USBC Masters Matchplay Determined

The USBC Masters qualifiers , led by Anthony Simonson head into brackets tomorrow. Check out the qualifiers: https://scores.bowl.com/2022Masters/Qualifying3.pdf

USBC AND STORM PRODUCTS ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT OF NATIONAL TOURNAMENT EXCLUSION AND BALL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

 ARLINGTON, Texas - The United States Bowling Congress and Storm Products have agreed on a national tournament exclusion rule and ball exchange program for six Storm Products manufactured ball models. The agreement comes after USBC identified the models having a percentage of balls produced below USBC minimum 73D hardness specification.

USBC's investigation showed a percentage of these ball models measured below the USBC-required hardness level of the approval samples submitted by Storm. Storm collaborated with USBC after being notified of this testing.

The affected models include:

• Storm Phaze 4
• Storm Electrify Solid
• Storm Trend 2
• 900 Global Altered Reality
• 900 Global Wolverine
• Roto Grip UFO Alert

Effective March 30, 2022, these balls models are prohibited from use in USBC national tournaments, including, but not limited to, the USBC Masters, U.S. Open, USBC Open Championships, USBC Women's Championships, all PWBA Tour events, USBC Junior Gold and Youth Open Championships, USBC Intercollegiate Championships, USBC Team USA Trials, USBC Senior Masters and USBC Senior Queens.

These ball models remain USBC approved. Each USBC competition, whether tournament or league, has the option to adopt USBC's national tournament rule prohibiting use of these balls or to continue to allow their use.

USBC has shared this national tournament rule with Storm and has Storm's support. Storm will offer owners of the affected balls the option to exchange their balls for a new product. Information about the exchange program will be published later this week on stormbowling.com.

"USBC thanks Storm for the collaboration and for working together on a solution for our members," USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy said. "There is no perfect solution to this type of problem, but this agreement strikes a balance in protecting the integrity of USBC national tournaments, while giving members a choice to do what is best for them locally."

As part of the agreement, Storm Products will discontinue sales of the affected balls. USBC has concluded its investigation and will not be taking action on additional balls related to this production issue.

"Storm appreciates USBC working with us on this agreement, so we can put the issue behind us and focus on our customers," Storm Products President Dave Symes said. "Customer satisfaction has always been our top priority, and we will take care of our customers."

This agreement does not change the status of the Storm Spectre. The Spectre remains unapproved and on USBC's non-conforming ball list.

Go to BOWL.com/EquipAndSpecs to learn more about the equipment specifications.

KIA PBA Tournament of Champions Step Ladder Finals

Stepladder finalists for the KIA PBA  Tournament of Champions:   1 Kristopher Prather Plainfield, Ill. 2 Dom Barrett              Great Bentley, England 3 Sean Rash Montgomery, Ill. 4 Tommy Jones Simpsonville, S.C. 5 Shawn Maldonado Houston

Tommy Jones

Simpsonville,, SC

Match #1

Shawn Maldonado

Sugarland, TX

Sean Rash

Montgomery, IL

Match #2

Winner Match #1

Dom Barrett

Great Bentley, Essex, Other

Match #3

Winner Match #2

Kristopher Prather

Romeoville, IL

Match #4

Winner Match #3

KIA PBA Tournament of Champions Round 2 Matchplay Results after 32 Games

 

