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  • 2010 USBC QueensAbout2010 USBC Senior Queens
    April 23 - 28, 2010
    El Paso Convention Center
    El Paso, Texas    The USBC Senior Queens is the tournament for you if you’re a female USBC member who has reached age 50 and continues to be competitive on the lanes.The USBC Senior Queens is held alongside the USBC Queens event to give women who are USBC members age 50 or older the chance to compete against some of the best senior women bowlers around on one of the sport’s biggest stages.First contested in 2000, the USBC Senior Queens attracts a field of approximately 150 players that compete for a prize fund of more than $25,000 with $3,000 going to the winner. The event features the same qualifying process as the traditional Queens, but the senior event uses an abbreviated match play format. The top 31 players after qualifying join the defending champion in double-elimination match play.The USBC Senior Queens had its first two-time winner when Shirley Levens of Titusville, Fla., took home the crown in 2005. Defending Senior Queens champion Sandra Postma of Lansing, Ill., became the first person to win both the Queens and Senior Queens in her career.Read More

  • Friday, April 23

    6:45-7:45 p.m.: Practice Session Senior Queens (Fresh Condition)

    Saturday, April 24

    First Qualifying Block (5 games)

    11 a.m. Senior Queens (Fresh Condition)

    Sunday, April 25

    Second Qualifying Block (5 games)

    11 a.m. Senior Queens (Fresh Condition)

    • After the completion of 10 qualifying games, the top 40 including all ties (if 160 or less participants) or the top 25% including all ties, (if more than 160 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 31 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.

    • 16 participants will be eliminated and 16 advance by end of day.

    Tuesday, April 27

    Match Play continues (3-game matches)

    • 9:00 a.m. 4 eliminated,
    • 10:30 a.m. 4 eliminated.

    Re-Oil

    • 12:30 p.m. 4 Remaining winners bowl, 2 contenders eliminated
    • 2:00 p.m. 2 Remaining winners bowl, winner advances to Final 2 contenders eliminated
    • 3:30 p.m. 1 eliminated
    • 5:00 p.m. 1 eliminated. Contender winner will advance to Finals

    Wednesday, April 28

    USBC Senior Queens Finals - 10 a.m. (3-game match)

    • The #1 seed is the winner from the Winner's bracket. The #2 seed is the winner from the Contender's bracket. If the #1 seed loses, it will be her first loss. A second match of 3 games is bowled to determine the champion.

    Note : If there is a change in the finals format or start time, notice will be posted and participants will be notified prior to the start of the tournament.

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  • Janine PrimroseTop StoriesJanine Primrose wins 2009 USBC Senior Queens
    4/29/2009    By Aaron Smith
    USBC Communications    RENO, Nev. - Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., came back from an early deficit to defeat Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., in the championship match of the 2009 USBC Senior Queens at the National Bowling Stadium on Wednesday.Primrose, who was the only undefeated bowler leading up to the championship match, bowled games of 164, 233 and 231 on her way to a 628-598 victory in the three-game, double-elimination match play finals. She received $3,000 and a tiara for the win, while Miller-Mackie took home $1,700.Despite finding herself down 28 pins against Miller-Mackie after the first game, Primrose, who competed in her first USBC Senior Queens, fought her way back in the second game to square the series up at 397 after two games."I think it was nerves going in," Primrose said. "I dug myself a hole in every match of this tournament, but fortunately made my way out of each one. After evening up the series, I felt I had the momentum going into the final game, and it came at the right time."That momentum helped Primrose strike on her first five shots of the third game, while Miller-Mackie was unable to double early in the game."The quick start to the final game put the pressure on my opponent early," Primrose said. "Dana is such an awesome bowler that it actually makes me nervous, so I knew I couldn't let down."Miller-Mackie, who was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame in 2000, has had success previously in the USBC Queens, but never was able to win the event, finishing second in 1983 and 1992."It's felt like I've finished second here about six times now, but the entire week was great," said Miller-Mackie, who also made her Senior Queens debut. "Janine bowled great all week, and all of the senior ladies were just wonderful."In accepting her tiara, trophy and prize check, Primrose dedicated her performance to her mother, who had recently passed away."This was for her," Primrose said. "I expected her to be with me this week, but I know she was looking down on me today."Presenting sponsors for the 2009 USBC Women's Championships are Eldorado Hotel Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno. Other participating sponsors are Kegel, official lane maintenance provider, Atlantis Hotel and Casino, Sands Regency Casino Hotel, Harrah's Hotel and Casino, Club Cal Neva, and Storm Products Inc.Read More
  • More TournamentsWhether you’re a highly competitive bowler carrying a 200 average in a sport league or a bowler who wonders if there is a tournament in which you can compete and have a chance to win, the USBC offers such a wide variety of tournaments that you are bound to find one perfect for you.Are you a women’s bowler who thinks she can cut it against PBA Women’s Series bowlers? Try the USBC Queens event. Are you a youth bowler looking to put your skills to use by earning some scholarship money? Learn more about how to qualify for the Jr. Gold Championships. Are you a bowler looking for a chance to compete on a level playing field against bowlers in your average range? Look into the USBC’s longest-standing event, the 108-year-old USBC Open Championships. USBC tournaments offer opportunities for all bowlers regardless of age or skill level. You never know, you could be one of the next bowlers to compete on live TV at the next USBC Bowling’s Clash of Champions.Read More
 
