2011 AMF Australian Masters Announced as a World Bowling Tour Event

The World Tenpin Bowling Association has announced that the 2011 AMF Australian Masters will be included as one of seven events on the inaugural World Bowling Tour. With a total prize fund of in excess of $US100,000 the 2011 AMF Australian Masters is sure to attract some of the sports finest from all over the globe.

Returning to AMF Rooty Hill RSL in New South Wales the event will be con-tested from the 8th-22nd of October and will be the hallmark event of the 50th Australian Adult Tenpin Bowling National Championships.

Tenpin Bowling Australia CEO Cara Honeychurch when asked to comment regarding the announcement stated that ‘it has been many years since Australia hosted a significant interna-tional tournament to attract the sports finest athletes from around the world.’ Last years womens final was contested by the U.S pair of Lynda Barnes and Wendy McPherson with Barnes taking the title in a 5-game thriller. ‘The foundations were laid with the 2010 AMF Australian Masters, and now, with its inclusion into the 2011 World Bowling Tour, we look forward to taking the tournament to the next level,’ Honeychurch added.

The special, made-for-television World Bowling Tour Finals presented by the PBA will wrap up the Tour’s first year. The top three men and top three women in the season-ending points list will be invited to the event to compete for a total prize fund of $40,000.

The World Bowling Tour is made up of various events around the world through-

out the course of 2011. Players earn points based on how they finish in the event and those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the players eligible for the World Bowling Tour Finals. With the 2011 AMF Australian Masters currently the last stop to qualify for the World Bowling Tour Finals, AMF Rooty Hill RSL will be packed with the best international bowlers trying to make the finals.

The 2011 Australian Adult National Championships Schedule incorporating the 2011 AMF Australian Mas-ters, 2011 Walter Rachuig Trophy Tournament, 2011 National Seniors Teams Challenge and 2011 National Restricted Teams Challenge is now available on the Tenpin Bowling Australia Events website.

The World Bowling Tour is starting to heat up before it makes its way to AMF Rooty Hill RSL for the final seventh event. After 4 events Finnish PBA Tour Member Mika Koivuniemi and U.S. great Carolyn Dorin-Ballard lead the inaugural tour. Listed is the top 10 after the first 4 events and we expect to see most of bowlers down under in October for the 2011 AMF Australian Masters.

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Men Women Pos Name Country Points Pos Name Country Points

1 Mika Koivuniemi Finland 125 1 Carolyn Dorin-Ballard USA 145

2 Chris Barnes USA 68 2 Kelly Kulick USA 100

3 Sean Rash USA 65 3 Krista Pollanen Finland 80

4 Norm Duke USA 50 4 Liz Johnson USA 70

4 Tom Hess USA 50 5 Nina Flack Sweden 55

4 Syafiq Ridhwan Malaysia 50 6 Clara Guerrero Colombia 50

4 Tommy Jones USA 50 7 Jazreel Tan Singapore 46

8 Osku Palermaa Finland 46 8 Rocio Restrepo Colombia 40

9 Kimmo Lehtonen Finland 41 9 Nicki Ainge England 38

10 Jack Jurek USA 40 10 Mai Ginge Jensen Denmark 35

10 Thomas Larsen Denmark 40 10 Missy Parkin USA 35

Bi-Monthly Newsletter March 2011

Australian Success at the Commonwealth Championships 2011 Women’s World Championships Team Help Our Champions Become World Champtions Commonwealth Games - Past and Future VicTenpins News Tenpin SA News Bowler Profile: Rebecca Whiting 300 Club Upcoming Tourna-ments On the Lanes with Chris Batson 13th Frame

Contents

March 2011

Success at the 5th Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships Australia fielded a team of its top-ranked Adult and Youth male and female bowlers to com-pete in the V Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship held in Kuala Lumpur at the end of February. The biennial Championship is regarded as one of the highlights on the sport’s international calendar.

Ann-Maree Putney, Bianca Flanagan, George Frilingos and Chris Castle accompanied by Na-tional Coach, Chris Batson and team Manager, Lorraine McLoughlin flew the Aussie flag against the cream of some of the Commonweath’s best. Nations ranged from the Asian pow-erhouses of Singapore and Malaysia to tiny bowling nations including Malta, Bermuda and Brunei Darussalam. After a great start to 2011 with Lexi Nicoll taking gold in the 21st Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships in Abu Dhabi, Australia’s success in the international arena continued at these championships. The doubles duo of Chris Castle and George Frilingos became the first Austra-lians to snatch medals in Malaysia taking the silver for the men’s doubles. With a combined score of 2598 the pair narrowly missed gold by 22 pins to the English pairing of Matt Miller and Matt Chamberlain and just nudged out the Malaysian pair of Adrian Ang and Zulmaz-ran Zulkifli by 6 pins. Frilingos who is no stranger to international success was looking for more than just the one medal and combined with Ann-Maree Putney in the mixed doubles to collect a bronze medal. The other Australian pairing of Chris Castle and Bianca Flanagan finished just 19 pins be-hind the bronze medal duo finishing in fourth place. George narrowly missed more medals finishing 4th in the All-Events and Masters components of the Championships. The perpetual TRIPLE DIAMOND TROPHY, sponsored by the Australian Diamond Company, which is awarded to the team with the highest pinfall in Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Teams was won by host country Malaysia. Singapore topped the overall medal tally with 3 Gold and 2 Silver medals, closely followed by England with 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals, while Australia finished in fourth place overall.

