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1 CTF CONNECTION Published by the November 2006 FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Membership and Award processing: Currently 50% of our membership dues have been remitted to National Office. Updated membership counts will appear on the website for November. Last Season Highest Averages have been added to the Membership Card for those associations that provide the information in their databases. These averages are only as accurate as the information provided by the association managers. All averages should be verified with either the association manager or your league secretary. Again as in past years, centre certifications and lane dressing inspections are very slow coming in. Restrictions have been placed on award orders where National Office has not received these certifications. Honour Score applications are being submitted in leagues that have not yet submitted league sanction applications. It is imperative that association managers speed up the process of submitting league sanctions and membership dues. Bee Bee Program: The National Office launched a new membership category with introduction of our Bee Bee Program. This launch has been well received across Canada and a number of associations and leagues have been ordering the packages. The Youth Committee is currently working on redesigning more of the youth crest awards to our cat character designs for release in the 2007/2008 season. All youth bowlers across Canada are receiving a ballot with their membership cards for the CTF/FCDQ Name that Cat Contest. A number of entries have already been received, so make sure each youth bowler has the opportunity to submit their entry. Storm has graciously donated a two ball bag as the prize for the contest. Thanks goes to Robin Orlikowski in Marketing for negotiating with Storm for this prize and a special thank you to STORM for their donation. Perfect Bowler Manager update: Perfect Bowler Manager 3.0 is in the final stages of testing and will be released very soon. This release will again be an electronic release using the live-update to do the upgrade. The upgrade will include a format change for the Average Reports. All standard average reports will now include a column for gender and the name of the league the average was bowled in. A utility has been added on the Start New Season screen to delete any old ABC, WIBC and YABA bowlers that are not currently bowling or were assigned a new CTF ID #. This utility is set up using the CTF ID prefix number as the sort code to delete the old entries. As all CTF ID numbers start with the association number and are greater than 10,000, all ID #s from 0 to 10,000 can be deleted. A Paid in Other Association selection has be added for those applications where bowlers bowl in more than one association. Process Date and League Sanction Number boxes have been added to the Enter/Edit Bowler screen to facilitated monitoring of membership entries and quicker membership card processing at National Office. These boxes are auto populated by the database and cannot be edited as they are for National Office use only. Coaching Courses: After many lengthy meetings and preparation, the Development Committee has completed our New NCCP Community Sport Initiation Stream. We have received NCCP approval to launch the new program in our coaching structure. Effective December 1, 2006, the CTF Coaching Structure will now provide the Community Sport Initiation Courses to our current and up and coming coaches. This is an 8 hour course for entry level coaches wishing to work in league programs to coach entry level bowlers. This course replaces the old Level I Theory, Technical and Practical courses that used to take 2 weekends to complete. As there is no assessment at this level coaches will be awarded Community Sport status upon completion of the course. This new course requires the training of facilitators to conduct this new course. Throughout the past year the Development Committee has also trained 10 Master Learning Facilitators (MLF) and 13 Learning Facilitators (LF) in preparation to launch this new course. The Development Unit has started work on the next stream Introduction to Competition that will eventually replace the current NCCP Level II course and a Long Term Athlete Development Program. With the implementation of the Community Sport Initiation Course, changes were needed in the CTF Coaching Structure. The National Office is now in charge of all operations regarding implementation and facilitating our coaching program as the National Coordinator. Provincial and Local Associations are required to appoint a Coaching Coordinator to conduct coaching courses in their areas. The National Office will be sending a notice to all Provincial and Local Associations to appoint a Coaching Coordinator for their respective associations. Your coordinators must be appointed by no later than December 31, The New CTF Coaching Structure, Coaching Coordinator Roles & Responsibilities and CTF Coaching Course Price Structure will be posted to our website under the

