January - February 2014

THE
TCBA
TRAVELING CLASSIC BOWLING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Volume 30, Issue 4
Feb - Mar 2013
TCBA All Star Tournament June 12-13, 2014
TCBA National Playoffs June 14-15, 2014
AMF Garland Lanes—Garland TX.
2014 All Star & National Playoff Schedule
Inside this issue:
Regional Wildcard Rules 2
All Star Tournament
Format
2
Playoff Tournament
Format
2
Hotel Information
3
Men’s Playoff
lane assignments
4
Men’s All time records 5
Women’s All time
records
6
Women’s Playoff Lane
Assignments
7
Squad 1
Squad 2
Registration of delegates
Joint Meeting of Delegates
Squad 3
Squad 4
Squad 5
All Star Finals
June 12, 2014
All Star Tournament
4:00 PM
7:30 PM
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
June 13, 2014
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
Mesquite Convention Center
Mesquite Convention Center
All Star Tournament
10:00AM
1:30 PM
5:00 PM
7:30 PM
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
June 14, 2014
National Playoffs
7:45 AM
7:30 AM & 12:30 PM
8:00 AM & 1:00 PM
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
Squad Meeting (Men)
Men’s Qualifications
7:30 AM & 12:30 PM
8:00 AM & 1:00 PM
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
Semi-Finals (Men and Women)*
7:30 PM
AMF Garland
Opening Ceremony
Squad Meeting (Women)
Women’s Qualifications
June 15, 2014
Team Pictures
Finals (Men and Women)
Awards
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
5:00 PM
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
AMF Garland
Page 2
TCBA News
News From TCBA Headquarters by Keith Savoie
. The TCBA in recent years has seen a decline in the participation at the All Star tournament. Reasons have ranged from not enough money in the prize fund, to too expensive to
make two trips to the tournaments. With the All Star tournament having an entry driven
prize fund, we had trouble getting the interest of the bowlers to participate. No entries –
no money was a problem.
Keith Savoie
TCBA President
Men and Women
have no proposed
rule change this
year.
A few years ago the delegates voted that the TCBA could hold regional wildcard tournaments if necessary. This vote gave us the opportunity to move the All Star tournament to
the same week as the National Playoff tournament, by having regional wildcard tournaments. Knowing this may add another day of travel to attend both tournaments we decided to also move the tournament to June. With school being out, it could possibly be a
family vacation while bowling.
The next step was to streamline the tournaments so bowlers would not bowl themselves
out during the tournaments. The All Star tournament was reduced by illuminating the
semi-finals and having a four game finals instead of an eight game round robin. Bowlers
will as before, need only 6 games to qualify to bowl in the All Star tournament. The top
three bowlers from each squad and the top 4th place bowler from all squads combined will
advance to the finals. This will give us the top sixteen bowlers from each division to bowl
4 games to determine the All Star champions.
The National Playoff tournament was reduced from five games to four for the Qualifying
rounds, leaving the semi-finals and the finals as they were. These changes reduced the
time of the squads and allow the semi-finals to be completed at a more reasonable time
Saturday night.
The regional wildcard tournaments will also add more teams to the Qualifying rounds at
the National Playoff tournament. The ratio at the National Wildcard tournament was
one in ten. Now every region will have at least one team advance to the Playoff tournament. Men’s regions will have a 1:5 ratio and the women’s regions will have a 1:3 ratio
bowling in the wildcard tournament. With the new ratios more teams will qualify for the
National Playoff tournament. I polled the leagues after December, and at that time 16
men’s teams and 18 women’s teams would make it to the qualifying tournament. Last
year 10 men and 4 women’s teams advance from the Wildcard tournament. You can see
the increase in the number of teams that will go to the National Playoff tournament and
CASH.
We discussed the cost of the regional wildcard tournament at the Delegates meeting last
year. With the addition of teams bowling in the National tournament the additional lineage and prize fund had to be covered. Also the lineage at the Regional Wildcard had to be
considered. With the variance in lineage cost in every region it was difficult to justify any
number. The executive board had a meeting and agreed that the cost of the Regional
Wildcard tournament would remain $100.00 plus the cost of local lineage. The $100.00
will be divided into two equal parts, National Tournament lineage $50.00 and National
Tournament Prize Fund $50.00. The team will make the Regional Wildcard entry payment of $100.00 to the secretary running the regional tournament. The secretary will in
turn send $100.00 for each team in the regional wildcard tournament to TCBA national
headquarters. The format for the Regional Wildcard tournament is four games with
handicap based on 1100, as teams are not bowling head to head but for total scores.
