2011 Bowling PBA Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship

Played on March 06, 2011 at AMF Thruway Lanes Cheektowaga, NY.
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Stepladder Game 1 - Parker Bohn III 201 def. Tom Smallwood 197 / Semi-Finals - Parker Bohn III 213 def. Ryan Ciminelli 207 / Finals - Jason Couch 219 def. Parker Bohn III 175

[@cobrakaiX]

This is 2011 but the footage looks like 1989.

[@timtheenchanter6896]

You don't notice high def tv until you watch something that wasn't filmed in it.

[@TraumaER]

@@timtheenchanter6896 This. When I watch MacGyver now, I can barely see what's going on :(

[@tomy5868]

not sure. #6 was J. Belmonte? as they showed the finishers.

[@PantherBlitz]

@@tomy5868 Yes, it was him. How about Johnny Petraglia placing 8th? That has to be his final top 25 finish.

[@abidababida7096]

I grew up watching Mark Roth and trying to be him. I didn't know he had a stroke. When I opened this video and saw him I actually started to cry.

[@bplotts1]

Abida Babida i bowled with him when i was in high school back in 2000. he is a great person

[@jonstewart3006]

You’re a bitch

[@RGJ109]

I love this! Am new to bowling...and a senior. I am starting with a cheap plastic ball. No core. This video shows the advantage of getting plastic with the pancake core. Better for learning a basic hook. Yet still good for spares.

[@adamatkins1466]

They were bowling on a reduced volume of oil so the ball does go 60ft

[@Saltines4All]

my right ear enjoyed this

[@unapprovedtruth7116]

So take your headphones out, foo

[@mr.c1563]

I thought my headphones were broken!

[@NatureB3]

Ok PBA do the right thing and bring back this tournament permanently for 2022 and beyond in memory of Mark Roth!

[@MatthewDaSmitdog]

I like these events where the bowlers have to use the balls that act differently from the ones they typically use. And Mark Roth, despite the aftereffect of the stroke, he still made a good throw. I imagine the crowd would've gone nuts if he got a strike!

[@elmoblatch9787]

They should do this kind of thing in tennis with a wood racket championship.

[@thetrain3302]

Or have a PGA tournament where golfers have to use wood drivers and woods for long clubs

[@elmoblatch9787]

Roth had a 157 while in therapy, and yeah, that's better than most people on their best day.

[@jdh3825]

Yea he's inspiring.

[@Loucid.]

My right ear really enjoyed this video.

[@prototypejack671]

Holy shit, ever since I saw a comment about Ryan’s left arm, I can’t stop staring at it

[@joespagnola9253]

my right ear really enjoyed this.

[@vicokeglmmortal2037]

They make it look so easy, using a spare ball to bowl that’s insane

[@dlopezdlo11]

Couch was a beast my favorite lefty to watch besides Parker those two guys have some great battles for sure on the PBA tour on the lanes

[@mikec4409]

They should also do this in golf with the old persimmon woods and dead, wound balls.

[@anthonycannariato6291]

I bowled with marc in nj in a regionel he is great person good friend in my opion the best bowler there is god bless you Marc Roth

[@ryankeeble7795]

It's Mark, but I get you. He is definitely a class act.

[@BucksCorner101]

In this video we see a very young and skinny Ryan Ciminelli. Except for his left arm. That thing will always be twice the size of his other arm.

[@charlesmunn4844]

Did anyone else notice that Parker Bohn III looks like Paul Simon without his mustache? I was waiting for a guitar solo.

[@Abby-yx4ff]

Haha

[@Hunter-ue4id]

When they talked about Tom Smallwood’s ball rolling over the thumb when he released it, my mind was already clicking that it just slid on the thumb, the whole way down the lane.

[@u1richh]

If this doesn't happen nowadays, it needs to.

[@tomy5868]

300 with a white dot about 6 years ago bowling with JR's. 300 with Black Beauty in 94 on old wood lanes in Troy MO. still throw the white dot occasionally...just fine.

[@schizoak_4720]

I love the Black Knight !! Smashed 801, no 300 fame with polyester yet. Probably psychological but I prefer the "legit" White Dot's. Nice job Tom!! Aside from making your shirt filthy, wonder what a rubber ball with a weight block would do??

[@tomy5868]

woohoo....love old POLY... got a 82 year old buddy that bowls three leagues a week and averages 160 plus. throws a 16 lb Manhattan that is about 50+ years old.

[@coopergates9680]

@@tomy5868 Any target zones or yellow dots? Or even crown jewels?

[@tomy5868]

@@coopergates9680 nope just those.

