Bowling Bytes-4/26/10

~ Minnesota bowler breaks all-events record at USBC Open Championships -- "After a disappointing performance at the USBC Masters in February, Matt McNiel of Chanhassen, Minn., worked hard to make sure he was prepared for his return to the National Bowling Stadium for the 2010 USBC Open Championships. The 24-year-old left-hander was determined and focused this weekend and blistered the tournament lanes for a 2,326 all-events effort Sunday, the highest nine-game total in 107 years of Open Championships competition..."

~ Dorin-Ballard continues to lead at USBC Queens -- "United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, continued her dominance Sunday at the 2010 USBC Queens as she broke the five and 10-game qualifying records to lead going into Monday's final block of qualifying at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center. Dorin-Ballard came out of the gates with a 299 game, and continued to strike as she added games of 254, 250, 235 and 256 for a five-game total of 1,294. Combined with her first-day total of 1,224, she is at 2,518 through the first two days with a 251.8 average..."

~ Oklahoma bowler shoots 299 at USBC Open Championships -- "On a day when the leaderboards at the USBC Open Championships were given a slight jolt, Darrell Banks of Edmond, Okla., etched his own name into the history books with the fifth 299 game of this year's event. The 38-year-old right-hander started his team event with 11 consecutive strikes before leaving the 10 pin standing on his final shot. Banks finished his set with games of 206 and 222 for a 727 series and helped Lil Bit A Shine to a 2,999 team total at the National Bowling Stadium on Saturday night. There have been nine perfect games at the 2010 Open Championships..."

~ '09-'10 X'tra Frame Top 5 Moments Motor City Open Position Round -- "This week's featured moment was from the position round of the season-opening Motor City Open at Taylor Lanes in suburban Detroit. This one had just about everything you could ask for: two legends (Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Chris Barnes) tied for the lead, safely ahead of third, Pete Weber shooting a big game to lock himself onto the show, then four guys (Osku Palermaa, Rhino Page, Bill O'Neill and Tommy Jones) fighting it out for two spots on the show..."

~ PBA South Region Leaders through April 25, 2010 -- "The top 25 players will be invited to the 2010 Regional Players Invitational (RPI). The RPI is scheduled at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., in December, 2010. 2010-11 LLPBA Tour exempt players are not eligible for the RPI..."

~ PBA Region East Leaders Through April 25, 2010 -- "The top 25 players will be invited to the 2010 Regional Players Invitational (RPI). The RPI is scheduled at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., in December, 2010. 2010-11 LLPBA Tour exempt players are not eligible for the RPI..."

~ Mohamed Kamel, Chan Shuk Han move to the top in 12th Sinai International Open -- "Mohamed Kamel of Kuwait and Chan Shuk Han (pictured left), Hong Kong, overtook the lead in the men's and women's division of the 12th Sinai International Open Bowling Tournament to lead the field of 121 men and 36 women going into Monday's final qualifying day at the International Bowling Center in Cairo, Egypt..."

~ Dana Miller-Mackie sets 10-game record at USBC Senior Queens -- "Dana Miller-Mackie (pictured left) of Albuquerque, N.M., set the USBC Senior Queens 10-game qualifying record Sunday as she took the lead after two rounds of qualifying. Miller-Mackie, a 16-time women's pro tour winner, shot 2,287, an average of 228.7, at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center and easily surpassed the old record of 2,097 set by Sharon Powers in 2008. A day after being in fourth place after the opening round, Miller-Mackie had games of 229, 206, 279, 235 and 209 for a 1,158 total to add to her first-day score of 1,129..."

~ USBC President Jeff Boje answers 10 Questions before USBC Convention Convention opens in Reno -- "Jeff Bojé (pictured right) delivered the most inspirational speech I have ever heard at Bowl Expo when he was elected president of the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America during the 2004 convention in Las Vegas. That was the beginning of a long series of Email exchanges with a man who thrives on challenges and apparently hates any down time..."

~ Bill Allen (1959)