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JULY 20, 2017 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 1 JULY 20, 2017 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, OWLINGDowney, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Jason Belmonte Wins Best Bowler LOS ESPYANGELES – Aus- cial formoment categories Third that Consecutive Year tralia’s Jason Belmonte re- were determined by fan ceived his third consecutive voting on espn.com with Best Bowler ESPY Award the winners announced Wednesday evening during during ABC-TV’s live the 2017 ESPY Awards ESPY Awards telecast. ceremony at the Microsoft In 2017, Belmonte won Theater. the USBC Masters for a Belmonte, who now record fourth time and owns four ESPY awards, brought his PBA major win became the second player total to eight by winning to earn three consecutive the Barbasol PBA Players ESPYs joining PBA Hall Championship. of Famer Norm Duke who Since last summer he won three consecutively in also has compiled eight 2007, ’08 and ’09. other top-10 finishes in- Belmonte, a three-time cluding seventh in the 2017 PBA Player of the Year, FireLake PBA Tournament was among winners in a of Champions and fourth variety of sports and spe- continued on page 6 2017 Best Bowler Espy Winner Jason Belmonte Malaysia’s Sin Wins 2017 Final Weekend!! Pepsi PWBA Lincoln Open Youth State Championships GREEN BAY, Wis. – Malaysia’s Sin Li Jane was Center Filled with Youth Bowlers! the top seed for the steplad- by Tina Martin, California Bowling Writers der finals at two consecu- SAN RAFAEL — The Traveling from San- group bus that she and tive Professional Women’s final weekend of the 2017 ta Clarita with a group of Coach Giac Betri had or- Bowling Association tour- Youth State Champion- 40 bowlers (8 teams) and ganized. After bowling on naments, and the experi- ships was held July 15-16 families was Coach Mar- Saturday, the group hosted ences couldn’t have been at Country Club Bowl, San gie Ray. Margie has been a Dinner and pool party at more different. Rafael. The Center was coaching for over 32 years the hotel. They were back After a disappointing filled with youth bowlers, and has brought her San- at Country Club early Sun- loss to her own teammate parents, coaches and other ta Clarita group to State day morning to bowl Team in her first opportunity, the volunteers that were there each year. They started event before heading home. resilient right-hander confi- to support the youth bowl- from Santa Clarita via their continued on page 9 dently returned to the CBS ers. All the youth were Sports Network television ready to bowl some awe- set at The Ashwaubenon some scores. Youth bowl- Bowling Alley and opened ing 50+ pins over their the title match of the 2017 claim a PWBA Tour title. Wichita event, I knew I entering average receive an Pepsi PWBA Lincoln The win earned Sin had one more chance, and onsite award. It was anoth- Open with five consecutive $10,000 and a spot in the we started joking that since er warm weekend for bowl- strikes. season-ending Smithfield (Siti) was going to the Tour ing as temperatures outside Sin, 25, cruised to a 222- PWBA Tour Championship Championship, she’d prob- were at least 95-104 de- 186 victory over amateur in Richmond, Virginia, a ably need a roommate,” grees.Those scores and all Thashaina Seraus of Aruba 16-player invitation-only said Sin, who opened in the results may be found on in the final of the PWBA event that will include the the first three frames of the the California website on- Keystone Bowlers were greeted by Country Club Bowl’s Lincoln Open and joins her winners and top point-earn- PWBA Wichita Open ti- line at www.calusbc.com. General Manager Tahnee Martin this past weekend at teammate, Siti Rahman, in ers from the 2017 PWBA tle match against Rahman The youth were competing CUSBC youth Championships in San Rafael. (L-R) Rog- the record book as the sec- Tour season. and fell 221-170. “The loss for scholarships as in 2016, er Chavez, Tahnee Martin, Roger Chavez Jr., Angelica ond Malaysian player to “After I lost in the continued on page 4 $25,000 was awarded. Chavez, Maria Chavez and Juan Chavez. GOING TO LAS VEGAS FOR A TOURNAMENT ? 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RiversideLanes.July18.BowlingNews.indd 1 7/13/17 11:33 AM PAY WITH PAYPAL AND DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM AT CALUSBC.COM JULY 20, 2017 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 3 PAGE 4 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM JULY 20, 2017 SLAC USBC Senior Singles Tournament PWBA continued from page 1 2017 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM didn’t get me down, it made me come back even stronger. I looked forward to the second chance. I just had to remem- www.Southernlacountyusbc.com ber it was a different event and different lane condition.” TOURNAMENT DATES/TIMES: TOURNAMENT SITE: Champions will qualify to the Sin was dominant on her way to the No. 1 seed at the JULY 29, 2017 2018 USBC Senior PWBA Wichita Open but edged Seraus by just 32 pins to 12:00 PM Del Rio Lanes State Championships claim the top spot for the championship round in Lincoln 7502 E. Florence a week later. JULY 30, 2017 FORMAT: Downey Ca 90240 Overall, the six-player Malaysian contingent, support- 12:00 PM 6 GAMES total moving (562) 927-3602 ed by their country’s National Sports Council, had a suc- ADDITIONAL SQUADS IF NEEDED after each 3 game set. Prize money awarded on total cessful four-event stint on the PWBA Tour this year, tal- Make checks or money orders ENTRIES CLOSE: pins plus handicap. lying four TV appearances and two titles. They competed payable to: SLAC USBC. July 26, 2017 HANDICAP: 90% of 210 in the Wichita, Lincoln and Detroit events and finished the trip with all six players cashing at the 2017 Go Bowling ENTRY FEE BREAKDOWN (6 games): Fees are refundable ONLY when the Open to all SLAC USBC PWBA Players Championship. They’ll now spend time Prize Fund ........................... $15.50 Tournament Director is notified, in writing, within 15 days of the schedule notice mailing, members aged 50–up. Lineage ............................... $19.50 at home preparing for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, that the date and time assigned are not Expenses ............................ $15.00 acceptable, or in the case of an emergency, at Divisions are classified by age which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in August. TOTAL ENTRY .......... $50.00 the discretion of Tournament Director. AT TIME OF PARTICIPATION. “Winning here was a dream come true for me as some- thing I’ve thought about since I was very young,” Sin PREFERRED DATES/TIMES AVERAGE (Check one): said. “I heard a lot about the PWBA Tour, especially when (List four choices): Highest USBC 2016 certified Average, AGE CLASSIFICATION Shalin (Zulkifli) came to bowl, so it was something I hoped (min. of 21 games).