2 Coaching Development tab at Award Changes: The Board of Directors has approved the changes recommended by the Awards Committee for our Sport Bowling Awards and Canadian Mixed Championship Awards. Effective immediately Honour Score Awards in a sanctioned CTF Sport Bowling League will be as follows: 300 & 800 Awards Wooden Pin and; 298 & 299 Game Score Plaque & Standard Ring Award; a 290 Award, a 200 Average award and a 250 Game Award are being designed for implementation for next season. Beginning with the 2006 Canadian Mixed Championships held in Montreal the winners of the Handicap Team Event will each receive a Crystal Pin & Logo Award and the Handicap Doubles, Handicap Singles & Handicap All Events winners will receive a Crystal Logo Award. These awards will be presented to the winners in these divisions annually once the official results are verified at the completion of the Canadian Mixed Championships. Rule Changes: The Regulatory Committee has received a number of Playing Rule changes and Bylaw changes for consideration. The Playing Rule changes stem from changes made by USBC and will be considered by the Board and submitted as amendments to the Delegates at the next Annual General Meeting in Edmonton. The Bylaw changes will be addressed and voted on by the Board of Directors at our next regular meeting. The latest change by USBC in regards to Youth Rule #400 will be investigated by both our youth and regulatory committees for consideration as this rule dramatically changes the youth eligibility rules and places more responsibility on the youth bowler to protect their eligibility in future collegiate education. Final approval by the Board of Directors was given to the tournament rules for the Canadian Mixed Championships in Edmonton and the Canadian National Championships in Montreal as recommended by the Competitive Unit. The Canadian Mixed Championships rules remain unchanged with the entry fees for each event at $30.00 and an additional $10.00 for each optional event. The entry deadlines have been set at ½ hour before the start of each scheduled shift. The Canadian National Championships format for the first 3 days will change to 8 games in two 4-game blocks instead of 12 as in past years. The cut in the women s division will be reduced to the top 24 after day 2 and to 12 after day 3. The men s cuts will remain the same as in past years at 36 after day 2 and 18 after day 3. Day 4 will be a 12 game match play format. Entry fees are $ with the entry deadline of April 30, Entry forms and payment must be submitted to CTF National Office postmarked no later than April 30, Nominations: Nominations are open for three Director positions on the Board. Applications are available on the website at The deadline for the receipt of applications is January 15, Applications will be accepted from CTF members in good standing from all provinces except Manitoba as there are currently two director from Manitoba on the Board which is the maximum allowed in our Bylaws. Respectfully Submitted by Stan May CTF Executive Director \ TEAM CANADA MEMBER LAMBERT IV COMPETES WITH THE PROS Team Canada member George Lambert IV of Welland, Ontario, showed that he can compete with the professional bowlers and hold his own. Lambert, a seasoned international bowler, qualified second among 498 bowlers at the Unite States Bowling Congress Masters tournament and finished in third place. The Masters, held in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the first Professional Bowlers Association stop of the year and one of their majors. Lambert entered match play as the #42 seed and faced off against #22 seeded and current PBA exempt member Chris Loschetter. Lambert advanced with ease, Lambert continued his success as he knocked off #10 Chad Maas , #6 John May and #46 George Gohagan III In the final four, Lambert found himself with three current touring PBA members, Jack Jurek, Tommy Jones and Doug Kent. He faced Kent to determine his position of the stepladder televised finals on Sunday and defeated himt Lambert than met Jurek who defeated him , so he entered the televised finals as the #2 seed. On the TV final,.sunday, October 29, Kent had a chance to redeem his previous loss after he defeated Tommy Jones in the first round and positioned himself to face Lambert once again in round two, with the winner advancing to the finals. Kent bowled amazingly as he defeated Lambert and continued on to win the