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WEBB TAKES USBC
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“I knew I had to bowl really
good to beat Walter and
fortunately for me, when I hit
the pocket, I was striking. So
that helps.”
The win gave Webb his
third career Senior PBA Tour
major title, having also won
the Senior U.S. Open in 2008
and 2009. He also won the
PBA Senior Columbus Open in
April.
“This means everything
to me, just like winning the
Senior U.S. Open,” said Webb,
who also has 20 PBA national
titles to his credit. “I hadn’t
won the U.S. Open on the
national tour, but I’d come
in second. I never won the
Masters, but I had finished
fourth. Now I’ve won all the
majors on the Senior Tour, and
it feels great.”
For Williams, the loss to
Webb was the end of a long
string of victories. Williams
started the double-elimination
match-play bracket with a
first-round loss to Hugh Miller,
but bounced back to win 10
consecutive matches in the losers
bracket. Williams reached
the championship match by
defeating top qualifier Peter
Knopp of Bremen, Germany,
Do You Remember?
696-539.
After leading the tournament
in qualifying, Knopp
ended up third in the event. He
dropped to the losers bracket
with a 613-551 loss to Webb
after winning five consecutive
matches in the winners
bracket.
Kenny Parks of Hammond,
IN, the 2008 Senior Masters
champion, finished fourth after
losing to Williams, 679-634.
The 2010 USBC Senior
Masters attracted a field of
298 of the top professional and
amateur bowlers ages 50 and
older.
For more information on
the USBC Senior Masters, visit
BOWL.com.
Championship Match – Williams,
$8,000.
Round 10 Losers – Knopp,
$6,000.
Round 9 Losers – Kenny
Parks, $4,600.
Round 8 Losers – Pete
McCordic, Katy, TX, Henry
Gonzalez, Colorado Springs,
CO, $3,500 each.
Round 7 Losers – Marc Lineberry,
Camanche, IA, Robert
Harvey, Boise, ID, $2,500 each.
Round 6 Losers – Mike Eias,
Lafayette, CO, Ross Packard,
San Jose, CA, Marv Sargent,
Temecula, CA, Kent Wagner,
Palmetto, FL, $1,900 each.
Round 5 Losers – Hugh
Miller, Mercer Island, WA, Bo
Goergen, Sanford, MI, Dale
Traber, Cedarburg, WI, Michael
Karch, Edgewood, WA, $1,500
each.
Round 4 Losers – Harry
Sullins, Chesterfield, MI,
Charlie Tapp, Portage, MI,
Christopher Keane, New City,
NY, Joe Salvemini, Las Vegas,
NV, Dave Soutar, Bradenton,
FL, Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas,
NV, Roger Kossert, Lithia, FL,
David Eatmon, Ferndale, MI,
$1,300 each.
Round 3 Losers – Gary
Hiday, Indianapolis, IN, Dick
Baker, Las Vegas, NV, Barry
Gurney, West Hills, CA, Dave
Sill, Rockledge, FL, Mark Williams,
Beaumont, TX, Bob
Purzycki, Las Vegas, NV,
Cliff Connors, Tempe, AZ, Gary
Bessette, Summerdale, AL,
$1,100 each.
Round 2 Losers – Anthony
Myers, Pensacola, FL, John
Dudak, Orland Park, IL,
Samuel Perrotta, Lincoln Park,
NJ, Gary Morgan, Marietta, GA,
Ron Winger, Las Vegas, Brian
Brazeau, Ocala, FL, Robert
Faragon, Schenectady, NY, Gary
Dickinson, Edmond, OK, Howie
Partell, Las Vegas, NV, Marc
Scherlis, Littleton, CO, Darryl
Bower, Middletown, PA, Keith
Kolozsi, Las Vegas, NV, Donald
Breihan, Columbia, SC, Tom
Baker, King, NC, Rohn Morton,
Portland, OR, Paul McCordic,
Sugarland, TX, $1,000 each.
Round 1 Losers – Ted Staikoff,
Black Hawk, SD, Bobby
Johnson, Chillicothe, OH, Clark
Poelzer, Arden Hills, MN, Jim
Murtishaw, Menifee, CA, Brad
Snell, Mount Prospect, IL, Dean
Jones, San Marcos, TX, Warren
Blankenship, Ardmore, OK,
Bob Handley, Winter Park, FL,
Vince Honeycutt, Buford, GA,
John Di Santis, Wilmington,
DE, Darwin Wilmer, Mesquite,
NV, John Chapman, Canada,
Greg Shields, Independence,
MO, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento,
CA, Don Fowler, Overland
Park, KSPhillip Karwoski Sr.,
South Hadley MA, $950 each.
