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RONNIE RUSSELL’S CHAMELEON 300 A “HIT” ON YOUTUBE

If you missed Ronnie Russell’s 300 game during the shootout round of the PBA Chameleon Championship on ESPN last Sunday, you

can join the more than 325,000 who have already checked it out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02imeWT-3OA.

Russell, who made three television finals during the recent GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI at South Point in Las Vegas, will be

among the five finalists who will compete for the PBA World Championship title live on ESPN on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 1 p.m. ET. The

two-time PBA Tour champion from Marion, Ind., will be in the World Championship round field along with top qualifier Wes Malott,

Mike Fagan, Todd Book and Stuart Williams.

ARCHER WAS FIRST IN ROLLTECH STRIKE STATS, FOURTH IN CHAMELEON SPARES

During the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI, the PBA worked with Rolltech to record unique frame-by-frame, ball-by-ball

statistics for the 14 qualifying games. Here’s a look at some of the stats for the four players in the Chameleon Championship: top

qualifier DJ Archer, Ronnie Russell, Sean Rash and J.R. Raymond. Archer won the Viper title, defeating Russell in the title match,

241-215. The Chameleon finals aired Sunday on ESPN:

● Strike percentage: top qualifier Archer struck on 100 of 156 shots for a 64.10% success rate. Russell was second (60.13%, 95 strikes

on 158 attempts), Rash was third (59.88%, 97 of 162) and Raymond was fourth (57.05%, 89 of 156). The 240-player field’s strike

percentage was 49.01% (9,923 strikes on 20,247 attempts).

● Spare percentage: Rash was the leading spare shooter (86.21% successful on 50 of 58 attempts) followed by Raymond (85.48% on

53 of 62 attempts), Russell (81.03% on 47 of 58) and Archer (70.59% on 36 of 51). The field’s success rate was 73.48% (7,144 of

9,722 attempts).

● Single pin spare conversions: two players were perfect – Raymond with 39 on 39 attempts and Rash with 38 of 38. Archer made 27

of 27 (92.59%) and Russell made 33 of 36 (91.67%). The field’s success rate was 94.12% (4,468 spares made on 4,7,47 attempts).

● Multi-pin spare conversions: Archer made 9 of 10 (90%), Raymond made 14 of 16 (87.50%), Russell 12 of 14 (85.71%) and Rash 11

of 13 (84.62%). The field converted 73.68% (2,394 successful spares on 3,249 attempts).

TOM HESS NIPS TEENAGER IN CHAMELEON “SELFIE” CHALLENGE

In the Chameleon Championship edition of the special “take a selfie” promotion sponsored by High 5 Gear during the GEICO PBA

World Series of Bowling VI, Scorpion Championship finalist Tom Hess knocked down nine pins to nip 17-year-old Cameron Collins’

eight-count. The special promotion gave a lucky fan who “tweeted” a selfie an opportunity to participate in a one-ball “showdown”

against a PBA star prior to each WSOB telecast. Despite losing the showdown, Collins received the autographed ball Hess used in the

contest.

ON TAP FOR SUNDAY: THE PBA SCORPION CHAMPIONSHIP ON ESPN

GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI telecast No. 4, the Scorpion Championship finals, will air Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN. Top

qualifier Michael Haugen Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz., bidding for his fourth PBA Tour title, will bowl the winner of a three-player shootout

match involving No. 2 Scott Newell, Deland, Fla.; No. 3 Martin Larsen, Sweden, and No. 4 Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa.

To view a preview of Sunday’s telecast, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWUgaZoVzg

NEW YEAR WILL BE JOHNNY PETRAGLIA’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS PBA COMPETITOR

The 2015 season will mark PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia’s 50-year anniversary of competitive involvement with the PBA,

including 14 titles won in 763 PBA Tour events, another nine titles in 85 PBA Regionals and eight titles won in 117 PBA50 Tour

events. Petraglia also served his fellow players as PBA President, and earned induction into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1982. The only

player in PBA history to win national PBA titles in six different decades is still active, and will celebrate his 67th birthday on March 3.

USBC MASTERS PRO-AM ENTRIES, TICKETS AVAILABLE

Pro-Am entries for the United States Bowling Congress Masters at Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley in Green Bay, Wis., are now being

accepted. Pro-am squads are scheduled for 4 and 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2. Basic entry fees are $50 for adults and $25 for seniors

or youth bowlers, or entry fees including a new Brunswick bowling ball are $150 for adults, and $125 for seniors or youth bowlers.

To enter the USBC Masters Pro-Am, contact Dave LaBar at 920-336-0400 or [email protected].

Tickets for the Masters also are available from Ashwaubenon Bowl. For more information on daily and ESPN tickets, contact Matt

Orvis at 920-336-0400 or [email protected].

QUICK NOTES

● The starting time for the March 29 ESPN telecast of the PBA League Quarterfinals has been adjusted by 30 minutes. The new start

time is 5 p.m. ET.

● Veteran PBA Regional competitor Sean Swanson received good news over the holidays about his on-going battle against a rare

form of cancer. The 45-year-old Swanson’s story was told in a feature written by Springfield, Mo., News Leader reporter Lyndal

Scranton: http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/2014/12/28/local-bowling-pro-swanson-strikes-back-cancer/20985163/

● Reminder: Each month MOTIV is giving away a bowling ball to someone who signs up for a new Xtra Frame subscription, either

monthly ($7.99) or 12-month XF Season Ticket ($64.99). The ball-a-month promotion is a continuation of the MOTIV promotion

which ran during the 2014 GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI when MOTIV gave away one bowling ball a day for the six days of

WSOB competition.

● Reminder: if you missed the ESPN telecast on Sunday, all GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI telecasts will be archived on Xtra

Frame three days after they air on ESPN. Click on the “2014 WSOB archives” tab on the left side of the Xtra Frame home page for a

complete listing of archived shows.

England’s Stuart Williams Carries Banner for International Players in PBA World Championship Finals

Williams makes dramatic surge to qualify for live ESPN Finals Sunday, Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. ET

LAS VEGAS – The road to the stepladder finals of the 55th PBA World Championship is a long one, but it took a dramatic win in the

final position round match to vault England’s Stuart Williams into the finals.

In that match, Williams advanced from seventh place to fifth with a 258-194 victory over fellow Englishman and defending World

Championship winner Dom Barrett at the South Point Bowling Center last October at the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI in

Las Vegas.

The stepladder finals for the PBA World Championship – the third major and final tournament of the season– will be televised live on

ESPN Sunday, Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. ET from the brand new South Point Bowling Plaza.

William’s run to the finals came after four seven-game qualifying rounds and three eight-game match play rounds conducted on five

different lane conditions that culminated with the dramatic position round match.

“It was pretty clear that both Dom and I needed to bowl a huge last game to have a chance,” said the 33-year-old Williams. “Because

(the standings) were so tight, I think we were both confident we could get into the finals. We were actually pulling for each other

knowing that the score was the most important thing.

“After I left a 10 pin in the ninth frame, the pressure began to get a little more intense,” Williams added. “After a bad first shot in the

10th I was able to make the spare and regain my composure to throw the strike in the fill frame (last shot in the 10th frame) to

confirm my spot on the ladder.”

Williams, who became the first player from England to win a PBA Tour title when he captured the 2011 PBA Viper Championship

during World Series of Bowling III, will be trying for his second PBA Tour title. He will also be trying to improve upon a previous best

major finish of third which came in the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Masters. This season he’s had a best Tour finish of third

which came in the Kuwait International Open.

As the No. 5 qualifier for the telecast, Williams will have his work cut out for him. He will meet No. 4 qualifier Todd Book of Russells

Point, Ohio, in the opening stepladder match and if he wins that one, he will have to win three more matches for the title. Next in

line in the stepladder format would be No. 3 qualifier Ronnie Russell, of Marion, Ind.; No. 2 qualifier Mike Fagan of Fort Worth,

Texas, and top qualifier Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas.

“I have no idea whether the break (between the World Series match play finals and the ESPN telecast) will make it easier or harder

for me, but coming in as the fifth seed I figure I have nothing to lose,” Williams said. “Since the World Series, I’ve been traveling the

globe, but I feel like I’m still in really good form. Since Wes has the choice for what condition we’ll be bowling on as top qualifier, and

it will be my first experience on the new lanes at the South Point Bowling Plaza, I’ll have to wait to see what my strategy will be

when I get there.”

The World Championship (formerly called the PBA National Championship from 1960-2001) has distinguished itself as one of the

premier showcases for the world’s best bowling talent. The Earl Anthony Trophy is awarded to the World Championship winner,

named after the late PBA Hall of Famer who holds the record for most World Championship wins with six.

To watch a highlight video of Williams in action click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ZaB2p3Unc

PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

South Point Bowling Plaza, Las Vegas, Nev., Sunday, Jan. 11 (live on ESPN, 1 p.m. ET)

Fast Facts about Stuart Williams

1. My all-time favorite movie? Pulp Fiction 2. Favorite food or meal? Filet Mignon 3. My all-time favorite TV show? The Wire 4.

