NORM DUKE DEFEATS WEBER 234-215

Duke Defeats Weber in PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino

World Championship for Second PBA50 Major Title

Duke beats Weber 234-215 in title match to also notch third career PBA50 Tour title

WELCH, Minn. (July 23, 2016) – When Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Norm Duke looks for motivation, he finds it in the milestone PBA50 Tour season that longtime rival and fellow hall member Pete Weber is having this year.

Duke had extra motivation in the title match of the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino World Championship presented by Storm Saturday beating Weber 234-215 in the title match at Island Xtreme Bowl for his second PBA50 Tour major and third title of his career on the tour for players 50 years of age and older.

“Any of us are capable of getting on a serious roll but the one Pete is on is something else,” said Duke of Weber’s season that includes a record five PBA50 Tour wins with a record run of four in a row. “I had to look at it as not only stopping the roll he’s on but starting my own.”

In the title match, Duke, who was the top seed for the finals and Weber, who qualified third, were tied in the eighth frame but Weber failed to strike in the ninth frame leaving the 3-6-10 spare which he converted. It was then that Duke saw his opportunity and struck in the ninth and the first ball in the 10th to seal the win.

“I was kind of shocked that he left that (spare) at that point but I saw it as an opportunity,” said Duke, who ranks third on the all-time PBA Tour titles list with 38 wins including seven majors. “I thought to myself let’s get this done.”

Duke ended Weber’s consecutive major titles string this season at two after Weber, the defending PBA50 Player of the Year, won the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by 900 Global and USBC Senior Masters in June.

The win was Duke’s first since winning his first major, the Senior U.S. Open, in his rookie season in 2014.

“I’ve got a lot of catching up to do,” Duke added. “I want to catch up to Pete, Walter (Ray Williams Jr.) and the other guys but I’m still a work in progress and have a long way to go.”

In the opening stepladder match, Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Twp., Mich., the winner of the 2009 PBA Senior World Championship, beat PBA50 Tour rookie Brian Kretzer of Dayton, Ohio, 201-193, to advance to the second match where he lost to Weber 234-186.

Weber then beat PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III in the semifinal match 264-214 to advance to the championship match against Duke. Bohn, who was trying for his fourth PBA50 Tour title, won the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open last season which was conducted as a standard PBA50 Tour tournament.

Weber, who ranks fourth on the PBA Tour list with 37 wins including a record-tying 10 majors, was trying for his fifth PBA50 major and 10th title overall. In the eight PBA50 Tour tournaments he has competed in this season, he has two seconds and a fourth-place finish along with his five wins.

The PBA50 Tour travels to Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind., for the PBA50 South Shore Open presented by DV8 July 25-28.

The PBA50 Tour is covered in its entirety on PBA’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame. For subscription and schedule information visit www.xtraframe.tv.

PBA50 TREASURE ISLAND RESORT & CASINO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

PRESENTED BY STORM

Island Xtreme Bowl, Welch, Minn., Saturday

Final Results

1, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., $15,000.

2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., $8,500.

3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., $5,500.

4, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., $4,000.

5, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, $3,500.

Playoff Results

Match One – Sullins def. Kretzer, 201-193.

Match Two – Weber def. Sullins, 234-186.

Semifinal Match – Weber def. Bohn, 264-214.

Championship Match – Duke def. Weber, 234-215.

FIFTH ROUND STANDINGS

(After 26 games. Top five advance to stepladder finals. Includes match play record and total pinfall including bonus pins)

1, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 8-4, 6,537.
2, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 8-4, 6,436.
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 6-6, 6,370.
4, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 9-3, 6,340.
5, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 5-7, 6,278.
6, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 7-5, 6,220, $3,000.
7, n-Ron Nelson Jr, Bridgeview, Ill., 5-6-1, 6,173, $2,500.
8, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 6-6, 6,168, $2,400.
9, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 7-5, 6,164, $2,100.
10, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 4-8, 6,160, $2,000.
11, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 5-7, 6,157, $2,050.
12, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 8-4, 6,127, $1,900.
13, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 6-6, 6,113, $1,850.
14, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 6-5-1, 6,096, $1,800.
15, (tie) Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 5-7, 6,084, and Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 6-4-2, 6,084, $1,725.
17, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 7-5, 6,068, $1,675.
18, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 5-7, 6,055, $1,650.
19, Andrew Frawley, Australia, 5-7, 6,016, $1,625.
20, Ricky Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 6-6, 5,977, $1,600.
21, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 5-7, 5,903, $1,575.
22, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 6-6, 5,898, $1,550.
23, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 3-9, 5,855, $1,525.
24, Randy Scharf, Gillette, Wyo., 4-8, 5,840, $1,500.

FOURTH ROUND STANDINGS

(After 21 games. Includes match play record and total pinfall including bonus pins)

1, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 4-2, 5,049.
2, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 4-2, 5,018.
3, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 3-3, 5,010.
4, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 3-3, 4,941.
5, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 3-3, 4,919.
6, n-Ron Nelson Jr, Bridgeview, Ill., 1-4-1, 4,852.
7, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 4-2, 4,836.
8, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 4-2, 4,817.
9, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 4-1-1, 4,797.
10, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3-3, 4,796.
11, (tie) Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., and Andrew Frawley, Australia, 3-3, 4,778.
13, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3-3, 4,777.
14, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 4-2, 4,758.
15, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 3-3, 4,747, $200.
16, Sam Maccarone, Blackwood, N.J., 2-4, 4,732.
17, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 3-3, 4,720.
18, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 2-4, 4,692.
19, Randy Scharf, Gillette, Wyo., 3-3, 4,656.
20, Tommy Martin, Olive Branch, Miss., 2-4, 4,638.
21, Ricky Schissler, Brighton, Colo., 2-4, 4,618.
22, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 2-4, 4,586.
23, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 3-3, 4,568.
24, Tom Carter, Columbus, Ohio, 1-5, 4,562.

n-denotes non-member

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