Marshall Kent of Yakima, Washington, has been named the September 2012 Kegel Bowler of the Month by the International Bowling Media Association. The 19-year-old Team USA member defeated the No. 10 seed, Oleksandr Kalika of Ukraine, in a two-game total pins match, 419-323, to win his first European Bowling Tour title in the Russian Open in Moscow. This is Kent's third IBMA Kegel Bowler of the Month award, becoming the first USBC youth bowler to claim three honors.
Inaugural event at five-star Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa features two different age divisions for both men and women - Men 50-60, Men 61 and older, Women 45-55 and Women 56 and older; over $12,000 in prizes will be awarded along with event medals
The organizers of the 2012 International Senior Open have released Bulletin No. 3, which contains new information on the tournament schedule, the lane conditioning pattern, shuttle schedule as well as new forms. The inaugural ISO will be held at the famous Red Rock Lanes, a 60-laner within Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nev. United States, from Dec. 2-8, 2012 and offers over $12,000 in prizes along with event medals. The ISO faetures two different age divisions for both men and women.
With deep sorrow Jose Guandique, President of the Pan American Bowling Confederation, has informed all member federations and associations of PABCON as well as all member countries of the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs and World Tenpin Bowling Association, that Eduardo Marchandet B (pictured)., President of the Venezuelan Bowling Federation (Federacion Venezolana de Bowling) passed away on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Venezuela at the age of 75.
Inaugural event at five-star Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa features two different age divisions for both men and women - Men 50-60, Men 61 and older, Women 45-55 and Women 56 and older
David Garber and Joan Romeo, Tournament Managers of the 2012 International Senior Open, have made several minor revisions to the previously presented Bulletin No. 2. The inaugural ISO will be held at the famous Red Rock Lanes, a 60-laner within Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada from Dec. 2-8, 2012. The tournament is dedicated to senior bowlers from WTBA member federations and features Singles, Doubles, Team and Masters competition.
Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured left with Mike Adamski - Kansas City Tournaments) of Kettering, Ohio, is on a Summer "hot streak" that includes wins at The Proprietors Cup, gold medals at the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships and now the Women's Bowling Alliance Kansas City Open at Olathe Lanes East. The Team USA member and four-time world champion defeated Olivia Sandham of Wichita, Kan. in the title match, 247-239.
Greg Young, (pictured) of Viera, Florida, has been named the August 2012 Kegel Bowler of the Month by the International Bowling Media Association.Young, 16, defeated Ashley Dunn, 15, Palmdale, Florida, 2-0, to win the Teen Masters Grand Championship and a $64,000 college scholarship package. Young, a junior at Viera High School, qualified third in the boys
division into the Grand
Championship, held for the second straight year in Vanderbilt Hall
inside New York City's Grand Central Station.
WTBA certified event invites the world's top 18 & Under bowlers to Red Rock bowling center; entries are being accepted until Oct. 15; field is limited to the first 120 players
The Teen Masters first challenged America's top teen bowlers in 1997, making it America's longest running national championship youth bowling event. Now, the rest of the world's top 18 & Under bowlers also will have a chance to take on bowling's toughest test November 9-11 at the 2012 Teen Masters World Series in Las Vegas. Entries are now being accepted online until Oct. 15. The field is limited on a first-come basis to the first 120 players who enter.
United States (host), Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Canada, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica qualify for the 2013 WTBA Combined World Championships
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky (l.) and Canada's George Lambert IV (r.) earned the gold medals Saturday in Masters match play to close out the 2012 Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships. Pluhowsky, the reigning World Champion in Masters, defeated teammate Liz Johnson, 238-226, to win the women's title, while Lambert fired a perfect game in defeating Puerto Rico's Francisco Colon, 300-175, at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas.
The Team USA men and women swept the gold medals in Team and All Events Friday at the 2012 PABCON Adult Championships. The U.S. women broke the record for six-game team total with 6,713 as they rolled to the gold medal by 256 pins over Mexico. The Team USA men shot 6,687 and finished 194 pins ahead of Mexico.
Bill O'Neill and Liz Johnson captured the gold medals in All Events. The top 24 men and top 24 women in the All Events standings advanced to Saturday's Masters competition.
Team USA's Liz Johnson and Canada's George Lambert IV take over lead in All Events
Team USA took the lead in the men's and women's team event after the opening three games Thursday at the 2012 PABCON Adult Championships. The USA leads Mexico by just 11 pins in the women's team event with 3,349 pinfall on the Stockholm pattern, while Mexico totaled 3,338. Venezuela is third with 3,073. On the men's side, Team USA leads Puerto Rico by 45 pins. The U.S. totaled 3,317, while Puerto Rico had 3,272. Canada is third with 3,22.
