NOVEMBER 23, 2017 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 1 NOVEMBER 23, 2017 CALIFORNIA B7502 Florence Ave, Downey, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Xframe at Cal Bowl The World Bowling Championships 2017 Will Take Place at South Point Bowling Plaza Thanksgiving Event Win up to $7,000 1st Place with Bonuses 42 countries will compete in the 10-day tournament Nov. 24 thru Dec. 4 LAS VEGAS – The 36 men’s and 36 women’s $2,000 SPECIAL BONUS if qualifying World Bowling Champi- international teams,” said Wednesday and WINNING the EVENT onships 2017, the sport of World Bowling CEO Kev- bowling’s most prestigious in Dornberger. “The event LAKEWOOD – Xframe Paying Event are reason- event featuring the top male is held every four years and Bowling Tour will hold able with First Entry $95. and female athletes from showcases the highest cali- its Annual Thanksgiving Re Entries are $85-$75. World Bowling’s National ber of athletes in the sport Event at popular Cal Bowl $60 reduced entries will re- Federations, will head to of bowling.” the 10-day competition. den; Number 4 on World November 22-23-24-25 ceive $1,500 1st place and South Point Hotel, Casi- The international tour- Some of the world’s top Bowling Tour Rankings, with a First Place Guar- 50% of all prizes. no and Spa’s Tournament nament will include more bowlers competing include: Sweden’s “2016 Rookie antee of $3,000. Up to There are Qualifying Bowling Plaza Friday, Nov. than 390 athletes from Marshall Kent, USA; Sportsman of the Year,” $7,000 First Place can be Squads all four days and 24 through Monday, Dec. 42 countries, which will Number 1 on World Bowl- and winner of 6 Profes- won with the Bonuses and each day is a separate quali- 4. make up 36 men’s and 36 ing Rankings (Men), and sional Bowling Association Xframe Bonus Option. fying board with 1 in 6 Men “The World Bowling women’s teams who will winner of four Professional titles. New members are wel- and 1 in 5 Ladies bowlers Championships 2017 is the be competing for medals Bowling Association titles. Jason Belmonte, Aus- come as this is an Open making the board daily. largest championship event in singles, doubles, trios, Martin Larsen, Swe- tralia; Number 6 on World Event, with (No Member- First place in this Event in the World Bowling cal- 5-man teams, all events and den; Number 3 on World Bowling Tour Ranking ship Fees.) For Member- is Guaranteed at $3,000 endar, it will encompass masters events throughout Bowling Tour Rankings (Men), two World Bowling ship in Xframe, averages minimum and with Bonus- (Men), 6-time World Bowl- Tour events, two handed must be completely verified es 1st place can be worth up ing Championships medal- bowler and multiple Pro- to join and enter the event. to $7,000. ist. fessional Bowling Associ- Entry Fees for the Big continued on page 9 Even Bowling Writers Jesper Svensson, Swe- continued on page 3 Make Mistakes OWLING EWS by Fred Eisenhammer B N HONOR ROLL TARZANA – OK, I prove are denied the oppor- Name Score Date Center CHRIS MILNE (15 YRS) 300 09-18-17 NAPA BOWL was wrong. Really, really tunity to do just that by not JIMMY RUIZ 300 09-24-17 KEYSTONE LANES CRAIG LANE 300 09-25-17 HARLEYS CAMARILLO MARK DAVIS 800 09-28-17 HARLEYS CAMARILLO wrong. But I’ve repented. being allowed to shoot for ROBERT BRILATA 300 10-02-17 HARLEYS CAMARILLO DAVE VALENZUELA 300 10-02-17 BUENA LANES I’m admitting my mistake that often-vexing 10 pin. DANNY LY 835/300 10-03-17 ACTION LANES NICOLE RAYON 803/300 10-03-17 BOWLIUM LANES and I’m moving on. Or that 7 pin. Or any one DAVE SCHAEFFER 300 10-03-17 BUENA LANES SOLOMON SPEAT JR. 300 10-03-17 BOWLIUM LANES My error? pin wherever it should fall. JELLO GRAY 300 10-04-17 CAL BOWL KEITH NAHAN 300 10-04-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL ROBBIE RUTLEDGE 300 10-04-17 BUENA LANES Three years ago, I wrote In no-tap, bowlers are DAVE SCHAFFER 300 10-04-17 BUENA LANES ROBERT SOZA 300 10-05-17 BUENA LANES a story for the examiner. awarded strikes if they TOM VASQUEZ 300 10-05-17 ACTION LANES Youngest PBA Tour Title CHRIS KEATING 802/300 10-09-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL com website with the head- knock down nine pins (if JUSTIN PLUCHINO 300 10-09-17 WINNETKA BOWL KEVIN WEBSTER 300 10-09-17 FOREST LANES line: “No-tap bowling is no