The World Bowling Writers (WBW) International Bowling Hall of Fame was established in 1993 and is located in the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, on the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas.
History The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame was located at 11 Stadium Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and shared the same building with the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum, until November 8, 2008. It moved to Arlington and reopened in early 2010. In 2012, the WBW was merged with the International Bowling Media Association. After the merger, the WBW Hall of Fame inductees became part of the IBMA Luby Hall of Fame.
Criteria for election WBW Hall of Famers are chosen strictly in the basis of athletic performance, to even qualify for consideration, a player must be an amateur and accumulate a minimum of 15 points in any combination of four specifically designated international competitions; the International Bowling Federation (IBF) World Championships the Bowling World Cup the IBF adult Zone Masters Championships and the Olympic Games
with gold medals occurring in an event other than five-person team. Five points are credited for a gold medal, three points for silver, and one for bronze.
Each summer, the WBW Administrator scans a database to determine eligible candidates and sends ballots with those players’ names and resumes to current officers of the World Bowling Writers, which formed the Hall's Board.
Election process There are two election categories: Men and Women. Voters may cast one vote in each category for every three names listed, as well as one vote for any remaining group of fewer than three names in that category. The man and woman who receive the highest number of votes are elected.
In the event of a tie, multiple candidates of the same category may be elected, provided each tied candidate receives at least two-thirds of the total votes cast in that category for that year. If this threshold is not met, no candidate is elected in that category for that year. Bowler's Journal International October 1997 WBW Hall? You’ve Got to Earn It, Page 78 Know the Score article written by Lydia Rypcinski
(WBW) International Bowling Hall of Fame members See footnoteHonorees | Hall of Famers webpage. International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
YearMaleFemaleInducteeCountryInducteeCountry1993 Paeng NepomucenoBong CooAnnette Hagre Johannesson1994 Philippe DuboisJeanette BakerArne Svein Stroem1995 NoneNone1996 Ying-Chieh MaAsa Larsson1997 Cheng-Ming YangMartina Beckel1998 NoneCara Honeychurch1999 Les ZikesEdda Piccini2000 Tomas LeanderssonLita dela Rosa2001 Gosta AlgeskogIrma Urrea2002 NoneEija Krogerus2003 Kaarlo "Kalle" AsukasPauline Buck2004 Anders OhmanShalin Zulkifli2005 NoneDiandra Asbaty2006 Tito ReynoldsLynda Barnes2007 Tore TorgersenZara Glover2008 Bill HoffmanAnn-Maree Putney2009 Gery VerbruggenClara Guerrero2010 Mika KoivuniemiKirsten Penny2011Raymond JanssonShannon Pluhowsky2012NoneNone2013Osku PalermaaKelly Kulick
2013 Inductees WBW Hall of Fame List through 2012 International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame website
See also United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame
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International Bowling Media Association (IBMA) is a 2012 merger between World Bowling Writers and Bowling Writers Association of America.