07/02/08
United States/Puerto Rico
WIU Bowling Team signs first international player
Javier Diaz from Puerto Rico will join the Webber International University bowling team in August. Diaz is a current member of the Puerto Rican National Team, a member for the past 3 years. In this capacity, he has competed in the American Zone Championships, the Central and Caribbean Championship (CONCECABOL) as well as the Caribbean Championship (COBOISCA). He will represent Puerto Rico in the Tournament of the Americas in July. In international competition, representing Puerto Rico, he has earned five medals, including two gold.
06/30/08
Chile
Top seeds win the Singles and Doubles titles in the 1st StriXe Hammer International
Cosmic Bowling Parque Arauco in Santiago de Chile (June 22-28, 2008)
The top seeded players won the titles in Singles and Doubles in the
1st StriXe Hammer International at Cosmic Bowling Parque Arauco in Santiago de Chile. Players from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, USA and Chile competed in two divisions, Open and Classified. Women received 10 pins handicap each game. Three of the four title matches went into the decisive match as the top seeds lost their first match. Pictured here are Singles champions
Pablo Radrigan and
Harold Galmez, both Chile
06/30/08
United States
One of the top youth bowlers in the country joins WIU bowling team
David Knight Jr. brings an impressive resume to Webber
One of the most sought-after recruits in the United States,
David Knight Jr. (Folcroft, PA) will bowl for Webber International University beginning in the Fall. Knight Jr. is the all-time leading Junior Bowlers Tour title holder, earning 48 titles in 6 states. David has bowled fourteen 800 series and thrown twenty-one perfect games. His 230 average in JBT competition in 2005-06 is the highest ever in this tournament series which has included many successful bowlers such as Patrick Allen, Mike Mullin, Matt O'Grady, Bill O'Neil, Mike Lichstein, Lee Vanderhoef, Jon Van Hees, David O'Sullivan and Alex Cavagnaro among others.
06/08/08
United States
Ashly Galante to bowl for Webber International University
Dexter to sponsor Webber International University Bowling Teams for 08-09 season
Joe Slowinski, Master Teaching Professional at the Kegel Training Center, reports that one of the most heralded and decorated bowlers in women's bowling,
Ashly Galante (Palm Harbor, Florida), has decided to sit-out a year to join the Webber International University (WIU) bowling team as a transfer student. Dexter, a major leader in the bowling shoe industry, has become an equipment sponsor of the WIU bowling teams for the 2008-09 season.
06/04/08
Coaching
Gomez calls first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in Spanish in South America a complete success
USBC Silver Level Coach
Andres Gomez, Colombia, has conducted the first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in Spanish in South America from May 16-18, 2008 at Cosmic Bowling Center in Quito, Ecuador "More than 30 people participated in the clinic," Gomez told Bowlingdigital. "It was a complete success. They were all approved the Level I and II courses. Three coaches, Fabian Barriga, Xavier Pesantez and Mauricio Proano, were certified as USBC Bronze Coaches." For his next seminar, Gomez, a long-time member of the Colombia national team, will return to his home country.
05/23/08
Canada
Selections complete 2009 Team Canada
Hazel McLeary, CTF Public Relations Coordinator has informed us that the Canadian Tenpin Federation's selection committee has announced their selections for Team Canada 2009.
Julie Johnson-Loyer, Chateauguay, Quebec and
Lynne Gauthier (left), East St. Paul, Manitoba are named to the women's team.
Mark Buffa (right), Montreal, QC and
Art Oliver Jr., Hamilton, Ontario are named to the men's team.
05/21/08
Canada
Rioux and Reid earn gold medals at Canadian National Championships
Club Laverendrye and Chateau Lanes in Winnipeg, Manitoba (May 16-19, 2008)
Isabel Rioux (right) of Trios Rivieries, Quebec and
Ryan Reid, Campbell River, British Columbia earned the gold medals at the 2008 Canadian National Championships held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 16-19, 2008.
Joe Ciach, Mississauga, Ontario and
Felicia Wong, Calgary, Alberta earned the silver medals.
Robin Orlikowski, a Canadian citizen living in Grand Rapids, Michigan and
Terry Krawec, St. Catharines, On, won the bronze medals. 71 men and 43 women entered the championship to earn a position on Team Canada and the right to represent Canada at international events in 2009.
