May 15, 2009
By: Mark Martin
NATIONAL
SENIOR BOWLING ASSOCIATION
Bob
Frink of
The
Frink-Haynes duo defeated Dave Eatmon of
The
Frink-Haynes team qualified 11th and proceeded to beat Jim Burton of
Novi and Mike LaRocca of New Hudson 228-190; Steve Sears of
Eatmon
and Horowitz qualified 10th. On their way to the final match they
beat Mike Lucente of
High Baker style game was recorded by Hatchigian and Burgess with 299. Buffa and Capaldi were the high qualifiers.
The
next NSBA tournament will be June 13 at Merribowl Lanes in
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USBC
CONVENTION
The
United States Bowling Congress annual convention was held in
The delegates, including 37 from the Metro Detroit USBC Association, spent two days in seminars and workshops before two days of meetings including voting on several critical issues and elections.
Seminars and workshops subjects included diversity, technology, youth bowling, rules, charities, coaching, marketing and websites.
In the legislative session delegates deliberated on six changes to league rules and 18 changes to bylaws.
All of the league rule changes were adopted with most giving leagues more flexibility in their league operations.
Controversial bylaw changes which would have forced local and state associations to merge by Aug. 1, 2011 and a national dues increase for the 2010-2011 season were rejected by the delegates.
Of the 18 proposed bylaw changes seven were adopted, 10 were rejected and one was ruled out of order.
Libbi Fletcher of Warren, president of the Metro Detroit USBC Association, was re-elected to a three-year term on the USBC Board of Directors garnering the most votes of the eight candidates on the first ballot.
All voting was done electronically for the first time as delegates were issued calculator size transmitters to cast their ballots on league rule, bylaws and elections. It was a very interesting look into the future of the convention.
The
2010 convention will also be held in
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BOWLING
ON TV
The
PBA King of Bowling series will continue next Wednesday, May 20 at 9 p.m. with
week three of the action on ESPN2. In the last action Wes Mallott retained his
“King” title by defeating Rhino Page 257-233. Page had earlier defeated
local favorite John Nolen of
The “King” will face the winner of the match between Brad Angelo and Parker Bohn III in next week’s telecast.
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HONOR SCORES
300
Games
Date,
Name, Hometown, Center, League
April
28, Nathan Anthony,
April
28, David Silverman,
May
2, Keith Holmyard,
May
3, William Iannello,
May
5, James Nelson,
May
11, Richard Garbovits,
800
Series
May
9, Craig Nidiffer (827),
Mark Martin writes a weekly bowling column for The Daily Oakland Press and is the association manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association. He can be reached at (248) 443-2695, faxed at (248) 443-2690 or e-mailed at mark.martin@mdusbc.com.