OCTOBER 18, 2018 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, OWLINGDowney, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 DAVID MAY - Another Great CALIFORNIA BOWLER by Frank Weiler 'Cali' Gals Conquer Costa Rica REDLANDS – David rolls at least one 700 with a by Jackie Wyckoff May was born and bred in 250 game or two to boot. I SAN JOSE, COSTA CALIFORNIA. He has see no ceiling high enough RICA – In a field of 88 se- lived here, worked here to contain David’s potential nior women, age 50 plus, at and bowled here his whole as a bowler. the 40th Torneo La Raza, life. He is 100% Califor- It is no surprise that the ladies from California nian and a great example Dave has made himself into captured a title in each of of why “CALIFORNIA an outstanding bowler. He the six categories. BOWLERS ARE THE was a tractor trailer driver In the opening Team BEST BOWLERS IN THE for Consolidated Freight Doubles event Laura Har- WORLD”. Ways for years. As a long- deman and Jackie Wyck- Dave started bowl- distance driver, he had to be off bested the field, tak- ing four decades ago with tough and also patient, ob- ing home the first place friends. He started bowling servant and flexible. Driv- trophies and prize money. for fun but began taking our ers like Dave have to adapt Polly Hale and Lesia Heri- sport seriously when his on the road. These are all der (a California native cur- average jumped above 200. attributes conducive to de- rently residing in Colorado) With practice and per- veloping a superior bowl- racked up second place. Polly Hale, Lizzy Aboud, Jackie Wyckoff, Orna Levy, Lesia Herider, Laura Hardeman sistence David moved fur- ing game. Herider and Hale turned Herider and Hale grew would face each other as each of those events. Har- ther up the scoring ladder These are attributes the tables in the Team All up bowling youth leagues the clear tournament front- deman was second in Sin- and has booked 227 the Dave possesses and used to Events category taking first together in the Los Angeles runners in the Singles, Indi- gles and the Masters and past two seasons. develop his superior bowl- place with Hardeman and Area and teamed up for La vidual All Events, Masters finished third in Individual To date Dave has rolled ing game. My dad drove Wyckoff in second. Lizzy Raza last year, when Hale and the Masters step-ladder All Events. two 800s with a high of 817. tractor trailers for a living, Abood and Orna Levy of turned fifty. Their team finals. Herider was locked Laura Hardeman was He has three perfect games so I know firsthand what Panama took third in both name is Jrs2Srs. in on the lanes and took inducted into the California to his credit and weekly continued on page 9 events. Hardeman and Herider the championship award in continued on page 4 Restrepo Ready To Challenge Sudden Back Injury Forces The Men At Fall Swing Weber Out Of Fall Swing by Lucas Wiseman by Lucas Wiseman OWASSO, Okla. – Co- like I perform against the a skirt. I should just bowl. OWASSO, Okla. – PBA lombian bowling star Ro- men because I don’t feel That’s my biggest thing.” Hall of Famer Pete We- cio Restrepo has never like I have to win out there Changing her mindset ber is the latest big name been one to back down like I do against the wom- will be the key to her suc- to withdraw from the Flo- from a challenge. So, it en,” Restrepo said. “I have cess at the Fall Swing, Re- Bowling PBA Fall Swing should come as no surprise to change that mindset. I’m strepo said. She said she after he suffered a back in- to anyone that she’s the here to compete. I’m here knows she has the physical jury Saturday morning. only woman competing in to beat everybody. I don’t fundamentals and mental Weber, 56, tells Flo- the FloBowling PBA Fall care if they wear pants or continued on page 9 Bowling he was preparing Swing next week. to hit the road for the Tulsa, Restrepo, a four-time Oklahoma, area when he Pete Weber champion on the Profes- injured his back loading my stuff into the car like game’s greats. sional Women’s Bowl- his car. Fellow PBA Hall my bowling bag, and I “This is my life,” Weber ing Association Tour, has of Famer Norm Duke also guess I lifted it the wrong said. “If I’m not bowling, competed in a few events withdrew Thursday with way. My back just pulled, I’m not making money and against the men on the an elbow injury. The event and I’m just in a lot of pain I need to be out there bowl- PBA Tour in the past with begins Monday live on Flo- right now.” Weber has been ing.” limited success. She hopes Bowling. struggling with pain in With visits to his chiro- to flip that script when the “I was out this morn- his hips recently and has practor already scheduled Fall Swing begins LIVE on ing doing my packing,” thrown his back out in the for Monday, Wednesday FloBowling on Monday. said Weber, a 37-time PBA past but the timing could and Friday next week, We- “Sometimes I don’t feel Rocio Restrepo champion. “I was lifting not be worse for one of the continued on page 8 PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM OCTOBER 18, 2018 Two Countries Come Together, After a 25 Year Separation by Dave Williams MEXICO – It’s nice to see Mexico and the USA come together again after the elimination of NAFTA, and the formation of a reciprocal agreement that should benefit both countries. I have nothing but fond memories of my visits to Mexico while working for AMF prior to the cre- ation of the North American “Free” Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, in 1993. The last time that I visited Mexico was in 1986, when it was one of the best bowling markets in the world for AMF, with no less than 17 bowling centers in and around Mexico City, as well as other bowling center clusters in Monterrey and Guadalajara. The objective of AMF was to cross-train individuals with similar positions in different countries, by providing them with a look at just how particular goals were achieved in other parts of the world. My counterpart in Mexico was Jose Luis Vazquez, who oversaw the marketing duties for the AMF Mexico Bowling Centers. One of the advantages to all of my travels for AMF was the fact that I majored in Geography at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, and continued with post graduate studies at San Francisco State University. My parents used to joke with me that being a part of AMF was like joining the Navy - I got to see the world! Mexico was one of my favorite places to visit because of the vast amount of history and culture that is every- where. Tops on my list of places to visit was Teotihuacan, and the famous Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. I remember on my first visit to Mexico City, I arrived on a weekend and my primary objective was to visit the ancient pyramids located about an hour to the north. After enjoying some Mexican coffee with my breakfast, the next morning, I joined a sight-seeing group that was headed for the pyramids. This giant 3-story high mural, "The Origin of Bowling," greets visitors to Bol Polanco in Mexico City Before we arrived at the pyramids, the tour guide ity, and a quick google search finds that Bol Polanco still warned us to take it easy, and not to tackle the Pyramid of thrives today. the Sun right away. He advised trying the Pyramid of the Moon first, just to see if we could handle it, and then go on Unfortunately, most of the other AMF centers are gone, to the Pyramid of the Sun. which substantiates the fact that NAFTA could have been a disaster for both Mexico and the USA. Of the 17 loca- Like a good soldier, I journeyed about half a mile to the tions operated by AMF in 1986, only five remain today. Pyramid of the Moon, enjoying the vast amount of temples and monuments along the way on a street known as the Another of those locations still remaining is Bol Bahia. Avenue of the Dead. When I arrived at the Pyramid of the I remember my first visit to this location, when I noticed a Moon, I took off up the steps to the first platform, and tremendous commotion at one end of the reception coun- when I turned and looked back… ter. When I asked Juan Gonzalez, Managing Director of AMF in Mexico, what was going on, he said that it was the I realized what the tour guide was warning us about! sale of lottery tickets. The angle of slope of the steps was breathtaking… like that first peek over the side of the Grand Canyon or Me- Upon my return to the USA, I shared my lottery ticket teor Crater. For a brief moment I had resigned myself to experience with the powers that be at AMF but could not CARNIVAL ELIMINATOR the fact that I would be spending the rest of my life on influence them to provide lottery redemption at our bowl- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28 the Pyramid of the Moon.