Katrina Wright braved a dramatic final: Bowling

To take out the prestigious Australian Indoor Championships in Tweed Heads last week, lawn bowler Katrina Wright braved a dramatic final.

In a close final that came down to a tie-break, the 29th-ranked Wright faced off against Merryland’s Arleen Jeffery.

Sealing the match at 8-7, 5-8, 2-1, and securing the win for the St Johns Park Bowling Club player, Jeffery was unable to draw Wright’s perfectly positioned shot.

Katrina Wright said, “It was pretty exciting to finally win the grand final. The other player is one of my mates, and I actually won in the NSW qualifier against her so I felt comfortable with the player. I had prepared for it and I was fortunate to come away with the win.”

For the former national representative, it was “third time’s a charm”. In 2008 and 2009, she fell short in her last two Australian Indoor finals appearances.

Alongside her St Johns Park Women’s Bowling Club teammates recently, Wright snagged another victory, when they regained their title of State Pennant champions with an impressive grand final win at Ettalong Bowling Club. After beating runners-up Raymond Terrace by half a point in a close-run game, the ladies took out the 2010 State Pennant crown, winning five of the seven games played.

St Johns Park is the fourth time in five years the club won the coveted title, after victories in 2005, 2006 and 2009 and it was the favorite going into the event.

Wright is gearing up to represent Australia at the next Indoor World Cup in Warilla in April and will take part in the State Triple Finals later this month.

Bowling: Country star inducted into Bowling Hall of Fame

Taylor Swift the contemporary country star, has at the tender age of 19 won 6 American Music Awards and 4 Grammy’s. She is also a favorite in the bet on sports.

She has even starred in a big budget Hollywood film beside the likes of Jaime Foxx and Julia Roberts. In the few short years she has been in the entertainment industry, she has already accomplished what some artists only hope to acquire in the span of a career.

Next on the horizon for the darling diva: The Bowling hall of Fame.
Miss Swift has been selected as the 2010 celebrity inductee into the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington, Texas. If you have seen video of Taylor and her gal pal Selena Gomez you know this is not one of her strong points. She isn’t being commended for her bowling skills, but however for her enthusiasm if you will.

She has been photographed and filmed, numerous times, simply enjoying herself while bowling. Apparently that was all that was required in this type of nomination. Once selected the committee turned it over to the fans to decide.

Among the candidates were, Justin Bieber, Reggie Bush and Bill Murray. Swift beat them out with an astounding 1.3 million online votes.

PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open Begins on Aug. 9-12

The Senior Lake County Indiana Open Aug. 9-12 at Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind. For 2010 Senior Player of the Year honors, a third consecutive title there for two-time defending champion Mark Williams will put him in contention.

By capturing the Senior U.S. Open in Las Vegas to put himself into the Senior Player of the Year race as a dark horse contender, Williams, a seven-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist and two-time Tournament of Champions winner, won his third Senior Tour title in June.

In the Senior PBA Player of the Year showdown, Williams joins two other PBA all-time greats, Wayne Webb and Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Honors after winning the USBC Senior Masters in June and Senior Columbus Open in April, Webb currently has the inside track on Senior Player of the Year honors. Webb leads the Senior Tour earnings and points lists, going into the final three events.

Williams Jr., at the age of 50 earned his record seventh PBA Player of the Year honor at the conclusion of the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour season and most recently finished second to Webb in the USBC Senior Masters and won a “Best Bowler” ESPY, won the Senior Miller High Life Classic in his Senior Tour debut in May.

To compete in Hammond, the other notable players scheduled are reigning Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr; PBA Hall of Famers Johnny Petraglia, Carmen Salvino, Dave Soutar and four-time Senior Player of the Year Tom Baker.

Bob Chamberlain, 2009 PBA Senior World Championship winner Harry Sullins, former Senior Players of the Year Dale Eagle and Hammond’s own Kenny Parks who won the 2008 USBC Senior Masters will also be competing.

Bowling – U.S. Bowlers aim to set new world record

What are you doing on Saturday, Aug. 7? If you’re a bowler, you’ll probably be helping to set a new world record.

More than 3,200 bowling centers across the United States will be teaming up that day to try and set a new, single-day record for most games played.

Dubbed National Bowling Day, the record-setting attempt will be the culmination of the 2010 National Bowling Week, which kicks off on July 31. In an attempt to help break the record, every center will offer the first game free, and bowlers can download a free game coupon at www.gobowling.com.

The event and week are sponsored by the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, Strike Ten Entertainment (STE), the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association (IBPSIA), the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).

Bowlers across America will be attempting to break the current record of 741,821 bowling games played in a single day, which was set last year.

The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America was established in 1932. It began as an attempt by a small group of bowling center owners revive their businesses and to bring together what was at the time a fragmented group of proprietors.

Saskatoon win streak snapped at Canadian Five-pin Bowling Championships

Saskatoon had a firm grip on the medals at the Canadian Open five-pin bowling championships for years. This trend has now come to an end.

