Bulletin Board TEAM USA TRIALS

SCOTT BOYLE of Salida, Calif., and Shannon Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio, scored victories Jan. 7 at the 2011 USBC Team USA Trials. CLICK HERE for the whole 2011 team. Boyle led the men’s field with a 36- game total of 8,180, an average of 227.2, while Pluhowsky shot 7,933, an average of 220.3, at Sunset Station’s Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas. Joining Boyle on the men’s Team USA were E.J. Tackett of Huntington, Ind., and Mike Fagan of Patchogue, N.Y. On the women’s side, Brenda Padilla of Mans- field, Texas, Brittni Hamilton of Webster, N.Y., and Kim Yioulos of Rochester, N.Y., joined Pluhowsky, who had previously been selected to the team.

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SUPER BOWL COMES TO THE BOWLING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

ONE OF the premier annual events leading up to the Super Bowl, the NFL Super Bowl Celebrity Bowling Classic comes to the Dallas/Fort Worth region, the “Bowling Capital of the World.” In addition to serving as the host city of Super Bowl XLV, to be played at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington is home to the International Bowling Campus which houses the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, the International Training and Research Center and serves as headquarters for USBC and the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America. Dual sport Hall of Famer

– football and bowling – Lynn Swann returns for his fifth year as host of the Classic. Depending on when you’re reading this, the two-day event may be happening now or recently finished. The

a positive mark in communities across the nation.” Prior to the

Classic, the NFL greats will team with professional bowlers to lead a private bowling clinic for local at- risk Arlington area elementary school children Feb. 2 at the International Training & Research Center.

first is Feb. 2 at 300 Dallas in Addison and the second is Feb. 3 at Main Event in Fort Worth. “The Classic has become a

true Super Bowl tradition and its enduring popularity is a credit to the fun and camaraderie that you’ll only find when you go bowling as well as the tremendous fundraising power of bowling events,” said Swann. “Once again, all proceeds from these events will benefit the NFL Charities, a wonderful cause that enables the NFL to leave

8 USBOWLER FEBRUARY 2011 “We couldn’t be more excited

to bring the Super Bowl and the NFL Super Bowl Celebrity Bowling Classic to our home, the bowling capital of the world. With more than 71 million people taking to the lanes, it has been a banner year for the bowling industry – and it is only fitting for the biggest Classic ever to be hosted less than one mile away from the International Bowling Campus,” said Frank DeSocio of Strike Ten Entertainment.