August 2008

Renan Zoghaib and Roberta Rodrigues won the 17th Brazil Open Cup QubicaAMF 2008 at Tiger Bowling Center Lanes in Sao Paulo, Brazil and will represent Brazil in the 44th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from November 7-15, 2008 in Hermosillo, Mexico. Zoghaib (l.) and Rodrigues (r.) led the men’s and women’s division after 18 games with 208.28 and 200.06 average, respectively, en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the five-player stepladder finals; a huge advantage as the No. 1 seed must be defeated twice to win the title.

Two years after helping lead the United States to its first men's team gold medal at the World Championships since 1971, Bill Hoffman of Columbus, Ohio, remembers it as if it was yesterday. Rolling a 300 in the second-to-last game does wonders for long-term memories. "That's the biggest highlight of my career," said Hoffman, a nine-year veteran of Team USA. "It really helped put the program where it needed to be - on top of the world. It's something our new team members can take pride in." Those "new" team members happen to be some of the best professional bowlers in the world.

Two years after helping lead the United States to its first men's team gold medal at the World Championships since 1971, Bill Hoffman of Columbus, Ohio, remembers it as if it was yesterday. Rolling a 300 in the second-to-last game does wonders for long-term memories. "That's the biggest highlight of my career," said Hoffman, a nine-year veteran of Team USA. "It really helped put the program where it needed to be - on top of the world. It's something our new team members can take pride in." Those "new" team members happen to be some of the best professional bowlers in the world.

It will be an experienced team that will represent Canada at next week's men's world tenpin bowling championships in Thailand. Nine-time Team Canada member George Lambert IV, of Hamilton and seven-time Team Canada member Joe Ciach (pictured) of Mississauga will lead the Canadian contingent that will take on the best bowlers from 56 countries from August 21-31 in Bangkok. The competition, involving more than 300 players, will be held SF Strike Bowl, a 42-lane center in Ngamwongwan, 30 minutes away from downtown Bangkok.

Arguably the greatest rookie season in the history of the Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour almost never happened. Rhino Page of Topeka, KS, would likely still be an amateur this day if professionals still were ineligible to bowl in international competition. And he was OK with that. Fortunately for Page, he didn't have to play the "What if?" game as he'll continue his successful Team USA career at the upcoming World Tenpin Bowling Association Men's World Championships, scheduled for Aug. 22-30 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Arguably the greatest rookie season in the history of the Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour almost never happened. Rhino Page of Topeka, KS, would likely still be an amateur this day if professionals still were ineligible to bowl in international competition. And he was OK with that. Fortunately for Page, he didn't have to play the "What if?" game as he'll continue his successful Team USA career at the upcoming World Tenpin Bowling Association Men's World Championships, scheduled for Aug. 22-30 in Bangkok, Thailand.