The season is finally coming to a close....

I was on 3 teams as a regular and subbed on 2 others this past season.  All 3 of my regular teams finished in 1st place so I guess you could say it was a successful season.  I also participated in my 1st TQR and I'm really looking forward to bowling in a couple of Regional events this summer.  I'll be applying for my PBA card in a week or so to allow me to bowl in an unlimited number of events next year.

 Just a suggestion to anyone else out there on their respective USBC board of directors...

We ran brackets for leagues 2 nights a week and were able to raise about $40 per week on average for our general fund to purchase certification equipment.  We are going to try to get brackets going for every night next season and hope to raise about $100 a week to put towards fun things for the association members and scholarship funds.  You will need to get enough volunteers trained on the software to have 2 people for each night you run the brackets.  I would suggest getting about 6 people trained so that the volunteers don't get "burned out".  I was spending 4 nights a week at the bowling alleys either bowling or running brackets or both.  I would not suggest running brackets and trying to bowl unless you are only helping to collect scores.  You can't truly concentrate on your bowling if you are running back and forth from the computer to the lanes to bowl.  Remember that you bowl because you enjoy the friendships and competition.  It's very difficult to enjoy those things when you are trying not to make mistakes inputting data for the brackets. 

I'll be bowling in the PBA Experience league this summer so I'll post a few times to let you know what I think of the league and the patterns that we will use.

Have a great summer!