title and $100,000 by defeating Jack Jurek Jurek earned $50,000 for second. Kent also won the Masters in 1991 and became the first bowler to win the title from the 3 rd seed position. Lambert who bowls for Wichita State University, earned $25,000. There were several Canadians at the TV show supporting George. His father, George III, Jay and Jessica Kovack and Art Oliver Jr., as well as your editor who was thrilled to watch all day Thursday and Friday evening and see George make the show! The Hamilton Bowling Association were having their Awards Luncheon at the same time as the TV show, so they brought in a TV so all could view George s appearance. Thanks to Jim Margueratt for this bit of info PROVINCIAL ADULT CHAMPIONS

3 Provincial Associations are required under CTF bylaws to conduct annual championships for their members. Our congratulations to the following adult and youth champions for the season. ALBERTA Terry Jenkins, Bob Puttick, Bill Douglas and Jack Guay won the Alberta Mixed Team Championships. Kathryn Popovich and Tirstan Howard, were the Mixed Doubles Champions. Cam Smallbill earned the Men s Singles Championships and Kelly Kruschell won the Women s Singles Championships. All the champions were from Calgary. BRITISH COLUMBIA The 2 nd annual British Columbia Tenpin Federation Men and Women s Championships were held at Rev s Mayfair Lanes in Victoria, the first weekend in May. It was the swan song for the Victoria associations as Mayfair was closing their doors for a grocery warehouse on the location. 21 men s teams and 36 women s teams competed. The Bye Bye Mayfair team captained by Greg Pellizzon, of Victoria, were the men s Handicap Team Champions with a = 2802 score. The Nick Boni team from Vancouver was the men s Scratch Team Champions with a 2322 score. In the women s event, Jennifer Park s Park Express team out of the Mid Island association won both Scratch and Handicap Team titles with a =2777 score. Guy White and Steve Holden of Victoria were the Men s Handicap Doubles Champions with a score of = Colin Fisher and Robbie Martin of Victoria earned the Scratch Doubles title with Donna Young and Franca Russo of Campbell River won the Women s Handicap Doubles Championships =1466 was their score. The Willis sisters Kim Green and Jennifer Park of the Mid Vancouver Island Association, earned the Women s Scratch Doubles crown with 1238 for six games. Grandson and Gramma Brad Cool of Nanaimo and Hazel McLeary of Victoria were the Handicap Mixed Doubles Champions with = Val Saltel and Donald Nip of Victoria took the Mixed Doubles Scratch crown with Keith Ranger and Jennifer Park, Nanaimo were the Men s and Women s Handicap Singles Champions with =810 and =794 scores respectively, Park also earned the Women s Scratch Singles crown with her 704 series. Dave Riley of Vancouver took the Men s Scratch Singles title with a 723 series. Park and Riley were Scratch All Events Champions with 1914 and 1983 respectively. Donna Young, Campbell River and Kevin So, Victoria were the Handicap All Events winners. Young with a 161 average, bowled 1640 for nine games = So who averages 187, bowled = ONTARIO: The Greater Toronto Tenpin Bowling Association hosted the men and women s provincial championships on during Toronto s 100 th anniversary. The event was held at Classic Bowl. 156 men s teams participated with Gr. Toronto and Kingston having the most entries 37 and 24. Who Let the Dogs Out with captain Randy Gray, Stephen Gilliam, Robert Gloyn and Howard Schulnick of Toronto bowling 2786 for the scratch team title. Schulnick and Gilliam also earned the scratch doubles title with 1484., Terry Krawec of Niagara was the singles scratch champion with 755. Randy Gray earned the Scratch All Events title with a score of The Pin Pals of Oshawa were the Handicap Team Champions. Captain Eric Nadeau, Gordon Rose, Wendell Cumberbatch and Ryan Savage bowled 2348 plus 711 hdcp for Ryle Adamson and Brian Watson of Lambton County bowled 1405 plus to earn the Handicap Doubles title. A.J. Font of Toronto won both the Handicap Singles and All Events titles with scores of = 828 and = teams participated in the Women s Provincial Handicap Championship event. 34 from Gr. Toronto and 31 from the Windsor area. The winning team, Niagara Gypsys with Captain Charlotte Konkle, Heather Scott, Gail Roberts and Linda McCormick bowled a = Vernie Hilton and Tess Fidelino of Toronto earned the Handicap Doubles crown with a =1464 score. Jocelyn Van Ekeren of Lambton County earned the Handicap Singles title with The Handicap All Events champion was Tammy Smith of London who bowled =2220. The championships will be held in the Windsor area. Quebec did not hold a men s or women s provincial championships, Unfortunately, Saskatchewan and Manitoba results were not available PROVINCIAL CTF YOUTH CHAMPIONS ALBERTA Bantam Boy - Michael Dau, Edmonton Bantam Girl - Rebecca Silver, Edmonton Junior Boy - Jeremy Lam, Edmonton Junior Girl - Chelsey Duff', Fort. Saskatchewan Intermediate Boy - Matthew Dammann, Edmonton Intermediate Girl - Andrea Leys, Calgary Senior Boy - Michael Quinn, Calgary Senior Girl Felicia Wong, Calgary BRITISH COLUMBIA Bantam: Girl Shannon Maxwell, Victoria Boy Christopher Gutierrez, Vancouver Girl Amber Frisk, Vancouver Boy Jordan Jung, Vancouver Inter. Girl Brittany Stenberg, Victoria Boy Agon Wong, Vancouver Senior: Girl Ashley Cockle, Duncan Boy Natham Lam, Victoria MANITOBA: Bantam Girl Judy Bradford Boy Mitch Hupe Girl Danielle Lemoine

