Bowling News
- Category: Bowling News
BOWLING CALENDAR
Tues., Feb. 7: GEUSBC Youth Meeting, 5pm, Regency Lanes.
Sat., Feb. 18: 3rd annual Central Valley Mexican-American Open, Cedar Lanes, Fresno. www.mambo.org.
Wed., Feb. 22: GEUSBC Board Meeting, 6pm, AMF Southwest Lanes.
- Category: Local Tournaments
YOUTH BOWLER ANDREW SVOREN SWEEPS 8TH ANNUAL ANNIE SCHIERLITZ MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
The 8th annual Annie Schierlitz Memorial Adult-Junior Doubles Tournament is now in the books and had a first this year! Youth bowler, Andrew Svoren, not only was part of the Champion team with partner, Tim Henson, but then, by the luck of a draw, he was paired with partners that won him second with Joe “JP” Smith and third with partner, Mike Mayo!! Svoren was on a roll, literally, as he bowled a 707 scratch in the first squad with partners Henson and Smith. Then in the second squad, his partner, Mayo, rolled a 707 to carry Svoren’s 627 for a third place win!
This year’s tournament took place on Saturday, January 21, at AMF Southwest Lanes and had two squads which drew over 110 bowlers. Although junior bowlers made up a little less of the event this year, there were plenty of adult bowlers that came out to support this worthwhile event that has all its proceeds go to the GEUSBC (Golden Empire United States Bowling Congress) Youth program in Annie’s name. These funds are then used for various things like shirts for youth league bowlers to wear when they compete, to help with expenses when they travel to bowl Youth State, etc. And this event is the main fundraiser for the GEUSBC Youth each year. Several NEW things were in the mix for this year’s event. Special thanks, and new for this year, to sponsors that came on board: Rodriguez & Associates, Keleher’s Certified Shorthand Reporters/Jean Watanabe, Corvettes of Bakersfield; and, GASSCO/Gary Davis. And, the event’s past sponsor, Kern Trophies, who has been with this event since its inception. Trophies for this year’s event were donated by Sheilah & Scott Bomar. And, another new thing for this year’s event, local bowler Don Williams donated eight bowling balls from his arsenal to be used as ball giveaways to the youth bowling in this event. Several of these balls were won by youth bowlers from Taft’s new West Side Lanes and were so appreciated by the youth that won them.
Junior bowlers mark your calendars for the weekend of March 17-18, at 1:30pm both days for this year’s Junior City Tournament that will take place at Regency Lanes.
Saturday will be the Team event with three games for each bowler and Sunday will feature the Singles and Doubles that includes six games of bowling per bowler.
Entry forms for this year’s tournament will be available later this week at AMF Southwest Lanes or Regency Lanes. Junior bowlers are invited from all our GEUSBC affiliated cities like Taft and Lake Isabella. Also, entry forms can be easily printed from the GEUSBC website (www.geusbc.org) later this week so junior bowlers, ask your teammates and get signed up soon for this year’s City Championship tournament!
Tournament coordinator, John Burnite, would like to thank all that came out to participate in the 2012 Team Life/Marge’s Bowl-A-Thon held on January 14 at Regency Lanes. Thirty-eight bowlers came out to support this cause, some were local league bowlers and some were not.
This event is put on annually to raise funds for the “Team Life/Marge” team that participates each year in the local Relay for Life event. The “Team Life/Marge” team consists of 47 members and they will be ready to go May 5-6.
If you have not got your team together and your entries sent in yet, you are in luck!
The CUSBC State Open (Nowalk & Lakewood) and Women’s (Fresno) tournament deadlines have been extended from February 1 to March 5. Women’s entry form is pink and Open is white. Some entry forms are available at local centers or you can download from www.calusbc.com, or call them (415) 492-8880.
The USBC National Women’s tournament set for Reno (April 14-July 8) in the National Bowling Stadium has extended its entry deadline also to April 1. For further information go to www.bowl.com/womenschamp or call them at (800) 514-2695.
The 2012 Mixed City Tournament has been postponed to the weekend of March 17-18, 2012 at AMF Southwest Lanes. Entry forms are available at local centers as well as online (www.geusbc.org). The GEUSBC Board decided that this would give local bowlers more time to get their teams together. This event features two divisions—Adult and Senior (55 years and older). Event also has two events—Mixed Team (two men and two women) and Mixed Doubles.
West Side Lanes, Taft’s brand new lanes that just opened this past September, held its first ever tournament on Sunday, January 8. It was a No-Tap Tournament and brought out nearly thirty local bowlers and for most of them it was their first-ever bowling tournament experience!
Bowlers needed to be at least 16 years of age or older to compete and see if they could knock down nine pins and get a strike for it! The highest scratch series won a cash prize. Results were as follows: 1st – Mike Maloy (737); 2nd – Ed Wheeldon (697); 3rd – Jeff Cramer (611); and 4th Chris Clepper (596).
