A tournament for active and retired law enforcement, fire fighters, men & women from agencies that serve our communities worldwide and their guests For information and brochures, call us! 1-800-257-6179 Informing and Entertaining bowlers TenPin Alley everywhere from Las Vegas, Nevada In This Issue The Bowling Tournament Capital of * Bill Spigner answers a question on Chicken-Winging the World! * PBA Television Schedule for 2011-2012 is set OCTOBER 2011 * Rolf Gauger examines the Curved Ceiling “No matter what situation you are in you must have confidence; An exclusive interview with Teen even if things are not going according to plan.” Masters Champion Zack Hattori “I really enjoy bowling on really tough conditions because it challenges me to stay consistent.” “If I were to become a professional bowler my goals would be simple: capture two PBA titles and beat Chris Barnes and Norm Duke for the titles.” PBA World Series of Bowling ESPN TV Senior Thanksgiving Classic Adds a New Finals to be Conducted Nov. 17-20 at Feature For Players That Made The Cut! South Point Arena and Events Center A shorter and more compact format is offered for Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas as Sam’s The third annual PBA World Series of Bowling will showcase the world’s great- Town hosts their final Senior Classic! The Senior Classics will be moving to Suncoast Hotel, Casino est bowlers and introduce new events and new concepts in ESPN coverage when it & Bowling Center, home of the U.S. Senior Open, for Easter of 2012. returns to South Point Casino, Hotel and Bowling Center Nov. 4-20. The new Thanksgiving brochure is up on our website www.high-roller.com. Just click Bro- The World Series will culminate with a four-day television extravaganza Nov. chures. The dates are Monday, November 21 through Friday, November 25 and the event features some changes from the familiar format used for most of the Classics. 17-20 which will be conducted on lanes constructed in the South Point Arena and There is a new feature just added that didn’t make it into the brochure. For those players that Events Center. Admission to all 12 of the ESPN-taped telecasts will be make the cut, they can compete to win 2 Byes in Match Play! Those players can re-enter a qualifying FREE TO THE PUBLIC! squad, at a discounted fee, bowl another 3 games for a 6-game total, including their original qualifying The World Series of Bowling is a two-week multi-event competition including score. After the final squad on Friday, the players with the top 6-game scores in each age Division will the Viper Open, Chameleon Open, Scorpion Open, Shark Open, PBA World Cham- earn 2 Byes in the Match Play finals - a huge bonus! Senior Classic week will start with a practice session and Sweepers on Monday, featuring pionship, Carmen Salvino Classic Championship, PBA Exempt Players Champion- separate sweepers for age 50 to 59 or aged 60 & over. Then qualifying starts for the main event on ship, Mark Roth-Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship and World Bowling Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday with a Friday Finals with $15,000 for 1st. Each age division is Tour Finals. guaranteed a minimum of $5,000 for 1st. Among the PBA stars competing in the World Series hoping to earn berths in But there are many goodies and additions before we crown the last Sam’s Town champ! the finals will be reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi, Hall of Famers Although just one main event, qualifying for the match play finals is still in 3 age divisions (50 to 59, 60 to 66 and 67 & over) but this time the leader of each division will appear in the Champi- Walter Ray Williams Jr., Norm Duke and Pete Weber, as well as Chris Barnes, Kelly onship Round! Kulick, Bill O’Neill and Rookie of the Year Scott Norton. The customary Early Bird Tune-Up tournament will be replaced by 3 separate purses for The strongest international presence ever will include representatives from six those same 3 age divisions, each with a $1,000 top prize instead of just 1 prize list. countries plus the United States: Australia (Jason Belmonte), Finland (Palermaa and Just prior to the finals on Friday, there will be one last qualifying squad and then a special event reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi), Canada (Dan MacLelland), Swe- for all of those players that did not make the cut! That event, with a list of prizes and no cost to bowl, den (Martin Larsen), Colombia (Andres Gomez), and Venezuela (Amleto Monacelli). has a special caveat as the top