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The West’s Top Professional Bowlers Return
To Dublin For PBA Earl Anthony Memorial
Classic April 12-14
DUBLIN, Calif. -- Some of the top professional bowlers from the western region of the U.S.
will converge on Dublin, Calif., April 12-14 for the PBA Earl Anthony West/Northwest Memorial
Classic to be conducted at Earl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl.
The weekend will consist of a regular PBA regional event and a PBA50 regional which is for
professionals 50 years of age and older.
Among the stars scheduled to compete in the regular regional are 2011-12 PBA Rookie of the
Year and three-time Tour titlist Scott Norton of Mission Viejo, Missy Parkin of Lake Forrest, a
two-time PBA regional titlist who was the first woman to join the PBA, and five-time Tour winner
Chris Warren of Grants Pass, Ore., who is the Earl Anthony regular regional defending cham-
pion.
Among the PBA50 stars entered are two-time Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr of Eagle
River, Alaska, two-time PBA50 Tour winner Ross Packard of San Jose and defending cham-
pion Ty Dawson of Sunnyvale.
Action begins on Friday April 12 with a practice session from 1-3 p.m. and a Junior/Senior
Pro-am at 4 p.m.
Regional competition begins with eight-game qualifying squads at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sat-
urday April 13 with the top 16 from both divisions advancing to round-robin match play on Sun-
day April 14 at 8 a.m. A pro-am is also scheduled for Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m.
For tournament and pro-am entry information contact Jamie Celotti (925)828-7550
PBA Earl Anthony West/Northwest Memorial Classic Schedule
Friday, April 12
Practice Session - 1-3 p.m.
Junior/Senior Pro Am - 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 13
A squad: 8 a.m.(8 games)
B squad: 2 p.m.(8 games)
Pro-Am - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 14
Round-robin match play finals with top 16 - 8 a.m.
U.S. Team Named For
World Senior Championships
ARLINGTON, Texas - A star-studded lineup will represent the United States at the inaugural
World Tenpin Bowling Association World Senior Championships later this year.
The Team USA coaching staff selected the four men and four women who will represent
their country at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas from Aug. 10-16.
On the men's side, the United States will be represented by United States Bowling Congress
Hall of Famer Del Ballard Jr. of Keller, Texas, Ron Mohr of Eagle River, Alaska, Hugh Miller of
Mercer Island, Wash., and Ed Roberts of Braintree, Mass.
All four members of the women's squad are members of the USBC Hall of Fame as Lucy
Sandelin of Tampa, Fla., Robin Romeo of Newhall, Calif., Anne Marie Duggan of Edmond,
Okla., and Tish Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo., were selected.
The eight players have no shortage of domestic and international experience.
Ballard, a member of Team USA in 2008, is a 13-time PBA champion, while Mohr is a former
three-time Team USA member and eight-time winner on the PBA Senior Tour. Miller's resume
includes seven PBA Tour titles and three PBA Senior Tour wins, while Roberts, a Team USA
member in 1995, has amassed amateur titles around the world.
"Competing as a representative of the United States was undoubtedly one of the major high-
lights of my career, and the camaraderie and support is unparalleled in any other competition,"
said Mohr, who earned a gold, silver and bronze medal at the 1989 American Zone Champion-
ships for Team USA.
Johnson, a member of Team USA in 2008, has won 25 professional women's titles, including
five majors, while Romeo is an 18-time professional tour winner and won the Senior U.S.
Women's Open last year.
Duggan, who won the USBC Senior Queens in October, has 15 professional titles to her
credit, while Sandelin is a 10-time Team USA member who has won numerous international
medals for her country.
"When I was a junior bowler, I always heard that bowling was going to be an Olympic sport,
and I thought how great it would be to be able to bowl in the Olympics and represent my coun-
try," Romeo said. "That never happened, but now I still have a chance to become a Team USA
bowler and represent my country."
Countries from around the world will compete in the World Senior Championships and will
battle for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, Masters and all-events. All participants
must be age 50 or older to be eligible.
For more information on the World Senior Championships, visit BOWL.com/
WorldSenior2013.
SERVING THE BOWLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1967
Is Anybody Listening?
By: Mary Lynly
This is a reprint of an article printed a few years ago. It is still as viable today as it was then
and I would like to add that the concern is not just participation it is Communication. I sent a
letter out to EVERYassociation President and Manager inviting them to appoint someone who
could occasionally cover special events in their association and provide membership for them
in the California Bowling Writers. CBW was formed to take the place of the California Golden
Nugget and the loss of our wonderful California WBA in an effort to promote cohesiveness
among our associations. Here was an opportunity for your association to stay “connected.”
Can you guess how many I got back? ONE. I did not even receive one note of any kind and
this is frightening. Are we so into our iPhones that we no longer read? Are we so into Face-
book and knowing what everyone is doing every minute of their life that we can’t READ any-
thing? It’s depressing. Is your association sending delegates to the CUSBC meetings in On-
tario? Read on…..
The following appeared in Bowlers Journal:
Up to the Bowlers
California has been home to a Masters Tournament since 1961 and a Queens’s event since
1966. But the California USBC Assn. may pull the plug on those history-steeped scratch com-
petitions. The decision will be made based on the support shown by the state’s top bowlers.
It’s not a take-it-or-leave-it situation, however. The state group will guarantee $30,000 in prize
money for the Masters and $17,000 for the Queens which include paid spots in the national
Masters and Queens Events for the winners – in hopes of turning around steadily declining
participation figures. An association representative said if entry counts do not increase, the
formats will be changed in 2011. And if the decline continues that year, the tournament will be
dropped. Defending champions in 2010 are Scott Vanderlick and Andrea Snyder.
This may have appeared tucked away in a column somewhere but this is an alarming fact
and apparently BJ found it alarming enough to print in their December issue. California has
long been a leader as an association; contributions to women’s and men’s bowling nationally;
leader’s to this day in BVL contributions; and we have produced our fair share of youth and
adult bowling standouts. Surely, we will not watch these historical tournaments just disappear.
Apathy is our worse enemy. How many people are now agonizing over mergers saying, “If
we had only known?” The state association is brainstorming trying to find a way to get associa-
tions to participate in the state convention. EVERY association should have some delegates at
convention to represent their local association. You can’t complain if you are not a part of the
process. If it’s a money thing – do something to raise money for delegates. Associations use
to do that all the time. This defrays the cost for those who attend and acts as an incentive.
As a committed member of various California associations who has give more than 40 years
to bowling I feel like we are letting the most precious things that define us go down the drain.
The people who needto see this may not. Therefore – for those who still read beyond look-
ing for their name in the paper – please – pass the word. Encourage your members to partici-
pate in the Masters and Queens. Give an entry to your top All Events winners. See that your
associations elect delegates and raise some money to help them go to the state convention.
As much as people like to think that we are like any other non-profit organization, we are not.
We are different. Our numbers alone make us different. Put a fire under your association
board members and promote participation!