The top seven players on the European Bowling Tour's 2011 men's points list, and nine of the top 16, will be in the field for the PBA World Series of Bowling when it gets underway Nov. 4 at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

EBT points leaders who are entered in the World Series, and their ranking after the Columbia 300 Vienna Open, were: 1, Osku Palermaa (pictured left), Finland, 821 points; 2, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 700; 3, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 598; 4, Paul Moor, England, 531; 5, Dominic Barrett, England, 520; 6, Martin Larsen (right), Sweden, 496; 7, Stuart Williams, England, 440; 12, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 335; and 13, Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 334.

The entry of Eric Tseng from Hong Kong into the World Series brings the total number of nations entered, including the United States, to a record 16 different countries.

 

Tom Daugherty wins South Region title in Jacksonville

Tom Daugherty (pictured left) of Wesley Chapel, Fla., defeated Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, N.C., 217-215, to win the PBA South Region NAS Jacksonville Open at NAS Freedom Lanes Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. The win was Daugherty's fifth in PBA Regional competition and netted him a $2,300 prize.

In the only PBA Regional action over the Oct. 14-16 weekend, Daugherty defeated Shawn Naumann of Orlando, Fla., 195-177, and Troup defeated PBA Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., 268-237, in semifinal round matches to set up their title showdown.

Heading into the final two weekends before the PBA World Series of Bowling gets underway in Las Vegas, there are a number of tune-up events.

Over the Oct. 21-23 weekend, the PBA South Region will conduct the Franklin (Va.) Open at Franklin Bowling Center; the PBA Southwest Region will conduct the Dallas Open presented by Dallas Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons at AMF Richardson Lanes; and the PBA West Region will run the Spalding C. Wathen Memorial at Cedar Lanes in Fresno, Calif., with both standard and senior divisions.

Over the Oct. 28-29 weekend, the PBA Midwest Region will host a pair of one-day senior events – the Viper Senior Open and Cheetah Senior Open – at Lancer Lanes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; the PBA Southwest Region will conduct the Odessa (Texas) Open at Diamond Lanes, and the PBA West/Northwest Regions will conduct the Sands Regency Casino Non-Champions and Open events at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno.

PBA Regional competitors will bowl for qualifying points through Feb. 26 for the 2012 Dick Weber PBA Playoffs. The top 16 points leaders in the PBA's East, South, Central, Midwest, Southwest and West/Northwest Regions will earn berths in the new Xtra Frame Tour event which will be held March 30-April 1 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.

All first-time PBA Regional title winners also become eligible for the season-ending PBA Tournament of Champions.

For complete Regional tournament schedules and entry information, click here.

 

Quick notes:

Should there be another nation added to the roster of representatives in the PBA World Series of Bowling? As "Indian Country" magazine noted in a recent feature story on PBA Tour journeyman Mike Edwards (pictured), the Tulsa, Okla., resident of Chickasaw and Choctaw descent is a member of the Cherokee Nation – and the Cherokee Nation existed long before there was such a thing as the United States of America!

Chris Barnes defeated Finland's Osku Palermaa, 248-237, in the final singles match to lock up a 17-15 victory for the United States over a European team in the 12th annual Weber Cup competition in Barnsley, England, on Sunday, Oct. 16. The Ryder Cup-style invitational bowling competition featured a team of our American PBA stars (Barnes, Bill O'Neill, Tommy Jones and Mike Fagan) bowling a series of matches against a European team (Finland's Palermaa and Mika Koivuniemi, and England's Paul Moor and Dominic Barrett).

 

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