When you're dealing with the COVID-19 era, the best-laid plans may be none at all.
We're 3½ weeks from the end of the year, and the PBA still doesn't have a 2021 schedule released. There are a lot of moving parts, including the collaboration with Fox television and travel considerations for international players.
We're closing in on four months since New York State centers reopened, but proprietors and bowlers are holding their collectives breaths with the recent spike in COVID cases. Most of the area leagues that chose to start up seem to be doing all right, and tournament fields seem to be stronger than ever, but is there another stoppage on the horizon?
Let's hope not, but be ready to adjust.
The current mandate, which orders bowling centers that have liquor licenses to close by 10 p.m., is set to expire Saturday. Does that mean proprietors can stay open later?
It is more than likely that the order will be extended, and that may be a best-case scenario. The dark cloud of centers being ordered to close again hovers over every tournament, league and birthday party.
So the message here is to be smart. If you're still bowling, wear a mask, practice social-distancing and don't plan too far ahead.
300 GAMES
Barbecue Recreation: Dan Merrills 814
Boulevard Bowl: Bill McGaffin Jr. 820, John Mihaly 700
Broadway Lanes: Ian Rose 1,025*, Mark Ross Jr. 953*
Cohoes Arena: Blake Connery Sr. 773, Mike Dynko 709
Kingpin's Alley: Chris Bruno 987*
Sportsman's Bowl: Jeff Kallner 798, Larry Strope 718
Towne Academy: Joel Donato 796, Tom Earl 740, Ken LaBelle Jr. 802, R.J. Martinez 764, Steve Wagoner 821
Uncle Sam Lanes: Robbie Daigneault 747, Matt Swiatocha 1,045*, Jeremy Yando 740
* - four-game series (all others three games)
TOURNAMENTS
Towne Team Tournament: 2 p.m. Saturday, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday at Towne Academy. Four-person team handicap. Entry fee $160/team. Additional squads Dec. 18, 20, 27; Jan. 3, 8-10, 17, 22, 24. First place $4,000 guaranteed. Optional singles event using team score. 518-355-3939.
Amateur League Bowlers Association of New York: 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Sportsman's Bowl. Doubles handicap. Three-game sweeper. Bowlers with averages over 215 ineligible. Entry fee $50. Jim Burton, 518-209-4748 or jjb810@gmail.com.
Town 'n Country Sweeper Series: 10 a.m. Sunday at Town 'n Country. Singles handicap. Four-game sweeper. Entry fee $40 plus one-time $5 membership fee. Anthony Scaccia, 518-456-1113.
Area roundup
Rich Strath of Schenectady finished 18th and got a $275 check as the top super senior out of the money in the PBA50 East Region Bryan's Bowling Center Open in Laurel, Del. Strath missed qualifying for the finals by 75 pins. Don Herrington of Ballston Lake was 20th, missing advancement by 90 pins. ... That was the East Region's final stop of 2020. The tour likely will resume in late February or early March.
Brunswick Demo Days are scheduled for Saturday at Hilltop, Sunday at Uncle Sam, and Saturday, Dec. 19, at Barbecue. ... Towne Academy drew more than 50 teams for the opening weekend of its 11th annual Team Tournament, which has weekend squads through late January.
National news
The 2021 USBC Senior Queens and International Golden Ladies, both scheduled for March in Las Vegas, have been canceled because of local and state regulations in Nevada and ongoing concerns surrounding COVID-19 pandemic. Both will look to return in 2022. … The USBC scrapped its 2021 convention and annual meeting, set for April 26-29 in Lombard, Ill., in favor of a virtual gathering because of public health concerns and frequently changing restrictions. A resolution was passed to allow state and local USBC associations to hold their annual meetings virtually as well. The Hall of Fame induction will now take place as part of the 2022 convention.
The “PBA League All-Star Clash,” a taped event that ran Nov. 29 on Fox, drew 1.353 million viewers. While it’s a 9 percent drop from last year’s “PBA Clash,” the number shows the power of programming running adjacent to a live NFL game. For comparison's sake, the 2020 live Tournament of Champions telecast — bowled pre-pandemic, in February — garnered an audience of 1.46 million, the largest non-NFL-adjacent PBA audience since 2010.
pdougherty@timesunion.com • 518-454-5416 • @Pete_Dougherty
"plan" - Google News
December 08, 2020 at 05:18AM
https://ift.tt/2VQeTs1
Bowling column: Don't plan too far ahead as we approach a new year - Times Union
"plan" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2un5VYV
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Bowling column: Don't plan too far ahead as we approach a new year - Times Union"
Post a Comment