 
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  • Janine PrimroseJanine PrimroseStats:
    2009 USBC Senior Queens Champion    Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., came back from an early deficit to defeat Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., in the championship match of the 2009 USBC Senior Queens at the National Bowling Stadium.Primrose, who was the only undefeated bowler leading up to the championship match, bowled games of 164, 233 and 231 on her way to a 628-598 victory in the three-game, double-elimination match play finals. She received $3,000 and a tiara for the win, while Miller-Mackie took home $1,700.Despite finding herself down 28 pins against Miller-Mackie after the first game, Primrose, who competed in her first USBC Senior Queens, fought her way back in the second game to square the series up at 397 after two games. "I think it was nerves going in," Primrose said."I dug myself a hole in every match of this tournament, but fortunately made my way out of each one. After evening up the series, I felt I had the momentum going into the final game, and it came at the right time."That momentum helped Primrose strike on her first five shots of the third game, while Miller-Mackie was unable to double early in the game. "The quick start to the final game put the pressure on my opponent early," Primrose said. "Dana is such an awesome bowler that it actually makes me nervous, so I knew I couldn't let down."Read More
  • Dana Miller-MackieDana Miller-MackieStats:
    Member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame
    Finished 2nd in USBC Queens in 1983 and 1992    Dana Miller-Mackie, who was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame in 2000, has had success previously in the USBC Queens, but never was able to win the event, finishing second in 1983 and 1992."It's felt like I've finished second here about six times now, but the entire week was great," said Miller-Mackie who, like Janine Primrose, also made her Senior Queens debut in 2009."Janine bowled great all week, and all of the senior ladies were just wonderful." United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., was the only so-called headliner to survive the first two rounds of match play in the 2009 USBC Senior Queens undefeated. Miller-Mackie, bowling in her first Senior Queens, barely escaped some matches, nipping unsung Sue George of Middle Island, N.Y., 183-170, in a one-game roll-off after they tied at 648-648.The 52-year-old left-hander topped Janice Berry of Madison, Ala., in her first match, 554-515. Miller-Mackie was the only one of the five USBC Hall of Famers and three past champions to win her first two challenges as the Senior Queens entered its three-game, double-elimination match play finals."That was too much stress," Miller-Mackie said after her nerve-wracking win over George, who earlier had sent defending champion Sandy Postma of Lansing, Ill., to the win-or-go-home contenders bracket. "I kept telling myself this tournament was supposed to be fun, so have some fun!"Read More
  • Lucy SandelinLucy SandelinStats:
    Ten-Time Team USA Member
    2008 BWAA Bowler of the Year
    2007 USBC Senior Queens Champion    Lucy Sandelin of Tampa, Fla., was the top qualifier for the match play finals in the 2009 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens, finishing the qualifying portion of the tournament with a tournament record 15-game total of 3,147.Sandelin, who won the 2007 Senior Queens in her debut in the event, led a field of 31 women ages 50 and older into the three-game, double-elimination match play portion of the event. Sandelin didn't come into the 2009 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens angry and upset at herself over the "tactical error" she made a year ago in a failed attempt to defend her 2007 Senior Queens title. But she definitely learned a lesson. Bowling with a sense of purpose in her bid to advance to the 32-woman match play finals field, the USBC Hall of Famer and 10-time Team USA member fired a Senior Queens record five-game 1,108 total to take the first-round qualifying lead at the National Bowling Stadium.Last year in suburban Detroit, Sandelin was automatically seeded into the three-game, double-elimination match play finals as defending Senior Queens champion. She had an option of bowling the 15 games of qualifying just for practice and to get familiar with the lane conditions, or she could sit out until match play started. She opted to sit back, watch and wait. "I made a tactical error by deciding to save 15 games of wear and tear on my arm," she said. "I figured I'd get 15 minutes of practice before match play, which would have been enough time to decide what ball I wanted to use, where to stand, etc., but when match play started, the tournament director said we'd only have five minutes of practice instead of 15."I guess I should have read the rules," Sandelin confessed. "I'm not saying I would have won the tournament, but I wasted three games trying to figure things out, and that cost me."Read More
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