Most people who play sports can only dream of having a chance to compete against the pros on national television with thousands of dollars at stake. For 18 bowlers, their chance to compete against some of the best professionals on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour, including star Norm Duke, is closer to becoming a reality through the PBA Experience Showdown. The PBA Experience Showdown is a unique competition for United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling members.
The United States Bowling Congress has declared Ashly Galante, Adam Jablonski, Skip Pavone and Shannon Pluhowsky the 2008-09 USBC Sport Bowling National High Average Award winners. Pavone and Pluhowsky (l.) are first-time winners, capturing the adult male and adult female titles, resp. Jablonski has now won the youth male award two years in a row while Galante (r.) captured the youth female category for a record 5th consecutive season.
The United States Bowling Congress membership awards department has declared Bryan Alpert, Ashley Galante (l.), Clara Guerrero (r.), and Adam Jablonski, Sterling Heights, Mich., the 2007-08 Sport Bowling national high average award winners. Alpert, Guerrero and Jablonski are all first-time winners while Galante led her category for a USBC-record fourth consecutive season. Alpert and Guerrero will receive the distinctive Sport Bowling Crystal Pin award, symbolic of their accomplishments. Jablonski and Galante will receive USBC Youth medals and certificates.
Regular honor scores stay fairly steady in 2007-08 season
Another increase in membership in Sport Bowling leagues meant another rise in Sport Bowling 300 games and 800 series in the 2007-08 season completed July 31. Meanwhile, the number of similar achievements in regular competition increased only slightly. USBC Sport Bowling members earned recognition for a record 104 perfect games and 23 800 series for the period from Aug. 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008. Those numbers were up from 60 300s and 8 800s. There were a total of 250 Sport Bowling scores earning major recognition.
Originally appeared in Bowling This Month magazine
There's a pattern to how PBA Experience oil patterns play. The pattern is that there is no exact pattern. The first rule of playing the PBA Experience patterns is that there are no rules. There's not one specific way to play any of the five patterns. The suggestions in United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling handouts, fliers and videos on bowl.com are based on previous experience and success from professional bowlers.
Bowlers from Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin captured United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling national high average honors for the 2006-07 season, including Team USA's Ashly Galante (l.) who won her third straight award. The awards come during what was a banner year for the USBC Sport Bowling program. Final statistics show the number of Sport Bowling members rose 120 percent over the previous season, with 27,921 competing in 2006-07 compared with 12,689 in 2005-06.
Florida, Illinois, California among state participation leaders in 2006-07
The USBC Sport Bowling program enjoyed explosive growth across the board this past season, due largely to the remarkable popularity of PBA Experience leagues which allow Sport members to compete on the same lane oil patterns as professional bowlers. Final statistics for the 2006-07 season show impressive participation increases for bowlers, leagues and centers hosting Sport Bowling competition.
"He has the whole lane. I am splitting boards out there. The crankers have the advantage." Virtually every bowler can easily identify the above phrases as something they may have said or something that was directed to them while they were bowling. Recent USBC research compared a Sport Bowling oil pattern to a standard house pattern for these styles of bowlers (stroker, tweener, cranker.)
Most people who play sports can only dream of having a chance to compete against the pros on national television with thousands of dollars at stake. For 18 bowlers, their chance to compete against some of the best professionals on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour, including star Norm Duke, is closer to becoming a reality through the PBA Experience Showdown. The PBA Experience Showdown is a unique competition for United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling members.
The United States Bowling Congress has declared Ashly Galante, Adam Jablonski, Skip Pavone and Shannon Pluhowsky the 2008-09 USBC Sport Bowling National High Average Award winners. Pavone and Pluhowsky (l.) are first-time winners, capturing the adult male and adult female titles, resp. Jablonski has now won the youth male award two years in a row while Galante (r.) captured the youth female category for a record 5th consecutive season.
The United States Bowling Congress membership awards department has declared Bryan Alpert, Ashley Galante (l.), Clara Guerrero (r.), and Adam Jablonski, Sterling Heights, Mich., the 2007-08 Sport Bowling national high average award winners. Alpert, Guerrero and Jablonski are all first-time winners while Galante led her category for a USBC-record fourth consecutive season. Alpert and Guerrero will receive the distinctive Sport Bowling Crystal Pin award, symbolic of their accomplishments. Jablonski and Galante will receive USBC Youth medals and certificates.
Another increase in membership in Sport Bowling leagues meant another rise in Sport Bowling 300 games and 800 series in the 2007-08 season completed July 31. Meanwhile, the number of similar achievements in regular competition increased only slightly. USBC Sport Bowling members earned recognition for a record 104 perfect games and 23 800 series for the period from Aug. 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008. Those numbers were up from 60 300s and 8 800s. There were a total of 250 Sport Bowling scores earning major recognition. 
Bowlers from Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin captured United States Bowling Congress Sport Bowling national high average honors for the 2006-07 season, including Team USA's Ashly Galante (l.) who won her third straight award. The awards come during what was a banner year for the USBC Sport Bowling program. Final statistics show the number of Sport Bowling members rose 120 percent over the previous season, with 27,921 competing in 2006-07 compared with 12,689 in 2005-06.
