Updated with two videos from the 2009 Women's Worlds and the Sean Rash/Brad Angelo Youth Clinic at the 2009 Brunswick Euro Challenge
In cooperation with Flavio Cuva and Beat Grauwiler Bowlingdigital.com has published more than 140 videos in the past four years, Since all videos are in high quality and most recently even in High Definition, many users with lower bandwidth were unable to open even the downsized versions. Therefore we have uploaded most of our videos onto YouTube and will add new videos frequently. To watch Bowlingdigital's videos on YouTube
click here
NBA All-Star Chris Paul (pictured) is a USBC spokesperson and a great friend to the sport of bowling. BOWL.COM, the internet platform of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), was able to sit down with the New Orleans Hornets point guard and avid bowler before the start of the 2009-2010 NBA season to talk about his love of bowling, family, charity and much more. Note: The second annual Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational will air Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Wichita State University Shocker seniors Josh Blanchard (left, Upland, Calif.) and John Szczerbinski (right, North Tonawanda, N.Y.) achieved perfection last weekend at the Blue and Gold Classic in South Bend, Ind. as they both shot 300 during tournament play. In addition to their 300's both Blanchard and Szczerbinski were named to the All Tournament Team with Szczerbinski being named the MVP with a 1,234 five game series. Blanchard finished third with a 1,161 series.
Paula Vilas rolls fifth 300 game since NCAA adopted bowling
Three weeks, three All-Tournament Teams, three Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Bowling Athlete of the Week awards. Junior Martha Perez (Bogota, Perez and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks are rolling, winners of their last three tournaments, UMES is the hottest college women's bowling team in the United States sporting an overall record of 80-18 and standing at the No. 2 spot in the latest National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) poll.
Special achievement awards for youth competing in bumper bowling leagues and a new membership product for high school bowlers were recently approved by the USBC Board of Directors. Bumper bowling league competitors rolling 50, 75 and 100 games and/or 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 series are immediately eligible to earn Bowlopolis emblems in those categories. The new USBC High School membership is
available to those interscholastic high school bowlers who are not USBC
Youth members.
Beginning in February, the United States Bowling Congress will offer a new, fully-automated way to enter the USBC Open Championships online.
The option will be available Feb. 1 for teams looking to enter the 2011 event, which will be held at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. Beginning March 1, the automated system will be available for USBC
Women's Championships team captains looking to enter the 2011 event
slated for Syracuse, N.Y.
It wasn't a carbon copy of the previous weekend, but the story is still the same. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Women's Bowling Team went 10-0 at the Lady Bulldog Classic to claim first place. The win follows another first place victory the weekend before when the Lady Hawks won the Mid-Winter Classic in Arkansas. Martha Perez (Bogota, Colombia) was also the star for the second straight week and.earned her second straight All-Tournament Team selection.
Under a clear blue sky and in front of an overflow audience, the International Bowling Campus officially became a reality Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. Grand Opening attendees listened to speakers from national and local elected officials to members of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau to national bowling leaders. They also watched a special time capsule be buried, took part in two ribbon cuttings and a ceremonial first ball roll.
After more than a month off, Lady Hawks go 11-3 to win event
Having more than a month off may make some teams a little rusty, but the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks used it to rest and hone their skills as they came back sharp, rolling to an 11-3 mark and first place in the 2010 Mid-Winter Classic. Three Hawks averaged over 215 and two were named to the All-Tournament Team as UMES dominated the 14 team field. Dominican Republic national team member, Paula Vilas of Santo Domingo, was the top average bowler of the event,
The United States Bowling Congress announced that it has designed a
program that will give women bowlers from across the globe an
opportunity to compete for more than $330,000 in prize money and get
expert coaching all in one trip to Texas next spring. Two custom travel packages were created to make travel easier for players interested in competing in the USBC Queens in El Paso, Texas, and the U.S. Women’s Open
shortly after in Fort Worth, Texas, while also giving them a chance to
receive expert coaching at the new International Training and Research Center.
Three-time Team USA member Kim Terrell-Kearney (pictured left) of Grand Prairie, Texas, has been named assistant head coach of the Team USA program. Terrell-Kearney, who will be inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in May, will work alongside Team USA head coach Rod Ross (right). Both coaches will also oversee the Junior Team USA program.
Karl Nickolai (r.), who has led the Michigan State University bowling program for the last 25 years, has been selected to receive the USBC Youth Volunteer of the Year Award. The prestigious award is annually presented to an adult volunteer who has displayed outstanding efforts to foster, organize and promote certified youth bowling programs at the local, state and/or national level for the last seven or more years.
