Virginia Peninsula USBC

BOWLING NEWS

The 2012 VPUSBC League Officers Workshop will be Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Tabb Library beginning at 12 noon, All League League Secretaries and Officers are encouraged to attended.

Virginia State Annual Meeting Report

May 2012
Mr Al Watlet brought up the state website tournaments pages still showing us as HRBA and HWBA. Mr. Paxton said that is because Winlabs does not recognize the VPUSBC in the state database. Jim Zebahazy will investigate to find the problem.

Jim Zebahzy discussed the new USBC member ship cards, awards program and why the USBC contunes to go back to Reno for the National Championship Tournaments.

State Elections:
Incumbent State President Judy Edwards was defeated in her bid for re-election. Mike Eckles ( Roanoke ) was nominated from the floor and elected President of the VA State USBC for a three year term.

Directors elected were Billy Paxton ( Roanoke ), Ernie Driver (Tidewater) and Tommy Woolridge ( Lynchburg ).

Mike Eckles and Dave Anderson were elected as delegates with Anne Ray (VPUSBC) and Tom Dale (Nations Capitol) as alternates. It was definitely an interesting meeting.

The state tournaments were announced

• 2012 State Seniors NRV Superbowl Christiansburg VA
• 2013 State Mixed NRV Superbowl Christiansburg VA(Feb 2013)
• 2013 State Womens Championship Danville/South Boston VA
• 2013 Open State Tournament Sparetimes and AMF Norfolk
• 2013 Youth State for Danville/South Boston VA
• 2013 State Seniors will be at Lynchburg VA
• 2014 State Mixed Short Pump Bowl America Short Pump VA
• 2014 State Seniors Roanoke VA

The 2014 Virginia State Women’s, Open and Youth tournaments are out for bids.

Starting with the 2012 Seniors and other tournaments in 2013, all participants will be allowed to enter scratch all-events without the entire team being entered in scratch team event. This will allow bowlers to bowl scratch singles and doubles, handicap team and scratch all events.

Virginia Peninsula USBC Open Meeting Report

April 2012
The Open Meeting at Tabb Library on April 14th was a little disappointing as attendance was way down from the previous years meeting.

President Binks discussed Bowlers Appreciation Day and Bowlers Night Out. Consensus was that changes have to be made. Attendance at BAD was poor.

Membership of the VPUSBC stands at 4866 at the time of the meeting (including 428 youth bowlers). Makeup of the association shows 43% of adult bowlers are women, 57% are men, 30% are seniors 55 and older and 8% are youth. These 4866 bowlers have earned 7883 USBC awards to date. There will three new local awards this fall, the 7-10 patch, the Big 4 patch and a clean sweep ( no opens) patch.

Written reports were distributed for all standing committees.

Rules chairman Betty Watlet discussed the mandatory bylaw changes from USBC that changed the Youth Committee from an elected committee to a standing committee appointed by the president. She also presented a bylaw proposal that requires all board member s to be RVP qualified for their term on the board, which passed.

A proposed budget for 2012-13 was presented for information. This has to be reviewed by the Finance Committee and brought to the board.

Bill Binks was elected to a two year term as President and Robert Slaughter was elected to a two year term as 2nd Vice-President, both unanimously. Three year directors elected were Tim White, Margaret Brame, Anne Ray and Charlene Osborne . Elected to two year director was Russell Anderson and Rob Johnson was re-elected as youth director.

Delegates and alternates for state and National meetings were also elected.

Al Watlet, Assoc Mgr
VPUSBC, Inc.

2013 Virginia State Open Championship Tournament

The 2013 State Open Tournament will be held in our area, the tournament begins the 18th of May, 2013 and runs for 6 weekends ending the 23rd of June, 2013.

The team event will be held at Sparetimes and the doubles and singles will be held at AMF Norfolk (60 lane center).

Saturday, May 18th will also be the Virginia State USBC Meeting to be held at the host hotel which is the Crown Plaza Hampton Marina on Settler’s Landing Road next to the Air and Space Museum .

Friday, May 17th, there will be a golf tournament for the delegates at Cypress Creek GC with a 1:00 PM shotgun start. This will be open to our local bowlers also.

Entry forms and more information will be posted on the website when available.

2012 Virginia State Senior Tournament

NRV Superbowl in Christiansburg, Virginia will be the host center for the Open and Women’s Senior Doubles & Singles events.

• Mixed Senior Team event.
• New this year is an optional Scratch All-Events
• Age limit lowered to 50 years, new division for ages 50-54.
• Entries deadline is Friday, September 14, 2012.
Click Here for entry form

No Magnets next year!
Next year USBC will award bag tags, we are working on getting examples to post online, or you can watch the video posted at the top right of the website to see them.

With the Problem faced this year with membership cards the USBC is returning to the vendor who in the past printed the membership cards, JKL Marketing will once again provide USBC membership cards

RESULTS OF 2012 USBC ANNUAL MEETING LEGISLATIVE SESSION

League Rules (majority needed)

Amendment No. LR 1 - Rejected (56 approve, 730 reject) Create a new Rule 106g. Requires the bowler on the right lane to make the first delivery when both bowlers have completed the same number of deliveries.

