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MAY 2014
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It All Starts with Coaching; and It Never Stops
As you read on the front page from Coach
Fred Borden – “Without coaching, we have
no game.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
When I think of all the coaches I have
known and admired, the list is a long one.
As a kid, I loved sports. I was never great
at any of them, but without good, caring
coaches, I doubt I would have enjoyed them
enough to stay involved. In my early youth,
I played little league baseball and pee wee
football. My heroes were Mickey Mantle
and his Yankee team (forgive me – the Texas
Rangers were the Washington Senators in
those days), and Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts. I read books about Babe Ruth
and Willie Mays. I collected all of the
bubble gum cards and watched games on
our little black & white family TV.
Oh, how I wish I still had some of those
cards today.
In 1957, a friend in the neighborhood that
I played baseball with asked me to go bowling at a new bowling center in our area. I
did, and that was the start of a lifetime of
loving bowling.
I was a pretty small kid, and when I
struggled handling those ten pound black
rubber balls with the yellow specks, our
Saturday morning youth coach suggested
that I use both hands. I wonder if she knew
she was 40 years ahead of her time.
Fast forward to the 1970’s and 80’s . . .
Bowling boomed in the late fifties and
sixties, and still had some momentum in
the seventies . . . but somewhere along the
line, we lost our way with coaches. The
hundreds of coaches, or maybe it was thousands that companies like AMF, Brunswick
and Ebonite employed in the early days
faded away. For some reason, the thought
seemed to be that it made sense to pay
coaches for the purpose of building leagues,
and teaching kids, and bringing business
into centers, but training bowlers for serious competition was not as common as it
should and could have been.
In those days, even the PBA did not go
Prices include
First Class
U.S. Postage
out of their way to promote coaching. Many
of the top professional stars of the early
tour had coaches, but it was not talked about
much; and there may have been sports psychologists in those days, but it is doubtful
they were even on the radar in bowling.
Finally, in the mid to late 1980’s, when
efforts were being made to get bowling into
the Olympics, coaching made a little comeback and became the hot topic that it deserved to be. People like Fred Borden, Tom
Kouros, Dick Ritger, Bill Taylor, and a few
others became very popular.
In my neighborhood, guys like Bill Harris and Bob Strickland were highly respected. Harris was a wonder coaching
women and a few top local pros like Gary
Dickinson; and Strickland wrote a very
good instructional book in the early 80’s
called Perspective Bowling that gained
new interest when coaching came back into
the spotlight. He also made a deal with Ebonite and took his clinics around the world.
USBC Gold Coach Susie Minshew was a
Harris pupil. He was very proud of her as a
bowler and apprentice, and he would be
even more proud of her new books and of
what she has accomplished in coaching.
When CJ and I leased that little bowling
center where I first bowled in the mid-eighties, we knew coaching had to be a part of
it. It was home base for Strickland’s Perceptive Bowling clinics and lessons for a
while, and we had a pretty impressive list
of coach/ball drillers in the pro shop.
We called it the Pro Circle Pro Shop. Our
hook was that we had seven PBA members
on the staff. During that time, I also sat
down with PBA commissioner Joe Antenora
to talk about starting a House Pro Program
using PBA members across the country. He
told me they were already working on something similar and they did not need my help;
but here we are almost 30 years later and
no such program was ever started.
In the late 80’s and early 90’s, we had two
Olympic Festivals in our region in Oklahoma City and San Antonio. At the first
one, I met the director of the United States
Tenpin Bowling Federation(USTBF), Jerry
Koenig at Daryush and Joan Valanejad’s
Bowling Green Center; and a few years
later, I watched Team USA and interviewed
Coach Fred Borden for the first time at University Bowl in San Antonio.
In the years that followed, USTBF became USA Bowling, and I attended early
Bronze and Silver Classes taught by Fred
at Richard Altman’s Boulevard Bowl in
OKC, and at the Olympic Training Center
in Colorado Springs. I was not there as a
student, but I thought it was very important to write about what was happening
in the coaching world. I think it is even
more important now.
Our friends Page and Patsy Dew in Louisiana were also very involved in the early
days of USA Bowling Coaching, and we
spent many hours with them every time we
traveled to Baton Rouge or New Orleans
to run a PWBA Regional Tournament, and
several other times. They believed so
strongly in coaching that they moved their
home to Colorado Springs where they had
easy access to the Olympic Training Center and they worked in the USA Bowling
office that Koenig set up there. In his spare
time, Page helped operate the pro shop at
Fort Carson’s Thunder Bowl.
The point of all of this is to say I cannot
imagine bowling getting anywhere in the
future unless our leaders get even more
serious about making coaching a huge part
of it on every level.
The World Coach Conference in Arlington March 28-30 was a significant step in
the right direction . . . and like Coach
Borden and a few others who have lived
the history; it brought a tear to my eye to
see so many coaches together in the same
room.
Coach Borden also said – “we need thousands more” – again, truer words were
never spoken.
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World Bowling Coach Conference Unites
Top Instructors for Three Days in Texas
Record turnout at International Bowling Campus March 28-30
by Jim Goodwin
World
Bowling
Coach
Conference
2014
for the Bowling News Network
Arlington, Texas: For three warm sunny days at the end
of March, many of the world’s best bowling coaches came
together at the International Bowling Campus to share
knowledge, learn new methods and technology, and to simply share ideas and get better acquainted. It was a record
turnout of 100 coaches from 28 different countries, many
of them seeing the IBC and the International Training and
Research Center for the first time.
One of the highlights of the gathering was the return of
Coach Fred Borden as the opening keynote speaker.
Borden, who is credited with starting the first organized
bowling coaching program in the USA more than 30 years
ago, has been away from the
program for a few years tending to his bowling center in
Ohio, and some personal business and health issues in
Florida.
“It was a tremendous thrill
for me to see all of these
coaches, many of them very
good friends I have made over
the years, all together under the
same roof,” said Borden. “The
fact that they are spending a
good amount of their time and
money to be here tells us that
bowling is in good hands with
this group. Now, all we need
is a few thousand more just like
them.”
Kim
Borden was introduced by
World Bowling President
Kevin Dornberger, who also provided a brief update on
the World Tenpin Bowling Association activities and its
effort to re-brand the WTBA into World Bowling.
Dornberger would go into more details to close the conference on Sunday afternoon.
“I had not seen Fred for more than four years, so it was a
real pleasure for me to get together with him and introduce him to the coaches,” said Dornberger. “He is a man I
have admired for decades. It is great to have him back
where he belongs.”
All conference sessions, held in the “Earl Anthony
Room” of the IBC over the three days were 90 minutes
each, with 30 minute breaks between each to allow time
for plenty of discussion and interaction. Lunch was provided each day inside the adjoining International Training
and Research Center, in the “Walter Ray Williams Jr.
Room.” Optional events outside the
conference included a VIP Tour of
the ITRC Technology Lab, the International Bowling Museum and
Hall of Fame, and a sold out tour of
nearby AT&T Stadium, home of the
world famous Dallas Cowboys.
Warren and his fellow coaches, Friedman was switched
from the traditional one-handed style to the two-handed
style employed by top bowlers like Jason Belmonte and
Osku Palermaa.
Friedman, a bowler since age 4, was limited as a onehander, so he decided to give the new style a chance in
July of 2013. Less than a year later, he has dramatically
increased his rev rate and raised his average on Sport Bowling conditions by more than ten pins; and he now has a
very good shot at making the Webber team this coming
season.
“I’m going to teach what works,” said Warren, “because
Terrell-Kearney and Dr. Dean Hinitz
whoever knocks down the most pins wins.”
On Friday afternoon, Coaches were treated to a candid
back-and-forth between Team USA Sport Psychologist Dr.
Dean Hinitz and Team USA Assistant Coach Kim TerrellKearney. Hinitz was Kim’s mental coach throughout her
career as a professional bowler. She won 10 pro titles including three majors and two U.S. Opens.
Hinitz always brings fresh material to any presentation,
and this one was no exception. The dynamic duo shared
secrets of the discussions and mental preparations they
shared before a big event, and Kim revealed some of the
challenges she has faced coaching female athletes, especially those who were her team mates and peers on the pro
tour.
One of the secrets Hinitz encouraged coaches to incorporate into their programs is the ability to “observe with-
“You will not fall from grace in a
flawed moment.” - Dr.Dean Hinitz
FRIDAY, MARCH 28
After Borden’s welcome Friday morning, coaches got
down to work with an in depth explanation of ball motion
presented by ITRC Coach Bryan O’Keefe. “Bryan was
unbelievably good in talking about something that really
has not been talked about much before in a large group,”
said USBC’s Neil Stremmel, chairman of the WTBA Technical and Coaching Committee.
Next up was Kegel Vice President Del Warren, talking
about his experience building a successful College team.
Warren, a Gold Certified USBC Coach, is the head coach
of Webber International University in Florida. Del and
his teams have become one of the top collegiate programs;
and with the Kegel Training Center at their disposal, they
should be for a long time.
Warren talked about the tremendous commitment that is
required to bowl in a top college program; about the pressure to keep up the grades; about dealing with parents.
The program has developed what they call “The Webber
Way” as a guide to help students maintain the high standards that are required to succeed.
One interesting part of Warren’s presentation was his
acknowledgement that coaches and bowlers today must
adapt to a changing environment. An example given was
Webber sophomore Phil Friedman. Under the guidance of
out judgment.”He discouraged anyone from striving for
perfection. “Perfection is often based in fear,” he said. And
finally, he urged coaches to instill in their students that
“You will not fall from grace in a flawed moment.” Hearing this, Coach Fred Borden shared that when he works
with Wichita State University head coach Gordon Vadakin,
that one of the things he is impressed with the most is that
Vadakin always makes sure that the players on his team
know that “We are here for you no matter what - on or off
the lanes.”
Day one concluded with a behind the scenes tour of the
International Training and Research center, including the
research areas that are not open to the public.
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
Coaching European Style was the opening salvo on Saturday morning. Presenters Juha Maja of Finland and Onder
Gurkan from Turkey talked about the somewhat different
style and methods used to certify coaches in Europe. They
reported that their European Tenpin Bowling Federation
(ETBF) has certified 532 coaches in the past three years.
Instead of the bronze, silver and gold designations used
in the USA, the ETBF has Level 1, 2, and 3. Level 1 procontinued on page 5
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World Coach Conference
2 Bowl O PPinion
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3 Day by Day Conference stor
4 PPezzano
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5 Minshew Column
6 FForum
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anel Disucssion
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Dornberger’s
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Keynote
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Every Bowling Center Needs Coaches
In one form or another, bowling instructors have been around as long as
bowling.
In the early days, the coach was the fellow who started the day before another
fellow, or the desk man or woman who
was on duty when a casual bowler was
looking for all the help they could get.
For too many years bowling advertised
itself as the game to play because anyone
could do it; so bowling lost many possible lifetime keglers because when they
started to bowl, they were not very successful.
Over the many years, instruction was
the subject of many books I have written,
starting with Guide to Better Bowling featuring tips from bowling’s best pros of
the day. I later penned, or co-wrote tomes
involving coaching of men, women and
children. Every magazine has made
coaching a constant theme because the
demand was always there.
I have known and witnessed most of the
great bowling coaches in action with individuals, teams, and at tournaments. I
will mention only a few names:
A gentleman named Angelo Vicari specialized in beginners, and he would bring
a look of satisfaction to a student even
when the learner tossed the ball into the
gutter.
“See that, before you were rolling the
ball into the gutter only a few feet from
the foul line. Now you are keeping the
ball on the lane more than half way down
before it goes out of play,” he would exclaim.
The late John Jowdy was an icon who
coached mainly pros, including many of
the greatest. After a pro session ended,
usually after 11pm, there would often be
a line to get a coaching look and advise
from Jowdy.
One of my coaching favorites with a
unique approach was Chief Halftown, a
Native American who hosted his own TV
show, and also a top bowler. He was a
marvel at coaching youngsters. Dressed
in his full color regalia, beautiful feathered head dress, he would relate some
very interesting Indian lore before and
throughout his lessons.
Coaches must not only know bowling
– today, an in-depth know-how of lane
conditioning and equipment is essential.
Bowling balls are lethal weapons today,
but only a good coach can bring out the
best.
And what about those dots and arrows
and different colored lane markings; and
how can they be best utilized? A good
coach can see a lot of little things, even
down to what accessory products are best
for a student.
Some bowling centers may not have the
space for a pro shop, but all should have
a coach the bowlers can reach out to if
requested – and they need not be top
bowlers themselves.
With the rise in International bowling
and two handed styles in vogue and the
general rise in high scores, coaches have
become even more important to the sport.
All groups in bowling see the value good
coaching has in creating and keeping
bowlers.