the game is nine-pin, no- TRAVIS WEBSTER 300 10-09-17 FOREST LANES MIKE CHARRON 300 10-11-17 SANDS BOWL Winner Record is Safe…for Now help for serious bowlers.” tap) or eight pins (if the JT DISO 812/300 10-12-17 FOREST LANES DANNY HIROTA 300 10-12-17 HARLEYS CAMARILLO DREW LANE 300 10-12-17 SANDS BOWL RENO – Norm Duke’s 195th place. After skipping I was seriously wrong. game is eight-pin, no-tap). KEVIN BALDING 300 10-13-17 ARROWHEAD LANES NICK BENENATI 300 10-14-17 SOUTH POINT record as the youngest play- WSOB XIII in 2016, Ford What I wrote is that I basically said no-tap JULIA FRIAS 711 10-14-17 WINNETKA BOWL VERNON ADAMS 300 10-15-17 DEL RIO LANES er ever to win a PBA Tour returned to Reno at age 17 nine-pin, no-tap – or eight- should not have a place in ROBBIE RUTLEDGE 300 10-16-17 BUENA LANES HERMAN FERGUSON 300 10-17-17 GAGE BOWL title is safe…for now…af- and averaged 225.05 for his pin, no-tap for that matter the bowling universe. Who VIRGILIO SABLAN 300 10-17-17 WESTMINSTER LANES MIKE BENNETT 300 10-18-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL JASON DUTCHER 300 10-18-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL ter 17-year-old Trey Ford 40 games on the four ani- – was just a gimmick and can take seriously any score GEORGE GENTILE 300 10-18-17 WINNETKA BOWL ROB KORDICH 814 10-18-17 CAL BOWL III of Bartlesville, Okla., mal patterns, qualifying for had no place in the world of that a bowler receives? WESLEY LOW JR. 809 10-18-17 WEST ACRES, KS PATRICK MICHAELS 814 10-18-17 WINNETKA BOWL lost his best-of-five-game, the PBA World Champion- serious bowlers. Why bowlers can shoot JOE ROSENBLAD 300 10-18-17 HARLEYS CAMARILLO EMMERSON WAFER 802 10-18-17 CAL BOWL Round of 16 match to South ship cashers’ round in a tie My point was that bowl- a 300 by knocking down a TJ MURDOCK 300 10-24-17 PALOS VERDES BOWL EMMERSON WAFER 814/300/300 10-25-17 CAL BOWL Africa’s Francois Louw in for 42nd as well as qualify- ers who are trying to im- mere 9 pins on 12 shots? STONEY BAKER 300 10-26-17 FOOTHILL LANES STEVE COLUCCI 803 10-26-17 VICTOR BOWL RON BARNHART 804 10-26-17 VICTOR BOWL Thursday’s PBA Cheetah ing No. 9 for the Cheetah Who can be proud of that? GREG NEUER 845 10-28-17 DEER CREEK LANES MICHAEL VON HUSSEN 300 10-29-17 VICTOR BOWL Championship presented Round of 16 . Funny thing is that no PAT BYRNE 806 10-30-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL DAMIEN PATINO 300 10-30-17 SAND BOWL by PBA Bowling Challenge Ultimately, Ford fin- one challenged me on my ADAM SELIGMAN 846/300/300 10-30-17 BUENA LANES HARLEY BARKER 300 11-03-17 ARROWHEAD LANES Mobile Game. ished his PBA World Cham- thesis. But I’m sure that’s ERIC STICKNEY 815 11-03-17 CHAPARRAL LANES NATHANIEL SEYMOUR 300 11-08-17 ACTION LANES If Ford, bowling in his pionship test in 43rd place because either no one read SHANNON HUFF 768 11-09-17 KEYSTONE LANES MICHAEL MEDINA 300 11-09-17 VICTOR BOWL KRISTINA VALENCIA 721 11-08-17 SANDS BOWL second PBA World Series with a composite 60-game the story, no one cared or NATHANIEL SEYMOUR 300 11-12-17 ACTION LANES SCOTT SHELLY 300 11-13-17 DEL RIO LANES of Bowling, had continued average of 222.6 along with everyone thought I was so RUSTY BRYANT 300 11-15-17 WINNETKA BOWL BOB DRAKE 805 11-15-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL to advance and actually a top 16 finish in the Chee- far off base that I didn’t un- JOEY HICKMAN 300 11-15-17 KEYSTONE LANES KAITLYN MAYALL 708 11-15-17 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL won the Cheetah Champi- tah Championship. He will derstand. DEERONN BOOKER 300 11-16-17 KEYSTONE LANES onship title on Saturday, leave Reno with more than And what I didn’t under- ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS Corbin Bowl in Tarzana will BOWL AN HONOR SCORE THIS MONTH? he would have eclipsed a year to chase Duke’s re- be the site of a no-tap doubles stand is this: E-MAIL IN YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER AND Duke’s record more than cord…but he also may be tournament Friday night. No- Bowling, first and fore- YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT PAGE IN THE NEXT PRINTED EDITION full year. Duke was 18 watching in the rearview tap tournaments are a big at- continued on page 8 E-MAIL TO: [email protected] traction in bowling circles.