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Belmonte Beats Simonsen to Win Third Consecutive START OF 2020 PWBA TOUR SEASON
PBA World Championship Title POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
LAS VEGAS – In a match-up
between two of the Go Bowling ARLINGTON, Texas – The start of the 2020 Professional Women’s
PBA Tour’s premier two-handed Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour season is postponed indefinitely due
players, Australian Jason Belmonte to health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. On March 15, 2020,
defeated Anthony Simonsen of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued recom-
Little Elm, Texas, 213-190, in the mendations to postpone events for the next eight weeks.
title match at the South Point The PWBA will evaluate adjustments to the 2020 PWBA Tour schedule
Bowling Plaza to win his third con- after CDC regulations evolve to allow for competition to resume.
secutive PBA World Championship
title while extending his all-time
career-leading major win total to Scott Kampf Slammed 300
13.
Bowling in front of an on-site
At Farmingdale Lanes
PBA photo
finals audience that consisted of PBA World Champion Jason Belmonte with wife Kimberly, Aria, FARMINGDALE, NY - Scott Kenny Sanders and Tim Regan
mainly PBA players, their family son Hugo, and youngest Sylvie. Kampf blasted a 300 game in the 279, Wesley Grant 278, Todd
members and tournament officials Epic/Maple Foursome League at Klarikaitis and Dianna Cazzalino
held three days earlier than originally scheduled, original Wednesday (March 18) slot while also Farmingdale Lanes. 269, Thomas Gregg 268, and
Belmonte also notched his 24th career PBA Tour postponing all additional competition in the three Ramon Carcamo shot 289, Frankie Montgoris 265.
title to take home the $150,000 first prize. animal pattern (lane condition) championships.
The PBA modified plans for all of the Storm PBA However, the players were able to complete all 56
World Series of Bowling XI finals telecasts in games of qualifying and match play for the World
Nick Westergaard Rocked 300
response to the coronavirus pandemic, moving the Championship last week to advance to the finals. At Rockaway Lanes
live FS1 World Championship telecast from its
See Belmonte Page 2 ROCKAWAY, NJ - Nick Mike Robillard and Mike Smith
Westergaard blasted a 300 game in 276 Dave Katz 270, Brian
USBC Hall of Famer Bob Hanson Dies at Age 93 the Rockaway Mixed League at Theriault 268, Richard Mayer 264,
ARLINGTON, Texas - United In 1971, he represented the Rockaway Lanes. Richard McColligan 262, and
States Bowling Congress Hall of United States at the World Jimmy Westergaard rolled 289, Nidia Haneveld 257.
Famer Bob Hanson died Tuesday Bowling World Championships
morning at a hospital in West in Milwaukee, where he earned Flor Mangasi, Tom Flynn Jr and
Palm Beach, Florida, following a gold medals in the five-player
short illness. He was 93. and eight-player team events. Alex Prell Burned 300 at Lodi Lanes
Hanson, selected to the USBC Hanson again donned the red,
Hall of Fame in 2004 in the white and blue at the 1974 Pan LODI, NJ - Flor Mangasi, Alex Kathleen Sloan and Nicolette
Veterans category, was born Feb. Am Bowling Adult Prell and Tom Flynn, Jr each fired Brenner each rolled 279, Deanny
2, 1927, and didn't start bowling Championships in Venezuela, a 300 game in the Saturday Fil- Cryan 278.
until he was in his 20s. Despite the winning a silver medal in the Am League at Lodi Lanes.
late start, he quickly became one of the most pro- eight-player team event and a bronze medal in
lific performers in the Minneapolis area. doubles. Charlie Johnson Collected a 300
He found the national spotlight as part of the He was inducted into the Minneapolis USBC
famed Hamm's Beer team, collecting three titles at Hall of Fame in 1975. At Maple Lanes RVC
the USBC Open Championships - Team All- Funeral services will be held later this year at
Events in 1965 and Regular Team in 1970 and Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY - Dwight Flowers rolled 267-257,
1972. He participated in the tournament 45 times Additional information will be forthcoming. Charlie Johnson topped the scor- Alby Pezzella 266, Alex
from 1962 to 2008. For more information on the USBC Hall of ing in the Wednesday AM Trios Bogolubsky 257-256, and Derrick
Hanson's momentum brought him international Fame, visit BOWL.com/HallofFame. League firing games of 300-266 Griffin 254.
accolades, as well. for a high series of 755.
