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TOURNAMENTS
Storm Entering New Era With The 2015
Festival Of Bowling
RENO, Nev. (May 21, 2015)
— Reno Tahoe USA an-
nounced today the inaugural Storm Festival of Bowling Fea-
turing the National Mixed Tournament will be held at Reno’s
National Bowling Stadium, August 1 – November 1, 2015.
The Storm Open Festival of Bowling is a multi-event com-
petition designed for the entire family, and begins this year
with a truly open format where any combination of members
will be accepted. The Open Team, 4-person competition, as
well as the Open Doubles, may now include any combina-
tion of sexes.
Open Singles competition will still include separate prize
funds for men and women, however. The Open Festival of
Bowling continues with the Senior classes of Singles and
Doubles, as well as Open Individual All-Events and 6-Game
Scratch Singles.
Youth bowlers will also have an opportunity at $5,000 in
coveted scholarship money in the Youth Singles competition
and the Adult/Youth Doubles category.
The National Mixed Tournament offers competitors a more
traditional experience of mixed team, mixed doubles, mixed
singles & all-events formats. Doubles and Teams registering
for the Mixed Tournament must be represent a balance be-
tween male and female members.
More than $150,000 in prize money and scholarships will
be won with more than 2,000 participants. Between 11 dif-
ferent events, and handicap and scratch divisions, there are
31 ways to win cash and scholarship prize money.
Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus have blocked a
number of rooms and are offering special room rates for the
tournaments. The Tri-Properties are presenting sponsors for
the Storm National Mixed Championships and are very
pleased to welcome new and returning competitors to Reno
Tahoe USA. Save over $50 by booking your package today!
E n t r y f o r m s a r e a v a i l a b l e o n l i n e a t
or call: National Bowling Stadium
at 800-304-2695, Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm Pacific.
High Roller News
RECORD SETTING SUMMER EVENT -
WALK-INS ARE WELCOME!
June 29 to July 4
Orleans Hotel, Casino & Bowling Center
Just days away, join hundreds of bowlers trying to get a
piece of an estimated $250,000 prize fund with a guaran-
teed $20,000 top prize!
Last summer, over 150 bowlers advanced to the Finals,
each guaranteed at least $500!
There is also a separate event for the ladies and a sepa-
rate senior event for those who are entered in the TAT!
Additionally, Sweepers, No Tap and the Storm Challenge
gives you
hundreds of opportunities to cash!
August 10 to 16
South Point Hotel, Casino & Bowling Center
Team spots are still available but contact us right away to
be part of this gigantic event!
There are also individual spots for teams that need an ad-
ditional player so let us know if you don't have a team but
would like to bowl.
Each 4-player team contains at least 2 players with a mili-
tary background, active, veteran or retired, and a maximum
of 2 guests.
Entry fee is $160 per player which includes Team, Doubles
& Singles.
BRING A 2ND NEW TEAM AND BOWL FOR
FREE!
Events are handicap, 90% of 230.
October 12 to 15
Gold Coast Hotel, Casino & Bowling Center
Formerly for First Responders, now people that provide a
service for our community are eligible to participate along
with their guests! Mail delivery, teachers, hospitals workers
join law enforcement, fire fighters, EMT's and others - active
or retired!
Each 4-player team must contain at least 2 players with a
community service background and a maximum of 2 guests.
Entry fee is $160 per player which includes Team, Doubles
& Singles.
BRING A 2ND NEW TEAM AND BOWL FOR
FREE!
Events are handicap, 90% of 230.
Singles at the TAT or Team events in August & October
Still time to enter any of our 2015 events! Come on out
with friends or by yourself for the TAT or form your own
team for August and October.
Contact us for more info about all of our events! We're
putting together a great menu of tournaments for 2016 so
stay in touch!
Professional Women’s Bowling
Association Tour Re-Launches
After 12-Year Hiatus
Fueled by Industry Support, National Women’s Tour Kicks
Off on May 13 with Major Media Sponsors
ARLINGTON, Texas
– The Professional Women’s Bowling
Association (PWBA) Tour will re-launch in May 2015 follow-
ing a 12-year hiatus, thanks to a three-year funding commit-
ment from the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) and
Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA). Kicking
off with the USBC Queens tournament on May 13-19, which
will be televised live from Green Bay, Wisconsin on ESPN2,
the national PWBA Tour schedule will feature seven regular-
season events and three nationally televised majors from
coast to coast, concluding with the PWBA Tour Champion-
ship tournament on Sept. 10-13.
―Professional women’s bowling is back!‖ said Kelly Kulick,
a six-time PWBA champion and official spokesperson for the
PWBA Tour. Kulick, who famously became the first woman
to ever win a national title on the male-dominated PBA Tour
continued, ―we couldn’t be more thrilled to re-launch our
national women’s tour with a new generation of female bowl-
ers who finally have the opportunity to experience everything
this great sport has to offer. The dream is now a reality.‖
The PWBA Tour’s regular-season events, which will now
follow a Friday-to-Sunday format—a departure from past
tour schedules that have historically required participants’
full-time commitment—will each offer $60,000 in guaranteed
prize money, including a $10,000 prize for each first-place
winner.
―USBC and BPAA have worked tirelessly over the past
several years to bring back the women’s tour, rallying sup-
port from all facets of the industry to reintroduce a robust
professional program for our top female athletes,‖ said
USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy.
―The PWBA Tour re-launch project is a testament the in-
dustry’s ability to unite in order to do what is best for bowl-
ing,‖ added BPAA Executive Director Frank DeSocio.
See complete schedule on page 9.