Favorite musical group? No real favorite 5. Most memorable bowling moment? Winning the World Ranking masters in 2007, closely

followed by my lone PBA Tour title (Viper Open) in 2011 6. Most coveted bowling accomplishment? Winning my PBA title 7. What is

your prized possession? My City of Barcelona Open trophy. My first international victory, in the first event I ever played in

internationally 8. Hobbies other than bowling? Watching movies and sports, especially sports 9. Occupation I’d love if I wasn’t

bowling? Professional fantasy football player 10. My all-time sports/bowling hero? Michael Jordan and bowler Choi Bok Eum 11. My

most cherished accomplishment outside of bowling? Convincing my wife Tina (former Team USA member Tina Stickney) to marry

me 12. Charities I work with that have special meaning to me? Make-A-Wish 13. The No. 1 item on my bowling “bucket list”? Win a

second PBA title 14. The No. 1 item on my personal (non-bowling) “bucket list”? To never work a 9-5 job 15. Are you accomplished in

any other sports? I was England’s Crown Green Bowls (lawn bowling) national junior champion at 14

PBA Spare Shots

JASON BELMONTE’S BIG YEAR TOPS PBA STORIES FOR 2014

Jason Belmonte’s back-to-back “major” victories in the USBC Masters and Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions on the heels of

winning 2012-13 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year honors was the biggest story in another hallmark year for the PBA. For more

detailed information about the PBA’s top stories in 2014, visit the pba.com summary:

http://news.pba.com/post/2014/12/30/PBAe28099s-Top-10-Stories-of-2014.aspx. The year’s top stories included:

● The PBA christened the new South Point Bowling Plaza with its series of GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI telecasts on ESPN;

● The launch of the PBA Women’s Regional program and the introduction of its historic international regional program in Japan;

● The “Hall of Fame” season on the PBA50 Tour;

● Silver Lake Atom Splitters winning the PBA League Elias Cup behind the Mark Roth MVP performance of Chris Barnes;

● The launch of the far-reaching multi-media PBA Network;

● “Perfect” performances on television by Sean Rash and Ronnie Russell;

● The ushering in of a new era for the “young guns” on the PBA Tour;

● An electrifying Badger Open championship match between Bill O’Neill and Brian Valenta;

● Jason Couch becomes the “comeback kid” in an impressive Delaware Regional victory.

XTRA FRAME RETURNS WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL

Live Xtra Frame coverage returns Jan. 15-17 with the historic live coverage of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational from Tokyo, Japan –

the first-ever international tournament covered live by the PBA’s online bowling channel.

For a complete schedule of upcoming events on Xtra Frame, click here: http://www.pba.com/Live/. To subscribe to Xtra Frame, visit

pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link. Full year Xtra Frame Season Ticket subscriptions are available for $64.99; one-month

subscriptions are only $7.99. Xtra Frame is a major component of the PBA’s multi-media PBA Network.

ROLLTECH STATS SAY HAUGEN WAS SCORPION STRIKES AND SPARES LEADER

During the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI, the PBA worked with Rolltech to record unique frame-by-frame, ball-by-ball

statistics for the 14 qualifying games. Here’s a look at some of the stats for the four players in the Scorpion Championship: top

qualifier Michael Haugen Jr., Scott Newell, Martin Larsen and Tom Hess. Haugen, who won the Scorpion title by defeating Larsen in

the title match, 213-206, led the finalists in both strike and spare percentages during the qualifying stages of the Scorpion event. The

Scorpion finals aired Sunday on ESPN:

● Strike percentage: Haugen struck on 100 of 159 shots for a 66.89% success rate followed by Larsen (62.34%, 96 strikes on 154

attempts), Newell (62.03%, 98 of 158) and Hess (59.75%, 95 of 159). The 240-player field’s strike percentage was 49.25% (9,892

strikes on 20,086 attempts).

● Spare percentage: Haugen was the leading spare shooter (90.74% successful on 49 of 54 attempts) followed by Hess (90.16% on 55

of 61 attempts), Newell (89.09%, 49 of 55) and Larsen (81.48%, 44 of 54). The field converted 74.99% (7,215 of 9,621 attempts).

● Single pin spare conversions: two players were perfect – Hess converted on 36 of 36 attempts and Haugen made 30 of 30. Newell

made 29 of 30 (96.67%) and Larsen made 34 of 36 (94.44%). The field converted 4,475 of 4,811 (93.02%).

● Multi-pin spare conversions: Newell made 10 of 10, Hess 18 of 20 (90%), Haugen 17 of 20 (85%) and Larsen 10 of 12 (83.33%). The

field converted 76.14% (2,508 of 3,294 attempts).

TWO-HANDER WARREN PACKER LOSES TO RONNIE RUSSELL’S STRIKE

In the Scorpion Championship edition of the special “take a selfie” promotion sponsored by High 5 Gear during the GEICO PBA World

Series of Bowling VI, Viper, Chameleon and PBA World Championship finalist Ronnie Russell rolled a strike to “defeat” 29-year-old

two-handed Dallas, Texas bowler Warren Packer’s eight-count. The special promotion gave a lucky fan who “tweeted” a selfie an

opportunity to participate in a one-ball “showdown” against a PBA star prior to each WSOB telecast. Despite losing the showdown,

Packer received the autographed ball Russell used in the contest.

ON TAP FOR SUNDAY: THE PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE ON ESPN

GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI telecast No. 5, the PBA World Championship finals, will air live on ESPN Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Top qualifier Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas, is bidding for his 10th PBA Tour title and second major. He will bowl the survivor of

stepladder battles involving No. 2 Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas; No. 3 Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind.; No. 4 Todd Book, Russells

Point, Ohio, and No. 5 Stuart Williams, England.

In addition to profile videos of each of the five finalists that will be posted on the PBA YouTube Channel – a part of the PBA Network

– this week, you can watch the dramatic position round of match play that determined the final field:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4gRvAur2nM

ENTER THE HOTELPLANNER.COM MONTHLY SWEEPSTAKES

HotelPlanner.com, the official travel partner of the PBA, has renewed its sweepstakes program for 2015 and will award a $200

lodging gift certificate to a lucky winner each month all year. To enter, book a hotel room through HotelPlanner.com using one of

the links below before the last day of the month, and you will be automatically entered. You must enter through any link on

pba.com, or by using this link: http://pba.hotelplanner.com/. Each additional reservation you make through HotelPlanner.com will

earn you another free entry into the sweepstakes.

The monthly drawing will take place on the last day of the month. The $200 gift certificate will be valid for hotel room and tax only.

Any incidental charges will be the responsibility of the person using the certificate.

To enter without making a purchase, send a letter to HotelPlanner, attn.: Carlos Diaz, 777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 800 West Tower,

West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Written entries must be received before the end-of-the-month drawing.

QUICK NOTES

● Ronnie Russell’s “perfect game” in the 2014 PBA Chameleon Championship shootout round has now exceeded 410,000 views on

the PBA YouTube Channel. To watch the 24th nationally-televised 300 game in PBA history, click here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02imeWT-3OA

● Every month, MOTIV is giving away a bowling ball to someone who signs up for a new Xtra Frame subscription, either monthly

($7.99) or 12-month XF Season Ticket ($64.99). The ball-a-month promotion is a continuation of the MOTIV promotion which ran

during the 2014 GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI when MOTIV gave away one bowling ball a day for the six days of WSOB

competition. December’s winner of a new MOTIV ball was Richard Lasher of Altoona, Iowa.




Mike Fagan Wins PBA World Championship

for Fifth Tour Title and Second Major

In battle of Texans, No. 2 qualifier Fagan defeated top qualifier Wes Malott 252-212 in championship match

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 11, 2015) - In a championship match battle between two players from Texas, Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, prevailed

to win the Professional Bowlers Association World Championship Sunday at the South Point Bowling Plaza for his fifth PBA Tour title.

Fagan, who qualified second for the stepladder finals, defeated top qualifier Wes Malott from the Austin suburb of Pflugerville, 252-

212, in the title match to also record his second major title after winning the United States Bowling Congress Masters in 2012.

“The majors are where you can separate yourself from everyone else,” said Fagan, who is originally from Long Island, New York.

“These opportunities don’t come around too often so you always have to consider yourself fortunate to be in a position to win and

the take advantage of the opportunity you worked so hard for.

“Making it into the (PBA) Hall of Fame is one of my goals,” he continued. “I’ve thought about my place in the sport and while

winning my second major is another step in getting there, it’s a big step for sure.”

In the title match, Fagan and Malott traded strikes in the first four frames but then a turning point came when Malott, trying for his

10th Tour title, left the 2-10 split in the fifth which he failed to convert. Fagan had a moment of his own when he left an 8-10 split in

the eighth frame but was able to finish strong and hold off Malott for the win.

“As much as you try to relax it’s still very stressful,” Fagan said. “I was concentrating so hard I didn’t know what frame I was in or

what the score was. I just wanted to make good shots.”

Malott, who was also trying for his second major after winning the U.S. Open in 2013, admitted to having problems figuring out the

left lane in the second half of the game.

“The left lane transitioned a lot for me and I made a move that I was confident in making but I missed my break point,” said Malott,

who also finished second in the 2009 World Championship. “Of all the things that could go wrong, that’s something I didn’t think I

would do.”

In the semifinal match, Fagan defeated No. 5 qualifier Stuart Williams of England, 219-206, to advance to the championship match.

Williams, who was trying to win his second Tour title and become the second consecutive player from England to win the World

Championship (Dom Barrett was the first winning last year’s World Championship), opened the stepladder by defeating No. 4

qualifier Todd Book of Russells Point, Ohio, who was trying for his first Tour title, 236-211. Williams then went on to defeat Ronnie

Russell of Marion, Indiana, who was trying for his third title, in the second match, 259-248, to advance to the semifinal.