4 Boy Matt Morley Girl Courtney Chernos Boy Keith Kerlin Senior: Girl Lauren Fingler Boy Darren Klassen, Winkler NORTHERN ONTARIO Bantam Girl Kayla Consack Boy Ben Porter Girl Tiffany Begnall Boy Kyle Beith Girl Samantha Goodall Boy Jordan Fryia Senior: $Girl Petra Paalanen Boy Tyler Zimmerman SOUTHERN ONTARIO Bantam: Girl Mikayla Kudroch Boy Greg Griffith, Windsor Girl Chelsie Girard, London Boy Brian DeFrancesco, Oakville Girl Stephanie McMahon, London Boy Randy Churchill, Windsor Senior Girl- Jamie-Lynn Burse, St. Catharines Boy William Russell, Mississauga QUEBEC Provincial Youth Championships Quebec held the provincial youth championships in Trios Rivers Boys 11 and under Kevin Maurice, Estrie Boys 12 to 14 Mathieu Gauthier, Est du Quebec Boys 15 to17 Raymond Lussier, Laval Boys 18 to 21 Anthony Skitt, Lac St. Louis Girls under 11 Andreannne Biouin, Quebec 1446 Girls 12 to 14 Melissa Courchesne, Sud Ouest Girls 15 to 17 Cynthia Lacroix, Estrie 1746 Girls 18 to 21 Cassie Campbell, Sud Ouest 1839 QUEBEC CTF YOUTH CHAMPIONS Bantam: Girl Jade Fillion Boy Daniel Brazeau Junior Girl Melissa Courchesne Boy - Guillaume Trahan Girl Pamela Beaudin Boy - Mathieu Tremblay Senior Girl Veronica Lalande-Lapointe Boy Steven Uchikata ################### MICHAEL SCHMIDT STOPPED IN HIS QUEST TO WIN BACK TO BACK MEN S TITLES AT THE 42 ND QUIBICA/AMF BOWLING WORLD CUP Michael Schmidt of Winnipeg, Manitoba was stopped in his quest to become the first male to win back to back Bowling World Cup titles. Schmidt won the 41 st event in Ljubjiana, Slovenia and was in second place from day one of the qualifying for this year s cup taking place in Caracas, Venezuela. Jeanette Baker of Australia is the only back-to-back winner. She won in 1994 and 1995.However, it was not to be. Schmidt met the third place qualifier Petter Hansen of Norway in the first two of three-wins step-ladder match. Hansen won the first game 289 to 241. After a good finish for Schmidt (seven strikes in a row) the crowd was with him (they were looking for an American Zone winner over an European Zone player)! Hansen started the first six frames strike, spare, strike. Schmidt had three splits and three spares in his first six frames. Schmidt then had three strikes in the 7 th, 8th and 9 th frames while Hansen went strike, spare, spare. If Schmidt could have struck in the tenth frame he had a chance because Hansen left a six count and missed his spare for a 183 game but Schmidt had left the 3-6 pin and spared and a nine count second ball and a 179 game. Part of the not to be may have been that Schmidt was not totally relaxed going into the match. His tote bag went missing from the bowling center the day before and he and father Rick (who was his coaching) had spent the morning at the Canadian Embassy arranging for papers to get home as his passport was in the tote!. In the final step-ladder match, Hansen met the men s leader Osku Paleramaa of Finland for the title. Palermaa defeated Hansen two games to one. In the women s division, Lisa John of England beat Mai Ginge Jensen of Denmark two games to one in the first match. The leader Diandra Asbaty of the USA then beat John two games straight to take the title. Bowlers from 93 countries 89 males and 73 females have been competing in the event which is taking place from November Schmidt and Veronica Lalande- Lapointe, Ille Perrot, Quebec, earned the right to represent Canada in Caracas at the national World Cup qualifier held in Caraquet, New Brunswick last March. Lalande-Lapointe finished in 21 st place in the women s division and missed the cut to 8 women who bowled to determine the final three women. She improved on her finish in the 2005 competition in Slovenia where she finished 31 st 2007 CALENDAR OF EVENTS April Canadian Mixed Championships, Gateway Entertainment Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. April 20 evening -Association Manager Training Delta Edmonton South hotel April 20 evening - CTF Question and Answer session Delta Edmonton South hotel April 21 day - CTF Annual General Meeting Delta Edmonton South hotel May 18 21,Canadian National Championships, Montreal, Quebec area: Day 1 & 4 Centre de Quilles 440 Day 2 Laurentian Lanes, Day 3 Salle de Quilles, Pont Mercier May 31 June 3 Canadian National Youth Championships, Gateway Entertainment Centre, Edmonton, Alberta May 26 American Zone Conference of Delegates Guatemala City, Guatemala