05/14/08
Canada
115 of the top amateur bowlers in Canada will compete at National Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba
By Hazel McLeary, CTF Public Relations Coordinator
Winnipeg, Manitoba will host 115 of the top amateur bowlers in Canada - 42 women and 73 men - at the National Championships beginning May 16th. They will vie for a position on the 2009 adult and under 20 national teams. This is the second national championships hosted by Winnipeg within a month. The National Mixed Championships were held in Winnipeg, April 17-29th. Chateau Lanes and Club Laverandrye will be the host centers. The Canadian National Championships is an annual tournament consisting of 36 games over four days.
05/13/08
United States
2008 Tournament of The Americas will be a PABCON ranking event
Boardwalk Entertainment Center in Orlando, Fla. (July 27 - Aug. 2, 2008)
Paulette Watson, Executive Director of the
Bowling Tournaments of The Americas Association, has announced that the upcoming Lee Evans Tournament of The Americas will be a Pan American Bowling Confederation (formerly American Zone) ranking event. Participants in the Tournament of The Americas may pay $25 before competition to put themselves on the ranking list with PABCON. The 46th edition of the tournament will be held at Boardwalk Entertainment Center in Orlando, Fla. from July 27 through Aug. 2, 2008
05/11/08
United States
Alta's Blind bowler rolls perfect game; Dale Davis, 78, scores first 300 at Century Lanes By Jake Kurtz
Republished courtesy of The Storm Lake Times, Iowa, USA (May 7, 2008)
A perfect game. The most difficult achievement a bowler can accomplish. It's even more impressive when a blind World War II veteran does it. That was the scene at Saturday evening's All-League Playoffs at Century Lanes in Alta.
Dale Davis, just three months from his 79th birthday, his sight stolen years ago by macular degeneration, rolled 12 consecutive strikes in front of an enthusiastic and supportive crowd. The effort was the first-ever 300 game at Century.
05/06/08
Coaching
First USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in South America to be held in Ecuador
USBC Silver Coach, and Storm Staffer
Andres Gomez, Colombia, has announced that he will lead the first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in South America in Quito, Ecuador from May 16-18, 2008 at
Cosmic Bowling Center (Avenida 6 de Diciembre y Naciones Unidas, Quicentro Shopping). According to Gomez, the first USBC Bronze Coaching Certification seminar in South America is an intermediate level of training and certification designed for individuals wanting to increase their coaching skills, as well as learning how to read the lanes and adjust to transition
04/26/08
Canada
Winnipeg area bowlers earn major share of Canadian Mixed Championships titles
Hazel McLeary, CTF Public Relations Coordinator
Winnipeg area bowlers earned a major share of the titles as 42 teams from across Canada competed in the
Canadian Tenpin Federation's sixth Mixed Championships. The competition took place at Chateau Lanes in Winnipeg, Manitoba April 17-20, 2008. This is an increase of 10 teams over the 2007 championships. The 2009 Mixed Championships will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
04/25/08
Column
The Tournament of the Americas, an Impossible Dream, moving to Orlando By Dick Evans
Three years before Joe Robbie brought the Miami Dolphins into the Orange Bowl, Lee Evans brought the Bowling
Tournament of the Americas into Cloverleaf Lanes. Evans, news-bureau director for the City of Miami, dreamed of uniting the Americas through an amateur bowling tournament and he pulled it off without much support. The only bowling official who didn't laugh at his idea was Earl J. Reed, president of the American Bowling Congress in Milwaukee. He encouraged Evans to chase what Reed called 'his impossible dream.' I discouraged my brother, I told him it never would work.
04/03/08
United States
At $349, that’s some serious bowling By Gary Herron
Republished courtesy of Rio Rancho Observer - Rio Rancho, NM, USA (April 3, 2008)
About four-dozen bowlers of all levels and from all over New Mexico showed up at Tenpins & More last weekend to get an insider's look at how intricate the sport really is — and maybe add a few pins to their averages along the way. Former U.S. Olympics bowling team coach
Fred Borden, good enough in his own right to have rolled a perfect game at an ABC championship event, is 66 years old and was as giddy as a school girl as he explained what was in store for the men and women gathering at the bowling center early Saturday.
03/12/08
United States
Milwaukee loses crown as bowling capital of world By Jeff Richgels
Republished courtesy of The Capital Times - Madison, Wis., USA (March 11, 2008)
It's official: Milwaukee no longer will be the bowling capital of the world. After notifying its more than 200 employees this morning, the United States Bowling Congress announced that its Board of Directors has given approval to relocate the organization's headquarters to Arlington, Texas, where it will reside with the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America. The move is contingent upon approval of funding from the Texas Enterprise Fund, USBC said. Milwaukee became America's Tenpin Capital a century ago when Milwaukee proprietor Abe Langtry lobbied to bring the American Bowling Congress tournament to Milwaukee in 1905.
