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Welcome to Canadian Tenpin Federation
Greetings!
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From the Desk of the Executive Director
 The Canadian Mixed Championships held in Winnipeg April 17 - 20, 2008, was extremely successful. Chateau Lanes was the host centre for the event attracting more entries than in past years. Four new tournament records were set. In the Mixed Doubles Handicap Lauraine & Norton Fast of Calgary set a record at 1541. The Scratch Team of Robin Orlikowski, Lynne Gauthier, Sharon Tataryn and Blair Chaban shattered the old record by over 200 pins with a 2948 three game series.
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CTF Annual General Meeting Held in Winnipeg
Local and provincial delegates from across Canada enjoyed several activities in Winnipeg from April 17 - 19, 2008. Ron Jones, Kingston, Ontario, chairman of the Equipment and Specifications Committee, conducted workshops to train local lane inspectors on the 17th and 18th. A refresher workshop for local inspectors was held in the Toronto area in February.
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Canadian National Junior Championships
Northcrest Lanes in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario will host the Canadian National Youth Championships May 29th - June 1st. The event will feature 64 of the top youth bowlers in Canada who have qualified to represent their province. The 24 lane center will see competition in team, doubles, singles and all events among the following representatives...
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USBC Queen's Attracts Canadians
 The USBC Queen's Tournament conducted at Canton, Michigan, attracted nine Canadian bowlers plus Team Canada member Robin Orlikowski who resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jennifer Cunningham and Petsy Wray, Windsor, Pam Marciniszyn, Deanna Pelkey and Melissa Legault, Sarnia, Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Mississauga and Karen Collura, Toronto, Sioban Ryans, Kitchener, Felicia Wong, Calgary were among 337 entrants from the USA and several countries around the world.
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Mark Buffa Only North American at World Ranking Tournament 
Mark Buffa of Montreal, Quebec was the only North American to participate at the World Ranking Tournament held at Jakarta, Indonesia April 30-May 6th, 2008. He qualified as one of eight bowlers from the American Zone at the PABCON Ranking Tournament held in San Salvador in February. Buffa missed the final eight for the finals, finishing 12th. Jari Ratia of Finland was the winner. |
PABCON Tournament of Champions 
Canada's 2007 Canadian National Championships gold medalist will represent their country at the PABCON (American Zone) Tournament of Champions. Julie Johnson-Loyer of Chatequay, Quebec and Mark Buffa, Montreal, QC will compete at the event to be held May 31 - June 7 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Lucien Casagrande will coach the pair.. The championships will qualify eight countries of the American Zone that will compete in the World Games scheduled for Koushiung, China in 2009. |
| Snoozes Muses
by Sue Leslie Now that the end of the 2007-2008 winter season is almost here, it seems that the National Office is as busy with Honour Score Award orders as we were in the middle of the season. We ask that our Association Managers remind their league secretaries not to wait until the end of the season to submit Honour Score Applications to the Association. As each award is custom-made, it can take up to 10 weeks for the ring to be delivered to the National Office. Add that to the additional week it could take to get the ring to the Local Association, some bowlers will not receive their awards until the beginning of next season. For the most part, we process Honour Score Awards on a weekly basis, and accept faxed and emailed award applications. We encourage you to submit the Honour Score Award applications as soon as you receive them.
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Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) 
CCES's Mission Update:
In the last article, we provided the nature, responsibility and information provided by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES).
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| Children's Fitness Tax Credit
The Canada Revenue Agency has identified bowling as sport/activity which is eligible for the Children's Fitness Tax Credit. Eligible programs for the Tax Credit must be a) ongoing (either a minimum of eight weeks duration with a minimum of one session per week or, in the case of children's camps, five consecutive days) b)supervised. c) suitable for children. d) substantially all of the activities must include a significant amount of physical activity that contributes to cardio respiratory endurance (equivalent to a brisk walk) plus one or more of muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility or balance).
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| This 'N That
Read about bowling tid bits from across the country and nationa on CTF Members and volunteers.
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London & District Hall of Fame
In November 2007, now deceased former CTF 1st Vice President Nick Pisciotto, became the first member of the London & District Tenpin Bowling Association Hall of Fame. Nick was inducted in the Meritorious Service category. Rose Dimitrick donated the Trophy for this award on behalf of her husband, Paul. Paul was a long time L & D member and the first bowler to roll a 300 in the city. Although Nick was ill, he and his family were able to attend. Making the presentation were Shirley Messeroll, Director, Jill Friis, Hall of Fame Chairman and Ken Reath, President.
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Willis-Park & Guay Will Represent Canada at 44th QUIBICA/AMF Bowling World Cup
Jennifer Willis-Park of Nanaimo, British Columbia and Jack Guay, Calgary, Alberta will represent Canada at the Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup. The 44th annual competition will be held in Hermosillo, Mexico from 7th to 15th November 2008. The national final, conducted by the Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada was held at Planet Bowl in Toronto in March. Willis-Park is a current Team Canada member. Guay was a Team Canada member in 2005.
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| 6th Canadian National Mixed Championshipss Hosted by Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba played host to bowlers from across Canada for the 6th Canadian National Mixed Championships. Winnipeg hosted the first Mixed Championships in 2003
Competition in team, doubles, singles and all events was conducted at Chateau Lanes from April 17 - 20, 2008.
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12 Canadian Compete at US Open
The following Ontario and Quebec bowlers took advantage of the New Brunswick, NJ location and competed against 488 players entered in the US Open: Joe Ciach, Russell Serwetnyk, Mississauga, Mark Decman, London, Frank Ticar, Brampton, Ontario; Alain Bouchard and Pierre-Luc Larouche, Chicoutimi, Tyrel Rose, Montreal, Carol Lagrange, Notre Dame des Pins, Patrick Girard and Sebatian Potrin, Jonquiere, Alexandre Marcous, Quebec City, Quebec.
Three of the 12 cashed at the tournament by making the first cut of 122 (one quarter of the field). Girard had the best finish - 65th. Decman finished 94th and Rose finished 118th.
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Canadians Bowling at USA Universities
In the March edition, we told you about several Canadians who are attending USA colleges and bowling with the college team. We missed two Canadians in our story. Melanie Regis of Chateauguay, Quebec has been at the University of Lindenwood in Missouri for several years. Lindenwood won the United StatesBowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships in 2006.
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