MURRELL STEPS DOWN
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the rest of the AMF team, will
certainly miss her and wish
her the very best.”
Murrell said Donnie told her
there would always be a job
for her at Hurst. She said she
would not rule out a return
But her priorities right now
include getting her health
problems straightened out and
getting her home in order.
She said husband Lee, who is
retired, has been doing a fine
job with cooking and other
chores but not in cleaning up.”
As far as her health is
concerned, Joy said the doctors
are doing some nuclear testing
on her.
Murrell has had some other
health woes. She broke a hip
four years ago and injured her
hand two months ago. She is
not bowling well, but is still
STEFANIE NATION
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competing full time on the
PBA Women’s Series, as well
as, multiple other women’s and
even men’s events throughout
the year.
This new position will
require even more of her time
with travel to ensure the success
of many BPAA and USBC
run events.
“My long term goal is
to increase awareness and
participation of these events,
along with the potential of
developing more in the future,”
said Nation. “I am looking
forward to the opportunity to
be involved within the industry
and be able to be in touch with
our members one on one.”
Stefanie got her start into
the sport at age six when her
parents signed her and her
brother Keith up for Saturday
morning youth leagues.
It was more of a hobby for
her as she grew up as she was
more involved with sports
like volleyball, basketball and
cross country. It wasn’t until
her high school years when
she began to get much more
serious into bowling when at
age 15, she made Junior Team
USA for her first time.
“When I went to Junior
Gold in 1999 and made Junior
Team USA at 15, it was at that
moment I was hooked,” Nation
said of her first big moment. “I
had a taste of what elite junior
bowling was all about and
from that point I never looked
back.”
Like so many young bowlers,
she worked at a local
bowling center as she grew
up, and spent countless hours
after work practicing game
after game on different things,
working to get better.
She knew it would take a lot
of time and hard work to get
to the top of the sport amongst
the best where she wanted
to be and was willing and
motivated to do all it took.
“I started seeing results
after I started winning events
at the local and state levels and
trying.
“I will bowl as long as I can
stand up,” she said.
She said she had always
tried to make Hurst a familyoriented
center. She knows her
bowlers by first names.
She also knows the shoe
sizes for many of them who
are always impressed with her
warmth.
On June 25 from 4 to 7 p.m.
friends, family, employees,
former employees and past and
present bowlers are invited to
attend an open house to wish
Joy well and reminisce about
the past.
that kept me hungry for more,”
said Nation.
As a member of the bowling
team at the University of
Central Florida, Nation was a
four-year standout, capping
those years off as a 2006 All-
American. She used her time
at UCF to fully prepare her for
where she is at today, both as a
successful professional bowler
as well as with the USBC and
BPAA.
“I’ve been fortunate to have
gone to school and obtain a
bachelors and masters degree
and have made a decision that
at this point in my life, I can
give back to bowling in a different
way aside from actually
competing, hence my excitement
for this new position,”
said Nation about her time at
Central Florida.
It was all those times growing
up that prepared Nation for
her years competing amongst
the best women bowlers in the
world on the PBA Women’s
Series.
She wasted no time proving
that she belonged out
there when she won her first
title at the 2008 Pepsi Viper
Championship over Michelle
Feldman. Being her first
experience on live TV, she was
understandably very nervous,
but composed herself quite well
to capture the title.
“My mom and brother were
in the audience so that was
very comforting to know,” she
said of being on TV.
“Before I knew it I blinked
and we were in the 10th frame
and I knew I had won title. I
was overwhelmed with emotion
and I couldn’t hold back
the tears. It was very special
that my Grandma got to see
me win before she passed,”
she added. “She was always so
proud of me and I know even
now she’s still watching.”
After adding a second title
at the 2010 Early Anthony
Memorial Classic, which also
earned her a spot on the season
ending PBA Women’s Series
Showdown, where she finished
third, it was announced that
the PBA would not continue
the Women’s Series as part
of the many changes, leaving
the future as a professional
for Nation and other women’s
professionals very uncertain.
“The future of women’s
bowling is definitely uncertain,
but we can always be hopeful,”
she said on future women’s
professional bowling.
In the mean time she will
keep herself busy with her new
position with BPAA, as well
as other things not related to
bowling.
She’s currently training to
compete in a triathlon this July
with fellow Women’s Series
competitor Shannon O’Keefe, as
well as playing in a volleyball
league, and just spending some
much deserved time relaxing
with friends at home in Texas.
If and when women’s pro
bowling gets going again, look
for Nation to be right there
competing again as one of the
very best.