The Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress {USBC) Association Men's, Women's and Youth annual tournaments will be held this year at Walden Lanes on Route 52 in Walden, NY.
The 9th Annual Youth Championship (team event only) will be held January 24 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Entries close January 18.
Bantam teams bowl two games. There are four bowlers of any gender per team. Bantam team is for bowlers eight and under. Entry fee is $32 per team.
Prep, Junior and Major/Senior teams will bowl three games and the fee is $48 per team.
Bowlers will be placed in the division of the eldest bowler on the team.
Prep division is ages 9-11, Junior division is 12-14 and the Major/Senior ddivision is 15-20.
The snow date is Sunday, January 31 with same times.
Events for both the Open (Men's) tournament and the Women's championship are team event (four member teams) March 12 and 20 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and doubles and singles March 13 and 19 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Entr fee for the Open tournament is $28 per person per event. Entry fee for the Women's tournament is $25 per person per event.
All events, which is optional, for Women is $2 and for the Men $5.
Pre-paid entries for both tournaments close on March 1.
There is a re-entry rule subject to availability but there is no walk-in allowed. All walk-in enries must be received before the dates highlighted. See the entry form for re-entry and lineup rules.
Entry forms are available online at www.tri-countynyusbc
Entry forms with check or money order must be mailed to Tri-County NY USBC Association. 405 Ave. E, Matamoras, Pa. 18336.
Informaton may be obtained from Association Manager Michele Bensley at 845-784-6630.
Ed's Outlook
One of the most popular area tournaments is the annual South Side Bowl
team and doubles No-Tap Tournament held at 125 Beech Street in Scranton,
Pa.
The event is for men,
women and mixed teams and doubles and also offers mega series jackpots
that in 2015 paid out over $10,000.
This tournament paid out a total of over $98,549.00 in 2015.
The tournament runs five weekends starting April 16 and ending May 15. Sevral of the weekends include Friday competition.
In both team and doubles events, better that 1 out of every 5 entries placed in the prize list.
Entry fees per bowler per event is $30.
The first place team event is $5,000 and first place doubles pays $2,000.
Tournament application forms are available at www.southsidebowl.com
Information and questions available at ssbnotap@southsidebowl.com or 570-961-5213.
Johnson, McEwan Join
The PBA League
The first highlight of the recent draft for the Professional Bowlers
Association league competition was the selection of two women who have
had success in PBA competition.
Professional Women's Bowler's Association Player of the Year Liz
Johnson of Cheektowaga, NY was selected in the final round of the draft
by the Portland Lumberjacks.
Motown Muscle selected Danielle McEwan of Stony Point. NY to their roster.
Johnson is the winner of the 2015 USBC Queens and Bowlmor AMF U.S.
Women's Open and she is the only woman ever to advance to two PBA Men's
television finals.
McEwan won the PWBA Tour Championship and was a recent PBA Regional titlist.
The PBA league will return to Portland, Maine, for two days of competition on April 2 and 3. There will then be four delayed telecasts April 17-May 8 at 1 p.m. on ESPN.
Teams in the league include the GEICO New York City WTT Kingpins,
Barbasol Motown Muscle, Philadelphia Hitmen, Portland Lumberjacks,
Brooklyn Styles, L.A. X and Silver Lake Atom Splitters.
Durland Continues
His Hot Streak
Wurtsboro bowler Donald Durland continued his hot streak last
week with a 279, 248, 279, 806 in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha
Lanes.
Then on Wednesday night at Patel's Kingston Bowling Lanes he blasted
the maples for a 273, a perfect 300 game and a 242 for a nice 815
series.
Durland has established himself as one of the top premier bowlers in
the Tri-County area and will most likely compete in the PBA Professional
U.S.Open again this year. This tournament produces the most difficult
lane conditions to bowl on.
Donald competes on the Monticello Greenhouse team in the Kiamesha Lanes
Monday league with team mates Jaryl Scott, his father Paul Durland and
Vinny Collura.
He maintains a 240 plus average at Kiamesha Lanes.
Ed Townsend, a PR Consultant to the Sport of Bowling, writes and
compiles the information for this column. If you have league scores,
tournament information, score a 300 game or 800 series, or even bowl
your age, give Ed a call at 845-439-8177, 845-866-0333, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or fax at 845-205-4474. View this column at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on Facebook and Twitter.
Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo
When you go to the pro shop and look for a great hooking ball think twice about the ball you already have.
Your ball may be trying to tell you that it is you and not your ball that needs adjusting.
Chasing the big hook ball is a mistake a lot of good bowlers makes when trying to up their game and bowl strikes.
If you own a good hook ball you may just need a ball that will help to fill the gap in the balls that you may already own.
Make your purchase count instead of hoping to gt a miracle ball to fix your problems reading the balls you have.
Changing your ball properly and upping your average do go hand in hand
for good bowlers, and will help you get those multiple strikes.
Using your ball to your advantage is really the key to learning to bowl
strikes and practicing with the lane oil and surface materials.
Choosing the right ball for the lane conditions and shot performance can only improve your game and deliver strikes.
Choose your ball wisely and experimenting with your throw can only help your game.
Mike Luongo is a certified IBPSIA Pro Shop Operator, Master Instructor,
USBC Silver Level Coach and an Advisor-Special Events Assistant with
the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. Have a question, call him
at 435-720-7939 or email at mikel@stormbowling.com
Local Scores
(Compiled by Ed Townsend)
Due to the holidays many leagues do not bowl and some league
secretaries with their busy holiday schedules forget to send in their
weekly scores.
We will resume full individual league score coverage next week.
Thank you to all the league secretaries and we do hope everyone enjoyed
their holidays and look forward to a great New Year of bowling in 2016.
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