The Championship is held every two years and is designed to showcase the sport internationally. Several hours coverage of this year’s event were telecast live throughout Malaysia on the Astro Arena sports network and arrangements are being finalised for a Highlights program across a vast international television audience via IMG’s TransWorld Sport program.

Ann-Maree and George receiving their Bronze Medals

Chris Castle, Bianca Flanagan, Ann-Maree Putney

and George Frilingos

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TO FIND OUT WHAT TBA IS DOING TO GET BOWLING

BACK IN THE 2018 COMMON-WEALTH GAMES SEE PAGE 4!

2011 Women’s World Championship Team Tenpin Bowling Australia is pleased to announce the bowlers who will be representing Australia at the Women’s World Championships to be held in Hong Kong from 2nd—11th September 2011. The following 6 women have been chosen to represent Australia in September and we wish them all the best and await the bag full of medals. Here’s some information on our representatives.

Narelle Baker

4 time Australian Team Representative

2010 Arafura Classic

Winner

2009 Vic 150 Winner

Lexi Nicoll

3 time Australian Team Representative

Gold Medalist 21st Asian Champion-

ships Womens Singles

2010 Top Ranked Youth

Female

Rebecca Voukolos

5th year representing

Australia

2005 & 2007 Australian Masters

Winner

2006 South Pacific Classic

Winner

Carol Gianotti

1998 PWBA Player of the Year

(US Pro Tour)

16 Titles on the US Women’s Pro Tour

4 time member of All American Team

2011 USBC Hall of Fame Inductee

Ann-Maree Putney

2007 AMF World Cup Champion

2008 World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame

Inductee

20 time Australian Team

Representative

Won 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze medals

in International Competition

Rebecca Whiting

4 time Australian Team Representative

1 Gold and 1 Bronze Medal in Interna-

tional Competition

2010 Top Ranked Female

300 Game during the 2010 Asian Youth Championships in

Kuwait

Go for THE GOAL! $12,000

Unfortunately it’s a sad reality that all athletes who make an Aus-tralian team have to fund a significant amount of the costs associ-ated with national team representation themselves. To assist, Ten-pin Bowling Australia has registered a National Team Travel Fund with the Australian Sports Foundation. TBA’s goal is to raise $12,000 to send the 6 women featured above to the Women’s World Championships in Hong Kong.

TBA would like to sincerely thank those who have already contrib-uted. To date we have raised $1,000 so we have a long way to go to reach our target! If you are to make a donation please head to the TBA Website at http://www.tenpin.org.au and click on the Aus-tralian Sports Foundation link. All donations over $2 are tax deduc-table and can only be used for the explicit purpose of funding National Team Travel. For more information regarding the Australian Sports Foundation please head to the Australian Sports Foundation Website http://www.asf.org.au/

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Help Our Champions Become World Champions

$12K

$0

$1K

Commonwealth Games—Past and Future The tremendous impact of Bowling’s inclusion in the 1998 Commonwealth Games is renowned. The triple-Gold performance of Cara Honeychurch and the highest medal tally of 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze by the Australian team at the KL Games combined to give the greatest boost the sport has ever received in its quest to raise the profile of tenpin bowling in this country.

Following intense lobbying, the sport was also included on the program of the Commonwealth Youth Games, held in Victoria in 2004 and following Bowling’s reclassification as a Category 2 sport by the Commonwealth Games Federation last year, it is once again eligible for selection by potential host cities bidding to hold future Commonwealth Games.

The program for the next Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, 2014) has been finalised without the inclusion of tenpin bowling, and only two countries are bidding to host the 2018 Games – Australia (Gold Coast) and Sri Lanka. In or-der to present a compelling case for the potential host city of Gold Coast to in-clude Bowling on its program, TBA CEO, Cara Honeychurch and CTBF Secretary-General, Lynne Clay, met with the CEO of the Bid Committee in Queensland and it was ascertained that the bid city’s initial selection of sports is based on the line-up from the 2010 Games in Delhi and recommendations from the Australian Commonwealth Games Association. At that stage, bowling had slipped from Category 2 status, but now that this has been reinstated, TBA and its interna-tional affiliates are determined to do everything possible to regain a place on the program of future Commonwealth Games.

