2008 PBA Women’s Series Schedule

Date Tournament Location
Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2008 Pepsi Viper Championship Omaha, Neb.
Nov. 12 - 16, 2008 Chameleon Championship Taylor, Mich.
Nov. 26 - 30, 2008 Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship Vernon Hills, Ill.
Dec. 3 - 7, 2008 Cheetah Championship Cheektowaga, N.Y.
Dec. 10 - 14, 2008 Lumber Liquidators Shark Championship Baltimore, Md.
Jan. 4 - 6, 2009 Don and Paula Carter Mixed Doubles
Championship Reno, Nev.
Jan. 14 - 18, 2009 Earl Anthony Medford Classic Medford, Ore.

The Carmen Salvino Scorpion Championship in Vernon Hills, Ill., and the Don and Paula Carter Mixed Doubles Championship in Reno, Nev., have been renamed in recognition of the accomplishments and contributions to the PBA by these all-time greats.

“These icons of bowling helped establish our sport in the fabric of America and it is only fitting that during our 50th anniversary we single them out for special recognition,” said PBA Commissioner Fred Schreyer. “The popularity of our sport also is reflected in the outstanding sponsors that are so vital to the success of our Tour.”

Carmen Salvino and Don and Paula Carter join legends like Dick Weber, Earl Anthony and Don Johnson to have PBA tournaments named after them.

Salvino, one of the original seven founding charter members, won 17 PBA Tour titles as a professional, including the 1962 PBA National Championship. He also served the PBA in various capacities for the past 57 years.

“Anytime someone wants to acknowledge you for your professional achievements, especially the PBA by naming an event after you, it makes you feel extremely honored,” Salvino said. “I feel very fortunate that the PBA has decided to recognize my career and happy that my grandkids will be able to attend the tournament.”

Don Carter, a charter member of the PBA and one of the 50 Greatest, won two titles in 1960, including the PBA National Championship, as well as four titles in 1962. He also won the 1961 USBC Masters and the BPAA All-Star in 1953-54 and 1957-58. He was named six-time Bowler of the Year and was voted Greatest Bowler of All-Time in 1970.

Carter’s wife, Paula, was women’s bowling most marketable player in the 1970s and 80s. She was named Bowling Writers Association of America Bowler of the Year in 1971, named to the Florida Bowler Hall of Fame, twice winning the U.S. Open in 1971 and 1975 and the Florida Bowling Queen’s Tournament. She also won the 1990 Women’s International Bowling Congress National Singles Championship. She was inducted into the WIBC Hall of Fame in 1994.

“This fits perfectly for us,” Paula Carter said. “Anytime you can put a fun spin on the game and make the experience more exciting for fans is a positive for bowling, which is what the mixed doubles tournament is all about.”