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Australia's Jason Belmonte Wins Pba Oklahoma Open for 10Th Career Title July 3, 2014 BOWLING NEWS Page 1 California Thursday July 3, 2014 P.O.B Box 4160, Downey,owling CA 90241 • Online: www.californiabowlingnews.com • Email: [email protected] n ews• Office: (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 australia’s Jason belmonte wins Pba Oklahoma Open for 10th career Title Two-handed star tops No. 1 qualifier E.J. Tackett for title on demanding bear lane condition SHAWNEE, OK – Aus- Masters when he also defeated 10 of the first 23 PBA events had a mathematical chance tralia’s Jason Belmonte won Tackett for that title. held between 1959 and 1962. and I never gave up.” four straight matches on a de- The finals of the fourth of The Australian two-handed Belmonte began his march manding Bear lane condition, five Oklahoma’s Grand Casino star’s climb to the Oklahoma to the title with a 187-171 de- including a 193-145 decision Resort PBA Summer Swing Open title – his third of the cision over Tommy Jones of over top qualifier E.J. Tackett events, contested on the flat 2014 season – was even more Simpsonville, S.C., throwing of Huntington, Ind., in the title 40-foot Bear lane condition. impressive considering he was three strikes in the 10th frame match to win his 10th career ti- The finals aired Tuesday on in seventh place going into after failing to convert the 3-4- tle in the Professional Bowlers CBS Sports Network. Tackett, the final game of match play 6-7-10 split in the ninth frame Association Oklahoma Open as the leading qualifier, earned at FireLake Bowling Center to clinch the win. Jones threw at the Grand Casino Resort the right to select the lane earlier in the week, and threw strikes on four of his five shots Event Center. condition for the finals and he a 256 game to move up two on the left lane, but his failure In a competition that mir- opted for the demanding U.S. places and qualify for the CBS to strike on the right lane cost rored the United States Bowl- Open-style oiling pattern. Sports Network finals. him a chance to win. ing Congress Masters held The difficulty of the scor- “The one thing I really After struggling on the earlier in the year, the reigning ing conditions resulted in the pride myself on is I don’t care right lane throughout the sec- PBA Player of the Year came first PBA Tour finals in history Swing special event, reached how bad I’m bowling or how ond match, Belmonte threw into the Oklahoma Open fi- without a 200 game. the 10 career titles milestone low I’m scoring, every time two clutch strikes in the 10th nals as the No. 5 qualifier and Belmonte, who won in only 80 PBA Tour events, I throw a ball it’s with every- frame to rally from a 25-pin won four consecutive matches $18,000 and a berth in the end- the second-fastest in PBA his- thing I’ve got,” Belmonte said. deficit and eliminate Bill for the victory. Belmonte also of-series Oklahoma’s Grand tory behind legendary hall of “That’s what you have to do O’Neill of Langhorne, Pa., went from fifth to first in the Casino Resort King of the famer Dick Weber. Weber won on the PBA Tour. I knew I still continued on page 7 abTa In LAS VEGas THIS Weekend south Point lanes-hotel-ca$ino is the host $7,000 Min. 1st Place up to $16,750 1st with bonuses LAS VEGAS — The and join the ABTA. ABTA will hold it’s JULY Entry Fees for the “Big Open Event at the beautiful Paying Event” are reasonable South Point July 3-4-5-6 with with the First Entry at $95 Pre- Sunday afternoon Finals. First paid and $100 Onsite. Re-En- Place Guarantee of $7,000 up tries are $93-$84 and all oth- to $16,750 First Place can be ers only $75. Reduced Entries won with the Bonuses and will receive $2,000 1st place + Cash-N-Carry Options. Bonuses and 60 % of all other (NEEDING A ROOM? prize funds. 1st Entry $69, re- Call my cell, I will do my best entries are $59 and $54. to get you one / BOB.) There are qualifying squads New members up to 209 all four days and each day is a Average are welcome. Mem- separate qualifying board with bership will only be $10.00. 