Colombia's Maria Rodriguez and Steve Smith, United States, lead in All Events after 12/24 games
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky, Liz Johnson and Stefanie Nation, (l.) and Canada's George Lambert IV, Mark Buffa and Jean Sebastian Lessard (r.) claimed the women's and men's trios gold medal Wednesday at the 2012 PABCON Adult Championships.
Colombia's Maria Rodriguez and Team USA's Steve Smith hold the lead in All Events after 12 of 24 games.
Veteran pro bowler, Lonnie Waliczek of Wichita, Kansas, defeated former Wichita State collegian, Kristopher Prather, 206-193, to win the 9th New Mexico Open and the $8,530 top prize at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Finishing the title match first, Waliczek threw a great shot in the tenth but then left a 2-pin for 206, giving Prather a chance to win. He threw it as good as anyone possibly could, needing a double, 4-count to win, and rode the shot only to see a 7-pin stay upright.
Colombia's Rocio Restrepo and Maria Jose Rodriguez (r-l) and Team USA's Bill O'Neill and Tommy Jones (l-r) earned the gold medal in women's and men's Doubles Tuesday at the 2012 Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships. The action now shifts to the Trios event starting at 9 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday.
Alicia Marcano and Team USA's John Janawicz won the women's and men's Singles titles in the opening event of the 2012 Pan American Combined Championships Monday at Sunset Station's Strike Zone in Las vegas. Janawicz had a monumental comeback in the final game to win the men's gold medal with with 1,449 six-game total and an average of 241.50. Marcano closed strong with games of 245 and 236 to claim the women's title with 1,368 (228 average).
Almost 200 athletes from 18 countries to compete for medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters in Las Vegas; all the action will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV; event serves as the qualifier for the 2013 WTBA Combined World Championships;
The PABCON Combined Championships got underway with the Opening Ceremonies Sunday evening at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas. Almost 200 Athletes from 18 countries (the picture shows the team of the host country USA) will compete for medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters with all the action being broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. Competition begins today with Singles at 8 a.m. Pacific.
Matt McNiel of Prior Lake, Minnesota, won the 11thFrame.com Open Cherry Lanes. McNiel, who won three Eagles over a three-year span, defeated Shannon Buchan, 447-403, in the final two-game championship match. In the semifinal match, Buchan defeated John Brockland, of St. Charles, Missouri, 427-327. McNiel received the $4,000 top prize. Buchan earned $2,000 for second place and Brockland pocketed $1,500 for third place.
Men and women from 18 countries to bowl for medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters; event serves as the qualifier for the 2013 WTBA Combined World Championships
Though the United States has won more than 61 percent of the gold medals in the history of the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships, members of Team USA won't take their competition lightly when the 2012 event begins next week. Athletes from 18 countries will descend upon Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas for the 2012 PABCON Combined Championships. The event will serve as the qualifier for the 2013 WTBA Combined World Championships.
Diego Rojas (center) of Costa Rica shot a 988 four-game series to win the men's Singles event at the 34th La Raza Bowling Tournament in San José, Costa Rica en route to wrap up the men's All Events title with 4694 pinfall total and an average of 234.70 over 20 games. Alfonso RodrÃguez of Mexico (men's senior), Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic (women) and USA's Lucy Sandelin (women's senior) won the All Events titles in the three other divisions.
Santiago MejÃa of Colombia and Costa Rica's national team member Rodolfo Madriz combined for 1963 pinfall total to win the men's Doubles event of the 34th La Raza Bowling Tournament Thursday at Bowling Dent in San José, Costa Rica. The Americans swept the medals in the Senior Men's division with George Gomez and Bob Nieves leading the field with 1844. Melissa Quiñones, USA, (922) and USBC Hall of Famer Lucy Sandelin (877) overtook the lead in women's and senior women's Singles after 4 of 8 games.
After three days of competition, Team Nokia with Josh Blanchard, Bernal Fuentes, Erik Roy and Ronald Arce (r-l) claimed the men's four-player team title in the 34th La Raza Bowling Tournament currently underway at Bowling Dent and Bol Cariari in San José, Costa Rica. The foursome finished with 10717 pinfall total and an average of 223.27. The tournament continues on Thursday, Oct. 11 with the men's and men's senior's Doubles event and the first block of the women's Singles event.
Marshall Kent of Yakima, Washington, has been named the September 2012 Kegel Bowler of the Month by the International Bowling Media Association. The 19-year-old Team USA member defeated the No. 10 seed, Oleksandr Kalika of Ukraine, in a two-game total pins match, 419-323, to win his first European Bowling Tour title in the Russian Open in Moscow. This is Kent's third IBMA Kegel Bowler of the Month award, becoming the first USBC youth bowler to claim three honors.