A comprehensive document outlining bowling’s cre-dentials, the expertise and considerable experience of TBA officials in supporting major multi-sport events on the Gold Coast (such as the Pan Pacific Masters Games and the Australian University Games), and the availability of state of the art venues at little or no cost to Games organisers was pre-sented to the Bid Committee CEO.

Another positive that emerged during these discus-sions is that bowling is a preferred sport, viewer-wise, to some of the traditional Commonwealth Games sports. This, and the ability to provide arena seating to maximise ticket sales, sponsorship oppor-tunities, television and live audience appeal added further credibility to bowling’s case as a potential addition to future Games’ programs.

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The 1998 Commonwealth Games Team

Back Row: Frank Ryan, Cheryl Munson (coach), Michael Muir

Front Row: Maxine Nable and Cara Honeychurch

One of the many hundreds of hero faxes received at the 1998

Commonwealth Games

What Next? ... You Can Help!! We all know that bowling is a very high participation sport and this strength of numbers can really help in our goal of persuading the 2018 Gold Coast Bid Committee to favourably consider bowling for its pro-posed program.

As an individual, however, you can also make a BIG contribution to portraying bowling in a positive light and reinforcing its eligibility as an IDEAL inclusion on the potential 2018 Games program.

Here’s a few tips to get behind the Gold Coast’s bid for 2018 ….

VISIT the Gold Coast 2018 Bid website - http://www.goldcoast2018bid.com and learn more about why the city is bidding, its aim to stage a sustainable Games, the legacy of improved public transport, and opportunities to get involved as a volunteer.

TWEET your support or join the thousands of Likers on FACEBOOK by supporting the bid, and encourage others to do so too!

SUBSCRIBE to the GC018 YOUTUBE CHANNEL - http://www.youtube.com/gc2018bid

REGISTER to stay up to date with the monthly Gold Coast 2018 Bid e-news - http://www.goldcoast2018bid.com/content/Standard2.asp?name=Support-the-bid#enews and don’t forget to identify yourself as a member of Tenpin Bowling Australia.

SEND letters to the Editors of Brisbane and Gold Coast-based newspapers and community magazines supporting the Gold Coast 2018 Bid and mentioning the benefits of including tenpin bowling on the program

PHONE your local AM and FM radio stations whenever the Gold Coast 2018 Bid is mentioned in talk-back programs to voice your support, and use the opportunity to highlight Australia’s brilliant medal success in tenpin bowling at previous Games and its potential to value-add to the 2018 Games

ALWAYS add your enthusiastic support for Australia’s bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games and NEVER criticise or bag previous Games organisers for overlook-ing our sport in recent years.

Avoid the temptation to express disappointment or frustration that bowling is competing with many other eligible sports for the right to join the 10 core sports on the program. DEMONSTRATE BY OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS THAT BOWLERS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR SPORT, THAT WE ARE HONOURABLE AND SPORTS-MANLIKE AND THAT THE SPORT AND ITS ATHLETES ARE WORTHY OF INCLUSION IN THE ‘FRIENDLY GAMES’.

ABOVE ALL, show loyalty and unwavering support to the Gold Coast in its bid. Inviting your friends to sup-port TBA and the Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Fed-eration by posting links on your website, blog or social media spaces will demonstrate the bowling commu-nity’s passion and unbiased support for the Gold Coast 2018 Bid.

UNITED SUPPORT FROM THE BOWLING FAMILY WILL SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT BOWLING IS A VALU-ABLE ALLY AND WORTHY PARTICIPANT.

Lynne Clay Secretary-General Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Federation

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5 GREAT REASONS WHY BOWLING

SHOULD BE IN THE GAMES

Bowling is played in all 6 regions of the

Commonwealth, including 32 of the 72

Commonwealth Nations

Bowling is gender equal and non-

discriminatory by age or size

Scoring is objective and not dependent on

judging

Minimal cost to Games organisers as state-

of-the-art facilities already exist on the

Gold Coast

Bowling is viewer friendly and great for

TV—unaffected by weather and many flexi-

ble formats available for TV

During February VicTenpins hosted a highly successful State Championships that once again incorpo-rated the VicTenpins Awards, Hall of Fame Inductions and the highly popular Legends, SuperStars and FutureStars event.

Hall of Fame and Award Winners Firstly some very proud and honoured people were inducted into the Hall of Fame followed by the announcement of the 2010 VicTen-pins Awards Winners.

