Key strike by New Orleans Hornets' star fuels comeback in second annual fund-raising event
Chris Paul (l.) has made plenty of clutch shots during his basketball career, but in his bowling experiences, he had never thrown a bigger strike than the one he rolled in helping partner Jason Belmonte rally their team to victory in the Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational. The duo defeated LaMarr Woodley (r.) and Norm Duke in the title match, 180-177.
The Canadian Tenpin Bowling Federation (CTF) has announced the 2009 Bowlers of the Year for adult male and female, senior female and junior male and female bowlers. Caroline Lagrange, Notre-Dame de Pins, Quebec and George Lambert IV, Hamilton, Ontario, were named in the adult division. Both won the 2009 National Championships. Lagrange (l.) also won the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup while Lambert (r.) earned a spot on the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour.
Updated with the Title Match of the 2008 Brunswick Euro Challenge
In cooperation with Flavio Cuva and Beat Grauwiler Bowlingdigital.com has published more than 140 videos in the past four years, Since all videos are in high quality and most recently even in High Definition, many users with lower bandwidth were unable to open even the downsized versions. Therefore we have uploaded most of our videos onto YouTube and will add new videos frequently. To watch Bowlingdigital's videos on YouTube
click here
Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg in Tilburg, Netherlands (Feb. 7-14, 2010)
Dirk Baade, Germany, leads the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament after the first day of qualifying. Baade had games of 216, 243, 226, 247, 200 and 187 in the second qualifying squad to overtake the lead with 1319 6-game total and an average of 219.83. Dutch national team member Nicole Sanders (r.) and 2-time world champion Martina Beckel, Germany, were close behind with 1314 and 1306, resp. Qualifying runs through Saturday Feb. 13
NBA All-Star Chris Paul (pictured) is a USBC spokesperson and a great friend to the sport of bowling. BOWL.COM, the internet platform of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), was able to sit down with the New Orleans Hornets point guard and avid bowler before the start of the 2009-2010 NBA season to talk about his love of bowling, family, charity and much more. Note: The second annual Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational will air Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Jack Guay of Calgary, Alberta has been named as the 15th member of the Canadian Tenpin Federation Hall of Fame in the Athlete's category. Guay joins 14 other athletes, one veteran and nine builders in the national tenpin hall. The presentation will be held at the closing banquet of the National Championships which will take place in Surrey, British Columbia May 21-24, 2010. Guay, the 2004 Canadian Male Bowler of the Year, is a two-time Team Canada member.
Wichita State University Shocker seniors Josh Blanchard (left, Upland, Calif.) and John Szczerbinski (right, North Tonawanda, N.Y.) achieved perfection last weekend at the Blue and Gold Classic in South Bend, Ind. as they both shot 300 during tournament play. In addition to their 300's both Blanchard and Szczerbinski were named to the All Tournament Team with Szczerbinski being named the MVP with a 1,234 five game series. Blanchard finished third with a 1,161 series.
Proceeds benefit the NFL’s Youth Education Town initiative
For the fifth year in a row, close to 40 NFL legends hit the lanes at the NFL Super Bowl Celebrity Bowling Classic. Super Bowl legend, MVP of Super Bowl X and "dual-sport" Hall of Famer (both football and bowling), Lynn Swann (pictured), returned for a third straight year to serve as event host. This year's event, which was open to the public, was held at 7pm on Thursday, February 4 at SpareZ Lanes, located in Davie, FL, just minutes from Dolphin Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLIV.
Kelly Kulick (pictured) of Union, N.J., has been unanimously named the January 2010 Kegel Bowler of the Month by the Bowling Writers Association of America (BWAA). Kulick became the first woman to capture a Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title, the PBA Tournament of Champions, by defeating top-seeded Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 265-195. This is Kulick's third BWAA Kegel Bowler of the Month award, also claiming honors in May 2007 and June 2006.
Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind. (Feb. 22-28, 2010)
After a 14-year absence, the 67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open is returning to Indianapolis Feb. 21-28 where it will be hosted by Woodland Bowl – an 80-lane bowling center which has played a prominent role in the sport's colorful history for two decades. In 1991, who can ever forget Pete Weber's near-perfect 289-184
U.S. Open victory over Mark Thayer – after which Weber hoisted the
"eagle" trophy over his head only to watch it crash to the floor
(pictured left) and explode into pieces?
Paula Vilas rolls fifth 300 game since NCAA adopted bowling
Three weeks, three All-Tournament Teams, three Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Bowling Athlete of the Week awards. Junior Martha Perez (Bogota, Perez and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks are rolling, winners of their last three tournaments, UMES is the hottest college women's bowling team in the United States sporting an overall record of 80-18 and standing at the No. 2 spot in the latest National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) poll.
The biggest question of the PBA Tour season is, who will become the next unlikely hero in a season filled with unlikely heroes. He or she could emerge from the 67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open, the final major championship of the 2009-10 season. Thus far, Tom Smallwood (l.) won the PBA World Championship and Kelly Kulick (r.) stunned the sports world with her victory in the PBA Tournament of Champions.
Special achievement awards for youth competing in bumper bowling leagues and a new membership product for high school bowlers were recently approved by the USBC Board of Directors. Bumper bowling league competitors rolling 50, 75 and 100 games and/or 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 series are immediately eligible to earn Bowlopolis emblems in those categories. The new USBC High School membership is
available to those interscholastic high school bowlers who are not USBC
Youth members.
Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya City, Kuwait (Jan. 23 - Feb. 2, 2010)
After 8 days of competition the 15th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships came to an end with the Girls and Boys Masters finals Tuesday Feb. 2 in Salmiya City, Kuwait. Kim Hyun Mi (l.), Korea, and Michael Mak (r.), Hong Kong won the coveted titles. The team from Korea, boys and girls, became the Overall Champion. Hong Kong was the Boys Overall Champion and Singapore the Girls Overall Champion.
According to the Professional Bowlers Association on Sunday's finals of the PBA One A Day® Dick Weber Open, Pete Weber (pictured) had a run-in with an eager cameraperson, who snapped a picture prior to his release of a shot during his match with Bill O'Neill. Weber's subsequent outburst led to quite a bit of discussion on ESPN's Sportscenter, as well as the popular ESPN talk show "Pardon the Interruption". For a clip from that,
PBA.com visitors who have not yet subscribed to its online video service Xtra Frame will now be able to take advantage of a free promotional offer to watch the United States Bowling Congress Masters Feb. 8-14, 2010. Those who take advantage of the free USBC Masters coverage offer will also be able to tune into Xtra Frame's SportCenter-style news program PBA: 39x60 which provides exclusive pre- and post-finals coverage.
Brunswick Bowling has named Chuck Gardner (pictured) its PBA Pro Tour product specialist. Gardner, 50, has been with Brunswick Bowling since January 2007, most recently as the southeastern product specialist, providing pro shops with access to Brunswick bowling equipment, technical information and event support. In his new role, Gardner will be responsible for coordinating all facets of the Brunswick Bowling pro staff, including on-site presence for the men's and women's PBA Tour and other professional bowling events.
Ted Hoffman Jr. to receive Victor Lerner Memorial Medal and BPAA Hall of Fame Induction
The Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) announced the recipients of the 2010 Bowling Industry Service Awards, the most prestigious awards presented by the bowling industry, at its recent Town Hall Membership Meeting held in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, January 26. The awards will be presented during International Bowl Expo 2010 on
Monday, June 28 (Wednesday morning, June 30 for the Lerner Memorial
Medal presentation) at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nev.
With the help of four Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour stars and a star-studded lineup of celebrities, New Orleans Hornets All-Star point guard Chris Paul will again highlight his "second-favorite sport" in the second annual Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational which airs Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Celebrity icons Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Hines Ward, LaMarr WoodleyJack Del Rio teamed with PBA stars Pete Weber, Norm Duke, Wes Malott and Jason Belmonte in a unique doubles competition to benefit Paul's CP3 Foundation.