As the third major and final tournament of the season, the World Championship (formerly called the PBA National Championship

from 1960-2001), has distinguished itself as one of the premier showcases for the world’s best bowling talent. In addition to the

$50,000 first prize, Fagan took home the Earl Anthony Trophy named after the late PBA Hall of Famer who holds the record for most

World Championship wins with six.

Malott earned $25,000 for second, Williams, $15,000 for third, Russell, $12,000 for fourth and Book $10,000 for fifth.

The five finalists advanced to the finals after preliminary qualifying and match play rounds conducted during the GEICO PBA World

Series of Bowling last October at the South Point. The finalists competed in a total of 52 games on five different lane conditions to

reach the finals.

PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday’s Final Results

At South Point Bowling Plaza

Las Vegas

Final Standings: 1, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas, $50,000. 2, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, $25,000. 3, Stuart Williams, England,

$15,000. 4, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., $12,000. 5, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, $10,000.

Playoff Results: Match One – Williiams def. Book, 236-211. Match two – Williams def. Russell, 259-248. Semifinal – Fagan def.

Williams, 219-206. Championship match – Fagan def. Malott, 252-212.

PBA Challenge Finals Puts Spotlight on Other PBA Divisions Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN

PBA50 Tour, PBA Regional tours and youth players take center stage in unique championship telecast

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 14, 2015) -- The spotlight shifts to the Professional Bowlers Association’s other divisions when the PBA Challenge

Finals presented by the International Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum airs on ESPN Sunday at 3 p.m. ET from the South Point

Bowling Plaza. The PBA Challenge will include four one-game matches featuring the best of the PBA50 Tour, PBA Regional Tour, PBA

Women’s Regional Tour and top youth bowlers battling for the Teen Masters Grand Championship. Concluding the telecast, the four

winners will compete in a unique one-ball knock-out round finale.

In the PBA50 Tour finals, PBA Hall of Famer and defending champion Walter Ray Williams Jr. will face off against fellow Hall of Famer

Amleto Monacelli. Monacelli and Williams finished one-two in an eight-game match play qualifying event for the 2014 season’s top

eight PBA50 Tour players based on competition points. The match play event preceded the GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI in

October.

The PBA’s Regional programs will take center stage when Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, Arizona, representing the PBA’s West Region,

and EJ Tackett of Huntington, Indiana, representing the PBA Central Region, battle it out in the PBA Regional finals. Both players

earned their spots in an eight-game qualifier made up of the top 2014 regional point-earners from the PBA’s eight regions.

Blanchard and Tackett, both former PBA Rookies of the Year (Blanchard 2011-12 and Tackett 2012-13), are examples of players who

honed their skills in PBA regional competition.

In the new PBA Women’s Regional finals will be standouts Clara Guerrero, a Colombia native living in Pflugerville, Texas,

representing the PBA Southwest Region, against Missy Parkin of Laguna Hills, California, who won the PBA West Region berth in the

women’s qualifying event.

While not officially affiliated with the PBA, the Teen Masters Grand Championship match will put a focus on possible future PBA

stars. The Teen Masters Grand Championship, presented by PBA, opens the show with 2014 Teen Masters boys’ division winner

Michael Coffey, who bowls for Lindenwood University in St. Louis, bowling against Teen Masters girls’ division winner Kelly Skalacki

of Corem, New York, who competes for Webber International University.

GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI action concludes on ESPN2 on Sunday Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. ET with the World Bowling Tour Men’s

and Women’s Finals presented by the PBA, 1 p.m. ET.

Bowling fans can follow all the World Series of Bowling action through the PBA Network which includes wall-to-wall coverage of an

expanded schedule of live events on Xtra Frame, player interactions through Facebook and Twitter, mobile gaming, original

programming, archived events and immediate news updates 24/7 on varying communications devices anywhere in the world. For

additional PBA Network information visit http://www.pba.com/PBANetwork

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FIVE MORE CHINESE “PIONEERS” QUALIFY FOR PBA MEMBERSHIP

Longmarch Bowling founder Frank Zhao has confirmed five more Chinese players have qualified for PBA membership during the

fourth edition of his Longmarch Pioneers League program. The three-day “league” session – this one at Longmarch Bowling Center in

Shanghai over New Year’s weekend – included 36 bowlers from Philippine, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and several areas in the mainland

China.

All players bowled two six-game sessions each day for three days in an attempt to establish a minimum 200 average. The five who

were successful will bring China’s PBA membership rolls up to 27 members after applications are submitted and approved. A select

few from that group plan to participate in PBA World Series of Bowling VII at South Point in Las Vegas in 2015.

Zhao said six women bowled in the most recent “pioneer league,” bringing the total of women qualifiers to 10 over the past two

years. None have achieved the 200 milestone yet, he said, but two averaged over 190.

ROLLTECH STATS SAY PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS OUT-STRUCK THE FIELD

According to Rolltech’s frame-by-frame, ball-by-ball statistics for the combined 28 PBA World Championship qualifying games for all

four animal pattern championships, the ultimate measure of success for finalists Wes Malott, Mike Fagan, Ronnie Russell, Todd

Book and Stuart Williams was their significant advantage on strikes thrown across the gamut of lane conditions.

The PBA World Championship aired live on ESPN Sunday. Stats recorded from the qualifying rounds held during the GEICO PBA

WSOB VI at South Point Bowling Center in October showed the following:

● While the 240-player World Series field struck on only 51.20% of its strike attempts (37,846 strikes on 73,916 attempts), all five

World Championship finalists out-performed the field by a significant margin. The strike leader was Williams, who struck on 205 of

319 attempts (64.26%), followed by Russell (62.85%, 198 of 315), Malott (62.26%, 198 of 318), Book (61.20%, 194 of 317) and Fagan

(59.94%, 190 of 317).

During the individual animal pattern qualifying rounds, the field struck at a 57.92% rate on the 35-foot Cheetah pattern, 49.93% on

the 37-foot Viper pattern, 49.25% on the 41-foot Scorpion pattern and 49.01% on the 39-foot Chameleon pattern.

● Spare percentage: Malott was the best overall in spare conversion, making 105 of 119 attempts (88.24%), followed by Russell

(84.96%, 96 of 113), Fagan (83.33%, 100 of 120), Book (78.07%, 89 of 114) and Williams (71.43%, 75 of 105). The field converted on

73.04% of its attempts (24,826 of 33,991).

During qualifying, the field converted 74.99% of its spare attempts on the Scorpion, 73.48% on the Chameleon, 73.16% on the

Cheetah and 71.84% on the Viper.

● Single pin spare conversions: Malott made 98.80% of his single-pin spare attempts (82 of 83), followed closely by Fagan (98.44%,

63 of 64). Book made 96.67% (58 of 60), Russell 94.44% (68 of 72) and Williams 93.65% (59 of 63). The field’s success rate was

92.67% (15,818 of 17,070 attempts).

The field fared the best with a 94.12% single-pin conversion rate on the Chameleon followed by 93.22% on the Viper, 93.02% on the

Scorpion and 91.67% on the Cheetah.

● Multi-pin spare conversions: Russell led in multi-pin spares (92.59%, 25 of 27) followed by Malott (86.96%, 20 of 23), Fagan

(84.62%, 33 of 39), Book (76.32%, 29 of 38), and Williams (69.57%, 16 of 23). The field made 74.08%, converting on 8,105 of 10,941

attempts.

The field was most successful in multi-pin spare conversions on the Scorpion pattern (76.14%) followed by 75.33% on the Cheetah,

73.68% on the Chameleon and 73.23% on the Viper.

● Splits took their toll on the field, as expected. Overall, the field left 6,566 splits and converted only 993 times (a 15.12% success

rate). The conversion rate was best in the Chameleon qualifying (16.34%) followed by 14.49% in the Viper round, 15.30% in the

Scorpion round and 13.06% in the Cheetah round.

PBA STARS AGAIN DOMINATE TEAM USA FOR 2015

Veteran PBA Tour stars will again dominate Team USA in 2015, following the Team USA trials and National Selection Committee

announcements in early January. During the trials, 16-year-old amateur Kamron Doyle of Brentwood, Tenn., won the national

championship, defeating PBA Rookie of the Year contender Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., in the title match, 234-206. Wichita

State collegiate bowler AJ Chapman of Oswego, Ill., finished third in the stepladder finals. The top three finishers automatically earn

Team USA berths.

The men's selections based on resumes and Trials performance were PBA Tour competitors Bill O'Neill of Langhorne, Pa., Sean Rash

of Montgomery, Ill.; John Szczerbinski of Tonawanda, N.Y.; Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville,

S.C. along with amateurs John Janawicz and Devin Bidwell.

PBA Women’s Series titlist Shannon Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio, won the women’s title with a 246-222 win over amateur Danielle

McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y. PBA record-setting Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., finished third. Women's team selections included

PBA champions Missy Parkin of Laguna Hills, Calif.; Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., and Stefanie Johnson of Grand Prairie, Texas, along

with amateurs Brittni Hamilton, Josie Earnest, Bryanna Caldwell and Erin McCarthy.

50TH ANNIVERSARY PBA TOC HISTORY/MEDIA KIT BY JOSH HYDE NOW AVAILABLE

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions, bowling writer Josh Hyde has assembled a

comprehensive Tournament of Champions history and media guide which is now available on his website,

www.joshhydebowling.com. The kit includes a wealth of historical information, facts and records. A printed version will be available

on site for media.