Every golf course has both playing and
teaching pros. Every bowling center
should have an association with a coach.
It is good for both . . . and the sport.
More than 40% of the 100 attendees at the
World Coach Conference were from outside the USA
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grams involve 4 days and 40 hours of train- to how they stack up against other top playing, and level 3 takes 6 days and 60 hours to ers who have taken the same tests.
be certified.
The two made a very
interesting pair, with
Onder talking in a very
businesslike manner
about the details of the
“layered education” programs, and the animated
Maja cracking a joke or
two and providing some
very useful demonstrations; one in particular
comparing the bowling
swing to a javelin throw
and a golf swing. “The
key is keeping the body
open and making the
hips the center,” he said.
Sessions before and
after the lunch break
covered biomechanics
and a new bowler arsenal assessment developed by the ITRC for
players and students
training at the ITRC.
These sessions were presented by ITRC coaches
Juha Maja and Onder Gurkan
Nick Bohannon, Rod
Ross, Nicki Brose, and Neil Stremmel. These
It was fascinating to see this information
presentations contained a good deal of tech- not only because the average Joe Bowler does
nical jargon, making them a little hard to fol- not know it is available; but also because it
low for a layman journalist; but the coaches I puts the sport into an elite position with trainspoke with seemed to enjoy them very much ing tools and methods comparable to many
other world class sports.
As one would surmise,
both Barnes and Kelly
met or exceeded the
- Costas Mitsingas “Elite” status markers in
almost every category,
and believe it or not,
and appreciated the up to date information. they have improved in most areas in the past
An Open Discussion capped the day, with two years.
panelists Frank Buffa, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard,
The second session on Sunday was quite
Del Warren, Juha Maja, and Rod Ross taking different from the very technical opening
questions from the class about coaching and stanza. Canada’s Frank Buffa and his son
the sport in general. The session started a little Mark talked about developing a team for
slowly, but got pretty lively when a few key World competition. The Buffa’s are very requestions were raised. (see page 6)
spected coaches throughout the world because
they have developed a thriving training cenSUNDAY, MARCH 30
ter and product distribution business.
On the final day of the conference, Rod
Years ago, after working with Coach Fred
Ross was first on the program along with his Borden, Frank made Team Canada at age 50.
biomechanics expert Nick Bohanan. They He then went on to build a successful coachwent into the details of studies the ITRC had ing business and pro shop. In addition to
done on very elite
coaching at home, he
bowlers like Chris
has coached in Italy, the
Barnes, Kelly Kulick,
UAE, and Qatar. Mark
and other members of
is a current member of
Team USA.
Team Canada who
By putting players
bowled at Wichita State
through a series of
University. Last year, he
physical tests, the ITRC
won gold medals in
produces a 20-page
trios at the WTBA
booklet that contains
World Championships
charts and graphs
and at the PABCON
showing the player such
Championships.
things as Axis Tilt, Axis
Frank wove a few huRotation, Rev Rate,
morous stories into his
Release ball speed
tales of coaching such
breakdown, Shot rediverse teams as the
peatability,
Spare
Italian women and the
shooting accuracy, and
United Arab Emirates.
overall athleticism. In
He stressed that the
the athletic tests, playnumber one rule is to alers are required to perways respect the culture
form such tests as the
and traditions of any
broad jump, vertical
country first; then esjump, grip strength, a
tablish firm rules for the
12-minute run, balance
team.
strength, and others.
Coach
Costas
The charts precisely
Mitsingas from Cypress
compare current perforwas last on the 3-day
mance against the same
agenda, but he certainly
tests one and two years
did not find anyone
prior. They also give
nodding off during his
the player references as
excellent presentation
Costas Mitsingas
“Are athletes born or built?”
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Surrounded by Bowling Coaches
by Susie Minshew exclusive for the Bowling News Network
It is very easy to get stagnant in the bowling coaching
world. Our perspectives are
individual and narrow. You
see what you see and you see
it over and over. If you don’t
do something to broaden your view, subscribe to magazines, sign up for webinars,
read books on coaching (other sports as well
as ours), and attend the coaching convention at Bowl Expo, you can very easily get
stale.
And then the World Bowling Coaching
Conference comes along; The World Bowling Coaching Conference! Yes, the whole
world was there. In fact, of the 25 Gold
coaches in the world, 16 of them were in the
room. There is only one coach on the planet
who is a USBC Gold Coach AND an ETBF
Level III coach; Costas Mitsingas, from
Greece. He was a presenter. Talk about elite.
There were nearly 100 coaches from 28
countries, all passionate and prepared to
learn. To be in a room for three days with
that group . . . are you kidding me? It was
magical.
There are many wonderful things I saw and
heard there. The presentations were stimulating and interesting, the presenters lively
and engaging. We were entertained as well
as educated. There were a variety of subjects covered. We heard about everything
from how to build a winning team to how
DNA and the gene pool affect bowlers.
We heard from the European Tenpin Bowling Federation and its 46 country membership via Onder Gurkan and Juha Maja. Juha
is a delightful presenter, using golfing backward to show us some distinctive teaching
methods.
Their presentation on the design and
implementation of the ETBF’s very tough
coaching program was quite interesting. The
requirements to be certified to teach and to
learn, the breadth of
the non-specific
sport subjects, as
well as the many nuances of bowling,
were very comprehensive. Just the basic coaching course is
four days long, for example.
We learned how Webber International has
built such winning collegiate teams in a very
short period of time. Del Warren’s vision into
the demands of coaching young people today was quite insightful. The indigos or
millennials, as they are sometimes called, are
impatient, demanding, think institutions are
irrelevant, and are incredibly fast
multitaskers. They are constantly connected,
feel entitled, and believe they can achieve
anything. Handling that (plus their parents!)
as a coach is a great journey; and how Del
and the staff at Kegel have developed the
“Webber Way” philosophy was very interesting.
Frank and Mark Buffa, the father-son duo
from Canada, spoke about developing a
team. They addressed the coach/athlete re-
lationship highlighting the always tough
“when am I the coach and when am I the
friend/mentor/counselor?” questions all
coaches ask themselves constantly. Mark,
who is on Team Canada, talked about the
training environment from a player’s perspective and some of the innovative team
building exercises introduced by Canadian
Head Coach Tye Rose.
We learned about DNA and genes and how
they affect bowlers from Costas Mitsingas.
Costas attempted to answer the “Are athletes
born or built?” question and did a credible
job. If your genes are such that you are predisposed to tendinitis, for example, how you
train must be different from someone who
does not have those predispositions. One of
the labs that can analyze DNA for sport/injury tendencies is in Australia. My Australian friends tell me the waiting list is months
long to get results. So, other sports, particularly the parents of young people involved
in sport, are discovering this diagnostic
prognosticator.
From the staff of the ITRC, we learned
about release ratio. It’s a player’s ability to
control the roll phase of skid-hook-roll and
can show coaches one of the reasons one
player is matched up better than another as
well as help determine a team line up, for
example.
There is a training assessment the ITRC
uses to gather data on players. It records release versatility, shot repeatability, spare
shooting prowess, athleticism, etc. It also
evaluates all a player can do versus all the
bowler can do and do well in competition.
For example, the members of Team USA do
70-80% of what they are capable of doing
while amateurs are always getting all over
it. Knowing when to tweak and when to go
all out is an art the elite player conquers.
Another high note for me was the World
Bowling coaching program recognition initiative. World Bowling requested coaching programs from
commercial entities
as well as our sport’s
integers. Its purpose
is to review the coaching programs of the
world and define/combine a coaching program the world will recognize.
What a terrific idea! Five submissions
were made with three having enough information to be evaluated. The other two were
asked for more information. This is certainly
a very promising initiative for standardizing bowling coaching worldwide.
ICoach is a three-day symposium packed
with international presenters held at
Finland’s Bowling Training and Education
Center, the Kuortane. The first ICoach was
in 2011 and 2013’s episode was well-attended and quite the occasion. It’s possible
the WCC will be an every other year event.
The “off” year then would have the Kuortane
event. So, one year at the International
Bowling Campus and the other in Finland.
Sweet.
“. . . are you kidding me?
It was magical.”
Susie Minshew is a Gold Level USBC Coach, a two-time USOC Bowling Coach of the Year, and
author of two coaching books – Whoever Finds It First, Wins and Bowling Whisperer.
www.strikeability.com
about how genetics affect athletic potential.
“Are Athletes Born or Built?” he asked. It
turned out that it is a combination of both,
but it was very useful information for coaches
to know that some athletes have certain predispositions. His research began when as a
young soccer player, he suffered a devastating Achilles tendon injury. He later discovered that he had a genetic predisposition to
tendenopathies.
Knowledge of Genetics can also help in developing training and practice routines; and
in quickly identifying young athletes potential to become elite players. It was very refreshing to see coaches talking about a subject very few have explored in the world of
bowling.
Many might say, like the entire World
Coaching Conference, the Mitsingas presentation was groundbreaking.
6
Open Forum, Panel Discussion
At the end of the second day of the World Coach Conference, an expert panel was assembled for an Open Forum question and answer
session. Coach Rod Ross was the moderator, with coaches Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Frank Buffa, Del Warren, and Juha Maja on the panel.
Question – What would each of Question - Based on what has hapyou like to see accomplished at this pened in sport bowling in recent
conference?
years with declining numbers and
declining sponsorships, are you conROD ROSS
Just to give you some history about how this cerned that the sport may have foconference started, there was a conference in cused on technology a little too
Milwaukee in 2008 or ’09 where they brought much? And if you think that – what
a bunch of international coaches in, and that
kind of got dropped; so we wanted to finish can be done about it?
expense; and it is an expense that was not there
at one time. As they go up the ladder, they
find out that balls only last for so long. There
are a lot of levels . . .take transition – it is
confusing. It is confusing to many coaches
who think about it 24/7. The level of complexity and the things we have to know is certainly a challenge. I’ve seen people get right
to the level where they realize how complex
it has become and they walk away saying
‘this is not for me’ – a lot of people to be
work at it. And eventually you will get better.
The year before last when I made the show at
the Queens, I hurt my hand. Eight days before the tournament, I am freaking out and in
pain, and we changed my pitches from A to
Z. I had eight days to bowl with the new balls.
I can’t tell you how dramatic the change was.
I had no feel . . . but you know what I did? –
I worked at it.
The problem is we have watched everybody
get better, and we say ‘yeah you’re good –
what was started then. Our plan is to make
this happen every two years – every even year,
so I-Coach can happen in Europe in the odd
years; and we will help get that info out as
well. One thing you will notice on the schedule is that we have made the breaks extremely
long. That is where the real learning comes.
The 30 minutes between classes and the lunch
breaks is where you guys get together and
exchange ideas. That is maybe the most important part of this whole conference – that
networking you can do during the breaks.
CAROLYN DORIN-BALLARD
Bowling, as in I’m sure every other sport,
has become very territorial. We become very
protective of what we are doing and what we
are saying. But I think we have reached the
point when this is the time for change to happen. We can’t be afraid of it; it may not work
out, but we have to embrace it. We need to
leave here with the idea of actually starting to
work together to share what we know and
what we learn from each other. It will make
us stronger in the United States, and it will
make all of us stronger worldwide on every
level. I would like to see stronger federations,
stronger relationships, and sharing of more
information.
DEL WARREN
I would like to go back to what Coach
Borden said about not only learning more but
using that knowledge to get new bowlers. I
think that is really the point of this. I believe
that all of us are sales people for bowling. If
you can’t inspire someone, you cannot get
them into this game. Passion will carry you a
long way; and when you have new information you can teach better timing and get people
better faster. Now they can get into the game
and get into the sport. That is the connection
that I want to see happen for all of us as
coaches.
l to r: Frank Buffa, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Rod Ross, Del Warren, Juha Maja
MAJA
I am more than concerned. When we look
at the numbers from each and every federation at the moment . . . then again, we see
open bowling becoming bigger and bigger.
You have to come to the conclusion that there
is nothing wrong with the product of bowling
if 300 million people around the world are
playing bowling. But there is a problem with
Sport Bowling because those numbers are
coming down. Personally, I am most concerned about the fact that most bowlers now
think in terms of what the ball can do for you,
not what the player can do to the ball. That I
would like to see is to go back to when it was
the situation of what the player can do with
the ball, not what the ball can do, and who is
playing in front of you, and so forth. I would
like to see us go back 25 years. Unfortunately,
that is not where we are today, and that cannot happen.
