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  • 2010 USBC Queens  2010 Highlights

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  • 2010 USBC Queens  About

    2011 USBC Queens
    April 22-27, 2011
    Oncenter
    Syracuse, NY

    If you’re a female USBC member who’s ready to show what you’re made of on the lanes, then you should enter the USBC Queens. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime to go head-to-head for big bucks against the best women bowlers in the world.

    You may know that the USBC Queens (formerly the WIBC Queens Tournament) is held in conjunction with the USBC Women’s Championships and draws nearly 300 of the world’s top amateur and professional female bowlers. If you enter the 2010 Queens,you'll be competing for a share of a $180,000 prize fund (based on 320 entries) and a $30,000 first prize.

    Get ready because the Queens has an interesting and exciting format. You and the other contestants bowl 10 qualifying games on challenging USBC Sport Bowling lane conditions before the field is cut to the top 25 percent for an additional five games. From there, the top 63 qualifiers plus the previous year’s champion advance to double-elimination match play. Each match consists of three games with the highest total advancing.

    The stepladder finals include the four finalists from the winner’s bracket and the winner of the contender’s bracket. The finalists bowl one-game matches, but if the top seed loses, a second game is necessary to determine the champion. The field is ultimately narrowed to the top five. If you bowl well enough to make the tournament finals, you’ll bowl on live national television because the stepladder finals are televised by ESPN2.

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  •   Information

    General Information - Click here for rules.

    Prize Fund - Click here for prize fund.

    Oil Pattern - Click here for oil pattern.

    Squad Assignments - Click here for squad assignments

    Schedule of Events

    Friday, April 23

    8:30-9:30 p.m.: Practice Session Squad A (Fresh Condition)

    9:30-10:30 p.m.: Practice Session Squad B (No Re-Oil)

    Saturday, April 24

    First Qualifying Block (5 games)

    3 p.m. Squad A (Fresh Condition)

    6 p.m. Squad B (No Re-Oil)

    Sunday, April 25

    Second Qualifying Block (5 games)

    3 p.m. Squad B (Fresh Condition)

    6 p.m. Squad A (No Re-Oil)

    • After the completion of Block 2, the top 80, including all ties (if 320 or less participants) or the top 25% including all ties, (if more than 320 participants) will bowl a third block of qualifying on April 26.

    Monday, April 26

    9 a.m. - Third Qualifying Block (5 games)

    • Cut to top 63 plus defending champion.

    1 p.m. - Match Play Begins (3-game matches) 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.

    • 32 participants will be eliminated and 32 advance by end of day.

    Tuesday, April 27

    Match Play continues (3-game matches)

    • 9:00 a.m. 8 eliminated,
    • 10:30 a.m. Winners from this squad time are guaranteed a TV spot (top 5)

    Re-Oil

    • 12:30 p.m. 4 eliminated.
    • 2:00 p.m. 4 eliminated. The two losers from Winner's Bracket are seeded #3 & #4.
    • 3:30 p.m. 2 winners from previous squad will compete for #1 & #2 seed.
    • 5:00 p.m. 2 contenders from previous match compete for #5 seed.

    Wednesday, April 28

    6 p.m.: USBC Queens Televised Finals

    • The top 4 from the Winner's brackets (#1 - #4 seed) and the winner from the Contender's bracket (#5 seed) compete in the single elimination stepladder finals.
    • Example: #5 vs. #4, winner vs. #3 and so on.
    • The Finals will be a single-elimination stepladder format. The winner of the 4 th match in the stepladder finals will be crowned USBC Queens Champion.
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  • 2010 USBC Queens Travel

    Driving Directions - Click here for directions.

  • 2010 USBC Queens  Contact

    Email: usbcqueens@bowl.com
    Phone: (800) 514-BOWL (2695), ext. 3173

    Media Contact
    Lucas Wiseman
    USBC Communications
    Lucas.Wiseman@bowl.com

 
 
FEATURES
  •   Past Results
  •   History

    The USBC Queens debuted as the WIBC Queens Tournament in 1961 in Fort Wayne, Ind., as a companion event to the WIBC Championship Tournament.

