July 12 - The Bowling News

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Random Thoughts
USBC Open Championships:
Sean Swanson shot the 19 th
perfect game of the tournament
last week en route to a 782
series in Doubles. He bowled
with former Dallasite, Sean
Quinn now of Guntwon, Miss
to shot 1457 and take over
fourth place. Swanson finished
with 2100 in All-events and
moved into ninth place. He’s
been battling some health
issues of late, so it’s great to
see him have a good time on
the lanes.
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Speaking of health issues,
I would like for all of you out
there to say some prayers for
our good friend Mark “Prime
Time” Grimes. Mark has
battled kidney disease for most
of his adult life and has already
had one kidney transplant
courtesy of his mother, Lana.
PT had a bad reaction to
some medication and was
rushed to the hospital. Luckily
his parents were at his house
that day so that they could
respond quickly and get him
the care he needs.
PT is back home now it
appears back to normal, but he
is always battling. Please keep
George, Lana, Steve, and his
wife Arlene in your thoughts
so that Mark can make a full
recovery.
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So what did you think of the
BPAA Women’s US Open finals
on ESPN2 last week?
I loved it, thought it was
a great show, and visually
stunning. From a bowling
standpoint, I’m still a supporter
of the challenging condition.
It was just really interesting
to watch a bowling match
with a lot at stake, and I don’t
know who is going to win
each match because they all
went down to the wire. The
ladies had to employ some
real strategy, not just trying to
figure out which ball is going
to get them 250.
Kelly Kulick’s strategy was
trying to get her hand right
up the back of the ball so that
she could control the roll. It
worked well, and she was the
only one that made a drastic
change, but she also had the
benefit of watching the other
finalists in the prior games. It
was good to be the top-seed, it
actually DID give an advantage
this time, like it should.
Bottom line, the ladies
showed themselves to be
great competitors, and they
did bowling proud. Now the
question is how we’re going to
get the challenge in the game
full-time. And I mean really
challenging, like the finals of
the Women’s US Open.
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In response to the “Dust
Bowl” article and the comment
about the US Open being held in
the most “Un-manageable” area,
one of our readers had this to
say:
The AMF Bowling World
Cup was held in 1997, in Cairo,
in the desert, overlooking the
Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza.
See attached photo. We experienced
similar problems with
wind and sand, but cleaned
and oiled the lanes after
EVERY game, as well as dusted
the approaches whenever possible
(TV breaks). Obviously
the equipment back then may
not have been as aggressive as
it is today.
Here are the Women’s final
scores, not bad considering the
elements:
Semi-Final Match:
Ji Soon Lee – Korea - 203
Shalin Zulfkifi – Malaysia
- 190
Final Match
JUNIOR TEAM USA
Continued from Page 1
the silver in all-events, which
was decided Saturday. "We are
going to remember this our
entire lives, especially climbing
from fourth."
The Junior Team USA girls,
who won the team gold for the
first time since 2004 in Guam,
were led in the gold-medal
match by Jessica Earnest of
Vandalia, Ill., with 217. Amanda
Greene of Romney, W.Va.,
shot 215, Danielle McEwan of
Stony Point, N.Y., had 212 and
Kelsey Muther of Topeka, Kan.,
fired 206.
"I think even just being
picked to represent Junior
Team USA here was a big
accomplishment," Earnest said.
"We went out and we won
team gold and that was our
goal from the beginning of the
week. And we came out and
did it together."
In the semifinals, both U.S.
teams had to take down the top
seeds in their opening matches.
The Junior Team USA girls
defeated two-time defending
champions Korea, 924-846,
while the boys took down
Sweden, 860-822
The action at the World
Youth Championships now
shifts to the Masters match
play, which features the top
24 boys and top 24 girls in the
all-events standings. All four
Junior Team USA girls made
the cut, while Kent and Via
advanced on the boys side.
For more information on the
2012 World Youth Championships,
visit WorldYouth2012.
com.
Su-Fen Tseng – Chinese
Taipei – 236
Ji Soon Lee - 225
Note: Su-fen Tseng from Taipei
was a “helicopter” bowler;
the Korean bowler and Malaysian
bowler were “power” hook
At AMF DeSoto
Lewis levels 715,
Washington wraps up 602
Les Lewis racked up a rousing
228-239-248 = 715 Pushovers
series to take top honors for the
week at AMF DeSoto Lanes.
Arlette Washington, Lewis’
league mate, led the ladies with
a smooth 198-189-215 = 602 set
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