JUHA MAJA
The way I look at it is that experience is not
knowledge – it is just information. We must
take the information we get here and turn it
into action. Once you get this information and
you turn it into practice, it becomes knowledge. Coaching experience is not measured
in years. It is measured in hours. How many
hours are you spending on the lanes? That is
the only way to get experience. Coaches need
WARREN
a lot of information. Your students can ask a
In times like these, I really miss John Davis,
lot of questions because they don’t understand because we had so many cool conversations
what you understand. Your job is to share that about this subject. He was such an in-depth
knowledge with them and make it a reality. thinker. Those of you who knew him knew
that it was never just on the surface – he knew
FRANK BUFFA
how to peel back the layers - like a team not
I’m very happy with the conference. It is being able to go to a tournament anymore in
nice to see so many coaches here. There is one car because they don’t have room for all
always something to learn. When you have of the bowling balls they need. But it goes
so many great minds together it’s great; ab- beyond that. I talk to kids and parents all the
solutely great. I would just like to see us learn time, and I can’t tell you how many say “I
from each other and get together more often. really can’t afford this lesson thing. I really
The more we talk, and listen, the better it will can’t afford this bowling ball thing.” When
be for bowling everywhere.
they get involved, they realize that it is an
instead of looking at it and saying ‘even
though you are scoring well, there are a couple
of things you need to fine tune. So I think we
are a little bit to blame when we talk about
our bowlers and how good they are because
we don’t stop to be realistic, or ask where they
are going to be in five years if they lose it.
The second part of that is no matter what
age you are, if you are a competitor, a higher
average bowler, and you have that competitive nature, you are still going to work at it,
and you are going to seek out coaching. That
will be true as long as bowling is around.
The second aspect of that is there are a lot
of programs that are available to coaches that
help all levels of bowling; Bowling 2.0 for
the casual bowler. And they grow leagues –
there is nothing wrong with that. Most of us
deal with the sport, but we have to embrace
the other bowlers. Casual bowlers are our biggest number right now. Let’s figure out how
to get them to the next level of bowling. There
are programs out there that will help you do
that. It doesn’t matter what niche you are in –
there is a niche for everybody, and you being
DORIN-BALLARD
I have a couple of takes on that. One, as a here today proves that you can change that
bowler, and one as somebody who works in culture.
the industry. As a bowler who was on tour
BUFFA
making a living a very long time ago, I was
My biggest worry actually is our youth. In
told that the bowler is more important than
the ball. I have to agree that some balls make Canada, the numbers are like 70% off from
some player look better than they really are; 10 years ago. We are losing our junior probut I was already a 220 average bowler and grams. How do we get the kids back in the
one of the top five in the world. Knowing that, game? They need certified coaches. Most of
it still made me work on my game to be bet- our junior programs back home are just baby
ter. We can continue, or we can make excuses. sitting services. You cannot do that. You have
continued on page 10
To strive to be the best in the world, you must
honest; people that used to take lessons but
just disappeared. Look at our college kids - I
wrote a letter not long ago to somebody and
asked “If sport bowling is so good, how
come the majority of kids who graduate from
college, who spent all that money and time
taking lessons, getting competitive over years
. . . they get out of college, they quit?
Here’s an example – Samantha Linder, who
went to Wichita State, grew up at Kegel, three
times on Team USA. We did an experimental
league where they had to use one urethane
ball, and we had a panel. At the end of the
league I went around the room and asked them
questions, and I had a couple of college kids
who had quit bowling. I asked why, and
Samantha said, “Because I know if I don’t
buy equipment I don’t have a chance. And
she is one who bowled from the time she was
5 years old.
It’s not just one thing. There are a lot of
layers of complexity. It’s not just high scoring – it is a lot of things.
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8
World Bowling Vision for Coaching
Dornberger announces new Olympic push; new branding for WTBA
Former COO of the United States Bowling Congress Kevin Dornberger is now the President of World Bowling – the new brand that incorporates the World Tenpin Bowling
Association(WTBA) and the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ). As one of the sponsors of the first World Coach Conference, Dornberger believes that coaching is an
essiential ingredient for bowling’s future success, and is vital if bowling has any chance of ever becoming an Olympic Sport.
Thus – he took the opportunity to outline the new efforts of World Bowling to the 100 coaches attending the WCC. Here are some highlights of his remarks:
Isn’t the real issue in our sport
‘How to make a living as a bowling
coach?
If you can’t make a living, how
does the sport attract and retain quality coaches?
Three years ago, the WTBA budget had about $150,000 a year income; and we have 111 federations,
meaning we had about $1400 for
each federation.
“I am happy to tell you that today
– three years later – our income is
about $600,000. It comes from a
variety of sources. We have changed
our World Championship model; we
get subsidy fees now from the host;
we have a World Bowling Tour, although that is still what Walmart
would call a “loss leader” but it is
something that we have to do. We
have partners. The commercial industry has come back in a little bit.
We are making progress. We are not
where we need to be yet, but we are
making progress.
When I go to federation countries,
I don’t go as a tourist. I spend time
with the bowling leaders, and I
spend time with the bowlers. And
recently Bill Hoffman and I were
comparing notes, and I discovered
I have been to about 50 countries.
In our bowling meetings, I would
say that we spent 90% of our time
on rule changes and regulations trying to make our sport perfect. Unfortunately, that is not a real issue
when it comes to the Olympic rings.
I’ve sat down with the Olympic officials, and they tell me they have
some problems with our sport – or
concerns may be more accurate.
They have a problem with our media relations, with our lack of sponsors, lack of spectators. And they are
right – how many sponsors do we
attract outside the industry?
These are really serious issues that
we have to resolve. Our product has
to become more entertaining. Sometimes, we walk into a major tournament, and the lane oiling machine is
going up and down the lanes for an
hour. Is that entertaining the fans?
And we put all the best bowlers on
one squad, so nobody wants to
watch the other squads. These are
things we never even think twice
about. So our challenge is to devise
some levels of entertainment that are
not degrading to the sport.
Some people say – Oh – we can
get bowlers to do trick shots. No –
we are talking about non-bowling
entertainment.
And then there is our scoring system. Believe it or not when I travel
through many countries, they treat
us like we are soccer or basketball
– like a real sport. They have press
conferences!
And the most typical question I get
from the non-bowling media person
is “What do you say to people who
say that your sport is dull and boring and hard to watch?”
That is by far the most common
question I get.
So what do we do?
One thing World Bowling is going to do is look at an alternative
scoring system; for the finals, for
TV, for presentation purposes. What
will it look like? It can’t destroy the
integrity of the game, but it has to
be quicker, it has to be easier to understand, and a person off the street
tries they have less time. There is
heavy competition for our sport today. The reason we don’t have as
many as we used to is the same reason why other sports don’t have
what they used to. There was a time
when Tennis and Golf’s projected
growth was unbelieveable. Now
they are all struggling to maintain
what they have. Did we screw up?
We probably made some mistakes,
but that is not the main issue. Competition for time is the issue.
Will we ever return to the good
‘ol days when we had tons of league
bowlers in the U.S.? No way.
But there are some things we can
do. I think we lack passion in our
sport from many of our participants
and fans; and passion is the thing
that drives media, that drives sponsors.
Let’s talk about the Olympic process. In the 80’s and 90’s many of
you know that the industry – mostly
Brunswick, but to an extent, WIBC,
ABC and a few proprietors, spent
probably 20-30 million dollars try-
Olympic Games.
Not only do they want a sport –
they want a sport that attracts media, sponsors, and spectators.
It makes sense.
So – we are going to work on those
things moreso than on the technical
aspects. It won’t be like a convention where there are 40 proposals for
change and 38 of them will be for
rule changes.
Bottom line – the process has
changed. There is a short list the IOC
publishes every four years. When
the list was last published in 2011,
we were one of the fours sports on
the last cut out. We have made some
progress since then, and the next
short list will be published next year.
The IOC recently came out at their
meetings in Sochi and questions like
these were asked – Why are the
Olympics limited to 27 sports? Why
are they limited to two weeks? Why
are the Winter Games limited to ice
and snow sports? Why can’t they
have indoor sports?
This was the new president mak-
“I am going to go on record and say that I am going to be pretty
disappointed if we are not on next year’s short list. I think the chances
are better than not that we will be.”
- Kevin Dornberger
has to be able to come in and say
“OK – the USA is leading Sweden
1-0, or it is 1-1 . . . now, when teams
or players have several strikes in a
row, we have to wait several frames
to see who is ahead; or even to the
end of the game.
Think about the message we are
sending. I am really hopeful that by
2016 we will come up with something better. We can’t change our
rules until the 2015 congress, so we
have a little time. We are going to
have a finals format that is different
– much more TV and media friendly,
and better for non-bowler spectators. Think about it – and think outside the box.
I think the main reason that bowling does not have the participation
it had 30-40 years ago is the same
things almost all sports are crying
about when I go to events like
SportAccord, an event where all the
sports and the IOC come together
for a week . . . I think it is 89 sports
this year.
There are not 10 of those sports
that are happier today than they were
10 years ago. What’s happened?
Well, 30 years ago there were about
30 recognized sports. 30 years ago,
there was no Internet. 30 years ago
video games were pretty crude. Our
leisure time used to have 4 or 5 competitors. I had three sports I could
play, and I watched a fuzzy little TV.
Today, kids everywhere have lots
and lots of choices that we did not
have. Adults too, and in most coun-
ing to get bowling into the Olympic
Games. And the system then, shall
we say, was close to corrupt. I won’t
say it was corrupt, but it was close.
The theory was that if you found the
right person to ‘make gifts to,’ and
you made a large enough gift, you
had a pretty good chance to be an
Olympic sport.
If that was true, we either did not
find the right person, or we did not
have enough money . . . so we were
close, but never quite in.
Today, things have changed. I am
not saying that there is not any corruption or politics, but it is a much
more open process. There is an
evaluation; a good evaluation process. It is transparent. I meet with
the IOC Sports department twice a
year. I could meet with them more
if I wanted to fly to Luzern. We talk
about the good bad and ugly in the
sport of bowling - very open conversations.
They told me early on 4-5 years
ago when I was first president – “we
like your sport” – they don’t care
about high scores because at the
world championship level we can
control that. The Olympics will not
be conducted on a house shot. They
get that.
But they are concerned about our
lack of media – outside media in
particular; our lack of sponsorship;
and our lack of spectators. I told
them that those things were true, but
I never thought much about the fact
that those things are important to the
ing bold statements and key members to a person said things like “we
have to be more open minded”-” We
have to open up the process” etc. etc.
So - the short list is developed,
and one sport from the short list gets
into the Games in 2024 – then somebody asked “why do we have to wait
7 years? And nobody said “because.”
So- there is a fresh new air at the
IOC and sports like bowling and a
few others who feel like they are
close are optimistic.
I am going to go on record and
say that I am going to be pretty disappointed if we are not on next
year’s short list. I think the chances
are better than not that we will be.
What does that mean? It means we
have a little work to do. The IOC
Sports Department makes these
evaluations and the recommendations for which sports go on the short
list. The politics starts with the short
list and then we have to start rounding up IOC member votes.
We have consulted with a company in Luzern, Switzerland, and
they also do work for the IOC and a
lot of big sports. They have convinced me that now is the time for
us to make our first Olympic effort
since 2002. And the BPAA, the
USBC, Brunswick, Storm and
Kegel along with World Bowling
have committed about $500,000 to
this effort.
And the good news is we have
some of our own money to do this
for the first time in the history of the
organization.
So – we are going to do things like
attend SportAccord, where we will
have a booth. If you have been to
Bowl Expo, SportAccord is like
Bowl Expo for 89 sports. As luck
would have it – the hotel there in
Turkey has a little four lane center,
and we have rented it for a Wednesday Night Social. My consultant
promises me that we will have some
IOC members there.
We are going to invite media. The
IOC is connected by a couple of key
publications that are read religiously. We are also inviting them
to Bowl Expo because I am told that
not may sports have something like
Bowl Expo.
We have a World Championships
in Abu Dhabi this summer and we
are going to invite IOC members and
media to come to that. When we do
that, it means we pay all expenses,
One week after the coaching conference, Dornberger traveled to Belek,
Tukey for SportAccord. Joining Dornberger at the conference were: USBC
President Andrew Cain, Vivien Lau, Secretary-General Hong Kong
Bowling Federation and professional bowler Clara Guererro
9
Coach Borden’s Message to World Coaches:
“When we tell you as a coach how special you are – Believe it!”
Coach Fred Borden is without question the man most responsible for the organization of a coaching program in the USA, and the 2014 World Coach Conference is evidence that his
influence has spread globally over the past 30 years. Herein are highlights of Borden’s remarks in welcoming coaches to Arlington for the World Coach Conference, followed by a few
questions we had the opportunity to ask during the 3-day conference. I first met Coach Borden more than 20 years ago at the Olympic Festival in San Antonio; and over the years I
learned that he is a man of great emotion and passion for the sport. Thus- it was no surprise when he teared-up a little in response to my first question.