5 May 27 - June 3 American Zone Men s Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala July Pan American Games, Rio de Janiero, Brazil August 28 September 9 Women s World Championships Monterey, Mexico Complete information on National events can be found on the CTF website: ################# BPAC PROTEST PROPOSED REJECTION OF BOWLING AS AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN S FITNESS TAX CREDIT Paul Olivera, Executive Director of the Bowling Proprietors Association of Canada has written a letter to the Federal Government objecting to their proposed rejection of bowling as an eligible activity for the Children s Fitness Tax Credit. If you haven t already signed it, ask your proprietor about signing a petition. This is a serious issue which affects all youth bowling and the BPAC are to be commended for getting involved. # FORMER CTF NATIONAL COACH CRAIG WOODHOUSE AWARDED INTERNATIONAL COACH S AWARD BY WORLD BOWLING WRITERS Craig Woodhouse of St. Catharines, Ontario, has received the International Coach Award. presented by the World Bowling Writers. The presentation was made at the 2006 Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup which took place recently in Caracas, Venezuela.. Magnus Johnson, national coach of Sweden and former winner of the award, made the presentation on the lanes at the competition.. Woodhouse, who is presently coaching in the Dominican Republic, is a four-time Canadian national team member and a member of CTF s coaching staff from He has served the World Tenpin Bowling Association as a member of the Technical, Coaching and Marketing committees. Woodhouse is credited with introducing the concept of two oiling patterns short and long which has had a major impact on international competitions. He was inducted into the Canadian Tenpin Federation s Hall of Fame in Woodhouse s major Canadian coaching accomplishments are as follows: 1991 Assistant Coach of Canada s men s team World Championships, Singapore Coach of Canadian men s team at Commonwealth Invitational Tournament Victoria, B.C. Team won 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals 1995 Coach of Canadian men s team at World Championships, Reno, Nevada. Won 1 gold, 1 silver medal 1995 Coach of Canadian men s team at Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Won gold in men s singles, bronze in men s doubles and team 1996 Coached Canada s Bill Rowe to men s championships at the Atlanta Bowling Challenge held at the time of the Atlanta Olympics Canada s head coach at Commonwealth Invitational Scotland. Won 5 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze Canada s head coach at American Zone Championships, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Won 1 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze Canada s coach at Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Won 1 silver, 2 bronze 1999 Canada s coach at Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Won 1 silver, 2 bronze 2000 Canada s coach at American Zone Youth Championships, Cancun, Mexico. Won 2 gold, 2 bronze 2000 Coached Canada s DianeBuchanan to third place finish at Bowling World Cup in Lisbon, Portugal. BOWLERS COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS IN USA SHOULD BE AWARE OF NEW PASSPORT REGULATIONS Gus Badali, CTF Domestic Manager has provided the following information for those bowlers who will be competing in tournaments in the US: In April 2005, the United States Government announced the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requiring travelers to and from the Americas, including Canadian citizens, to present a passport to enter or re-enter the United States. The WHTI will be implemented in two phases, as follows: January 8, A passport will be required for all air and sea travel from Canada, Central and South America the Caribbean and Bermuda. Mexico presently does not need a passport for Canadians traveling to this destination, although you will need a passport if you are going back to the USA. January 1, the passport requirement will be extended to all land border crossings as well as air and sea travel. For further information regarding United States policy, you may consult the US State Department Web site. Canada - US border regulations is available from Canada Border Services Agency - www. csba.asfc.gc.ca. Applications are available from Passport Canada. BRITISH COLUMBIA NAMES BOWLERS OF THE YEAR AND YOUTH ACHIEVERS OF THE YEAR The British Columbia Tenpin Federation presented Bowler of the Year awards for the season at its annual Leadership Conference held at the Tswassen Golf & Country Club in September. Male Bowler of the Year Dan Nicholls, Female Bowler of the Year Cathy Innes,