The organizers of the 2012 International Senior Open have released Bulletin No. 3, which contains new information on the tournament schedule, the lane conditioning pattern, shuttle schedule as well as new forms. The inaugural ISO will be held at the famous Red Rock Lanes, a 60-laner within Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nev. United States, from Dec. 2-8, 2012 and offers over $12,000 in prizes along with event medals. The ISO faetures two different age divisions for both men and women.
With deep sorrow Jose Guandique, President of the Pan American Bowling Confederation, has informed all member federations and associations of PABCON as well as all member countries of the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs and World Tenpin Bowling Association, that Eduardo Marchandet B (pictured)., President of the Venezuelan Bowling Federation (Federacion Venezolana de Bowling) passed away on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, in Venezuela at the age of 75.
Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured left with Mike Adamski - Kansas City Tournaments) of Kettering, Ohio, is on a Summer "hot streak" that includes wins at The Proprietors Cup, gold medals at the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships and now the Women's Bowling Alliance Kansas City Open at Olathe Lanes East. The Team USA member and four-time world champion defeated Olivia Sandham of Wichita, Kan. in the title match, 247-239.
The Teen Masters first challenged America's top teen bowlers in 1997, making it America's longest running national championship youth bowling event. Now, the rest of the world's top 18 & Under bowlers also will have a chance to take on bowling's toughest test November 9-11 at the 2012 Teen Masters World Series in Las Vegas. Entries are now being accepted online until Oct. 15. The field is limited on a first-come basis to the first 120 players who enter.
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky (l.) and Canada's George Lambert IV (r.) earned the gold medals Saturday in Masters match play to close out the 2012 Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships. Pluhowsky, the reigning World Champion in Masters, defeated teammate Liz Johnson, 238-226, to win the women's title, while Lambert fired a perfect game in defeating Puerto Rico's Francisco Colon, 300-175, at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas.
The Team USA men and women swept the gold medals in Team and All Events Friday at the 2012 PABCON Adult Championships. The U.S. women broke the record for six-game team total with 6,713 as they rolled to the gold medal by 256 pins over Mexico. The Team USA men shot 6,687 and finished 194 pins ahead of Mexico.
Bill O'Neill and Liz Johnson captured the gold medals in All Events. The top 24 men and top 24 women in the All Events standings advanced to Saturday's Masters competition.
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky, Liz Johnson and Stefanie Nation, (l.) and Canada's George Lambert IV, Mark Buffa and Jean Sebastian Lessard (r.) claimed the women's and men's trios gold medal Wednesday at the 2012 PABCON Adult Championships.
Colombia's Maria Rodriguez and Team USA's Steve Smith hold the lead in All Events after 12 of 24 games.
Veteran pro bowler, Lonnie Waliczek of Wichita, Kansas, defeated former Wichita State collegian, Kristopher Prather, 206-193, to win the 9th New Mexico Open and the $8,530 top prize at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Finishing the title match first, Waliczek threw a great shot in the tenth but then left a 2-pin for 206, giving Prather a chance to win. He threw it as good as anyone possibly could, needing a double, 4-count to win, and rode the shot only to see a 7-pin stay upright. 
Colombia's Rocio Restrepo and Maria Jose Rodriguez (r-l) and Team USA's Bill O'Neill and Tommy Jones (l-r) earned the gold medal in women's and men's Doubles Tuesday at the 2012 Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships. The action now shifts to the Trios event starting at 9 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday. 
Alicia Marcano and Team USA's John Janawicz won the women's and men's Singles titles in the opening event of the 2012 Pan American Combined Championships Monday at Sunset Station's Strike Zone in Las vegas. Janawicz had a monumental comeback in the final game to win the men's gold medal with with 1,449 six-game total and an average of 241.50. Marcano closed strong with games of 245 and 236 to claim the women's title with 1,368 (228 average). 
The PABCON Combined Championships got underway with the Opening Ceremonies Sunday evening at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas. Almost 200 Athletes from 18 countries (the picture shows the team of the host country USA) will compete for medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters with all the action being broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV. Competition begins today with Singles at 8 a.m. Pacific.
Matt McNiel of Prior Lake, Minnesota, won the 11thFrame.com Open Cherry Lanes. McNiel, who won three Eagles over a three-year span, defeated Shannon Buchan, 447-403, in the final two-game championship match. In the semifinal match, Buchan defeated John Brockland, of St. Charles, Missouri, 427-327. McNiel received the $4,000 top prize. Buchan earned $2,000 for second place and Brockland pocketed $1,500 for third place.