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VOLUME 47 * NUMBER 2 NOVEMBER 2014 COVERING THE WORLD OF BOWLING In This Issue WSOB Notes Page 3 PWBA Tour Page 6 World Cup Page 6 South Point Bowling Plaza Page 7 Veteran’s Day Story Page 27 Dick Weber Sportsmanship Award Page 27 YBT Page 28-29 E.A. Junior Fall Classic Page 30-31 bowlingworld.com NOVEMBER 2014 - www.bowlingworld.com 1 2 www.bowlingworld.com - NOVEMBER 2014 bowlingworld.com TOURNAMENTS R F S U WSOB Notebook III: World 13 WOMEN IN THE WORLD Series Scoring Paces Stays SERIES FIELD 4thstreetbowl.com Within Historic Highs & Lows WSOB VI includes a field of 13 women, including eight qualifi- abta1.com By Bill Vint ers from the new PBA Women’s Regional program and five who belmateobowl.com entered the event independently. The Women’s Regional quali- The scoring pace for the traditional PBA “animal pattern” fiers include Kristina Wendell (East Region); Christina Har- bowl.com tournaments and the PBA World Championship during dee (South); Liz Johnson (Central); Amanda GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI has remained bowlgoldcountrylanes.com Greene (Midwest); Clara Guerrero (Southwest), Missy within historic average highs and lows for the four previ- bowlgenesis.com ous World Series held at South Point Bowling Center. Parkin (West), Lindsay Boomershine (Northwest) and Yuka Here’s a summary of scoring averages over the years: Tsuchiya (Japan). calbowlingwriters.com Cheetah Championship: No. 1 qualifiers have aver- Women who entered independently are 2010 PBA Tournament californiaproshop.com aged between a high of 254.28 and a low of 251.66. The of Champions winner Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.; Yumi Oyobe, 2014 high qualifier (Dick Allen of Columbia, S.C.) aver- calusbc.com Japan; Natalia Rico, Colombia; Colombia’s Maria Rodriquez, aged 252.71 for seven games. The average range to Pflugerville, Texas; and Latvia’s Diana Zavjalova, Henderson, classicbowling.com qualify 24th over the span of years has been a high of Nev. 240.25 and a low of 234.83. This year, the average for It’s a pretty prominent group of women bowlers. Johnson quali- cloverleafbowl.com 24th place was 237.71. fied fourth for the Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Viper Championship: No. 1 qualifier range has been doubledeckerlanes.com Bowling Challenge Mobile Game TV finals, which will make her from a high of 254.87 to a low of 234.12. This year’s top earlanthonysdublinbowl.com qualifier (B.J. Moore III of Apex, N.C.) averaged 234.57. the first woman ever to appear in a PBA Tour nationally- The 24th place average range has been between a high televised event twice. Kulick and Guerrero (2013 Cheetah gobowlreno.com of 228.87 and a low of 217.75 (this year: 221.57). Championship) also have bowled in PBA Tour national tele- granadabowl.com Chameleon Championship: No. 1 qualifier range has casts. Those three along with Parkin and Tsuchiya own PBA been from a high of 246.85 to a low of 234.08. This year’s Regional titles. Rodriguez and Zavjalova are 2014 and 2013 hammerpins.net top qualifier (D.J. Archer of Friendswood, Texas) aver- USBC Queens champions, respectively. aged 242.29. The 24th place average range has been high-roller.com Also, Guerrero and Parkin finished one-two in the PBA between a high of 227.00 and a low of 218.33 (this year: Women’s Regional qualifying event and will face each other in mangotours.com 222.43) the PBA Challenge finals on Sunday. The telecast will air on Scorpion Championship: No. 1 qualifier range has mchenrybowl.com ESPN on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. ET. And Kulick, Johnson been from a high of 243.14 to a low of 221.08. This year’s modestousbc.com top qualifier (B.J. Moore III) averaged 241. The 24th and Sweden’s Sandra Andersson, who didn’t compete in the place average range has been between a high of 226.87 World Series, will bowl for the World Bowling Tour Women’s morganhillbowl.com Finals title on Sunday. The WBT Finals, presented by PBA, will and a low of 221.08 (this year: 224). nugenerationlanes.com PBA World Championship (composite averages of air on ESPN on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. ET. all four animal patterns): No. 1 qualifier range has been offthesheetproshop.com from a high of 243.03 to a low of 226.76. This year’s top pacificbowl.com qualifier (defending champion Dom Barrett) averaged 229.64 vs. the 236.67 he averaged as top qualifier a year paddockbowl.com earlier. The 24th place average range has been between pba.com a high of 225.78 and a low of 219.50 (this year: 221.85) TEAM OF PBA ALL-STARS 93 Different Players Cash Wn World Series VI. presidiobowl.com TO REPRESENT TEAM USA During WSOB VI, 93 different players in the sold-out shirts4bowling.com field of 240 cashed in one of the four animal pattern IN WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS events or the PBA