VicTenpins News

2010 VicTenpins Award Winners

Award Name

Senior Female Bowler of the Year Jeanette Baker

Adult Female Bowler of the Year Narelle Baker

Youth Female Bowler of the Year Bec Whiting

Junior Female Bowler of the Year Rachael Glare

Senior Male Bowler of the Year Stephen Bell

Adult Male Bowler of the Year Paul Trotter

Youth Male Bowler of the Year Kevin McRae

Junior Male Bowler of the Year Josh Morel

Athlete with a Disability Bowler of the Year

Kingsly Williams

Coach of the Year Wayne Parlby

Volunteer of the Year Sue Raphael

Team of the Year

2010 Seniors Team Challenge Team Mike Kennedy, Kevin Clunies-Ross, Barry Wicks, Frank Bell, Jeanette Baker, Barb Richmond, Sarah Knowland, Robyn Flynn, Wayne Parlby (Coach), Narelle Baker (Manager)

Hall of Fame Inductees

Cara Honeychurch

Merv Billing

Denece Jones

Jill Vine

Vic Bubniw

Ron Powell

Elizabeth Smithers

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Hall of Fame Inductee Denece Jones with Youth Bowler of the Year Kevin McRae

Team of the Year: 2010 Seniors Team Challenge Narelle Baker (manager), Jeanette Baker, Kevin Clunies-Ross, Mike Kennedy, Robyn Flynn and Sarah Knowland

Gold Award Recipient: Jeanette Baker

Junior Bowler of the Year Rachael Glare

2011 Super Skins and the first 300 game at Twin Cities Tenpin Bowl A full field of 49 lined up for the 2011 Super Skins with a total prize pool of $9000 at Twin Cities Tenpin Bowling on Sunday 23 January 2011. The annual event draws some of Australia’s finest bowlers with the 2011 event being no exception. 2011 saw the highest scores bowled since the inception of the event topped with a 300 game in the final skin by Boronia bowler Paul Robin-son. His 300 game was the first ever to be bowled at Twin Cities Tenpin Bowl at either its current location in Sanyo Drive or the previous site on Elgin Boulevard and it is therefore the first 300 game in Wodonga. Ten skins were bowled on the day with each skin carrying a prize fund of $900. Next years event will be bowled on Sunday 29 January 2012 and each skin will offer $1000 making the total prize money on offer $10,000. On the right of this story is a list of the skins winners.

2011 Super Skins Winners Skin Bowler Game Money

1 Matthew Chettleburgh

Mac Stewart 256 $450 each

2 Russell Gunn 238 $900

3 Barry Dodds 257 $900

4 Shane Minehan 266 $900

5 Kevin McRae 267 $900

6 Frank Pompeani 260 $900

7 Barry Dodds Ivo Brighenti

267 $450 each

8 Scott Robertson 247 $900

9 Scott Robertson 265 $900

10 Paul Robinson 300 $900

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Event Name Score

Men’s Open All Events Chris Castle 2207

Men’s Open Singles Paul Trotter 836

Men’s Open Doubles Dwayne Vivian Joshua Alvisse

1482

Men’s A Grade Doubles Mathew Chettleburgh Lyndon Quinlivan

1328

Senior Men’s A Grade Doubles Neale Hinsley Allan Smith

1230

Event Name Score

Women’s C Grade All Events Erin Kennedy 1577

Senior Men’s A Grade All Events Neale Hinsley 1819

B Grade Mixed Doubles Nathan Lock Kelly Lock

1182

A Grade Teams Adam Nichol, Caitlyn Barns-ley, Amy Dickson & Kirsten Field

2437

Our third annual Legends, Superstars and Futurestars event saw once again some very talented bowling. The event brings together the superstars of yesteryear, current superstars and stars of the future for a great night of fun at the Victorian State Championships. It is a great opportunity for bowlers of the future to compete with some of Victoria’s best and learn a thing or two from some of the best in their day. This year Warren Stewart and his team made sure that Steve Bell was-n’t going to make it a hat trick and put on a great show. 1st Place Warren Stewart, Paul Campbell , Kevin McRae and Bryce Woszczeiko - 2646 2nd Place Chris Benson, Rachael Glare, Rachelle Flynn, Josh Morel - 2482 3rd Place Rob Zikman, Emily Cross, Amy Farrell, Nell Kieseker - 2370

The winning team of Warren Stewart, Kevin McRae, Bryce Woszczeiko and Paul Campbell

Legends, Superstars and Futurestars (VicTenpins News Continued)

State Championships — New Record Holders

Tenpin SA News Fine Accolade for Finey

He may only be 12-years of age but he is certainly setting the Bowling World alight. Kyle Finey who regularly bowls at Bowland Salisbury was awarded the Tenpin SA Monthly Star for December at the 2011 State Championships.

Kyle was nominated for his outstanding performance at the first SA Junior Youth Circuit event to in-clude a Junior Graded division. He not only won the event but bowled his highest game of 203 which was 97 pins over his average. This is not the only great performance for Kyle in the past 12 months.

Getting his first taste of real competition at the 2010 State Championships, Kyle came 5th at the SA Junior Restricted Masters. He then went on to the National Championships in 2010 to finish a spot higher Nationally and 2nd in the Scotch Doubles.