A pair of two-time U.S. Open champions, one from the 1980s, the other
from the 2000s, have been elected to the USBC
Hall of Fame in a worldwide ballot of the Superior Performance category. Marshall Holman (r.), 55, of Medford, Ore., and Kim Terrell-Kearney (l.), 44, of Grand Prairie, Texas, will join John Handegard and Betty Barnes,
who were elected in November by the USBC Hall of Fame Committee in the
Veterans and Meritorious Service categories, respectively.
Among the most historically and culturally important exhibits in the new International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame will be one on The National Bowling Association. Located in a cove within the tournaments section of the Arlington, Texas, facility, the exhibit will not only tell the story of the TNBA but also show its more than 60-year history in pictures. "What's in this exhibit hits the mark," said Dr. Michael Boykins (pictured), TNBA's current president. "It will be an honor for TNBA to deliver this detailed information to the bowling world on such a prestigious stage."
Industry unites under a single roof in Arlington, Texas complex
For the first time in the 5,000-year history of the sport, the bowling industry will be united under one roof with the grand opening of the International Bowling Campus (IBC) in Arlington, Texas, an unprecedented event in sports history. The 100,000-plus square foot IBC complex will house more than 200 employees. At 2:30 pm on January 25, the campus will open its doors with a historic ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by a star-studded gathering of national and local celebrities.
Watch Bowlingdigital's slideshow with the highlights of the year
The Tenpin Bowling Year 2009 was filled with action, record-breaking performances, great comebacks as well as stunningly surprising or long-overdue breakthroughs. The PBA pros went globe-trotting and Asians, Americans and Europeans tested their skills in the inaugural PBA World Series of Bowling. Spearheaded by Philippine legend Paeng Nepomuceno, the international USBC silver coaches have certified numerous bronze coaches all over the world. To watch Bowlingdigital's slideshow with the highlights of the year 2009
click here
Whether people tour the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame or just visit the International Bowling Campus, they'll soon be able to stop by perhaps the most unique gift shop in the sport. SparePartz, a 900-square-foot retail outlet, will be located adjacent to the IBM/HF on the first floor of the building at 621 Six Flags Drive. Construction is moving at a feverish pace to have the shop open in advance of the Jan. 25 grand opening of the Campus.
Joining the American Bowling Congress, Women's International Bowling Congress, Young American Bowling Alliance, USA Bowling and Bowling Inc. not only was one of the largest non-profit mergers in U.S. history, it proved to be one of the smoothest. The United States Bowling Congress officially began on Jan. 1, 2005 but didn't really become completely functional until Aug. 1 of that year. By the end of Year 5, it truly had become one voice for all bowlers in the U.S.
Dick Evans' old crystal ball looks at 10 possibilities
The first decade of the 21st Century has not been kind to America and likewise it has been a tough 10 years for the bowling industry in America. Bad things started to happen to America on 9/11 in 2001 and then came Katrina, the Iraq war, the greed of crooked American businessmen and politicians, the depression, the lost of major industries across the country and the heart rendering lost of so many jobs. Likewise, the 2000s were not kind to the bowling industry.
Blair Blumenscheid (l.) of Columbus, Ohio, and Kevin Russell (r.) of Markham, Ill., have been selected as the USBC Youth Ambassadors of the Year. The award recognizes USBC Youth bowlers for exemplary contributions in the sport of bowling, academic accomplishments and community involvement. Awarded annually to one male and one female bowler, each winner receives a $1,500 scholarship.
In cooperation with Flavio Cuva and Beat Grauwiler Bowlingdigital.com has published more than 140 videos in the past four years, Since all videos are in high quality and most recently even in High Definition, many users with lower bandwidth were unable to open even the downsized versions. Therefore we have uploaded most of our videos onto YouTube and will add new videos frequently. To watch Bowlingdigital's videos on YouTube
NBA All-Star Chris Paul (pictured) is a USBC spokesperson and a great friend to the sport of bowling. BOWL.COM, the internet platform of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), was able to sit down with the New Orleans Hornets point guard and avid bowler before the start of the 2009-2010 NBA season to talk about his love of bowling, family, charity and much more. Note: The second annual Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational will air Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Wichita State University Shocker seniors Josh Blanchard (left, Upland, Calif.) and John Szczerbinski (right, North Tonawanda, N.Y.) achieved perfection last weekend at the Blue and Gold Classic in South Bend, Ind. as they both shot 300 during tournament play. In addition to their 300's both Blanchard and Szczerbinski were named to the All Tournament Team with Szczerbinski being named the MVP with a 1,234 five game series. Blanchard finished third with a 1,161 series.
