120 pro bowlers coming to Middletown's Mid County Lanes to compete in doubles championship
Mid County Lanes in Middletown will again host the nation’s best pro bowlers next week.
The Professional Bowlers Association’s 10th Mark Roth/Marshall Holman Doubles Championship starts Monday, May 8, and runs through Thursday, May 11.
The field will consist of 120 bowlers on 60 teams vying for $100,000 in prize money, including $20,000 for the winning pair.
The PBA’s top-ranked player, E.J. Tackett, who opened the season by winning the U.S. Open in early February, and partner Marshall Kent will defend the Roth/Holman title they won last year in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Among the leading contenders is Australian Jason Belmonte, presently third in the PBA rankings, who’ll make his Mid County Lanes debut teamed with 16th-ranked Bill O'Neill of Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
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The pair won the 2018 Roth/Holman title at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl in Ohio. Belmonte, a seven-time PBA Player of the Year, recently won his 15th major and 32nd overall title in the Tournament of Champions.
PBA member Tim Foy Jr. of Seaford will team with Anthony Neuer of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, seeking a home-state win.
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Mid County Lanes has hosted a PBA event since 2009, conducting the PBA East Region tournaments through 2014. From 2015 through 2019, Mid County hosted PBA Tour summer events.
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented Mid County from hosting PBA action in 2020 or 2021. But the pros returned last year for the PBA East Region Rita Justice Classic, in which Todd Sigeti of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, scored his first professional win, and the PBA50 (seniors) Rita Justice Classic won by Dover’s Stevie Weber.
The 2023 Roth/Holman will be streamed on BowlTV.com.
2023 Roth/Holman PBA Doubles ChampionshipAt Mid County Lanes875 N. Broad Street, Middletown
Monday, May 8A Squad Practice: NoonB Squad Practice: 3:30 p.m.Pro/Am: 6:30 pmTuesday, May 9A Squad Qualifying Round 1 (six games): 11 a.m.B Squad Qualifying Round 1 (six games): 4:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 10B Squad Qualifying Round 2 (six games): 11 a.m.A squad Qualifying Round 2 (six games): 4:30 p.m.(Top 12 teams advance to Baker Match Play)Thursday, May 11Baker Match Play Round 1 (six games) 10 a.m.Baker Match Play Round 2 (six games) 2 p.m.(Top 4 teams advance)Stepladder finals, 6.p.m.
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