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TOURNAMENTS
By Bill Vint
The scoring pace for the traditional PBA “animal pattern”
tournaments and the PBA World Championship during
GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI has remained
within historic average highs and lows for the four previ-
ous World Series held at South Point Bowling Center.
Here’s a summary of scoring averages over the years:
Cheetah Championship
: No. 1 qualifiers have aver-
aged between a high of 254.28 and a low of 251.66. The
2014 high qualifier (
Dick Allen
of Columbia, S.C.) aver-
aged 252.71 for seven games. The average range to
qualify 24th over the span of years has been a high of
240.25 and a low of 234.83. This year, the average for
24th place was 237.71.
Viper Championship:
No. 1
qualifier range has been
from a high of 254.87 to a low of 234.12. This year’s top
qualifier (
B.J. Moore III
of Apex, N.C.) averaged 234.57.
The 24th place average range has been between a high
of 228.87 and a low of 217.75 (this year: 221.57).
Chameleon Championship:
No. 1 qualifier range has
been from a high of 246.85 to a low of 234.08. This year’s
top qualifier (
D.J. Archer
of Friendswood, Texas) aver-
aged 242.29. The 24th place average range has been
between a high of 227.00 and a low of 218.33 (this year:
222.43)
Scorpion Championship:
No. 1 qualifier range has
been from a high of 243.14 to a low of 221.08. This year’s
top qualifier (
B.J. Moore III
) averaged 241. The 24th
place average range has been between a high of 226.87
and a low of 221.08 (this year: 224).
PBA World Championship (composite averages of
all four animal patterns):
No. 1 qualifier range has been
from a high of 243.03 to a low of 226.76. This year’s top
qualifier (defending champion Dom Barrett) averaged
229.64 vs. the 236.67 he averaged as top qualifier a year
earlier. The 24th place average range has been between
a high of 225.78 and a low of 219.50 (this year: 221.85)
93 Different Players Cash Wn World Series VI.
During WSOB VI, 93 different players in the sold-out
field of 240 cashed in one of the four animal pattern
events or the PBA World championship. That’s just shy of
39% compared to 2013 when 83 players (almost 35 per-
cent) earned checks. Including the special PBA Chal-
lenge events (PBA Regional, PBA50 Tour and PBA
Women’s Regional), 103 different players cashed.
Australia’s
Jason Belmonte
is the only player to cash in
all five World Series VI events, despite not making any
PBA Tour television shows.
Ronnie Russell
of Marion,
Ind., is the leader in television finals, qualifying second in
the Viper and Chameleon Championships, and third in
the PBA World Championship.
Sean Rash
of Montgomery, Ill., qualified for the Chame-
leon Championship finals, trying Belmonte for most
WSOB career TV appearances (14). Rash and
Mike Fa-
gan
of Fort Worth, Texas (World Championship) are the
only players who have made a TV appearance in all six
World Series. Players making their first ESPN television
debuts will be
Anthony Pepe
of Elmhurst, N.Y.
(Cheetah),
Connor Pickford
of Charlotte, N.C. (Viper)
and
J.R. Raymond
of Bay City, Mich. (Chameleon).
TEAM OF PBA ALL-STARS
TO REPRESENT TEAM USA
IN WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Bill Vint
An all-star team of PBA stars will represent the United States
in the World Men’s Bowling Championships Dec. 6-14 at Zayed
Sports City in UAE. Players selected by Team USA head
coach
Rod Ross
and staff are
Chris Barnes
, Double Oak,
Texas;
Mike Fagan
, Fort Worth, Texas;
Tommy Jones
, Simp-
sonville, S.C.;
Marshall Kent
, Yakima, Wash.;
Bill O’Neill
,
Langhorne, Pa., and
Sean Rash
, Montgomery, Ill.
The World Bowling men’s championships, held every fourth
year, will include teams from 52 countries bowling for singles,
doubles, trios, five-player team, all-events and Masters medals.
A number of PBA International members also will compete,
representing their home countries. The U.S. led the last Men’s
World Championships medal harvest, winning three gold, two
silver and three bronze medals.
13 WOMEN IN THE WORLD
SERIES FIELD
SOB VI includes a field of 13 women, including eight qualifi-
ers from the new PBA Women’s Regional program and five who
entered the event independently. The Women’s Regional quali-
fiers include
Kristina Wendell
(East Region);
Christina Har-
dee
(South);
Liz Johnson
(Central);
Amanda
Greene
(Midwest);
Clara Guerrero
(Southwest),
Missy
Parkin
(West),
Lindsay Boomershine
(Northwest) and
Yuka
Tsuchiya
(Japan).
Women who entered independently are 2010 PBA Tournament
of Champions winner
Kelly Kulick
, Union, N.J.;
Yumi Oyobe
,
Japan;
Natalia Rico
, Colombia; Colombia’s
Maria Rodriquez
,
Pflugerville, Texas; and Latvia’s
Diana Zavjalova
, Henderson,
Nev.
It’s a pretty prominent group of women bowlers. Johnson quali-
fied fourth for the Cheetah Championship presented by PBA
Bowling Challenge Mobile Game TV finals, which will make her
the first woman ever to appear in a PBA Tour nationally-
televised event twice. Kulick and Guerrero (2013 Cheetah
Championship) also have bowled in PBA Tour national tele-
casts. Those three along with Parkin and Tsuchiya own PBA
Regional titles. Rodriguez and Zavjalova are 2014 and 2013
USBC Queens champions, respectively.
Also, Guerrero and Parkin finished one-two in the PBA
Women’s Regional qualifying event and will face each other in
the PBA Challenge finals on Sunday. The telecast will air on
ESPN on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. ET. And Kulick, Johnson
and Sweden’s
Sandra Andersson
, who didn’t compete in the
World Series, will bowl for the World Bowling Tour Women’s
Finals title on Sunday. The WBT Finals, presented by PBA, will
air on
ESPN on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. ET
.