The Tournament of Champions returns to Indianapolis Feb. 10-15 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.

PBA REGIONAL UPDATE: TOURNAMENT ACTIVITY BACK IN FULL SWING IN FEBRUARY

PBA Regional activity returns to full swing in February, following the end-of-month Don Vay Memorial Regular/PBA50 Doubles

Central Classic presented by Ebonite at Legend Lanes in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Jan. 23-25.

● The Feb. 6-8 weekend includes the Break Point Alley South Challenge presented by DV8, a tournament for non-title winners, in

Tavares, Fla., and the PBA50 Tony Grigat Allstate Midwest/Central Open at River Rand Lanes in Des Plaines, Ill.

● The Feb. 20-22 weekend includes the PBA50 Dave Edwards Toyota South Open presented by Ebonite in Spartanburg, S.C.; the

Lakewood Colorado Southwest Open at Holiday Bowling and Billiards; the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort West Championship at

Gold Country Lanes in Sutter Creek, Calif., and the Lynwood Midwest Challenge presented by Roto Grip, a non-titlists event, at

Lynwood Bowl in Lynwood, Ill.

For complete PBA Regional schedules, rules and entry information, visit pba.com, open the “schedules” tab and click on Regional

Tours to find the event(s) in your area.

QUICK NOTES

● Reminder: Live Xtra Frame coverage returns Jan. 15-17 with the historic live coverage of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational from

Tokyo, Japan – the first-ever international tournament covered live by the PBA’s online bowling channel. For a complete schedule of

upcoming events on Xtra Frame, click here: http://www.pba.com/Live/. To subscribe to Xtra Frame, visit pba.com and click on the

Xtra Frame link. Full year Xtra Frame Season Ticket subscriptions are available for $64.99; one-month subscriptions are only $7.99.

Xtra Frame is a major component of the PBA’s multi-media PBA Network.




● Reminder: HotelPlanner.com, the official travel partner of the PBA, has renewed its sweepstakes program for 2015 and will award

a $200 lodging gift certificate to a lucky winner each month all year. To enter, book a hotel room through HotelPlanner.com using

one of the links below before the last day of the month, and you will be automatically entered. The monthly drawing will take place

on the last day of the month. The $200 gift certificate will be valid for hotel room and tax only.

PBA Media Advisory: PBA World Champion Mike Fagan Leads DHC PBA Japan Invitational; Final Two Rounds of Match Play Set for

5:40 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. ET today (live on Xtra Frame)

TOKYO, Japan – Newly-crowned PBA World Champion Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, Texas, held the second round lead in the DHC PBA

Japan Invitational Friday at Tokyo Port Bowl, posting an 11-5 record for a 16-game match play total of 3,930 pins.

First round leader Stuart Williams of England, who had an 8-0 record for his first-round matches, was second with 3,860 total pins,

70 behind Fagan. Rounding out the top five in the race for Sunday’s stepladder finals were Japan’s Daisuke Yoshida at 3,778 pins

followed by Ronnie Russell of Marion, Ind., at 3,773 and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., at 3,731. Johnson is one of two women in

the elite 32-player field.

Fagan won the PBA World Championship on Sunday at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, defeating top qualifier Wes Malott of

Pflugerville, Texas, 252-212, in the title match.

The tournament includes a field of 11 PBA players who qualified based on 2014 PBA World Championship qualifying scores, three

PBA members invited by the sponsoring DHC Corporation, one Korean PBA member and 16 Japan bowlers. Johnson and Japan’s

Yuka Tsuchiya are the only women in the tournament.

The Japan Invitational is being video-streamed internationally, live on PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel Xtra Frame. The final

two rounds of match play, which will determine the stepladder finalists, will air on Xtra Frame today at 5:40 p.m. and 10:40 p.m.

Eastern Time.

For Xtra Frame Season Ticket or monthly subscription information, click on the Xtra Frame link on the pba.com home page.

DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL

Tokyo Port Bowl, Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Jan. 16

Second Round Standings (after 16 games of match play, includes 30 bonus pins for matches won):

1, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas, 11-5, 3,930.

2, Stuart Williams, England, 11-4-1, 3,860.

3, Daisuke Yoshida, Aichi, Japan, 13-3, 3,778.

4, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 10-5-1, 3,773.

5, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 11-5, 3,731.

6, Shusaku Asato, Gifu, Japan, 10-5-1, 3,707.

7, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 9-7, 3,699.

8, Dom Barrett, England, 10-6, 3,661.

9, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 9-7, 3,653.

10, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 7-9, 3,617.

11, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 7-9, 3,583.

12, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 8-7-1, 3,580.

13, Manae Kameshima, Wakayama, Japan, 8-8, 3,552.

14, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 8-8, 3,541.

15, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 7-9, 3,525.

16, Cho Young Seon, Korea, 8-8, 3,522.

17, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 7-9, 3,514.

18, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 9-7, 3,512.

19, Yuki Akiyoshi, Chiba, Japan, 8-8, 3,497.

20, Koichi Takahashi, Hokkaido, Japan, 9-7, 3,494.

21 (tie), Shogo Wada, Wakayama, Japan, 7-9, and Ryogo Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan, 8-8, 3,463.

23, Mayumi Naito, Aichi, Japan, 9-7, 3,436.

24, Patrick Girard, Canada, 8-8, 3,427.

25, Yuka Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, Japan, 5-10-1, 3,349.

26, Takashi Fujimura, Shizuoka, Japan, 6-10, 3,305.

27, Yang Hyeong Kyoo, Aichi, Japan, 8-8, 3,294.

28, Takashi Yamazaki, Aichi, Japan, 4-11-1, 3,275.

29, Hiroko Shimizu, Chiba, Japan, 4-12, 3,197.

30, Miku Urano, Chiba, Japan, 3-11-2, 3,166.

31, Yumi Nakajima, Chiba, Japan, 6-10, 3,124.

32, Naoshi Ishimine, Nagano, Japan, 4-12, 3,027.

Bill Vint | PBA Media Relations

[email protected] | cell: 414.339.0404 | office: 262.642.2870

Editor’s Alert: a comprehensive release with complete DHC Japan Invitational results will be provided at the conclusion of the

event

TOKYO, Japan – Fresh off his PBA World Championship victory last Sunday in Las Vegas, Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, Texas, will lead

the five-player field into Sunday’s stepladder finals of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational at Tokyo Port Bowl, starting at 9:55 p.m.

Eastern Time tonight on PBA’s online bowling channel, Xtra Frame.

Xtra Frame’s live coverage today will begin with the finals of a special alternate-ball Scotch Doubles and four-player Baker Team

events at 6:45 p.m. Eastern. A “last man standing” special event will follow the Japan Invitational finals.

Other Japan Invitational finalists will include No. 2 qualifier Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas; No. 3 Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga,

N.Y.; No. 4 Stuart Williams of England, and two-hander Shawn Maldonado of Houston, Texas.

Fagan, a 34-year-old five-time PBA Tour winner, is trying for back-to-back titles after posting a 23-9 match play record in the 32-

game round-robin match play event and winning the top qualifying berth by 328 pins over Barnes.

Barnes, a future PBA Hall of Famer, is trying for his 18th career PBA Tour title and first since winning the H.H. Emir Cup in Qatar early

in 2014.

Johnson, who finished fourth in the 2014 Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game, is trying to join

Kelly Kulick as the second woman in PBA history to win a PBA Tour title.

Williams, who became the first English bowler to win a PBA Tour title in the 2011 PBA Viper Championship, is making his second

straight championship round appearance. He finished third in the PBA World Championship last Sunday at South Point Bowling

Plaza.

Maldonado, who is beginning his third year of PBA Tour competition, is making his championship round debut. He finished eighth in

the 2014 PBA World Championship.

The preliminary Xtra Frame webcast today at 6:45 p.m. ET will feature special events conducted as part of the Japan Invitational,

starting with the alternate-ball Scotch doubles finals (No. 1 Wes Malott/Yuka Tsuchiya vs. No. 4 Dom Barrett/Manae Kameshima and

No. 2 Jason Belmonte/Yang Hyeong Kyoo vs. No. 3 Shawn Maldonado/Koichi Takahashi; winners bowl for title). The Baker team

finale will pit International Team B (Fagan, Sean Rash, Barrett, Barnes) vs. International Team A (Malott, Williams, Eddie Van Daniker

and Belmonte).


PBA members invited by the sponsoring DHC Corporation, one Korean PBA member and 16 Japan bowlers. Johnson is one of eight

women – seven from the PBA Japan Regional program – who participated in the tournament.

The DHC PBA Japan Invitational is the first international tournament to be video-streamed live, around the world, on Xtra Frame. To

sign up for an Xtra Frame Season Ticket ($64.99) or monthly ($7.99) subscription, click on the Xtra Frame link on the pba.com home

page.

DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL FINALS

Tokyo Port Bowl, Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Jan. 17

Championship Round Pairings (live on Xtra Frame at 9:55 p.m. ET)

Match One: No. 4 Stuart Williams, England, vs. No. 5 Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas.

Match Two: Match One winner vs. No. 3, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Semifinal Match: Match Two winner vs. No. 2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas.

Championship: Semifinal Match winner vs. No. 1, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas.