    A field of 122 bowlers hit the lanes for the first Queens, which was conducted at Northcrest Lanes. Janet Harman, a former Navy lieutenant from Cerritos, Calif., went undefeated in six matches and averaged 199 to become the champion. She defeated Eula Touchette of East St. Louis, Ill., 794-776 in the final four-game locally-televised match to earn the $1,000 first place prize.

    The list of Queens champions is a whos who of womens bowling. Sixteen past champions have been enshrined into the USBC Hall of Fame, including the events first champion Harman, Donna Adamek, Patty Ann, Loa Boxberger, Pam Buckner, Cindy Coburn-Carroll, Anne Marie Duggan, Pat Costello, Dotty Fothergill, Millie Ignizio, D.D. Jacobson, Betty Kuczynski, Sill, Judy Soutar, Lisa Wagner and Dorothy Wilkinson.

    Only six bowlers have won multiple titles with Macpherson and Ignizio the only three-time winners. Macpherson won in 1988, 2000 and 2003 and Ignizio won in 1967, 1970 and 1971. The other multiple winners whose titles came in back-to-back years include: Adamek (1979-80), Dorothy Fothergill (1972-73) and Japans Katsuko Sugimoto (1981-82). Aleta Sill won two titles which came in 1983 and 1985.

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  •   Past Champions

    Check out all the great champions in Queens history dating back to the first tournament in 1961. Will you add your name to this infamous list?

    2009 - 2000

    2009 - Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y. (247-204)
    • Runner-up- Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.
    2008 - Lynda Barnes, Double Oak, Texas (215-195)
    • Runner-up- Amy Stolz, Castle Rock, Colo.
    2007 - Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J. ( 192-143)
    • Runner-up Diandra Asbaty, Chicago
    2006 - Shannon Pluhowsky, Lincoln, Neb. (228-210 and 203-178)
    • Runner-up Runner-up Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
    2005 - Tennelle Milligan, Yorba Linda, Calif. (205-219 and 202-177)
    • Runner-up Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond, Okla.
    2004 - Marianne DiRupo, Succasunna, N.J. (193-242 and 226-202)
    • Runner-up - Michelle Feldman, Skaneateles, N.Y.
    2003 - Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., (218-193)
    • Runner-up - Kendra Gaines, Sebring, Fla.
    2002 - Kim Terrell, Antioch, Calif., (227-214)
    • Runner-up - Kim Adler, Cocoa, Fla.
    2001 - Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, North Richland Hills, Texas, (213-197)
    • Runner-up - Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.
    2000 - Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., (227-202)
    • Runner-up - Marianne DiRupo, Dearborn, Mich.

    1999 - 19901999 - Leanne Barrette, Pleasanton, Calif., (269-213 and 256-174)

    • Runner-up - Dede Davidson, Woodland Hills, Calif.
    1998 - Lynda (Norry) Barnes, Wichita, Kan., (213-157)
    • Runner-up - Karen Stroud, Canyon, Texas
    1997 - Sandra Jo Shiery, Coldwater, Mich., (209-185)
    • Runner-up - Audry Mullan, Richmond, Va.
    1996 - Lisa Wagner, Bradenton, Fla. (231-226)
    • Runner-up - Tammy Turner, West Palm Beach, Fla.
    1995 - Sandy Postma, Lansing, Ill. (226-187)
    • Runner-up - Carolyn Dorin, North Richland Hills, Texas
    1994 - Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond, Okla. (238-218)
    • Runner-up - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich.
    1993 - Jan Schmidt, Rochelle, Ill. (201-163)
    • Runner-up - Pat Costello, Orlando, Fla.
    1992 - Cindy Coburn-Carroll, Tonawanda, N.Y. (184-170)
    • Runner-up - Dana Miller-Mackie, Fort Worth, Texas
    1991 - Dede Davidson, San Jose, Calif. (231-159)
    • Runner-up - Jeanne Naccarato, Tacoma, Wash.
    1990 - Patty Ann, Arlington Heights, Ill. (207-173)
    • Runner-up - Vesma Grinfelds, San Francisco

