July 12 - The Bowling News

U.S. Finishes with two more medals
at World Youth Championships
Chris Via of Springfield,
Ohio, and Marshall Kent of
Yakima, Wash., won silver and
bronze medals, respectively,
on Tuesday in the Masters
competition as the 2012 World
Tenpin Bowling Association
World Youth Championships in
Bangkok, Thailand, came to a
close.
Via was the fourth qualifier
for the medal round of
the competition’s last event
but took out top seed Sam
Cooley of Australia, 246-180,
in the semifinals. In the other
semifinal, Kent fell to Daniel
Fransson of Sweden, 242-202,
to earn the bronze medal along
with Cooley.
In a close title match, Via
needed to strike twice to start
the final frame. He made the
first strike, but left a 7 pin on
his second shot, and Fransson
struck to post a 206-198 victory
and claim the gold medal.
Via had started the day in
seventh place, but in the final
five games of the seven-game
block he posted games of 264,
244, 209, 233 and 254 to earn
the last spot in the medal
round.
“I knew I could make a
run, and put some pretty good
games together to make a run
into fourth,” Via said. “In the
gold medal match, I had a good
look but just made a few errant
shots that cost me quite a few
pins. And he made the shot
when he needed to.”
Kent, who led qualifying
after the first day, slowed
down slightly on Tuesday but
still took the second spot in
qualifying.
“The second day was kind
of rough but still made the
cut to the medal round,” Kent
said. “Fransson just had a
phenomenal look and I was
just grinding. I can’t complain;
overall it was a great week.”
For Kent, the bronze medal
in Masters made him the first
bowler to claim a medal in
each event at a World Youth
Championships. Kent’s five
medals – gold in singles and
team, silver in doubles and
All Events, bronze in Masters
– was the most dominating
performance by a U.S. bowler
in the competition since Kelly
Kulick won two golds and two
silvers at the 2000 event in the
Dominican Republic.
In the Masters finals for the
girls, Korea’s Hwang Yeon-Ju
won her third gold by topping
Malaysia’s Jacqueline Sijore,
226-215, in the title match. In
the semifinals, Hwang had
defeated Malaysia’s Dayang
Khairuniza, 223-181, while
Sijore topped Bernice Lim of
Singapore, 228-171.
By taking two medals in
Masters, Junior Team USA led
all boys’ teams with six total
medals – two gold, three silver,
one bronze. Fransson’s victory
gave Sweden four total medals.
“To come out here with all
the great competition and to
be the best team and win the
most medals on tough patterns
is pretty special,” said Andrew
Koff of Miami, who teamed
with Kent for the silver in
doubles. “To be the first U.S.
team to ever do that, with all
the great professional bowlers
that have come through the
Junior Team USA program, is
pretty amazing.”
Overall, Junior Team USA’s
seven medals was second
Korea’s eight medals in the
championships. For the first
Bill Fong
featured in
D Magazine
Bill Fong and his famous
899 series shot in January 2010
are featured
in the July
edition of D
Magazine. It’s
touted as “the
most amazing
bowling story
ever” and is a
very interesting
read. They took some great
pictures of Bill and covered all
of the emotions of the evening,
along with what’s happened
in his life since that magical
evening.
Here is a link to check out
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At AMF Irving Lanes
Ray downs
667
Derek Ray’s solid 226-225-216
= 667 Odds & Ends series led the
honor roll for the week at AMF
Irving Lanes.
Hilary Spencer’s, Ray’s league
mate, smooth 175-142-192 = 509
series paced the bowlers.
HONOR ROLL
Michael Cash 233-652, Louise
Feuerbacher 179-465, Durwood
Andrews 232-643, Louise Umsted 485,
Stanley Henderson 208-527, Janice
Andrews 177, Emilio Guzman 202-537.
JoAnn Garcia 165-467, Darwyn
Green 193-529, Ashley Payton 161,
Tessie Wells 459, Brad Brewer 244,
Cindy Guidry 166-461, John Sawyer
654.
time in the history of the World
Tenpin Bowling Association
World Youth Championships,
the Junior Team USA boys and
girls swept the gold medals in
the team event.
For more information on the
2012 World Youth Championships,
visit WorldYouth2012.
com.
CAIN RE-ELECTED
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continue as president of USBC,”
Cain said. “USBC needs to
bring forward a clear, illustrated
plan for growth and my
goal is to inspire our delegates
and associations to support
the organization once we fully
develop the elements of that
plan.”
Cain has served on the
USBC Board of Directors since
2007 and has worked on many
key committees including
Legal and Legislative, Finance,
and Equipment Specifications.
Cain, who owns a small wholesale
business, graduated from
Arizona State with a degree in
justice studies.
A bowler since age 6, Cain
rolled his first 300 game at
age 12, was a member of Team
USA in 2002, 2003 and 2005
and was a member of Junior
Team USA in 2001. He has
won nearly a dozen medals in
international competition, and
most recently was a member
of the Team All-Events champions
at the 2011 USBC Open
Championships.
“I heard a clear message at
convention that our member
delegates want to be engaged
and informed about USBC’s
plans and specific needs,” Cain
said. “USBC needs to grow
and needs to be bold while
reengaging with the grassroots
of our membership. I value
our history and am eager to
work toward helping bridge the
generation gap so we can more
effectively bring new bowlers
into our sport.”
Bluth is an attorney and
certified public accountant. He
earned a bachelor’s degree in
business administration as well
as advanced degrees in law
(J.D. and LL.M.) from Washington
University in St. Louis.
The board also reappointed
Perry Daniels of Carrollton,
Texas, as a director-at-large.
Daniels is a member of The
National Bowling Association
and has held TNBA leadership
positions such as local senate
president, member of the Constitution
Committee, Southern
regional tournament director,
national president, national
king, national life member and
marketing director.
Dan Patterson of Phoenix
will join the board Aug. 1 as
a new athlete representative.
Patterson was elected to fill
the position currently held by
Vernon Peterson. Patterson is
a three-time member of Team
USA. He won the 2006 U.S.
Amateur Championship and
was part of the gold-medal
winning team at the 2006
Men’s World Championships.
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BWAA NAMES
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thrilled with this year's winners,
as we believe the winning
trio is a prime example of the
quality and character of today's
young bowlers, writers and
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