Blog of the Month 10/6/2020

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     The Bowling Tree is an informative sports blog that deals with many aspects of bowling.  The Bowling Tree features news about the PBA (Professional Bowlers Association), the PWBA (Professional Women's Bowling Association), and the USBC (United States Bowling Congress).  The Bowling Tree is operated by Warren Friedl.  

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-  Warren Friedl also posts articles, and writes articles for The Bowling Tree.  

-  Warren Friedl is from the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.    

-  The Bowling Tree has posted 15 posts so far in 2020.  

-  The Bowling Tree posted 13 posts in 2019.    

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Lumberjacks Win Elias Cup

 

     On Wednesday, September 30th, the Portland Lumberjacks (Maine) defeated the Las Vegas High Rollers in the fifth game of a five game series to capture the 2020 Elias Cup.  The 2020 Portland Lumberjacks roster featured some of the top bowlers in the World including Packy Hanrahan, Martin Larsen, Wes Malott, Kris Prather, and Kyle Troup.  The Lumberjacks Manager was Tim Mack.  The Portland Lumberjacks also won the 2019 Elias Cup. 

     The 2020 Elias Cup Championship was played at Bowlero in Centreville, Virginia.  Wes Malott won the 2020 Mark Roth MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award.  Malott also won the Mark Roth MVP Award in 2019 with the Portland Lumberjacks.  

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-  The NYC KingPins won the first Elias Cup in 2013. 

-  The Silver Lake Atom Splitters won the Elias Cup in 2014, and 2015.

-  Norm Duke won the 2017 Mark Roth MVP Award with the Dallas Strikers.  The Strikers won the Elias Cup in 2017.  The Dallas Strikers also won the Elias Cup in 2016.      

-  PBA is on Facebook.  

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Strike Derby On Fox

     The PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) is holding a live event tonight that will air on Fox beginning at 7:00 p.m.  The "PBA Strike Derby" will feature eight competitors including Tommy Jones, Shawn Maldonado, Bill O'Neill, Kris Prather, Sean Rash, Anthony Simonsen, EJ Tackett, and Kyle Troup.  Each competitor will have two minutes to accumulate as many strikes as they can.  Tonight's event will take place at Bowlero Jupiter in Florida.  No fans will be in attendance.
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-  Tonight's event will be the first ever PBA Strike Derby.  



-  The "PBA Summer Clash" is scheduled for Saturday, June 13th.  



-  "PBA Summer Clash" will also take place at Bowlero Jupiter in Florida.



-  PBA is on Facebook.  PBA Tour is on Twitter.











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PBA Played

     On Sunday, March 15th, Jason Belmonte defeated Anthony Simonsen 213-190 to win his 3rd consecutive PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) World Championship Title.  The WSOB (World Series of Bowling) PBA World Championship was broadcast live on FS1 in front of a limited crowd that did not include fans.  Future PBA events have already been postponed.
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-  Sunday's WSOB PBA World Championship took place at South Point Bowling Plaza, in Las Vegas, Nevada.



-  Jason Belmonte is from Australia.



-  Anthony Simonsen is from Little Elm, Texas.



-  PBA is on Facebook.  PBA Tour is on Twitter.











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