AUGUST 19, 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 JILLIAN MARTIN MAKES HISTORY WITH WIN AT 2021 PWBA BOWLTV CLASSIC ARLINGTON, Texas Martin, who celebrated - Junior Team USA mem- her birthday on July 25, ber Jillian Martin of Stow, bested the 35-year-old mark Ohio, made history Tues- set by PWBA and United day night by becoming the States Bowling Congress youngest bowler to win Hall of Famer Wendy a Professional Women’s Macpherson, when she Bowling Association Tour won the 1986 U.S. Wom- event. en’s Open as an 18-year-old The 17-year-old phe- high school senior. nom defeated England’s “I was very nervous go- Verity Crawley in the title ing into that match, but I match of the 2021 PWBA reminded myself how spe- BowlTV Classic, 221-188, cial it was to have an op- to claim the $10,000 top portunity to win a tourna- prize and a place in the ment against the best ladies bowling record book. in the world,” Martin said. The BowlTV Classic “I wanted to make the most was held at the Interna- of it and have some fun. tional Training and Re- I kept telling myself that search Center as part of the the whole match. I made four-event PWBA Sum- a couple bad shots, but it mer Classic Series, and all was incredible to have that rounds of competition were opportunity and be able to Jillian Martin broadcast live on BowlTV. continued on page 2 Bowling Photographer DARREN TANG WINS PBA BOWLERSTORE.COM Dudley Peebles CLASSIC FOR FIRST PBA TOUR TITLE Takes over first place in the PBA Summer Tour points race 1926-2021 by Jef Goodger by Mary Lynly and Dudley’s Daughter Candace Coldwater, Ohio—Dar- games in the notoriously Tang’s best previous fin- fourth in Coldwater, is still A photographer for the ren Tang won his first Guar- difficult bowling center, to ish was second, a feat he third. EJ Tackett, the Sum- WIBC (Women’s Interna- anteed Rate PBA Tour title earn the top seed for the accomplished three times. mer Tour points leader en- tional Bowling Congress), by defeating Kyle Troup, stepladder finals. His most recent runner- tering the event, finished California WBA and more 254-174, in the champi- Troup qualified second up finish came as the top 27th to drop to fourth. for many years, Dudley onship match of the PBA and eliminated Anthony seed in the 2020 PBA Hall The 10 best players on Peebles provided a picto- Bowlerstore.com Classic Simonsen in the semifinal of Fame Classic, losing to the PBA Summer Tour will rial record for thousands of presented by Moxy’s Xtra match to reach the cham- Tommy Jones, who rolled a receive a portion of the bowlers at tournaments and Pair at Pla-Mor Lanes. The pionship. Had Troup been perfect game. $40,000 bonus prize fund, annual meetings. In later win also moved Tang into able to win, he would’ve With the win in Coldwa- with the top performer years it seemed like a slam Dudley Peebles the lead in the PBA Sum- become the first player in ter, Tang moved from 11th earning $20,000. dunk, organized, setups Dudley and his wife Con- mer Tour points race with PBA Tour history to break to first in the PBA Sum- The final event of the were always tasteful – on nie did all the prep work one event left to play. the half million dollar mark mer Tour points race, now PBA Summer Tour begins the lanes or off the lanes and oversaw the film de- Tang led the Bowler- in single-season earnings. holding a 65-point advan- Saturday with qualifying capturing honorees. veloping, sorting and ad- store.com Classic after ev- Instead, Troup now sits tage over Simonsen, who for the PBA Chesapeake It wasn’t always this dressing pictures to mail to ery round of competition, $3,100 short with one event remains second. Shawn Open in Chesapeake, Va. way. In the early years, continued on page 5 averaging 217.53 over 17 left on the PBA Summer Tour. Maldonado, who finished continued on page 5 PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM August 19, 2021 PWBA continued from page 2 find success at the highest level.” The loss was Crawley’s second runner-up finish of the Summer Classic Series, and sixth since joining the PWBA in 2017, but she did break through for her first PWBA Tour title at the 2021 Greater Nashville Open in June. She started Tuesday’s title tilt with a pair of strikes, before back-to-back washouts in the third and fourth frames left her in a hole she could not climb out of. In the championship match