Iowa State USBC

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Iowa State USBC!

Greetings from the Iowa State USBC Bowling Association!

Recently communication was sent to Association Managers throughout the state about restructuring the Iowa State USBC is doing to better serve you, our bowlers and associations.

Douglas Dammann continues as our Tournaments Director. His new email address is
[email protected]. Mailing address and phone number remain.

Charla Wilke has been retained as Interim Association Manager. All non-tournament business will be directed to her office in Fort Dodge, 935 S. 26th St., Fort Dodge, IA 50501-6250 or at email [email protected]. At this time, her phone number is 515-570-2982.

Iowa State USBC is breaking the former office and work load into 3 positions: Association Manager, Tournament Director/Open, and Tournament Director/Mixed, Women’s, Senior. In the near future, we will have job descriptions and applications available. Please be on the lookout for more information in the near future and help us spread the word to find great individuals to help fill these positions.

Happy Thanksgiving!

To see results from Mixed State Tournament, check out our website. There is a searchable list too. Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to the winners!

IAUSBC MIXED STATE TOURNAMENT Results The Iowa State USBC Women's Bowling Association, Inc. merged with with Iowa State USBC Bowling Association, Inc. and the Iowa State USBC Youth Bowling Association on August 1, 2018 thereby bringing all bowling in Iowa into one organization.

Mixed State Tournament results can be found on our website. They are updated after each weekend.

http://www.iowabowl.com/merged/tournaments/iausbc_mixed_state.html

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Entries close next week (10.19) for the Mixed State tournament being held in Fort Dodge. Don’t miss out!

You can find the entry form on our website:

www.iowabowl.com

Congratulations to our very own Jena Edwards from DeWitt who was the first female to be selected to the Dexter High School All- American team and Captain!

Meet the 2022-2023 Dexter High School All-American Team!

The teams are captained by Jena Edwards of DeWitt, Iowa, and Tyler Amos of Jackson, Missouri, and were selected by Dexter Bowling in consultation with the International Bowling Campus Youth Development staff.

Each team is comprised of five student-athletes who had to participate on a recognized interscholastic high school bowling team during the 2022-2023 school year.

See who was selected to the team by clicking here: https://hubs.li/Q01XSr1J0

Mike Larson from USBC shared a new campaign released. You can find more details at whyIcertify.com. Checkout the videos already posted and scroll to the bottom of the page to share your story of why you certify.

USBC Not everyone has to get our sport. But those who do have to keep it going. We have to be there for bowling like bowling has been there for us.

Your Iowa State USBC Annual Meeting in full swing this morning at Stoney Creek in Johnston.

A total of 78 delegates are here to participate.

Thank you to everyone in attendance!

PLEASE cash your prize check from this year's BFTC mail-in tournament!!!!! All checks from prior years' tournaments have been voided. Thanks!!!

If you are still holding a prize check from any BFTC mail-in tournament prior to the 2013 tournament, all checks have been voided. If you would like a replacement check, please let me know.

Did you know each week updated tournament standings for Open State and Women’s State are available on our website?

Check out the tournaments section on the home page. Results are typically updated on Tuesdays.

IowaBowl.com Watch here and use the links provided to view results for state, youth, and mail-in tournaments as they become available.

Checkout the final results for Bowl for the Cure! Thank you to everyone that participated this year.

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Updated standing are available on our website. They will be updated each week typically on Tuesday.

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Squad listings for the Iowa Open State Tournament are posted on our website.

Doubles & Singleshttp://www.iowabowl.com/merged/tournaments/iausbc_open/downloads/2023_DS_by_Squad_OPEN.pdf

Teamhttp://www.iowabowl.com/merged/tournaments/iausbc_open/downloads/2023_Teams_by_Squad_OPEN.pdf

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It is time for the Bowl for the Cure mail-in tournament. Entries are accepted through January 31, 2023. If you have any questions please reach out to Shannon McHugh our BFTC Tournament Director.

Entries for the Bowlers to Veterans Link mail-in tournament are open. The deadline to submit entries is Monday, October 31. Use your league score the week of November 6-12 for the mail-in tournament. Entries are available on iowabowl.com.

Please contact Charles Budzyn for more information ([email protected]).

Itinerary for the Annual Meeting weekend.

Please see details about purchasing dinner tickets and deadline to do so for the Hall of Fame Induction on the itinerary.

Thanks to everyone who participated in 🏀!

Congratulations to Madonna Padilla for winning Beats wireless earbuds, Michael Trager for winning an Echo Dot speaker and Erica Plyler for winning a BFTC bowling pin signed by PWBA Tour players.

We’d also like to congratulate Shannon McHugh, Sean McDaniel and Michael Trager for finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively in the bracket challenge. USBC will match their donations, donating $115.00 to BFTC.

We had a great turnout and appreciated your donations to fight breast cancer 🎗️!
https://bit.ly/3KnyFD2

As you may have read, USBC and Storm have reached an agreement that 6 additional bowling balls are excluded from use at all USBC National Tournaments (adult and youth). There is an option for local and state associations to decide the use of these 6 bowling balls as they see fit.

The Iowa State USBC will continue to allow these bowling balls to be used in all state tournaments (adult and youth) at this time.

