Women's Largest Sporting Event Underway
The world's largest participatory sporting event for women is now
underway in the new $35-million South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas.
The event is the 2016 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Women's
Championships and is the first major USBC Tournament in this facility as
it marks the first of four scheduled visits over the next decade.
Opening ceremonies for this new venue included the first group of
four-player teams at the 97th edition of this championship which saw a
ribbon-cutting and the traditional mass ball shot ceremony and
encouraging words from local and bowling dignitaries.
This year's
Bowl for the Cure Fabulous Four essay winners completed a special
journey together and rolled out the ceremonial first balls before
competing as a team in the opening squad.
During the event's
94-day run ending on July 11, more than 25,000 bowlers will hit the
lanes at the 60-lane venue to compete for a prize fund expected to be in
the millions.
The Women's Championships previously was held in
Las Vegas in 1973 and 1983 where it was contested at the famous Showboat
Lanes.
Joining the Women's Championships at South Point this year
will be the second edition of the USBC Mixed, which features four
player mixed teams (two men and two women) mixed doubles (one man and
one woman) and open singles competition.
The Mixed events competition will continue through July 10.
The Mixed features a divisional structure that mimics the Women's
Championships (four divisions for team and six for doubles and singles)
so it is inviting for bowlers of all skill levels and could serve as a
good steppingstone to bigger events like the Women's Championships and
USBC Open (Men's) Championships.
Women and mixed bowlers can obtain information at BOWL.com/womenschamp and at BOWL.com/mixed.
Ed's Outlook
The sport of bowling continues to show growth and certainly one avenue
that bowling fans like is the Professional Bowling Association 50 and
over (PBA50) league which shows steady growth and features some of the
all-time greats of the sport.
In a 2015 title match that featured
two of the PBA's all-time greats with 72 PBA Tour wins between them,
Parker Bohn III defeated Norm Duke 263-222, on pba.com's online bowling
channel Xtra Frame to win the PBA50 Tour's Pasco County Florida Open.
Both players will be among a field of approximately 150 of the sport's
top stars ages 50 and over will return for the 2016 Pasco County Florida
Open at Lane Glo Bowl in New Port Richey, Fla. being staged this
weekend (April 16-19) in what is becoming a traditional season-opening
event for the PBA50 Tour.
Bohn and Duke are among a group of PBA
legends competing on both the PBA Tour and the PBA50 Tour. Others in the
same category include Walter Ray Williams Jr., Amleto Monacelli and
Pete Weber.
Fans will be able to catch all the PBA50 Tour action throughout the season on Xtra Frame.
The practice sessions and pro-am squads bowl Saturday and tournament
competition starts Sunday at 10 a.m. and goes on every day to the
five-player stepladder finals Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Great bowlers living their dreams.
If you don't presently have Xtra Frame you may order it at pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link.
Elias Cup Team
Event Sunday
At 1 On ESPN
The road to the 2016 PBA League Elias Cup begins this Sunday, July 17 at 1 p.m. on ESPN.
This team competition will feature two Professional Bowling Association
(PBA) league quarterfinal round matches from Bayside Bowl in Portland,
Maine.
The four teams featured will be the Silver Lake Atom
Splitters, the GEICO New York WTT KingPins, the High 5 Gear
Philadelphia Hitmen and the Shipyard Portland Lumberjacks.
Quarterfinal action will continue Sunday, April 24 at 1 p.m.
Ed Townsend is a PR Consultant to the sport of bowling. He writes and
compiles the information for this column. If you have league scores,
tournament information, score a 300 game or 800 series, call Ed at
845-439-8177, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or fax at
845-205-4474. View this column and Ed's photos at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on Facebook and Twitter.
The Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo
How to hold the ball in bowling is very important because holding it properly can change the whole course of the game.
Like any sport, it takes practice to play well, but if you take it step by step, you can learn to play.
The fundamental step is learning how to hold the ball. If you are
holding it for the first time you have to observe the position of the
holes and the angles they form with the rest of the ball and between
them.
The holes are the spots where your fingers will be placed and
that is the reason when you will have to acquire them the biggest
attention possible.
When you hold the ball you must bear in mind
that both hands are implied in the game. Even is you will throw with
only one hand, the other hand will work as a support for the hitting
hand, also called the dominant hand.
