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Open Championships Bowler Wins Motorcycle

Bowlers from all over the country are flocking to Reno for the USBC Open Championships, but one New Yorker hit the most unexpected strike of this year’s tour- nament at Silver Legacy Resort Casino. Annette Barnes of

Four New Members

FOUR NEW MEMBERS were inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame on May 12 during the very first induction ceremony to be held at the International Bowling Campus, home of the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, in Arlington, Texas. Marshall Holman, 22-time PBA champ,

and Kim Terrell-Kearney, who owns two U.S. Women’s Open titles and was the 2002 USBC Queens champion, were inducted for Superior Performance. Betty Barnes, longtime Women’s International Bowling Congress board of directors member who was instrumen- tal in helping Reno build the National Bowling Stadium, was inducted for Meritorious Service and John Handegard, winner of 14 PBA Senior titles and three PBA Senior Player of the Year honors, was inducted in the Veterans category. “When I was 35, I was inducted into

in USBC Hall of Fame

Induction takes place at International Bowling Campus.

the PBA Hall of Fame and it was a great honor but I was in the middle of my competitive career,” Holman said. “It was nice, I appreciated it. But to be removed from the game and to be honored now is so much more meaningful. I really do appreciate this day and this is something I will remember for a very long time.” Holman wasn’t the only one to get emotional,

as a teary-eyed Barnes said, “Ignore the tears, I’m known to cry at every occasion, especially when I’m happy. To be elected to the USBC Hall of Fame for Meritorious Service, for something that you have loved doing, is what you call icing on the cake.” The USBC Hall of

Fame was created in 2005 by merging the for- mer American Bowling Congress and Women’s International Bowling Congress Halls of Fame. With the four induct- ees, there are now 249 Hall of Famers in the Performance category, 111 for Meritorious Service and 19 Pioneers.

Flushing, New York scored big on the Power Strike-Harley Davidson machines on Wednesday, March 17. Annette won the jackpot, a beautiful new Harley Davidson Dyna Low Rider motor- cycle, worth approxi- mately $18,000. “It was unbelievable!”

explained Barnes, who had only been playing for about five minutes when she threw the lucky strike. She hit 9 fireballs on a penny bet to win the grand prize Hog. This is the fourth Harley to be given away at Silver Legacy since the Power Strike-Harley Davidson game began.

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Do you Tweet? If not, what are you waiting for? If you do, then make sure you follow USBC to catch the absolute lat- est news from national headquarters in easy-to- read 140-characters-or- less messages. The screen name is easy to remem- ber, too. Just search for “USBC”!

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