To clarify the only bowling balls banned from all Iowa State tournaments and leagues are the two that have been globally banned by USBC: Strom Spectre, all models, and Hammer Purple Urethane, model years 2016 & 2017.

Full details from USBC can be found here: https://bowl.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=23622337509

BOWL.com | USBC and Storm Products announce agreement of national tournament exclusion and ball exchange program USBC and Storm Products have agreed on a national tournament exclusion rule and ball exchange program for six Storm Products manufactured ball models.

NOTICE TO ALL BOWLERS:

March 21, 2022, USBC added the Purple Hammer Pearl Urethane Model Years 2016 & 2017 to the list of revoked bowling balls from use in any USBC sanctioned event. This includes league and tournament play.

Iowa State USBC will no longer allow the use of these bowling balls in league and tournament competition.

This includes the Open and Women’s State Tournaments already in progress and the Youth Championship and Senior Women’s tournaments scheduled to begin shortly.

The list of equipment affected by these rulings are as follows:
Storm Spectre
• All models

Hammer Purple Pearl Urethane
• Model years 2016 & 2017

Please see www.iowabowl.com for links to the full press release related to each announcement. We thank you for your cooperation in adhering to the updated USBC rules.

NOTICE TO ALL BOWLERS: Following the recent decision of the USBC the Iowa State USBC will be immediately banning the Storm Spectre from all league and tournament competition, including youth leagues and tournaments.

This DOES include the Open and Women’s State Tournaments already in progress, Pepsi State this weekend, Youth State tournament in April and the Senior Women’s scheduled to begin on April 30,2022. Below you will find the announcement from the USBC.



ARLINGTON, Texas - The United States Bowling Congress has revoked approval of the Storm Spectre bowling ball and removed it from the list of balls approved for USBC competition effective March 14, 2022. The revocation comes after USBC determined through its spot-checking procedures that a significant percentage of the balls produced do not comply with specifications and requirements outlined in the USBC Equipment Specifications and Certifications Manual.

USBC testing showed a significant percentage of the Storm Spectre do not meet the minimum 73D hardness specification during spot checks of bowling balls in the field. The ball originally was approved based on samples submitted by Storm. The Spectre had been approved for competition in December 2021.

The USBC Equipment Specifications and Certifications Manual details USBC governance in this situation. The manual states that a statistical analysis from spot-checked balls will be used to determine the percentage of non-conformance based on DPMO (defects per million opportunities). The manual further states:

Ball approval can be revoked if the process capability shows the model has greater than 5.0% defects (50,000 out of 1,000,000 DPMO-Defects Per Million Opportunities) outside of any spec limit.

The statistical analysis of the Storm Spectre indicated a defect rate of 98.6%, meaning that 98.6% of Spectre balls are projected to be outside USBC's hardness specification limit. USBC tested balls from multiple batches, and the non-conformance was not limited to a specific batch.

Pursuant to the penalties outlined in the USBC Equipment Specifications and Certifications Manual, Storm is placed on probationary status with USBC for one year, and subject to a fine of $8,000.

USBC publishes a standard operating procedure to determine hardness of a bowling ball using a digital durometer. The USBC Equipment Specifications Manual states that balls must meet technical specifications when tested at USBC headquarters using the official USBC test equipment. USBC provides all manufacturers the option of calibrating their durometers against the USBC approval durometer, so manufacturers can create consistent quality testing processes.

USBC provided all test data to Storm and gave the company opportunity to comment or provide additional information prior to USBC announcing approval revocation of the Spectre ball.

Unapproved bowling balls may not be used in USBC-certified competition. Bowlers who used the Spectre in competition before March 14, 2022, with no prior knowledge of their balls being out of specification would not be subject to forfeiture under USBC rules.

Bowl for the Cure Mail-In Tournament Update:

The checks are in the mail!
THANK YOU to all who participated!!! If you were some of the few that gathered entries and did the paperwork - you guys are AWESOME!!!!!

Please cash your checks ASAP (we still have a lot of outstanding checks from last year). If you would like to donate your check back to our donation to the Komen Foundation, just endorse it and mail it back to me. THANKS AGAIN!!!

Iowa bowlers are FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Full results can be found on our web site
Standingshttp://www.iowabowl.com/merged/tournaments/downloads/BFTC/2022_Current_Standings.pdf

Prize Listhttp://www.iowabowl.com/merged/tournaments/downloads/BFTC/2022_Final_Prize_Listing.pdf

Standings By Associationhttp://www.iowabowl.com/merged/tournaments/downloads/BFTC/2022_Standing_By_Association.pdf

When it rains it pours. Getting ready to finish up entering scores to run final standings, prize lists and prize checks ….. and my computer is dead 😟 used it at noon and now tonight nothing. Calling repair shop in the morning and trying to load the back up (yes I made a backup!!) in my other computer and need a password from HQ. Be patient! I will get this done soon I hope!! 😕😖🙂 I apologize for the delay 😊

BFTC scores deadline is February 28!!!!

The deadline for the BFTC mail-in has been extended to February 4!!!! Thank you!

REMINDER! The deadline for entries for the BFTC mail-in tournament is Monday, January 31. Bowling starts Sunday, February 6. Thank you for your support!!!!!!!!!!