March 6, 2009
By: Mark Martin
BIG
PBA NEWS FOR METRO
Bowling
fans in the metro
With
metro
The PBA World Series of Bowling marks the first time the PBA Tour will spend an extended period of time in one city. Typically the tour travels from city to city on a weekly basis from October until April each year.
This concept will save the PBA hundreds of thousands dollars and also save the players significant money because they won’t have to travel and can stay in long term housing.
“The
World Series builds on the proud tradition of the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour
being the standard in professional bowling worldwide,” said PBA Tour CEO and
Commissioner Fred Schreyer. “
Taylor
Lanes in
After
the PBA Motor City Open the action moves to Thunderbowl Lanes in
Thunderbowl Lanes is a 90-lane facility that is like three bowling centers in one facility. It includes a 20-lane arena facility, a 16-lane section and a 54-lane section which would host most of the qualifying activity.
“We
are thrilled to host this revolutionary month in PBA Tour history,” said
Thunderbowl Lanes owner Tom Strobl. “
The seven PBA championship events with dedicated telecasts will be taped at the conclusion of the World Series and air out over what has traditionally been the first half of the PBA Tour season from mid-October until early December 2009, Sunday afternoons on ESPN. The first half of the season on ESPN will conclude with the live finals of the PBA World Championship on Dec. 13, featuring the four finalists decided in early September at the World Series.
The January – April second half of the PBA Tour season will be similar to the current Tour makeup, featuring live Sunday telecasts.
Tournament
fields will be expanded from 64 to 72 players for the PBA Tour World Series.
Along with the 58 exempt players, international exemptions will be introduced
and at least 10 tournament qualifying positions will be available to win per
event in
The
PBA Women’s Series, presented by USBC, will return with seven events in the
2009-2010 season. Six will take place at the World Series. A newly created
open-field PBA Women’s Series World Championship will be part of the final
event in
The PBA Senior World Championship will also be part of the World Series. The championship match will be televised on ESPN.
In addition to all of the PBA Tour events there will be pro-ams, open sweepers, TQR’s and other various diverse side events operated by the PBA.
As the Bowling Capital of the World it is time for all area bowlers to stand up and show the rest of the world how much bowling is part of the fabric of our local society. More details on how you can participate will follow.
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BOWLING
ON TV THIS WEEKEND
The
Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour will feature the Don Johnson Buckeye State
Eliminator from
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HONOR SCORES
300
Games
Date,
Name, Hometown, Center, League
Feb.
19, Dennis Soldan,
Feb.
19, Gary Thornton,
Feb.
20,
Feb.
24, James Williams,
Feb.
24, Chris McLarty,
Feb.
25, Ryan Skarritt,
Feb.
26, Mark Yerk,
Feb.
26, John Robertson,
Feb.
27, Andrew Puma,
Feb.
27, Darrell Birchett,
Feb.
28, Ronald Zieman Jr., Redford,
Feb.
28, Phillip Hanna,
March
1, Timothy Bishop,
March
2, Kelli Skarritt,
March
3, Howard Gerenraich,
March 3, Emmanuel Madden, Pontiac, Classic Lanes, Untouchables Mixed
800
Series
Feb.
19, Andrew Bennett (805),
Feb.
20, James Robertson (810),
Feb.
21, Alec Reich (805),
Feb.
26, Brian O’Rourke (805),
March
3, Ronald Riegel Jr. (808), Fraser, Fairlanes,
March
3, Howard Gerenraich (806),
Mark Martin writes a weekly bowling column for The Daily Oakland Press and is the association manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association. He can be reached at (248) 443-2695, faxed at (248) 443-2690 or e-mailed at mark.martin@mdusbc.com.