–Jim Goodwin
Here are the highlights from his keynote
speech:
Let me ask you this question – How do we
expect our sport to last without coaching?
What would college or high school football, or little league baseball be without coaching?
They would be non-existent.
So when we tell you as a coach how special
you are – believe it!
We really need to find a way to get two
million youth bowlers within the next 10
years. If Little League Baseball can get 7.5
million, we can get two million. And in baseball, those are almost all boys – only half of
the population. (and they don’t play year
round or in bad weather)
But to achieve our goal, we have to PLAN
OUR WORK and WORK OUR PLAN. We
have to have VISION.
Bowling will have to develop a good plan
– and I truly believe that coaching has to be
in it because coaching is the most important
asset for our sport. We are the true lifeblood
of the sport.
How many coaches are there in the world?
I would guess we are about 30-50,000 short
of where we need to be. I know there are about
5000 bowling centers in the USA. We should
have 3 coaches in every one of them. That’s
15,000 just in the U.S.
When I look at coaching I ask ‘What do
you have to be to be a coach?’
You have to be a leader.
You have to be a friend.
You have to like people; and in turn, they
will like and respect you.
You have to be a good listener.
You have to be a confidant; and you have
to have confidence;
. . . Which reminds me of Lee Trevino . . .
who said “I can’t wait to wake up every morning to hear what I have to say.”
He didn’t brag – he was just confident.
You have to be a psychiatrist.
If you want to be a good coach, you better
understand Dr. Dean (Team USA Sports Psychologist)
I can’t tell you how much work we have to
do in psychological skills training. When we
start understanding each other, we are going
to build a better life together, and a better
sport.
When we start understanding how different
people are wired, we will be a better coach.
The differences between fact finders and
quick starts. . .
A quick start needs a lot of balls in the air.
The more that is going on, the better they feel.
Then there are people; and I admit I used
to get a little upset with them; that ask a lot of
questions – they are fact finders. They need
to know the facts. Their life does not go on
until they get enough information to move
forward.
I think I heard somebody talk about doing
personality profiles on their athletes. That is
very important – because not everybody likes
chocolate cake.
Guys like Dr. Dean are so important to us,
so we can learn to understand people.
The stadium here is hosting the NCAA Final Four next week – do you think any of those
four coaches are the same? Or do they use
different methods and different motivations
to reach the same goal? Why? Because their
players are different; so are yours.
We have a few gold coaches in our sport –
what we need is 5000 Gold coaches and about
100,000 coaches. And if each one could only
create ten new bowlers, that’s a million people
a year for our sport.
We need to develop BOWLERS.
How? What is the plan?
Kevin shared some of it – and I am very
excited that somebody is working on it. But
we all have to help push the wagon. You cannot climb the ladder with your
hands in your
pockets.
Simply stated
we need to be a
positive influence on all aspects
of
a
person’s game
and on some aspects of their life.
We need to say to
them what Gordon Vadakin says
to his players at
Wichita State –
He says “I am
here for you no
matter what –
both on and off
the lanes.” We
need to make that
commitment to
everyone we
coach.
Someone
asked “Who is
the best coach in
this
room?”
Who Cares!
Let’s get off of
that kick – let me
ask this – Who is
doing the most
coaching? Who
is doing the most
clinics? Who does the most seminars? Who
has developed the most bowlers in the past
year?
That is the person who should be called
Coach of the Year - The coach who brings
more people into the sport.
An example – in Akron, we lost 19,000
league bowlers when the tire factories closed
and the blue collar workers moved away. That
is when we came up with Glow in the Dark
Bowling and other things. We had to re-invent our business to survive.
It is what we learn after we know it all that
really counts.
Do we teach everybody the same? Tell
Walter Ray he shouldn’t pull up at the foul
line. Tell Norm Duke he shouldn’t stay down.
We don’t teach a blueprint. We take every athlete and help them with what they do naturally. We try to get rid of all the little things
that prevent them from being able to repeat
shots.
Do we want to tell Jim Furyk that his swing
is wrong? I call him the Don Johnson of golf
– his swing goes out, and comes back in like
Johnson’s bowling swing. Now, if it went in
and then out – we would have to fix that. But
the point is we don’t try to change what comes
naturally and what works for some athletes.
There is no master blueprint. It is about what
people like Dr. Dean call Myelination – training the brain.
We can train the body to have muscle
memory; but we can also train our brain.
Training goes through three phases:
Phase one the student says – “I don’t like
that coach. I’ve tried it once, I don’t like it, it
doesn’t fit my style, it doesn’t feel good, it is
not for me.” - I call that being non-coachable
and that athlete
and I need to sit
down and have a
chat – and I tell
them ‘if you want
me to help you I
am more than
willing, but you
have to work with
me.’
Phase two – “I
think I did it once,
but I still don’t
like it. I can’t do
it 3 times in row to
save my life. This
isn’t going to
work for me.”
But if they will
stay with it . . .
Stage three is –
“Wow – I did it
three times in a
row. I think I am
getting this.”
We have to go
through that 3step process and
teach them how to
train, both physically and mentally.
Training has to
be singular – Experts have done
MRI’s of brains
and learned that
myelination occurs when you have a single
thought in your brain. Throwing multi
thoughts into the brain is called confusion,
and confusion causes anxiety.
In other words give them one thing to work
on and think about at a time – not three things.
Ask them to do one thing 20 times in a row
with no other thoughts. When that happens,
move on to the next task. It is a slow process,
but it is the only way it will be effective. In
fact, if they do it 20 times, tell them to take a
10 minute break and do it 20 more times; and
then another break and 20 more – that’s 60
times with no other thoughts.
We always hear that women are multitaskers and men are single minded – that is a
myth. Both genders are capable of multi -tasking; but for training purposes, it should be one
task at a time for both genders.
I call that the 20-20-20 Training System.
I have a thing I came up with called FredX
– like FedX – its about the brain – a positive
statement, an affirmation. It’s a club that we
send things to by email – Jeri Edwards is the
head coach, and we are just trying to spread
positive things about bowling. Let’s start a
ground swell movement saying that bowling
is a special sport. If you would like to join,
just give me your email address.
God bless all of you for spending your time
and your money to be here – I wish we had
days and days to just sit and talk about our
great sport. Now go out there and let’s get 10
million new bowlers – I know we can do it!
JG -How satisfying is it for you to see all
of these coaches from all over the world
enjoying the conference, the training center, the museum, and everything else knowing that you were a big part of starting the
first real coaching program more than 30
years ago?
FB- (pause – very emotional moment) It is
more emotional than I thought it was going to
be to be honest with you. . . what has really
made me feel good . . .and I had the opportunity to travel a lot with Team USA and did
seminars all over the world for Columbia and
other ball companies. Not long ago I said to a
guy – forgive me for living in the past; and he
said “You know, all we know is in the past –
we can’t see the future.” We have vision of
how we would like the future to be . . . but it
is so nice to see this many people travel so
far and spend their time and money to be here
sharing their ideas. It has been a long time
coming. I would like to see this happen again
very quickly on the other side of the
mountaintop. We have a lot of good ideas and
technical information going around this
room but it is the people side of it that really
matters.
JG- Do you ever get concerned that our
sport has become a little too technical –
even to the point that it can be a negative?
FB – I have to say yes; but let me qualify
that answer. We have a staff of people with so
many bright minds and people with a hellava
passion for the sport; but sometimes we seem
to spend all of our time on cg’s and rg’s and
co-efficient of friction and co-efficient of restitution, and all the mass bias . . . and all of
this stuff . . . and we forgot we have to bring
some people in here. We’ve got to develop
the youth bowlers of the world. We have
190,000 youth bowlers and little league has
7.5 million. I think I would like to see very
soon where we get the better people in marketing and in the business world; what have
you . . . let’s get one program that is going to
develop two million youth bowlers. Then let’s
go to our next program; and then the next, so
over the next ten years we turn this thing
around by changing our numbers. If we
change our numbers we will change our sponsorships. Everybody will look at us differently
– the banks, the universities, everybody. I love
this stuff we are doing here because I am a
mad scientist in my own way, but I am very
concerned. You take the word promotion –
two-thirds of that word is motion. And I don’t
see the motion I would like to see out in the
field. I don’t see the delivery system. I see a
lot of disconnects that prevent us from growing this sport. My main concern is not technology but growth of the sport both nationwide and worldwide.
JG – What do you hope to accomplish at
this conference?
FB- I want to see what the world is doing,
number one. I want to get more educated. I’m
looking for information, but more than that
in part maybe a positive attitude in where we
10
PANEL cont. from pg 6
to have a program. Just like the universities, we have to have a program
for the young kids to get them interested in the game; and then we
have to keep them. I think like Fred
said if every bowling center has
coaches, they can work with the
kids. There is no reason why we
it even more – we need to put more
out there from a technology standpoint. I don’t want to over-complicate things or confuse people, but if
you do it right – getting more technology information out there, I think
that is a help, because people will
stop and figure it out, either out of
A dozen college coaches attended the conference
can’t fill the centers with kids on
weekends. I don’t think the proprietors are looking at this in the right
way. This is our future. If we lose
our kids, there is no future. I know
my son Mark and I work very hard
back home to bring the kids in.
Mark is a good example for kids,
and we need role models like him
to make sure that the kids come
back to play this beautiful sport. To
me – that’s my biggest worry.
MAJA
When I grew up in the mid 1980’s,
urethane balls were used. Our kids
actually learned how to get more
strikes. At the same time we saw
older guys throwing straighter leaving 5 pins and 8-10’s. All of the sudden in 1992 came the reactive resin
balls. When that happened everybody could strike. I quit bowling in
1995 because I was using urethane
balls and I couldn’t keep up with
everybody else using reactives. I
thought ‘That’s not fair.’ Not only
that but the new balls sucked the oil
off the lanes so we centers had to
use more and more oil.
Others weigh in on the technical question . . .
NEIL STREMMEL
Is the Sport Too Technical? – I
guess you could be concerned about
that because there is a lot of technology, but that is true in all sports.
All sports have evolved over the
past five or ten years no matter
which segment you look at. In other
sports they embrace that technology
much moreso than we have in bowling. Now the kids are grasping it at
a much better rate of course . . . but
for our future’s sake, I would attack
necessity or out of excitement. We
have talked about topography – we
look at each lane and what it does
and how every pair is different; and
we started giving our technology
charts out to the coaches for world
competition.
Granted, not all of them get it yet
– but just like lane tapes from 30
years ago; tapes that show what the
pattern looks like . . . now it is so
second nature that we hardly talk
about it. I think the same thing will
happen with the topography charts;
and it will happen with RG’s or Dif,
or Moment of Inertia, whatever – we
will get there. We need to just keep
going. If we don’t talk about it, I
think we are just confusing our athletes and our bowlers and our
coaches, and we don’t go anywhere.
It just becomes a mystery and people
will go looking for the magic ball.
COACH MINSHEW adds her
opinion about technology:
Is the sport too technical? Absolutely not. I believe we are behind
other sports in both our practical
and exotic use of technology. If we
made bowling as magic as (or could
get it on) the iPhone, we would see
a huge increase in bowlers. Those
phones are “cool.” When we get
bowling like that (“cool”), we’ll be
fine. It’s a social media-intensive
world, particularly for the millenials
as you saw in Del’s presentation.
Can’t be avoided or ignored. The
new programs that allow folks to
compete with others across the
continent or across the ocean is one
method, for example. Students love
video analysis. That is done with
technology and has as much to teach
the coach as it does the student.
World Bowling Coach Conference Sponsors
DORNBERGER cont. from pg 8
BORDEN cont. from pg 9
first class, etc, etc, etc.
We are going to buy some ads in
some of these IOC media publications; and we are probably going to
open up an office in Luzern, Switzerland. 80 of the 89 sports have
offices there. The IOC likes to see
you in Luzern. I’m not moving there.
We may have somebody
part time who may speak
a little French.
We have already rebranded. We are going
to stop using WTBA and
FIQ. We are going to be
like other sports – we are
going to have a professional image; and maybe
we will even start selling some official World
Bowling merchandise.
Why are we doing
this?
The short answer is
that the Olympic are
aspirational and inspirational to
young people.
We have 111 federations, and
there are only about 20 that function “OK” The other 91 don’t have
employees, don’t have programs.
They rely on volunteers to get things
done.
Even in the World Championships
some players are asked to spend
their own money to travel – we have
to fix that. It sends the wrong message.
So – what happens if we are an
Olympic Sport? Well – 205 Olympic committees around the world
will start funding bowling as a real
sport; and many countries probably
millions of dollars a year.
It means more Training Centers.
Now, we have 4-5 in the world. How
would you like to see 200? It means
capital equipment – Brunswick and
AMF will be happy. It means equipment – balls, bags, shoes.