Alternate-Shot Scotch Doubles Pairings (live on Xtra Frame at 6:45 p.m. ET)

Match One: No. 1 Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas/Yuka Tsuchiya, Japan vs. No. 4 Dom Barrett, England/Manae Kameshima, Japan.

Match Two: No. 2 Jason Belmonte, Australia/Yang Hyeong Kyoo, Japan vs. No. 3 Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas/Koichi

Takahashi, Japan.

Championship: Winner Match One vs. Winner Match Two.

Baker Team Pairings (live on Xtra Frame following Scotch Doubles finals)

Championship: International Team B (Mike Fagan, Sean Rash, Dom Barrett, Chris Barnes) vs. International Team A (Wes Malott,

Stuart Williams, Eddie Van Daniker and Jason Belmonte).

CONTACT: Bill Vint, PBA Media Relations, Cell: 414.339.0404 | Email: [email protected] or Mike Jakubowski, PBA Media

Specialist: Email: [email protected]

PBA Spare Shots

FIVE MORE CHINESE “PIONEERS” QUALIFY FOR PBA MEMBERSHIP

Longmarch Bowling founder Frank Zhao has confirmed five more Chinese players have qualified for PBA membership during the

fourth edition of his Longmarch Pioneers League program. The three-day “league” session – this one at Longmarch Bowling Center in

Shanghai over New Year’s weekend – included 36 bowlers from Philippine, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and several areas in the mainland

China.

All players bowled two six-game sessions each day for three days in an attempt to establish a minimum 200 average. The five who

were successful will bring China’s PBA membership rolls up to 27 members after applications are submitted and approved. A select

few from that group plan to participate in PBA World Series of Bowling VII at South Point in Las Vegas in 2015.

Zhao said six women bowled in the most recent “pioneer league,” bringing the total of women qualifiers to 10 over the past two

years. None have achieved the 200 milestone yet, he said, but two averaged over 190.

ROLLTECH STATS SAY PBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS OUT-STRUCK THE FIELD

According to Rolltech’s frame-by-frame, ball-by-ball statistics for the combined 28 PBA World Championship qualifying games for all

four animal pattern championships, the ultimate measure of success for finalists Wes Malott, Mike Fagan, Ronnie Russell, Todd

Book and Stuart Williams was their significant advantage on strikes thrown across the gamut of lane conditions.

The PBA World Championship aired live on ESPN Sunday. Stats recorded from the qualifying rounds held during the GEICO PBA

WSOB VI at South Point Bowling Center in October showed the following:

● While the 240-player World Series field struck on only 51.20% of its strike attempts (37,846 strikes on 73,916 attempts), all five

World Championship finalists out-performed the field by a significant margin. The strike leader was Williams, who struck on 205 of

319 attempts (64.26%), followed by Russell (62.85%, 198 of 315), Malott (62.26%, 198 of 318), Book (61.20%, 194 of 317) and Fagan

(59.94%, 190 of 317).

During the individual animal pattern qualifying rounds, the field struck at a 57.92% rate on the 35-foot Cheetah pattern, 49.93% on

the 37-foot Viper pattern, 49.25% on the 41-foot Scorpion pattern and 49.01% on the 39-foot Chameleon pattern.

● Spare percentage: Malott was the best overall in spare conversion, making 105 of 119 attempts (88.24%), followed by Russell

(84.96%, 96 of 113), Fagan (83.33%, 100 of 120), Book (78.07%, 89 of 114) and Williams (71.43%, 75 of 105). The field converted on

73.04% of its attempts (24,826 of 33,991).

During qualifying, the field converted 74.99% of its spare attempts on the Scorpion, 73.48% on the Chameleon, 73.16% on the

Cheetah and 71.84% on the Viper.

● Single pin spare conversions: Malott made 98.80% of his single-pin spare attempts (82 of 83), followed closely by Fagan (98.44%,

63 of 64). Book made 96.67% (58 of 60), Russell 94.44% (68 of 72) and Williams 93.65% (59 of 63). The field’s success rate was

92.67% (15,818 of 17,070 attempts).

The field fared the best with a 94.12% single-pin conversion rate on the Chameleon followed by 93.22% on the Viper, 93.02% on the

Scorpion and 91.67% on the Cheetah.

● Multi-pin spare conversions: Russell led in multi-pin spares (92.59%, 25 of 27) followed by Malott (86.96%, 20 of 23), Fagan

(84.62%, 33 of 39), Book (76.32%, 29 of 38), and Williams (69.57%, 16 of 23). The field made 74.08%, converting on 8,105 of 10,941

attempts.

The field was most successful in multi-pin spare conversions on the Scorpion pattern (76.14%) followed by 75.33% on the Cheetah,

73.68% on the Chameleon and 73.23% on the Viper.

● Splits took their toll on the field, as expected. Overall, the field left 6,566 splits and converted only 993 times (a 15.12% success

rate). The conversion rate was best in the Chameleon qualifying (16.34%) followed by 14.49% in the Viper round, 15.30% in the

Scorpion round and 13.06% in the Cheetah round.

PBA STARS AGAIN DOMINATE TEAM USA FOR 2015

Veteran PBA Tour stars will again dominate Team USA in 2015, following the Team USA trials and National Selection Committee

announcements in early January. During the trials, 16-year-old amateur Kamron Doyle of Brentwood, Tenn., won the national

championship, defeating PBA Rookie of the Year contender Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., in the title match, 234-206. Wichita

State collegiate bowler AJ Chapman of Oswego, Ill., finished third in the stepladder finals. The top three finishers automatically earn

Team USA berths.

The men's selections based on resumes and Trials performance were PBA Tour competitors Bill O'Neill of Langhorne, Pa., Sean Rash

of Montgomery, Ill.; John Szczerbinski of Tonawanda, N.Y.; Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville,

S.C. along with amateurs John Janawicz and Devin Bidwell.

PBA Women’s Series titlist Shannon Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio, won the women’s title with a 246-222 win over amateur Danielle

McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y. PBA record-setting Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., finished third. Women's team selections included

PBA champions Missy Parkin of Laguna Hills, Calif.; Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., and Stefanie Johnson of Grand Prairie, Texas, along

with amateurs Brittni Hamilton, Josie Earnest, Bryanna Caldwell and Erin McCarthy.

50TH ANNIVERSARY PBA TOC HISTORY/MEDIA KIT BY JOSH HYDE NOW AVAILABLE

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions, bowling writer Josh Hyde has assembled a

comprehensive Tournament of Champions history and media guide which is now available on his website,

www.joshhydebowling.com. The kit includes a wealth of historical information, facts and records. A printed version will be available

on site for media.

The Tournament of Champions returns to Indianapolis Feb. 10-15 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.












QUICK NOTES

● Reminder: Live Xtra Frame coverage returns Jan. 15-17 with the historic live coverage of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational from

Tokyo, Japan – the first-ever international tournament covered live by the PBA’s online bowling channel. For a complete schedule of

upcoming events on Xtra Frame, click here: http://www.pba.com/Live/. To subscribe to Xtra Frame, visit pba.com and click on the

Xtra Frame link. Full year Xtra Frame Season Ticket subscriptions are available for $64.99; one-month subscriptions are only $7.99.

Xtra Frame is a major component of the PBA’s multi-media PBA Network.








PBA Media Advisory: PBA World Champion Mike Fagan Leads DHC PBA Japan Invitational; Final Two Rounds of Match Play Set for

5:40 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. ET today (live on Xtra Frame)

TOKYO, Japan – Newly-crowned PBA World Champion Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, Texas, held the second round lead in the DHC PBA

Japan Invitational Friday at Tokyo Port Bowl, posting an 11-5 record for a 16-game match play total of 3,930 pins.

First round leader Stuart Williams of England, who had an 8-0 record for his first-round matches, was second with 3,860 total pins,

70 behind Fagan. Rounding out the top five in the race for Sunday’s stepladder finals were Japan’s Daisuke Yoshida at 3,778 pins

followed by Ronnie Russell of Marion, Ind., at 3,773 and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., at 3,731. Johnson is one of two women in

the elite 32-player field.

Fagan won the PBA World Championship on Sunday at South Point Bowling Plaza in Las Vegas, defeating top qualifier Wes Malott of

Pflugerville, Texas, 252-212, in the title match.


PBA members invited by the sponsoring DHC Corporation, one Korean PBA member and 16 Japan bowlers. Johnson and Japan’s

Yuka Tsuchiya are the only women in the tournament.

The Japan Invitational is being video-streamed internationally, live on PBA’s exclusive online bowling channel Xtra Frame. The final

two rounds of match play, which will determine the stepladder finalists, will air on Xtra Frame today at 5:40 p.m. and 10:40 p.m.

Eastern Time.

For Xtra Frame Season Ticket or monthly subscription information, click on the Xtra Frame link on the pba.com home page.


Tokyo Port Bowl, Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Jan. 16

Second Round Standings (after 16 games of match play, includes 30 bonus pins for matches won):



3, Daisuke Yoshida, Aichi, Japan, 13-3, 3,778.

4, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 10-5-1, 3,773.


6, Shusaku Asato, Gifu, Japan, 10-5-1, 3,707.


8, Dom Barrett, England, 10-6, 3,661.

9, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 9-7, 3,653.

10, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 7-9, 3,617.

11, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 7-9, 3,583.

12, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 8-7-1, 3,580.