After willing medals at this venue for six years, the women’s team only managed to take home a fourth place finish in this year’s event. They managed to place third in the round-robin tournament, but lost their match against Alberta in the stepladder match. The final pin count was 1,275 pins to 1, 106.

It is unclear why they struggled so much to beat Alberta. In their matches in the round-robin play they easily disposed Alberta’s squad.

The men’s team from online betting star team, Saskatoon, did not fare much better. They only managed to finish fourth in the round-robin play, and then they fell easily to British Columbia in the first round of the stepladder. The pin count of their match against British Columbia was 1,315 to 1,198 in favor of British Columbia.

It appears that the era of dominance for Saskatoon is over and the five-pin championships will be wide open for here on out.
Five-pin bowling is a sport that was invented in Canada in 1909 in response to complaints from bowlers. Ten pin bowling was seen as too strenuous, demanding too much strength from the participant. The pins and ball were shaved down to their current size to allow all to participate. The sport now holds tournaments in Canada to determine who the best players of the sport are. In recent history, the team from Saskatoon has had the most success.

Bowling- USBC Championship

The 2010 USBC Championship is under way in Reno, Nevada. As of Tuesday morning on May 27th, the scores are looking very high in these games.

Terrence Syring is leading the way over all bowlers with an average of nearly 278 pins per game. That is a very high average, but there are many bowlers that are close behind. One of the bowlers that is close behind is Earn Vollmar, a bowler from Toledo, Ohio.

Vollmar was absolutely on fire after a slow start to his day at the championship. Vollmar was off early, failing to score a strike or a spare in two of his first 3 frames. In response to his poor start, Vollmar made the decision to switch balls that he was using. After his switch the tides really turned for him. After making the ball change, Vollmar hammered home 28 straight strikes. This led him on his way to a 247 in game one and then he managed to bowl a perfect 300 in game two. His third round was no disappointment in itself, as he bowled a 264.

Vollmar isn’t the only bowler who has managed to bowl a perfect game here. Eight bowlers have scored perfect games. This includes the Vollmar, Barry Zimmerman, Ken Konczos, Duane Kilts, Rich K Robinson, Kenneth A Barton, Robert W Gotchall, and Cliff Gilliard.

To give a perspective on just how competitive these scores have been, we can examine the bowlers that are tied for 149th place, John M Bodish Jr. and Todd Swadinsky. These two bowlers are at the bottom the list, but have averaged 238 pins per game. Scores are high in Reno.

Webber International University women win the 2010 U.S. Bowling Congress (USBC) Intercollegiate Team Championship

The Webber International University women’s team just became the second team to the win the 2010 U.S. Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship in its first appearance at the event. Wichita State was the first to accomplish this feat in 1975 and went on to win eight more national titles.

In the women’s final, Webber faced Mckendree. The Warriors won the first game 203-189 and then blew out eh bearcats 164-158 in Game 2 to hoist the Helmer Cup above their heads in joy.

In the opening game, the Warriors’ key player Hayley Beavis came through with a mark in the final frame to lock up the victory and needed just five pins on her first ball in the 10th frame to win the title in a sweep.

Beavis was joined on the all-tournament team by a pair of McKendree players, Lori Hanken, and Brandi Branka. They were also joined by Samantha Kelly, and Heather D’Errico.
The USBC Intercollegiate Team Championship features the top 16 men’s and top 16 women’s college bowling teams in the country fighting for national titles. All 32 teams competed in a best of seven, double elimination match play in the Baker format.

The Women semifinal finished out this way: McKendree defeated Wichita State 4-2, Webber International defeated Robert Morris 4-3, and Webber International defeated Robert Morris, 4.5-3.5 which eliminated Robert Moris.

In the Championship and also in sports betting, Webber International defeated McKendree 2-0 to win the national title. Beavis said, “My teammates are so supportive, and this is just a dream come true.” This was truly a great achievement for Webber International to win during their first appearance to the event.

Bowling – bowling games

The game of bowling can be found back from the times of Stone Age. It is very easy to play and has nothing much of rules to follow. Right from the adults to children, everyone loves to bowl. In bowling game, the players put an effort to gain points by rolling a bowling ball on a flat surface. The targets are generally known as the pins.

The easiest equipments are used for playing this game such as, ball, shoes and gloves. The balls which are recommended for bowling are custom made. Every ball has different weight and two or three holes on the top of it to hold it. Different weight of balls gives different hand motions.

The shoes used in the game of bowling are somewhere between sport shoes and regular ware shoes. It has a rubber sole to give you a complete stability to release the ball while playing.

The gloves used in bowling has metal wrist, textured face that avails support to the bowler for gripping the ball. There are many types of gloves that are designed to make the bowler comfortable and have best results while bowling. Some gloves have the uncovered portion for the middle finger and the ring finger to have the special grip over the ball.

The next version of Bowling game is the lawn bowling, it an outdoor version which is played on the lawn. The ball is usually crazily weighted and the player has to throw it at a chosen point or slot.

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