TOC Is Top PBA
Tournament
Only the best of the best professionals in the sport of
bowling get to bowl in the PBA Tournament of Champions (TOC).
Sponsored this year by Barbasol, the TOC returns to the city
where this classic was born in 1962 and the Tour's elite will bowl March 26-31
at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.
This event requires a PBA Tour title to be eligible to
compete.
After being originated in Indianapolis it has taken the tour
51 years to return to the city where it began.. Established to showcase those
Tour players who were PBA tour champions, the first event was conducted at Play
Bowl and offered an "unheard of" $50,000 prize fund.
Indianapolis has hosted all of the PBA's most prestigious
events and the TOC completes the triple crown.
Sean Rash tries for a rare TOC repeat and as the reigning
PBA player of the Year he hopes to become only the second player to defend a TOC
title.
This is the third major of the 2012-13 season with Parker
Bohn III winning the PBA World Championship and Jason Belmonte the USBC Masters.
The U.S. Open will be conducted in Columbus, Ohio in July.
PBA Hall of Famers scheduled to enter this tournament
include Parker Bohn III, Norm Duke, Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Amleto
Monacelli, Johnny Petraglia, Jason Couch, Wayne Webb, Mark Williams, Doug Kent
and Danny Wiseman.
Kent and Wiseman will be inducted during the 2013 PBA Hall
of Fame dinner on March 30.
Six countries are represented in the TOC field, Australia,
Columbia, England, Finland, Venezuela and the U.S.
The five-player two-hour stepladder finals will be telecast
live on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. ET on March 31.
Ed Townsend is a PR consultant to the sport of bowling. If
you have league scores, tournament information, bowl a 300 or 800 series or bowl
your age, let Ed know at 845-439-8177, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or
fax at 845-205-4474. View this column at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on
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Ed's
Outlook
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is finally
bringing one of their major tournaments back to New York.
The 2018 Open (Men's) Tournament will be held in
Syracuse.
It will be the first time the event has been held in the
Northeast since 1999, when Syracuse also was the host, and only the second time
in a 19-year span that the championships will be held in the Eastern time
zone.
We feel strongly that bowlers here in New York and the
Northeast deserve a chance to have the tournament close by more than once in 19
years.
The USBC needs to expose its signature event to all regions
of the country.
My first exposure to the USBCs, then known as the American
Bowling Congress championships, came in 1999 at Syracuse, and it was an
experience I will never forget.
Not only was the lane dressing providing a surface like
glass (none of us could get our bowling balls to hook) but two incidents while
we were bowling created embarrassing moments when one of our bowlers had his
thumb stick in the ball and it came off his hand and lofted high out on the
alley creating a loud bang when it landed on the lanes and then the pin setting
gate came down just as this same bowler in another frame was releasing his ball
out onto the lane........yep.....another crashing moment ......which of course
brought ABC officials running over to our set of lanes questioning us as to what
was going on.
Wonder how all this looked to the TV audience as in those
days this tournament was televised.
Bowling
Tip
By Mike
Luongo
Bowlers: A question that many bowlers ask, will side weight
on my bowling ball make my ball hook?
The answer is no.
I have been fortunate to be able to spend some time with
technical experts, and although we have suspected for some time, we not have the
proof.
Two factors are needed t make a bowling ball
hook.....friction and rotation. (Gravity is also needed but I think that we all
understand that or we would all be floating around.)
You could take a bowling ball with the strongest weight
block on the market, the most aggressive cover, drill it maximum leverage, add
all the weight you want, and use a balance hole, but, if the bowler does not
impact proper rotation, or if friction on the ball's bath down the lanes it not
there.....,.the ball will just go straight.
