TCBA National Playoffs - Ft. Worth, TX THE TRAVELING CLASSIC BOWLING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. Inside this issue:

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1 1 THE TCBA TRAVELING CLASSIC BOWLING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Volume 30, Issue 3 Dec - Jan Playoff Tournament May 17-19, 2013 Ft Worth, TX 2013 National Playoffs - Ft. Worth, TX Inside this issue: Driving directions to bowling centers News & Raffle tickets 2 Men s Playoff Assignments Women s Playoff Assignments Women s Records 6 Men s Records Our host hotel for the Playoff Tournament will be the Ft Worth South Hotel (formally known as Crowne Plaza). The room rate for the Playoff tournament will be $ for up to 4 in a room. 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. Special points of interest: Playoff lane assignments TCBA raffle Playoff bowling center driving directions Free Wildcard winners Ft Worth South Hotel 100 Altamesa East Blvd. Ft Worth, TX (817) From DFW Airport to Ft Worth South Hotel: Approximately 32 miles Exit airport to TX-360 South continue 12.3 miles to I-20 West. Take exit 439 toward Campus Dr., merge onto SE Loop 820, slight left to stay on SE Loop 820. Turn left on Campus Dr., then slight left onto Oak Grove Dr. Take first right onto E Altamesa Blvd. The hotel will be on your left. From Love Field to Ft Worth South Hotel: Approximately 41 miles Exit airport to W Mockingbird Ln, Take Ramp to TX-183 W, turn onto TX-360 South continue 12.3 miles to I-20 West. Take exit 439 toward Campus Dr., merge onto SE Loop 820, slight left to stay on SE Loop 820. Turn left on Campus Dr., then slight left onto Oak Grove Dr. Take first right onto E Altamesa Blvd. The hotel will be on your left From Hotel to City View s: Approximately 6.5 miles Exit left from hotel to Altamesa Blvd west. Take a right on South Hulen St to Oakmont Blvd, take left onto Oakmont Blvd. Bowling center will be on your left.

2 Page 2 TCBA News News from Headquarters by Keith Savoie I hope everyone had a great Christmas and hope your New Year will be prosperous. The 2013 National Playoffs will be hosted by City View s. The men s and women s wildcard along with the Qualifying Tournament will all be held at City View s. Ft Worth South Hotel 100 Altamesa East Blvd. Ft Worth, TX (817) Keep this newsletter so you will have the lane assignments and tournament information handy. You can also get this info on our website The lane assignments and hotel information are in this issue. It is always better to make your reservations early because the rooms fill up quickly. Also, it is a good idea to keep this newsletter so you will have the lane assignments and tournament information handy. The franchise forms will be mailed out in February. Please get them to your sponsors early, so they can be paid by the June 1 deadline. TCBA Playoff weekend raffle It s time to get your raffle tickets!! This year there will be over $2000 worth of prizes consisting of Visionary bowling balls, bags, and other items. The ticket cost is $5 for a chance on a door prize plus a chance to win the grand prize. (If your ticket is drawn for a door prize, it will be put back in for the drawing of the grand prize.) The grand prize is a $500 platinum membership from our TCBA sponsor, Visionary Bowling Products! Check it out at Click on Test Staff and scroll down to the $500 platinum membership. It explains the membership thoroughly and the rules of the membership to be fulfilled by the winner. The membership offers 2 bowling shirts, 1 towel, 3 ball bag and 4 different bowling balls. What is nice about the raffle is the winner does not have to be present to win, or even be a member of TCBA. Prizes will be mailed to winners not present. The prizes will be drawn on Saturday, before the semi-finals. Winners will be listed on our web site and in the August issue of the TCBA News.

