You probably know her as Jen Petrick, a former collegiate standout who took on Shannon Pluhowsky in the televised finals of the 2003 PWBA Women’s Collegiate Shootout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFS-Kpml2PM). These days, she’s Jen Higgins, and she recently came within one match of winning the 15th annual Dayton Open at Beaver-Vu Lanes. Undefeated through the double-elimination match [...]

Early in his PBA career, Finland native Mika Koivuniemi was tagged with the nickname “Major Mika” because his first two tour titles came in PBA majors — the 2000 USBC Masters and the 2001 U.S. Open. A decade would pass until he’d earn his third major — in the 2011 Tournament of Champions — and [...]

BY KEITH HALE England’s Dominic Barrett clinched his second European Bowling Tour rankings title with a 10th-place finish in the final event of 2012, the 12th Qatar Open. He last won these rankings in 2010, and finished runner-up in 2008 and 2009. Barrett compiled 695 points over the year and had a 40-point buffer over [...]

(Here is USBC’s report on the 2012 QubicaAMF World Cup. Look for a feature story on the winners, coming soon in Bowlers Journal International.) Team USA’s Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., reached the title match, while teammate Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., finished fourth as the 48th QubicaAMF World Cup concluded Saturday in Wroclaw, [...]

A Nail-Biting Time for Europe Final Points: USA 17 – Europe 7 Cometh the hour – cometh the men. We go into the penultimate session of this fascinating 13th Weber Cup with the pendulum swung very much in favor of the American quartet, that group needing just six points to retain their possession of the [...]

Current points: USA 11 Europe 7 The interesting saga of the 13th Weber Cup continues with a further six matches, the two teams fighting for a total of 17 points to clinch the 2012 edition and so far neither with a huge advantage, the Americans currently in charge with a 7-5 total. This evenings schedule [...]

The Tough Get Going Now Brand new pins, a low-scoring lane pattern and a large crowd in seating close up to the lanes. Add the pressure of multi TV cameras and the conditions are not condusive to a comfortable bowling environment, so eight of the world’s best bowlers are being tested beyond their usual pace [...]

All Set and Rarin’ to Go The much-traveled American stars Chris Barnes and Tommy Jones, completing their odyssey somewhat alike the journeys of Marco Polo, taking in Cyprus, Thailand, France, Austria and here to England, all within a month, now face the annual battle between Europe and the United States for the prestigious 888pokerWeber Cup. [...]

As Danny Wiseman winds down his professional bowling career — he describes himself as “semi-retired” — he says he’s looking for ways to give back. “I wanted to do something to give back to the community, and give back to the kids,” he told Brian Hradsky of Press Box Online. And that’s how the Danny [...]

The local organizing committee for the 48th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup (http://www.qubicaamf.com/News/Wroclaw-in-Poland-to-stage-the-48th-QubicaAMF-Bowl.aspx) — headed up by Marek Maciejewski, owner of host Sky Bowling (http://skybowling.pl/) — has announced that the Wroclaw Hotel will be the official lodging venue for the tournament. It is a traditional hotel, located very close to the city’s iconic Sky Tower (http://www.skytower.pl/en/) and [...]