Mike Luongo is a certified IBPSIA Pro Shop Operator, Master
Instructor, USBC Silver Level Coach and an Advisor-
Special Events assistant with the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling
Ball Company. Have a question, call him at 435-720-7939 or email at
mikel@stormbowling.com
Local
Scores
(compiled by Ed
Townsend
Callicoon
Kristal Bowl
Delaware Valley
Men's
Mark Hawley 185, Kory Keesler 193, 181, 182, Tad Doslher
188, Jamie Greir 195, Rob Bivins 183, Ed Leroy 194, 201, Brian Starr 182, Eugene
Fulton 220, 233, Matt Fulton 202, Jim Kautz 194, Mike Sorge 202, Dale Steffens
193, Tom Biseg 202, Troy Parucki 184, Tom Hubert 183, Gene Kelly 180, Bob Cady
203, 224, 228, 655, Dean Shattuck 203, 220, Bob Head 237, 191, Joe Gager 184,
201, 226, 611, Damien Vanleuven 207.
Fox Bowling
Center
Tues. Ladies Early
Birds
Linda Ferris 181, Sheila Wormuth 202, 187,
549.
Wed. Men's
Independent
Al Bullis Sr. 254, 630, Andrew Bullis 267, 675, Bucky
Bullis 241, Cassidy Coe 235, 606, Dale Conklin 612, Frank Couse Sr. 249, 654,
Jim Dibble 246, 668, Brian Drumm 623, Jim Fino 242, Craig Gehrig 233, Bill Gleim
241, 226, 669, Marty Haeussler 242, 228, 644, Rob Johnson 257, 236, 233, 726,
Gregory Keelser 225, 649, Jerry Kulakosky 234, 233, 667, Scott Lacy 234, Donnie
Marino 233, 267, 675, Josh Milucky 241, 256, 718, Cory Newman 225, 232, 648,
Dick Price 237, 667, Tim Smith 226, 641, Brian Tiffany 255, 631, Jonathon Wayne
615, Zuke Wormuth 246, 643.
Thurs. Men's Deposit
Natl.
Al Bullis Jr. 604, Shawn Card 227, 628, Dale Conklin 233,
234, 688, Ray Cornwell 238, 650, Jeff Curtis 226, 628, Matt Johnson 237, 631,
Robert Johnson 267, 228, 679, Greg Keesler 621, Dave Lester 604, Rick Mills
605.
Friday Mixed
Couples
Andy Bullis 610, Shane Dirig 247, Judy Ellis 199, 515, Linda
Ferris 190, Paul Fritz 225, 632, Matt Johnson 231, Bonnie LaDuke 201, Amy Lester
181, Dave Lester 645, Dana McGraw 203, 213, 202, 618, Mark McGraw 226, Sheri
Oralls 223, 184, 553, Walt Oralls 259, 670, Jen Smith 192, 265, 624, Tim Smith
226, 606, Dan Wormuth 237, 255, 699.
Sat. Morning
Youth
Bantam league Nathanil Hendrickson 141, 116, Thomas
Schoonmaker 142, 155, Billy Gilmore 112, Bethany Brown 113, McKenzy Brown 103,
115, Brenna Gleim 159, 128, Sierra Francisco 129, Junior girls Cassendra
Schoonmaker 172, Kayla Smith 154, 152, Trisha McElroy 186, 195.
Sunday Mixed
Fun
Don Marino 245, 236, 696, Dustin Mills (Bantam boys) 118,
143, 110, Rick Mills 234, 624, Samantha Mills (Youth girls) 184, 163, 147, 494,
Savanna Mills (Youth girls) 149.
Kiamesha
Lanes
Monday
Men's
Roy Sweeney 226, 617, Eddie Lake 613, Rick Lake 279, 248,
226, 753, Shane Conner 616, Michael Weiner 229, 647, Dan Ricco 235, Jaryl Scott
234, 630, Vinnie Collura 238, 245, 674, Don Durland 244, 268, 732, Lloyd Bridges
232, 639, Larry Berens 268, 226, 704, Tom Belgiovene 243, 630, Rudy Belanchia
227, 233, 660, Jon Wilhelm 234, 259, 232, 725, Ronnie Totten 250, 256, 699,
Kevin Stackhouse 243, 652, Charlie Tuttle 650, John Freemon 267, 607, Corey
VanKeuren 234, 631, Frank Scuderi 247, 601, John Lopez 233, 603, Gene Smith
237, Keith Smith 225, 227, 674, Craig Wilhelm 246, Kenny Atkins 235, 254, 661,
Eddie Walsh 235, 623, Pedro Agapito 248, 249, 226, 723, John Fischer 629, Dave
Graham 254, 256, 705, Michael Amore 267, 662, Armen Murad 269, 227, 692, Jody
Farquhar 226, 638, Jason Budd 225, 621, Jim Van Aken 254, 236, 705, Tim McIntyre
237, 666, Josh Strang 226, 614, Tom Palmer 606, Kyle Stevens 279, 256, 257, 792,
Tim Totten 228, 630.