3 Volume 30, Issue 3 Page 3 TCBA As most of the bowlers in the TCBA know, for the first time in TCBA history there were no bid letters returned by bowling centers. Over 75 letters were distributed, and none returned. This prompted the executive board to make decisions for the continued success of the TCBA. We sat down at the All Star tournament and discussed our options. With declines in membership and All Star participation, we decided to make the following changes to the tournament structure. Several years ago the delegates voted to allow Regional Wildcard tournaments. Until now there was no need for this to take place. For three consecutive years the All Star participation was less than 15% of our league. This lack of participation prompted the board to take some sort of action. Doing away with the All Star tournament was an option the board did not want to do. We realize there are some bowlers that still want to bowl in a TCBA singles event. Therefore we agreed to combine the All Star and the National Playoffs in a four day event. Regional Wildcard tournaments will be held two weeks after the local regions complete their regular season. All teams qualifying with 721/2 games will qualify, just like before, only without the travel expense. The percentage going to the Playoff tournament will be 1 in 10. This means that every region s wildcard will have representation in the Playoffs. Also every team going to the Playoffs will cash. We will hold the All Star tournament Thursday and Friday. The Playoff tournament will be Saturday with finals on Sunday. Because of the volume of games that can take place over the weekend we will change the format of the tournaments somewhat. Bowlers in the All Star will roll four games to qualify, then the top 16 will bowl three games to determine the champions for each division. The format for the Playoffs will be four games instead of five for the qualifying squads, and the semi-finals will be three instead of four. The finals will remain an eight game round robin. In order have enough time to get the information from the regions we will move the Playoff tournament to the second week of June. This move will hopefully make it easier on the bowlers and give them the opportunity to make it a family vacation. The selection of the site for the tournament will be handled by the Executive board. We will select areas that have always thought of bidding but perhaps thought because of their size or location, would never be selected. The TCBA is for all bowlers and we want every region to feel as important as the rest. City View s 6601 Oakmont Blvd. Ft Worth, TX (817) National Playoffs May Ft. Worth, TX Free Wildcard entry in the 2013 TCBA National Playoffs This year s free Wildcard entries awarded during the All Star Tournament will go to the men s region and the women s region with the highest percentage of entries. The free wildcards are awarded for participation in the All Star Tournament. Ft Worth Women led the women s regions with 38% of their league s bowlers participating in the tournament, and Centex Men once again the highest participation rate at 39% of their league s bowlers, to win the honors three years in a row. Congratulations and thanks to both these regions!

4 Page 4 TCBA News Men s Playoffs Assignments 3 Mid Cities U-1 4 Houston Ind G-1 5 North east Tx H-2 6 Dallas D-2 7 New Orleans Q-3 8 East Texas M-2 9 Centex N-2 10 Cajun Triangle P-1 11 Dallas D-5 12 Corpus Christi L-2 13 New Orleans Q-1 14 Houston Ind G-4 15 Dallas D-6 16 West Carolina S-1 17 East Texas M-3 18 Wildcard # 1 19 Wildcard # 2 20 Wildcard # 7 21 Wildcard # 8 22 Wild Card # 9 7:00 AM City View s Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to squad time. 3 Dallas D-1 4 Centex N-1 5 East Texas M-1 6 Corpus Christi L-1 7 Mid Cities U-2 8 Houston Ind G-2 9 Dallas D-3 10 New Orleans Q-2 11 Houston Ind G-3 12 North East Tx H-1 13 Dallas D-4 14 San Antonio F-1 15 West Carolina S-2 16 Houston Ind G-5 17 Dallas D-7 18 Wildcard # 3 19 Wldcard # 4 20 Wildcard # 5 21 Wild Card # 6 22 Wild Card # 10 1:00 PM City View s Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to squad time.

5 Volume 30, Issue 3 Page 5 Women s Playoffs Assignments 27 Houston GC E-1 28 Dallas B-2 29 Houston Ind F-2 30 South Central L-1 31 Ft Worth A-1 32 North East Tx M-1 33 Dallas B-1 34 LA / TX D-2 35 Dallas B-4 36 San Antonio K-1 37 Houston Ind F-4 38 North East Tx M-3 39 Dallas B-7 40 San Antonio K-4 41 South LA Ladies C-2 42 Wild Card # 1 43 Wild Card # 2 44 Wild Card # 7 45 Wild Card # 8 46 Wild Card # 9 7:00 AM City View s Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to squad time. 27 Dallas B-9 28 North East Tx M-2 29 LA / TX D-1 30 Dallas B-3 31 South LA Ladies C-1 32 Houston Ind F-5 33 North East Tx M-4 34 Houston Ind F-3 35 Dallas B-6 36 Ft Worth A-2 37 Dallas B-8 38 San Antonio K-2 39 Houston Ind N F-1 40 Dallas B-5 41 San Antonio K-3 42 Wild Card # 3 43 Wild Card # 4 44 Wildcard # 5 45 Wild Card # 6 46 Wild Card # 10 1:00 PM City View s Mandatory meeting held 30 minutes prior to squad time. TCBA Tidbit - The next issue of the TCBA Newsletter will contain all rule change proposals and information for the 2014 All Star and Playoff tournaments.

