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The Bowling Foundation
awards four schools with grants
ARLINGTON — The Bowling
Foundation announced it
has awarded grants in the form
of mobile bowling equipment
to four schools. The funding is
part of the foundation's continuing
effort to help enhance
lives through the sport of bowling.
The Mobile Bowling Equipment
program annually helps
schools, parks and recreation
departments, disabled and disadvantaged
service groups and
other organizations and youth
groups purchase equipment to
teach and enjoy bowling.
Schools receiving grants are
Lawton Public Schools,
Lawton, Okla.
St. Charles D303 Elementary
Physical Education, St.
Charles, Ill.
P.S. 396K - Ramon Betances
School, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Crimson Elementary School,
Mesa, Ariz.
The grants are awarded in
the form of bowling kits (value
$1200 each) which include
six carpet bowling lanes,
rubberized bowling balls and
pins, plus instructional DVDs
to assist coaches and teachers
in introducing and instructing
students in the game of
bowling.
"It is an honor and a
privilege to award the Bowling
Foundation grants to these
schools and organizations,"
said Nancy Schenk, president
of The Bowling Foundation.
"We know that in this economy
PBA Spare
Shots:
PBA REGIONAL ROUNDUP:
CHRIS BARNES WINS
22ND REGIONAL TITLE IN
RICHARDSON
Fresh off his PBA International
Tour victory in the
Columbia 300 Vienna Open in
Austria on Oct. 7, Chris Barnes
of Double Oak, Texas, dominated
the field to win his 22nd
PBA Regional title in the PBA
Southwest Region Dallas Open,
presented by Dallas Orthopaedic
Trauma Surgeons, at AMF
Richardson (Texas) Lanes on
Sunday, Oct 21.
Barnes led the 12-game
qualifying round by 199 pins
over Sean Lavery-Spahr of Denton,
Texas, and won nine of his
16 matches to build his lead to
266 pins over runner-up Dino
Castillo of Carrollton, Texas.
Barnes finished with a 28-game
total of 6,632 pins, including
match game bonus pins.
In the weekend’s only
other regional event, amateur
B.J. Moore of Apex, N.C.,
defeated top qualifier Lee
Vanderhoef of Greenville, S.C.,
234-202, to win the PBA South
Region Franklin (Va.) Open at
Franklin Bowling Center on
Sunday.
so many schools are having
their budgets cut, and these
grants help to provide some
small financial relief to help
maintain and improve the
resources these schools need to
continue to enrich the lives of
our children."
Schenk added, "The hardest
part of the entire process is not
being able to award everyone
who applies a grant. Each
program is so worthy and it is
difficult to choose only a few
programs when all those who
apply are in need of assistance.
We take into account a number
of factors including which
applicants best represent The
Bowling Foundation's mission
to enhance the lives of others
in need through the sport of
bowling."
Schenk said it is always a
joy to award these grants to
these organizations (schools).
"Bowling is an American pastime
and one of the few sports
you can do your entire lifetime.
It's our honor to help out those
who teach our children to be
active and healthy for today
and tomorrow."
Public or private educational
institutions, grades K-8; or
501(c) 3 non-profit organizations
serving youth in grades
K-8 are eligible to receive the
annual grants. An organization
is eligible to receive funding
once every three years. Individuals
are not eligible to apply
or receive awards.
Moore posted a 6-6 match
play record with 4,510 total
pins for 20 games to qualify
third for the stepladder finals,
131 pins behind Vanderhoef,
and defeated Chris Hans of
Rocky Mount, N.C., 255-172,
in the semi-final match to
advance to the title match.
He earned $2,000 for his win,
but doesn’t receive credit for
a PBA title because he is a
non-member.
Two senior and one
standard events are scheduled
for the final pre-WSOB IV
weekend. The PBA East Region
will conduct its annual Dom
DiCicco Memorial Senior Open
at Glassboro (N.J.) Bowling and
Entertainment, Oct. 26-28, while
joint one-day events are on tap
for the PBA Midwest/Central
Regions: the Lancer Lanes
Senior Chameleon and Viper
Open events in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. The standard event is the
Central/Midwest Region Star
Lanes Classic presented by Sysco
Food Services of Indianapolis in
Lafayette, Ind.
For complete PBA regional
schedule and entry information,
visit pba.com and click
on “Regional Tours” under the
Schedules tab.
XTRA FRAME TO COVER
INAUGURAL TEEN MASTERS
WORLD SHOWDOWN FINALS
The boys’ and girls’ finals
of the inaugural Teen Masters
By Tony Franklin, Publisher
This 64-page paperback
book was written by DFW local
Mark Miller, and chronicles the
history of bowling.
The book gets off to a good
start by featuring a captivating
picture of the Allen High
School Girls bowling team.
That becomes the theme of
the book as many of the more
than 70 pictures featured have
a local identity, including Lake
Lanes in The Colony, pictures
from the International Bowling
Campus, and additional
pictures of local high school
teams. All to give it the book a
very local feel.