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TCBA News
Hampton Inn & Suites
Host Hotel
Hampton Inn & Suites
1700 Rodeo Drive
Mesquite, TX 75149
(972) 329-3100
Our host hotel for the All Star and Playoff
Tournament will be the Hampton Inn &
Suites located in Mesquite, TX. We have
been given a room rate of $92.00 per night
for regular rooms and $112.00 per night for
Suites both with a free breakfast buffet.
Check in time is 3:00 PM and check out is
12:00 PM. When making your reservations
be sure you refer to TCBA Bowling.
The Holiday Inn Express across the street
from the host hotel has agreed to offer the
TCBA overflow rooms for $85.00 per night.
A free breakfast buffet is also available at
the Holiday Inn.
Holiday Inn Express
21850 IH 635
Mesquite, TX 75149
(972) 288-9900
Volume 30, Issue 4
Page 4
Men’s 2014 Playoffs Lane Assignments
Lane
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Lane
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
District
P1
G2
M3
D2
Q-1
L2
U2
D5
F2
G4
D6
M1
N1
S2
District
U1
N2
H1
D-1
G3
L1
D3
G1
Q2
S1
G5
F1
D4
M2
Lane
District
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
H2
WC3
WC4
WC7
WC8
WC11
WC12
WC15
WC16
WC19
WC20
WC21
Lane
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
District
WC1
WC2
WC5
WC6
WC9
WC10
WC13
WC14
WC17
WC18
8:00 AM
AMF Garland Lanes
Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to
squad time.
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www.Visionarybowlingproducts.com
1:00 PM
AMF Garland Lanes
Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to squad
time.
Volume 30, Issue 4
Page 5
Men’s Current Record Holders
HIGH INDIVIDUAL 3 GAME SERIES
1 Ted Pritts
01/22/05
AMF Irving Lanes
Irving, TX
889
2 James Engle
03/12/06
Armadilla I
Houston, TX
866
3 Mike Knight
08/08/10
AMF Allstar Lanes
Kenner, LA
856
4 Larry Thompson
04/02/00
Armadilla I Lanes
Pasadena, TX
856
5 Justin Taylor
02/22/09
Oak Hills
San Antonio, TX
855
1 Jeff Murtagh
HIGH INDIVIDUAL 6 GAME SERIES
04/01/90
Fame City
Houston, TX
1639
2 John Harper
08/15/10
300 Bowl Conroe
Conroe, TX
1629
3 Greg Derrick
11/20/04
Forum Bowl
Grand Prairie, TX
1622
4 Larry Thompson
04/02/00
Armadilla I Lanes
Pasadena, TX
1617
5 Steve Drenser
09/08/02
Waco Lake Air
Waco, TX
1612
HIGH TEAM GAME
1 Paradise Lanes
11/07/10
Golden Lanes
Spartanburg, SC
1339
2 AMF Café
04/12/12
AMF Showplace
Euless, TX
1335
3 G.A.T.A.
10/21/01
AMF Alpha
Houston, TX
1310
4 Tangi Lanes
08/09/11
AMF All Star Lanes
Kenner, LA
1307
5 Bowl America Shirley
03/01/09
Bowl America Shirley
Alexandria, VA
1303
1 Tangi Lanes
HIGH TEAM 3 GAME SERIES
08/09/11 AMF All Star Lanes
Kenner, LA
3674
2 Dogs of War
11/12/00
AMF Ponderosa
San Antonio, TX
3652
3 5 O’clock Somewhere
01/27/13
Armadilla II
Houston, TX
3626
4 Golden Lanes
04/07/13
Star Lanes
Ashland, SC
3589
5 Frenchy’s G.A.T.A.
12/09/08
AMF Diamond
Houston, TX
3587
1 Golden Lanes
HIGH TEAM 6 GAME SERIES
04/07/13
Star Lanes
Ashland, SC
7122
2 Bowlerama KB Club
01/14/01
Interstate Lanes
Round Rock, TX
6967
3 All Star Pro Shop
12/18/94
Dillon Lanes
Marshall, TX
6950
4 Dogs of War
11/12/00
AMF Ponderosa
San Antonio, TX
6870
5 Killeen Bowlerama
01/30/00
Showplace Lanes
Austin, TX
6866
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TCBA News
Women’s Current Record Holders
HIGH INDIVIDUAL 3 GAME SERIES
1.
