www.Laughlinblast.com Here’s how CBS described the comedy in a news release this week: It’s not easy to bowl a perfect game, but Tom Smallwood is certainly BOOK SWEEPERS/GROUP RESERVATIONS/BIRTHDAYS/CORPORATE PARTIES going to try. 1.888.590.2695 CBS has announced RiversideResort.com a brand new comedy set for a mid-season debut called Smallwood, based RiversideLanes.Mar20201.BowlingNews.inddESTABLISHED 1 1940 3/5/21 4:25 AM on professional bowler CALIFORNIA Tom Smallwood’s life. 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As I perused the pages, a thought came to me that I have quoted often in my life - “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” The phrase is most often credited to Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, an educator, writer and floriculturist from France that lived during the 19th century.