Miller starts the book by
describing what bowling is and
the many different ways that
the game is enjoyed. From there
he details the origins of the
game, from its start in Egypt to
its European variations.
My favorite section of the
book is where Miller catalogs
and describes, in great detail,
the variations of the game of
which there are MANY; many
more than I ever would have
guessed. Some of them sound
extremely fun to play and I
only wish there were places to
enjoy those alternatives to the
10-pin game we enjoy today.
The book illustrates the
timeline of bowling through
vibrant pictures, and how it
gained respectability in the
mid 1800’s to the point where
prominent families would build
bowling lanes inside their
THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, November 1, 2012 | Page 13
Book review
Bowling: America’s greatest indoor pastime
World Showdown, a new international
competition produced
by Teen Masters founder Gary
Beck, will be webcast on PBA’s
online bowling channel, Xtra
Frame, as a part of the PBA
World Series of Bowling IV
lineup of programs.
Teen Masters World Showdown
qualifying and match
play, in 18-under and 14-under
age groups, will be conducted
at Red Rock Bowling Center in
Las Vegas Nov. 8-10 with the
finals moving to the PBA television
“arena” at South Point
Exhibition Hall at 6 p.m. PT on
Saturday, Nov. 10. For complete
entry and schedule details, visit
teenmastersbowling.com.
QUICK NOTES:
Because no player took
up Mike Edwards’ challenge
for a renewal of the PBA All-In
Showdown, a proposed unofficial
kickoff event for PBA
World Series of Bowling IV, the
event has been cancelled.
Overlooked on last week’s
list of women who have
won PBA Regional titles was
Adrienne Miller, Albuquerque,
N.M., who won a PBA West
Region non-champions title in
Las Vegas in November, 2010.
Miller is the sixth woman
to win a PBA title, joining
previously-noted Liz Johnson,
Kelly Kulick, Missy Parkin,
Shannon O’Keefe and Clara
Guerrero.
mansions. Bowling eventually
moved indoors in 1840, in New
York City which helped grow
participation.
The author does a great job
of describing who the early
bowlers were, white males, but
then explains how bowling became
all-inclusive for everyone
to be able to participate. The
game we love today is built for
all genders, races and most importantly
does not discriminate
against any physical stature.
Miller then moves on to
inform the reader about the
technological advances and the
move to being a family-friendly
activity. Scoring units, plastic
pins, pinsetters, and even airconditioning;
all of the things
it takes to create “America’s
greatest indoor pastime”
Nothing bowling related
is missed in the book, as we
are taken through the most
influential time in the game,
the biggest era in bowling, the
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to connect with friends and
have fun. During her bowling
career, Susan has shot a
299, several 700 series, and
recently her first 300. She
averages a 201 and is also the
2nd vice president of the Dallas
Women’s USBC. Susan enjoys
traveling and participating
in tournaments locally and
nationally. While bowling, you
will often see Susan crocheting
to keep her mind off the
game and keep herself focused.
When she isn’t bowling you
can find her taking care of her
grandchildren, watching her
favorite television show, The
Big Bang Theory, and enjoying
the occasional “chick-flick”.
Susan, now 55, still loves
and enjoys bowling just as
much as she did when she first
picked up a ball, over 40 years
ago. You can catch Susan at
Rowlett-Bowl-A-Rama during
the week helping out or bowling
in league.
Mark Miller with his new book.
creation of the “Beer teams”,
bowling TV shows, celebrity
bowling, and bowling for dollars.
All were very influential
in making bowling the largest
participatory sport in the
world, and Miller does a great
job of explaining how that
happened.
Mark finishes by offering
his view of the evolution of
the game, the decline of league
bowlers and bowling centers, but
also the positives that bowling
enjoys. New, bright, and upscale
bowling centers are being built
that allow 70 million people to
participate in bowling every year.
The increase in high school and
collegiate bowling, and international
play has also lead to a new
generation that is living to bowl.
The author, Mark Miller, is
a bowling historian who was
commissioned to write the
book by the British company,
Shire Books in 2011. Miller
was selected because of his
knowledge of the game, and
the nearly 25 years he spent
working with the American
Bowling Congress/USBC. He
worked with the International
Bowling Museum and the USBC
to get the art and photos for the
book, and they come together
brilliantly to give a never
before seen view of bowling.
Anyone who is a fan of
bowling and thinks they know
where bowling began and how
it became the game we play
today needs to read this book.
My guess is that the reader
will be fascinated by what they
see and read in this book, and
upon completion will be much
more in touch with the game.
It’s an educating, fun, and
quick read with lots of great
visual impressions.
The book can be purchased
at Amazon.com in both print
and Kindle versions, at the
International Bowling Museum
in Arlington, and directly
through Mark Miller.
The cost of the book is $10,
and Mark can be contacted directly
at markmywordstexas@
gmail.com