Lisa Wasson
01/15/06
AMF Showplace
Euless, TX
837
2.
Kim Burnham
10/06/12
City View Lanes
Ft. Worth, TX
816
3.
Delores Ragsdale
01/09/10
Randolf Lanes
San Antonio, TX
813
4
Brandy Sanderson
10/06/12
City View Lanes
Ft. Worth, TX
813
5.
Anita Manns
10/07/07
Lake Country Lane
Austin, TX
812
HIGH INDIVIDUAL 6 GAME SERIES
1
Michelle Rogers
02/17/13
AMF Euless Lanes
Euless, TX
1573
2
Joy Rushing
02/13/05
Enterprise Lanes
Benton, AR
1559
3
Anita Manns
10/07/07
Lake Country Lanes
Austin, TX
1534
4
Anita Manns
12/17/06
Dart Bowl
Austin, TX
1531
5
Rachel Perez
03/30/08
Millennium Lanes
Little Rock, AR
1530
HIGH TEAM GAME
1
Lusha’s Ladies
02/17/13
AMF Euless Lanes
Euless, TX
1259
2
DCCV Ron WilliamsPS
09/21/08
Jupiter Lanes
Dallas, TX
1256
3
Lusha’s Ladies
01/22/12
Plano Super Bowl
Plano, TX
1254
4
Wick’s Pro Shop
10/03/10
Plano Super Bowl
Plano, TX
1241
5
DCCV Ron WilliamsPS
03/06/05
DCCV
Ft. Worth, TX
1241
1
DCCV Ron WilliamsPS
HIGH TEAM 3 GAME SERIES
04/03/11
AMF Garland
Dallas, TX
3574
2
Lusha’s Ladies
05/19/12
AMF Alpha
Webster, TX
3563
3
DCCV Ron WilliamsPS
01/15/06
AMF Showplace
Euless, TX
3557
4
DCCV Ron WilliamsPS
09/12/10
University Lanes
Denton, TX
3495
5
Lusha’s Ladies
05/20/12
AMF Alpha
Webster, TX
3480
HIGH TEAM 6 GAME SERIES
1
DCCV Ron Williams PS
01/15/06
AMF Showplace
Euless, TX
6883
2
DCCV Ron Williams PS
03/20/05
Plano Super Bowl
Plano, TX
6836
3
Lusha’s Ladies
11/06/11
University Lanes
Denton, TX
6799
4
DCCV Ron Williams PS
04/03/11
AMF Garland
Dallas, TX
6799
5
Enterprise Lanes
03/20/05
Enterprise Lanes
Benton, AR
6662
Volume 30, Issue 4
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Women’s 2014 Playoffs Lane Assignments
Lane
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
District
B5
F1
M4
K1
B8
R2
C-1
M1
B3
A2
F2
K3
B7
E-1
Lane
District
Lane
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
District
K5
WC1
WC2
WC3
WC4
WC9
WC10
WC15
WC16
WC17
WC18
WC21
Lane
8:00 AM
AMF Garland Lanes
Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to
squad time.
District
31
M2
45
B6
32
A1
46
F-3
33
D1
47
WC5
34
R1
48
WC6
35
C2
49
WC7
36
B-4
50
WC8
37
M3
51
WC11
38
F4
52
WC12
39
K2
53
WC13
40
B2
54
WC14
41
D-2
55
WC19
42
F5
56
WC20
43
B1
57
44
K4
58
1:00 PM
AMF Garland Lanes
Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior
to squad time.
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Editor – Shane Savoie
Executive Officers
President: Keith Savoie – Marrero, LA
Vice President: Charles Tanner – Rowlett, TX
Ex. Men’s Secretary: Scott Minor – Prosper, TX
Ex. Women’s Secretary: Sammye Ragland – Rowlett, TX
Treasurer: Susan Fayard – Luling, LA
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