World championship. That’s just shy of skatebowl.com By Bill Vint 39% compared to 2013 when 83 players (almost 35 per- southpointcasino.com cent) earned checks. Including the special PBA Chal- An all-star team of PBA stars will represent the United States lenge events (PBA Regional, PBA50 Tour and PBA in the World Men’s Bowling Championships Dec. 6-14 at Zayed stationcasinoslanes.com Women’s Regional), 103 different players cashed. Sports City in UAE. Players selected by Team USA head stevecooksfiresidelanes.com Australia’s Jason Belmonte is the only player to cash in coach Rod Ross and staff are Chris Barnes, Double Oak, all five World Series VI events, despite not making any stormbowling.com Texas; Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas; Tommy Jones, Simp- PBA Tour television shows. Ronnie Russell of Marion, thealbanybowl.com Ind., is the leader in television finals, qualifying second in sonville, S.C.; Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash.; Bill O’Neill, the Viper and Chameleon Championships, and third in tymetobowl.com Langhorne, Pa., and Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill. the PBA World Championship. valleycenterbowl.com Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., qualified for the Chame- The World Bowling men’s championships, held every fourth leon Championship finals, trying Belmonte for most year, will include teams from 52 countries bowling for singles, westlanebowl.com WSOB career TV appearances (14). Rash and Mike Fa- doubles, trios, five-player team, all-events and Masters medals. westvalleybowl.com gan of Fort Worth, Texas (World Championship) are the only players who have made a TV appearance in all six A number of PBA International members also will compete, yosemitelanes.com World Series. Players making their first ESPN television representing their home countries. The U.S. led the last Men’s debuts will be Anthony Pepe of Elmhurst, N.Y. World Championships medal harvest, winning three gold, two (Cheetah),Connor Pickford of Charlotte, N.C. (Viper) silver and three bronze medals. and J.R. Raymond of Bay City, Mich. (Chameleon). NOVEMBER 2014 - www.bowlingworld.com 3 Features: Peninsula ..................................................... 10 BOWLING WORLD Tournament .............................................................3 (Bel-Mateo Bowl) PWBA ......................................................................6 World Cup Titles ......................................................6 Monterey Bay Area ..................................... 12 Volume 47, Issue 2, November 2014 South Point Bowling Plaza .......................................7 (Monterey Lanes, Valley Center Bowl) Phone Card .............................................................7 Publisher Donna Hazel Alameda County .................................... 13-14 International Bowling Museum .................................8 Founder Red Pfeiffer Helen Duval ............................................................8 (Albany Bowl, Granada Bowl, E.A. Dublin Bowl, Gene’s Pro Shop) Idle Bowling Thoughts ..........................................8 Assisting Staff Joyce Terrell Corporate Approach.................................................9 Stockton/Tracy ............................... 15, 18-19 WSOB ................................................................... 10 (Pacific Avenue Bowl, West Lane Bowl, Graphic Designer GE AFN & PBA ............................................................ 11 West Valley Family Bowl) PBA Regional Schedule ........................................ 11 Santa Clara…………………. .................. 20-21 Staff Writers Ask Bowl ................................................................ 12 (4th Street Bowl, Morgan Hill Bowl, Marty Deh .............................................................. 12 Homestead Lanes) Helen Duval Chuck Pezzano Turkey Bowling ...................................................... 19 Diablo ........................................................... 22 USBC Hall of Fame ............................................... 20 (Paddock Bowl) Veteran’s Day Story .............................................. 27 San Francisco ............................................. 23 Contributing Writers 2014 Dick Weber Sportsmanship Award ........................ 27 (Classic Bowling Center, Mary Lynly Brian Lim Erin Vosburgh Services: Presidio Bowling Center, Yerba Buena) Jim Goodwin Fred Eisenhammer Robert Silk Albany Bowl ............................................................2 Tulare/ Modesto .......................................... 24 Bowling World’s Advertiser’s Links .........................3 (McHenry Bowl, Yosemite Lanes) Chuck Holland Bob Korth Joe Dailey South Point .............................................................5 Sonoma Country ......................................... 25 Terry Bigham Bill Vint Correen Edgerly (Double Decker Lanes)