With the dominant hand, you
place your three fingers in the holes, keep them in a straight position
and do not allow them to bow. Bowing fingers will result in a bad hit.
Bear in mind that the ball is pretty hard and learning to throw it with
one hand requires a lot of practice before succeeding.
All in
all, it can be said that holding the bowling ball requires lots of
practice and exercises. You don't need talent for this....like any other
sport, performance bowling is the result of special exercises that
develop your muscles and the tactics of the game.
Mike Luongo is a
certified IBPSIA Pro Shop Operator, Master Instructor, USBC Silver
Level Coach and an Adviser-Special Events Assistant with the Storm and
Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. Have a question, email him at
mikel@stormbowling.com
Local Scores
(Compiled by Ed Townsend)
Kiamesha Lanes
Monday Men's
Eddie Lake 247, 258, 720, Rick Lake 628, Jaryl Scott 235, 256, 711,
Vinny Collura 225, 645, Donnie Durland 257, 232, 226, 715, Jody Farquhar
229, John Hoffmann 246, 248, 258, 752, Keith Smith 288, 243, 743, Rob
Sze 238, 676, Gary North 227, Charlie Tuttle 258, 617, Mike Weiner 235,
234, 641, Dave Graham 279, 225, 708, Tim Totten 624, Walt Edwards 247,
640, Michael Scuderi 613, Ronald Totten 237, 606, Tom Belgiovene 609,
Arthur Stevens 255, James VanAken 254, 660, Lloyd Bridges 254, 675, Jon
Wilhelm 233, 621, Todd Houghtaling 233, 639, Josh Strang 269, 276, 235,
780, Kenny Atkins 601, Jason Jones Jr. 247, 629, Larry Whipple 248, 277,
727, Justin Holland 234, 278, 245, 757, George Baggatta 278, 685, Pedro
Agapito III a 247, 246, 710, Justin Lopez 602.
Tues. Mixed Firefighters
Charles Stackhouse 247, 620, Rob Keesler 246, 675, Kat Cronk 202, 511,
Mary Lee Williams 192, 202, 206, 600, Andrea Grossman 182, Shane
Cunningham 602, Joan Lake 190, Trasey Barres 180, 202, 188, 570, Pedro
Agapito III a 246, 243, 254, 743, Ed Guthrie 225, John Hoffmann 237,
Dustin Graham 234, Peter Scannell 246, Stanley Gilmore 605, Debra
Blackford 190, 506, Karen Martin 185, 210, 574, Cara Nicholson 211, 539.
Wednesday Men's
George Baggata 258, 661, Justin Lopez 245, 633, Christopher Stewart
276, 612, Dave Graham 279, 696, Pedro Agapito III a 277, 279, 779, Tom
Belgiovene 236, 226, 622, James Walsh 229, 298, 711, Jon Wilhelm 245,
658, Carlos Torres 237, 247, 226, 710, Kyle Giordano 278, 245, 747,
Richard Bradford 603, Chris Parken 246, 237, 682, Charlie Tuttle 255,
232. 231. 718, Kevin Stackhouse 228, 245, 686, Kyle Matthews 243, 238,
687, Mark Carman Jr. 257, 636, David Garlinghouse 253, 655.
Thursday Ladies
Sarah Durland 196, 182, 186, 564, Ann Sawyer 181, Kearstin DeGraw 184,
Liz Stubits 192, Pat Gibson 191, Debbie Polin 185, 234, Stella Schmahl
191, Trasey Barres 192, Ann Kaplan 194, Kelly Shattuck 203, Dottie Cox
202, Sherry Laird 190, Lisa Cartwright 216, Cara Nicholson 182, 201,
Valerie Mott 187.
Friday Mixed
Cathy Carpenter 200, 512, MaryAnn Drobysh-Berens 207, 561, Joan Lake
192, Linda Schaefer 186, 525, Pedro Agapito III a 227, 698, Larry Berens
612, Paul Berens 231, Billy Dertinger 247, 643, Dave Graham 244, 666,
Brandon Hinkley Sr. 256, Matthew Jahn 227, 225, 665, Greg Kuchar 242,
661, Ryan Lepke 615, Keith Smith 233, 624, Kevin Stackhouse 248, 671,
Charlie Tuttle 234, 257, 225, 716, James VanAken 238, 669, Larry Whipple
228, 607,
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