In a joint PBA Northwest/West Regional event in Reno, Nev., on July 25,
Steven Black of Phoenix won for his third time in the last four events in the Sands Regency Casino Summer Classic at High Sierra Lanes.
Black, who won $2,000, defeated
Curtis Woods Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif., 184-179, for his fifth career PBA regional title.
Bryon Smith of Roseburg, Ore., the 2002 USBC Masters champ, finished third. Exempt players
Dave Arnold, Dublin, Calif., and
Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., finished fourth and ninth, respectively.Â
3 out of 3 Korean men and 2/4 women advanced to the semifinals in the girls and boys Masters finals at the 11th World Youth Championships. In the boys semis, No. 2 seed Park Jong-Woo meets No. 13 Kim Ju-Young and No. 8 Shin Seung-Hyeon takes on No. 5 Daniels Vezis, Latvia. On the girls side, All Events champ and No. 1 seed Kim Moon-Jeong bowls No. 13 Laura Fonnegra, Colombia, while Singles champ, Kim Yeon-Ju, seeded 7th, squares off with No. 12 Carmen Haandrikman, Netherlands.
Kegel Company and Bowlingdgital.com have come to an agreement on Live Coverage of the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association Men's World Championships. The third Men's World Championships will be staged from Aug. 11-22 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany. The state-of-the-art 52-laner is the biggest bowling center in Europe. The championships will feature almost 400 players from record 69 countries competing for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events and Masters, 
The Korean girls (pictured left with the boys) broke the leaders curse as they became the first No. 1 seed who has won a match in the playoffs of the World Youth Championships. Korea defeated No. 4 England in the semifinals of the Team event, 816-756, to advance to the title match against No. 2 Singapore (860-769 winner over Malaysia). The 4th seeded U.S. boys flew past No. 1 Estonia, 942-786, to set up a title match against the Kboys from Korea, who topped No. 3 Australia, 812-755.
A handful of Team USA members will have their first taste of international competition when they take part in the 48th Lee Evans Tournament of The Americas. The week-long competition starts Monday, Aug. 2, at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando, Fla., and the tournament features Adult, Senior (ages 50-plus), Junior A (ages 16-19) and Junior B (ages 12-15) divisions. The invitational
competition for countries of PABCON (Pan American Bowling Confederation) is the oldest annual
international tournament in the American Zone.
The Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) has announced the 2011 Mid-Winter Bowling Summit was moving to the Red Rock Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The move provides an opportunity for proprietors, manufacturers, suppliers and even pro bowlers to participate in industry events. For 2011, conference attendees can also attend major PBA events on the same property - the PBA Tournament of Champions and the PBA Hall of Fame dinner on January 22nd.
Kim Yioulos (pictured), a junior at Pikeville (Ky.) College and a member of Junior Team USA, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Billy Welu Scholarship by the Professional Bowlers Association. The $1,000 scholarship recognizes exemplary qualities in college students who compete in the sport of bowling. A PBA Charter Member, the late Billy Welu won the BPAA All Star in 1959
before winning the 1964 and '65 USBC Masters events. Welu was
inducted into both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame in 1975. 
QubicaAMF Worldwide has announced today a recent change in its International Sales organization. Designed to improve the coordination of sales efforts in key markets, Roger Creamer (pictured) has assumed responsibility as Regional Sales Manager for the UK market effective immediately. This change is an added responsibility as Roger will retain his role as Regional Sales Manager in the Middle East and continue to support distributors and agents in that region.
Korea (pictured) earned the No. 1 seed for the playoffs in the Girls Team event at the World Youth Championships in Finland. The Koreans will face No. 4 England in the semifinals, while No. 2 Singapore takes on No. 3 Malaysia. Live video streaming starts Saturday at 8 a.m. CET (2 a.m. EDT). Kim Moon-Jeong, Korea, captured the gold medal in All Events with 3922 18-game total (217.89). Hayley White, England, took silver and Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, got bronze.
Zack Hattori of Las Vegas and Morgan O'Brien of Lomira, Wis., won the high school boys and girls titles in the 14th annual Teen Masters at the National Bowling Stadium Thursday. Hattori won a $4,000 scholarship as high school boys winner while
O'Brien won
a $3,000 scholarship as
high school girls champion. In the 14-under division, 14-year-old Greg Young of Viera, Fla.,
captured the boys title and a $1,200 scholarship while 13-year-old Ashley Dunn of
Palmdale, Calif., won the girls title worth a $1,000 scholarship. 
