January 2020 Newsletter

Happy New Year from the Greater Lake County USBC! In Memory Please pause for a moment to remember the people who shared their passion for the sport of bowling. Our condolences go out to the families, friends, and teammates for the following members we lost this year: David Scala, Hank Schultz, Laurel (Larson) Kalupski, William Nicholl, and Nancy Wilcox. Association Highlights The tournament calendar gets very busy for the Greater Lake County as we enter the new year. The Association has already seen increased participation for the events we offered since the start of this season. The 9-Pin No-Tap event called “Everybody's In” set for January 11, 2020, at Antioch Bowl has already sold out the 1:00 pm squad! Space is still available for the 4:00 pm squad if you are still interested in bowling this year’s event. The 11th Annual Baker Team Tournament that will be at Bowlero Waukegan Sunday, January 12, 2020, will only have room for 24 teams and as of this message, the event is half-full with entries committed to bowl this year’s event. Entries are also rolling in for the Association’s 91st Championship and the 2020 Women’s Championship, so please get your entries in early for these events to secure your best squad dates and times! Youth Bowling Antioch Lanes will host the Greater Lake County USBC 2020 Youth Championship and Illinois Junior Gold Qualifier event on March 15th and 22nd, 2020. The championship event will feature four divisions: Bantam for youth bowlers under the age of 8, Prep for ages 9-11, Junior 12-14 and the Major division for youth members 15-19 years of age. The Team and Doubles events will feature two squad times per day at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. The Singles event squad times are 11:15 AM and 2:15 PM. The Youth Championship Singles event will once again feature the optional Illinois Junior Gold Qualifier. Entry is open to all of the girls and boys across all age divisions. Bowlers must be entered into the Championship Singles event to be eligible for entry into this optional event. Entry forms for the Youth Championship and the Junior Gold Qualifier are available in your local centers and can also be downloaded from our website. Tournament Highlights Mixed Team and Doubles The GLCUSBC would like to congratulate the champions from this year’s event. Winning the team event was team “I Have No Idea”, Helen Gradowski, John Stewart, Robin Stewart, and Kevin Bell. In the Doubles event, our champions are Yolonda Brooks and Edward Jackson!  Complete results for this event are posted on the GLCUSBC website. Scratch Showdown The Association’s only scratch event was held Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Sunset Bowl. Our champion of this year’s event was Tom Hays, who defeated Michael Cohns in the finals to take the title. This year’s event featured a four-game qualifier rewarding the top qualifier with a Hammer bowling ball. During qualifying, Dan Conrad started with games of 279 - 300 - 236 for an 815 series making this Dan’s first sanctioned 800 series! For this honor, Dan elected to receive the 800 Series Crystal Award from the USBC. Dan’s final game was 205 for a 1,020 pinfall total making him the event’s high qualifier by two pins and winning the Hammer Ball. He edged out Michael Jacobs by just two pins, who posted a 290-closing game in qualifying. Complete event results are posted to the association's website. Upcoming Events Greater Lake County Adult Tournament List ====================================================== January 11, 2020—Greater Lake County USBC Everybody's in 9-Pin No-Tap Tournament Antioch Lanes—Expanded to two squads with age divisions! *** The 1:00 PM squad is full. We still have spots in the 4:00 pm squad. *** ====================================================== January 12, 2020—Fun Team event! 11th Annual Greater Lake County USBC Baker Team Tournament ** There is only room for 24 teams and 13 teams have already reserved spots for this event! ====================================================== 10 Dates—January 18—February 22, 2020 at Lakes Bowl 91st Annual Greater Lake County USBC Championship Tournament ** Call or E-mail to reserve your squad date and time NOW! ====================================================== 4 Dates—February 22—March 1, 2020 at Bertrand Lanes 2020 Greater Lake County Women's Championship Bowling Tournament ====================================================== March 28, 2020—Raymond's Bowl Greater Lake County Pins Over Average Bowling Tournament Event details, rules, and entry forms are in your local centers and on the association website! Top Honor Scores 300 Games Ames, Colin S ----- Oct 17, 2019 Bennett, Allie ----- Nov 25, 2019 Brick, Robert ----- Dec 03, 2019 Cadie, Andrew ----- Oct 08, 2019 Cisneros, Juan ----- Oct 21, 2019 Diaz, Miguel ----- Oct 01, 2019 Gach, Thomas ----- Nov 12, 2019 Gregerson, Shawn ----- Nov 14, 2019 Holbek, Cotie ----- Sep 29, 2019 Holbek, Cotie ----- Dec 01, 2019 Kedroski, James ----- Nov 13, 2019 Klaas, Joel R ----- Sep 17, 2019 Konrad, Robyn ----- Dec 17, 2019 Krieg, Jr., William ----- Oct 04, 2019 Long, Jeff T ----- Sep 19, 2019 Mendez, Cody ----- Oct 08, 2019 Mendez, Cody ----- Dec 17, 2019 Moll, Jeremy ----- Nov 25, 2019 Nannenga, Dave ----- Dec 11, 2019 Poco, Frank ----- Sep 17, 2019 Tanner, Jason ----- Dec 01, 2019 800 Series Aemisegger, Curtis 818 Sep 17, 2019 Amann, Steve 822 Oct 27, 2019 Holbek, Cotie 814 Sep 29, 2019 Holbek, Cotie 836 Dec 01, 2019 Kalupski, Josef 806 Dec 04, 2019 Kaskadden, Anthony 813 Aug 25, 2019 Honor scores are as of December 29, 2019. If your score is missing from this list, please contact the GLCUSBC.  Our website: www.greaterlakecountyusbc.com Facebook Page: Greater Lake County USBC Twitter: LakeUSBC Email: greaterlakecountyusbc@gmail.com