Norm Duke and Pete Weber Chosen to participate in "Motel 6 Roll to Riches"
04/10/06
PBA Commissioner Fred Schreyer (left) has announced that Norm Duke and Pete Weber have been voted into the "Motel 6 Roll to Riches" special event via an online fan vote.
The "Motel 6 Roll to Riches" features a winner-take-all $200,000 top prize, equaling last year's top-prize as the richest grand prize in PBA history. The event will be contested Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Main Event Entertainment - Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas. The show will air on ESPN as two back-to-back one-hour shows on Sunday, April 23 beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
Duke (Clermont, Fla.) led the all-star voting, receiving 23% of the total votes cast. Weber (St. Ann, Mo.) was second with 21% while Chris Barnes (Flower Mound, Texas) was third with 12%.
Duke and Weber will join the four winners of this season's Denny's PBA Tour Major events in this unique high stakes event.
The six participants include:
• Mike Scroggins, winner of the 2005 USBC Masters
• Tommy Jones, winner of the 63rd U.S. Open
• Walter Ray Williams Jr., winner of the 2006 Denny's World Championship
• Chris Barnes, winner of the 2006 Dexter Tournament of Champions
• Norm Duke, voted in as a PBA all-star
• Pete Weber, voted in as a PBA all-star
Duke, a 23-time Tour champion, finished the season first in the 2005-06 PBA World Point Rankings. He made a Tour-high seven championship round appearances, capturing one title and posting three second-place finishes. His $211,800 in season earnings ranks second on Tour and is the second-highest total of his career. He also finished second on Tour with a 225.25 average.
Weber, a PBA Hall of Famer with 32 Tour titles, made three championship round appearances this season and captured his first title since 2004. He finished second in the 2006 Denny's World Championship, his Tour-record 21st appearance in a Major championship round. He finished the season 8th in the 2005-06 PBA World Point Rankings and his $146,300 in season earnings ranks sixth on Tour.
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Two PBA stars chosen among 14 to participate in winner-take-all event
PBA Commissioner Fred Schreyer (left) has announced that Norm Duke and Pete Weber have been voted into the "Motel 6 Roll to Riches" special event via an online fan vote. The "Motel 6 Roll to Riches" features a winner-take-all $200,000 top prize, equaling last year's top-prize as the richest grand prize in PBA history. The event will be contested Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Main Event Entertainment - Lewisville in Lewisville, Texas. The show will air on ESPN as two back-to-back one-hour shows on Sunday, April 23 beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
Duke (Clermont, Fla.) led the all-star voting, receiving 23% of the total votes cast. Weber (St. Ann, Mo.) was second with 21% while Chris Barnes (Flower Mound, Texas) was third with 12%.
Duke and Weber will join the four winners of this season's Denny's PBA Tour Major events in this unique high stakes event.
The six participants include:
• Mike Scroggins, winner of the 2005 USBC Masters
• Tommy Jones, winner of the 63rd U.S. Open
• Walter Ray Williams Jr., winner of the 2006 Denny's World Championship
• Chris Barnes, winner of the 2006 Dexter Tournament of Champions
• Norm Duke, voted in as a PBA all-star
• Pete Weber, voted in as a PBA all-star
Duke, a 23-time Tour champion, finished the season first in the 2005-06 PBA World Point Rankings. He made a Tour-high seven championship round appearances, capturing one title and posting three second-place finishes. His $211,800 in season earnings ranks second on Tour and is the second-highest total of his career. He also finished second on Tour with a 225.25 average. Weber, a PBA Hall of Famer with 32 Tour titles, made three championship round appearances this season and captured his first title since 2004. He finished second in the 2006 Denny's World Championship, his Tour-record 21st appearance in a Major championship round. He finished the season 8th in the 2005-06 PBA World Point Rankings and his $146,300 in season earnings ranks sixth on Tour.