Bowling Bytes--6/7/10

~ Kelly Kulick's remarkable season continues with PBA regional win in Lakewood, Wash. -- "Kelly Kulick, the first woman ever to win a Lumber Liquidators Professional Bowlers Association Tour tournament, continued her storybook season Sunday by winning the PBA Northwest Region Tacoma Dodge Open regional tournament at Bowlero Lanes...Kulick, of Union, N.J., defeated non-member Curtis Messer Jr. of Grays Harbor, Wash., 259-200, in the title match to win her second career PBA regional event. She was the only woman entered in the 64-player field and now joins Missy Bellinder (right) of Lake Forest, Calif., as the only women to win two PBA regional tournaments..."

~ The 11th Frame: Kelly Kulick does it again -- "If there is any debate that Kelly Kulick is having the greatest year a female bowler ever has had, she seems to be trying to end it. Her latest victory -- her second PBA Regional win -- came over the weekend in the PBA Northwest Region Tacoma Dodge Open in Lakewood, Wash...In the semifinals, she edged former PBA exempt player and Masters champion Bryon L. Smith, 259-258. Her Round of 8 win came over multiple PBA Tour champion and veteran Chris Warren, 2-1 (206-256, 249-238, 249-215). And in the Round of 16, she beat former PBA exempt player Mitch Beasley, 3-1 (234-220, 194-214, 231-197, 203-177). That's some pretty tough competition!..."

~ PBA Midwest Region Leaders Through June 7, 2010

~ PBA Southwest Region Leaders Through June 6, 2010

~ PBA Northwest Leaders Through June 6, 2010

~ 2010 Men's World Championship will feature record 377 players from 67 countries -- "The World Tenpin Bowling Association and the host federation, German Bowling Union (DBU) have informed that the entry period for the 2010 Men's World Championship is over. Record 67 countries have submitted entry forms for record 377 players, who will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All-Events and Masters from Aug. 11 through 22, 2010....The 2010 MWC will be staged at Dream-Bowl Palace, a state-of-the-art 52-laner in Unterföhring, a suburb of the city of Munich, close to Munich International Airport. Dream-Bowl Palace is the biggest bowling center in Europe and opened its doors on December 15th, 2009..."

~ Karsten Aust rolls big games to win 33rd Grand Prix Zurich -- "Karsten Aust (pictured left) of Germany used a 792 3-game series in the 7-game final of the 33rd Grand Prix Zurich to cruise to the title Sunday at Bowling Center BeSeCo in Rümikon-Winterthur, Switzerland. Aust beat out qualifying leader Jean-Marc Godel (right), Switzerland, for first place by four points, 102 to 98..."

~ Kenneth Chua, Ili Syazana end 3rd Asian Universities Bowling Championship with Masters victory -- "The 3rd Asian Universities Bowling Championship, held at Pearl Bowling Center in Manila, Philippines from May 26-29, 2010, drew 83 students - 44 men and 39 women - from 15 universities and colleges. Players competed for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, 4-player Team, All Events (18 games), and Masters...The women from Universiti Teknologi Mara and the men from De La Salle University - Taft won their respective Division Cup based on points given for the top 3 in the five disciplines. The Universiti Teknologi Mara (pictured above) beat out De La Salle University - Taft by 35 points to win the Overall Cup. The Universiti Malaya finished third..."

~ Cheng Chao Yu, Sin Li Jane win 43rd Singapore International Open from top seed -- "Chinese Taipei spinner Cheng Chao Yu and Sin Li Jane, Malaysia, won the men's and women's Open Masters titles in the 43rd Singapore International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships Saturday at Orchid Bowl at Orchid Country Club in Singapore..."

~ Should PBA Bowlers Earn Longer Exemptions -- "It doesn't seem like much--winning a standard PBA Tour title is worth one year of exempt status on Tour. Winning a major title is worth two years (three years for the U.S. Open). There are other ways to earn exemptions, but aside from winning a major title, there is no way to get an exemption of longer than one year. Is that enough? Should a bowler be rewarded beyond the current system?..."