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DYDO JAPAN CUP 2009 – QUICK FACTS Shinagawa Prince Hotel Bowling Center/Tokyo Metro Gymnasium (championship round) Tokyo, Japan April 23 - 26, 2009 DYDO JAPAN CUP 2009 – BY THE NUMBERS Field Size – 144 PBA Entries – 20 JPBA Entries – 90 Amateur Entries – 34 DYDO JAPAN CUP 2009 – FORMAT - 144 bowlers bowl two six-game qualifying blocks - Cut to top 48 - Round of 48 - Players qualifying #17 - #48 (best 3 of 5) - Round of 32 - Round of 48 winners & Players seeded #1 – 16 (best 3 of 5) - Round of 16 – Best 3 of 5 - Top 8 advance to championship round at Tokyo Metro Gymnasium PBA REPRESENTATIVES IN DYDO JAPAN CUP 2009 (20): Patrick Allen, Wesley Chapel, Fla. Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y. Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J. Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla. Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill. Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C. Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich. Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind. Bill O’Neill, Levittown, Pa. Rhino Page, Topeka, Kan. Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan. Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y. Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla. Danny Wiseman, Baltimore Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind. PBA & JAPAN CUP The PBA returns to Tokyo to participate in the DYDO Japan Cup for the 24th straight season. The event, which has been inviting PBA professionals since 1985, has been won 21 times by PBA pros and twice by JPBA pros. This marks the third consecutive year that qualifying will take place at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel with the finals being held at the Tokyo Metro Gymnasium. The Tokyo Port Bowl hosted the event from 1985-2005/06. From 1968-73, PBA pros competed in what was known as the Japan Gold Cup at Star Lanes. Winners from the Japan Gold Cup include Don Johnson (1968), Dick Ritger (1969, ’70), Jack Biondolillo (1971), Barry Asher (1972) and Don McCune (1973). MIKA LOOKS FOR REPEAT Mika Koivuniemi won the most recent Dydo Japan Cup by defeating Mike Wolfe, 200-178, in September, 2007. The win marked Koivuniemi’s eighth Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title and a tournament championship in 11 different countries. This week, Koivuniemi will attempt to become only the third player in PBA history to successfully defend his title in Japan. Most recently Tommy Jones won back-to-back Japan Cup titles winning in both 2004 and 2005 while Parker Bohn III won the Cup three consecutive years from 1998-2000. WILLIAMS NO STRANGER TO JAPAN CUP Walter Ray Williams Jr. is making his 24th consecutive appearance in the DYDO Japan Cup, making him the only player to have appeared in every Japan Cup since 1985. Williams has made seven championship round appearances and won the event twice including a 289-236 win over Pete Weber in 2006-07 which broke the all-time PBA Tour titles record. ALL-TIME APPEARANCES IN JAPAN CUP Walter Ray Williams – 23 Norm Duke – 17 Parker Bohn III – 16 Pete Weber – 15 Amleto Monacelli – 14 O’NEILL LOOKS FOR FIRST TITLE Bill O’Neill is coming off a career season in which he finished second on the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour point list, led the Tour in average and tied Chris Barnes for the second most championship rounds appearances by any player this season. The one thing that did escape O’Neill this year was capturing his first career title. O’Neill looks to join two other PBA players who picked up their first career title at the Japan Cup. In 2004, Tommy Jones won his first career title at the Japan Cup which set off a two-season stretch in which Jones broke the PBA record for shortest time between first and 10th titles; his 10th victory came just two years, six months and seven days after his first, breaking Dick Weber’s 45-year-old record by just four days. The only other player in PBA history to win his first career title at the Japan Cup is PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli, who captured his first title at the 1987 Oronamin C Japan Cup. Monacelli, who recently made the championship round at the Lumber Liquidators 66th U.S. Open, has won 19 career Tour titles and is the only foreign-born player elected to the PBA Hall of Fame. MCCUNE, PAGE MAKING FIRST APPEARNCE Of the 20 PBA professionals competing this week, both Eugene McCune and Rhino Page are making their first appearance in the Japan Cup. If either picks up his a title this week, they’ll join Steve Wilson (1996), Doug Kent (1997) and Robert Smith (2002-03) as the only players to win the Cup title in their first appearance in Japan. PAST JAPAN CUP CHAMPIONS: 1985 – Ken Taniguchi 1986 – Pete Weber 1987 – Amleto Monacelli 1988 – Takeo Sakai 1989 – Randy Pedersen 1990 – Chris Warren 1991 – Walter Ray Williams Jr. 1992 – Parker Bohn III 1993 – Pete Weber 1994 – Brian Voss 1995 – Amleto Monacelli 1996 – Steve Wilson 1997 – Doug Kent 1998 – Parker Bohn III 1999 – Parker Bohn III 2000 – Parker Bohn III 2001-02 – Bob Learn Jr. 2002-03 – Robert Smith 2003-04 – Chris Barnes 2004-05 – Tommy Jones 2005-06 – Tommy Jones 2006-07 – Walter Ray Williams Jr. 2007-08 – Mika Koivuniemi

