John Davis, President of Kegel and chairman of the WTBA Technical Committee, has invited some 70 American bowling writers on Wednesday evening to the Kegel headquarter in Lake Wales, Florida. The chairman of the WTBA Technical Committee presented an R&D project by the WTBA Technical Committee - the concept of a "Regulation Bowling Ball". The whole presentation is available in Windows Media Player for 56Kbps and DSL/Cable Modem.
Five-time PBA champion Bob Learn Jr. rolled eight 200-plus games to cruise to victory in first WTBA World Challenge at the Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla. On Sunday, April 22. All players had to use one bowling ball ony, the "WBA Test Ball". The first winner of a WTBA World Challenge tournament received the 2.000 Dollar top prize from John Davis (pictured left), chairman of the WTBA Technical Committee, which will be working on the concept of a "Regulation Bowling Ball" over the next year.
Republished courtesy of Go Tenpin Magazine (April 2006 issue)
Two of our leading young bowlers have been banned for two years, having failed one of the regular drug tests conducted on Team England athletes, reports Eric Hayton, editor of the British Go Tenpin magazine. Iain McCorkindale (left) and Steve Letchford (right) were tested at the PTBC in December hosted by the Airport Bowl.
Republished courtesy of WBW Worldletter-Plus (March 2006 issue)
John Jowdy of California, USA, follows in the footsteps of Tom Kouros, Sid Allen, Fred Borden and Magnus Johnson to become the fifth person to receive the World Bowling Writers Tom Kouros Outstanding International Coach Award. WBW President Hazel McLeary will make the official presentation to John during the upcoming USBC Convention in Baton Rouge.
Lynda Barnes of Texas, USA and Paul Moor of Hull, England have been named 2005 World Bowling Writers Bowlers of the Year. Barnes enjoyed a magnificent year including a victory in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Slovenia. Moor captured three titles on the European Bowling Tour en route to win the European rankings for the second consecutive year.
Location and dates to be announced in upcoming months
The World Tenpin Bowling Association has selected the United States to host the 2008 World Youth Championships, the first time the tournament for elite international youth bowlers will be held in this country. The tournament's location and dates have yet to be determined and will be announced at a later time.
Longtime Team USA member is first American woman, youngest selected
Diandra Asbaty can put a checkmark next to another lifetime goal - and one of the biggest - before she hits age 30. The seven-time United States Bowling Congress Team USA member recently was elected to the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame, becoming the first American woman to earn the honor and the youngest individual selected to the Hall of Fame.
Long-time Swedish national coach Magnus Johnson was named the 'Outstanding International Coach' of the Year by the World Bowling Writers. Former Team USA head coach Fred Borden (right) was on hand to present the "WBW 2005 Tom Kouros Outstanding International Coach Award" to Johnson prior to the opening squad of the Olympia Tournament in Helsingborg, Sweden.
Hazel McLeary of Victoria, BC, Canada was presented with the Gosta Zellen Golden Quill Award for outstanding tenpin bowling journalism during the 27th Annual General Meeting of World Bowling Writers at the Lovvang Bowl, Aalborg on August 9.
Republished courtesy of Bowlers Journal International
The 4th of July edition of ABC-TV's "World News Tonight" concluded with a feature titled, "Spare Time," and dealt with "the revival of a sport" -- specifically, bowling. Substitute anchor Charles Gibson introduced the report by noting how bowling had "disappeared from network TV, and fallen off the face of sports pages" during the 1990s. Then in introducing reporter John Berman, he added: "But you can't keep a good sport down..."
Australian superbowler and World Bowling Writers' Hall of Famer Cara Honeychurch can now add one more title to her impressive resume --- mother! Cara and husband Jim Sultana welcomed little Emma Paige February 1. Cara says the new baby seems to take more after daddy Jim: "I expect she will probably be towering over me by the time she's 12!" Mother and child are back home in Melbourne and doing well.
Court of Arbitration for Sports makes decision on Nathan claim
As earlier reported, former WTBA President and Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress President, P.S. Nathan (pictured), has sued the FIQ at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Heikki Sarso from Finland, the incumbent WTBA President, has informed us that he has received an arbitral award from the arbitrator, but it doesn't contain a decision but an advice or opinion of the arbitrator.