13, Manae Kameshima, Wakayama, Japan, 8-8, 3,552.

14, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 8-8, 3,541.


16, Cho Young Seon, Korea, 8-8, 3,522.

17, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 7-9, 3,514.

18, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 9-7, 3,512.

19, Yuki Akiyoshi, Chiba, Japan, 8-8, 3,497.

20, Koichi Takahashi, Hokkaido, Japan, 9-7, 3,494.

21 (tie), Shogo Wada, Wakayama, Japan, 7-9, and Ryogo Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan, 8-8, 3,463.

23, Mayumi Naito, Aichi, Japan, 9-7, 3,436.

24, Patrick Girard, Canada, 8-8, 3,427.

25, Yuka Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, Japan, 5-10-1, 3,349.

26, Takashi Fujimura, Shizuoka, Japan, 6-10, 3,305.

27, Yang Hyeong Kyoo, Aichi, Japan, 8-8, 3,294.

28, Takashi Yamazaki, Aichi, Japan, 4-11-1, 3,275.

29, Hiroko Shimizu, Chiba, Japan, 4-12, 3,197.

30, Miku Urano, Chiba, Japan, 3-11-2, 3,166.

31, Yumi Nakajima, Chiba, Japan, 6-10, 3,124.

32, Naoshi Ishimine, Nagano, Japan, 4-12, 3,027.

Editor’s Alert: a comprehensive release with complete DHC Japan Invitational results will be provided at the conclusion of the

event

TOKYO, Japan – Fresh off his PBA World Championship victory last Sunday in Las Vegas, Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, Texas, will lead

the five-player field into Sunday’s stepladder finals of the DHC PBA Japan Invitational at Tokyo Port Bowl, starting at 9:55 p.m.

Eastern Time tonight on PBA’s online bowling channel, Xtra Frame.

Xtra Frame’s live coverage today will begin with the finals of a special alternate-ball Scotch Doubles and four-player Baker Team

events at 6:45 p.m. Eastern. A “last man standing” special event will follow the Japan Invitational finals.

Other Japan Invitational finalists will include No. 2 qualifier Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas; No. 3 Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga,

N.Y.; No. 4 Stuart Williams of England, and two-hander Shawn Maldonado of Houston, Texas.

Fagan, a 34-year-old five-time PBA Tour winner, is trying for back-to-back titles after posting a 23-9 match play record in the 32-

game round-robin match play event and winning the top qualifying berth by 328 pins over Barnes.

Barnes, a future PBA Hall of Famer, is trying for his 18th career PBA Tour title and first since winning the H.H. Emir Cup in Qatar early

in 2014.

Johnson, who finished fourth in the 2014 Cheetah Championship presented by PBA Bowling Challenge Mobile Game, is trying to join

Kelly Kulick as the second woman in PBA history to win a PBA Tour title.

Williams, who became the first English bowler to win a PBA Tour title in the 2011 PBA Viper Championship, is making his second

straight championship round appearance. He finished third in the PBA World Championship last Sunday at South Point Bowling

Plaza.

Maldonado, who is beginning his third year of PBA Tour competition, is making his championship round debut. He finished eighth in

the 2014 PBA World Championship.

The preliminary Xtra Frame webcast today at 6:45 p.m. ET will feature special events conducted as part of the Japan Invitational,

starting with the alternate-ball Scotch doubles finals (No. 1 Wes Malott/Yuka Tsuchiya vs. No. 4 Dom Barrett/Manae Kameshima and

No. 2 Jason Belmonte/Yang Hyeong Kyoo vs. No. 3 Shawn Maldonado/Koichi Takahashi; winners bowl for title). The Baker team

finale will pit International Team B (Fagan, Sean Rash, Barrett, Barnes) vs. International Team A (Malott, Williams, Eddie Van Daniker

and Belmonte).


PBA members invited by the sponsoring DHC Corporation, one Korean PBA member and 16 Japan bowlers. Johnson is one of eight

women – seven from the PBA Japan Regional program – who participated in the tournament.

The DHC PBA Japan Invitational is the first international tournament to be video-streamed live, around the world, on Xtra Frame. To

sign up for an Xtra Frame Season Ticket ($64.99) or monthly ($7.99) subscription, click on the Xtra Frame link on the pba.com home

page.

DHC PBA JAPAN INVITATIONAL FINALS

Tokyo Port Bowl, Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Jan. 17

Championship Round Pairings (live on Xtra Frame at 9:55 p.m. ET)

Match One: No. 4 Stuart Williams, England, vs. No. 5 Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas.

Match Two: Match One winner vs. No. 3, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Semifinal Match: Match Two winner vs. No. 2, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas.

Championship: Semifinal Match winner vs. No. 1, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas.

Alternate-Shot Scotch Doubles Pairings (live on Xtra Frame at 6:45 p.m. ET)

Match One: No. 1 Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas/Yuka Tsuchiya, Japan vs. No. 4 Dom Barrett, England/Manae Kameshima, Japan.

Match Two: No. 2 Jason Belmonte, Australia/Yang Hyeong Kyoo, Japan vs. No. 3 Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas/Koichi

Takahashi, Japan.

Championship: Winner Match One vs. Winner Match Two.

Baker Team Pairings (live on Xtra Frame following Scotch Doubles finals)

Championship: International Team B (Mike Fagan, Sean Rash, Dom Barrett, Chris Barnes) vs. International Team A (Wes Malott,

Stuart Williams, Eddie Van Daniker and Jason Belmonte).

Chris Barnes Wins DHC PBA Japan Invitational for 18th PBA Tour Title

Future hall of famer rolls 300 in semifinal match for $43,032 bonus

TOKYO, Japan (Jan. 17, 2015) – Future Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, enjoyed

one of the most rewarding days in his career Sunday, winning the DHC PBA Japan Invitational at Tokyo Port Bowl for his 18th career

PBA Tour title after rolling a 300 game in his semifinal round match.

The championship round was video streamed live on PBA’s Xtra Frame bowling channel, completing historic start-to-finish online live

coverage of an international PBA Tour event.

Barnes, 44, won the $43,032 (5 million yen) first prize with a 206-196 victory over top qualifier Mike Fagan of Fort Worth, Texas, who

was trying for back-to-back titles after winning the PBA World Championship seven days earlier in Las Vegas. Barnes also won a

$43,032 bonus for rolling a championship round perfect game in eliminating England’s Stuart Williams, 300-225, in the semifinal

match. For the day, Barnes earned 10 million yen, or $86,064 U.S. dollars.

Williams, the No. 4 qualifier, ended the first-title hopes of two-handed player Shawn Maldonado of Houston, Texas, 242-237, in the

first stepladder match, and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., 245-222, in the second match.

Earlier Sunday, Australia’s Jason Belmonte and partner Yang Hyeong Kyoo of Japan won the $5,164 first prize in the Scotch Doubles

special event with a 236-204 victory over England’s Dom Barrett and Manae Kameshima of Japan. The doubles competition paired a

member of the international contingent with a PBA Japan player.

International Team B (Fagan, Sean Rash, Dom Barrett and Barnes) won the Baker team special event with a 239-184 victory over

International Team A (Wes Malott, Williams, Eddie Van Daniker and Belmonte), and shared a $10,328 bonus prize. The team event

involved four International teams and four Japanese teams bowling eight Baker format games with the top two advancing to the

final match.

Barrett won a $4,303 prize in a special “last man standing” event that closed the tournament program.

The DHC PBA Japan Invitational was a cooperative venture between the PBA, the new PBA Japan Region, Japan Bowling Promotions

and DHC Corporation, a multi-faceted company that produces cosmetics, health foods and pharmaceuticals among its diverse

product line. It featured a field of 16 international players and 16 Japanese players, and it was the first international tournament

covered live by the PBA’s exclusive online video streaming channel, Xtra Frame (complete coverage is available in the Xtra Frame

archives under”archived tournaments”).

Xtra Frame’s next live event will be comprehensive coverage of the 2014 PBA Tour Awards presentations (Monday, Jan. 26 at 5:30

p.m. ET) followed by live coverage of the qualifying and match play rounds of the PBA Players Championship and PBA Mark

Roth/Marshall Holman Doubles Championship from AMF Bowlero Lanes in suburban Milwaukee, Tuesday, Jan. 27 thru Friday, Jan.

30. For a complete schedule of upcoming Xtra Frame programming, click on the Xtra Frame link under the “Schedules” tab on

pba.com.


Tokyo Port Bowl, Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Jan. 18

Final Standings (prize money converted from Yen to U.S. dollars:

1, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, $43,032.

2, Mike Fagan, Fort Worth, Texas, $21,516.

3, Stuart Williams, England, $11,188.

4, Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., $9,467.

5, Shawn Maldonado, $8,606.

Stepladder Results:

Match One: Williams def. Maldonado, 242-237. Match Two: Williams def. Johnson, 245-222. Semifinal Match: Barnes def. Williams,

300-225. Championship: Barnes def. Fagan, 206-196.

Final Match Play Standings (after 32 games of match play, includes match play bonus pins; top five advanced to stepladder finals:






Other Cashers:

6, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 18-13-1, 7,516, $6,630.

7, Shusaku Asato, Japan, 20-11-1, 7,485, $5,800.

8, Todd Book, Russells Point, Ohio, 22-10, 7,469, $4,975.

9, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 16-16, 7,425, $4,560.

10, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 17-15, 7,405, $4,145.