Kyle is currently preparing for another National Championships in April to be held in Geelong, VIC. He will be watching some of the players from the Shield Team with great interest and will be inspired to achieve his best from the support, encouragement and advice provided by these bowlers.

Tenpin SA would once again like to congratulate Kyle for his accomplishments in 2010 and hope to see him nominated for more great achievements in the future. We wish Kyle well for the Nationals and hope he achieves his dreams of becoming a State and National Team member.

Kyle receiving his award at the

2011 South Australian State

Championships

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K is for Krinis 2011 has already been a very successful year for the Krinis family. With an All-Events Gold Medal at the National Youth Teams Challenge, SA Adult Open Masters win, two 300 games for Matt and a SA Junior Open Masters win for Alana the first two months of 2011 have been full of success.

The Monthly Star Award for February was awarded to Alana Krinis for her fantastic achievement at the SA Junior Open Masters during the 2011 SA State Championships. Alana has followed in her brother, Matt’s, footsteps who in 2009 won the SA Junior Open Masters.

Alana who is in great form, last year placed 3rd in the Female All-Events at the SA Under 25 Challenge. A member of the Woodville eX-treme league on Friday Nights she walked into league on Friday 4 March unaware of what was about to happen. In front of all her peers Alana was presented with the Monthly Star Award to a deafening round of applause.

Certainly one of the popular members of the league, Alana was not only rewarded for her Junior Open Masters success, but also for her great attitude on the lanes. A regular attendee of the SA Junior Youth Circuit, Alana is always a fierce competitor and a great sportsperson. She is a great ambassador for South Australia and Tenpin Bowl-ing. Alana will now go on to represent South Australia at the National Junior Masters to be held in Geelong in April. Tenpin SA would once again like to congratulate Alana for her great start to 2011 and hope to see more success come April. Alana is well into her preparations for Geelong but her goals for the moment are ‘just to keep bowling’. We wish Alana all the best and know she will do us proud, hopefully going one spot better than her brother did in 2009.

One TBA Member will be awarded each month so if you know someone that deserves recognition like Kyle or Alana for something great in Tenpin Bowling, NOMINATE THEM NOW!! Nomination Criteria and Forms can be found on the Tenpin SA Website www.tenpinsa.com.au

Tenpin SA would also like to recognise the achievements of the other bowlers nominated in December and February: Matt Krinis for multiple 300 games, SA Open Masters Win and 4 medals (1 gold, 3 bronze) at the National Youth Teams Challenge James Wragg for his personal best series of 713 Michael Taylor for bowling a 268 game & 277 game (96 over average) with a 713 series Enid Anderson for bowling a 241 game in 5-man teams Jay Davy for bowling a 2-game series of 264 and 223

Alana receiving her award at her

Friday eXtreme league at AMF

Woodville

Tenpin SA News (Continued)

Amflite League Inducted in the Tenpin SA Hall of Fame

Last year the Austrian Keglers were the first inductees into the Tenpin SA Hall of Fame. This year it was the Amflite League that made it the second group to be inducted into this Hall of Fame in 2011. Amflite League is one of Australia’s longest running leagues and in June will be celebrating its 50th year continuously running as a league. Amflite which currently meets on a Tuesday night at AMF Norwood, South Australia is a 5-person team league and still has a massive 17 teams that compete weekly. The league has a very active and well established Social Club with around three-quarters of the league also members of this social club. We believe the current Secretary Brian Jordan is the longest serving League Secretary voted in at the League’s AGM in December for his 31st consecutive year. He has also been bowling in the same sponsored team continuously for the longest period. He is naturally the Captain of this team and his inspiration for our young budding captains ‘just outlive them all, then you have to become captain’. On the 11th February 2011 at the Opening Ceremony of another successful Tenpin SA State Championships, the Amflite League were inducted into the Tenpin SA Hall of Fame with President Gary Mickam, Vice President Graham Fraser, Secretary Brian Jordan and Max Karamanlis accepting the award on behalf of the whole league in front of the 21-strong Opening Ceremony lineup.

13th Australian Masters Games In 2011 the 13th Australian Masters Games (AMG) returns to Adelaide, South Australia. The Games will aim to attract in excess of 10,000 competitors including 1,000 international competi-tors competing in over 60 sports.

Tenpin SA will be hosting the Tenpin Bowling competition from 9th to 13th October at AMF Norwood Bowl. To register your interest as a competitor, volunteer or accompanying person go to www.australianmastersgames.com.

Over the past 18 years the Australian Masters Games have provided a forum for sports compe-tition and social interaction for people over the age of 30, promoting friendship and goodwill among participants, their families and friends, spectators and the community as a whole.

The Australian Masters Games is a mass participation event, open to anyone who meets the minimum age requirement (30 years for most sports). The first Australian Masters Games were held in Tasmania in 1987 and over the years, the event has become Australia’s largest multisport festival.

