10Th Anniversary PBA World Series of Bowling
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DECEMBER 6, 2018 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,O CAWLING 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 10th Anniversary PBA World Series of Bowling to Return to its Original Home in Suburban Detroit Five consecutive nights of national television coverage on FS1 set for March 2019 Malaysia's Ismail ALLEN PARK – The 10th anniversary Profes- sional Bowlers Asso- ciation World Series of Wins Singles Gold Bowling will return to its HONG KONG – Malay- China Athletic Association original home at Thunder- sia’s Rafiq Ismail, a finalist Bowling Centre in Hong bowl Lanes in suburban for the PBA Rookie of the Kong. Detroit in March where it Year award in 2018, won In a tense semifinal will write a new chapter the gold medal in singles match, Ismail took down in bowling history with Saturday at the 2018 World No. 2 seed Kyle Troup of five consecutive nights of Bowling Men’s Champion- the United States, 171-170, prime-time national televi- ships. and threw a clutch strike to sion coverage on FS1. The left-hander entered open the final frame to help PBA’s World Series of the singles medal round as him advance. Bowling, created in 2009 the No. 3 seed and defeated In the first semifinal, as a multi-event series of The five consecutive Championships plus the Series, based upon their No. 4 seed Dan MacLel- MacLelland eliminated top tournaments, has grown nights of prime-time cov- 2019 PBA World Champi- composite WSOB earn- land of Canada, 217-204 seed Andrew Anderson of into the most important in- erage is a first in bowling onship which will include ings between 2015-17, plus to take the title at the South the United States, 256-170. ternational event in bowl- history, and an important an elite field of players any PBA Tour title winner ing, annually attracting the segment in the PBA’s 60th based upon their overall who has not qualified on most talented bowlers from consecutive year of nation- performances in the three the composite earnings list. around the world. And the al television coverage. All preliminary “animal pat- A pre-tournament qualifier Malaysia Wins 2019 WSOB X will con- five two-hour shows, part tern” events that will be will be held on March 10 at tinue the trend, concluding of the 2019 Go Bowling! contested on distinctly dif- Thunderbowl to allow other with an historic television PBA Tour season, will air ferent lane oiling patterns. PBA members to compete Doubles At Worlds package including four on FS1 at 8 p.m. EST from The PBA World Champi- for all remaining berths in HONG KONG – Malay- 196 and 2018 PBA Player consecutive nights of live the famous arena bay in- onship will be contested on the 135-player field. sia has long been a country of the Year Anderson only championship tournament side historic Thunderbowl the Earl Anthony 43 oiling Fans can pre-order that has been in the hunt managed 174. finals telecasts – Monday Lanes in Allen Park, Mich. pattern. Each event’s nu- tickets for the World Se- to win gold medals at past It was the second through Thursday, March WSOB X, which gets merical designation indi- ries by visiting PBA. World Bowling Men’s straight day the United 18, 19, 20 and 21 – plus a underway on March 10, cates the distance oil is ap- com (https://www.event- Championships but always States was left disappointed USA vs. The World team will include four champi- plied down the lane. brite.com/e/pba-world- seemed to come up a little after a medal round. During match featuring the World onship tournaments: the A total of 115 PBA series-of-bowling-x-tick- short. The lone exception Saturday’s singles medal Series’ top performers on PBA Cheetah 33, Chame- members will be invited ets-49606041004). was the gold medal Malay- round, Team USA finished Friday, March 22. leon 39 and Scorpion 42 to compete in the World continued on page 5 sia won in the 1979 trios with a pair of bronze med- event. Now, the Malaysians als with Anderson and Kyle have won two gold med- Troup losing their semifi- als in two days at the 2018 nal matches. In Sunday’s World Bowling Men’s doubles semifinals, Tackett Team USA Wins Trios Gold At Worlds Championships after cap- and Anderson put up a big HONG KONG – After turing the doubles event. game in defeating Korea’s two days of disappoint- Adrian Ang and Tun Ha- Park Jongwoo and Kim ing performances in medal kim defeated Team USA’s Kyungmin, 495-377. Tack- rounds, Team USA finally EJ Tackett and Andrew ett shot 259, while Ander- broke through Monday to Anderson, 433-370, in the son had 236. win its first gold medal of gold-medal match at the Malaysia’s Hakim fired the 2018 World Bowling South China Athletic As- 262 in the other semifinal, Men’s Championships. sociation Bowling Centre while Ang shot 196 to de- The United States three- in Hong Kong. The victory feat Canada’s Dan MacLel- some of Kyle Troup, EJ came a day after Rafiq Is- land and Francois Lavoie, Tackett and Andrew Ander- mail won the singles gold 458-412. It was the sec- son defeated Indonesia’s medal for Malaysia. ond medal of these World Billy Islam, Hardy Rach- Hakim fired a 228 game, Championships for Ma- madian and Ryan Lalisang, while Ang shot 205 in the cLelland, who earned the 632-551, to win the trios title bout, while Tackett had silver in singles. gold medal at the South China Athletic Association Bowling Centre in Hong E.J. Tackett, Kyle Troop and Andrew Anderson Kong. The trios victory was the 695-654. Tackett shot 245, 591 win over Sweden. Troup led the way for first in the event for Team Troup had 243 and Ander- Lalisang led the way for In- Team USA in the gold- USA since 2010 when Pat- son totaled 207. Korea was donesia with 235 and was medal match with 229, rick Allen, Rhino Page and led by Kim Kyungmin’s followed by Rachmadian while Tackett had 223 and Wes Malott won the event 243 game with Koo Seong- (216) and Islam (181). For Anderson shot 180. For In- in Munich, Germany. hoi shooting 212 and Park Sweden, Mattias Wetter- donesia, Lalisang had 189, In the semifinals, the Jongwoo 199. berg had 202, Jesper Svens- Islam shot 183 and Rach- United States put up a big Indonesia advanced in son shot 195 and Martin Adrian Ang and Tun Hakim madian had 179. score in defeating Korea, the semifinals with a 632- Larsen had 194. PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM DECEMBER 6, 2018 ORANGE COUNTY USBC Bowling Calendar by Bette Addington BVL TOURNAMENT December by Joy McGregor 7 – Vacaville Honda & VW West Coast Challenge Sweeper, 9pm, 807/330-7165 It's THAT time of year STRICTLY ADHERED 8 – Silver Foxes, 10:30am check-in; bowl at 12, KC Bowl, Hanford, 559/381-0356 again... 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