11, Dom Barrett, England, 18-14, 7,382, $3,730.

12, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Chatsworth, Calif., 16-16, 7,360, $3,315.

13, Daisuke Yoshida, Japan, 20-12, 7,304, $3,110.

14, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 14-18, 7,276, $2,900.

15, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 18-14, 7,180, $2,695.

16, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 16-15-1, 7,140, $2,485.

17, Yuka Tsuchiya, Japan, 15-16-1, 7,112, $2,070.

18, Cho Young Seon, Korea, 14-18, 7,031, $1,990.

19, Manae Kameshima, Japan, 15-17, 7,015, $1,905.

20, Patrick Girard, Canada, 18-14, 6,999, $1,825.

21, Koichi Takahashi, Japan, 15-17, 6,931, $1,740.

22, Shogo Wada, Japan, 16-16, 6,924, $1,660.

23, Yuki Akiyoshi, Japan, 15-17, 6,858, $1,575.

24, Mayumi Naito, Japan, 16-16, 6,749, $1,490.

25, Yang Hyeong Kyoo, Japan, 15-17, 6,737, $1,410.

26, Ryogo Tsurumi, Japan, 12-20, 6,662, $1,325.

27, Takashi Yamazaki, Japan, 8-23-1, 6,576, $1,240.

28, Naoshi Ishimine, Japan, 12-20, 6,477, $1,160.

29, Takashi Fujimura, Japan, 12-20, 6,467, $1,075.

30, Miku Urano, Japan, 9-21-2, 6,459, $995.

31, Yumi Nakajima, Japan, 11-21-0, 6,354, $910.

32, Hiroko Shimizu, Japan, 5-27-0, 6,202, $830.

ALTERNATE-SHOT SCOTCH DOUBLES

Championship:

Jason Belmonte, Australia/Yang Hyeong Kyoo, Japan ($5,164) def. Dom Barrett, England/Manae Kameshima, Japan ($2,582), 236-

204.

Semifinal Round:

Barrett/Kameshima def. Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas/Yuka Tsuchiya, Japan ($1,291), 194-181.

Belmonte/Kyoo def. Shawn Maldonado, Houston, Texas/Koichi Takahashi, Japan ($861), 188-167.

Final Match Play Standings (after three games; winner of each quad advanced to finals):

1, Quad A: Malott/Tsuchiya, 3-0, 821.

2, Quad D: Belmonte/Kyoo, 2-1, 704.

3, Quad B: Maldonado/Takahash, 3-0, 701.

4, Quad C: Barrett/Kamashima, 2-1, 669.

Other Cashers ($430 each team):

Quad A: Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind./Yumi Nakajima, Japan, 1-2, 618.

Quad B: Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif./Takashi Yamazaki, Japan, 1-2, 601.

Quad C: Patrick Girard, Canada/Hiroko Shimizu, Japan, 1-2, 623.

Quad D: Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas/Takashi Fujimara, Japan, 2-1, 664.

BAKER TEAM

Championship:

International Team B (Mike Fagan, Sean Rash, Dom Barrett, Chris Barnes) ($10,328) def. International Team A (Wes Malott, Stuart

Williams, Eddie Van Daniker and Jason Belmonte) ($5,164), 239-184.

Other Cashers (after 8 Baker team games):

3, International Team C (Ronnie Russell, Scott Norton, Patrick Girard, Mika Koivuniemi), 1,793, $$1,721.

4, International Team D (Todd Book, Shawn Maldonado, Liz Johnson, Cho Young Seon), 1,785, $861.

LAST MAN STANDING SPECIAL EVENT

(One shot, low score eliminated)

Dom Barrett, England ($4,303).

Monacelli Avenges PBA50 Tour Loss to Williams in PBA Challenge Finals

Missy Parkin, Josh Blanchard, teenager Michael Coffey win special-event matches

LAS VEGAS – Venezuelan native Amleto Monacelli defeated fellow Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Famer Walter Ray

Williams Jr. of Oxford, Fla., with a near-perfect game, 277-219, to win the PBA50 Tour Finals as part of a four-match PBA Challenge

presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame at the new South Point Bowling Plaza.

The PBA Challenge Finals presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame aired Sunday on ESPN. The PBA

Challenge was a GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI showcase for four different aspects of PBA competition – youth, seniors,

women and regional. PBA50, PBA Women’s Regional and PBA Regional qualifying events were held earlier in the World Series, with

the top two players advancing to the finals. The Teen Masters boys’ and girls’ division winners were decided during the summer in

Tamarac, Fla.

In the opening PBA50 Tour Finals match between 2013 finalists, Monacelli avenged his 224-204 loss to Williams. Monacelli just

missed a perfect game, leaving the 3-6-10 in the eighth frame, for his only mistake.

“I told myself this morning that I should shoot 300 on TV,” Monacelli said. “That would have been nice. I shot 287 against Mark Roth

one time, but I was really focusing on what I needed to do to win the match. It’s a nice way to end the season.”

Monacelli said he lost his focus in the eighth frame when he rushed himself to avoid a shot clock violation.

“But I don’t use that as an excuse because I know what I was supposed to do when things like that come up,” he said, “and I just

didn’t do what I needed to do. It’s my own fault.”

In the Teen Masters Grand Championship that followed, Michael Coffey, 19, of Melbourne, Fla., defeated 18-year-old Kelly Skalacki

of Corem, N.Y., 202-156, in a match that involved a long oil pattern on the left lane and a shorter application on the right. In

addition, all Teen Masters players are limited to using one “old-school” plastic ball and/or one urethane ball, placing emphasis on

player skill over technology.

Coffey, who is bowling for Lindenwood University in St. Louis, started with three strikes and had only one open frame – a missed 10

pin in the sixth frame. Skalacki, a member of the Webber International collegiate team in Lake Wales, Fla., struggled with the

demanding environment and didn’t strike until the eighth frame.

Both Teen Masters gender division winners were making their national television debuts.

“I was a lot less nervous than I thought I would be because I prepared really hard and this is something I want really badly,” Coffey

said. “It’s like being around family; you’re not nervous when you’re around family and I feel like this is where I belong.”

Is PBA competition part of his future plans? He answered emphatically, “Yes.”

Parkin won match three easily, 266-202. Parkin, who represented the PBA West Region in the inaugural PBA Women’s Regional

finals, defeated PBA Southwest Region representative Clara Guerrero of Pflugerville, Texas. Parkin struck on nine of her first 10

shots, while back-to-back 4-6-7 splits in the seventh and eighth frames ended Guerrero’s hopes.

“I was extremely excited when I heard about the PBA Women’s Regional program,” Parkin said, “so I jumped on the opportunity

right away. I actually cancelled a big trip to Costa Rica in order to bowl one of the regionals, so this definitely made it worthwhile. It

was really a great opportunity to be able to come to the World Series.

“On top of that, my focus was on making the TV show,” she continued. “I practiced a lot getting ready and I bowled really well to

make it to TV. That’s the grandest stage of all, the reason we all bowl. Today, I came out remembering why we bowl – because we

love our sport. I wanted to have fun and I did and the pins cooperated, so it all worked out.”

Match four pitted 2012 PBA Rookie of the Year Josh Blanchard of Gilbert, Ariz., representing the PBA Northwest Region, against

2013 Rookie of the Year EJ Tackett of Huntington, Ind., representing the Central Region, in the PBA Regional Finals.

Blanchard took the lead with a spare followed by three strikes while Tackett struggled with pin carry in the early frames. Tackett

made a ball change in the sixth frame and got lined up, but Blanchard was lined up as well, putting the match away with a late string

of five strikes to win, 258-236.

“I had a good ball reaction the whole match,” Blanchard said. “I used a ball I hadn’t thrown until my last shot in practice. I struck

with it and made all the right moves, so it made it easy to bowl. I knew (EJ) was going to bowl a good game and the other balls I used

in practice, it seemed like I’d bowl a 210, 200, so I needed something different. After that one shot, I knew I was going to stick with it

the whole match.”

Blanchard also made it into the PBA Regional field by winning the final Northwest Region event of the season.

“I was supposed to go to (fellow PBA competitor) Andres Gomez’s wedding, but I cancelled – and I ended up winning the regional to

get into the field,” he said.

While winning the Regional Finals wasn’t the same as winning his first PBA Tour title, Blanchard feels like he’s getting closer to that

goal.

“I’ve been out here for two years and I’m still working at it,” he said. “I change my game every year trying to find the ‘it’ factor to get

my first win. Usually when guys do that, they’ll win two or three times, and keep moving along. I’m still waiting for that ‘it’ factor.”

Closing the telecast, the four winners participated in a special one-shot, low-player-out Bonus Knockout Round. Parkin won the

event with a strike in the third round to eliminate Blanchard, who left a 10 pin. Coffey was eliminated in the first round and

Monacelli was knocked out in the second.

The World Bowling Tour Men’s and Women’s Finals presented by the PBA, the final event conducted during the GEICO PBA WSOB

VI, will air Sunday, Jan. 25, on ESPN2 at 1 p.m. ET. The WBT event will be contested using an experimental “best frame” scoring

system that is being tested by World Bowling. Finnish native Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich.; Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., and

Jason Belmonte of Australia will bowl for the WBT Men’s title. Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J.; Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., and

Sandra Andersson of Sweden will compete in the WBT Women’s final.

