Monday, November 25, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Roto Grip Lets Us Look Behind the Curtain for 2014
Roto Grip announces, the newest additions to the Roto Grip family of performance bowling
balls set to hit pro shop walls on January 7th, 2014.
The HP4™ line
expands reaction with the addition of the new Hyper Cell™. In the HP3™ line the Asylum™ joins the fray, while in the HP2™ line the Uproar™ rounds out their newest
creations.
With the success of the original Cell™ and Nucleus™ Core back in 2009
and given the more recent success of the MicroBite™ solid coverstock used on
the original Defiant™, Roto felt it
was time to mix the best of the past and the strongest of the present into one.
And so the Hyper Cell was born.
There is no doubt the Defiant series
of balls have been quite successful over the last couple years, but we knew it
was time for something just a little more special. Wrapped with the 80H™
MicroBite solid reactive cover, this ball will create even more midlane motion
and more continuation than ever before in the HP4 line.
Utilizing the proven Middle Roll 70™ core that has
made the Disturbed™ and Deranged™ staples in most arsenals, Roto
set out to create another valuable option in this line so they wrapped this
sweet rolling core with a 63MH™ Hybrid reactive coverstock. As we all know,
hybrid creates the best of both worlds with ease through the front thanks to
the pearl and control on the backends thanks to the solid.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
PBA Dyes Lane Oil for Animal Championships
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) will take an
historic step toward illustrating the challenges bowlers face when blue dye will
be added to the lane conditioning oil for ESPN’s telecasts of five PBA World
Series of Bowling championship events this weekend.
PBA worked with its official lane maintenance provider Brunswick to formulate
and test the oil that will be applied exclusively on the pair of Brunswick lanes
installed in the South Point Hotel Exhibit Hall B complex for the World Series
of Bowling ESPN-televised finals. The oil is not a product on the market and is
being used only for the WSOB TV shows.
“Throughout its history, it has been difficult to describe the challenges
players face in our sport,” PBA Commissioner Tom Clark said. “How oil is applied
to the lane, and how it transitions as competition
progresses, is something no
one is able to see with the naked eye, and those are critical variables in
scoring and player strategy.
“For the first time ever, we’re going to add dye to the oil so that bowling fans
on site and watching at home on ESPN will literally be able to see how the
pattern of oil looks on the lane. We are sure it will be educational and
insightful for all levels of fans tuning in and we hope to learn from this
experiment and improve it moving forward.”
The dyed oil will debut with the Cheetah Championship which uses the 35-foot PBA
Cheetah oil pattern. The Viper (39 feet), Chameleon (43 feet), and Scorpion
Championships (47 feet) will follow.
PBA Hall of Famer Carmen Salvino said visible oil was a milestone in educating
the audience and elevating the sport.
“A lot of credit has to go to PBA for taking what I believe is a huge step for
the sport, and to Brunswick for doing the extensive research and development
that was necessary to have the oil ready for this event,” Salvino said.
The WSOB shows will be taped Saturday and Sunday Nov. 2 and 3 and will air on
ESPN beginning Dec. 1 at p.m. ET.
PBA WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING V TELEVISION LINEUP
South Point Exhibition Hall B
PBA CHEETAH CHAMPIONSHIP
Stepladder Finalists (Saturday, Nov. 2, 1 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Dec. 1, 1 p.m.
ET)
1, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.
2, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.
3, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas.
4, Clara Guerrero, Colombia.
PBA VIPER CHAMPIONSHIP presented by PBA Bowling Challenge
Stepladder Finalists (Saturday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Dec. 8, 1 p.m.
ET)
1, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas.
3, Stuart Williams, England.
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia.
PBA CHAMELEON CHAMPIONSHIP
Stepladder Finalists (Saturday, Nov. 2, 5:30 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Dec. 15, 1
p.m. ET)
1, Dom Barrett, England.
2, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio.
3, Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
4, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.
PBA SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP
Stepladder Finalists (Saturday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Dec. 22, 1 p.m.
ET)
1, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash.
2, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.
3, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz.
4, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C.
WORLD BOWLING TOUR FINALS presented by PBA
Stepladder Finalists (Sunday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. PT; ESPN telecast Jan. 5, 1 p.m.
ET)
Women’s Finals
1, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.
2, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
3, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif.
Men’s Finals
1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill.
2, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland/Hartland, Mich.
3, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas
PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Stepladder Finalists (Sunday, Nov. 3, 12:30 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Dec. 29, 1
p.m. ET)
1, Dom Barrett, England.
2, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill.
3, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas.
4, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.
5, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.
PBA REGIONAL PLAYERS INVITATIONAL FINALS
Shootout Format Finalists (Sunday, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Jan. 12,
1 p.m. ET)
Players seeded based upon qualifying positions for 28 games in animal pattern
events. Players 2, 4 and 6 bowl one-game match; players 1, 3, 5 bowl one-game
match; winners of those two matches bowl one game for title.
1, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio (Central Region).
2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas (Southwest Region).
3, Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla. (South Region).
4, Brian LeClair, Albany, N.Y. (East Region).
5, Dave Beres, Waukesha, Wis. (Midwest Region).
6, Ben Laughlin, Chandler, Ariz. (West/Northwest Region).
PBA50 FINALS
Stepladder Finalists (Sunday, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m. PT; ESPN telecast Jan. 12, 1
p.m. ET)
1, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla.
2, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela.
3, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo.