GLCUSBC NEWS
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The Greater Lake County Bowling Association would like to congratulate the following youth bowlers for being our 2018 Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship award winners--Kellian Mason, Jasmine McKeel, Eric Reusch, and Zach Sasser. Their accomplishment will be recognized during the Association's Hall of Fame event at the Glen Flora Country Club, 2200 N. Sheridan Rd., Waukegan, IL on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Seating is limited for this event. Click on the link below for more details about this event. ![]()
TNB Financial Services will be a co-sponsor of the 2018-2019 Open Championship.
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NATIONAL BOWLING DAY National Bowling Day is observed annually on the second Saturday in August. While it is possible that bowling style games existed in ancient civilizations around the world, we likely owe the modern game of bowling to the land of Germany. Kegels were used much like batons for protection or sport. They would place them at the end of an alley and roll a stone, attempting to knock them down. It was believed, that by knocking down the kegel, their sins would be forgiven. Other lawn games such as bocce and petanque may also be precursors to bowling. American literature’s first mention of ninepins is in Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle. Bowling, like many sports, was fodder for gambling and often came under scrutiny. In 1841, Connecticut passed a law prohibiting ninepin bowling alleys. Circumventing the law, alleys added one pin to the line-up. Very little about the game has changed since. In 1905, the first rubber compound bowling ball was introduced. Wooden balls made of “lignum vitae” were used up until then, but this modern ball launched a whole new era of bowling. Bowling was featured as a demonstration sport in 1988’s Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. However, it has never returned to the Olympics. HOW TO OBSERVE Gather a group of friends and family and go bowling together. Use #NationalBowlingDay to post on social media and alert others. HISTORY The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, Inc. sponsored the first National Bowling Day in association with the General Cigar Company and NBC-TV in 1956. It was the accumulation of hundreds of bowling tournaments in 48 states attracting millions of bowlers across the country raising money for the American Red Cross. The televised Final Bowl Off was held on National Bowling Day on October 14, 1956, in Macon County, Illinois and featured bowling stars Bill Lilian and Anita Cantaline of Detroit. The event was never repeated, but National Bowling Day traditions have started once more. Continuing in the same spirit as the 1956 event, the modern era National Bowling Day takes care of others while taking down those pins. One example is the Million Pin Challenge. Donations will help provide half a million meals to Feeding America to fight domestic hunger. Hello Greater Lake County USBC Members!
The first events for the 2018-2019 season will be the the workshops. The GLCUSBC will be hosting two events. August 6, 2018 - League Officer Workshop (East) - 7:00 PM Bertrand Lanes August 8, 2018 - League Officer Workshop - (West) - 7:00 PM Lakeside Recreation Center League officers are strongly encouraged to attend either of these events as Association Manager Gabriel Rodriquez will have your league packets. These packets include a cover letter with information you will need to share with your league bowlers, the Sanction membership application, preprinted sanction cards, and entry forms for some of tournaments we run. We have a long way to go in updating this website so please bookmark the site and visit often. We will continue to be active using the popular Social Media website Facebook: Greater Lake County Usbc/ and new for the 2018-2019 season we now also have a Twitter Account: LakeUSBC. If you have any questions please use the Contact link to send us a message. Effective with the 2018-2019 season all Lake County bowlers, who sanction with the United States Bowling Congress, are now members of the Greater Lake County USBC. The newly merged board was created from the Lake County Bowling Association, Lake County Women’s Bowling Association, Waukegan Women’s Bowling Association and Lake County Youth Bowling Association. In our previous post, we introduced you to the names of the new officers and directors.
We plan to bring back all of the tournaments that were held by the four previous associations. Tournament entry forms will be available at all centers in the beginning of the season in order to promote more interest and participation in these events. Please check your local centers for our event poster highlighting these tournaments. Tournament details are under the Tournaments Tab. Each event will now have its own dedicated page. We are also going to expand our Association activity on the Facebook and Twitter social media sites. A new tournament, geared for the competitive scratch bowlers, will replace the long-standing Masters Tournament. If you have any questions, please use the Contact link on our website to send us your message. .The Greater Lake County Bowling Association merger meeting held April 8, 2018 at the Holiday Inn in Gurnee created your new local association and the following people have been elected to be your new USBC local association board:
President: (3-year term): Dale Lehman. Vice President (2-year Term): Mike Jacobs. Vice President (1-year Term): Pat Christensen. Sgt-at-Arms (2-year Term): Brenda Cornell. Association Manager: Gabriel Rodriguez Assistant Manager: Tom Bertrand Directors (3-year Term): Gabriel Rodriguez, David Scala, Donna Sternberg and Michael Tucker. Directors (2-year Term): Mark Evans, Danny Thul and Erin Beck. Directors (1-year Term): Debbie Bakk, Angie Cevallos, Jovita Miller and Pat Cornell. Youth Director (3-year Term): Sue Hallwas. Youth Director (2-year Term): Kevin Bell. Youth Director (1-year Term): Lindsey Siegel and Jill Katz. The Greater Lake County Bowling Association will officially begin its service to bowlers effective August 1, 2018. |
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