How does it affect you? It means
coaching opportunities, lots of them.
are trying to go with the sport; see if
we can make a difference in what
all of the coaches around the world
are trying to do. Get a fraternity of
coaches that learn to communicate
better and promote this sport, not
only from a technological level, but
from the grassroots level. Where we
develop more players, we create
sanctioned bowlers, we get more
youth bowlers involved, more seniors. . .every level of the sport –
we can do that through coaching. As
I said in my talk, where would this
sport be without coaching. I come
her to see a lot of old friends and
make new ones. That is a big part of
our sport Jim – you know that better than most people – it is social
interaction. People getting together
with common interests sharing good
memories and knowledge. This is a
part of that. This is history in the
making. The question now is –
where do we go after this? Who is
going to put the plan together to
bring all of us – the USBC, the
Coaches, The manufactures, all of
us together as one unit? A unit that
can really make a difference. We are
just passing through as caretakers of
bowling – are we good caretakers?
We have to do whatever we can to
protect this great sport.
JG- what do you think that these
coaches need to do to take all of
the technical knowledge they are
learning here understandable to
the average bowler?
FB- We used a term years ago on
Lane 81 at the stadium called the
Coach’s Eye. When a coach
watches ball motion and balls going down the lane – they apply science and technology; but we have
to be careful not to go too far. For
example – they mix lime and sand
and other stuff to make concrete and
we don’t have to know what makes
it get hard . . . we just know that it
does. We don’t have to know what
is in chicken soup to know that we
like it. We have to be very careful
that their eyes don’t glaze over. It is
about feel. The great quarterbacks
have 3.5 seconds to throw a football. They don’t stop to think about
it – they just train to make it happen. The coaches think like mad scientists about the process, but the athlete just trains to perform. I love all
of this technical stuff because it affirms that we know what we are talking about, but we have to watch how
we present it to the athletes. We can’t
overload them and make it too complicated; or even as though it seems
complicated.
JG - You have been teaching
since you were 16 – that is more
than 55 years. Are you amazed at
the advancement of bowling technology, especially in the past decade?
FB – let me put it another way Jim.
I am amazed that as the technology
has advanced the participation on
the sport side has dropped dramatically. The ratios of spin and velocity, and the ratios of lane oil patterns,
and the radius of gyration and all that
– I love that stuff; but let’s look at
ratios of the whole sport and the
whole industry; as a proprietor and
as a bowler, manufacturer, coach. As
a person that loves bowling, those
are the ratios we need to start spending a lot of time on.
JG - As a proprietor, how do you
take this knowledge and convert
it into putting bowlers into your
bowling center?
FB – I have a 48 lane center. I
can’t run it on 60 all-star bowlers.
I’ve got to have 3000 visitors a week
and at least a couple of thousand
league bowlers. Out of those 3000,
there are only about 50-60 real serious bowlers who want this information. I question all the time if we are
doing too much for the chosen few
and not enough for the people who
pay the bills on the other side of the
ledger.
Having fun
at the
Coach
Conference
- Pat
Costello,
Carol
Norman
and Donna
Conners
created
this “fun”
Forbes
cover to
show how
important
coaches
are.
11
Colorado Bowler Rolls 900 Series
Everybody knows that 900’s are no longer big national news; but what makes this one unique is that Amos Gordon had never shot 800 before rolling his 900 on Apri 11th. However, he
took care of that little problem in the same league on April 18th. Amazingly, after shooting 900 the week before, he rolled games of 300, 275, 300 for an 875. - JG
Amos Gordon of Colorado
Springs, Colo., became the first
bowler in the state of Colorado to
roll three consecutive 300 games on
his way to a 900 series Friday.
The 29-year-old right-hander
had 36 consecutive strikes at the
Friday Night Mixed Early league at
Thunder Alley Bowling Center in
nearby Fort Carson, Colo., to
become the 24th bowler in history
to record a perfect series. The
achievement is pending approval
from the United States Bowling
Congress and would be the 25th
USBC-approved 900.
The series bested the previous
Colorado state record of 899, shot
by Denver's Terry Weddel in 2011.
Although Gordon hadn't
achieved an 800 series in certified
competition prior to his
performance Friday, he had been
bowling well and had just missed
hitting the 800 mark several times.
As the strikes started to add up
Friday, Gordon still found himself
more focused on helping his team
win.
"The guy I was bowling against
started with four in a row, so I was
trying to keep up," Gordon said. "My
mind was focused on trying to help
the team win. We ended up barely
winning each game."
The attention started to turn to
Gordon after he finished his second
300, and Thunder Alley became
quieter as he got closer to the final
frame. In the 10th, he tried not to pay
attention to his surroundings and
deliver quality shots.
"Everyone started migrating
towards our lanes after the second
300," Gordon said. "When I went to
bowl, I didn't hear anything, which
was crazy. When I got to the 10th
frame, I tried not to pay attention to
everyone taking pictures and
videos. On the final shot, I took my
time, made sure I got myself together
and threw a great ball."
The emotions finally came out
after the final strike was delivered,
and Gordon hopes the achievement
is a stepping stone in his bowling
career.
Amos Gordon III
THE LANE WARRIOR
by Page Dew for the Bowling News Network
By now, because of our instant
internet news society, you probably
have heard that right hander Amos
Gordon III shot a 900 series in
Colorado Springs on the April 11th.
A great feat but when you get to
know the man, you will be even more
impressed by his unique
accomplishment.
When you first meet him, you are
a consistent 225-230 average bowler
on multiple conditions in four
different centers in The Springs?
Questions, questions, questions!
It all started a little over a decade
ago in Ocala, when Amos started
hanging around a local bowling
center, bowling a hundreds of pot
games, but no leagues. Later, when
he moved to Fayetteville, North
Amos Gordon in his military days
initially struck by his size; at six
feet, five inches and 250 pounds, the
29 year old former college basketball
player has the look of a natural
athlete. The second thing you
immediately notice is how humble
he is, how the words “Yes, Sir” roll
so easily off his tongue. Certainly his
demeanor came from somwhere,
from his family back in Ocala,
Florida and/or his recent tour of
duty with the U.S. Army.
Your mind is racing with so many
questions, so where and when did
you start bowling? How did you get
so good? Who helped you become
“I wanted to do the right thing and I
wanted to see the world.” So,
courtesy of the government, he
ended up at the Fort Carson Army
Post in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
His first bowling ball was a $60
used ball that did not even fit him,
yet he contined to score high. It was
only recently that he got the right
equipment when Monte Hunter of
Champion’s Choice Pro Shop at
Harmony Bowl in Colorado Springs,
drilled his Roto Grip Asylum. As
Amos said, “I had no idea how I
wanted the ball drilled. I just told the
guy how I bowl and what I wanted
the ball to do.”
While bowling color pins at Ft.
Carson’s, Thunder Alley in October
2012, he was asked for the first time
ever to bowl in a league, which he
did. In his first league in what is
considered a “tough house” he
averaged 213. Sounds impossible?
How could a guy with no previous
experience, a three-step approach,
no coaching and a used $60
bowling ball average so high?
Natural talent, a love for the game,
hundreds of pot games, constant
attention to bowling postings on UTube and the determination to be the
best.
Amos, his wife Mariana and their
three children are at a life
crossroads, facing the decision of
whether to stay in Colorado or move
back to Florida. Amos must also
decide on whether or not to pursue
his law enforcement dreams or use
his talents in the sport of bowling.
It’s now up to our industry to step
forward and utilize Amos Gordon lll.
Are you listening? USBC?
Proprietors? Manufacturers? Now
is a great opportunity to promote
our sport, especially within the
African-American community.
By the way, he is on Facebook, so
he is not hard to find (and if he’s not
on-line, try the Thunder Alley. He’ll
be the guy throwing strikes!)
Carolina to play collegiate basketball
for Methodist College (Now
University) he did not a have a car,
so he walked across the street to a
bowling center and bowled, and
bowled and bowled—again without
joining a league and no one to teach
him the game.
Seeking a career in the criminal
justice system, after college, he
sought a postion in that field back
in Ocala, but fate stepped in and he
was accepted into the U.S. Army (Page Dew is a regular contributor
right before a civillian law to the Stars and Strikes Newspaper.
enforcement job opened up. Why He can be reached by sending him
did he join the service? As he said, an e-mail at [email protected])
"It means a great deal to me,"
Gordon said. "All of the hard work,
focus and practice paid off, and it
shows that if you put a lot into
something, you can get great things
back. I couldn't have achieved this
goal without the love and support of
my family. I'm going to stay humble
and continue to practice and try to
get better."
The first USBC-approved 900
occurred Feb. 2, 1997 when Jeremy
Sonnenfeld rolled three consecutive
perfect games in Lincoln, Neb. There
never has been a Sport-certified 900
series.
USBCApproved 900 Series (25)
USBC-Approved
Jeremy Sonnenfeld (R), Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb. 2, 1997
Tony Roventini (L), Greenfield, Wisconsin
Vince Wood (R), Moreno Valley, California
Nov. 9, 1998
Sept, 29, 1999
Robby Portalatin (L), Jackson, Michigan
James Hylton (R), Salem, Oregon
Dec. 28, 2000
May 2, 2001
Jeff Campbell II (R), New Castle, Pennsylvania
Darin Pomije (R), New Prague, Minnesota
Robert Mushtare (R), Fort Drum, New York
Lonnie Billiter Jr. (R), Fairfield, Ohio
Mark Wukoman (R), Greenfield, Wisconsin
June 12, 2004
Dec. 9, 2004
Dec. 5, 2005
Feb. 19, 2006
Feb. 13, 2006
April 22, 2006
P.J. Giesfeldt (R), Milwaukee
Rich Jerome Jr. (R), Baltimore
Dec. 23, 2006
Dec. 22, 2008
Chris Aker (L), Winnemucca, Nev.ada
Andrew Teall (R), Medford, New Jersey
Oct. 30, 2009
Nov. 2, 2009
Andrew Mank (R), Bellevue Illinois
William Howell III (L), Middletown, New York
March 18, 2010
Oct. 21, 2010
Matt Latarski (R), Medina, Ohio
Bob Kammer Jr. (R), Crown Point, Indiana
Nov. 28, 2010
Jan. 8, 2011
John Martorella Sr. (R), Greece, New Y.ork
Jimmy Schmitzer (R), Riverside, California
April 12, 2012
April 20, 2012
James Williams (R), Pawcatuck, Connecutt
Joe Scarborough (R), Charlotte, North Carolina
April 16, 2013
April 21, 2013
Todd James (R), East New Market, Maryland
Amos Gordon (R), Colorado Springs, Colorado
March 18, 2014
April 11, 2014 **
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Matt Hoyt
Brett Bolejack
James Askins, owner
Jordan Vanover
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817-571-1174
12
IBMA AWARDS
Hero Noda Named 2014
Luby Hall of Fame Recipient
The International
Bowling Media
Association (IBMA)
announced Hero
Noda,
Ibaraki,
Japan, as their 2014
recipient of the
Luby Hall of Fame
Award. The award is
presented annually
by the IBMA "to an
individual who has
made a distinguished contribution to print,
broadcast, telecast or photographic coverage
of bowling over an extended period of years."
Mr. Noda is best known as a "volunteer
fixture" at International Bowl Expo and the
mid-winter Bowling Summit where he takes
thousands of photographs of the events as well
as of many international tournaments. A
proprietor himself, Mr. Noda's photo
journalistic work has been seen in publications
and on websites all over the world as well as
on display on many walls and desks in homes
and offices of industry partners. He
generously shares his photos with a number
of international publications and is a great
ambassador not only for bowling, but also in
chronicling bowling's continuing history.
"I can think of no better individual who fits
the criteria for this award than Mr. Noda," said
Joan Romeo, president of the IBMA. "For
many, many years he has given hundreds of
hours of his time to record the history of
bowling on an international scale. He is
certainly most deserving of this honor."
In 2013, Noda was recognized by the
Bowling Proprietors' Association of America
(BPAA) with its V.A. Wapensky award
"presented to an individual who has made a
major contribution to the advancement of the
bowling industry. The award is named after
long-time BPAA Executive Director, V.A.
'Chief' Wapensky."
Noda will be recognized during the special
awards luncheon at International Bowl Expo,
Tuesday, June 24, at the Rosen Shingle Creek
Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Kovalova and Johnson Selected as
College Bowlers of the Year
Daria Kovalova and AJ Johnson have been
selected as 2014 College Bowlers of the Year
by the International Bowling Media
Association. The pair received their awards
at the All Star Banquet on Tuesday, April 14
in Reno, Nev. During the Xbowling College
Championships week.
