Foundation Games XV

November 2002  PBA Southwest Regional  Beaumont, Texas ( At Crossroads )

1.  Everett Bubak III, Sealy, Texas
2.  Sean Swanson, Springfield, Missouri
3.  Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas

Sebring, FL: Foundation Officials, John Davis and Len Nicholson, along with PBA Southwest Regional Director Pete McCordic, are pleased to announce that arrangements have been finalized for that Region to have their first Foundation Games tournament. This event will be Foundation Games XV.

McCordic, a former National Tour Champion said, "I think that this is a great idea and will give the players the versatility (in format and conditions) that they so often ask for. I am very happy that we could find a spot for it and I am really looking forward to it."

The site for the tournament will be in Beaumont , Texas at Crossroads Bowling Center . Mark Williams (another great Tour Champion) is the General Manager and part Owner of that facility. The dates for the event are: November 28 & 29. Williams said, "I like the concept of this tournament, and I am sure that the players will, too. We are limiting the field to 80-players and I am sure that it will fill. The synthetic lanes have recently been screened and everything will be in tip-top condition. I can't wait." Williams also added that a local charity (Boy's Haven) will be the benefactor of proceeds from the tournament.

The format for the event will call for a total of 12-games of qualifying on the first day. All bowlers will be on the same "squad" and will roll 6-games on a Foundation "short" pattern. The lanes will then be stripped and oiled with a Foundation "long" pattern. Both patterns will be tailored to suit the specific lane surface at Crossroads. These 2-patterns will challenge the players "shot-making ability" along with their skills of "making adjustments", "bowling ball choices" and their "mental prowess". Foundation "super" Tech, Dennis Gemmer will be there to supervise the all-important lane conditions for the tournament. Prior to joining the Kegel "team", Dennis was the PBA Southwest Lane Supervisor.

At the completion of the 12-games of qualifying, the field will be cut to the top 16-scorers. They will return the following day for a "round-robin" (16-games) of head-to-head matches. They will bowl on "both" conditions during the match-play finals. Once those games are completed, there will be another cut to the top-4 step-ladder finals, with qualifier #4 facing qualifier #3 in a one-game match. Qualifier #3 (by virtue of being the higher seed) will have the choice of what pair to use to bowl that match. This will hold true for each of the subsequent matches with the higher "seed" getting to make the choice.

The top-3 will receive Foundation Games Medals: 1 st Place receives "Gold"; 2 nd Place earns "Silver" and 3 rd place gets the "Bronze". These 3-finalist will also receive invitations to the International Foundation Games Championships to be held in 2003.