2 SPORTS REPORTER April 2, 2020
* Punch Bowl Social closed all 19 of its locations and laid off “substantially all” of its staff in the wake of the
coronavirus outbreak, and its future is in doubt after creditors provided notice to its parent company, PBS
Holdco, declaring a default on its credit facility. Cracker Barrel, the restaurant chain known for its lumber-
jack-sized portions and merchandise stores, owns 58.6% of PBS Holdco, and has stated that it is walking away
from its investment in Punch Bowl Social. The so-called “restaurant experience brand” features a number of
attractions, including bowling, to create a social environment that drives food-and-beverage sales. According
to Market Watch, Cracker Barrel expects to record a $133 million impairment charge in the coming quarter
resulting from its Punch Bowl Social exit.
* Following protocols outlined in Emergency Order #12 by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, the Bowling $5,000 Pezzano Scholarship
Centers Association of Wisconsin has cancelled the Wisconsin Adult-Youth Scholarship Tournament, sched-
uled to have been held in mid-April at Chalet Lanes in Wisconsin Dells. The BCAW also has cancelled the Deadline is April 30
next Wisconsin Vintage Alleys Tour, scheduled for April 26. “We will be processing refunds this week for all
registrations received and processed,” said BCAW Executive Director Yvonne Bennett.
Do you know of a young person who loves bowling
and loves writing?
* The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington, Texas, is closed at least through March
31 in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. Many staff members at the International Bowling Campus The International Bowling Media Association
also are working from home as part of the social-distancing effort there. is working to help create the next generation of
bowling journalists through the Chuck Pezzano Media
* The South Dakota USBC Association has cancelled all three of its State Championships (Open, Women’s Scholarship, which is valued at $5,000.
and Youth) for 2020. More: https://www.capjournal.com/sports/sdsusbc-announces-state-bowling-cancella-
To learn more about the scholarship, or to direct a
tion/article_0f420168-6edb-11ea-9b81-578d937b799c.html
young person you know to the application form,
* Some centers around the country have shut down bowling operations for the time being, but are keeping use this link in your browser: :
their restaurants open for pick-up and/or take-out service. As an example, Alley Gators Pizza & Grill at https://www.bowlingmedia.org/Portals/0/Documents/
Limerick Bowl in Limerick, Pa., presently is open for delivery and take-out only on Wednesdays through CRITERIA%20WEB.pdf
Sundays from 4-8 p.m. The final application deadline is April 30, but interested students
should begin the pre-application process immediately.
* Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, Ill., on Wednesday hosted a cookout for essential workers such as first
responders and grocery store employees who remain on the job to serve others. Those folks received free ham- Even more imminent is the deadline for the
burgers and hot dogs from Shooter’s Bar and Grill, and the business said it hopes to host additional cookouts 2019 IBMA Writing Competition.
in the future. Read more here: https://wrex.com/2020/03/25/rockford-bowling-alley-spares-food-for-those-in- Entries must be received by March 15.
need/ Information is available by using this link in your browser:
https://www.bowlingmedia.org/Portals/0/Documents/Writi
* Have a tip about something a bowling center proprietor or bowling company is doing to help out during the ngCompetition/2019/2019_Writing_Comp_Application.pdf
COVID-19 pandemic? Please drop a note to bjibob@aol.com.
April 2, 2020 SPORTS REPORTER 7
AT ROCKAWAY LANES
Richard McColligan 804
ROCKAWAY, NJ - Richard McColligan topped the scoring in the
County Tuesday Nite League firing a high game of 279 and a high series
of 804.
Ray Skovonsky rolled 68, Andre Traverso and Tom Reynolds 254,
Dear Bowlers, while we know that all of the Jarvis Goldberry 249, and Julio Soto 247.
leagues would love to continue bowling, we feel it Neal Blum 204
is in everyone's best interest to close Lodi Lanes. ROCKAWAY, NJ - In the Greenbriar Seniors League Neal Blum rolled
We will reevaluate the coronavirus situation and 204, Cathy O'Connell 192, Audrey Curlo 179, and Anneliese Cole 176.