Jacob Peters, Devin Bidwell, Craig Hanson and Andrew Koff from the United States led Squad 2 with 2530 pinfall total, an average of 210.83, to overtake the lead in the Boys Team event at the 11th World Youth Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The U.S. Boys had games of 886, 862 and 782 to overtake Squad 1 leader Korea by 13 pins. France is third with 2473 with Autralia in fourth at 2471. The preliminaries will conclude Friday with the second block on long oil. The top 4 advance to the playoffs.
Team USA 2010 teammates Brenda Edwards, Mansfield, Texas, and John Janawicz, Winter Haven, Florida (pictured left), have been announced as winners of the Bowling Writers Association of America Amateur Bowlers of the Year for 2009. Both bowlers leveraged their 2010 U.S. Team Trials titles held in Las Vegas in December to garner the honors. Janawicz, 37, repeated his 2004 BWAA and Bowlers Journal International Amateur Bowler of the Year performance. 
Fatin Syazliana, Sin Li Jane, Jaqueline Sijore and Siti Safiyah (pictured l-r) from Malaysia lead the field of 22 four-player teams at the Girls Team event has reached its halfway point at the 11th World Youth Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The foursome had games of 825, 782 and 861 to finish the 3-game block on short oil atop the leaderboard with 2468 pinfall total and an average of 205.67. The teams from Singapore, USA and Korea are between 3 and 20 pins behind in second through fourth place.
Craig Hanson & Andrew Koff and Devin Bidwell & Jacob Peters swept the gold and silver medals in Boys Singles in the World Youth Championships. In the title match Koff doubled in the 10th frame to give the No. 4 seeded team a com-from-behind victory, 428-426. The leader's curse is still intact as tournament leaders Kim Ju-Young and Shin Seung-Hyeon, Korea, lost in the semifinal to share the bronze medal with third seeded Malaysians Aris Ardilla Santosoh and Syimir Abdul Razak.
The World Tenpin Bowling Association has announced that the bidding process for the WTBA World Championships in 2013 has so far attracted interest from more than 15 potential hosts from across the five continents. With almost two months to go before the October first bid submission deadline, the number and geographical diversity of potential hosts that have expressed interest in organizing the event has been impressive and reflects the universality of the sport.
Laura Fonnegra and Maria Jose Rodriguez (l-r) from Colombia won the gold medal in Girls Doubles at the 11th World Youth Championships in Helsinki, Finland, defeating equally tough Singaporeans Daphne Tan and New Hui Fen on long oil, 481-473. So far, each of the three zones of the World Tenpin Bowling Association, Asia, Europe and America, have won one gold medal. With three of the six playoffs (Boys and Girls Singles, Doubles and Team event) in the books, the leader's curse is still intact.
By age nine, she knew she wanted to make a career out of bowling. And now, decades later, Judy Soutar is celebrating her 50th year in bowling with Brunswick; and she has never looked back. Brunswick honored Soutar during the 2010 International Bowl Expo in Las
Vegas. In front of a crowd of family, friends and fellow bowlers, Brunswick Bowling & Billiards President, Warren Hardie, presented her with a crystal bowling pin (pictured), as a token of the companies' appreciation. 
The 2010 USBC Youth Open wrapped up this weekend and the team title went to an all-girls team. More than 2,000 youth bowlers participated in the USBC Youth Open, sponsored by Pepsi, which was held at Expo Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind. The non-qualifying tournament is patterned after the USBC Open Championships and USBC Women’s Championships. Youth bowlers competed in team (four players), doubles, singles and all-events during the 11 days of competition.
Adam Cairns, England, won the first gold medal in the Boys division at the 11th World Youth Championships in Finland when he defeated Sam Cooley, Australia, 210-139, to claim the title in Boys Singles. In the championship match, Cairns raced out to an early lead and never looked back. Cooley received the silver medal while tournament leader Park Jong-Woo, Korea, and Francois Lavoie, Canada, shared the bronze medal.