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JUNE 28, 2018 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 2018 PBA Tour Finals Australian star beats defending champ EJ Tackett in 9th and 10th frame roll-off ALLEN PARK, Mich. changes, so I went back to - In a hotly-contested re- my original ball and start- match between the last two ed playing in the middle of Professional Bowlers Asso- what I was trying to do ear- ciation Players of the Year, lier in the game.” Australian two-hander Ja- In the roll-off, Belmonte son Belmonte defeated de- started with a strike and fending champion EJ Tack- finished with a spare/strike ett of Huntington, Ind., in in his 10th frame while a two-frame roll-off to win Tackett, who was trying for the 2018 PBA Tour Finals, his 10th career title, spared earning his 18th career Go in his ninth but left the 2-8- Bowling! PBA Tour title. 10 split on his first ball of The finale was telecast on his 10th frame, resulting in the CBS Sports Network a 40-26 loss and giving the from suburban Detroit’s fa- title to Belmonte. mous Thunderbowl Lanes. Belmonte stressed the Bowling on the 45-foot importance of his strike Dick Weber lane condi- on his fill ball in the 10th tion chosen by Belmonte, frame of the second game the 2017 PBA Tour Finals Tackett in the first game, two, 219-170, to force the do,” said Belmonte after went back to playing inside. leading into the roll-off. runner-up held the upper 239-205. But Tackett, the 9th and 10th frame roll-off appearing to be lost follow- I think I probably was over- “That (final ball) in the hand in the best-of-two- 2017 PBA Tour Finals win- for the title. ing his 170 game. “I tried playing my adjustments 10th was huge because that game match after defeating ner, rebounded to win game “I didn’t know what to playing outside and then I and making too radical of continued on page 6 Gabriel Martinez Makes A Run At USBC History! by Jon Diso NORWALK – What run. Gabe went on to throw a show Gabriel Martinez 5 more consecutive strikes. put on this past Saturday, 880 and a new Keystone June 23rd at the California house record was surely in USBC State Tournament at sight, but a pocket 4-9 in Keystone Lanes!!! the 8th frame brought it all Bowling Team Event in to a screeching halt. After the 11:30 squad, he thrilled failing to convert the spare, Belmonte, Page, Smallwood, Svensson everyone by opening up he finished with the last 4 with a perfect 300 game. strikes for a fantastic 846 Earn ESPY “Best Bowler” Nominations The strikes continued to set. Reigning PBA Player of (http://www.espn.com/es- social media platforms (@ mount in game two with The 3pm Doubles/Sin- the Year Jason Belmonte, pys/story/_/page/voting52/ ESPN on Facebook, Insta- twelve more strikes for gles squad was up next. The Gabriel Martinez 2017 U.S. Open champion vote-best-sports) for “best gram and Twitter) and @ ANOTHER 300!!! strike barrage continued, as for back-to-back 800s, he Rhino Page, 2018 Barbasol bowler” and a variety of ESPYS (Twitter). The roar from the crowd Gabe started out with the sprinted out of the gates PBA Players Champion- other categories. The annu- The ESPYS and related for the first 300 was loud, front 6. A stone ten in the with the first four strikes. ship titlist Tom Smallwood al ESPYs telecast, hosted events benefit the V Foun- but after the second one, 7th didn’t discourage him, A third solid ten in the fifth and Sweden’s two-handed for the first time by a wom- dation for Cancer Research everyone knew something as he converted the spare frame and four more con- powerhouse, Jesper Svens- an – auto racing star Danica in memory of the late Jim special could brewing, and and punched out for 279. secutive strikes meant that son, are ESPN’s candidates Patrick – will air live on Valvano. the cheers were more in- Game two, he started with the 800 series was pretty for the 2018 “Best Bowler ABC on Wednesday, July Belmonte, who has won tense. five strikes. Once again, much secured, barring an ESPY,” ESPN announced 18, from the Microsoft The- the “Best Bowler” ESPY After striking on his another stone ten and off open with bad count, but Wednesday. ater in Los Angeles. Fans in fan voting the past three 25th consecutive shot, a the sheet for a second 279. backing up an 846 series Fan voting is now open also can vote at ESPN’s continued on page 6 stubborn 4-pin ended his Needing 242 in game three continued on page 6 At Last!! Live Saturday Afternoon Bowling Returns!! June 30 - 2 