In a close title match, between the Doubles champions from Hong Kong, No. 1 seed Michael Mak (center) defeated No. 3 Eric Tseng (left) by 5 pins, 434-429, to end the 15th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya City, Kuwait with victory in Boys Masters. It was the third gold medal for Mak. Tseng shot a huge game to eliminate Singles champion Shin Seung Hyeon (right), Korea, in the opening match, 268-189.
Chris Paul (l.) has made plenty of clutch shots during his basketball career, but in his bowling experiences, he had never thrown a bigger strike than the one he rolled in helping partner Jason Belmonte rally their team to victory in the Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational. The duo defeated LaMarr Woodley (r.) and Norm Duke in the title match, 180-177.
The Canadian Tenpin Bowling Federation (CTF) has announced the 2009 Bowlers of the Year for adult male and female, senior female and junior male and female bowlers. Caroline Lagrange, Notre-Dame de Pins, Quebec and George Lambert IV, Hamilton, Ontario, were named in the adult division. Both won the 2009 National Championships. Lagrange (l.) also won the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup while Lambert (r.) earned a spot on the 2009-10 Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour.
In cooperation with Flavio Cuva and Beat Grauwiler Bowlingdigital.com has published more than 140 videos in the past four years, Since all videos are in high quality and most recently even in High Definition, many users with lower bandwidth were unable to open even the downsized versions. Therefore we have uploaded most of our videos onto YouTube and will add new videos frequently. To watch Bowlingdigital's videos on YouTube
Dirk Baade, Germany, leads the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament after the first day of qualifying. Baade had games of 216, 243, 226, 247, 200 and 187 in the second qualifying squad to overtake the lead with 1319 6-game total and an average of 219.83. Dutch national team member Nicole Sanders (r.) and 2-time world champion Martina Beckel, Germany, were close behind with 1314 and 1306, resp. Qualifying runs through Saturday Feb. 13
NBA All-Star Chris Paul (pictured) is a USBC spokesperson and a great friend to the sport of bowling. BOWL.COM, the internet platform of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), was able to sit down with the New Orleans Hornets point guard and avid bowler before the start of the 2009-2010 NBA season to talk about his love of bowling, family, charity and much more. Note: The second annual Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational will air Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Jack Guay of Calgary, Alberta has been named as the 15th member of the Canadian Tenpin Federation Hall of Fame in the Athlete's category. Guay joins 14 other athletes, one veteran and nine builders in the national tenpin hall. The presentation will be held at the closing banquet of the National Championships which will take place in Surrey, British Columbia May 21-24, 2010. Guay, the 2004 Canadian Male Bowler of the Year, is a two-time Team Canada member.
Wichita State University Shocker seniors Josh Blanchard (left, Upland, Calif.) and John Szczerbinski (right, North Tonawanda, N.Y.) achieved perfection last weekend at the Blue and Gold Classic in South Bend, Ind. as they both shot 300 during tournament play. In addition to their 300's both Blanchard and Szczerbinski were named to the All Tournament Team with Szczerbinski being named the MVP with a 1,234 five game series. Blanchard finished third with a 1,161 series.
For the fifth year in a row, close to 40 NFL legends hit the lanes at the NFL Super Bowl Celebrity Bowling Classic. Super Bowl legend, MVP of Super Bowl X and "dual-sport" Hall of Famer (both football and bowling), Lynn Swann (pictured), returned for a third straight year to serve as event host. This year's event, which was open to the public, was held at 7pm on Thursday, February 4 at SpareZ Lanes, located in Davie, FL, just minutes from Dolphin Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLIV.
Kelly Kulick (pictured) of Union, N.J., has been unanimously named the January 2010 Kegel Bowler of the Month by the Bowling Writers Association of America (BWAA). Kulick became the first woman to capture a Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title, the PBA Tournament of Champions, by defeating top-seeded Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 265-195. This is Kulick's third BWAA Kegel Bowler of the Month award, also claiming honors in May 2007 and June 2006.
After a 14-year absence, the 67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open is returning to Indianapolis Feb. 21-28 where it will be hosted by Woodland Bowl – an 80-lane bowling center which has played a prominent role in the sport's colorful history for two decades. In 1991, who can ever forget Pete Weber's near-perfect 289-184
U.S. Open victory over Mark Thayer – after which Weber hoisted the
"eagle" trophy over his head only to watch it crash to the floor
(pictured left) and explode into pieces?
