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LAS VEGAS - After more than two months of competition, the 2021 Bowlers Journal Championships presented by the United States Bowling Congress wrapped up this week at The Orleans Bowling Center inside The Orleans Hotel & Casino.
Bowlers from across the country competed in this year s event, which featured the 39-foot doubles and singles oil pattern from the 2021 USBC Open Championships.
The two tournaments have been held simultaneously in the same host city for 74 years. The 2021 edition of the Open Championships took place across town at the South Point Bowling Plaza and South Point Bowling Center.
All scores from the 2021 Bowlers Journal Championships are unofficial and pending verification. The tournament ran from April 30-July 17.
LAS VEGAS - The 2021
United States Bowling Congress Open Championships will be remembered for a lot of things, including its historical significance and noteworthy performances.
The tournament was back in action after a pandemic-forced one-year hiatus, welcoming approximately 38,000 bowlers on more than 7,600 five-player teams to South Point for 79 days of competition from May 1-July 18.
Redemption was a prevailing theme, both for the event itself and for some of the newest champions, and one of the sport s breakout stars turned in a near-record performance on the final day of competition.
The 2021 edition was the 117th running of the USBC Open Championships and marked the first time in history competition was split across two venues. All team bowling was held at the 60-lane South Point Bowling Plaza, while the doubles and singles action took place at the 64-lane South Point Bowling Center.
All scores from the 2021 Bowlers Journal Championships are unofficial and pending verification.
Former Team USA member Darren Tang of Las Vegas found success in three categories at the 2021 Bowlers Journal Championships, becoming the first person to do so since Craig Nidiffer of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, accomplished the feat in 2017.
Tang, a 28-year-old right-hander, has been on quite a run during the 2021 season.
After winning the 2020 Professional Bowlers Association West/Northwest Player of the Year award, Tang has yet to finish outside of the top-six in any of the PBA regional events he has participated in this year, claiming one title along the way.
LAS VEGAS - The 2021
United States Bowling Congress Open Championships will be remembered for a lot of things, including its historical significance and noteworthy performances.
The tournament was back in action after a pandemic-forced one-year hiatus, welcoming approximately 38,000 bowlers on more than 7,600 five-player teams to South Point for 79 days of competition from May 1-July 18.
Redemption was a prevailing theme, both for the event itself and for some of the newest champions, and one of the sport s breakout stars turned in a near-record performance on the final day of competition.
The 2021 edition was the 117th running of the USBC Open Championships and marked the first time in history competition was split across two venues. All team bowling was held at the 60-lane South Point Bowling Plaza, while the doubles and singles action took place at the 64-lane South Point Bowling Center.
LAS VEGAS - Defending Regular Singles champion Mitch Beasley of Clarksville, Tennessee, arrived at the 2021
United States Bowling Congress Open Championships sporting a new hairstyle, a compression ring on his right ring finger and 14-pound bowling balls, and what followed was a wild 72 hours in the Entertainment Capital of the World.
It has all the makings of a straight-to-Netflix feature that is dramatic, emotional and comedic and includes all the feelings and emotions - anticipation, excitement, relief, disappointment, satisfaction and even some nausea.
Beasley, a 52-year-old right-hander, has been fighting a nagging finger injury while competing on the Professional Bowlers Association 50 Tour for the past couple of months and preparing for his title defense.