ProfessionaL Bowlers Association Announces PBA50 Schedule for 2014

The Professional Bowlers Association has announced a 12-tournament PBA50 Tour schedule for 2014 which includes two new venues, a new PBA50 Super Senior event and traditional major championships – the Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Dexter and United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters – back-to-back in Las Vegas in June.

For the second consecutive year, a season-long point competition will qualify the top three players for the televised PBA50 Tour Finals which will be conducted during the 2014 PBA World Series of Bowling VI in November.

In addition, selected PBA50 Tour events will again be webcast live on the online bowling channel, Xtra Frame. Details regarding the televised finals and Xtra Frame schedule will be announced later.

For the second consecutive year, the season begins with the PBA50 Pasco County Open at Lane Glo Bowl in New Port Richey, FL, April 12-15, and concludes with the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort and Casino Open presented by Hammer in Welch, MN, Aug. 10-13.

New stops on the schedule include the PBA50 Dick Weber Super Senior Classic presented by Storm (July 18-20) and the PBA50 Pro Bowl West Fort Wayne Classic presented by Ebonite (July 20-23) at Pro Bowl West in Fort Wayne, IN. Only players 60 years of age and older will be eligible to enter the super senior event.

The other new venue on the schedule will be Cave Man Bowl in Grants Pass, OR, which will host the PBA50 Grants Pass Open presented by Track June 20-23.

The Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Dexter will be held June 1-6 at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino to be followed by the USBC Senior Masters at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center June 8-13.

The 2014 PBA50 Tour season will see a new crop of top-level players from the PBA Tour eligible to compete, including PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III of Jackson, NJ.

PBA will begin taking entries for PBA50 events beginning Feb. 10.

APBI to Conduct First Events March 1-2.

Kenny Parks, Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Senior Champion has announced that the first events for his Alliance of Professional Bowlers International organization will be held March 1-2 at Dixie Bowl in Louisville, KY.

According to the APBI website, there will be separate Champions 50 (i.e., senior) events both days, as well as on Open Division event on March 1. Each event will pay $2,000 for first place, with those prizes guaranteed in the senior tournaments, according to the site.
For a schedule of events, click here.

Additional APBI events have been announced for this summer in Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville and Cincinnati. Parks has said he will not schedule tournaments that conflict with PBA50 Tour events.

MOTIV Adds Covert Revolt in February

MOTIV reveals the Covert Revolt.  The new ball is wrapped in NEW Turmoil™ HFS (High Friction Solid) Reactive Cover Stock, surrounding the NEW Vanquish™ Core Design to make an earlier move on the lane and drive through the pin deck.  The black smoke colored ball with Dark gray NeoMark™ Graphics is finished at 3500 grit. Look for smooth motion on medium-heavy oil, arriving February 14th.

 

Radical Technologies Adds Two New Balls

Radical Technologies Reax™ Version 2 Pearl The Reax Version 2 Pearl in Dark Violet /Light Violet Pearl is the perfect complement to the strong Reax Version 2.  The Pearl version gives just the right amount of additional length with an even stronger backend reaction.  The Reax Version 2 Pearl incorporates the innovative finger scoop asymmetric core technology that provides a variety of advanced drillings in order to assure the desired performance. This combination of cover and core provides more length, more backend reaction and a greater entry angle resulting in MORE STRIKES!!!!  Finish is 500 Siaair Micro Pad, Royal Compound, Royal Shine

Grease Monkey™ Radical Technologies is introducing a new line in their EZ-Use category – Grease Monkey. Radical  takes the EZ-Use category to the next level by incorporating the innovative finger scoop core technology used in Top Shelf and Reliable price points. The Grease Monkey has a unique cover formulain Black / Purple / Silver Hybrid that when combined with the new symmetric core shape provides a completely new ball motion to the Radical product line.  Finish 500 Siaair Micro Pad, Royal Compound, Royal Shine.

Episode 8

 



PBA Tournament of Champions Rescheduled

The 2014 Professional Bowlers Association Barbasol Tournament of Champions will move to Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, MI, beginning Jan. 18 and concluding with a live ESPN telecast at noon ET on Sunday, Jan. 26, the PBA announced.

 

The change in venue and dates for the 49th TOC from previously announced April in Indianapolis is accompanied by a revised PBA League competition and ESPN air-date schedule. 

 

The 2014 PBA Tournament of Champions will be open to any PBA member who has ever won a PBA Tour, International Tour, PBA50, PBA Women’s Series or PBA Regional title. The PBA champions will compete in a 49-game qualifying and match play format with the top five players advancing to the stepladder finals.

 

The Tournament of Champions was first held in 1962 in Indianapolis as a showcase tournament for the elite players who had won PBA national titles. In April 2013, in its return to Indianapolis, PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber of St. Ann, MO, at age 50, became the oldest TOC winner when he defeated Australia’s Jason Belmonte, 224-179, to win the title for the second time. With his win, Weber also tied bowling legend Earl Anthony for most PBA major titles (10) and he became the first player ever to complete the PBA Triple Crown (TOC, U.S. Open and PBA World Championship) twice.

 

All 2014 TOC qualifying and match play rounds Jan. 18-21 will be covered live on PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel, Xtra Frame. For Xtra Frame subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link.

The PBA League season on ESPN kicks off with the Chris Paul PBA League All-Stars on Sunday, Feb. 2, with the first week of quarterfinal action in the eight-team bracket airing Feb. 9. Each match in the eight-team bracket seen on ESPN will feature singles, doubles, trios and five-player Baker-format games. The final two teams will advance to the PBA League Elias Cup Finals which will be held in North Brunswick, NJ. The final will air on ESPN on April 13.

 

The PBA League, in its second year, features eight teams of five PBA stars each, representing different cities and prominent team owners from the sports and entertainment worlds. The New York City WTT KingPins, owned by tennis legend Billie Jean King, are defending champions. Other teams include the Motown Muscle (owner Jerome Bettis), Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits (owner LaMarr Woodley), Silver Lake Atom Splitters (owner Chris Hardwick), Philadelphia Hitmen (owner Kevin Hart), L.A. X (owner Chris Paul), BROOKLYN STyLES (owner Jesse Williams) and Dallas Strikers (owner Terrell Owens).

The Bowling Show -The Bowling Center