“Just a chance to bowl with him on national TV, you can’t ask for anything better,” Guppy said. That is where I learned my flair and style from.” “That was the thing that I enjoyed watching more than anything because as a kid that is what I watched. “He bowled great, and he put on a show,” Kyle added. “We got to compete together when I was younger in the PBA regional level, but just knowing where our careers are at in bowling now, I never would have thought I would get to bowl with my father on television.” “That was a dream come true,” Kyle said about the experience. Kyle enjoyed one final moment as he threw his dad’s ball on the final shot with his thumb in the ball for a strike and a 169 game. Kyle got his team’s first strike in the sixth frame followed by 72-year-old Guppy converting the 3-10 split in the seventh frame. Despite two missed single-pin spares in back-to-back frames by the Barnes clan, they refocused and stayed clean over the final four frames for 223. Guppy pumped up the crowd after converting a 4-pin in his first frame, but the Troups found themselves behind quickly as the Barneses started off with four straight strikes. “That was the only show that I was alive for that he made, so I thought it was only fitting for him to wear that outfit again.
“He wore them when he won the 1985 Austin Open,” Kyle said.
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Their jersey and pants combination were inspired by a similar look Guppy sported while bowling on the PBA Tour in the ‘80s.īack then Guppy had a seamstress sew together two separate pairs of pants, one yellow and one green, to create the look he sported on TV multiple times. To nobody’s surprise, the Troups showed up in style. It was really awesome.”Ĭhris and Ryan then moved on to face two of the biggest names and most colorful personalities in bowling, Guppy and Kyle Troup were dubbed the reigning Royal Family with their combined 17 PBA Tour titles. “After the first couple of shots, I settled in. “I was pretty nervous at first but it kind of felt like a basketball game,” Ryan said. To be here is a little surreal and it was an experience I didn’t think was going to happen.” “There is something different about bowling with your family. “That was the most nervous I have been in a long time,” Chris said on his 10 th frame performance. He will be a freshman with the bowling program at Huntington University in Indiana.Ĭhris, who had struck two out of four times on the right lane, rolled a double and 7 for 243.
Jordan is leaning more toward a baseball career but likes the fact that bowling is an option too. To enjoy that experience with my dad is another level of joy.” It is pretty cool to be under the lights instead of in the bleachers. “Especially on TV, which is a dream come true. “I have always wanted to bowl with my dad,” 18-year-old Jordan said. Wes, who was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in February, picked up a 10-pin and struck for 237. The Malotts put together a six-bagger heading to the 10 th frame. In the opening match, they faced Jordan and Wes Malott.īoth Jordan and Ryan, who are members of the 2022 Junior Team USA, started off with single-pin spares and the Barneses threw the first double of the match in the third and fourth frames. Twenty-year-old Ryan, who bowled with one hand until about the age of 13, is part of the growing number of two-handers destroying pins on lanes across the world. But then Ryan delivers his powerful two-handed style. Their initial postures on the lanes are similar, each with a slight shifting of their shoulders to the right.
He is now following his father, Chris’s path bowling collegiately at Wichita State University.
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Inside Bowlero Jupiter, parent-kid duos teamed up for the inaugural PBA King of the Lanes: Royal Family Edition.Īfter seeing his basketball career come to an end, Ryan Barnes has only recently turned his full attention to bowling. Jupiter, Florida – Bowling reigns supreme in the households of players on the PBA and PWBA Tours.
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