The confidence they earned while securing the Open Doubles lead at the Bowlers Journal Championships early in the week helped them also find the top of the Regular Doubles standings across town at the Open Championships.
The Bowlers Journal event, being held at The Orleans Bowling Center, features the same oil pattern being used for doubles and singles at the Open Championships, so many bowlers are able to use it as a warm-up and a chance to develop a game plan.
Team competition this year at the Open Championships is taking place at the South Point Bowling Plaza, and all doubles/singles squads are being contested at the South Point Bowling Center. It is the first time the 117 editions of the event that it has been split across two venues
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United States Bowling Congress Open Championships being condensed in 2021 and featuring more squads per day than ever before, along with competition being held simultaneously in two venues, the potential for excitement and lead changes has grown considerably.
That potential became reality Friday at both the South Point Bowling Plaza and South Point Bowling Center, as the Regular Division got big scores and new leaders in every event, and the Standard Division experienced a bit of a shakeup, too.
At the South Point Bowling Plaza, Nicholas J s Pro Shop 2 of La Crosse, Wisconsin, already had attracted a crowd of fans and fellow competitors simply by reputation and track record alone, and the group didn t disappoint in 2021, posting games of 1,057, 1,131 and 1,099 for a 3,287 total.