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- NOVEMBER 2014
SERVING THE BOWLING INDUSTRY SINCE 1967
Possible Host Center for Re-launched
PWBA Tour Revealed
By Terry Bigham
The United States Bowling Congress and the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America held a conference
call for media members last week to address their recent announcement of an initiative to "re-launch" the Pro-
fessional Women's Bowling Association Tour, which dissolved in 2003 under financial strain.
That story, released early in the evening on Friday, Oct. 10, stated that USBC and BPAA were entering a
three-year commitment to fund nine PWBA Tour stops from midsummer through early fall of next year.
Earlier this week, a possible host center for one of the PWBA Tour stops was revealed.
The conference call included USBC President Andrew Cain, USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy, BPAA
President Tom Martino, BPAA Executive Director Frank DeSocio, and pro bowler and member of the USBC
Board of Directors, Kelly Kulick.
Murphy expressed hope that the re-launch of the PWBA would "help build top-of-mind awareness of our
sport with the non-bowling public." He further described his vision of the new PWBA as "a robust, exciting,
professional tour that will support the growth of women's bowling into the future."
Murphy, who previously oversaw youth programs for both USBC and BPAA as Managing Director of Youth
Development for the International Bowling Campus, repeatedly emphasized the new PWBA as an initiative
capable of giving younger women bowlers in particular a pinnacle to which they may aspire.
"We are extremely excited about the possibilities this tour will bring us, especially in the area of woman bowl-
ers, but also the youth that will be coming up through our system," Murphy said.
Details revealed on the call disclosed that USBC/BPAA are committed to nine tour events tentatively sched-
uled to be held between July 10 and Sept. 7, 2015, with a guaranteed prize fund of $60,000 per event and a
guaranteed minimum first-place prize of $10,000 per event.
Murphy added that each event will guarantee 24 cashing spots, with the 24th spot earning a guaranteed
minimum of $1,200. He also added that the $60,000 prize fund per event potentially could grow depending on
the number of entries each tour stop generates. Should that occur, Murphy said, "additional cash spots will be
available at a one-in-three ratio."
Murphy reiterated that USBC and BPAA would jointly be funding the PWBA for the next three years, with
each organization contributing an equal amount of funds to the initiative, though he added that "no specific
details as to the cost of that will be made available."
USA'S Barnes, Colombia’s
Guerrero Win
World Cup Titles
By Lucas Wiseman
WROCLAW, Poland -
Team USA's Chris Bar-
nes put on a dominant
performance in the final
round Sunday as he
claimed the 50th Qubi-
caAMF Bowling World
Cup men's title.
Entering the finals as
the No. 3 seed, Barnes
swept the semifinal and
the final, 2-0, in the best-
of-three format at Sky
Bowling Center. Clara
Guerrero of Colombia
won the women's title.
In the championship match, Barnes took down top
seed Tobias Bording of Germany in consecutive
games, 269-248 and 231-216. Needing two strikes in
the final frame for the shut out, Barnes tossed a per-
fect first shot and came up light but carried the 8 pin
late for the second strike.
"Over time, I've grown to appreciate how many great
international players have won this event in their ca-
reers," said Barnes, whose wife Lynda won the World
Cup in 2005. "It was certainly on my bucket list to
come here and win."
In the semifinal, Barnes took a narrow 215-204 win
in the first game before
dazzling the crowd with
a 300-219 win to se-
cure the win against
Ukraine's Mykhaylo
Kalika.
On the women's side,
Guerrero won a hard-
fought match against
Malaysia's Li Jane
Sing, 2-1, to take the
title. Guerrero won the
first game, 239-234,
dropped these cond
game, 257-243, and
won the deciding
game, 265-211.
"All my hard work and sacrifices for so many years
are worth it now," Guerrero said. "This is a very his-
toric tournament with a lot of great winners in the past.
I really wanted to be a part of that select group."
Sin advanced to the title match with a 2-1 victory
over Team USA's Brittni Hamilton. Hamilton took the
first game 235-181, but dropped the next two games,
236-234, and 213-204.
The World Cup is considered one of the sport's most
prestigious singles titles and drew bowlers from 85
countries, making it the largest event in the sport in
terms of number of countries competing.
For more information on the QubicaAMF World Cup,
visit QubicaAMF.com.
2014 QUBICAAMF BOWLING WORLD CUP
At Sky Bowling Center, Wroclaw, Poland
Sunday's results
MEN
Championship Round
1. Chris Barnes, United States, 1,015 (4 games)
2. Tobias Bording, Germany, 464 (2 games)
3. Mykhaylo Kalika, Ukraine, 423 (2 games)
Playoff Results (best-of-three games)
Semifinal Match: No. 3 Barnes def. No. 2 Kalika, 2-0
(215-204, 300-219)
Championship: Barnes def. No. 1 Bording, 2-0
(269-248, 231-216)
WOMEN
Championship Round:
1. Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia, 747 (3 games)
2. Li Jane Sin, Malaysia, 1,302 (6 games)
3. Brittni Hamilton, United States, 673 (3 games)
Playoff Results (best-of-three games):
Semifinal Match: No. 2 Li Jane def. No. 3 Hamilton, 2-1
(181-235, 236-234, 213-204)
Championship: No. 1 Guerrero vs. Li Jane, 2-1
(239-234, 243-257, 265-211)