Claim will cost the organization thousands of Dollars
Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress President P.S. Nathan (pictured left) has sued the FIQ at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. "Our costs at the moment are about 20.000 Euro (approx. US$26,000)", said Heikki Sarso from Finland (pictured right), the incumbent WTBA President.
John Davis, President of Kegel and chairman of the WTBA Technical Committee, has invited some 70 American bowling writers on Wednesday evening to the Kegel headquarter in Lake Wales, Florida. The chairman of the WTBA Technical Committee presented an R&D project by the WTBA Technical Committee - the concept of a "Regulation Bowling Ball". The whole presentation is available in Windows Media Player for 56Kbps and DSL/Cable Modem. 
Five-time PBA champion Bob Learn Jr. rolled eight 200-plus games to cruise to victory in first WTBA World Challenge at the Kegel Training Center in Lake Wales, Fla. On Sunday, April 22. All players had to use one bowling ball ony, the "WBA Test Ball". The first winner of a WTBA World Challenge tournament received the 2.000 Dollar top prize from John Davis (pictured left), chairman of the WTBA Technical Committee, which will be working on the concept of a "Regulation Bowling Ball" over the next year. 
Two of our leading young bowlers have been banned for two years, having failed one of the regular drug tests conducted on Team England athletes, reports Eric Hayton, editor of the British Go Tenpin magazine. Iain McCorkindale (left) and Steve Letchford (right) were tested at the PTBC in December hosted by the Airport Bowl.
John Jowdy of California, USA, follows in the footsteps of Tom Kouros, Sid Allen, Fred Borden and Magnus Johnson to become the fifth person to receive the World Bowling Writers Tom Kouros Outstanding International Coach Award. WBW President Hazel McLeary will make the official presentation to John during the upcoming USBC Convention in Baton Rouge. 
Lynda Barnes of Texas, USA and Paul Moor of Hull, England have been named 2005 World Bowling Writers Bowlers of the Year. Barnes enjoyed a magnificent year including a victory in the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Slovenia. Moor captured three titles on the European Bowling Tour en route to win the European rankings for the second consecutive year. 
The World Tenpin Bowling Association has selected the United States to host the 2008 World Youth Championships, the first time the tournament for elite international youth bowlers will be held in this country. The tournament's location and dates have yet to be determined and will be announced at a later time. 
Diandra Asbaty can put a checkmark next to another lifetime goal - and one of the biggest - before she hits age 30. The seven-time United States Bowling Congress Team USA member recently was elected to the World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame, becoming the first American woman to earn the honor and the youngest individual selected to the Hall of Fame. 
Long-time Swedish national coach Magnus Johnson was named the 'Outstanding International Coach' of the Year by the World Bowling Writers. Former Team USA head coach Fred Borden (right) was on hand to present the "WBW 2005 Tom Kouros Outstanding International Coach Award" to Johnson prior to the opening squad of the Olympia Tournament in Helsingborg, Sweden.
Hazel McLeary of Victoria, BC, Canada was presented with the Gosta Zellen Golden Quill Award for outstanding tenpin bowling journalism during the 27th Annual General Meeting of World Bowling Writers at the Lovvang Bowl, Aalborg on August 9.
Australian superbowler and World Bowling Writers' Hall of Famer Cara Honeychurch can now add one more title to her impressive resume --- mother! Cara and husband Jim Sultana welcomed little Emma Paige February 1. Cara says the new baby seems to take more after daddy Jim: "I expect she will probably be towering over me by the time she's 12!" Mother and child are back home in Melbourne and doing well. 
As earlier reported, former WTBA President and Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress President, P.S. Nathan (pictured), has sued the FIQ at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Heikki Sarso from Finland, the incumbent WTBA President, has informed us that he has received an arbitral award from the arbitrator, but it doesn't contain a decision but an advice or opinion of the arbitrator. 
Shannon Pluhowsky, 22, of the United States and 21-year-old Jason Belmonte, Australia, were voted 2004 World Bowling Writers Bowlers of the Year. 
Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia and Sweden's Anders Öhman are the two new inductees to the 2004 WBW International Bowling Hall of Fame. 
Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress President P.S. Nathan (pictured left) has sued the FIQ at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. "Our costs at the moment are about 20.000 Euro (approx. US$26,000)", said Heikki Sarso from Finland (pictured right), the incumbent WTBA President. 