Kovalova, a 19 year-old sophomore at
Wichita State University, majors in Art and
Design. She hails from Dnipropetrovsk,
Ukraine. Her accomplishments include World
Games, 2013, 1st place; Ukrainian Cup, 2013,
2011, 2010, 1st place; Ukrainian
Championships, 2012, 2011, 2010, 1st place;
European Cup, 2012, 1st place; European
Youth Championships, 2012, All-Events/
Masters, 1st place; European Youth
Championships, 2011, Singles/All-Events, 1st
place. Kovalova cites winning the 2013 World
by Bob Korth
To ask a question of Bob write to [email protected]
Q. I have a problem with my hand
sweating this causes me to drop the ball
and I lose control.
What can I do to stop this problem?
A. You can purchase a hand dry bag at
your local pro shop. You can use a micro
fiber towel. Make sure whatever you use
make sure it does not have rosin in it. Sweat
and rosin equals Glue. Myself I use control
grip from Master Products. It is a white
powder and comes in a plastic bottle. It has
no rosin in it and keeps your hand dry while
maintaining a consistent grip. Ask for it at
your pro shop if they don't have it they can
order it from Master Products which is now
owned by Storm. It is not too expensive and
a bottle should last you for at least a couple
of seasons or more.
Q. I have a sore wrist it feels like
tendonitis. The pain sort of radiates from
the fingers on release. I have tried wrist
braces but they are not comfortable to me.
Do you have any suggestions as to what
else I might try?
A. First get yourself to a Doctor and make
sure you are not doing more damage to your
tendons or wrist. If the Doctor clears you
then ask him what anti-inflammatory pills
IBMA chose me as the 2013 female bowler of you can take to reduce pain while bowling.
the year," Johnson said. "As our sport You could also try having a pinkie finger
continues to expand globally it is really a
special award because now we are competing
with all the talented girls internationally."
Belmonte, the 30-year-old two-handed
Australian who also was named PBA Player
of the Year for 2012-13, easily led the men's
The man whose dream over 50 years ago
voting with 205 points including 39 first-place has resulted in a tournament involving many
votes. Pete Weber of St. Ann, Mo., was a nations that has lasted for over 50 years is the
distant second with 69 points, Wes Malott 41, recipient of this year's IBMA Alberta E. Crowe
Sean Rash 34, and Mika Koivuniemi 17.
Meritorious Service Award.
"I am incredibly honored to win such a
Lee Evans, the late non-bowling pioneer,
prestigious award," Belmonte said. "Thank dreamer, and risk-taker who founded the
you so much to everyone who voted for me. It Tournament of The Americas, is being honored
certainly means so much to me to be named for his outstanding long-term accomplishments
Bowler of the Year and I will display the award in and for the sport of bowling.
proudly."
When his tournament began in 1963, there
Besides his USBC victory, Belmonte also were many industry skeptics since there was
captured the Australian Masters. He placed no similar annual international tournament that
second in the Professional Bowlers brought bowlers of the Americas together to
Association Tournament of Champions, represent their countries before he conceived
World Championship, and U.S. Open, third the idea and traveled from country to country
in the Bowlers Journal Scorpion (1960-63) to make it a reality.
In
1963,
the
Championship, fourth in the Summer Swing
GEICO King of the Swing special event, and American Bowling
fourth in the WSOB V Viper Championship. Congress (ABC) and
Women's
He led the PBA in earnings with $135,679 and the
International Bowling
in average at 223.70.
Congress (WIBC)
each sent only one
bowler. When other
countries wanted a "22" team format for the
1964 tournament, he
persuaded Florida's
Games in Las Vegas as her greatest ABC and WIBC
accomplishment.
associations to send
AJ Johnson, a 21 year-old junior at its state all-events
McKendree University, majors in Sports champions to field a
Management. Johnson's home-town is U.S. foursome. Today,
Oswego, Ill. His accomplishments include approximately 150
Junior Team USA, 2012/13; Team USA, bowlers representing
2012;National Collegiate Bowling Coaches 15 nations send teams
Association
All-American,
2012/ annually to compete in
13;Intercollegiate Team Championships All- junior, adult, senior,
Tournament Team, 2013; All-Tournament and super senior
Team Awards in Collegiate Bowling (4);IHSA divisions.
State Bowling Records, 4-300's in 3 weeks;
Many U.S. bowlers,
857 series; average of 241 in including Les Zikes,
conference;Collegiate Academic All Sue Reichley, Eddie
American, 2012; 2011-12 Back to Back Jackson,
Lorrie
Champion - Illinois All Star Shootout; 1st - Nichols, Bob Hart,
2012 North Pointe Junior Gold; 1st - 2012 Joan Holm, Rod Toft,
PBA Midwest Region St. Clair Bowl Open.
Johnson, Belmonte Selected As
2013 Bowlers of the Year
Wins in major events propelled Liz
Johnson and Jason Belmonte to major
accolades as they were selected 2013 Bowlers
of the Year by the International Bowling
Media Association.
Johnson, a right-hander from Cheektowaga,
N.Y., who turns 40 on May 2, captured the
top spot in the women's voting in large part
because of her victory in the U.S. Women's
Open. Belmonte, a two-handed thrower from
Australia, led the men's voting thanks to
winning the United States Bowling Congress
Masters.
Accomplished achieved during calendaryear 2013 were considered by the worldwide
panel of voters.
In addition to her U.S. Open victory,
Johnson placed second in team event, third in
Masters, sixth in doubles, 14th in all-events,
and 33rd in singles in the World Tenpin World
Championships. She also finished third in the
International Bowling Championships and
World Bowling Tour finals, and tied for 17th
in the USBC Queens.
She collected 144 points, including 24 firstplace votes. Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., was
next with 70 points followed by Shannon
O'Keefe with 47, Diana Zajalova with 22 and
Missy Parkin with 15.
"I am both overwhelmed and honored that
ASK BOB
Bob Korth is a Pro shop owner
and USA Bronze Level Coach
hole drilled in your bowling balls. This
spreads out the weight of the ball in your
hand and the pinkie finger helps the other
fingers carry the weight and reduces the
stress on the other fingers at release.
Q. I am a beginner bowler and I love
the game. I would like to get my own
equipment but am on a limited budget.
What should I purchase first? Also where
should I go to get the best deal on bowling
equipment?
A. The first purchase you should make is
bowling shoes. They don't have to be
expensive and today's bowling shoes come
in many styles. Getting the shoes first makes
the most sense because every time you go
bowl you have to pay a rental fee. Take the
money you would have to pay for the shoes
and save it toward a bowling ball and bag.
Because you are just beginning I would go
to the pro shop where you bowl. Most of
them carry shoes in stock and you can try
them on. While you are looking at the shoes
ask them about a price for a package deal.
Some pro shops will give discounts if you
buy the ball, bag, and shoes together. The
pro shops also may have lessons available
and some might throw in a lesson or two
with the new equipment. Don't be afraid to
ask most pro shops are very helpful.
Lee Evans Chosen for Alberta E. Crowe
Meritorious Service Award
Rick Steelsmith, Gordon Vadakin, Chris &
Linda (Norry) Barnes, Diandra (Hyman)
Asbaty, Jeremy Sonnenfeld, and Kelly Kulick,
got their international starts and became
acclaimed stars in this tournament.
The event, which will celebrate its 52nd
anniversary this July in Sunrise, Fla., was
renamed the "Lee Evans Tournament of The
Americas" after the founder's death of cancer
at age 53.
Beyond his own tournament, Evans
convinced the City of Miami to come up with
$25,000 needed by the local ABC associations
to secure the 1967 ABC Tournament. He also
was responsible for obtaining money for the
local WIBC associations to land the 1978
WIBC Tournament.
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Collegiate Bowling News
Zavjalova & Lavoie Win 2014 XBowling MCKENDREE'S JOHNSON, WICHITA STATE'S
Intercollegiate Singles Championships ROUMIMPER NAMED COLLEGIATE MVPS
RENO, Nev. - Webber International's Diana International's championship team in 2012.
Zavjalova and Wichita State's Francois Lavoie "That motivated me to bowl well here. I
took home individual titles at the 2014 wanted to win for my team, because I knew
they were behind me all the way. I heard them
cheering after every shot. It was a great way
to end my college career."
Lavoie stayed clean for both of his matches,
which included split conversions in the seventh
and ninth frames of the championship match.
Crowell got back in the match after two early
opens, but a 4 pin in the ninth frame ended his
run at the title.
After just missing the finals of the ITC on
Thursday night, Lavoie was happy to share
the title with his teammates.
"We took about half an hour to deal with
what happened yesterday," said Lavoie, a
Diana Zavjalova and Francois Lavoie
junior who made his third ISC appearance.
XBowling
Intercollegiate
Singles "We just had to accept it and move on. That's
Championships.
all you can do. It means a lot to bring the title
Zavjalova, the 2013 United States Bowling back to Wichita State. Every title is a team
Congress Queens champion, defeated Wichita title. We do everything as a team, so this isn't
State's Tannya Roumimper, 290-247, to claim just for me. This is for the whole team. "
the women's title at the Reno-Sparks
In the other women's semifinal, Roumimper
Convention Center, while Lavoie outlasted defeated teammate Heather Melvin, 203-184,
Midland's Perry Crowell, 217-188, to take to advance to the finals for the second
home the hardware on the men's side.
consecutive year. On the men's side, Lavoie
CBS Sports Network will air the semifinals eliminated Webber International's Gabriel
and finals for the women on May 6 at 8 p.m. Garcia-Rinelli, 244-206, while Crowell struck
Eastern, while the men's broadcast will be on on his first shot in the 10th to advance past
May 13 at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Notre Dame-Ohio's Chris Via, 201-183.
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her victory over Nebraska's Elise Bolton, 289- Semifinals
153. In the finals, the strikes kept coming for Francois Lavoie, Wichita State def. Gabriel GarciaZavjalova as she fired the last 11 strikes to Rinelli, Webber International, 244-206
Perry Crowell, Midland def. Chris Via, Notre Dameclaim the title over Roumimper.
Ohio, 201-183
The Webber International senior was Final
inspired by her teammates after a Lavoie def. Crowell, 217-188
disappointing showing at the XBowling WOMEN
Semifinals
Intercollegiate Team Championships on Tannya Roumimper, Wichita State def. Heather
Wednesday.
Melvin, Wichita State, 203-184
"Two days ago I was very disappointed Diana Zavjalova, Webber International def. Elise
because we struggled as a team," said Bolton, Nebraska, 289-153
Final
Zavjalova, who was part of Webber Zavjalova def. Roumimper, 290-247
RENO, Nev. - McKendree junior AJ were Chris Via of Notre Dame-Ohio, Perry
Johnson and Wichita State senior Tannya Crowell IV of Midland, Cameron Weier of
Roumimper were named Most
Valuable Players for the 2013-14
college bowling season by the
National Collegiate Bowling
Coaches Association.
Johnson and Roumimper were
honored with the rest of the AllAmericans at the Night of
Champions banquet held at the
Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
It was the second consecutive
season Roumimper was honored as
the collegiate MVP. She averaged
208.9 for 59 games, winning two
of the eight events in which she
competed.
Roumimper is joined as a first
AJ Johnson and Tannya Roumimper
team All-American by Daria
Kovalova of Wichita State, Diana Zavjalova Robert Morris-Illinois and Marshall Kent of
of Webber International, Sabrena Divis of Robert Morris-Illinois.
Andrew Anderson of Davenport was named
Midland and Brittany Smith of Grand View.
the
men's rookie of the year, while the women's
Johnson, a two-time member of Team USA,
rookie
of the year honors went to Smith. Shawn
out-averaged the men's field by more than two
Wochner
of Wisconsin-Whitewater was
pins per game this season. He finished with a
named
the
men's
coach of the year, while Mark
222 average for 62 games and won three
Lewis
of
Wichita
State was honored as the
individual titles in nine events.
women's
top
coach.