Amendment No. LR 2 - Accepted (518 approve, 271 reject) Rule 113b. Procedures Rule 113c. Special Contests Requires games bowled in a playoff or special contest to count toward averages.

Amendment No. LR 3 - Accepted (601 approve, 182 reject) Rule 118b. How Established Allows the league's board to adjust a player's average upward during the season with a two-thirds vote.

Amendment No. LR 4 - Accepted (725 approve, 58 reject) Rule 120. Position Matches Defaults total pins plus handicap to be used to break ties for position matches for handicap leagues.

Tournament Rules (majority needed)

Amendment No. TR 1 - Accepted (662 approve, 125 reject) Rule 319a. Conditions that Apply Requires bowlers to use the highest of either their composite average of all leagues, or the bowler's highest single-league average of 21 games or more.

Amendment No. TR 2 - Rejected (82 approve, 705 reject) Rule 319c. Average Adjustment (Rerating) Does not allow the tournament manager to request a bowler to report an average adjustment which was issued beyond the last 12 months.

Bylaws (two-thirds vote needed)

Amendment No. B 1 - Rejected (184 approve, 600 reject) USBC National Bylaws Article III, Membership Dues Section B, Dues Changes the maximum USBC adult state dues from $1 to $3.

Amendment No. B 2 (amended) - Rejected (466 approve, 325 reject) USBC National Bylaws Article IV, Board of Directors Section E, Item 16 Caps the maximum amount the national board can set on national dues to $15. Note: After initial rejection, amendment was returned to a vote but was rejected (483 approve, 312 reject).

Amendment No. B 3 - Rejected (222 approve, 561 reject) Merged State USBC Bylaws Article V, Board of Directors Section A, Board Composition, Authority and Duties Removes the maximum limit on State dues and allows the State Board to set dues for the association.

Amendment No. B 4 - Rejected (166 approve, 621 reject) Merged Local USBC Bylaws Article V, Board of Directors Section A, Board Composition, Authority and Duties Removes the maximum limit on Local dues and allows the Local Board to set dues for the association.

Amendment No. B 5 - Rejected (155 approve, 631 reject) USBC National Bylaws Article V, Officers Section C, Term Requires the USBC President's term in office to be a single, three-year term.

Amendment No. B 6 - Accepted (659 approve, 128 reject) USBC National Bylaws Article XI, Fiscal Year Removes the fiscal year from the bylaws.

Amendment No. B 7 - Accepted (550 approve, 242 reject) Merged Local USBC Bylaws Article IV, Membership and Dues Removes the provision that membership purchased in a summer league receives next season's membership.

On March 23, 2012, bowling at Langley Bowling Center, LAFB, Paul Couch, bowling in the Friday Night Foursome mixed league, rolled a 300 game in the second game of league play. That same night, during the same league, Jody Edwards rolled an 11 in a row game for a score of 279, in the third game of league play.

2012 VPUSBC 58th Annual Women's City Championship Tournament

In 1st place in the Team, Handicapped division were, Vickie Gorde, Carmela Jacobs, Joyce Holloway, and Dawn Ballowe with a total score with Handicaps 2,858

Doubles Handicapped found Angela Miller and Jaime Johnson with a total pinfall of 1,514 in 1st place. Christina M Conover and Amanda B Rhodes came in second with a total of 1,483 .

These ladies were competitive, Third place was a tie, Doubles teammates Corazon Oglesby and Laura Favata and teammates Bonnie Olrogge and Wenda Henry with scores of 1,461.

It's with great sadness that we report Mr Henry Lee on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 passed away.

Mr Lee was selected to the Virginia Peninsula USBC Hall of Fame in 1978 (HRBA, a member of the "700 Club" and a World War II Veteran.

Henry will be greatly missed by the Bowling Community and our condolences to his friends and family. Online Obituary

USBC collegiate events to air on national TV:

March 07, 2012 | Bowl.com ARLINGTON, Texas - The United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles Championships and the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships will be part of a four-week series that will air nationally this May on CBS Sports Network, which is the official television partner of the events.

It is the first time in the history of the event that the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships will be televised. All four shows will air on CBS Sports Network. Dave LaMont will handle play-by-play, while USBC spokesman and Team USA member Chris Barnes will provide color commentary for the shows
read more..click here

Peninsula High School League:

Congratulations to Grafton High School bowlers for coming in 1st place in the 2011- 2012 season.

Ball of Glory with members Michael Bittner, James Bittener and Ryan Jessup went 71 and 41 on points to lead the field of 18 teams to the Championship.... read more..click here

Patrick Spitz,youth bowler out of AMF York , had an 800 series in this years youth city tournament held at Classic Lanes. Patrick bowled a 275, 290 and 235 for 800 even on Sunday February 12th during the team event.

Bowling for the Girls
Susan G. Komen Bowl for the Cure
Village Lanes Saturday March 10th 6 to 9 PM
Tickest $15.00 include 3 hours of bowling & shoes with music by Pooga the D.J.