Get in the Game!

Tenpin SA Awards Night Tenpin SA is excited to launch its first Awards Night. The night funded through Sport SA and Club One will recognise the significant contributions of volunteers to the sport of Tenpin Bowl-ing. In what will be a night of celebration of Tenpin Bowling in South Australia the Awards Night will present 5 major award categories as well as 30 minor awards.

To be hosted at the Prince of Wales Hotel, 215 Port Road QUEENSTOWN for $25 per person the awards night looks to give back to those who give so much to our great sport. The 5 major award categories (Tenpin SA Volunteer of the Year, Tenpin SA Coach of the Year, Tour-nament Team Volunteer of the Year, Association/League Volunteer of the Year, Youth Volunteer of the Year) and 30 ‘Say Thanks’ Awards will be presented on the night. A nomination booklet including the nomination criteria and forms can be downloaded from the ‘Awards’ section of the Tenpin SA website www.tenpinsa.com.au/index.php?id=628.

If you know someone that you think deserves either a major category award or you would simply like to ‘Say Thanks’ for their contribu-tions, nominate them NOW!!

Tickets for the Tenpin SA Awards Night can be booked through Dion Alexander sadevelopmentofficer@tenpin.org.au or ring 0431 241 415. We hope you will join us for what will be a great night of celebration of Tenpin Bowling in South Australia.

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Bowler Profile: Rebecca Whiting Birthday: 24th of July 1990

Star Sign: Leo

Born At What Town: Victoria—Wantirna

First Job: Party Host at Ed Fleming Lanes

The Reason I Bowl: You get to meet so many great people and travel around Australia and the world doing something you love.

If I wasn’t a bowler A Tennis Player I would be:

The Bowler I’d most like to partner in a double tournament: Kelly Kulick

Sporting Hero: Kelly Kulick

My Proudest moment in my bowling career: Winning team gold for Australia at 2009 Asian schools Championships in Hong Kong.

My Nickname: Chewbeccy

Favourite Food: Thai

I Can’t Get By Without: The support from my family and friends

I Like to Watch On TV: Packed to the Rafters, Bones, Vampire Diaries, Gossip girl and Glee.

I Like to Listen to: Anything that is played on the radio

Favourite School Subject : I.T

Where I Would Like To Be In 10 Years: Customs Officer and still bowling.

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The Exclusive 300 Club for February—March 2011 Name Centre State Date Name Centre State Date

Angelo Nucifora Burdekin Bowl QLD 15/02/2010 Lexi Nicoll Gosford City Bowl NSW 28/03/2011

Mark Steendam Bateau Bay NSW 17/02/2011 Dylan Kingshott Devonport Tenpin TAS 03/03/2011

Rob Kaluci Mackay Tenpin QLD 22/03/2011 Robert Dunn AMF Golden Grove SA 04/03/2011

Ryan Lambert Bateau Bay NSW 27/02/2011 Shane Marsden AMF Morely WA 08/03/2011

Kevin Webb Campelltown NSW 27/02/2011 Andrew Stirling Tenpin City NSW 16/03/2011

John Sullivan AMF Keon Park VIC 27/02/2011 Warren Hincliffe Mentone Bowl VIC 19/03/2011

Mark Dodds AMF Dandenong VIC 10/03/2011 Jonathon Kross AMF Richlands QLD 18/03/2011

Barry Wicks Mentone Bowl VIC 09/03/2011 Nathan Stein Gympie Tenpin QLD 19/02/2011

Conor Quail Bowland Salisbury SA 13/03/2011 Ian Renfrey Logan City Tenpin QLD 21/03/2011

David Altmann Mentone Bowl VIC 19/03/2011 Jeff Sinclair Campbelltown NSW 27/03/2011

Shannon Poulitsas Aspley Tenpin QLD 17/03/2011 Theron Catchick AMF Joondalup WA 16/03/2011

Barry Wicks Mentone Bowl VIC 21/03/2011 Robert James AMF Joondalup WA 21/02/2011

Craig Murray Bowland Salisbury SA 16/03/2011 Tony Sutton AMF Castle Hill NSW 31/01/2011

Kira Cheeseman AMF Joondalup WA 16/03/2011 Scott Hannington AMF Forest Hill VIC 29/03/2011

Ashley Riley Devonport Tenpin TAS 24/03/2011 Daniel Morphett AMF Boronia VIC 11/03/2011

YOUTH RANKED TOURNAMENTS WERRIBEE YOUTH CUP: 2nd/3rd April , Werribee bowl contact: Edi De Pellergrin Ph:03 9741 9777 email: edi@werribeebowl.com.au GLOBAL YOUTH CUP: 16th/17th July , Oz Tenpin Geelong contact: Rob Zikman Ph: 03 9408 3077 email: robert@oztenpin.com.au