Tuesday Mixed
Firefighters
Debbie Durland 188, 235, 591, Mary Lee Williams 203, 536,
Andrea Grossman 189, Cara Nicholson 180, Paul Minton 249, 246, 713, Kyle Stevens
248, 234, 225, 707, Ed Guthrie 267, 672, Robert Yakin Jr. 263, 668, Kris
Gwiozdowski 234, 645, Jack Rustic 244, 640, Ryan Lepke 238, 628, Shane
Cunningham 621, Walt Edwards Jr. 614, Laresko Niifa 258, 601.
Wednesday
Men's
Dennis Matthews 234, Kyle Matthews 266, 256, 254, 776,
Charlie Tuttle 257, 246, 685, David Sawall 276, 247, 710, Jason Rogers 245, 249,
679, Jason Jones 237, 603, Jo Jo VanKeuren 265, 628, Serafin Rodriguez 246, 634,
Serafin Rodriguez III a 225, 644, Tim Bilyeu 280, 259, 745, Alpesh Patel 246,
600, Rick Lara 235, 266, 703, Donald Durland 290, 709, Frank DiCostanzo 236,
236, 672, Eddie Walsh 299, 265, 751, Pete Meachum 242, 236, 697, Steve Rivera
225, Larry Hicks 231, 235, 632, Paul Minton 225, 629, Jason Jones 226, Dwayne
Cabrera 248, 651, Tom Mitchell 243, 652, Shane Conner 228, 232, 646, James
VanAken 279, 683, Tim McIntyre 243, 637, Josh Strang 611, Billy Curry 234, 225,
681, Chris Gibson 253, 258, 722, Gene Smith 245, Keith Smith 268, 248, 702, Tom
Belgiovene 255, 687, Frank Eichenlaub III a 256, 692, Pedro Agapito 290, 645,
Larry Whipple 233, 615, Roy Sweeney 236, Dave Graham 239, 244, 686, Billy
Mitchell 242.
Thursday
Ladies
Joan Lake 186, B.J. Bound 215, Caryl Skla 217, 236, Joan
Fredenburg 191, Amanda Irwin 220, Karen Borowski 181, Debbie Durland 197, 190,
190, 577, Trasey Barres 201, 224, Sherry Laird 200, Audrey Woodard 203, Pat
Shuart 185, Kelly Shattuck 186, Christa Sweeney 189, 189, Kristy Graham 202, Liz
Burgio 187, Connie McKenley 180, Liz Stubits 193.
Friday
Mixed
Trasey Barres 194, 216, 580, Cathy Carpenter 193, Mary Ann
Drobysh-Berens 234, 543, Sara Durland 225, 194, 196, 615, Kathy Fielding 182,
Nancy Fraser 215, 180, 537, Jullian Kuchar 182, Laura Palmer 182, Antionette Rau
507, Christina Seidler 185, Tammy Sze 222, 214, 596, Mardette Wilcox 224, 196,
553, Caroline Williams 180, Larry Berens 236, 640, Orshii Boldiis 225, Matt
Fallon 226, 279, 266, 771, Glenn Fraser 227, 626, David Graham 247, 259, 724,
Eddie Lake 236, 266, 233, 735, Pete Nastasii 227, 642, Tom Palmer 267, 607, Dan
Ricco 245, 656, Frank Scluderi 608, Kevin Stackhouse 604, Robert Sze 226, 625,
Lawrence Whipple 237, 624, Leroy Williams 257, 634.
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