Three weeks, three All-Tournament Teams, three Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Bowling Athlete of the Week awards. Junior Martha Perez (Bogota, Perez and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks are rolling, winners of their last three tournaments, UMES is the hottest college women's bowling team in the United States sporting an overall record of 80-18 and standing at the No. 2 spot in the latest National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) poll.
The biggest question of the PBA Tour season is, who will become the next unlikely hero in a season filled with unlikely heroes. He or she could emerge from the 67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open, the final major championship of the 2009-10 season. Thus far, Tom Smallwood (l.) won the PBA World Championship and Kelly Kulick (r.) stunned the sports world with her victory in the PBA Tournament of Champions.
Special achievement awards for youth competing in bumper bowling leagues and a new membership product for high school bowlers were recently approved by the USBC Board of Directors. Bumper bowling league competitors rolling 50, 75 and 100 games and/or 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 series are immediately eligible to earn Bowlopolis emblems in those categories. The new USBC High School membership is
available to those interscholastic high school bowlers who are not USBC
Youth members.
After 8 days of competition the 15th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships came to an end with the Girls and Boys Masters finals Tuesday Feb. 2 in Salmiya City, Kuwait. Kim Hyun Mi (l.), Korea, and Michael Mak (r.), Hong Kong won the coveted titles. The team from Korea, boys and girls, became the Overall Champion. Hong Kong was the Boys Overall Champion and Singapore the Girls Overall Champion. 
According to the Professional Bowlers Association on Sunday's finals of the PBA One A Day® Dick Weber Open, Pete Weber (pictured) had a run-in with an eager cameraperson, who snapped a picture prior to his release of a shot during his match with Bill O'Neill. Weber's subsequent outburst led to quite a bit of discussion on ESPN's Sportscenter, as well as the popular ESPN talk show "Pardon the Interruption". For a clip from that, 
PBA.com visitors who have not yet subscribed to its online video service Xtra Frame will now be able to take advantage of a free promotional offer to watch the United States Bowling Congress Masters Feb. 8-14, 2010. Those who take advantage of the free USBC Masters coverage offer will also be able to tune into Xtra Frame's SportCenter-style news program PBA: 39x60 which provides exclusive pre- and post-finals coverage.
Brunswick Bowling has named Chuck Gardner (pictured) its PBA Pro Tour product specialist. Gardner, 50, has been with Brunswick Bowling since January 2007, most recently as the southeastern product specialist, providing pro shops with access to Brunswick bowling equipment, technical information and event support. In his new role, Gardner will be responsible for coordinating all facets of the Brunswick Bowling pro staff, including on-site presence for the men's and women's PBA Tour and other professional bowling events.
The Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) announced the recipients of the 2010 Bowling Industry Service Awards, the most prestigious awards presented by the bowling industry, at its recent Town Hall Membership Meeting held in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, January 26. The awards will be presented during International Bowl Expo 2010 on
Monday, June 28 (Wednesday morning, June 30 for the Lerner Memorial
Medal presentation) at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nev.
With the help of four Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour stars and a star-studded lineup of celebrities, New Orleans Hornets All-Star point guard Chris Paul will again highlight his "second-favorite sport" in the second annual Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational which airs Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Celebrity icons Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Hines Ward, LaMarr Woodley Jack Del Rio teamed with PBA stars Pete Weber, Norm Duke, Wes Malott and Jason Belmonte in a unique doubles competition to benefit Paul's CP3 Foundation.
In a close title match, between the Doubles champions from Hong Kong, No. 1 seed Michael Mak (center) defeated No. 3 Eric Tseng (left) by 5 pins, 434-429, to end the 15th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships at Cozmo Bowling Center in Salmiya City, Kuwait with victory in Boys Masters. It was the third gold medal for Mak. Tseng shot a huge game to eliminate Singles champion Shin Seung Hyeon (right), Korea, in the opening match, 268-189.