    1989 - 1980

    1989- Carol Gianotti, Perth, Australia (207-177)
    • Runner-up - Sandra Jo Shiery, Bronson, Mich.
    1988- Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nev. (213-199)
    • Runner-up - Leanne Barrette, Yukon, Okla.
    1987 - Cathy Almeida, Pennsauken, N.J. (850-817)
    • Runner-up - Lorrie Nichols, Algonquin, Ill.
    1986- Cora Fiebig, Madison Heights, Mich. (223-177)
    • Runner-up - Barbara Thorberg, Florissant, Mo.
    1985 - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich. (279-192)
    • Runner-up - Linda Graham, Des Moines, Iowa
    1984 - Kazue Inahashi, Tokyo (248-222)
    • Runner-up - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich.
    1983 - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich. (214-188)
    • Runner-up - Dana Miller-Mackie, Fort Worth, Texas
    1982 - Katsuko Sugimoto, Tokyo (160-137)
    • Runner-up - Nikki Gianulias, Vallejo, Calif.
    1981 - Katsuko Sugimoto, Tokyo (166-158)
    • Runner-up - Virginia Norton, Cypress, Calif.
    1980- Donna Adamek, Apple Valley, Calif. (213-165)
    • Runner-up - Cheryl Robinson, Destrehan, La.

    1979 - 1970

    1979 - Donna Adamek, Apple Valley, Calif. (216-181)
    • Runner-up - Shinobu Saitoh, Tokyo
    1978 - Loa Boxberger, Russell, Kan. (197-176)
    • Runner-up - Cora Fiebig, Madison Heights, Mich.
    1977 - Dana Stewart, Morgan Hill, Calif. (175-167)
    • Runner-up - Vesma Grinfelds, San Francisco
    1976 - Pam Buckner, Reno, Nev. (214-178)
    • Runner-up - Shirley Sjostrom, Bloomington, Minn.
    1975 - Cindy Powell, Navarre, Ohio (758-674)
    • Runner-up - Pat Costello, Orlando, Fla.
    1974 - Judy Soutar, Leawood, Kan. (939-705)
    • Runner-up - Betty Morris, Stockton, Calif.
    1973 - Dorothy Fothergill, Center Ossippee, N.H. (804-791)
    • Runner-up - Judy Soutar, Leawood, Kan.
    1972 - Dorothy Fothergill, Center Ossippee, N.H. (890-841)
    • Runner-up - Maureen Harris, Irving, Texas
    1971 - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y. (809-778)
    • Runner-up - Katherine Brown, Columbus, Ohio
    1970 - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y. (807-797)
    • Runner-up - Joan Holm, Chicago

    1969 - 1961

    1969 - Ann Feigel, Tuscon, Ariz. (832-765)
    • Runner-up - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y.
    1968 - Phyllis Massey, Alameda, Calif. (884-853)
    • Runner-up - Marian Spencer, Oklahoma City
    1967 - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y. (840-809)
    • Runner-up - Phyllis Massey, Alameda, Calif.
    1966 - Judy Lee, Lakewood, Calif. (771-742)
    • Runner-up - Nancy Peterson, Phoenix
    1965 - Betty Kuczynski, Cicero, Ill. (772-739)
    • Runner-up - LaVerne Carter, Las Vegas
    1964 - D.D. Jacobson, Playa Del Rey, Calif. (740-682)
    • Runner-up - Shirley Garms, Island Lake, Ill.
    1963 - Irene Monterosso, East Rutherford, N.J. (852-803)
    • Runner-up - Georgette DeRosa, Hillside, Ill.
    1962 - Dorothy Wilkinson, Phoenix (799-794)
    • Runner-up - Marion Ladewig, Grand Rapids, Mich.
    1961 - Janet Harman, Cerritos, Calif. (794-776)
    • Runner-up - Eula Touchette, East St. Louis, Ill.
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