Monday, September 5, 2011
Make That Spare is Back on TV!
Fans of the iconic Make That Spare TV show can now watch not only the classic version with Johnny Johnson that aired on ABC 50 years ago, but also the new version, the pilot of which can be seen on TVS Sports.Com, one of the 48 channels on the TV4U.Com IPTV network. Great stuff...thanks TVS and TV4U! By the way, did you know that Johnny Johnson was a noted singer as well as the Make That Spare announcer?
Sunday, March 6, 2011
What a great year for the sport of bowling!
While the popularity of bowling has always been remarkable, seeing the sport return to network television on ABC has also been very heartening. With the fabulous PBA coverage on ESPN, adding ABC back into the mix puts the sport back in the national discussion of major leagues. And then, when you add back the revival of Make That Spare, Celebrity Bowling, and Jackpot Bowling shows by the TVS Television Network, you are really seeing the sport return to its glory years on TV. With TVS (watch on TVS Sports.Com) also producing the PBA Regional and Senior event at the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nevada we can only hope that there will be even more PBA Regional and PBS senior tournaments covered for us bowling fans. And now, we learn that TVS will start television Ladies Pro Bowling and College bowling this year, we are even more enthused! By the way, you can also watch some of the clasic Make that Spare and Jackpot Bowling shows on TVS Sports.Com. Nice!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
PBA Bowling at the Virgin River Casino Lanes Was a Blast!
What a hidden gem the Virgin River Casino bowling center in Mesquite, Nevada is!
The PBA has discovered it, holding the PBA West Virgin River Regular/Senior Doubles event there August 6-8. Remarkably, the local team of Kerry Painter (Henderson) and David Haynes (Las Vegas) took the title. The match was televised and is currently on the TVS Television Network, which includes TVS Sports.Com. Broadcast stations include KLAS-TV8 in Las Vegas and KTSP-TV 13 in Salt Lake City.
Virgin River Lanes Manager Gary Higashi did a fabulous job with the venue, and the tv production was supurb. KLAS-TV 8 sports director Chris Maathuis is always a class act, and the color commentators were eclectic and fabulous! Hall of Fame bowler Wendy Macpherson made her broadcasting debut as did UNLV Head Bowling Coach Joey Shugart.
Virgin River Casino Hotel owner Randy Black is a big fan of both bowling and Mesquite, Nevada, so you can expect to see a lot more great national bowling events at the Virgin River lanes.
The PBA has discovered it, holding the PBA West Virgin River Regular/Senior Doubles event there August 6-8. Remarkably, the local team of Kerry Painter (Henderson) and David Haynes (Las Vegas) took the title. The match was televised and is currently on the TVS Television Network, which includes TVS Sports.Com. Broadcast stations include KLAS-TV8 in Las Vegas and KTSP-TV 13 in Salt Lake City.
Virgin River Lanes Manager Gary Higashi did a fabulous job with the venue, and the tv production was supurb. KLAS-TV 8 sports director Chris Maathuis is always a class act, and the color commentators were eclectic and fabulous! Hall of Fame bowler Wendy Macpherson made her broadcasting debut as did UNLV Head Bowling Coach Joey Shugart.
Virgin River Casino Hotel owner Randy Black is a big fan of both bowling and Mesquite, Nevada, so you can expect to see a lot more great national bowling events at the Virgin River lanes.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Western Bowling Challenge on TV4U.Com September 26 From Silver Nugget Casino
A TV style 'step' finals will be telecast of the Western Bowling Challenge on September 27th from the Silver Nugget Lanes at the Silver Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. This will be the fourth Challenge Cup in the series. 17 year old Billy Platt won the Bowling Illustrated Challenge Cup; and former college bowling standout Steve Villanueva won both the Corona Chalenge Cup and the Verve Energy Challenge Cup at the Silver Nugget Lanes. All can be watched on the Sports channel of TV4U.Com. Or you can access it directly at TVS Sports.Com.