OPEN RANKED TOURNAMENTS AUSTRALIAN OPEN: 22nd—24th April, AMF Keon Park contact: Brett Best Ph: 0425 881 944 email: bbest@amfbowling.com.au

ARAFURA CLASSIC SINGLES: 14th/15th May, Planet Tenpin contact: June Voukolos Ph: 0407 246 369 email: vouky@ozemail.com.au

WOMEN’S RANKED TOURNAMENTS VIC 150: 22nd-24th April, AMF Keon Park contact: Brett Best Ph: 0425881944 email: bbest@amfbowling.com.au

ARAFURA CLASSIC SINGLES: 14th/15th May, Planet Tenpin contact: June Voukolos Ph: 0407246369 email: vouky@ozemail.com.au

SENIOR RANKED TOURNAMENTS BLACK AND WHITE CLASSIC: 21st/22nd May, Aspley 10Pin Bowl contact: Mary Flower Ph: 073865 8887email: flink1@bigpond.com

VENUTO CUP: 11th/12th June, Oz Tenpin Geelong contact: Sue Raphael email: rapsan@bigpond.net.au

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Haven’t Got Your TBA Membership Card Yet? TBA can only issue you with a membership card once your details have been entered onto our database and we have received your payment. We understand that many of prefer to pay your membership at your local bowling centre rather than online but if there is a delay in the processing of your details (including payment) by your centre, that is the most likely reason you haven’t got your card yet. So if you joined TBA several weeks ago and are still waiting, give us a call at the National Office on (07)3262 4455 or drop us an email at tenpin.bowling@tenpin.org.au.

On The Lanes With Chris Batson Understanding the Breakpoint to Improve Your Scores This month’s tip is all about understanding the importance of the breakpoint in increasing your carry percentage and ultimately your average. Please keep in mind that this tip is for bowlers that hook the ball.

The breakpoint is the spot on the lane where the ball starts to hook towards the head pin. This is generally about 40 feet down the lane (refer to the diagram). First of all there is no fail-safe system that will work for everyone on every lane condition. However on most lane conditions, carry will be at its best when the breakpoint is between the 5th and 8th board at 40 feet down the lane. This will give a good angle of entry to the pocket to increase your percent-age. This also puts the ball outside the majority of oil on most ‘house’ oiling patterns which runs from 10 board either side of the lane. It is very important to have your

breakpoint outside that deep oil. A lot of the 10 pins I see left in league come from the bowler not getting the ball outside 9 board at the breakpoint. The ball looks great to the bowler who has hit their target and thrown the ball well, but there stands the 10 pin. This happened because the ball hit the 9,10, or 11 board at the breakpoint and didn’t grip the lane well enough to create the angle re-quired to carry.

Many bowlers do not notice what board their ball rolls over at the breakpoint. If you learn to watch the ball at the breakpoint and understand what board it rolled over you can increase your carry percentage.

The Breakpoint and Targeting -Putting it All Together But how do we use it in a targeting system? First of all decide what part of the lane you wish to play at the arrow zone. This will be dictated by the oil pattern and how much it is hooking. For an example let’s say we want to target the 3rd arrow or 15 board.

Next, walk up to the foul line and look at 7 board down the lane where your breakpoint will be (usually around the 40-foot mark). Then draw an imaginary line from 7 board all the way to your bowling shoulder back through your target of 3rd arrow. You now have a line to throw the ball down. You can target with your eyes anywhere along that line, but for most people it’s easier to look at the 3rd arrow. You need to ensure that when you deliver the ball you face your breakpoint so the ball will travel along our imaginary line. Because the ball will go straight once it is released until it reaches the breakpoint, it is im-portant that you body is positioned to allow your swing to follow that imaginary line. The idea of course is to throw the ball across the 3rd arrow and continue to the breakpoint of 7 board and then allow the ball to hook to the pocket. Now don’t expect to hit the 7th board at the breakpoint every time. How accurate you are at the breakpoint will depend on the level of your game, experience and amount of time you practice! The best pros on the PBA Tour can hit a breakpoint about 2 boards wide, while the best amateurs will be closer to 3 boards wide. A realistic goal for a good league bowler should be within 4 boards.

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The various elements of the lane with the breakpoint at around 40 feet

When you are first learning to draw a line to your breakpoint, you may need to walk up the foul line and see where you need to end your approach. Get into your finishing position as if you were just re-leasing the ball and see the direction you need to be facing and what board you wish to slide on to follow the red line.

Here the bowler lines up to throw the ball from around the 4th arrow to a breakpoint of 7 at 42 feet down the lane. The red line shows the actual path he wants the ball to follow. The blue line is drawn from the breakpoint to where he is actually stand-ing. The bowler knows he is going to drift left as he makes his approach so he takes that into account.