Joining Johnson as first team All-Americans
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2013-14 ALL
ALL--AMERICANS
MEN
First team
AJ Johnson, McKendree; Chris Via, Notre Dame-Ohio;
Perry Crowell IV, Midland; Cameron Weier, Robert MorrisIllinois; Marshall Kent, Robert Morris-Illinois
Second team
Kyle Sherman, Lindenwood; Nick Kruml, WisconsinWhitewater; Darren Tang, San Jose State; Kristis
Sergejevas, Webber International; Francois Lavoie,
Wichita State
Honorable mention
Matt Gasn, Robert Morris-Illinois; Andrew Anderson,
Davenport; Cameron Foster, William Penn; Ryan Zagar,
Robert Morris-Illinois; Zach Doty, Schenectady CC
Most V
aluable Player - AJ Johnson, McKendree
Valuable
Rookie of the YYear
ear - Andrew Anderson, Davenport
Kerm Helmer Coach of the YYear
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Wisconsin-Whitewater
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Service
Award
USBC Collegiate Sectional Coordinator
WOMEN
First team
Tannya Roumimper, Wichita State; Daria Kovalova,
Wichita State; Diana Zavjalova, Webber International;
Sabrena Divis, Midland; Brittany Smith, Grand View
Second team
Jerracah Heibel, Notre Dame-Ohio; Kamilah Dammers,
Webber International; Rachael Albright, Ursuline; Brittany
Ferrara, Notre Dame-Ohio; Samantha Kelly, Robert
Morris-Illinois
Honorable mention
Samantha Johnson, Lindenwood; Emily Eckhoff,
Hastings; Nicole Trudell, Sacred Heart; Holly Harris,
Wichita State; Katelyn Simpson, Pikeville
Most V
aluable Player - Tannya Roumimper, Wichita
Valuable
State
Rookie of the YYear
ear - Brittany Smith, Grand View
Kerm Helmer Coach of the YYear
ear - Mark Lewis, Wichita
State
Robert Morris-Illinois Women and Lindenwood Men Captured
the 2014 XBowling Intercollegiate Team Championships
RENO, Nev. - The Robert Morris-Illinois matter what I did, they would have my back
women and Lindenwood men captured the next game."
national titles at the 2014 XBowling
Robert Morris-Illinois cruised to victories
Intercollegiate Team Championships.
of 192-167 and 213-163 in the best-of-five
format to claim its first
ITC title.
"We
trusted
ourselves, made our
shots and filled frames,"
Robert Morris-Illinois
graduate student Lori
Hanken said. "This is a
dream come true. When
we got on this stage, it
was our time and this is
what we were waiting
for. We were going to
Robert Morris-Illinois Women
go and take it, and that's
Robert Morris-Illinois swept Pikeville, 3-0, exactly what these girls did."
to claim its first Kerm Helmer Cup, while
The Lindenwood men edged out the first two
Lindenwood eliminated Urbana, 3-0. CBS games against Urbana in the 10th frame, with
Sports Network will air the women's victories of 204-202 and 200-195. In game
championship match May 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern, three, Lindenwood got out to an early lead and
while the men's final will be shown May 27 at never looked back in a 201-167 win as they
8 p.m. Eastern.
claimed their second ITC title.
Despite an ominous pocket 7-10 to start the
"Getting through the first two games was all
finals, the Robert Morris-Illinois women about covering our spares," Lindenwood
battled back in the opener to even the match senior Joey Petzoldt said. "It was a huge team
going into the 10th frame. Robert Morris- effort on our part, and we bowled the best that
Illinois senior Samantha Kelly delivered two we could, especially today. The feeling of
strikes to clinch the first game, 196-184.
being a national champion is unbelievable,
"I trusted my line and my shot and knew I especially in your senior year. We couldn't ask
had eight girls behind me," Kelly said. "So no for anything else."
Lindenwood avoided mistakes on its way
to its first men's ITC title since 2005, only
opening two frames over the course of the
finals. Several close calls in previous ITC
appearances made the
victory Friday for
Lindenwood extra
special.
"It is sweeter the
second time around,"
Lindenwood head
coach Randy Lightfoot
said. "We won in 2005,
but since then we've
been third four times.
We were that close to
making the TV show, so
this is extra sweet.
They're a really
unselfish group who showed a lot of maturity
and started coming around at the right time.
I'm just so happy we could bring it back home."
Pikeville's Katelyn Simpson and Urbana's
Graham Fach were named the tournament's
most valuable players.
Joining Simpson on the women's alltournament team was Kelly, Hanken, Brittany
Smith of Grand View and Brianna Larson of
Pikeville. Fach was joined by Perry Crowell
of Midland, Darren Tang of San Jose State,
Kyle Sherman of Lindenwood and 2014 ISC
champion Francois Lavoie of Wichita State.
The XBowling Intercollegiate Team
Championships featured the top 16 men's and
top 16 women's college bowling teams in the
country vying for national titles. All 32 teams
competed in best-of-seven, double-elimination
Lindenwood Men
match play in the Baker format Wednesday
and Thursday until the field was pared down
to the finalists in both the men's and women's
divisions.
For more information on the XBowling
Intercollegiate Championships, visit
BOWL.com/ISC.
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Lindenwood def. Urbana, 3-0 (204-202, 200-195,
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WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Robert Morris-Illinois def. Pikeville, 3-0 (196-184, 192167, 213-163)
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THE FUNNY PAGE
by Maurice ‘MOE’ LLaRochelle
aRochelle
“If our town didn’t have bowling,
there would be no culture at all.”
!!!
A pirate walked into a bar, and the bartender said, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a
while. What happened? You look terrible."
"What do you mean?" said the pirate, "I feel fine."
"What about the wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Well," said the pirate, "We were in a battle, and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I'm
fine now."
The bartender replied, "Well, OK, but what about that hook? What happened to
your hand?"
The pirate explained, "We were in another battle. I boarded a ship and got into a
sword fight. My hand was cut off. I got fitted with a hook but I'm fine, really."
"What about that eye patch?"
"Oh," said the pirate, "One day we were at sea, and a flock of birds flew over. I
looked up, and one of them pooped in my eye."
"You're kidding," said the bartender. "You couldn't lose an eye just from bird poop."
"It was my first day with the hook."
!!!
Paddy called the RSPCA today and said, "I've just found a suitcase in the woods
containing a fox and four cubs."
"That's terrible," replied the operator, "Are they moving?"
"I'm not sure, to be honest" Paddy said, "But I suppose that would explain the
suitcase."
!!!
I thought you would want to know about this e-mail virus. Even the most advanced
programs from Norton or McAfee are not effective against this one. It appears to
effect those born prior to 1950.
Symptoms:
1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice.
2. Causes you to send a blank e-mail! That too!
3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person.
4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you.
5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment.
6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished.
7. Causes you to hit "DELETE" instead of"SEND."
8. Causes you to hit "SEND" when you should "DELETE." OMG!
IT IS CALLED THE "C-NILE VIRUS."
Have I already sent this to you or did you send it to me?
!!!
One advantage of bowling over golf is that you very seldom lose the ball.”
POLICE REPORT - MISSING WIFE
Distraught husband filing a report on his missing wife:
Husband: My wife (Misty), she went shopping two days ago and still has not returned home.
Officer: What is her height?
Husband: I never noticed.
Officer: Slim or healthy?
Husband: Not slim, can be healthy.
Officer: Color of eyes?
Husband: Never noticed.
Officer: Color of hair ?
Husband: Changes according to the season.
Officer: What was she wearing?
Husband: Pant suit or dress..... I don’t remember exactly.
Officer: Was she going in a car???
Husband: yes.
Officer: Tell me the make, model, color and license number and any outstanding details of
the car ? . . . . . .
Husband: Black Audi A8 with supercharged 3.0 liter V6 engine generating 333 horse power
teamed with an eight-speed tiptronic automatic transmission with manual mode. And it has
full LED headlights, which use light emitting diodes for all light functions license IS HAS-GO!
and it has a very thin scratch on the left front door.….and then the husband started crying...
Officer: Don't worry sir, we will find your car...
!!!
!!!
If you can't hear a pin drop, then there is definitely something wrong with your bowling.
Walt’s World
“Interest your kids in bowling. It’s a great way to get them off the streets and into the alleys.”
!!!
by Walt Steinsiek
Supplemental Rules for Bowling
If you holler "overs!" before the ball passes the arrows, you get to throw the ball over,
unless of course, you get a strike. In which case, you can renege on the "overs".
When your team is about 10 marks down in the 8th or 9th frame, you can invoke the
rule "First Team Through Bowling Wins the Game", and your team still has a chance.
After a member of the opposing team bowls 4 strikes in a row, he/she must bowl the
next 4 frames blindfolded. If he/she continues to strike, his/her shoelaces will be tied
together for 2 frames.
When you leave the 10-pin and you know you can't make the spare, but another
member of your team can, invoke the "Designated Bowler" rule.
After you have 4 splits in one game, you may say "Kings X" and take those 4 frames
over. However, if you split on the 2nd time around, you accept it. After all, "Fair is Fair".
If your ball goes in the gutter and jumps back onto the lane, knocking dow pins, by
golly, you get them! That's much harder than to knock them down the conventional
way. Good bowling should be recognized.
A ball should be declared dead when you bowl 3 games without a strike. It shall be
the owners privilege to decide on the disposition of said dead ball - Burial at Sea,
Dropped from an airplane over a live volcano, or a simple burial in the city dump. For
a small fee, a league officer can be bribed to deliver a short eulogy.
!!!
“I have a friend who was such a celebrity in his hometown that the local bowling alley
named a gutter after him.”
Monacelli Defeats Duke to Win
Pasco County Open For Third
Career PBA50 Tour Title
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Professional I was a ‘feel player’ and I could make the
Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Amleto equipment I happened to be using work,”
Monacelli of Venezuela, a 19-time winner on Monacelli added. “But now you just can’t
the PBA Tour, notched his third career PBA50 totally rely on your skill — you have to
Tour title by winning the season-opening combine the skill with good knowledge of the
Pasco County Open at Lane
bowling ball and how it
Glo Bowl.
reacts with the lane
In a battle between two
conditions.”
Hall of Famers, Monacelli
In the championship
defeated 37-time PBA Tour
match Duke got off to an
winner Norm Duke of
early lead striking in the
Clermont, Fla., bowling in
first three frames but
his first PBA50 Tour event,
leaving a 2-8-10 split in the
259-190,
in
the
fifth frame swung the
championship match.
momentum back to
Monacelli,
whose
Monacelli for the rest of the
previous PBA50 wins came
game.
in the 2012 and 2013 PBA
“I had to slow down my
Senior U.S. Opens, is
thoughts and not get too
hoping that gaining Mariner and Amleto Monacelli anxious at that point,”
increased knowledge of his bowling Monacelli said. “Bowling a great player like
equipment and lane conditions will bring Norm is like when we were on tour together—
even better results on the PBA50 Tour this the nerves are the same.”
season.
In the semifinals Duke defeated Mike Dias
“A lot of people may not know that I really of Lafayette, Colo., who was trying for his
only had a basic knowledge of my bowling second PBA50 Tour title, 225-183, to advance
equipment and lane conditions until to the championship match. Monacelli
recently,” said the 52-year-old Monacelli. defeated Hall of Famer and two-time
“With the game changing so much now I had defending PBA50 Player of the Year Walter
to pay more attention to what balls I should Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., who was trying
be using in different situations.
for his eighth career PBA50 Tour title, 236-225.
“Back in the 80s when I was bowling on tour,
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Championship Match
Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela ($7,500) def. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla. ($4,000), 259-190.
Semifinal R
ound (losers earn $2,500)
Round
Monacelli def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 236-225; Duke def. Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 225-183.
Round of 8 (losers earn $1,700)
Dias def. Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 2-1; Duke def. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 2-0; Monacelli def. Ron
Mohr, Las Vegas, 2-0; Williams def. Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 2-0.
Mohr def. a-Darin Hays, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3-1; Monacelli def. Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3-1;
Williams def. Randy Pedersen, Clermont, Fla., 3-2; Breeden def. Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3-2; Bohn
def. Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3-1; Dias def. Williams Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3-2; Weber def. Brian Voss,
Alpharetta, Ga.,3-0; Duke def. Bob Learn Jr., Macomb, Mich., 3-1.
Monacelli def. Steve Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 3-0; Mohr def. Paul Lemond, Jasper, Ind., 3-2; Breeden def.
Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3-1; Pedersen def. Tom Ream, Tampa, Fla., 3-1; Peters def. Gary Morgan,
Marrietta, Ga., 3-2; Parks def. Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3-2; Learn def. Peter Knopp, Germany, 3-0; Voss
def. Tim Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3-2.
Pavlinko def. Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2-0; Mohr def. Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2-1; Henry
def. Johnny Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 2-1; Pedersen def. Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 2-0; Peters def.
Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 2-1; Carter def. Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2-0; Knopp def. John Tavano,
Sebring, Fla., 2-1; Voss def. a-Stan Sprow, Lakeland, Fla., 2-0.
Round of 40 (losers earn $950)
Pavlinko def. Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 2-0; Baker def. Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 2-0; Henry
def. Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 2-0; Pedersen def. Michael Shequin, Orange City, Fla., 2-1; Peters
def. a-Widmar Vargas, Riverview, Fla., 2-0; Bower def. Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 2-1; Tavano def. aJose Estevez, Spain, 2-1; Sprow def. Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 2-0.
