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MARCH 28, 2019 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, Downey,O CAWLING 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Jason Belmonte Wins PBA World Championship for Record 11th Major Australian two-hander beats Jakob Butturff 236-227 in title match for 21st career tour win ALLEN PARK, MI – season’s third major, was Simonsen in the title match 21st career tour title. “To Australia’s Jason Belmonte the pinnacle event of the of that tournament. break a record held by two successfully defended his multi-event PBA World Se- Having been top quali- of the greatest players of PBA World Champion- ries of Bowling X at Thun- fier for the finals of the all time is just something ship title Thursday for a derbowl Lanes. Tournament of Champions, I never thought was pos- record 11th PBA major In his 11th season on Players Championship and sible when I first started crown, continuing to set tour, Belmonte broke a tie the World Championship, on tour more than 10 years new benchmarks of perfor- with PBA Hall of Famers Belmonte also set a new ago. I’m proof that you can mance for the PBA Tour’s Earl Anthony and Pete We- mark for earning the top achieve your dreams.” most prestigious and chal- ber for most major titles, qualifier position for the Belmonte got off to a lenging tournaments. after winning his 10th ma- finals in three consecutive fast start in the title match The 35-year-old two- jor in the PBA Tournament major tournaments in a sea- with strikes in the first three hander defeated Jakob of Champions in February. son. frames, while Butturff, Butturff of Tempe, Ariz., He had a chance to win his “I’m so overwhelmed trying for his first major 236-227, in the title match 11th major in the Players right now that if I could and sixth career tour title, of the stepladder finals Championship a week after express how I feel I don’t struggled until striking in televised live by FS1. The the Tournament of Cham- know if anyone could un- the third frame. Butturff World Championship, the pions but was defeated by derstand me,” said Bel- ran into trouble again in the Jason Belmonte Go Bowling! PBA Tour fellow two-hander Anthony monte, who also won his continued on page 6 Jason Belmonte Wins PBA Chameleon Kris Prather Wins PBA Scorpion Championship for 20th Career Title Championship for First Career Title 236-194 title match win over Andres Gomez makes Belmonte season’s third two-time winner Prather beats BJ Moore 200-190 in title match of third animal pattern event of WSOB X ALLEN PARK, MI – ALLEN PARK, MI – Four-time PBA Player of With seven career top-five the Year Jason Belmonte finishes over the past two of Australia won the PBA seasons without a win, Kris Chameleon Championship Prather of Plainfield, Ill., Tuesday for his 20th career finally made it to the win- Go Bowling! PBA Tour ti- ner’s circle Wednesday by tle and to become the third winning the PBA Scorpion two-time winner this sea- Championship for his first son. career Go Bowling! PBA The 35-year-old two- Tour title. hander from Australia The 27-year-old Prather defeated three-time tour defeated stepladder finals winner and Chameleon top qualifier BJ Moore of Championship finals top Greensburg, Pa., 200-190, continued on page 4 Jason Belmonte continued on page 6 Kris Prather ‘The World’ Beats USA in PBA World Series of Bowling X USA vs. The World Team Challenge ALLEN PARK, MI – Sam Cooley and Jason Bel- The five leading Interna- monte defeated the U.S. tional scorers from PBA team of Bill O’Neill, Kyle World Series of Bowling Sherman, Tom Daugherty, X qualifying beat the five Anthony Simonsen and EJ highest U.S. scorers to win Tackett, to end the U.S.’s the USA vs. The World two-year reign as champion team competition, 2-0, in of the non-title WSOB “all- a best-of-three Baker team star” event. format finals to conclude a The U.S. team, cap- historic week of PBA com- tained by PBA Hall of petition on FS1 at Thunder- Famer Marshall Holman, bowl Lanes in Suburban jumped out to the lead in Detroit. the first game of the sec- The World team, made ond match 184-176 but up of Pontus Andersson The World team, captained (Sweden), Andres Gomez by Hall of Famer Amleto (Colombia), Dom Barrett Monacelli, came back to (England) and Australians continued on page 8 Jason Belmonte, Sam Cooley, Dom Barrett, Pontus Andersson & Andres Gomez PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM MARCH 28, 2019 It's "Bowling Tyme" The California Adult Championships Are Starting Sunday, Apr. 14th by Frank Weiler OROVILLE – Come March 29 hundreds of California 12:00PM (Check-In 11:00AM) Open to Men, bowlers, "THE BEST BOWLERS IN THE WORLD", will converge on the city of Oroville to compete in this Women & Seniors season's Adult California State Championships. $100 Entry Fee Gals and guys let's see what you got! 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Inglewood Ave., Hawthorne, CA 90250 8210 Mira Mesa Blvd. / San Diego, CA 92126 Mon - Thurs 1:30pm - 7pm (858) 578-0500 Fri Noon - 7pm • Sat Noon - 7pm • Sun Noon - 5pm (310) 675-3333 Phil & Phyl Knoll Proprietors Monday through Thursday 7:30pm-Close $15 including shoe rental! MARCH 28, 2019 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 3 PAGE 4 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM MARCH 28, 2019 COME OUT TO BOWL THE BILL RHODMAN CLASSIC! Chameleon continued from page 1 Guaranteed Prize Funds in 3 divisions (CLASSIC MEN, WOMEN AND SENIOR MEN) qualifier Andres Gomez of Colombia 236-194 in the sec- ond event of PBA World Series of Bowling X at Thunder- Walk-ins Available bowl Lanes which was televised live by FS1. Belmonte threw seven strikes in the match and didn’t throw a shot worse than nine on the first ball to maintain a comfortable lead over Gomez throughout the match. “What you find is that making a good shot to get to the pocket really isn’t the issue, it’s how the ball goes through the pins once it gets there,” said Belmonte, who won his 18th career title in the 2018 PBA Tour Finals at Thunder- bowl Lanes. “When you leave a single pin, it puts you in an odd position of deciding how much of a change you should make to carry those single pins because you’re basically making good shots. But, on the other hand, you don’t want to leave those single pins all day.” By winning the Chameleon Championship Belmonte joined PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke and Dick Allen as two-time winners this season. He also joined Hall of Fam- ers Amleto Monacelli, Dick Ritger and Wayne Webb in the 20 career win club. Belmonte won the PBA Tournament of Champions in February for his 19th career title and to tie Hall of Famers Pete Weber and Earl Anthony for most major titles with 10. “It’s a crazy big number I never thought I would reach,” Belmonte said. “I’m just enjoying the moment and then moving forward to the next tournament. I’ll celebrate a lit- tle tonight and then focus on what I need to do tomorrow. “You don’t want to live in the past or the future because it will distract you from what you need to do now.” Bowling on the PBA 39-foot Chameleon lane condi- tion, the finals opened with a seeding round that deter- mined the qualifying order for three stepladder matches.
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