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Belmonte defeated Antho- The PBA modified plans ny Simonsen of Little Elm, for all of the Storm PBA Texas, 213-190, in the title World Series of Bowling match Sunday at the South XI finals telecasts in re- Point Bowling Plaza to win sponse to the coronavirus his third consecutive PBA pandemic, moving the live World Championship title FS1 World Championship while extending his all- telecast to Sunday from time career-leading major its original Wednesday win total to 13. (March 18) slot while also Bowling in front of an postponing all additional on-site finals audience that competition in the three consisted of mainly PBA animal pattern (lane condi- players, their family mem- tion) championships. How- bers and tournament offi- ever, the players were able cials held three days earlier continued on page 3 PBA World Championship Winner Jason Belmonte and family Three Animal Pattern Events Postponed USBC Postpones Events, by Lucas Wiseman LAS VEGAS – The PBA has postponed the Including Masters three animal pattern events by Lucas Wiseman at the 2020 PBA World Se- LAS VEGAS – USBC USBC announced. The ries of Bowling. Concerns has announced the Masters, same is true for the USBC over coronavirus had al- Senior Queens and Conven- Senior Queens and USBC ready forced the PBA to tion have been postponed, Convention. previously announce all while the USBC Open and No details were made shows would occur without Women’s Championships available yet as to when spectators. On Friday after- will delay their starts until those events will be re- noon, they held a meeting at least May 1. scheduled. with players and decided The move comes amid The USBC Open Cham- to postpone the Cheetah, the coronavirus crisis that pionships, which was to get Chameleon and Scorpion has hit the nation and has underway in a little more match play and stepladders canceled many sporting than a week at Reno’s Na- until a yet-to-be-decided events across the country. tional Bowling Stadium, date. The five players who PBA World Championship Finalists The USBC Masters, are still scheduled to go on made the stepladder finals Jason Belmonte, EJ Tackett, Anthony Simonsen, Francois Lavoie & Chris Via which is the final major of but with a delayed start of of the PBA World Cham- aired Sunday. Chris Via will bowled for Bowling Plaza. the PBA Tour season and May 1. The same is true for pionship met separately Jason Belmonte, EJ the season’s fourth ma- Disruption to interna- was set to begin on March the USBC Women’s Cham- with the PBA and agreed Tackett, Anthony Simon- jor title without spectators tional travel seemed to be a 24, will now take place at pionships in Las Vegas. to complete that event that sen, Francois Lavoie and present at the South Point continued on page 5 some point later in the year, continued on page 5 LOUSY BOWLER TOURNAMENT $20 Per Bowler PAGE 2 Lousy Bowler T-shirt included! CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM MARCH 19, 2020 SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Guaranteed Regardless of Entries FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: $8000 1st Place MEMORIAL EVENT RIVERSIDE LANES AT 1-888-590-2695 $4000 2nd Place MEMORIAL EVENT $2000 3rd Place MEMORIAL EVENT LOUSY BOWLER Xframe Bowling Tour Contact: Jeff Taino (C)909-702-3369 Vuong Do (C)714-622-0842 Bob Smith ©562-868-7164 12TOURNAMENTth LAUGHLIN CAL BOWL $20 Per Bowler 2500 E. Carson St. Lakewood, CA 90712 Tel. 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MARCH 19, 2020 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 3 PBA World Championship continued from page 1 to complete all 56 games of qualifying and match play for the World Championship last week to advance to the finals. As the top seed for the finals, Belmonte also added to his ever-growing list of accom- plishments in PBA majors joining Hall of Famer Earl Anthony as the only players to win three consecutive World Championship titles. Anthony did it twice when the event was called the PBA National Championship (’73, ’74, ’75 and ’81, ’82 and 83). Belmonte, the five-time and reigning PBA Player of the Year, was also making a record fifth consecutive major telecast appearance and eight of the last nine. What made the win extra special for Belmonte was that he won in front of his entire family for the first time. “It was everything to have my family here to see this,” said the 36-year-old Australian, whose wife Kimberly, son Hugo, and daughters Sylvie and Aria were in attendance to witness the victory. “They were a calming influence when I wasn’t doing well and a great support structure overall. It was a dream to have them here to see this.” It was also Belmonte’s second consecutive major title this season after winning the U.S. Open on Feb. 23 to join PBA Hall of Famer Mike Aulby as the only players to com- plete the PBA Tour’s Super Slam, which is a title in all five PBA majors (PBA Tourna- ment of Champions, U.S. Open, PBA Players Championship, USBC Masters and PBA World Championship). It was in the 2019 World Championship that Belmonte won his 11th major to surpass Hall of Famers Pete Weber and Earl Anthony on the all-time major titles list. In the title match, the 23-year-old Simonsen, trying to become the youngest player to win three majors, got off to a bad start with two opens after leaving difficult splits. Belmonte was able to take advantage by stringing strikes from the third through seventh frames which gave him enough of a cushion to win the match. “Going into the match it was all going to be about speed control,” Belmonte said.