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) announced today it has reached an agreement with Etonic Worldwide to become an official sponsor of the PBA. As part of the agreement, Etonic will be designated as the “Official Footwear of the PBA” and will also receive event entitlement of the upcoming PBA event to be named the 2006 Etonic Championship, scheduled for Nov. 8-12, 2006 at AMF Thruway Lanes in Cheektowaga, N.Y. “We are pleased to add Etonic to our sponsorship roster,” said PBA Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer. “Etonic has been steadily building its bowling business over the past few years and has emerged as a major player in the industry. This is a great opportunity for both parties.” Etonic will receive commercial spots on all ESPN telecasts, with an average of two 30-second spots per show, as well as signage at all Denny's PBA Tour events during the 2006-07 season. The company also will sponsor three bowlers – Brian Himmler, Mike Machuga and Pete Weber – in the 2006-07 PBA Sponsor Competition. The bowlers will wear Etonic patches and throw specially-made spare balls emblazoned with the Etonic logo during competition. “Etonic Worldwide is proud to be named the ‘Official Footwear of the PBA’ and we are very excited about becoming a partner with the PBA,” said Bobby Laster, General Manager for Etonic’s Bowling Division. “From the very beginning we have focused our efforts on the PBA players, building an outstanding pro staff, and having them involved in the testing and development of our high end product. “This is an important leadership opportunity for our entire brand and another example of how committed we are to the sport of bowling.” The 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour season begins Sept. 20-24 with the Dydo Japan Cup 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. The season picks up in the U.S. with the 2006 USBC Masters in Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 24-29. The 2006 Etonic Championship will be the fourth of 21 events on the Tour schedule.

In a continuing effort to expand the sport of bowling, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is offering activities for local bowling centers to become involved with this year’s National Bowling Week promotion. National Bowling Week is a collaborative effort of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA), PBA, Strike Ten and the International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association (IBPSIA). National Bowling Week will be held from August 26 to September 1. Local proprietors are implementing one of the PBA’s following concepts during National Bowling Week: • Conduct a Free PBA Youth Clinic: The PBA is providing a suggested format, helping to recruit PBA professionals to attend the events and supporting the center’s efforts with ideas to make it a success. The PBA currently plans to conduct four youth clinics with PBA exempt players including Ritchie Allen, Jeff Carter, Wes Malott and Pete Weber on Friday, August 25. These clinics are an ideal way to actively engage collegiate, scholastic and USBC youth bowlers in local markets. • PBA Oil Pattern Contests: The PBA is giving the formula for one of the five licensed PBA Oil Patterns and suggestions for unique contests to run on those patterns to participating centers. • PBA Trivia Contests: The PBA is providing interested centers with trivia questions and 10 PBA-sponsored items to give away to trivia contestants. • PBA Day: The PBA is providing a highlight video from the 2005-06 Denny’s PBA Tour to participating centers to run on scoring monitors and video screens. Centers are encouraged to invite PBA members to meet with their customers and provide a few tips during the festivities. • Become a PBA Practice Center: For centers that are not already participating as a PBA Practice Center, the PBA is making them an official PBA Practice Center for the duration of National Bowling Week. Centers that become PBA Practice Centers will be listed on the PBA website, www.pba.com.

