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2025 PBA Howell Lanes Open

Event dates
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Host center
Howell Lanes

1002 Route 9 S
Howell, NJ 07731
United States

Friday, October 17

Practice Session: 3-5 p.m.

Orientation Meeting: 5 p.m. (Mandatory for all first-time participants)

Pro-am: 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 18

Roll call is 30 minutes before squad time

A Squad: 8 a.m. – (eight games)

B Squad: 2:30 p.m. – (eight games)

Top 1/3 advance

Sunday, October 19

Top 1/3 bowl 4 games beginning at 8 a.m. Top 12 (12-game pinfall) Advance

Top 12 bowl 3 additional games. Top 8 (15-game pinfall) Advance

Top 8 bowl 2 additional games. Top 4 (17-game pinfall) Advance

Top 4 bowl stepladder finals.

Host(s): Charles Anderson

Leslie Bohn (GM)

Field Capacity: 96

Eligibility

Participant must be a USBC Member in good standing. Non-Members must meet the PBA minimum average requirements of 200 for 36 games in a USBC sanctioned league. PBA Members have priority over any Non-Member up to 7 days before the event starts.

Entry Fee

PBA Members: $245

Non-Members: $310

Entry Deadline

Online entries for members and non-members close at midnight on Monday, October 13, 2025.

After the deadline, e-mail entry requests to [email protected]. Entries made after deadline are subject to a $10 penalty.

Payout Ratio

1:3

BowlTV Regional Players Invitational

The top 4 eligible finishers from this tournament will join the top 10 from the East Region BowlTV RPI Point list to represent the region. To qualify, you must bowl in a minimum of 3 East Region events between November 18, 2024 and November 9, 2025. This year’s BowlTV Regional Players Invitational is being contested at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada on December 11-14. Invitees must be Full PBA members in order to compete. 

Lane Pattern:  Petraglia 46’

2025 PBA Approved Equipment

The 2025 list of acceptable Urethane and Urethane-Like equipment made at 78.0HD+ is available on the schedule page under “quick links”. 

PBA Registered Products

1st Place is projected to pay $2,500

12th Place is projected to pay $700

Final cash spot is projected to pay $475

*All prize funds are projected on 96 entries*