p.m. PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM JUNE 28, 2018 2018 CUSBC State Convention Recap – Part 1 of 2 June 9-10, 2018 - Piccadilly Inn, Fresno, CA by Bette Addington, California Bowling Writers The 12th annual CUSBC State Convention took place up north in Fresno the weekend of June 9-10. Delegates from associations all across the state attended. Here is a recap of what took place on Saturday. Saturday, June 9 FRESNO – Saturday morning was the Youth Meeting. We had a nice attendance along with a handful of the youth bowlers. Since we had youth in the room, we picked their brain in asking them questions about other sports and how their schedules are with youth bowling programs. One youth, Derek Delgado from North LA County, spoke on how he plays high school basketball, golf and volleyball. He explained how the basketball season works and on the different costs they need to spend for equipment and apparel. David Waybright, from Golden Empire USBC, spoke about his high school team and how he has similar costs that needed to be spent each season for shoes, uniforms, etc. We discussed how the “normal” Saturday morning youth programs are not necessarily the best time for some of these youths, especially the ones playing high school sports. Andre mentioned how Lynn Matsubara started her own league that is only once a month and it’s called the “Average League” because that is what you end up with--21 games and an average league. It’s an adult youth league and Andre’s son even qualified for Pepsi in that league. All you need is 4 people to make a singles league! We also discussed short seasons and some great suggestions came out of the meeting such as family discounts for multiple kids that are joining the youth program, practice discounts and one-time league fees in the beginning. Our other main topic for discussion was bridging the gap between youth bowling and adult bowling. That stepping stone is Collegiate Bowling. We passed out some information explaining how Collegiate bowling is setup with USBC and we are compiling a list of the active California colleges that need bowlers or are trying to start their own bowling teams. Currently, the active CA schools are UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Fresno and San Jose State University. We will publish info on the CalUSBC.com when we get more information. Saturday afternoon was the USBC Jamboree that started with a presentation by David Prange/USBC Western Regional Manager. David gave us a recap of what was covered at the recent USBC National Convention that was held in late April in Reno. First we saw a video of this year’s motivational speaker, Sam Glenn entitled “Igniting Progress” which was centered around our attitude. He demonstrated by painting a canvas himself which surprised everyone when it turned out to be an eagle. His main points were to combat stress with a good sense of humor. Is there any benefit to being uptight? A real leader understands they are a student every day. He then reflected on his Mom and her fight with cancer and who is now a cancer survivor because attitude is everything! He also used an example of sharing your popcorn is sharing your heart. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Tournament Rule 303 – requires all tourn. mgrs. be members of USBC. Tournament Rule 319a – Assoc. Mgrs. not required to use printed Average Books anymore. Tournament Rule 325 – Allows a tourn. to have a rule to allow teams bowling alone to set their own pace. Bylaws B3 – Allows State Assoc. to have (2) “At-Large” Directors. The above are all effective Aug. 1, 2018. LANE CERTIFICATION INFO IBM & HOF Next up was explaining the new requirements for Lane Certification Committees Next up was Tracy Ebarb/International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame. Tracy that took effect Apr. 1, 2018 on measurements and the new requirement of having is the Director of Business Development. He pitched the annual fee of $29 for three signatures on the reports (person doing inspection, proprietor and Assoc. having a Sustaining Membership into the International Bowling Museum & Hall of Mgr.). This service is being done for the proprietors. Did you know, 85% of the Fame which had (46) members in 2016; (173) members in 2017 and their goal is lanes in the country are synthetic (measuring 5 panels)? Three panels are for wood to get (400) in 2018. For $29 you get a sticker and a membership card signed by lanes. All lanes will be certified because of now measuring all 5 panels.