USBC Collegiate Sectionals Taking Place This Weekend
The USBC Sectionals Qualifiers are taking place this upcoming weekend, March 12-14, 2010. The top 64 men’s and top 64 women’s teams have been divided into four groups of 16. The team events will take place on Saturday and Sunday, with the singles events taking place on Friday.
The four sectionals locations are spread across the country. The East Sectional is in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The West Sectional is in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Midwest Qualifier is in Peoria, Illinois. The Central Qualifier is in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In the singles events, bowlers will bowl six games of qualifying. The top four bowlers from each location will advance to the Intercollegiate Singles Championships, taking place in Euless, Texas on May 16-19, 2010.
In the team events, teams will bowl 64 baker games across two days. The top four teams from each sectional location will advance to the Intercollegiate Team Championships, taking place in El Paso, Texas on April 14-17, 2010.
Article from Herald Tribune about USBC Ignorance
With some help from a friend, I found a very nice article about the ignorance of the USBC. The full article can be found on the Herald Tribune’s website at HeraldTribune.com.
Here are some strong points of the article. I encourage you to read the full article to inform yourself of exactly how the USBC feels about constructive criticism.
USBC displays little tolerance for negative opinions
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.
QUESTION: When is a bowling discussion forum not a bowling discussion forum?
ANSWER: As of the time the United States Bowling Congress unveiled its all-new forums on Aug. 3.
USBC obviously has the right to monitor its own forums and establish “terms” regarding its use. But why even have discussion forums if all posts are held for moderation and subject to strict censorship?
‘Negatives’ deleted
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Mark Miller, one of 41 USBC forum moderators, has stated the following policy: “Anything deemed to be negative toward USBC or the sport of bowling will be deleted.”
By the same token, one frequent poster was told that one of his posts was censored “due to the fact it had absolutely nothing to do with any positive aspect of bowling … (and) as the rules state when you sign up, we are here to promote bowling in a positive way.”
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Not long ago, USBC’s vice president of media, Pete Tredwell, ventured into the PBA.com Web site.
In starting a new thread, Tredwell said, in part: “I’m trying to learn what people see as the most important things we do, so that we can better serve our customers … I’d like to hear what this group thinks … (and I’m) hoping people take this seriously, and don’t use it as a platform to make jokes.”
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After many negative posts, a PBA.com moderator, Bruce Falcon, posted the following, in part:
“This thread has been very educational. I have learned that USBC has a lot of time to spend in PBA message boards. I have learned that the USBC has no vision … I have learned that the USBC has no communication from top to bottom … I have learned that the USBC is in danger of going bankrupt … I have learned that bowl.com was really bad before, and (they) just simply had to change because it was old and sucked and there were no employees working on it … I have learned that the national governing body of bowling is not real good and nobody has a clue. The USBC better get it together or it won’t really matter in 5 years. They better start changing their thinking quick.”
Tredwell responded to Falcon: “Congratulations, your post was the tipping point. After this post, I am done with this thread. What you wrote was inflammatory and hurtful to the entire industry. Hope you are proud.” And Tredwell left the thread amidst a sea of negative responses.
Mike Scroggins Wins Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open
The Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open presented by USBC was created to show bowlers the differences between PBA oil patterns and typical house oil patterns. This tournament used different patterns, with the “red” pattern being the easiest and highest scoring and the “blue” pattern being the toughest. The Pepsi Red, White and Blue Open did a good job of showing exactly how easy these patterns are. There were lots of high scores this week, with several bowlers averaging well over 250 on the red pattern.
Patrick Allen led all bowlers for the week, finishing in first after 48 games, with a total score of 12,308 (+2708, 247.67 Average). The cut to the top 6 was 12,138 (+2538, 243.5 Average). In the round of 4 (Bowlers #3 – #6), Walter Ray Williams, Jr. defeated Mike Machuga, 257-244, and Mike Scroggins defeated Michael Fagan, 218-183. Scroggins went on to bowl against tournament leader Patrick Allen. Scroggins won the match, 227-215. In the other semifinal match, Wayne Garber took on Walter Ray Williams, Jr. The two tied with a score of 237. Garber won the rolloff with a score of 19 to Williams’ 17.
Scroggins and Garber went on to face each other in the finals. Scroggins started the game off great and didn’t look back. He ran the front nine strikes and had a nine-spare-nine in the tenth for a 278 game to beat Garber’s 229 Game. Congratulations to Mike Scroggins!
See which equipment the bowlers were using at MyBowlingBlog.com/InTheBag.
USBC Announces New Television Series on ESPN2
The United States Bowling Congress and ESPN are teaming up to bring a series of bowling events to national television in 2010. ESPN2 will air the USBC Queens, the USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships, Bowling’s Clash of Champions, and the U.S. Women’s Open. These events will air in late April and May of 2010.
Read the full story at bowl.com
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