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- April 2017
SERVING THE BOWLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1967
Let the 2017 State Tournament Begin!
By Tina Martin, California Bowling Writers
It has been 30 years since Marin County ABC hosted the 42th Annual California
State Men‟s Bowling Championships in 1987. It was conducted by the California
State Bowling Association with Doubles& Singles at Country Club Bowl in San Rafael
and Team event at Nave Lanes in Novato. This year, the 12
th
Annual California USBC
Open and Women‟s Championship Tournament, hosted by the Marin County USBC,
began on April 7 with Team, Doubles &Singles kicking off at Country Club Bowl.
Looking back at the biggest difference since 1987 would be the number of bowlers.
Back then it was nearly 2500 teams of five men for 18 weekends. Bowlers even had
to check their bowling bags in a special area. This year we look forward to welcoming
almost 500 teams of four men, mixed or women‟s teams, to Marin County for 9 week-
ends. In 1987 the tournament was 18 weekends, April to August. This year will be 9
weekends April 7- June 18.No Bowling Easter Weekend, April 14-16, Mother‟s Day
weekend, May 12-14, or CUSBC Convention weekend June 9-11. In July, the CUSBC
Youth Championships will also be at Country Club Bowl.
Highlights of the first weekend:
Opening ceremony on Saturday included the presentation of colors by the Novato
High School ROTC, official greetings from CUSBC President Rosie Parker, MCUSBC
President Vern Coleman, Tournament Manager Kathy Bruegeman, and Country Club
Bowl Manager Stacy Aldred.
On Saturday April 8,
James Brown
of Fountain Valley and Upland Bowl rolled a
299! James‟ last 300 game was four years ago, so he was ready for another. He has
three perfect games and an 813 high series to his bowling credits. John Stark organ-
ized the two teams from Fountain Valley.
Terry Lankster
of Empire Bowl and Redlands, rolled the first perfect game of the
tournament in the afternoon squad on Saturday, April 8 on lanes 39-40. This was his
very first sanctioned 300 game for the 203 average bowler. At age 54 he is already a
two-time retiree having retired from the Marine Corps and as a Sheriff of Riverside
County. Terry currently bowls in four leagues as well as coaching 80 to 90 youth
bowlers at Empire Bowl. He almost didn‟t come to the tournament this year as he was
having trouble with his own bowling, but after some ball work from Zack Jellsey, he
credits Zack for the perfect game. His friend, Jessie Cannon organized the two teams
to bowl the tournament. Terry‟s future goals – topping his highest series of 764--now
on to that 800!
It‟s nice to see the groups coming into the center wearing matching Team Shirts.
The Bay Area Muni teams and as well as the group of Orange County Kut Ups were
lookin‟ good in their bowling shirts.
If you haven’t signed up for the 2017 tourna-
ment, there are still times available and the deadline to enter is June 18, 2017 if
lanes are available.
Asking bowlers what they plan to do in their off time - going to San Francisco with a
ride over the Golden Gate Bridge and a visit to Pier 39, Wine Country, the Graton
Casino, Muir Woods or just out for a nice dinner at one of the many local restaurants
with the traveling bowling friends. Bowlers seemed to like the new Bowling Shirts that
are available through the CUSBC website and they were even already reserving their
spots for the 2018 tournament to be held at Keystone Lanes in Norwalk. Check the
CUSBC website at
r tournament results.
Awards Banquet - Saturday, June 10
Troup/Svensson Win Continues Positive Viewership
Gains for PBA on ESPN During 2016-17 Season
By Bill Vint
CHICAGO –
Kyle Troup and Jesper Svensson‟s electrifying win Sunday in the
MaineQuarterly.com Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship at
Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine, continued the positive viewership momentum
trends of the 2016-17 Professional Bowlers Association on ESPN series.
The live finals average viewership was up 18 percent over last year‟s Roth/Holman
Doubles. Viewership through 13 PBA on ESPN shows is averaging 642,969 view-
ers, up 13 percent year-over-year. ESPN‟s SportsCenter included highlights from
the finals on Sunday night and Troup appeared live via satellite on Tuesday morn-
ing‟s SportsCenter to talk about the win and his career following in the footsteps of
his father Guppy Troup.
L.L.Bean PBA League coverage Sunday, April 23rd at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN. The
first set of Elias Cup quarterfinal matches, also from rowdy Bayside Bowl, contin-
ues on three more successive Sundays, all at 1 p.m. ET.
ESPN Senior Vice President of Programming Scott Guglielmino said the upcom-
ing schedule will be a treat for fans. "Our remaining slate promises to be exciting,
with the action and drama from the PBA League wrapping up the season,” Gug-
lielmino said.
Guglielmino noted the PBA‟s strong February featured six PBA shows including
three major championships. The PBA on ESPN averaged an audience of 713,000
viewers, reaching more than 13 million total viewers during the month. During the
PBA‟s “Big February” run from 2015-17, there have been 15 ESPN telecasts aver-
aging more than 767,000 viewers per show.
Sunday‟s PBA League quarterfinals matches will begin with the top-seeded
GEICO New York City WTT KingPins (Pete Weber, Marshall Kent, John Szczer-
binski, Danielle McEwan, Sam Cooley) vs. the No. 8 Sysco Philadelphia Hitmen
(Dom Barrett; Tom Smallwood; Chris Loschetter, Ronnie Russell, Dave Wodka).
The second quarterfinal match will feature the No. 4 defending Elias Cup cham-
pion Shipyard Dallas Strikers (player-manager Norm Duke, Tommy Jones, Bill
O‟Neill, Rhino Page, B.J. Moore) meeting the No. 5 Lee Auto Malls L.A. X (Jason
Belmonte, Stuart Williams, Martin Larsen, Osku Palermaa, Jakob Butturff).
Teams were seeded into the Elias Cup elimination rounds during an eight-game
qualifying event held earlier in the week at Bayside Bowl. Kyle Troup and the
hometown favorite L.L.Bean Portland Lumberjacks, the no. 3 seed, will headline
the April 30 telecast, bowling against the no. 6 Barbasol Motown Muscle. The final
quarterfinal round match will pit No. 2 Live + Work in Maine Silver Lake Atom Split-
ters taking on no. 7 MaineQuarterly.com Brooklyn Styles.
All quarterfinal and semifinal round matches are best-of-two-game Baker format
contests, with a one-ball sudden-death roll-off deciding any match that ends in a
tie.
