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| Volume 15 Issue 1 |
August 2007 |
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Welcome back bowlers! The winter
leagues are now forming and have lots of different opportunities and
formats for you. We will, at this time, have three bowling centers to
choose from: Bird Bowl, Homestead Bowling Center and The Fish Bowl.
Contact the centers to see which leagues suit you the best. Keep bowling
active in our area. Sign up now and support your sport! USBC CHANGES FOR 2007-2008 Here is a summary of the changes in USBC rules and procedures for this bowling season:
If you have any questions about rules you can call the association office at (305) 665-2225 or visit the USBC web site at www.bowl.com to view the USBC rule book. Click "Rules" on the left side to get started.GREATER MIAMI USBC The Greater Miami USBC Association meeting, held on July 21, had many representatives from assorted leagues in attendance. At the meeting a proposed budget was approved and an election was held to fill the openings on the board of directors. Two new directors were elected: Melissa Coile and Peggy Guest. In addition to this, Patty Nevers was elected as our new President, filling the spot previously held by Phil Schemer. Many thanks to him for all of his hard work this past year. HALL OF FAME This year we will be inducting three members into the Greater Miami USBC Bowling Hall of Fame. The three men that were voted in are Gary Fox, Harold Harper, and Richie Omodeo, Jr. All are being inducted into the Hall in the category of bowling ability. Gary Fox has been bowling in South Florida for many years and has had many high games and sets during that time. Harold, who was previously inducted for service, continuously racks up honors scores and high averages to justify |
his new place on the Hall of Fame
Honor Roll. Richie Omodeo, Jr. will join his father, Richie, Sr. and his
mother, Patty Omodeo Cohen, to make the distinction of being the first
whole family unit to be inducted. A dinner has been planned for their
induction and will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the Miami
Elks 948 Lodge at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available for $30. Contact
Danielle Graham at (305) 271-0564 or 305-246-1333. All of the proceeds
go into the Junior Scholarship Fund, which helps provide a great
education for our youth. We hope you will be able to attend this
wonderful event. We look forward to seeing you there.
SENIOR HANDICAP TOURNAMENT The turnout at last season’s Senior Handicap Tournament was so impressive that it was decided to hold more than one tournament a year. The next tournament is scheduled for September 16 at Bird Bowl at 11:00 a.m. Sign-up is from 9:30 a.m to 10:45 a.m. There are separate divisions for men and women. Women can opt to bowl with the men, making the men’s division an open division. The open division will bowl 4 games and the women will bowl 3 games. The entry fee is $20 for the women’s division and $25 for the open division. Those in the open division can also enter an optional scratch division for an additional $25, where the scores bowled will count toward both handicap and scratch. All USBC sanctioned Miami senior bowlers were mailed an entry form. If you didn’t receive one, you can register for the tournament by either visiting the association web site under the "Tournaments" section at www.miamibowling.org, calling the association office at (305) 665-2225, or just coming to Bird Bowl on September 16 before 10:45 a.m. Tell your friends and plan for a good time.At the April 15, 2007 tournament, 90 bowlers competed. 45 were in the women’s division and 45 were in the open division. As a tournament highlight, Carlos Baquero bowled a 290 game. The top winners were as follows: Women’s Division Handicap (3 games) 1st Carmen
Grau (661) Open Division Handicap (4 games) 1st Carlos
Baquero (1048) Optional Scratch (Within the Open Division) 1st Carlos Baquero (1012) |
2007 USBC CITY TOURNAMENT The annual Greater Miami USBC Association City Tournament was held at Bird Bowl on February 24-25 and March 3-4, 2007. This was the first time the new USBC board conducted the tournament. The overall results can be viewed on the association web site at www.miamibowling.org, under "Tournaments". Here are the top finishers:OPEN CLASSIFICATION Handicap Team: 2nd Roger Boone Team 2874 B Division (759 & under): 2nd Tap That 10 2932 Scratch Team: Handicap Singles: B Division (189 & under): Scratch Singles: A Division (380 & up): B Division (379 & under): Scratch Doubles: Handicap All Events: Scratch All events: |
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WOMEN’S CLASSIFICATION Handicap Team: 2nd Late Bloomers 2708 Scratch Team: Handicap Singles: Scratch Singles :1st Sherry Cockfield 666 Handicap Doubles: Scratch Doubles: Handicap All Events: Scratch All events: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION Handicap Team: 2nd Wonderbread 2495 Division #2 (400 - 599): 2nd The Whoppers 2520 Division #3 (399 & under): 2nd Girl Power 2310 Open Scratch: Handicap Singles: Girls Division #1 (150 & up): Boys Division #2 (100 - 149): Girls Division #2 (100 - 149): Boys Division #3 (99 & under): Girls Division #3 (99 & under): Open Scratch: Handicap Doubles: Division #2 (200 - 299): Division #3 (199 & under): |
Open Scratch: 1st Darryn Auerbach - Jesse Rodriguez 1478 Handicap All Events: Girls Division #1 (150 & up): Boys Division #2 (100 - 149): Girls Division #2 (100 - 149): Boys Division #3 (99 & under): Girls Division #3 (99 & under): Open Scratch: The following high score honor awards were recorded: 300 games: Greg Atwood, Keith Nation TOP 8 TOURNAMENT The 2007 Top 8 Tournament was held on June 17 at Bird Bowl. The competition format was 8 games of head-to-head match play. To qualify for the 2007 Top 8, bowlers must have competed in at least two leagues, had at least 60 games, and finished with a composite average of the two leagues high enough to be in the top 8 in the city. The following bowlers qualified for the 2007 Top 8 Tournament:
Due to some of these bowlers not being able to bowl in the Top 8 Tournament, alternate bowlers were used as replacements. The alternates were on the list of the top 12 composite averages. The following alternate bowlers competed in the tournament: Men: Mke Greene 219.75 (9th) Boys: Jared Kaufman 185.53 (9th) Girls: Sabrina Torres 124.64 (9th) |
The tournament scoring was very good. The
champions, runners-up and their tournament averages for the 8 games are
as follows: Champion Runner-up Women’s division: Men's division: Girl’s division: Boy’s division: Congratulations to Mike Greene for bowling a 300 game in this tournament. Unfortunately, there were only 5 girls who actually were able to compete in the tournament. Replacements could not be made because there were no more remaining girls who met the qualifications. It has been increasingly difficult over the past few years to get eight girls who meet the qualifications to bowl in the tournament. To address this, the qualifications for the 2008 Top 8 have been changed so that a secondary list of bowlers will be made of those top average bowlers who have only one league with at least 60 games. In the future, if the tournament field falls short once the primary list (where two leagues with at least 60 games are required) is exhausted, the secondary list will then be used to fill the field. 2007 USBC JUNIOR OLYMPIC GOLD The annual Junior Olympic Gold tournament was contested in July in Buffalo, New York. We had several local youth bowlers compete. Here is how they finished in the very large field of bowlers from across the nation: Boys Girls Congratulations go to Andrew Koff on making the finals. MIAMI HERALD ALL-DADE BOWLERS Congratulations to the following local youth bowlers who received All-Dade honors from the Miami Herald: Boys Girls |
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