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VOLUME 48 ● #4 ● JANUARY 2016 COVERING THE WORLD OF BOWLING At age 59, Dale Gerhard of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, became the oldest bowler to roll a 900 series. He is the 28th person in history to accomplish the feat. Story Page 7 Classic Photo: David Bowie Bowling With Friends January 8, 1947, Brixton, London, United Kingdom Died: January 10, 2016, Manhattan, New York City, NY January 2016 - www.bowlingworld.com 1 2 www.bowlingworld.com - January 2016 bowlingworld.com TOURNAMENTS R F ABT Winter Nationals S U Don’t Miss Your Chance To Bowl At The Winter Nationals is in COMBO qualifying format. Early Bird package discounts ended on December 20th. Package offers are available until February 1st. Please pre-pay for at least 1 squad South Point Bowling Plaza! by February 10th to avoid the later registration fee of $25.00. 4thstreetbowl.com The 9-Tap Tour is kicking off its 2016 The 2016 Winter Nationals will be held February 25-28. abta1.com rd schedule of events on Saturday, January 23 There will NOT be a national event in Vegas in April. The Summer Na- belmateobowl.com in grand style at the new South Point Bowl- tionals will be July 21-24. This event will feature separate division qualify- bowl.com ing Plaza. If you'd like to bowl in Las Vegas’s ing through semi-finals for the Classic and Masters divisions. This event only bowling arena, then joining the 9-Tap will be another Ball tournament sponsored by our National Sponsor 900 bowlgoldcountrylanes.com Global. Tour Las Vegas is a perfect opportunity! bowlgenesis.com First place is guaranteed at $1,500.00 with a The Fall Nationals will be October 6-9. 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Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., representing PBA’s East region, By excluding the higher average bowlers mangotours.com and Inngellimar Beasley, of Clarksville, Tenn., representing the Midwest (210+), the Tour has created a Tournament region, finished first and second respectively in the eight-player field, to mchenrybowl.com specially structured for the rest of the bowling earn their positions in the women’s regional PBA Challenge Finals. community. The goal of providing a 'level modestousbc.com McEwan, the winner of the 2015 PWBA Tour Championship and a 2011- playing field' for all skill levels (up to 210) has 12 Collegiate All-American, won the qualifier with a 4-4 match play record morganhillbowl.com been proven by the results. The Seattle Re- and 2,004 pinfall with bonus pins. She bowled games of 238, 235 242, 249, gion averages 40+ Tournaments each year nugenerationlanes.com 266, 192, 218 and 244 for a 235.5 average. and consistently produces a very diverse list offthesheetproshop.com McEwan also was a double gold medal winner in the recent Women’s of Champions. World Championship winning doubles (with Kelly Kulick) and five-player pacificbowl.com In 2014, Champions ranged in age from 20, team event. paddockbowl.com all the way to 87 year old Wess Hall Jr who Beasley, who won two PBA regionals during the season, compiled a 5-3 won his first career Title and a $2,629.00 pba.com record and 1,973 pinfall. She bowled games of 238, 214, 214, 299, 247, check. Another Senior, 82 year old Leon 216, 233 and 177 for a 229.7 average. presidiobowl.com Bemis, won his 6thcareer title, boosting his The PWBA-PBA Women’s Challenge field featured the top eight women Tour earnings to over $22,000.00. Ladies shirts4bowling.com points leaders in designated regionals conducted in 2015. captured 9 Titles in 2014, following Pen The PBA50 Tour and PBA Regional title matches were already determined skatebowl.com Hagen who became the first lady to win the through qualifiers conduct on Dec. 7. The finals for all three divisions will be southpointcasino.com Tour's Bowler of the Year competition. The taped Saturday at 3:30 p.m. PT and will air on ESPN Sunday, Jan. 24 at 3 Seattle Tour's 12th season of competition, p.m. ET. stationcasinoslanes.com still produced20 bowlers who earned their Hall of Famers Parker Bohn III of Jackson, N.J. and Amleto Monacelli, stevecooksfiresidelanes.com FIRST Tour Titles. With every Tournaments who will replace Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo. who withdrew because of a 'Cash List' having a wide range of handicaps, stormbowling.com hip injury, will make up the PBA50 final; Patrick Allen of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., in both Seattle and Hawaii, we can see why and Josh Blanchard of Phoenix, earned berths in the PBA Regional Chal- thealbanybowl.com the Tour is proving to be so popular. lenge final by finishing in the top two in their qualifier. tymetobowl.com The Tour expects Las Vegas to be the In the PBA50 qualifier, Bohn finished the eight-game contest with a 1,911 showcase region for this fast growing organi- pinfall, while Weber second finished with a 1,884 total. Monacelli, who fin- valleycenterbowl.com zation, producing even bigger successes in ished third with a 1,868 pinfall won the PBA50 finals in 2014. The eight- westlanebowl.com the city that has become the Capitol for bowl- player PBA50 Tour field featured the top eight players in competition points westvalleybowl.com ing in the USA. Rules and details are avail- during the 2015 PBA50 Tour season. able at www.9taptour.com. Please email Allen, represented the East led with 2,019 total pins with Blanchard, the yosemitelanes.com through website if you have any questions. west region representative, finishing second to advance with 1,962 pins. The PBA Regional qualifier included the 2015 points leaders in the eight PBA Regional programs. January 2016 - www.bowlingworld.com 3 Features: Tournaments ..........................................................3 Classified ..................................................... 16 BOWLING WORLD Santa Clara…………………. .................. 16-17 PBA Hall of Fame & Sponsorship ............................6 (4th Street Bowl, Morgan Hill Bowl, Volume 48, Issue 4, January 2016 Team USA .............................................................7 Homestead Lanes) 900 Series ...............................................................7 Helen Duval ...........................................................8 Monterey Bay Area ..................................... 20 Publisher Donna Hazel (Monterey Lanes, Valley Center Bowl) Founder Red Pfeiffer Chuck Pezzano .....................................................8 ABT ........................................................................9 (Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes) Assisting Staff Joyce Terrell PBA ...................................................................... 10 Stockton ................................................ 21-23 Graphic Designer GE No Excuses .......................................................... 11 (Pacific Avenue Bowl, West Lane Bowl) USBC Records ..................................................... 11 Sonoma Country ........................................ 23 Staff Writers Fashion Police ..................................................... 12 (Double Decker Lanes) Helen Duval Chuck Pezzano PBA...................................................................... 12 San Francisco............................................. 24 World Cup Champions ......................................... 13 Presidio Bowling Center, Yerba Buena) Contributing Writers 2014 Team USA Trials.................................................. 14 (Classic Bowling Center, Mary Lynly Brian Lim Erin Vosburgh PWBA .................................................................. 15 Tulare/ Modesto .......................................... 25 Jim Goodwin Fred Eisenhammer Robert Silk Ask Bob .............................................................. 24 (McHenry Bowl, Yosemite Lanes) Chuck Holland Bob Korth Joe Dailey Powerball .............................................................. 29 Diablo .......................................................... 26 Terry Bigham Bill Vint