bowler of each of the 3 divisions advances to the finals! Different, interesting & competitive! PBA Hall of Famer Monacelli, a 19-time PBA Tour champion and two-time PBA Of course there is still bonus qualifying for our 70 year olds plus their own event during the Player of the Year, will return to full-time exempt player status for the first time in five Tune-Up tournaments. Other events include Quick Cash Sweepers and a Champs-Only event. years based upon his competition points performance as a non-exempt player last season. And PBA Senior Tour standout Kerry Painter of Henderson, at age 58, be- came the oldest player ever to earn a PBA Tour exemption when he finished eighth in the 2010 PBA Regional Players Invitational in Reno, Nev. In 2010, the PBA World Series of Bowling reaffirmed its position as the sport’s most popular and prestigious event for the international bowling community, with a sold-out field of 256 players representing 14 countries. Now you can receive TenPin Alley in your email Inbox! For additional World Series of Bowling coverage, schedule and information visit Send your email address to [email protected] pba.com. Southern Nevada USBC Association 7231 W. Charleston Blvd. Suite 130, Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-778-2220 9am-4pm Mon-Fri 2 TenPin Alley October 2011 FROM THE PUBLISHER Joyce Letourneau Reality Bites! Tournament Bowling The Bowler’s Guide to Rip-Offs Facts - Fiction - Fun and Scams It’s tournament time again, folks. Joyce Letourneau has dealt with consumer fraud, scams and commercial schemes all her life, as an auditor, Events ranging from weekend 5-gamers, handicap clubs right data processor and a savvy consumer who refuses to be ripped off. She is joint owner of TenPin Alley. on through to PBA will continue to take up a lot of lane space for the 2011-12 bowling season. With several grandkids in school, I soon learned that there are products out Frenchy FACTS: The Bowling Tournament Capital of the World will host there that help the consumer contribute supplies for schools. My daughter Christine Letourneau gazillions of low, intermediate and high level tournament action just introduced me to Box Tops For Education, little coupons that appear on many gro- about every weekend throughout Southern Nevada. And the good cery items from General Mills, Betty Crocker and Green Giant, to name a few. thing about that is there is something for everyone, and you are only limited by your wallet, In no time at all, Frenchy was buying products with the Box Tops, and even his ego and natural ability. Handicap clubs are excellent starting points for those who really love bowling and love boss at Santa Fe Lanes, Joy Francomano, sends me a tassle of these now and then. to compete, with minimal embarrassment for first timers, and plenty of room to grow for those The Box Tops help buy school supplies, and I under- who choose to take whatever efforts to get better at the game and move up the standings as stand there are a lot of families with kids in school who are time progresses. saving these as well. For those of us who are not so eager or unable to play, the spectator value is limitless. Not suprisingly, other manufacturers are becoming Watching some of the area’s greatest scratch bowlers compete in weekend scratch tourna- aware of the volume sales these little coupons are produc- ments can, and often does, present some exciting moments when the race for the top money tethers on execution and carry, and a little luck. ing, and they are jumping on the bandwagon. Right now, I have one called Labels for Even handicap tournaments have a lot of excitement and precious moments. Watching Education. I’m not sure what products are involved. You can check out a low average bowler progress to the cash round for their first time is priceless, and a first labelsforeducation.com to see where to look for these. time win at any level ranks extremely high in emotion for the bowler, their Frenchy likes Raisin Bran, and the General Mills box has the supporters, and the fans who witness the event. I am grateful for having We may not have it all little coupon. the opportunity in my younger years to experience all of these. And, I still together... but together we While at the store recently to renew his cereal, he discov- have good feelings for a first time winner on the PBA Tour, no matter who have it all. ered a Kelloggs box with a banner stating “Happy School Year! up to it is. Let the tears flow, young man. You worked hard to get there. 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