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New for United States Bowling Congress members this January:
- Tip of the Month: Tournament Preparation
- USBC Team USA Trials Results
- USBC Sport Bowling Corner
- USBC’s National Championships: A Bowling Experience Like No Other
- NFL/USBC Super Bowl XLI Celebrity Bowling Classic
- Milwaukee's Bowl for the Cure® Event Kicks Off National Campaign
- USBC Convention in March
- Top Bowling Moments of 2006
- eBay Auction Raises Nearly $40,000 for Scholarship Fund
- Enhance Your Event with the USBC Ambassador Program
- Enter a USBC/Storm Mixed Team Challenge Event Near You
- The PBA Junior Membership Program
- BowlersParadise.com Offer
- Tell Us What You Think About e-Bowler
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Tip of the Month: Tournament Preparation
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When competing in a bowling tournament, often the lane conditions call for playing a different line on the lane than you normally use. The best way to prepare for playing different lines is to practice. You can play different lines at your home center even though the lane conditions are different than what you’ll encounter at a tournament. |
The practice routine can help prepare you for the various lines that you may need to use.
For more information on coaching tips, see the tips page index.
To locate a USBC-certified coach in your area, visit the USBC Coaching section of bowl.com and click on the "Find A Coach" feature or call (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3169.
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USBC Team USA Trials Results
 David O'Sullivan of Orlando, Fla., and Lynda Barnes of Flower Mound, Texas, topped a field of the nation's top amateur bowlers over four days to earn U.S. Amateur titles Jan. 11 at the 2007 USBC Team USA Trials.
Barnes, a 10-time Team USA member, won her third U.S. Amateur title by shooting 8,816 for 40 games, an average of 220. She also won titles in 1995 and 2005.
O'Sullivan, a two-time All-American at Morehead State University, earned a spot on Team USA for the first time by totaling 8,841 for 40 games, an average of 221 per game.
The top four men and top four women who were not already on Team USA 2007 earned automatic spots on the team. O'Sullivan is joined on the men's side by Rhino Page of Fresno, Calif., Cassidy Schaub of Polk, Ohio, and P.J. Haggerty of Clovis, Calif.
Barnes is joined by Tennelle Milligan of Costa Mesa, Calif., Amanda Burgoyne of Newport, Minn., Shannon O'Keefe of Rochester, N.Y., and Rose Brown of Modesto, Calif.
The National Selection Committee also selected four men and women from the field to join the team. John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Fla., Mark Siders of Westerville, Ohio, Scott Pohl of Burnsville, Minn., Derek Eoff (USBC Sport Bowling Coordinator) of Greenfield, Wis., Marcia Kloempken of Pleasant View, Utah, Brenda Viator of Lake Wales, Fla., Ashly Galante of Palm Harbor, Fla., and Tina Stickney of Goodyear, Ariz., were all picked.
Team USA 2007 will compete in events such as the Pan American Games, the World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships, the American Zone Men's Championships and the QubicaAMF World Cup.
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USBC Sport Bowling Corner
 Sport Bowling Update
USBC members across the country are starting to live the PBA Experience.
On Jan. 1, bowlers began competing in PBA Experience leagues that are contested on the same lane oil patterns that Tommy Jones, Norm Duke, Chris Barnes, Walter Ray Williams Jr. and other top Denny's PBA Tour pros confront each Sunday on ESPN. Read more
Sport Bowling Spotlight
USBC-certified coach Jeffrey Frye realized that higher average youth bowlers in New Jersey needed more competitive opportunities to reach their goals in the sport.
So he took action and established the New Jersey Junior Gold Travel League. Read more
High Performance Bowling
Preparing for USBC Sport Bowling lane conditions is a mental challenge. Don’t leave your brain at home.
The first step is to have a solid mental-game plan. Read some tips and strategies from Ron Hoppe, a USBC Coaching Gold certified coach, that he uses with one of his well-known students – Denny’s Professional Bowlers Association Tour star Mika Koivuniemi – that you can apply to your own game on Sport Bowling conditions
Visit the Sport Bowling section of bowl.com or call (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3177 for more information.
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USBC's National Championships: A Bowling Experience Like No Other
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One of the most valuable USBC membership benefits is the opportunity for members to compete in the organization’s national championships, which are two of the world’s largest sporting events.
The USBC Open and Women’s Championships are the highlight of the bowling season for thousands of USBC members. But what makes these events really special is that there is no qualifying required. The Open Championships are available to all adult members and the Women’s Championships are open to all adult female members, regardless of average.
As two of the biggest participatory sporting events in the world, members become part of bowling history just by competing. In addition to vying for national championships, each event offers multi-million-dollar prize funds!
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The 2007 USBC Open Championships will be conducted in the one-of-a-kind 78-lane National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., from Feb. 17 to June 30. The entry deadline has been extended to March 30 and spots are still available.
The 2007 USBC Women’s Championships will make its first visit to Charlotte, N.C., from April 12 to July 1. The entry deadline is quickly approaching and prime spots are still available.
The Open Championships has two average divisions — one for bowlers who average 181 and higher and another for bowlers who average 180 and below. The Women’s Championships has five average divisions (130 and under, 131-149, 150-169, 170-189 and 190 and over).
Similar to your local and state tournaments, each event features team, doubles, singles and all-events competition. The Women’s Championships also allows bowlers who don’t have a team to sign up to bowl on a Friendship Squad. You’ll be matched up with other bowlers from around the country who also want to compete in the world's largest participatory sporting event for women.
Visit USBCopen.com or USBCwomenschampionships.com for tournament news and entry information. |
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NFL/USBC Super Bowl XLI Celebrity Bowling Classic
 For the second consecutive year, USBC will team up with National Football League Charities to conduct a major charity bowling event just prior to Super Bowl XLI.
