Bowlers Journal International - April 2008 - (Page 20)

INSIDELINE JAPAN CUP TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE A BYE IN 2008 ORGANIZERS CITE TV VENUE'S LACK OF AVAILABILITY THIS SEPTEMBER. THE JAPAN CUP TOURNAMENT will not be conducted in 2008, a spokesperson for the Japan Cup Committee in Tokyo has told Bowlers Journal International. The news was conﬁrmed by the Professional Bowlers Association. The reason cited for the cancellation of the 2008 event: The Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, which hosted the televised championship round of the Cup in 2006 and '07, already was booked during the tournament's traditional September time frame. Preliminary rounds of the 2007 tournament were conducted at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Bowling Center, but the committee spokesperson said that facility's ceiling is too low to provide good sight lines for television and accommodate the number of fans who have turned out for the Metropolitan Gymnasium telecasts — upwards of 4,000 per year. The spokesperson added that the committee plans to revive the Japan Cup in 2009, possibly during the month of April, rather than in September. letic conﬁdence said they were more lonely at school." Does this mean that a letterman's jacket for bowling would be just as impressive to a cheerleader as a letterman's jacket for football? Again, the study suggests that the answer is yes. "It doesn't have to be a high-level sport," Dunn said. weeks of sweet success on the bowling lanes. FEDERATION PAYS FINE The Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Federation has been ﬁned approximately $13,500 by the Asian Bowling Federation for failing to pay an advertised perfect game award at the 2006 Malaysian International Open. According to reports, the sponsor of the award pulled out prior to the tournament, AGE IS NO OBJECT What does this mean for the Denny's PBA Tour players who would have been invited to the 2008 Japan Cup based on their rankings on the PBA point list? The most likely scenario is that they would receive invitations for the 2009 event. What is not yet resolved is how to handle the roster of PBA players who would qualify from the Tour's 2008-09 season, which will end about a month before the Japan Cup's anticipated 2009 time frame. CONFIDENCE BUILDER Could bowling help make some kids happier? Yes, according to researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, who found that the number and quality of a child's friendships can be tied to the child's athletic conﬁdence. Lead researcher Janice Causgrove Dunn noted, "Kids who had lower ath20 bowlers journal international APRIL 2008 It has been a long time since a 300 game was headline news. Even back-to-back 300 games require some sort of "angle" to make them newsworthy. With that in mind, we'd like to introduce you to Elmer Wessels, whose consecutive perfect games in the Friday Mixed Seniors League at Lancer Lanes in Clarkston, Wash., were unusual for two reasons. The ﬁrst probably is apparent from the name of the league: Wessels is 68 years old. But beyond that, the retired teacher and coach had never rolled a 300 before his double-perfect league session. Wessels opened his set with a 256 game, capped by a strike on his ﬁll ball in the 10th frame. Then over the next 20 frames, he extended his strike string to 25, giving him an 856 series. (Two weeks earlier at the same center, he had recorded The January issues of two foreign language magazines featured American an 823 set without bowlers on their covers. Germany's Bowling Magazin included Diandra the aid of even one Asbaty on the occasion of her being named WBW Bowler of the Year (along with Australia's Jason Belmonte). Meanwhile, The Bowling 300 game.) For the Journal (opposite page) in Japan shined the spotlight on American pro owner of Wessels Wendy Macpherson, who has been mirroring her former LPBT and PWBA Honey, it was two success on the Japan PBA circuit.

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