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and ESPN announced today the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour television schedule which features 21 telecasts. All but one show – the Dydo Japan Cup – will be televised live on ESPN and each will run 90 minutes. “We are very much looking forward to our sixth season on ESPN as the network continues to support the PBA and the sport of bowling,” said PBA Commissioner and CEO Fred Schreyer. “Both the PBA and ESPN strive to make the telecast better each season, and we are confident we will continue to expand our viewership in the 2006-07 season through our partnership with ESPN.” For the first time since 1998, the finals of the Japan Cup will be aired. The final round – which takes place Sunday, September 24 in Tokyo, Japan – will be replayed on ESPN Sunday, October 22 at 1 p.m. ET. The first live telecast of the season will take place one week later on Sunday, October 29 at 1 p.m. ET with the finals of the 2006 USBC Masters in Milwaukee, Wis., the first of four Major events. Each of the first 12 telecasts will begin in the same 1 p.m. ET time slot. “The PBA is a strong property for ESPN and continues to show steady audience growth,” said Mike Ryan, ESPN vice president, programming and acquisitions. “We look forward to beginning our sixth season of extensive coverage and returning the Dydo Japan Cup back to television.” The second half of the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour television schedule includes three Major events, starting with the 64th U.S. Open in North Brunswick, N.J., Sunday, March 4 at 12:30 p.m. ET. Last season, Tommy Jones won his first career Major title when he won the 63rd U.S. Open which propelled him to the 2006 PBA Player of the Year Award. Three weeks later, the finals of the 2007 Denny’s World Championship will be televised Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. ET. Walter Ray Williams Jr. won last season’s Denny’s World Championship in dramatic fashion, knocking off fellow PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber to capture his record-tying 41st Denny’s PBA Tour title. The 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour season concludes with the 2007 Tournament of Champions telecast Sunday, April 1 at 1 p.m. ET live from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

Tournament		Dates				ESPN Telecast*
Dydo Japan Cup 2006		Sept. 19-24				Sunday, Oct. 22
Shinagawa Prince Hotel Bowling Center						1 p.m.
Tokyo, Japan (Finals at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)
USBC Masters		Oct. 22-29				Sunday, Oct. 29
AMF Bowlero Lanes						1 p.m.
Wauwatosa, WI
Motor City Classic		Nov. 1-5				Sunday, Nov. 5
Taylor Lanes						1 p.m.
Taylor, MI
Empire State Classic		Nov. 8-12				Sunday, Nov. 12
AMF Thruway Lanes						1 p.m.
Cheektowaga, NY
Lake County Indiana Classic		Nov. 15-19				Sunday, Nov. 19
Stardust Bowl I						1 p.m.
Hammond, IN
Discover® Card Windy City Classic		Nov. 22-26				Sunday, Nov. 26
Hawthorn Lanes						1 p.m.
Vernon Hills, IL
Ace Hardware Championship		Nov. 29-Dec. 3				Sunday, Dec. 3
Freeway Lanes of Wickliffe						1 p.m.
Wickliffe, OH
Beltway Classic		Dec. 6-10				Sunday, Dec. 10
AMF Country Club Lanes						1 p.m.
Baltimore, MD
Columbia 300 Classic		Dec. 13-17				Sunday, Dec. 17
AMF Babylon Lanes						1 p.m.
West Babylon, N.Y.
H&R Block Classic		Jan. 3-7				Sunday, Jan. 7
National Bowling Stadium						1 p.m.
Reno, NV
Earl Anthony Medford Classic		Jan. 10-14				Sunday, Jan. 14
Lava Lanes						1 p.m.
Medford, OR
Dick Weber Open		Jan. 16-21				Sunday, Jan. 21
Fountain Bowl						1 p.m.
Fountain Valley, CA
Motel 6 Classic		Jan. 24-28				Sunday, Jan. 28
Strike Zone at Sunset Station						12:30 p.m.
Henderson, NV
Sun City Classic		Jan. 31-Feb. 4				Sunday, Feb. 4
Oasis Lanes						2 p.m.
El Paso, TX
GEICO Classic		Feb. 7-11				Sunday, Feb. 11
AMF Irving Lanes						12:30 p.m.
Irving, TX
Hawkeye State Classic		Feb. 14-18				Sunday, Feb. 18
Thunderbowl						12:30 p.m.
Council Bluffs, IA
Mountain State Classic		Feb. 21-25				Sunday, February 25
Emerson Lanes						12:30 p.m.
Parkersburg, W.V.
64th U.S. Open		Feb. 25-March 4				Sunday, March 4
Brunswick Zone Carolier						12:30 p.m.
North Brunswick, NJ
Pepsi Championship		March 14-18				Sunday, March 18
Woodland Bowl						12:30 p.m.
Indianapolis, IN
Denny’s World Championship		March 18-25				Sunday, March 25
Spectrum Lanes						2 p.m.
Wyoming, MI
PBA Tournament of Champions		March 28-April 1				Sunday, April 1
Bradley Bowl						1 p.m.
Windsor Locks, CT (Finals at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT)
*All Times Eastern
Subject to Change

With the 2006 PBA Senior Tour concluded and the 2006-07 Denny’s PBA Tour preparing for its October start, the PBA Regional Tour is in full swing August 25-27. The Southwest Region is in Greenville, Texas, for the Classic Products Greenville Open while the South Region is in Columbia, S.C., for the Columbia, S.C., Open. Turnersville, N.J., is the site of the Mil Ray Foods Open hosted by the East Region. The West Region sets up shop in Henderson, Nev., for the Ebonite Sunset Open while the Central Region is in Fort Wayne, Ind., for the 21st Annual Bud Light Fort Wayne Open. The Midwest Region is in action in Peru, Ill., where the Illinois Valley Classic will take place. ESPN Classic David Ozio’s title in the 1995 AMF Dick Weber Classic kicks off this week’s lineup of PBA action on ESPN Classic. Tour action continues in 1995 as Ernie Schlegel’s win in the 1995 Bayer/Brunswick Touring Players Championship is aired on Tuesday followed by C.K. Moore’s win in the 1996 Columbia 300 Open. The 1996 season remains the subject on Thursday as Walter Ray Williams Jr.’s win in the 1996 Track Synergy Open is aired. Marshall Holman rounds out the week’s action with his win in the 1996 Ebonite Classic on Friday. ESPN Classic Below is the complete ESPN Classic schedule for this week: ESPN CLASSIC – AUGUST 21 –AUGUST 28

Day		Event (Winner)		Time
Monday, Aug. 21		1995 AMF Dick Weber Classic (David Ozio)		9 – 10 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 21		1995 AMF Dick Weber Classic (David Ozio)		Noon – 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 22		1995 Bayer/Brunswick Championship (E. Schlegel)		9 – 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 22		1995 Bayer/Brunswick Championship (E. Schlegel)		Noon – 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 23		1996 Columbia 300 Open (C.K. Moore)		9 – 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 23		1996 Columbia 300 Open (C.K. Moore)		Noon – 1 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 24		1996 Track Synergy Open (Walter Ray Williams Jr.)		9 – 10 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 24		1996 Track Synergy Open (Walter Ray Williams Jr.)		Noon – 1 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 25		1996 Ebonite Classic (Marshall Holman)		9 – 10 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 25		1996 Ebonite Classic (Marshall Holman)		Noon – 1 p.m.

*All times Eastern. Birthdays August 21 Pete Weber – Won his 32nd title in the 2005 BowlersParadise.com Classic. August 22 Sean Rash – Became the first-ever non-exempt bowler to win a title in the 2006 West Virginia Championship. August 24 Steve Jaros – Became the 13th player in history to roll a 300 game on TV when he defeated Ricky Ward, 300-200, on his way to winning the 1999 Chattanooga Open August 27 Amleto Monacelli – Became the seventh bowler in Tour history to go over the $2 million mark in career earnings. Chris Warren – The 23-year veteran regained a spot on Tour by leading the 2005-06 PBA Northwest Region Point Rankings. This Date in Denny’s PBA Tour History August 21 1978 Larry Laub joined select company among PBA champions by winning his 10th title at the 1978 Buffalo Open. Laub ended up with a 25-pin margin of victory over second-place finisher Pete McCordic. 1966 Bobby Jacks wins his second straight Tour title by topping Wayne Zahn by 82 pins in the 1966 Waukegan Open. August 22 1977 Steve Westberg won his first Tour title by rolling away from a star-studded field in the 1977 Great Adventure Open in Trenton, N.J. August 16 1997 Gary Dickinson earns his ninth career Senior Tour title and his third of the season, beating Johnny Petraglia, 246-226, in the finals of the 1997 ABC Senior Masters. August 23 1994 Randy Pedersen defeats Bob Vespi, 210-166, in the finals of the 1994 Greater Harrisburg Open to capture his 10th career title. August 24 1988 Four months after turning 50, Earl Anthony wins his first career PBA Senior Tour event with a 213-204 over John Hricsina in the title match of the 1988 Ebonite PBA Senior Championship. August 26 1993 Walter Ray Williams Jr. wins his seventh title of the season, defeating Joe Firpo, 248-215, in the finals of the 1993 Paula Carter’s Homestead Classic. 1987 Mark Roth won his second consecutive PBA tournament bowled by defeating Amleto Moncaelli, 258-202, in the inaugural Number 7 PBA Invitational. 1980 In the PBA’s first venture into Canada in over a decade, Kevin Gillette became the first rookie to win a title on the 1980 tour when he defeated Mike Aulby, 248-227, at the 1980 Canadian Open. August 28 1998 Johnny Petraglia wins his first PBA title in 18 years as he defeats Avery LeBlanc in the title match of the 1998 Senior National Championship. 1966 Johnny Petraglia not only won his first Tour title at the 1966 Fort Smith Open, but also bowled his first 300 game in the tournament and won the pro-am for his partner.