It is with great sadness that Kegel has announced that its founder and CEO, John M. Davis passed away at the age of 64 this morning at his home in Winter Haven, Florida. John was a very generous and compassionate man, who absolutely loved the sport of bowling. John leaves behind a legacy that will impact the sport of bowling and those who knew him forever. He will be sadly missed by his mother, wife, four brothers, three children, and six grandchildren, along with his extended family at Kegel and throughout the bowling industry.
The Israel Bowling Federation has announced the men's and women's team roster for the 2013 combined World Championships in suburban Las Vegas in August. As in the past years in Israel, three of the six players in each gender were seeded based on their performance in the Men's and Women's European Championships. The other three spots were at stake in a qualifying tournament, which was held in Haifa and Rishon Letzion last weekend.
The USBC has released Bulletin 1 for the 2013 USBC Queens tournament, a World Bowling Tour event for female bowlers, which will be held from August 31 to September 5 at Sunset Station's Strike Zone in suburban Las Vegas immediately following the WTBA World Championships (August 16-31).
With the news of Kegel founder and CEO John Davis' death spreading quickly through the bowling community, people all across the sport shared memories of the legendary lane maintenance guru and offered their condolences. John Davis, the founder of the Kegel Company, was an industry icon, a visionary and pioneer in the creation of bowling products and services that promote fair competition on a consistent playing field. He passed away on Friday morning January 25. He was 64.
Pins Lincoln bowling center, a 24-laner in Henderson, West Auckland, New Zealand, is preparing to host one of the highlight events on tenpin bowling's international sporting calendar. Commencing on Sunday, February 24, bowlers from every corner of the Commonwealth will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals at the VI Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship. The week-long program of Singles, Doubles and Teams competition will culminate on March 2-3 with the Masters event.
In a title match between two PBA Player of the Year, Tommy Jones (l.) defeated Sean Rash, 209-204, to defend his title in the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to win the six million Yen top prize. It was the 14th career PBA title, the fourth in Japan, and another big payday for Jones, who earned the PBA Player of the Year Award for 2005-06 after leading the Tour with $301,700, the third-highest single season earnings of all-time.
Shayna Ng of Singapore defeated Kelly Kulick of the United States, 248-201, in the final showdown of the arena-style Eliminator finals at Inazawa Futsal Stadium in Inazawa City, Japan, to win the women's title and six million Yen of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC. It was the second consecutive victory in the IBC for a Singaporean women after Ng's team mate on the national team, Cherie Tan, has won the 2012 event.
The best three local bowlers and the best three international bowlers outside the top five in the International Bowling Championships 2013 qualified for a Trios shoot-out in Baker format Saturday morning at Inazawa Futsal Stadium. The Japanese women beat the international team for the second year in the row, 204-170. The international men took revenge defeating the Japanese, 245-193. The winners split 200,000 Yen, while the second-place team received 100,000 Yen.
Defending men's champion Tommy Jones (USA) and Shayna Ng (SIN) led the Round of 24 semifinals of the International Bowling Championships 2013 to lead the top five players into Saturday's TV Eliminator Finals. Joining Jones in the men's finals are Rafiq Ismail (MAS), Chris Barnes (USA), Hiroki Suzuki (JPN) and Sean Rash (USA). Ng meets Liz Johnson (USA), Zandra Aziela (MAS), Kelly Kulick (USA) and Miki Nishimura (JPN), who was seeded fifth as no local women finished in the top 5.
Shigeo Saito (l.) of Japan and Shayna Ng (r.) of Singapore finished Round One of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC atop the men's and women's leaderboard en route to lead the top 24 women and the top 24 men into the semifinals Friday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan. Guam's Jay Leon Guerrero defeated Fumihiro Yoshida of Japan in roll-off for 24th place in the men's division, 225-209.
After three events on the 2013 WTBA World Bowling Tour, Finland's Mika Koivuniemi (l.) and the United States' Kelly Kulick (r.) lead the rolling two-year point ranking list. The WBT is made up of various events around the world and players earn points based on how they finish in each event. The current points system is based on a continuous two-year cycle, so points include some events from 2011 and all events from 2012 and 2013.
Song Young-Seok (l.) of Korea and Singapore's Amanda Ng (r.) won the international qualifying of the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC en route to lead the top 36 men and the top 24 women into the main event which starts Thursday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Japan. The IBC is the fourth event on the 2013 World Bowling Tour and offers total prize fund of 30 million Yen.
Shalin Zulkifli (l.) of Malaysia started the International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC with a bang rolling the first 300 game of the tournament in the first game of the first squad to finish the first day of the women's qualifying atop the leaderboard with 790 (263.33). On the men's side Alex Liew (r.), Malaysia, fired the second perfecto of the day to overtake the lead in the men's qualifying with 775 total (258.33).
The International Bowling Championships 2013 supported by DHC gets underway Tuesday afternoon at Inazawa Grandbowl in Inazawa City, Japan with the first two of eight qualifying squads for international bowlers. The 116-laner is the world's biggest bowling center on one floor. The tournament runs from Jan. 15 to 19 and offers total prize fund of 30 million Yen making the tournament one of the richest bowling events in the world.
Jesper Svensson (pictured), a 17-year-old Swedish youth national team member, defeated long-time Finnish international Pasi Uotila, 206-163, to win the 43rd edition of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open and the 12.000 Euro top prize. Svensson, who won the gold medal in Masters at the 2012 European Youth Championships, became the youngest player ever to win an EBT title and is also the youngest Ballmaster champion in the 43-year history of the prestigious event.