Three weeks, three All-Tournament Teams, three Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Bowling Athlete of the Week awards. Junior Martha Perez (Bogota, Perez and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks are rolling, winners of their last three tournaments, UMES is the hottest college women's bowling team in the United States sporting an overall record of 80-18 and standing at the No. 2 spot in the latest National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) poll.
Special achievement awards for youth competing in bumper bowling leagues and a new membership product for high school bowlers were recently approved by the USBC Board of Directors. Bumper bowling league competitors rolling 50, 75 and 100 games and/or 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 series are immediately eligible to earn Bowlopolis emblems in those categories. The new USBC High School membership is
available to those interscholastic high school bowlers who are not USBC
Youth members.
Under a clear blue sky and in front of an overflow audience, the International Bowling Campus officially became a reality Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. Grand Opening attendees listened to speakers from national and local elected officials to members of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau to national bowling leaders. They also watched a special time capsule be buried, took part in two ribbon cuttings and a ceremonial first ball roll.
The United States Bowling Congress announced that it has designed a
program that will give women bowlers from across the globe an
opportunity to compete for more than $330,000 in prize money and get
expert coaching all in one trip to Texas next spring. Two custom travel packages were created to make travel easier for players interested in competing in the USBC Queens in El Paso, Texas, and the U.S. Women’s Open
shortly after in Fort Worth, Texas, while also giving them a chance to
receive expert coaching at the new International Training and Research Center. 
Three-time Team USA member Kim Terrell-Kearney (pictured left) of Grand Prairie, Texas, has been named assistant head coach of the Team USA program. Terrell-Kearney, who will be inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in May, will work alongside Team USA head coach Rod Ross (right). Both coaches will also oversee the Junior Team USA program.
Karl Nickolai (r.), who has led the Michigan State University bowling program for the last 25 years, has been selected to receive the USBC Youth Volunteer of the Year Award. The prestigious award is annually presented to an adult volunteer who has displayed outstanding efforts to foster, organize and promote certified youth bowling programs at the local, state and/or national level for the last seven or more years.
A pair of two-time U.S. Open champions, one from the 1980s, the other
from the 2000s, have been elected to the USBC
Hall of Fame in a worldwide ballot of the Superior Performance category. Marshall Holman (r.), 55, of Medford, Ore., and Kim Terrell-Kearney (l.), 44, of Grand Prairie, Texas, will join John Handegard and Betty Barnes,
who were elected in November by the USBC Hall of Fame Committee in the
Veterans and Meritorious Service categories, respectively.
Among the most historically and culturally important exhibits in the new International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame will be one on The National Bowling Association. Located in a cove within the tournaments section of the Arlington, Texas, facility, the exhibit will not only tell the story of the TNBA but also show its more than 60-year history in pictures. "What's in this exhibit hits the mark," said Dr. Michael Boykins (pictured), TNBA's current president. "It will be an honor for TNBA to deliver this detailed information to the bowling world on such a prestigious stage."
For the first time in the 5,000-year history of the sport, the bowling industry will be united under one roof with the grand opening of the International Bowling Campus (IBC) in Arlington, Texas, an unprecedented event in sports history. The 100,000-plus square foot IBC complex will house more than 200 employees. At 2:30 pm on January 25, the campus will open its doors with a historic ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by a star-studded gathering of national and local celebrities.
The Tenpin Bowling Year 2009 was filled with action, record-breaking performances, great comebacks as well as stunningly surprising or long-overdue breakthroughs. The PBA pros went globe-trotting and Asians, Americans and Europeans tested their skills in the inaugural PBA World Series of Bowling. Spearheaded by Philippine legend Paeng Nepomuceno, the international USBC silver coaches have certified numerous bronze coaches all over the world. To watch Bowlingdigital's slideshow with the highlights of the year 2009
Whether people tour the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame or just visit the International Bowling Campus, they'll soon be able to stop by perhaps the most unique gift shop in the sport. SparePartz, a 900-square-foot retail outlet, will be located adjacent to the IBM/HF on the first floor of the building at 621 Six Flags Drive. Construction is moving at a feverish pace to have the shop open in advance of the Jan. 25 grand opening of the Campus.
Blair Blumenscheid (l.) of Columbus, Ohio, and Kevin Russell (r.) of Markham, Ill., have been selected as the USBC Youth Ambassadors of the Year. The award recognizes USBC Youth bowlers for exemplary contributions in the sport of bowling, academic accomplishments and community involvement. Awarded annually to one male and one female bowler, each winner receives a $1,500 scholarship.