6 Page 6 TCBA News Women s Current Record Holders HIGH INDIVIDUAL 3 GAME SERIES 1. Lisa Wasson 01/15/06 AMF Showplace Euless, TX Delores Ragsdale 01/09/10 Randolf s San Antonio, TX Anita Manns 10/07/07 Lake Country s Austin, TX Genie Franklin 01/27/08 AMF Sparetime Arlington, TX Rachel Perez 03/16/08 Enterprise s Little Rock, AR 804 HIGH INDIVIDUAL 6 GAME SERIES 1. Joy Rushing 02/13/05 Enterprise s Benton, AR Anita Manns 10/07/07 Lake Country s Austin, TX Anita Manns 12/17/06 Dart Bowl Austin, TX Rachel Perez 03/30/08 Millennium s Little Rock, AR Genie Franklin 10/08/06 Plano Super Bowl Dallas, TX 1526 HIGH TEAM GAME 1. DCCV Ron Williams PS 09/21/08 Jupiter s Dallas, TX Lusha s Ladies 01/22/12 Plano Super Bowl Plano, TX Wick s Pro Shop 10/03/10 Plano Super Bowl Plano, TX DCCV Ron Williams PS 03/06/05 DCCV Ft. Worth, TX Lusha s Ladies 05/19/12 AMF Alpha Webster, TX 1236 HIGH TEAM 3 GAME SERIES 1. DCCV Ron Williams PS 04/03/11 AMF Garland Dallas, TX Lusha s Ladies 05/19/12 AMF Alpha Webster, TX DCCV Ron Williams PS 01/15/06 AMF Showplace Euless, TX DCCV Ron Williams PS 09/12/10 University s Denton, TX 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 DCCV Ron Williams PS 03/20/05 Plano Super Bowl Plano, TX Lusha s Ladies 11/06/11 University s Denton, TX DCCV Ron Williams PS 04/03/11 AMF Garland Dallas, TX Enterprise s 03/20/05 Enterprise s Benton, AR 6662

7 Volume 30, Issue 3 Page 7 Men s Current Record Holders HIGH INDIVIDUAL 3 GAME SERIES 1. Ted Pritts 01/22/05 AMF Irving s Irving, TX James Engle 03/12/06 Armadilla I Houston, TX Mike Knight 08/08/10 AMF Allstar s Kenner, LA Larry Thompson 04/02/00 Armadilla I s Pasadena, TX Justin Taylor 02/22/09 Oak Hills San Antonio, TX 855 HIGH INDIVIDUAL 6 GAME SERIES 1. Jeff Murtagh 04/01/90 Fame City Houston, TX John Harper 08/15/ Bowl Conroe Conroe, TX Greg Derrick 11/20/04 Forum Bowl Grand Prairie, TX Larry Thompson 04/02/00 Armadilla I s Pasadena, TX Steve Drenser 09/08/02 Waco Lake Air Waco, TX 1612 HIGH TEAM GAME 1. Paradise s 11/07/10 Golden s Spartanburg, SC AMF Café 04/12/12 AMF Showplace Euless, TX G.A.T.A. 10/21/01 AMF Alpha Houston, TX Tangi s 08/09/11 AMF All Star s Kenner, LA Bowl America Shirley 03/01/09 Bowl America Shirley Alexandria, VA 1303 HIGH TEAM 3 GAME SERIES 1. Tangi s 08/09/11 AMF All Star s Kenner, LA Dogs of War 11/12/00 AMF Ponderosa San Antonio, TX Frenchy s G.A.T.A. 12/09/08 AMF Diamond Houston, TX Bowlerama KB Club 01/14/01 Interstate s Round Rock, TX Jupiter 02/16/02 AMF Irving Irving, TX 3576 HIGH TEAM 6 GAME SERIES 1. Bowlerama KB Club 01/14/01 Interstate s Round Rock, TX All Star Pro Shop 12/18/94 Dillon s Marshall, TX Dogs of War 11/12/00 AMF Ponderosa San Antonio, TX Killeen Bowlerama 01/30/00 Showplace s Austin, TX Bowl America Shirley 01/04/09 Annapolis Bowl Annapolis, MD 6858

8 World s Largest League Send news to: TCBA Headquarters Avenue J Marrero, LA (504) thetcba@gmail.com OTIS Otis Pillow Billy Pillow PILLOW Pro Shop Balls, Bags, Shoes AMF Hurst 720 W Pipeline Hurst, TX (817) The TCBA News 437 AvenueJ Marrero, LA The TCBA News The TCBA news is the official newsletter of the Traveling Classic Bowling Association, Inc., a nonprofit corporation registered in the state of Louisiana and operating in Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia. This and other official publications are supported by the membership dues of the organization. Circulation 1500/month August-May 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