1 in 6-1/2 bowlers making the Seniors Men 55+ and Ladies board daily. Pba Introduces New women’s 49+ receive free Membership First place in this event is in the ABTA. Averages must guaranteed at $7,000 mini- regional Tournament Program be completely verified to enter continued on page 4 six Pba regional programs to offer three events; Bowling news series to conclude at Pba world series of bowling VI Honor Roll Name Score Date Center SEATTLE – The Profes- of affordable, close-to-home program was suspended after jonatHAN HUEZO 811 06-22-14 del RIO LANES sional Bowlers Association has tournament structure that has three seasons, but we have al- david DOI 300 06-23-14 oaK TREE LANES created a new PBA Women’s given thousands of male bowl- ways wanted to provide wom- MARQUISE RICHARDSON 300 06-23-14 el DORADO LANES JIM starKS 300 06-23-14 EMPIRE BOWL Regional Tour program that ers an opportunity to develop en with a place to compete. CURTIS covey 805 06-24-14 palM SPRINGS LANES will begin in July and culmi- their skills since the PBA in- This new program is a step ROCKY GONZALES 300 06-24-14 del ROSA LANES JOHN perry 812 06-24-14 arlington LANES nate at the PBA World Series troduced its regional program in that direction. Our sincere KRISTI taylor 790 06-24-14 vista entertainMENT of Bowling VI in Las Vegas 1969. hope is that it will evolve into JOE JIMENEZ 300 06-27-14 la HABRA “300” BOWL this fall, Commissioner Tom “Women bowlers have something more substantial in JUAN ELLISON JR. 844/300 06-29-14 canyon LANES Clark announced today. been without a formal tourna- the future.” ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS: The PBA Women’s Re- ment structure for too long,” The PBA has allowed wom- gional Tour will provide Clark said. “The PBA took en to bowl with and against bOwl aN hONOr scOrE ThIs wEEK & E-MaIl by TUEsday NOON women bowlers with oppor- steps to address that problem their male counterparts since YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER & YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT page tunities to compete against when we introduced the PBA 2004, and a number of wom- E-MAIL to: [email protected] other women in the same kind Women’s Series in 2007. The continued on page 7 MEN: 300 - 800 & 7-10’S WOMEN: 298,299,300, 700+ & 7-10’S Have a safe & sane 4tH - We need you! EVENT OR CLUB DAY DATE BOWLING CENTER Monthly No-Tap abta THUR-sun july 3-6 SOUTH POINT Sunday July 13 at 1pm (check in noon) Monthly No-Tap Tournament • Entry Fee $20 per person (sidepots included) BREAKFAST CLUB NO-tap Friday july 4 ??? la HABRA “300” BOWL Optional 3-6-9 - 179 & Under $120 - 180 & Over $100 • Mystery Game is $500 BREAKFAST CLUB NO-tap Monday July 7 LA HABRA “300” BOWL 6 Gamer - $300.00 1st Place NO-tap singles sunday july 6 Keystone LANES check-in SUNDAY, July 13 at 5PM 4:00 • Entry Fee: $50 TEAM NO-tap saturday july 5 BARSTOW BOWL OPTIONAL - Sidepots $6 - Blocks $4 • Call Jon at (949)770-0055 for more info. Oil Pattern Used “Tokyo & Kegal Broadway” WOOD LANE SUMMER CLASSIC FRI-sat-sun now THRU SEPT 21 barstow BOWL Page 2 BOWLING NEWS July 3, 2014 The Modernization Of bowling TEAM NO-TAP by Andrea Gage-Werren, La Habra 300 Bowl LA HABRA — Bowling in 2014 is a very different game than it was thirty years ago. Reminiscing back to the early 1980’s when TOURNAMENT I was a bowler in the junior program here at La Habra 300 Bowl, the building always had a heavy cloud of cigarette smoke lingering about. The adult and senior leagues thrived with fierce competition and several glasses of scotch. Nowadays, the cigarette smoke has SATURDAY JULY 5TH disappeared along with many of the bowlers. $100 A TEAM 4 PEOPLE PER TEAM So what has changed? The opinion is vastly different depending on who you ask. Scott Kraye, former PBA bowler and current pro-shop owner, feels that the equipment is what has changed the game so drastically. He quotes Steve Cooper, inventor of the reac- Check in at 5pm - Bowl at 6pm tive resin ball. “I believed that I helped the bowler, but hurt the game.” Steve’s invention has definitely transformed the sport with his invention of the X-Calibur bowling ball in 1990. He believed that his creation made the sport so easy that it eliminated the competi- Cash Prizes tion. Strike it Rich - Raes - Lotto Hat Handicap 80% of 220 This prompted me to interview one of the most legendary competitors in the sport of bowling, Glenn Allison. You know him as the man who first bowled a perfect 900 series back in 1982, while using a plastic Columbia ball and on wood lanes. While he agrees with Scott and Steve’s opinions, he has a different philosophy on what has changed bowling. “It’s the lack of the commitment by the The 1st Annual bowlers.
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