JUNE 20, 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 Norway’s Torgersen Defeats Finland’s Koivuniemi to Win Suncoastby PBAJerry Schneider Senior U.S. Open LAS VEGAS – Tore a while, no problem – and Torgersen of Norway, a what happened? I missed it. highly-decorated bowler I was very fortunate to get on the international stage, away with winning after thwarted PBA Hall of Fam- missing that.” er Mika Koivuniemi’s bid Torgersen joined 2007 for a second consecutive Senior U.S. Open winner Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Rick Minier as the only Open presented by Storm non-members to win the title Friday by winning the major. low-scoring title match Torgersen, who lists the 184-178 at the Suncoast 1994 Qubica/AMF World Bowling Center. Cup title and the 1999 In a title match where World Championships all- strikes were hard to come events gold medal among by, the 50-year-old Torg- his many accomplishments ersen, bowling as a non- in international competi- PBA member, was able to tion, qualified second for take an early lead in the the stepladder finals. match when Finland native In the semifinal match Koivuniemi, who was top Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open Champion Tore Torgersen & Boyd Group Activities Director Mike Kaufman he beat No. 3 qualifier PBA qualifier for the steplad- ersen missed a 10 pin in PBA50 Tour title, couldn’t over to the Norwegian. Bowler of the Year and Hall of Famer Norm Duke der finals for the second the seventh frame, but the take advantage of the op- “I made the mistake a member of the World who was trying for his sec- consecutive year, failed to 52-year-old Koivuniemi, portunity giving the win in about thinking about the Bowling Writers Hall of ond Senior U.S. Open win convert the 1-2-10 washout who won last year’s Se- the season’s third and final 10 pin,” said Torgersen, Fame. “I was thinking that and sixth career PBA50 in the fourth frame. Torg- nior U.S. Open for his first major for players 50 and the 2000 World Amateur I hadn’t missed a 10 pin in continued on page 5 Sandra Andersson Wins First Career Title at 2019 PWBA Fountain Valley Open Local Favorite Missy Parkin Finishes Fourth FOUNTAIN VALLEY – Sweden's Sandra An- dersson won her first ca- reer Professional Women's Bowling Association Tour title Saturday in a stun- ning title match at the 2019 PWBA Fountain Valley Open. 2019 Go Bowling! PBA Tour Heats Up Again with Start The back-and-forth fi- nale at Fountain Bowl of 10-Event Summer Tour in Lubbock June 28-30 came down to the final shot by Bill Vint as Bryanna Coté of Red CHICAGO – After a PBA Summer Tour that will visit Lubbock; Hous- Rock, Arizona, was unable modest break to catch its will be livestreamed in its ton, Texas; Chesapeake, to strike on her fill ball to collective breath, the 2019 entirety by PBA’s online Virginia; Wilmington, force a tie, leaving an 8 PWBA Fountain Valley Open Champ Sandra Andersson Go Bowling! Professional streaming partner, Flo- North Carolina; Middle- pin to allow Andersson to through 30 games of quali- was able to do it." Bowlers Association Tour Bowling. town, Delaware; Coldwa- claim a 184-183 victory fying this week. "I've been BowlTV.com provided returns to action June 28- From late June through ter, Ohio, and Aurora, Illi- and $10,000 top prize. working so hard for the live coverage of the 2019 30 at South Plains Lanes August, with a finale in nois before wrapping up in "This means so much," past few years and knew I PWBA Fountain Valley in Lubbock, Texas, with an September, the Go Bowl- Austin, Texas. said Andersson, who really, really wanted to win Open. incentive-packed 10-event ing! PBA Summer Tour continued on page 9 earned the top overall seed today. I'm just thrilled that I continued on page 8 . $16,000 1ST PLACE $10,000 2ND • $8,000 3RD LANES New Start Time Mondays at 8PM Entering Average 2018-19 Composite Average Less 35 Pins Starts Sept. 9th Call Mike Cammarata at 562-927-3351 For More Info PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM JUNE 20, 2019 2019 California Pepsi Youth Bowling Championships Awards $50,000! CONGRATULATIONS CHAMPIONS! Elias O’Hollaren, Kearny Mesa (U12B) • Katelyn Abigania, Sea ‘N Air (U12G) • Daniel Hong, La Habra 300 (U15B) Saphyre Nofuente, Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes (U15G) • Michael Marmolejo, La Habra 300 (U17B) Jennifer Loredo, CSU Fresno (U17G) • Matthew Sartoris, Cloverleaf Bowl (U20B) • Maranda Pattison, Windsor Bowl (U20G) The 2019 California Pepsi Youth Bowling Championships is one of the lon- Fireside Lanes; Matthew Sartoris, Cloverleaf Bowl and Megan Ober, Harley’s gest tournaments held with league-level qualifying competition in November and Simi Bowl. Each of our eight champions will receive a travel stipend up to $400 January; District Finals held in March at eight different locations over two different for the Gold Finals along with their state scholarship and a custom embroidered weekends and then those qualifiers enter the State Finals that were just held this jacket. All scholarship recipients will receive a scholarship packet and all funds past May. will be held with USBC SMART. We will be distributing the scholarship packets at the California USBC Convention in Ontario on June 8-9 and will mail the re- A total of 363 bowlers participated in the U8 & U10 Divisions and earned a maining packets directly to each bowler. Full tournament results and scholarship FREE entry into the 2019 Youth State Championships to be held this July at Tyme breakdowns can be downloaded online at CalUSBC.com. to Bowl Lanes in Oroville. 1,466 participated in the U12, U15, U17 & U20 Divi- sions. Those 64 first place finishers earned a $50 scholarship plus a spot into the We are extremely thankful for our many sponsors this year. For the 19th year Semi-Finals of the Diddy Watts State Singles Challenge to be held at McHenry in a row, BowlersParadise.com and EliteBowling.com sponsored this event Bowl in Modesto August 10-11. Bowlers in the U8 & U10 Divisions would survive along with Columbia 300, Chico USBC, Windsor Bowl Pro Shop (located inside through two rounds of qualifying and three rounds of qualifying for the U12, U15 Windsor Bowl), Lane 37 The Pro Shop (located inside Delta Bowl), Bowling & U20 Divisions (all qualifying levels were based on scratch scores). 42 winners Outfitter’s (located inside McHenry Bowl), Robert Smith’s Bowling Services (lo- in the U8 & U10 Divisions will earn District Scratch Scholarships totaling $7,317 cated inside Buena Lanes), Exzackt Fit (located inside Empire Bowl), The and $10,315 will be awarded in District Handicap Scholarships to 153 winners in Professional Approach Pro Shop (located inside Cal Bowl) and Scott’s Pro all eight divisions. Shop (located inside La Habra 300). These sponsors all donated items for our fundraising raffle at the District and State Finals sites to help us raise more schol- The State Finals were held at Double Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park on May arship dollars. 4-5. Bowlers in the U12, U15, U17 & U20 divisions qualified to this level based on a ratio of 1:5 from District to State. We had 249 bowlers travel from across the Thank you to the Pepsi District Directors: Brett Kociemba, Shelby Sanz, Tim state to attend and bowl in six game blocks. 26 of these bowlers will earn Scratch Pato, June Brown, Tom Leigh, Andrea Sisk, Andre Eubanks, and Linda Stewart. Scholarships totaling $21,848. We also ran an optional Handicap Division, in Also, thanks to the rest of the CYC and to those that supported this event – it would which 156 bowlers participated and we will pay out $1,560 to 16 bowlers. Eight not be a success without your help! Tournament packets for 2020 will be mailed bowlers earned the FREE berths into the USBC Junior Gold Finals in Detroit, to all youth programs in October and of course all information will be posted online MI this July. Congratulations to: Vaughn-Jayden Oliva, Pins N Strikes; Kiyah at CalUSBC.com. Download Pepsi Results Book with Scholarship Payouts Lane, Double Decker Lanes; Brandon Fong, Classic Bowl; Trishelle Leal, Mira Mesa; Michael Marmolejo, La Habra 300; Patricia Alvarado, Steve Cook’s Lynn Matsubara - Tournament Director WANTED Night Manager Must be available Nights & Weekends 949-786-9625 • 949-786-6346 Fax Fax or Send Resume to: [email protected] IRVINE LANES WANTED Mechanic A-2’s, Qubica scoring, and Kegal Lanes. 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