onefrombills
03-04-2009, 04:57 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mike Jakubowski | PR/Media Relations
Professional Bowlers Association | 719 Second Avenue, Suite 701 | Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 800.903.0930 | Fax: 206.332.9722 | mike.jakubowski@pba.com
LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR
Event: Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator
When: Thursday-Sunday
Where: Sequoia Pro Bowl (32 lanes) in Columbus, Ohio
Purse: $180,000, winner’s share: $25,000
Television: ESPN (Live Sunday 1 p.m. ET)
Online: Xtra Frame on pba.com (Live Saturday, Round of 12, 1:30 p.m. ET)
Last Season: Chris Barnes captured his 10th Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title by defeating Ken Simard 209-197 to win the Don Johnson Buckeye State Classic at Sequoia Pro Bowl.
Last Week: Wes Malott won $35,000, his third title of the 2008-09 season and his sixth career Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title at the Etonic Marathon Open at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.
NOTE: In the Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator, the lanes will be dressed with the Scorpion pattern on the left lane and the Viper pattern on the right lane. For the Eliminator Round, bowlers will be grouped in foursomes based on 21-game pinfall. (#1, #8, #9, #16, etc.) Each Eliminator Round will consist of two games; the lowest two-game pinfall in each group will be eliminated from the tournament. The remaining four players will advance to the ESPN telecast.
PBA WOMEN’S SERIES
Next Event: The six PBA Women’s Series Champions will meet in the PBA Women’s Series Showdown presented by the USBC on ESPN Sunday April 12 from 1-3 p.m. ET.
About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events and will award over $4.3 million in prize money during the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA National Tour. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Bayer, Brunswick, CLR, Denny's, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Lumber Liquidators, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com. This season marks the 50th Anniversary of the PBA Tour.
Mike Jakubowski | PR/Media Relations
Professional Bowlers Association | 719 Second Avenue, Suite 701 | Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 800.903.0930 | Fax: 206.332.9722 | mike.jakubowski@pba.com
LUMBER LIQUIDATORS PBA TOUR
Event: Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator
When: Thursday-Sunday
Where: Sequoia Pro Bowl (32 lanes) in Columbus, Ohio
Purse: $180,000, winner’s share: $25,000
Television: ESPN (Live Sunday 1 p.m. ET)
Online: Xtra Frame on pba.com (Live Saturday, Round of 12, 1:30 p.m. ET)
Last Season: Chris Barnes captured his 10th Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title by defeating Ken Simard 209-197 to win the Don Johnson Buckeye State Classic at Sequoia Pro Bowl.
Last Week: Wes Malott won $35,000, his third title of the 2008-09 season and his sixth career Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title at the Etonic Marathon Open at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis.
NOTE: In the Don Johnson Buckeye State Eliminator, the lanes will be dressed with the Scorpion pattern on the left lane and the Viper pattern on the right lane. For the Eliminator Round, bowlers will be grouped in foursomes based on 21-game pinfall. (#1, #8, #9, #16, etc.) Each Eliminator Round will consist of two games; the lowest two-game pinfall in each group will be eliminated from the tournament. The remaining four players will advance to the ESPN telecast.
PBA WOMEN’S SERIES
Next Event: The six PBA Women’s Series Champions will meet in the PBA Women’s Series Showdown presented by the USBC on ESPN Sunday April 12 from 1-3 p.m. ET.
About the PBA
The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events and will award over $4.3 million in prize money during the 2008-09 Lumber Liquidators PBA National Tour. The organization has more than 4,000 members spanning 13 countries, and nearly one million viewers tune-in to watch the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour every Sunday on ESPN throughout the season. PBA sponsors include Bayer, Brunswick, CLR, Denny's, Etonic, Flomax, GEICO, Go RVing, H&R Block, Lumber Liquidators, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC, among others. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com. This season marks the 50th Anniversary of the PBA Tour.