PERRY TWP. — AMF Hall of Fame Lanes will begin its Summer Challenge series at 6:15 p.m. May 26 on the 2021 USBC Open Championships doubles and singles oil pattern
Entry fee is $40 per week, with $4 going toward the end-of-summer tournament.
Events will be held on a biweekly basis, with practice sessions being conducted prior to the event. This event’s session is set for May 24 at Hall of Fame.
First place will pay $250 based on 25 participants.
For information, contact TJ Owens at 330-26-4900 or at TJOWENS1992@gmail.com.
PBA RPI RETURNS TO LAS VEGAS IN 2023
LAS VEGAS — The 2022 PBA Regional Players Invitational, featuring 132 of the best PBA Regional Tour players over the course of the 2022 season, will be held Jan. 2 through 5, 2023, at South Point Bowling Plaza. The RPI will pay a total of $115,000 to PBA and PBA50 Regional players who earn their way into the field through the season-long points race or RPI qualifier events.
Eighty-four players will make up the standard division, with the top eight in points from each of the seven regions earning a berth into the RPI. Four more spots from each region will be earned through RPI qualifier events to be held later this year. The PBA50 division will include 48 players: the top four in points from each region as well as three RPI qualifiers per region, with the exception of the Northwest region, which will hold two RPI qualifier events.
The winner of the standard division will earn $16,000 and the winner of the PBA50 division will receive $10,000.
In order to reward the players who reliably compete on the PBA Regional Tour throughout the year, the top 50 players from the PBA Tour national points list and the top 10 players from the PBA50 Tour national points list will be excluded from inclusion in the RPI (although a top-10 PBA50 player who is outside the top 50 on the national tour will be eligible to compete in the standard RPI division).
The PBA50 competition will take place January 2-3, immediately followed by PBA competition January 3-5. Eight games of qualifying will cut the PBA50 field to 16 for bracket match play, and then 14 games of qualifying will cut the PBA field to 32 for bracket match play.