Bulletin Board NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING /// FEBRUARY 2011 S-S-S-

SATURDAY: Click on the play button (bottom left) to see Bowling For Soup’s live perfor- mance at the Tournament of Champions.

Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., 269-207, to win the unprecedented $250,000 first prize in the $1 million event. This isn’t the first time

ROCK-N-BOWL: Best known for their hit single “1985,” Bowling For Soup per- fomed their newest song, “S-S-S-Saturday” during the PBA Tournament of Champions in January.

Bowling Rocks Punk Rockers Bowling For Soup Play T.O.C.

GRAMMY-NOMINATED rock/ punk band Bowling For Soup (BFS) performed its newest song, “S-S-S- Saturday,” during the ABC telecast of the $1 million PBA Tournament of Champions finals Jan. 22 at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas.

The single is the first from the

band’s upcoming 11th studio al- bum, Fishin’ For Woos, which will be released May 3. Longtime PBA star and Finland

native Mika Koivuniemi of Hart- land, Mich., defeated top qualifier

Can’t wait for the album to come out? Go to www.bowlingforsoup.com/pba to download it for free!

Bowling For Soup members have been to a pro bowling event. BFS lead singer Jaret Riddick attended the 2010 Tournament of Champi- ons, witnessing the historic victory by Kelly Kulick from the front row. “As you can imagine, we’ve done

our share of bowling alley appear- ances,” said Reddick. “None have been as exciting for me as attend- ing last year’s Tournament of Champions as a fan. It was amaz- ing to watch history being made when Chris (Barnes) took on Kelly Kulick in the championship match

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and to witness the first woman ever winning a major PBA event. “When the PBA invited us to

perform this year, we jumped at the chance to participate in this major sports event.” Bowling For Soup is best known

for its singles “1985”, “High School Never Ends” and the Grammy- nominated “Girl All The Bad Guys Want”. In addition, the band has had songs in the movies, “17 Again”, “Ice Age 2” and “Freaky Friday” and written theme songs for “Jimmy Neutron” and Disney’s “Phineas & Ferb.”