After 32 Games

Pl	Bowler	From	WLT	Scratch	Bonus	Total	Avg	+/-	Gm
1	Tommy Jones	Simpsonville, S.C.	11-3-0	7307	330	7637	228.34	+1237	32
	254   246   252   205   276   277
2	Sean Rash	Montgomery, Ill.	12-2-0	7262	360	7622	226.94	+1222	32
	238   248   290   216   183   238
3	Kristopher Prather	Plainfield, Ill.	9-5-0	7314	270	7584	228.56	+1184	32
	279   268   204   238   209   210
4	Anthony Simonsen	Little Elm, Texas	10-4-0	7272	300	7572	227.25	+1172	32
	246   298   203   257   238   206
5	Dom Barrett	Great Bentley, England	8-5-1	7284	255	7539	227.63	+1139	32
	158   248   259   223   190   247
6	Kyle Troup	Taylorsville, N.C.	7-7-0	7300	210	7510	228.13	+1110	32
	219   265   247   279   215   235
7	EJ Tackett	Bluffton, Ind.	9-5-0	7213	270	7483	225.41	+1083	32
	226   244   216   278   211   206
8	Shawn Maldonado	Houston	7-7-0	7262	210	7472	226.94	+1072	32
	195   247   218   254   206   238
9	Jason Belmonte	Australia	9-5-0	7196	270	7466	224.88	+1066	32
	217   267   211   195   185   248
10	Kyle Sherman	O'Fallon, Mo.	8-6-0	7203	240	7443	225.09	+1043	32
	226   179   263   238   179   210
11	Dick Allen	Lexington, S.C.	8-6-0	7141	240	7381	223.16	+981	32
	187   246   180   221   232   247
12	Wes Malott	Fort Wayne, Ind.	6-8-0	7198	180	7378	224.94	+978	32
	246   279   245   236   213   196
13	Matthew Ogle	Louisville, Ky.	8-6-0	7116	240	7356	222.38	+956	32
	269   202   212   215   237   247
14	Tom Daugherty	Riverview, Fla.	10-4-0	7035	300	7335	219.84	+935	32
	208   248   206   214   233   203
15	Carsten Hansen	Denmark	7-7-0	7110	210	7320	222.19	+920	32
	247   204   189   191   239   228
16	Stuart Williams	Pflugerville, Texas	6-8-0	7136	180	7316	223.00	+916	32
	279   203   277   183   261   195
17	Bill O'Neill	Langhorne, Pa.	5-9-0	7116	150	7266	222.38	+866	32
	200   202   204   244   268   187
18	Andrew Anderson	Holly, Mich.	5-9-0	7094	150	7244	221.69	+844	32
	247   221   183   156   247   266
19	Jakob Butturff	Tempe, Ariz.	5-9-0	7057	150	7207	220.53	+807	32
	214   212   267   211   154   243
20	(S) Tom Hess	Granger, Iowa	4-10-0	7026	120	7146	219.56	+746	32
	213   237   214   194   179   224
21	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	3-10-1	7024	105	7129	219.50	+729	32
	233   227   227   191   197   203
22	BJ Moore	Greensburg, Pa.	4-10-0	6934	120	7054	216.69	+654	32
	178   219   257   218   202   246
23	Francois Lavoie	Canada	3-11-0	6949	90	7039	217.16	+639	32
	234   204   203   194   233   178
24	Osku Palermaa	Finland	3-11-0	6714	90	6804	209.81	+404	32
	183   184   197   204   167   180

300 Games	Round
EJ Tackett	Match Play

Friday, February 25

Match Play Round 2: Noon – 3:30 p.m. (8 games), Re-oil

Match Play Round 3: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (8 games)

Top 5 bowlers advance to a stepladder final Sunday LIVE on FOX

Saturday, February 26

Pro-am: 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Hall of Fame Inductions & 2021 Awards: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Sunday, February 27

Stepladder Finalists Open Pair Practice: 10:45 a.m.