6 Senior Male Bowler of the Year Vern Hagstrom, Mid Vancouver Island TA Senior Female Bowler of the Year Annabelle Thorne, Mid Vancouver Island TA Male Youth Bowler of the Year Chris Bunnage, Kelowna Tenpin BA Female Youth Bowler of the Year Brittany Stenberg, Southern Vancouver Island TBA Youth Achievers of the Year Bantam Division Boys Chris Gutierrez, Bantam Division Girls Shannon Maxwell, Southern Vancouver Island TBA Junior Division Boys Jordan Jung, Junior Division Girls Amber Frisk, Senior Division Boys Agnon Wong, Senior Division Girls Jennifer Delesalle, HAMILTON NEWS Here the latest news from our faithful correspondent Jim Margueratt There has been a pair of 800's bowled this season, both on the same night at Prime Time Bowl. William Russell smashed an 816 (258,279,279) and Art Oliver Jr. 800 (234,266,300). Russell added an 240 for a 1056 set and Oliver a 235 for a 1035 set. The next week, Oliver blasted an 1063 (255,264,276,268) set, missing our association high of 1090 by Troy Demers by 27 pins. The same night, Lionel Lewis Jr. recorded a 300 game and 1005 (211,278,300,216) set. Russell Ross tripped a 1029 (289,278,216,246) set. Earlier in the season at Prime Time Bowl, William Russell scored a 1039 (225,248,300,266) set, Art Oliver Jr (199,278,278,299) and Wendy Zielonka established a new four game high for the ladies with 1017 (256, 205, 269,287), edging Sioban Frey's 1015 by two pins. In a Youth Bowling Tour tournament at Prime Time Bowl, Valerie Calberry of Brampton & Nathan Andal of Mississauga rolled 300 games, and Alex Carpio of Mississauga tripped a 290. Prime Time Bowl has been sold, and the new manager is Lionel Lewis Jr. Bruce DeWeber is still the lane mechanic. At Hamilton Mountain Bowl, John Olejar was near perfect at 298 and Larry Legg scored a 290. Our new association manager is Barb Hollands. ################# AVID VICTORIA BOWLERS TREK TO DUNCAN LANES TO BOWL Thanks to the efforts of Doug Milne, avid Victoria bowlers are driving 40 plus miles over a mountain pass once a week to bowl at Duncan Lanes. Rev s Mayfair Lanes, the site on many provincial and national tournaments, closed their doors the end of June. The closure is a product of the high real estate market that is playing havoc with many centres in Canada and the USA. Doug organized 32 plus seniors and 40 youth to car pool to Duncan. THIS N THAT ################## Montreal bowlers Danyck Briere and Mark Buffa competed in the European tour stop Viernheim Open. They finished 34 th and 52 nd respectively and got a pay cheque. Briere earned 550 Euros ($821 Cdn) and Buffa 350 Euros ($522 Cdn) Former women s pro Liz Johnson from New York state won the event. Team Canada member Robin Orlikowski finished fourth in the women s division of the Panama Invitational Tournament held in Panama City n October. A group of professional bowlers from the PBA National and Senior Tour and the former PWBA Tour, as well as international amateur stars from the United States, Colombia and Mexico were invited. Brian Himmler, USA won the Open Division. Clara Guerrero, Colombia won the Women s Division. Thanks to Bowling Digital for the standings USBC announced High average honors awarded in Sport Bowling competition for Team Canada member Caroline Lagrange had the high set for adult females with 792 in the Greater Wichita (Kan.) Sport Bowling League at Thunderbird Bowl. Rick Vittone of Tecumsen, Ontario earned $1375 at the Detroit stop for the Generations Senior Bowling Tour. Team Canada members George Lambert IV, Wellandport, Ontario and Felicia Wong, Calgary, Alberta have returned as team members to the Wichita State University bowling team after team try-outs in October. As a two time returning member, Wong will be co-captain of the women s team. Proud mother Diane Bryson of Toronto reports that daughter Michelle Bryson-Taylor bowled her first 300 in the Sunday morning Ladies League at Leisure Lanes in Oshawa in November. Congratulations! Vancouver s Walt Torry bowled a 298 recently in the senior league at Rev s Holdem in Burnaby. He left the 1-3 on the 12 th ball. Not bad for an old guy! Team Canada s Robin Orlikowki was interviewed by Talk Tenpin in the UK in September. Great interview check it out at index.php?option=com_content &task=view&id=218&itemid=6 1 ################## That s it for this edition from snowy and cold Victoria! Hope you and yours have a Happy Holiday season! Hazel McLeary, Editor #1-730 Sea Terrace Victoria, BC V9A 3R6 Tel: hmcleary@telus.net