For information, or to purchase tickets please call Viliage Lanes at 804-693-3720.

Bowler’s Bootcamp!

We received this via email:

International Art of Bowling Chesapeake Bowler’s Bootcamp

The coaches for this event will be Jason Belmonte, Diandra Asbaty and Ron Hoppe.

• Saturday, June 30, 2012
9AM – 4PM
• Sunday, July 1, 2012
9AM – 4PM

Where?

AMF Chesapeake Lanes
112 Medical Parkway East, Chesapeake, VA
More information click here

• Note: this event is not sponsored by the Virginia Peninsula USBC and is presented here only as information for the bowler.

49th Annual VPUSBC Youth City Tournament as of Feb 12, 2012 • CLICK HERE

Live stream schedule set for 2012 USBC Open Championships

2/14/12 - USBC Communications

BATON ROUGE, La. - The 2012 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships is underway, and live streaming again will be part of the event coverage from the tournament lanes at the Baton Rouge River Center.

Live streaming became a part of the USBC Open Championships in 2010 and provided a number of memorable moments from the National Bowling Stadium's 78 championship lanes in both 2010 and 2011 • CLICK HERE FOR WEBCAMS

24TH ANNUAL VA. STATE USBC MIXED TOURNAMENT

The annual Virginia State USBC Mixed Tournament is currently underway at AMF Keggler’s, Charlottesville, VA, for current resluts CLICK HERE.

Local Youth Bowler rolls 1st 700 series

Congratulations to Nolan Judkins, he rolled his 1st 700 series (707) on January 19, 2011 in the Peninsula High School League in the Scratch Division at AMF York Lanes

New Awards for 2012-2013 Season!

The Virginia Peninsula UISBC will add the Big 4, 7-10 and Clean Sweep to the local awards program next Season.

Picking up the 4-6-7-10 , the 7-10 or having a clean Series will get you a patch!

60th Annual Virginia Peninsula USBC open Championship Tournament

The 60th Annual Virginia Peninsula USBC open Championship Tournament was held the weekends of January 21,22,28,29 and Febuary 4 & 5th 2012 at Century Lanes in Hampton.

Century Lanes II, with team members Dennis VanCamp (719), Daniel Hilling (618) , David Brownell (724) and Dennis Cooper (562) took 1st place in Team Handicap and Scratch with a total of 2,921 (handicap) and 2,623 (scratch).

In the Doubles Handicapped Event 1st place Joshua Derr and Joseph Satterfield out of Newport News, VA with 1,519 total.Doubles Scratch Event 1st place went to Robert Crum and Tyler Selden with a 1,333 score.

Moving to Singles Handicap, Gregg Tschupp (817) came in 1st place and Dustin Weymouth-German (814) 2nd just 3 pins fewer but Dustin took top honors in Scratch Singles with a 747 series.

All Events Handicapped was closely contested with 1st place going to Maurice Turner (2,350) just beating out Jeff Franklin (2,349) by one pin.

In All Events Scratch David Brownell (1,980) took 1st place.

High Game for the Tournament was Jeff Franklin rolling his 1st 300, congratulation Jeff, there no better place to roll a 300 than in tournament competition.

Dustin Weymouth-German and Greg Tschupp both rolled 299's during the tournament.

We would like to thank Century Lanes and their Staff for hosting the event and making everyone feel at home.

Results 2012 60th Annual VPUSBC open Championship Tournament. • CLICK HERE

Enhanced version of BOWL.com

Beginning Monday, Jan. 23, BOWL.com users will have the opportunity to explore the improved BOWL.com. When you go to BOWL.com, you will have the option to go to the redesigned site.

USBC encourages users to check out the redesigned BOWL.com during this testing period and provide feedback on their experience.

• USBC changing direction to try to generate income through lifelong bowlers

It’s no secret the number of league bowlers has dropped every year for more than three decades. It’s also well-known the many ways the United States Bowling Congress and its predecessors have attempted to change that.

Adding more awards, increasing youth scholarships, creating national promotions and asking people to join for the good of the sport have done nothing to stop the drop from nine million to two million registered league bowlers since 1980.

• Association Award News

12/7/2011 From Association Manager Mr Al Watlet

Michael J. Moore rolled 300/800 last Wednesday night (Nov 30th) at York , then turned around and rolled 300/800 in the Sunday morning league at York . He had never rolled a 300 or 800 before in his life and then had two of each in the same week.

Association Awards Info – From 8/1/11 to 12/3/11, total awards worked by our association stands at 4335 which includes 644 youth awards. Last year for this same time frame, we worked 6544 total awards including the youth. The change in catagories seems to cut down on the number awarded.

11 in a row – 33 rolled
Includes two youth, Benjamin Cash and Nolan Judkins, both with a 290 game.
300 Games todate – 39

Marty Holland left message on the Association answering machine (12/7). Henry Rankin in the Camp Peary League at Williamsburg rolled two 300 games and had a series of 845 for the night.