Putting it into Practice So now let’s look at something to try in your next training session to put this theory into prac-tice. Place 2 pieces of tape 41.5 feet down the lane. One on 5 board and one on 9 board. The idea is to make the ball go between the two pieces of tape. Using the bowler in these photos as the example, I as the coach would line him to up to throw the ball through the 4th arrow and get him to hit in between the two pieces of tape I have placed down the lane (refer dia-gram 2).

Notice the ball goes straight for about 4 feet before it makes its move to the pocket (diagram 3). While the ball is going straight in this example the ball has actually gripped the lane and is about to make its way towards the pocket. If the bowler was shooting a different line then the ball may make a sharper and earlier roll towards the pocket.

Another important concept to grasp which comes with experience is knowing when you did not throw a good shot, even if the ball still hit the pocket. The first lesson in geometry is that it takes two points to make a straight line. Using just the 3rd arrow as the only target is not good enough because that is just a single point on the lane. You can cross that point in any direction. That means you could hit the 3rd arrow but only make it to 10 board at the break point instead of between 5 and 9 board. On a league lane condition that ball may still hit the pocket and strike even now and then, but more often than not, it will be a 9 count.

On a flatter oil pattern like they are using on the PBA Tour or at one of the high roller tourna-ments in the United States, there is far less margin for error. A shot that misses inside your target at the breakpoint will go through the nose or even cross over to hit Brooklyn. Knowing and watching your breakpoint can keep you honest even on the easiest of lane conditions and help you keep track of where you need to throw the ball to get the best carry percentage.

This is how to use your breakpoint as part of a targeting system. So when you hear me say “are you hitting both targets” you will know what I mean. Of course you will have to make adjustments depending on the lane condition particularly if you are hitting your breakpoint but the ball does not make the pocket. Using the break point allows us to shorten the lane to about 20 feet. That's because you only have to worry about what the ball does between the breakpoint and the pocket. You need to pay very close attention to the ball and how it is roll-ing in the last 20 feet of the lane to make the correct adjustments with your target and break-point to ensure you continue to strike and score.

Diagram 1: The trajectory of the ball as it passes through the arrows towards the break-point highlighted by the yellow circle

Diagram 2: Two pieces of tape placed on 5th and 9th board at the breakpoint, approxi-mately 41.5 feet down the lane

Diagram 3: The ball continues on straight for another 4 feet before making a direction change towards the pocket

Diagram 4: The ball with the correct amount of friction and accuracy at the breakpoint should result in s strike!

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On The Lanes With Chris Batson (Continued)

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THE 13TH FRAME

Bowling Glossary

Brooklyn: Going to the left side for a right-hander and vice-versa for a lefty (Cross)

Kingpin: The headpin or the number 1 pin.

Supplies:

* Cotton, twill or canvas, 11" x 11" per bunny

* Contrasting fabric for ears

* Fusible interfacing, 1/4 yard

* Fabric Marker

* Matching thread

* Embroidery hoop (5" or smaller)

* Embroidery thread

* Embroidery needle

* Polyfill or other stuffing material

* Funnel

Instructions: Step 1: PREPARE FABRIC. Wash, dry, press all fabric.

Step 2: EMBROID FACE. Cut one 5 1/2" x 11" piece of fabric for each bunny you are making. Mark 9" up from the bottom in the centre of the fabric and use a fabric marker to draw the face. Place the fabric in a small embroidery hoop and sew the face. Note: You may also choose to sew the face on after the bunny is completed. Step 3: CUT FABRIC. Cut out paper templates. Fold over fabric front with embroi-dered face lengthwise, aligning bowling pin template with the bottom edge of the fabric. Be sure to place embroidered face in desired spot and cut shape. Cut backs of bunnies from remaining fabric, cutting along the fold again. Cut ear fronts from contrasting fabric and ear backs from solid fabric.

Step 4: SEW BUNNY EARS. Iron fusible interfacing onto back side of bunny ear. Place ear pieces right sides out using a blunt tool. Fold corners over towards contrasting fabric and sew 1/4" from bottom to create crease in ears. Press flat.

Step 5: SEW BUNNY. Place ears upside down and right sides facing up on right side of bunny back side. Fold ears and pin them in place, making sure that they are pinned out of the way of the seam allowance. Pin bunny back to front, right sides together. With a 1/4" seam allowance, sew along outside edges and 1" into either side along the bottom. Reinforce with an over casting stitch, making sure all seams are secure. Step 6: MAKE PLEATS IN BOTTOM. Pull fabric at corners to form a right angle in the opposite direction of the stitching. Press flat. Mark a line 3/4" from the tip of the seam and sew along this line. Trim excess fabric and reinforce with and over casting stitch. Turn bunny right sides out.

Step 7: STUFF BUNNY. Using funnel, stuff 3/4 full with polyfill or other stuffing. Pack stuffing in tightly using the closed tip of scissors or other blunt object. Us-ing the funnel, fill the remaining space with approximately 1/2 cup of rice.

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