Kelly Kulick (l.), United States, defeated team mate
Liz Johnson, two-games -to-one en route to en the Pan American Women Championship in Santiago de Chile with victory in the prestigious Masters event. Johnson won the first game in best of two-of-three game format, 255-220, but Kulick rebounded with two straight wins, 236-220 and 227-219, to win the gld medal. In the semifinals, Kulick overcame an opening game loss to Mexico's
Sandra Gongora (r.), Mexico, to win 2-1, while Johnson swept compatriot
Diandra Asbaty, 2-0. Gongora and Asbaty shared the bronze medal.
Carolyn Lagrange (l.), Montreal, Quebec and Kerrie Ryan-Ciach (r.), Mississauga, Ontario will lead Canada at the Pan American Women's Championships. The championships will be held from September 25 - October 1 at Strike Zone Bowling Center located at Sunset Station Hotel and Casino in Henderson, Nevada near Las Vegas. 14 countries in North, Central and South America are expected to participate.
Kelly Kulick (pictured) of Union, N.J., recently enjoyed one of the most successful seasons in bowling history, and now she's hoping to continue that momentum at the 2010 Pan American Bowling Confederation Women's Championships in suburban Las Vegas. The experienced right-hander and her Team USA teammates will test their skills against representatives from 13 other countries across the American Zone beginning Sunday, Sept. 26th. 
The United States will present a star-studded lineup when it hosts the 2010 Pan American Bowling Confederation Women's Championships this fall in suburban Las Vegas. The event is scheduled to take place Sept. 26-Oct. 1 at Sunset Station Hotel and Casino's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. The 2010 PABCON Women's Championships is expected to feature
approximately 100 competitors from nearly 20 countries competing for
medals in six events - five-player team, trios, doubles, singles,
all-events and Masters match play. 
Twenty-two countries got together for the Pan American Bowling Confederation' Men's and Women's Championships held on the island of enchantment, Puerto Rico.
It was a star studded event at Carolina Lanes in San Juan but there was trouble, trouble, trouble in the air.
Breakdowns, scheduling issues, misunderstandings, lack of preparation, lack of breakfast, lack of transportation, lack of scores, lack of common sense.
These are familiar things in this part of the world but on this event they were so prevalent that it tampered with the shine and luster of the tournament. 
Chris Barnes and Kim Terrell-Kearney capped off a successful week by Team USA by winning gold medals in Masters match play Saturday night at the 2009 PABCON Championships. In the title matches, Barnes defeated Ernesto Franco of Mexico, 2-1, while Terrell-Kearney swept Canada's Robin Orlikowski, 2-0,. Daniel Falconi of Mexico, Frankie Colon of Puerto Rico, Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia and Karen Marcano of Venezuela all shared bronze medals as they lost in the semifinals.
The 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships concludes on Saturday. The Championships features both men and women this year for the first time since 2005. Competition ends on Saturday evening with at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan with the men's and women's Masters. The United States Bowling Congress is providing live streaming of the events throughout the week.
Entering the final round trailing by more than 180 pins to Mexico, Team USA (pictured) stormed back in dramatic fashion to win the men's team event at the 2009 PABCON Championships. The United States finished with 6697 and easily pulled away from Mexico in the final three games while also breaking the event record of 6464 set by Team USA in 2007. The Mexicans finished nearly 300 pins behind with 6411. Venezuela took the bronze with 6210.
The Team USA women (pictured) put on a dominate performance Friday night as they rolled to a record-setting team victory at the 2009 PABCON Championships. Lynda Barnes Diandra Asbaty Kim Terrell-Kearney,
Shannon Pluhowsky, Shannon O'Keefe and Carolyn
Dorin-Ballard totaled 6494 for six games at Carolina Bowling Center, easily breaking the previous record of 6357 set by Team USA in 2008. Colombia took the silver medal with 6146, while the Dominican Republic earned bronze with 5969.
Team USA's men and women swept the gold medals in trios Thursday at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships. Shannon O'Keefe, Lynda Barnes and Shannon Pluhowsky (l-r) earned the American women their first gold medal of the championships by finishing with a six-game total of 3980. For the men, Bill O'Neill, Tommy Jones and Chris Barnes, (l-r) earned the gold with 3915.
Zussie Machon (l.) and Sofia Granda (r.) from Guatemala earned the gold medal in women's Doubles at the 2009 PABCON Championships. The duo averaged 218.42 on the last of three squads Wednesday at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico to win the title with 2621 pinfall total. Mexico's rising stars Daniela Alvarado and Sandra Gongora totaled 2457 to take silver, while Dominican Republic's Paula Vilas and Aumi Guerra earned bronze with 2440.
Team USA's Tommy Jones and Chris Barnes (l-r) smashed the doubles record en route to win the second gold medal for the United States at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships.
Barnes and Jones combined to shoot 2788, an average of 232.33 over six games. to win the Doubles title at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Their teammates, David Haynes and Bill O'Neill, earned the silver medal with 2583. Puerto Rico's Frankie Colon and Luis Rodriguez took the bronze with 2569. 
Venezuela's Karen Marcano (l.) started the women's Singles competition at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships with a 278 game en route to win gold medal with 1364 six-game total Tuesday at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Team USA's Diandra Asbaty (r.) had to settle for the silver medal with 1355. Panama's Tilcia Lancini emerged as the surprise bronze medalist with 1323. 
Competing as a Team USA member for the first time, Bill O'Neill
(pictured) put on a record-breaking performance in winning the Singles gold medal
Tuesday at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships.
O'Neill totaled 1475 for six games, an average of nearly 246, to win
the opening event at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mexico's Jorge Rosado finished with 1422 to take the silver medal and David Haynes, United States, got bronze with 138. 
Nearly 220 bowlers from 22 countries took part in the opening ceremonies of the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships on Monday night at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The players participated in the traditional march out of the countries before a full house of spectators as officials declared the Championships officially open. Henry Newman, Secretary of the Puerto Rican Sports and Recreation Department, threw out the ceremonial first ball (pictured)
Team Canada will compete at the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships which will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 20 – 26, 2009.
The men's and women's championships will be held at the 42 lane Carolina Bowling Center. Teams from North, Central, South America and the Caribbean will attend.
Canada's teams which were established at the 2008 National Championships held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be coached by Sandy Lowe, Lindsay, Ontario and Lucien Casagrande, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In conjunction with the Pan American Women Championship at Happyland Bowling Center in Santiago de Chile, the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) and Kegel continued their activities to educate bowlers and coaches as they held another seminar called Seminario Avanzado "Lectura de Pistas" or "Walk This Way" (Lane Maintenance). The seminar was held by Kegel VP Del Warren and Kegel technician Mike Purdy.