of the PWBA International Bowling Campus Classic on Saturday, she fell to Jen Higgins of Lewis Center, Ohio, 252-155. Though Crawley won’t leave Arlington with a trophy, she did make her way into the race for PWBA Player of the Year. She’s now second on the 2021 PWBA points list behind Julia Bond of Aurora, Illinois, who has won two titles this year. “It has been a phenomenal few weeks,” said Crawley, a 27-year-old right-hander who was the only bowler to make 13th LAUGHLIN the cut in all three Summer Classic Series events. “If you would’ve told me coming into this that it would turn out BLAST! this way, I 100% would’ve walked away completely satis- Senior No–Tap Doubles Handicap Event fied with those finishes. I’m very proud of myself and how I competed each event and how I stayed mentally strong.” SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 Contact & Information: After sparing a 10 pin in her first frame back under Joyce Dalton–Jensen (619) 251–9660 the BowlTV lights, Martin struck in six of her next seven www.Laughlinblast.com frames to put the match out of reach. Not only did Martin help herself to the brink of history Monday and Tuesday, she also set herself up for a chance at redemption. LOUSY BOWLER At the 2021 PWBA Kickoff Classic Series in Janu- ary, Martin found herself in a similar position, when she earned a meeting with Bryanna Coté in the title match of the PWBA ITRC Classic. Unfortunately, it wasn’t Martin’s TOURNAMENT! time, and Coté won the game, 244-238. Entry Fee $20 Per Bowler & Receive A FREE LOUSY BOWLER T–SHIRT “I made good shots last time against Bryanna and bowled the best game I could to give myself a chance, and while it was a hard loss, I learned from it and wanted to come back from it,” Martin said. “I knew I’d be back out here competing SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 at some point in time, but I didn’t know it would be this soon. I figured that whenever that time came, I’d try to be the 3 Divisions: 176 & above / 175–136 /135 & above best I could be and take advantage of the opportunity.” It was Martin’s performance at that event, and the PWBA Kickoff Classic Series it was a part of, that earned her a special exemption into the Summer Classic Series from USBC and the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America. Along with the second-place effort against Coté, Martin added third- and eighth-place finishes at the Kickoff Classic Series, plus a 299 game. BOOK SWEEPERS/GROUP RESERVATIONS/BIRTHDAYS/CORPORATE PARTIES Returning to the lanes this week, knowing she had previous success at the ITRC, allowed Martin to be comfortable and confident from the start of the Summer Classic Series. She posted the highest average (212) and turned in an event- 1.888.590.2695 best 20-4 record over three rounds of match play on the 41-foot oil pattern at the BowlTV Classic to lead the field by RiversideResort.com more than 200 pins and earn the top seed for Tuesday’s stepladder. She had a high game of 244 and low game of 166, and it was her consistency over the two days that left her just one win away from becoming the answer to a trivia question. RiversideLanes.July10.BowlingNews.indd 1 7/7/21 10:31 AM “I had a good look on the pattern and felt I was able to play to my strengths,” said Martin, who’s latest visit to the ITRC also included a 13th-place finish at the PWBA Go Bowling Classic and a 22nd-place effort at the IBC Classic. “My shot making this tournament was absolutely incredible. The two tournaments before, I just felt a click off, but I felt WANTED so close. I put it all together for this last tournament and was able get it done, so that was incredible.” Crawley earned the opportunity to meet Martin by defeating Coté in Tuesday’s semifinal match, 208-182. Nine clean Looking for Energetic, Committed frames from Crawley after a first-frame 7-10 split, including three consecutive strikes as the game reached its midpoint, and Responsible Employees proved to be enough to hold off the two-time PWBA Tour winner, who left a pair of splits along the way. in Southern California Coté made her way to the semifinal with an eight-strike, 233-194, win over Germany’s Birgit Noreiks. A split and a washout from Coté in the fifth and sixth frames, respectively, had four strikes on either side, while Noreiks did not throw Mechanics a double until her final frame.