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CTF CONNECTION September 2008 |
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| From the Desk of the President
We are pleased to welcome you to the 2008-2009 season as a CTF member and thank you for supporting our organization.
As you may have heard, the 300 game and 800 series awards have been designated as "once in a lifetime" awards. For this season, if you bowl a 300 game or 800 series, you can still order a ring; watch or pendant however, if you bowl another 300 game or 800 series in a subsequent season, you will only have the choice of receiving a semi-precious stone to be inserted into the ring, or a plaque acknowledging your accomplishment.
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From the Desk of the Executive Director
Welcome to a new season. I hope everyone's summer was relaxing and enjoyable. Final databases from the local associations have been slow in coming in. To date our membership count is 35,063 down 6.5% again from 37,928 in 2006/2007. The largest drop shows in the women's category with a 10% drop and men at a 6% reduction. The youth division show an 8% drop for the girls and a 6% decline in boys.
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| Men and Women's Team Prepares for Championships at Buffa Studio
Canada's representatives at the World Men's Championships and the Pan American Bowling Confederation American Zone Championships to take place in Chile, held training camps at the Buffa Studio in the Greater Montreal area during the summer.
The four lane training center has the CATS and VIDEO BOWLER MAP GOLD systems available to analyze the bowler's game.
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USBC Youth Open Attracts Canadian Bowlers
 Bowlers from Canada took advantage of the location of the USBC Youth Open in Taylor, Michigan July 7-15. They were able to participate close to home.
Quoting from a USBC release:
Karlee Cockburn of Chatham, Ontario, experienced her first Youth Open this weekend, while her fellow teammates Jonathan Andal and Daniel Reid of Toronto and Jeffrey Cockburn of Chatham were back for the second consecutive year. When asked what brought the bowlers to the states for their second Youth Open experience, the bowlers cited the competition and difficulty of the tournament.
"We love the competition here," Reid said. "It's exciting to bowl against bowlers from around the U.S. because we don't get to experience that stiff competition as often back home."
"We are here to have a good time and experience the competition, but one of our main reasons for coming is to learn and become better bowlers on the Sport Bowling conditions," Andal said.
Andal had one of the more memorable experiences of the tournament, when he fired a 275 game in his last game of doubles competition on Sunday morning
Other Canadians attending were: Travis Cauley, Hamilton, On, Dakota Faichnie and Darian Rogers-Sysak, Kleinburg, On. |
Manitoba and BC Bowlers Compete in USBC Seniors
Bowlers from British Columbia and Manitoba competed in the USBC Seniors tournament held at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada, June 17-18th.
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
Juanita Dutcher, Marilyn Frigon, Vickie Bruce, Connie Bissett, Lynne Milne, Gordon Reid, Hiroshi Uyeno,
Robert Beach, Keith McDougall, Victor Galvez.
MANITOBA:
Mae Alice Kapeluch, Eleanor Young, Bernice Pelletier, Addy Armstrong,
Al Crandall, Paul Santos, Rubin Helman, John Wassenaar
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News From Around Canada
Hamilton:
The Hamilton Ontario individual champions for the 2007-2008 have been announced. Top averages belong to Lionel Lewis Jr. at 225 and Catharine Willis, 1991 World Bowling Writers' Bowler of the Year, with her record 217.
For Lewis, it's his fourth season in a row at high average, while Willis, who surpassed the 215 by Connie Ward, it is her first.
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Fourteen Countries Share Medals at World Youth Championships
14 different countries shared medals at the World Youth Championships which took place in Orlando, Florida. Korea was the big winner with 3 gold and 1 bronze medal.
A record 350 players from 58 countries competed at the Boardwalk Entertainment Centre. The 2006 championships in Berlin, Germany drew 266 players from 46 countries.
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Pros Lead USA to Four Gold Medals at Men's World Championships in Thailand
Five of the six members of Team USA at the Men's World Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, were professionals. They took four of the six gold medals available but the competition was amazingly close.
The World Tenpin Bowling Congress passed legislation in 2007 to allow professionals to compete in the world championships and while everyone has been waiting to see the outcome, I believe even the pros were surprised at the level of competition.
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Canadian Bowlers Compete at Pepsi Tournaments
Several Canadian youth bowlers earned the right to represent their province at the took part in the Pepsi USBC Youth Championships. The annual tournament was held at Sunnybrook Lanes in Detroit, Michigan July 14-16, 2008.
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Canada Earns 11 Medals at Tournament of Americas
Canada earned 11 medals - two gold, four silver and five bronze - at the 46th annual Tournament of the Americas. The tournament held following the World Youth Championships at Boardwalk Entertainment Centre in Orlando, Florida, saw 168 bowlers from 18 countries competing in four divisions. Canada had representatives in adult men and women, senior men and women and 16-19 years youth.
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| This N' That
Read about bowling tid bits from across the country and nation on CTF members making headlines!
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