Super Senior Cashers ($700 ea)
0, s-Tommy Brodowski, New Hyde Park, N.Y., 3,415; Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,392; Bob Kelly,
Dayton, Ohio, 3,380; Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,332; Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,322; Lee
Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 3,316
IBPSIA Announces
Annual Award Winners
ARLINGTON, TX - The International
Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors
Association has announced the winners of
its annual award banquet. This year's event
will be in Orlando, Florida, at the Storm
Luncheon on June 24, in conjunction with the
International Bowl Expo.
The winners are:
Bill Bunetta Lighthouse Award - Kelly
Bednar, BPAA
Pro Shop Excellence Award - Tim Mathe,
Bowlers Edge Pro Shop, Appleton, WI
Presidents Award - Ray Laursen, Country
Pro Shop, Staten Island, NY
Friends of IBPSIA Award - Keith Hamilton
(chairman) and the IBPSIA Advisory Board
Additionally, George Gervase will receive
his Bill Buenetta Lighthouse Award this June
since he was unable to attend last year's event.
"We take great pride in selecting our annual
award winners," said IBPSIA President, Lou
Marquez. "I believe we have a great class of
winners again this year and we congratulate
each winner."
The Pro Shop of the Year Award is given to
a pro shop that has a certified technician on
staff, plays a key role in the retention /
development of bowlers and is a member of
the association. The President's Award is given
to an individual who has provided leadership
to the association and/or the industry; the
winner must also be a current member of the
association. The Bill Bunetta Lighthouse
Award can be a person or business that has
made significant contributions to the pro
shop industry. The Friends of IBPSIA is a
new award given to an individual or company
that has made significant contributions to
benefit the association and its members.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Feb 28-July 12 USBC Open Championships, National Bowling Stadium, Reno, NV
April 11-June 29 USBC Women’s Championships, Reno Sparks Convention Center, Reno, NV
May 10-11
StrikeoutDiabetes Charity Event, Plano Super Bowl, Plano, TX
May 18-25
PBA Summer Swing, Firelake Bowling Center, Shawnee, OK
• PBA Bear Open
• PBA Wolf Open
• PBA Badger Open
• PBA Oklahoma Open
• Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Resort Summer King of The Swing (special event)
May 29-June 1 3rd Annual Xtravaganza, Red Rock Lanes, Las Vegas, NV
June 1-6
Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open, Suncoast Bowling Center, Las Vegas
June 8-13
USBC Senior Masters, South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas
June 15-18
PBA50 Northern California Classic, Harvest Park Bowl, Brentwood, Calif.
June 20-23
PBA50 Grants Pass Open, Cave Man Bowl, Grants Pass, Ore.
June 22-27
International Bowl Expo, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort &
Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
June 27-July 3 USBC Queens & Senior Queens, National Bowling Stadium, Reno, NV
July 6-19
Daejeon International Open, Daejeon, Korea
July 18-20
PBA50 Dick Weber Super Senior Classic, Pro Bowl West, Fort Wayne, Ind.
July 20-23
PBA50 Pro Bowl West Fort Wayne Classic, Pro Bowl West, Fort Wayne, Ind.
July 28-31
PBA50 Dayton Classic, Capri Bowling Lanes, Kettering, Ohio
August 4-7
PBA50 South Shore Open, Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind.
August 10-13
PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open, Island Xtreme Bowl, Welch, Minn.
Sept. 29-Oct 5 Vienna Open, Vienna, Austria
Oct 6-11
WBT/PBA Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Oct. 20-26
WBT/PBA Indonesian Open, Jakarta, Indonesia
Oct 24-Nov 2
PBA World Series of Bowling VI, South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas includes:
• PBA Cheetah Championship
• PBA Viper Championship
• PBA Chameleon Championship
• PBA Scorpion Championship
• WBT Finals (Men's and women's)
• PBA World Championship (major)
Nov 12-15
Round 1 Japan Cup Bowling, Tokyo, Japan
Nov 28-29
WTBA World Men’s Championships, Khalifa Int’l Bowling Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dec 5-11
Qatar Open, Qatar Bowling Centre, Doha, Qatar
2015
Mar 23-26
25th Annual Golden Ladies Classic, The Orleans Bowling Center, Las Vegas, NV
Apr 13-18
XBowling Intercollegiate Team & Singles Championships
Northrock Lanes, Wichita, KS
July 10-27
Bowling.com Youth Open Championships, Thruway Lanes, Cheektowaga, NY
Bob Hart Joins 100,000-Pin
Club at USBC Open
RENO, Nev. - United States Bowling
Congress Hall of Famer Bob Hart of Suwanee,
Ga., became the 14th bowler in 111 years of
USBC Open Championships history to join
the tournament's elite 100,000-Pin Club.
The 76-year-old right-hander entered the
event just 472 pins shy of the
milestone and solidified his
place in the records books with
a ringing 10 pin in the fifth
frame of his third team game
at the National Bowling
Stadium.
Dozens of friends, fans and
family members, including his
wife Beverly, watched in
person, while hundreds more
tuned in live on BowlTV.
USBC Managing Director of
Tournaments Brian Lewis was
in town to present Hart with the
coveted crystal pin to
commemorate
the
accomplishment.
Hart is a three-time titlist at
the Open Championships,
winning Regular Doubles,
Regular All-Events and Team
All-Events in 1974, and
continued success earned him a spot in the
USBC Hall of Fame in 1994.
Recent health issues made the months
leading up to his 58th tournament appearance
a little more challenging, but Hart worked hard
to make sure he didn't miss his annual march
down Center Aisle. Now, he's one step closer
to the top of the career pinfall list, occupied
by late USBC Hall of Famer Joe Norris, who
knocked down 123,770 pins in a record-tying
71 events.
HartPinPresentation_250x140"You don't
even realize how much this means until it's
about to happen," said Hart, whose Open
Championships career began at the 1954
tournament in Seattle. "You could really feel
the electricity in the building, and that's what
this sport is all about. I feel honored, but very
humbled at the same time. What an amazing
experience."
Hart finished his team event with games of
192, 192 and 177 for a 561 series and added
552 in doubles and 532 in singles for a 1,645
all-events total. He increased his career pinfall
to 101,173.
"I had no idea all of these friends and family
Beverly and Bob Hart
members and people I've met over the years
through bowling all were going to be here,"
Hart said. "I knew it was going to be a
memorable day, but it really turned out to be a
lot of fun, too."
The next goal Hart will focus on is adding
his name to the short list of bowlers who have
reached 60 years of participation on the
championship lanes. Entering the 2014 Open
Championships, only 17 bowlers in history
have eclipsed the 60-year mark, with two more
scheduled for this year. Norris shares the
participation record with fellow hall of famer
Bill Doehrman.
Active participation leader Sylvester Thiel
of Lake City, Minn., recently made his 69th
tournament appearance, while active pinfall
leader Bill Lillard Sr. of Houston will hit the
lanes April 7 looking to add to his 121,434
career total.
16
Historic All Hall of Fame Top Five
Norm Duke Tops Field of PBA Greats To Win PBA50 Title In The Villages
THE VILLAGES, Fla. – In a
stellar stepladder final that
included five Professional Bowlers
Association Hall of Famers, Norm
Duke of Clermont, Fla., emerged
as the winner of the PBA50
UnitedHealthcare Sun Bowl In
The Villages presented by Radical
capturing his first PBA50 Tour
title.
Bowling in his second PBA50
Tour tournament, after finishing
second in last week’s seasonopening Pasco County (Fla.) Open,
Duke defeated four-time PBA50
Player of the Year Tom Baker of
King, N.C., 256-228, in the title
match at Spanish Springs Lanes.
“I tell you, there were more titles
in that final than I can even think
about so it makes winning that much
more gratifying,” Duke said. “I’ve
bowled against these guys on Tour
so many times but it’s still the same
– a battle for every game, a battle
for every frame.”
In the opening match, Parker
Bohn III of Jackson, N.J., also
bowling in his second PBA50 Tour
tournament, defeated two-time
defending PBA50 Player of the Year
and 2013 Sun Bowl In The Villages
winner Walter Ray Williams Jr. of
Ocala, Fla., 287-268, to advance to
the second match.
In a contest between the PBA50
Tour rookies, Duke defeated Bohn,
255-238, in the second match to
advance to the semifinal. Duke then
went on to beat 2013 PBA50 Rookie
of the Year Pete Weber of St. Ann,
Mo., 279-215, in the semifinal to set
up the championship showdown
against Baker.
Duke started the title match with
the first seven strikes which
Weber and Duke tied for third with
37 titles each. Bohn ranks sixth in
career PBA Tour titles with 33 wins.
Baker, a 10-time winner on the
PBA50 Tour also has 10 PBA Tour
titles.
Duke qualified third for the finals
Larry and Darrell Ducat congratulate champion Norm Duke
ultimately proved too much for
Baker to overcome.
“When the scores are high, the
match is never over,” said the 50year-old Duke. “Tom is a great
player so it inspires you to remain
focused.”
In all, the five finalists represented
164 titles – 28 of them majors – won
during their careers on the PBA Tour.
Williams is the PBA Tour’s all-time
titles leader with 47 wins, with
with the help of a 10-6 match play
record earlier Tuesday which he
described as one of the toughest
tests he has experienced in his
career.
“I think the past two days were the
hardest two days I’ve experienced in
a tournament in a long time,” Duke
said. “It was physically demanding
and as tough to win as any
tournament I’ve ever bowled.”
PBA50 UNITEDHEAL
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Final Standings
1, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., $9,000
2, Tom Baker, King, N.C., $4,500.
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., $3,000.
4, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., $2,500.
5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., $2,000.
Stepladder R
esults
Results
Match One: Bohn def. Williams, 287-268.
Match Two: Duke def. Bohn, 255-238.
Semifinal Match: Duke def. Weber, 279-215.
Championship: Duke def. Baker, 256-228.
Match play cashers after 32 games
Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 10-5-1, 7,866, $1,700; Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka,
Fla., 9-6-1, 7,834, $1,550; Ralph Brunt Jr., Ft. Pierce, Fla., 10-6, 7,820, $1,500; Bryan
Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 9-7, 7,755, $1,475; (tie) a-Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 610, and Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., 8-8, 7,723, $1,438; Keith Glasgow, St.
Petersburg, Fla., 12-4, 7,699, $1,400; a-Al Runkel, Cincinnati, 6-9-1, 7,655, $1,375;
Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 5-10-1, 7,642, $1,350; Terry Wiley, Vienna,
Va., 8-7-1, 7,633, $1,325; Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 8-8, 7,535, $1,300
Cashers after 24 games
17, Randy Pedersen, Clermont, Fla., 4-4, 5,668, $1,200; Amleto Monacelli,
Venezuela, 4-4, 5,658, $1,180; John Conroy, Mahopac, N.Y., 3-5, 5,635, $1,160;
Tommy Brodowski, New Hyde Park, N.Y., 3-5, 5,623, $1,140; Bill Henson, Westerville,
Ohio, 4-4, 5,602, $1,120; Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 4-4, 5,595, $1,100; Brian Voss,
Alpharetta, Ga., 3-5, 5,593, $1,090; Sam Maccarone, Glassboro, N.J., 3-5, 5,581,
$1,080; Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 2-6, 5,552, $1,070; Brian Cooper, Henderson,
Nev., 2-6, 5,541, $1,060; a-Darin Hays, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3-5, 5,519, $1,050;
Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2-5-1, 5,511, $1,040; Dale Eagle, Newport Beach,
Calif., 1-7, 5,482, $1,030; Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., 3-5, 5,461, $1,020; Doug
Evans, Southgate, Mich., 2-6, 5,412, $1,010; Billy Block, Pembroke Pines, Fla., 0-8,
5,313, $1,000
Other Cashers (900 each)
Doug O'Bryant, Jasper, Ga., 3,617; Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,612; William
Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 3,610; Chuck Richardson, The Villages, Fla., 3,607; Craig
Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 3,599; (tie) Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., and Darryl Bower,
Middletown, Pa., 3,596; Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 3,585; Dennis Lane,
Kingsport, Tenn., 3,580; Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,574; Ron Mohr, Las Vegas,
3,569; Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 3,556; Larry Barwick, Wauchula, Fla., 3,555; Johnny
Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 3,554; Jim Pitts, Elmira, N.Y., 3,553; Lennie Boresch Jr.,
Kenosha, Wis., 3,552; Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 3,543; Don Blatchford, Santa
Monica, Calif., 3,539; Richard McDaniel, Coconut Creek, Fla., 3,532; Wayne Webb,
Columbus, Ohio, 3,531
Super Senior Cashers ($700 each)
Nick Panicaro, Ocala, Fla., 3,484; Gary LaCara, Huntington Station, N.Y., 3,471;
Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 3,461; .Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 3,459; Ted
Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,438; Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,434; Marc Lineberry,
Camanche, Iowa, 3,432; (tie) George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., and Darrell Adams,
Flintstone, Ga., 3,422, $350 ea.

May 2014 - Stars and Strikes

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