PBA CHALLENGE

presented by International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame

South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas

PBA50 Tour Final: Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela ($8,000) def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., ($4,000), 277-219.

Teen Masters Grand Championship: Michael Coffey, Melbourne, Fla. ($10,000 scholarship) def. Kelly Skalacki, Corem, N.Y., ($7,500

scholarship), 202-156.

PBA Women’s Regional Final: Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif. ($8,000) def. Clara Guerrero, Pflugerville, Texas ($4,000), 266-202.

PBA Regional Final: Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz. ($8,000) def. E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind. ($4,000), 258-236.

PBA Spare Shots

LUCKY FAN COULD WIN A CHANCE TO BOWL WITH NBA STAR CHRIS PAUL IN 2016

NBA star Chris Paul, host of the CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational, is offering a lucky fan an opportunity to bowl with the Los Angeles

Clippers’ all-star guard during the 2016 celebrity fundraiser in Los Angeles. The winning fan and a friend will win an expenses-paid

trip to Los Angeles, free hotel accommodations, and a chance to meet Paul and his celebrity friends.

To enter, you need to pick the finalists and winner in the 2015 CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational. You need to visit this link:

https://www.crowdrise.com/cp3foundation and click on the “Donate and Play for a chance to win” link where you will you be asked

to select the two celebrity finalists and the winner. A “Player Bios” link also will give you some insight into the celebrity bowlers’

backgrounds.

For each $10 contribution you make to Paul’s CP3 Foundation, you get one entry into the contest. Entries close at 12 p.m. PT on

Sunday, Feb. 1. The CP3 PBA Celebrity Invitational will air on ESPN on Super Bowl Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

XTRA FRAME TO COVER PLAYER, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS MONDAY

Xtra Frame will kick off five days of extensive live coverage of the PBA Players Championship and Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA

Doubles Championship qualifying and match play rounds with a live presentation show Monday at 5:30 p.m. ET, when PBA

Commissioner Tom Clark will announce the 2014 GEICO Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year, Harry Golden Rookie of the Year,

Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award winner and the winner of the 2014 Tony Reyes Community Service Award.

PBA Players and Doubles Championship coverage will follow from AMF Bowlero in Milwaukee starting Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET and

continuing through Friday. The PBA Network will have full coverage of the competition throughout its diverse media outlets.

For a complete schedule of upcoming events on Xtra Frame, click here: http://www.pba.com/Live/. To subscribe to Xtra Frame, visit

pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link. Full year Xtra Frame Season Ticket subscriptions are available for $64.99; one-month

subscriptions are only $7.99. Xtra Frame is a major component of the PBA’s multi-media PBA Network.

TICKETS FOR ESPN TELECASTS IN INDIANAPOLIS NOW AVAILABLE

Tickets for the live ESPN telecast of the 50th anniversary Barbasol PBA Tournament of Champions, and finals of the PBA Players

Championship and Mark Roth/Marshall Holman PBA Doubles Championship, over the Feb. 14-15 weekend at Woodland Bowl in

Indianapolis are now on sale on pba.com.

The “tripleheader” ESPN weekend begins with the finals of the PBA Players Championship on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. ET for

delayed broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. ET. The Tournament of Champions stepladder finals will air live on Sunday, Feb. 15,

at 1 p.m. The Roth/Holman Doubles finals will be contested at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday for telecast on Sunday, March 1, at 1 p.m. ET.

For ticket information, click here: http://www.pba.com/Tickets/.

PBA NETWORK SIGNS SPONSORSHIP PACT WITH LEAGUE PALS

PBA Network, the PBA’s multi-platform media service, has signed a sponsorship agreement with League Pals, a new service that is

designed to automate and streamline the cash flow of league bowling. The unique platform enables bowlers and bowling centers to

track weekly payments, view stats and standings, search nearby leagues, create and fill teams, receive payments electronically, and

more.

"It's 2015 and there are over $2.25 billion in league bowling dues being tracked and collected each year with a paper envelope and a

pencil,” said LeaguePals co-founder and CEO Bill Savastano. “LeaguePals set out to introduce much needed technology in a unique

and inclusive way to an industry we have a deep and unwavering passion for. We feel LeaguePals will breathe new life into leagues

across the nation by starting with the most important pieces - the bowlers, the centers, and how they pay and get paid."

For a preview of what League Pals has to offer, view the introductory video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2mbQFILJmI

As part of the sponsorship package, League Pals will have a rotating ad on pba.com throughout February, presenting sponsor and

other visibilities on PBA’s online video streaming service, Xtra Frame, throughout the USBC Masters (Feb. 2-7 in Green Bay, Wis.),

and prominent links on PBA’s Facebook page and Twitter account.

For information about how to enroll in the League Pals program, visit: www.leaguepals.com.

BARRETT, KULICK TOP WORLD BOWLING TOUR POINTS LISTS AT END OF 2014

At the conclusion of the 2014 season – including the finals of the PBA World Championship – England’s Dom Barrett is the World

Bowling Tour men’s points leader, and for the first time since the cooperative PBA-World Bowling international competition began

four years ago, Finnish native Mika Koivuniemi is not among the top three men.

Koivuniemi is the defending WBT Men’s champion and the only male to win that title twice.

Barrett made his move to the top of the two-year, rolling points list with a 10th-place finish in the PBA World Championship, a

successful defense of his Qatar Open title and a fifth-place finish in the Kingdom International Open in Saudi Arabia to close the year

with 588 WBT points. Reigning PBA World Champion Mike Fagan is second with 582 points, Sean Rash third with 560, Australia’s

Jason Belmonte fourth at 532 and Koivuniemi is fifth with 531 in the race for the top three positions for the 2015 WBT Men’s Finals

which will be held as part of PBA World Series of Bowling VII in Las Vegas in the fall. Rounding out the men’s top 10 with a full

schedule of PBA International-World Bowling Tour events yet to come in 2015 are Tommy Jones (467), Finland’s Osku Palermaa

(444), Sweden’s Martin Larsen (394), Chris Barnes (378) and England’s Stuart Williams (338).

Two-time defending WBT Women’s champion Kelly Kulick has a big lead on the women’s points list (698), 149 points head of Liz

Johnson (559). Sweden’s Sandra Andersson is third (421) followed by Singapore’s Jazreel Tan (394) and Shayna Ng (348), Missy

Parkin (318), Colombia’s Clara Guerrero (286), Singapore’s Cheri Tan (283), Danielle McEwan (253) and Sweden’s Joline Persson

Planefors (251).












QUICK NOTES

● 2014 PBA Regional Challenge winner Josh Blanchard and wife Aimee are the proud new parents of Madalyn Marie Blanchard, who

arrived at 1:13 p.m. on Jan. 16. Vital statistics: Madalyn weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 21 inches long.

● PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss, who has competed extensively in Europe over the past three years, added the 27th Irish Open title

to his collection on Jan. 18, defeating fellow American Ron Hurt, 439-386, in the two-game title match at Leisureplex Stillorgan in

Dublin, Ireland. Voss, a 25-time PBA Tour titlist, earned 5,000 Euros (roughly $5,600) along with his fourth European Bowling Tour

title.

● Reminder: if you missed Sunday’s ESPN telecast of the PBA Challenge presented by the International Bowling Museum and Hall of

Fame, all GEICO PBA World Series of Bowling VI telecasts are archived on Xtra Frame three days after they air on ESPN. Click on the

“2014 WSOB archives” tab on the left side of the Xtra Frame home page for a complete listing of archived shows.





PBA Hall of Fame Charter Member Chuck Pezzano Dies

Internationally recognized bowling journalist, historian was one of a kind

CHICAGO (Jan. 23, 2015) – Chuck Pezzano of Clifton, N.J., a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame

and widely recognized as the dean of bowling journalists, died Friday of cardiac arrest while undergoing a stent procedure St. Mary’s

Passaic, N.J. He turned 86 on Jan. 14.

Since the formation of the PBA in 1958, no one has contributed more to the organization in so many different ways than Pezzano, a

founding member of the organization.

Born in Paterson, N.J., in 1929, Pezzano lived his entire life in New Jersey. After graduating from Rutgers University, he started his

writing career with the Paterson Morning Call in 1952 and continued writing for The Record in Bergen County until his death,

more than 60 years later. Over the years, he contributed to more than 100 publications round the world and he authored or co-

authorized more than a dozen books about bowling.

Pezzano first became involved with the PBA as a top-flight competitor. He was the first collegiate bowler in the United States to bowl

an 800 series. One of his proudest accomplishments as a bowler was joining his four sons – Charles Jr., Craig, Curt and Clay – as the

first father and four sons to bowl 300 games.

But his legacy off the lanes far surpassed his credentials as a player as he evolved into the most prolific bowling writer in history.

In the 1960s, Pezzano and fellow New Jersey entrepreneur/PBA Hall of Famer Frank Esposito created the PBA Regional program,

creating a close-to-home, affordable competition arena for thousands of would-be professional bowlers to develop their skills.

He was the first Meritorious Service inductee in the inaugural PBA Hall of Fame class in 1975, and later inducted into the United

States Bowling Congress and Bowling Writers Association of America Halls of Fame, among his 12 halls of fames.

In addition to his prolific writing contributions, Pezzano was a television pioneer, working with hall of fame broadcasters Mel Allen,

Chris Schenkel, Jack Buck, Brent Musberger, Al Trautwig and others. He worked as a consultant on television, movie and

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