Stepladder Finalists TV Pair Practice: 11:30 a.m. – Noon

KIA PBA Tournament of Champions Matchplay Results After 26 Games

 KIA PBA Tournament of Champions

After 26 Games

Pl	Bowler	From	WLT	Scratch	Bonus	Total	Avg	+/-	Gm
1	Dom Barrett	Great Bentley, England	4-3-1	5959	135	6094	229.19	+894	26
	248   237   269   279   199   220   235   225
2	Kyle Sherman	O'Fallon, Mo.	6-2-0	5908	180	6088	227.23	+888	26
	214   207   232   201   248   256   237   214
3	Kristopher Prather	Plainfield, Ill.	6-2-0	5906	180	6086	227.15	+886	26
	230   213   233   211   257   237   258   216
4	Jason Belmonte	Australia	7-1-0	5873	210	6083	225.88	+883	26
	233   226   246   258   247   213   247   236
5	Sean Rash	Montgomery, Ill.	7-1-0	5849	210	6059	224.96	+859	26
	236   199   244   258   247   180   261   226
6	Shawn Maldonado	Houston	4-4-0	5904	120	6024	227.08	+824	26
	258   247   237   189   214   229   219   234
7	EJ Tackett	Bluffton, Ind.	6-2-0	5832	180	6012	224.31	+812	26
	300   243   244   216   193   221   224   202
8	Tommy Jones	Simpsonville, S.C.	6-2-0	5797	180	5977	222.96	+777	26
	239   217   217   240   243   277   190   160
9	Carsten Hansen	Denmark	5-3-0	5812	150	5962	223.54	+762	26
	245   260   210   268   222   217   161   239
10	Dick Allen	Lexington, S.C.	4-4-0	5828	120	5948	224.15	+748	26
	215   216   224   210   226   208   247   179
11	Anthony Simonsen	Little Elm, Texas	4-4-0	5824	120	5944	224.00	+744	26
	230   205   242   203   207   258   213   241
12	Kyle Troup	Taylorsville, N.C.	3-5-0	5840	90	5930	224.62	+730	26
	212   203   207   235   244   200   279   237
13	Matthew Ogle	Louisville, Ky.	5-3-0	5734	150	5884	220.54	+684	26
	207   204   195   235   237   207   233   217
14	Wes Malott	Fort Wayne, Ind.	3-5-0	5783	90	5873	222.42	+673	26
	201   277   245   214   222   185   247   183
15	Bill O'Neill	Langhorne, Pa.	2-6-0	5811	60	5871	223.50	+671	26
	189   215   210   191   200   224   242   224
16	(S) Tom Hess	Granger, Iowa	3-5-0	5765	90	5855	221.73	+655	26
	167   222   228   232   182   258   194   211
17	Jakob Butturff	Tempe, Ariz.	3-5-0	5756	90	5846	221.38	+646	26
	216   202   203   204   266   202   244   208
18	Tom Daugherty	Riverview, Fla.	4-4-0	5723	120	5843	220.12	+643	26
	169   254   236   203   277   198   213   229
19	Andrew Anderson	Holly, Mich.	2-6-0	5774	60	5834	222.08	+634	26
	247   193   269   179   200   169   211   228
20	Stuart Williams	Pflugerville, Texas	3-5-0	5738	90	5828	220.69	+628	26
	169   210   204   279   215   216   204   213
21	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	2-5-1	5746	75	5821	221.00	+621	26
	212   180   194   246   212   173   178   225
22	Francois Lavoie	Canada	1-7-0	5703	30	5733	219.35	+533	26
	280   166   279   203   207   179   214   196
23	Osku Palermaa	Finland	3-5-0	5599	90	5689	215.35	+489	26
	216   241   209   198   164   210   175   237
24	BJ Moore	Greensburg, Pa.	2-6-0	5614	60	5674	215.92	+474	26
	209   230   226   188   214   194   224   184

300 Games	Round
EJ Tackett	Match Play

Friday, February 25

Match Play Round 2: Noon – 3:30 p.m. (8 games), Re-oil

Match Play Round 3: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (8 games)

Top 5 bowlers advance to a stepladder final Sunday LIVE on FOX

Saturday, February 26

Pro-am: 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Hall of Fame Inductions & 2021 Awards: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Sunday, February 27

Stepladder Finalists Open Pair Practice: 10:45 a.m.

Stepladder Finalists TV Pair Practice: 11:30 a.m. – Noon

Final Stepladder Matches on FOX (LIVE): 1 p.m. – 3: p.m.