The Silver Nugget Casino is fast becoming known as the 'TV Home' to bowling in Las Vegas. In addition to the Challenge Cup series, Make That Spare, Jackpot Bolwling, and Las Vegas Celebrity Bowling are all produced at the Silver Nugget Casino.
The Silver Nugget Casino is fast becoming known as the 'TV Home' to bowling in Las Vegas. In addition to the Challenge Cup series, Make That Spare, Jackpot Bolwling, and Las Vegas Celebrity Bowling are all produced at the Silver Nugget Casino.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
PBA Regional Players Offered Two Ways to Earn Exemptions
SEATTLE (March 14, 2008) — Bowlers looking to earn exemptions for the 2008-09 Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour have two ways to go about obtaining such exemptions in the coming months.
A total of seven exemptions will be up for grabs in the 2008 Denny’s PBA Tour Trials, May 27-June 1 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind. This marks the second consecutive season and the fourth time in five seasons the event has been held in the Merrillville, Ind., bowling center.
As in years past, the Denny’s PBA Tour Trials features a five-day competition with one day taking place on each of the five standard PBA oil patterns. Competitors will bowl nine games each day with the top seven bowlers based on total pinfall after the 45 games earning exemptions through 2008-09.Exemptions will also still be eligible to players who bowl full-time in the PBA Regional Tour program. Although an exemption will no longer automatically go to the point leader in each of the seven PBA Regions, eight bowlers will now receive exemptions via the 2008 Regional Players Invitational (RPI), Dec. 9-11 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.The top 25 bowlers on the RPI points list in each of the seven PBA regions (through September 2008) will earn an invitation to the 2008 RPI. The top five from each region – plus the winner of the 2008 Regional Players Championship which takes place in late May – will receive airfare and accommodations for the event in December. The normal $150 entry fee will still be required for those players, but they will not have to pay an additional fee to be eligible for an exemption.The next 20 players in each region will pay their own way to the RPI and will also be required to pay an additional $750 to be eligible for the exemptions on top of their $500 entry fee. All bowlers competing in the event are guaranteed a minimum $400 cash spot.The 2008 RPI will feature a similar format to the Denny’s PBA Tour Trials in that competitors will bowl for five days on each of the PBA’s five oil patterns. The top eight bowlers who have paid the additional entry fee will earn exemptions for the 2008-09 season, provided they finish in the top 16 overall.
A total of seven exemptions will be up for grabs in the 2008 Denny’s PBA Tour Trials, May 27-June 1 at Stardust Bowl II in Merrillville, Ind. This marks the second consecutive season and the fourth time in five seasons the event has been held in the Merrillville, Ind., bowling center.
As in years past, the Denny’s PBA Tour Trials features a five-day competition with one day taking place on each of the five standard PBA oil patterns. Competitors will bowl nine games each day with the top seven bowlers based on total pinfall after the 45 games earning exemptions through 2008-09.Exemptions will also still be eligible to players who bowl full-time in the PBA Regional Tour program. Although an exemption will no longer automatically go to the point leader in each of the seven PBA Regions, eight bowlers will now receive exemptions via the 2008 Regional Players Invitational (RPI), Dec. 9-11 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev.The top 25 bowlers on the RPI points list in each of the seven PBA regions (through September 2008) will earn an invitation to the 2008 RPI. The top five from each region – plus the winner of the 2008 Regional Players Championship which takes place in late May – will receive airfare and accommodations for the event in December. The normal $150 entry fee will still be required for those players, but they will not have to pay an additional fee to be eligible for an exemption.The next 20 players in each region will pay their own way to the RPI and will also be required to pay an additional $750 to be eligible for the exemptions on top of their $500 entry fee. All bowlers competing in the event are guaranteed a minimum $400 cash spot.The 2008 RPI will feature a similar format to the Denny’s PBA Tour Trials in that competitors will bowl for five days on each of the PBA’s five oil patterns. The top eight bowlers who have paid the additional entry fee will earn exemptions for the 2008-09 season, provided they finish in the top 16 overall.
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