[@tomy5868]

@@coopergates9680 had crown jewel yrs ago. No scores

[@CurtisL8.3066]

When pb3 said ‘the last 4 shots have pretty much been a catastrophe’ he summed up my bowling career in one sentence

[@und1944]

Great spare by Couch at 56:05

[@no1froggy]

AMF bowling centre but using Brunswick pinsetters?, How strange.

[@nickryan7370]

no1froggy its usually like that just like my bowling alley

[@reachaces]

no1froggy AMF bought out brunswick hahah

[@charlesharred5841]

Ball manufacturer made that tournament go away real fast, simple you don't need a$200 ball to score. Friction is the key blue Dot will last for year's, Storm would go broke and there be no sheep 🐑

[@coopergates9680]

I also think they should let people use their own rubber and polyester pancakes if they have them. People don't want to drill a couple branded balls just for a brief outing.

[@RGJ109]

So I hear the lanes were not oiled in the old days of plastic. For this tournament, were the lanes dry?

[@eliasniemela5140]

In the left side you see a pattern but there is very light amount of oil so ball can hook.

[@drummachine434]

What happened? Sorry i was looking at the funny spy camera on the ball return.

[@Fried_Rice_Ren]

parker throwing some heat.

[@moonp]

jason couch: “not many people know del is battling cancer” del be like dude rlly why did you say that

[@ryankeeble7795]

"This goes out to Del. Not many people know he's battling cancer." Then Del is like, "You motherf*cker" Hahaha

[@colinjaster3108]

Whatever happened to this event

[@andrewphillips1011]

Jason couch and parker bohn iii have bowled some excellent matches

[@dlopezdlo11]

They definitely had some great battles on the lanes

[@XVince13X]

wow I'm impressed by their hook they get with plastic

[@movieguy992]

Yeah I was wondering how dry are these lanes. I honestly can't see much of a difference between the usual resin balls.

[@datboythoy6826]

movie guy99 lower rev rates and that's pretty much it

[@Willeexd1337]

Special cores inside the ball

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

Willeexd Early in the telecast Randy Pedersen claimed that the plastic bowling balls for this tournament contained pancake weight blocks. So according to Randy there were no special cores being used.

[@Willeexd1337]

ah ok

[@leftytwohander453]

My strike shot consists of a T-zone hooking across half the lane, so I would do just great here.

[@ryankeeble7795]

Not with plastic. I'm a fellow no thumb bowler, but you have to have the correct line, not angle to be good

[@bretlynn]

no audio?

[@mikek3141]

Why put the scores????????? That ruins watching it thanks

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

Why didn't they show Bohn's gutter ball?

[@andrewphillips1011]

Jason couch was in command to win the mark Roth plastic championship

[@jf5618]

Shocker! Plastic ball and lefties dominate ;-). Just like it used to be! Plastic and urethane move that oil way more than today’s reactive covers

[@LowEnd31st]

Obvious that it’s a pretty dry shot so the plastic balls can hook

[@jasinthegoat5534]

omg cimineli looks little here

[@tonyrauls1941]

His left arm now is bigger than he is in this vid.

[@andrewphillips1011]

The first and semi final matches were exciting and very close

[@andrewphillips2179]

it was an amazing win for Jason Couch

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips spoiler asshat

[@jhonviel7381]

damn this vid sent me on a wild trip down pba history and what happend to mark roth : - www.mrbowling300.net/post/the-downfall-of-mark-roths-bowling-career-6310167?&trail=15

[@nickneff6926]

Lanes seem burnt to piss

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

They put half as much oil out there as usual so there would be a playable shot with the plastic and it dried up pretty quick under the TV lights

[@nickneff6926]

@@chrisfreemesser5707 I get that but still, plastic grabbin hard lol

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

@@nickneff6926 Plastic is totally usable if the conditions warrant it. Center I bowl in has old wood lanes and plastic grabs like a mofo outside of the first arrow

[@nickneff6926]

​@@chrisfreemesser5707 oh nice ! damn I miss wood days around here (vermont) I remember then 300s were few far and in between but when synthetic spread around everwhere 180 avg bowlers became 300 threats.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

@@nickneff6926 Yeah, love still being able to bowl on our 1940-vintage wood lanes. Honor scores are most definitely earned there! Plastic, rubber, urethane all work well if you throw it the way it was meant to be thrown

[@adammtroutman]

Atrocious audio

[@TreyPDB]

2011? You mean 2001 right?? 😂😂😂

[@spncrbriggs]

Think 2001 as well.

[@christophermelendez4482]

Hahahahaha Smallwood hahahahahaha

[@datboythoy6826]

Christopher Melendez ha