The NFL/USBC Super Bowl XLI Celebrity Bowling Classic will take place Feb. 1 at Strike Miami. It will feature former and current NFL players - including members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame - heading up teams of amateur bowlers. Among the bowling stars participating will be USBC spokespeople Diandra Asbaty, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Kim Terrell and USBC Hall of Famer Carmen Salvino.
Teams of five amateurs will bowl three games, each with a different celebrity. Prizes will be awarded to members of the top three finishing teams and all amateur entrants will receive a commemorative Super Bowl XLI bowling ball and pin. Each bowler also will receive a gift bag of official NFL equipment from Reebok.
Entry fees as donations to NFL Charities of $750 per individual, $5,000 for special team entrants and $7,500 for VIP team participants are available. Registration is from 4-7 p.m. with the tournament to begin at 7 p.m. For further information on how to enter, contact tournament director Nick Nicolosi at (201) 489-0049 or e-mail n.nicolosi@verizon.net.
The inaugural event was held last February before Super Bowl XL in Detroit to benefit the NFL Youth Education Town program in that city. This year's event will benefit the same initiative in South Florida.
Fun Super Bowl fact: 21 million adult bowlers in the U.S. watched the Super Bowl last year. |
Milwaukee's Bowl for the Cure® Event Kicks Off National Campaign
Milwaukee-area bowlers will gather Jan. 26 for the community's annual Bowl for the Cure® Unite to Stop Breast Cancer event to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. The event ushers in the seventh Bowl for the Cure® national campaign and February as Bowl for the Cure® month.
Last year's event raised $48,000 with 75 percent of those proceeds directly benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Milwaukee Affiliate to support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment. Bowl for the Cure® is a nationwide fund-raising initiative organized by the United States Bowling Congress in partnership with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Anyone can contribute to Bowl for the Cure®. Contact your local USBC association or donate via bowl.com. Bowlers can hold events at any time during the season and are encouraged to celebrate February as Bowl for the Cure® month and involve their entire community.
For more information about Bowl for the Cure®, visit the Bowl for the Cure® section on bowl.com or call (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3125. |
USBC Convention in March
USBC would like to invite you to the 2007 USBC Convention, taking place March 28-31 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
in Nashville, Tenn. This is a historic event in the governance of bowling and you will have the unique opportunity to be part of that history. In Nashville, we will conduct the first election for the national board and consider legislation concerning the governance of the USBC.
Many activities are planned:
Register for this exciting and important event today! |
Top Bowling Moments of 2006
The readers of bowl.com have picked their top bowling moments of 2006, and the results are in:
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eBay Auction Raises Nearly $40,000 for Scholarship Fund
 USBC’s third annual Holiday eBay Auction to benefit the Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund raised just shy of $40,000.
Leading the exclusive list of nine auction items was a state-of-the-art Kegel Kustodian Walker lane maintenance machine that sold to Classic Products in Fort Wayne, Ind., for $23,201.
"It was an opportunity for our company to show how much bowling product distributors support our sport," said Classic Products' Bob Gudorf. "The Anthony Scholarship Fund is a great cause and our company was more than happy to contribute."
USBC's Earl Anthony Memorial Scholarship Fund, named in honor of the late bowling superstar who died in 2001, is administered by USBC's SMART program. Each year USBC awards five $5,000 scholarships to deserving student-athletes based upon academic achievement and civic involvement. |
Enhance Your Event with the USBC Ambassador Program
 Do you want to add some excitement to your next bowling event or banquet?
The USBC Ambassador program is a speaker’s bureau that can provide a star bowler as the headliner for hall of fame banquets, awards dinners, youth programs, bowling center grand openings or any other function where a guest speaker would be appropriate.
USBC has enlisted some of the PBA’s top stars along with the sport’s top women players. This distinguished list includes Diandra Asbaty, Chris Barnes, Parker Bohn III, USBC CEO Roger Dalkin, Norm Duke, Kim Terrell and Walter Ray Williams Jr., among many others.
For additional information, download the brochure. |
| Enter a USBC/Storm Mixed Team Challenge Event
Near You
 Add a little spice to your league bowling season by competing in one of the sport's most unique grassroots competitions — the USBC/Storm Mixed Team Challenge.
From February through May, 14 one-day events are scheduled throughout the country. The four-player handicap team format enables bowlers of all skill levels an opportunity to compete.
Tournament schedule, rules and entry information
The one-day events consist of three games of traditional bowling followed by 10 games of Baker competition, where team members alternate frames to combine for one score.
The Mixed Team Challenge uses a 90 percent handicap of 900 (combined average for four players). All teams must have at least one woman player with any combination of men and women allowed.
Each Mixed Team Challenge event includes a $4,500 prize fund (based on 30 entries). A minimum of one in six teams cash in each event.
To enhance your tournament experience, Mixed Team Challenge events feature handicap brackets and other side events as well as special prizes and equipment giveaways.
Entry fee is $240 per team ($60 per bowler).
For more details, call (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3415. |
The PBA Junior Membership Program
This new venture is designed to give junior bowlers ages 17 and under the opportunity to receive exclusive offers from the PBA and costs just $25 annually.
Bowlers who participate in the Junior Membership Program will receive equipment discounts from select PBA product registered companies, exclusive e-mail news bulletins from the PBA, a monthly tip from some of the top bowlers from the Denny's PBA Tour, a free PBA Yearbook, a free month of PBA StrikePass and a PBA Junior Membership card which enables members to gain access to the official PBA Junior Membership home page on pba.com that contains exclusive online contests and promotions.
Sign up today at pba.com! |
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