USBC Women's Championships

Sally Lynn's career-best 662 series powered Rollin' Along of Mundelein, Ill., into third place in Division 1 team competition Saturday at the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships. "We're on top of the world," team captain Farruggia said. "We've never placed this high in any of the Women's Championships we've bowled in before. It pays off going and going each year and having the camaraderie we have. We came in thinking 'We can do it.'"

What do you get when you have 30 Bermuda athletes in Charlotte for the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships?
You get a great group of competitors having a lot of fun. And oh yes, you do get one loud complaint.
Turn up the heat!

Vi Bonomo's bowling career began in 1942 in a small six-lane center in upstate New York where she had to set her own pins. Sixty-five years later, the technology of bowling is a bit more advanced, but the 81-year-old Bonomo of Utica, N.Y., is still rolling strikes and converting spares, still smiling, laughing and high-fiving fellow bowlers. Bonomo's bowling career reached a grand milestone Sunday as she competed in her 50th United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships at AMF Carolina Lanes in Matthews, N.C.

New leaders emerged in the Classic Doubles and Singles events at the USBC Women's Championships on Friday at AMF Carolina Lanes. Liz Johnson and Susan Jeziorski-Smith took the lead in Classic Doubles, combining for 1,385. Meanwhile, Tiffany Stanbrough moved into the Classic Singles lead with 745.

Wendy Macpherson made her bid for a fifth United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships title by moving into the Classic All-Events lead with a 2,161 total Thursday at AMF Carolina Lanes in Matthews, N.C. Wendy Chai and Esther Cheah of Malaysia moved into the lead in Classic Doubles and Tish Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo., took the lead in Classic Singles.

Leanne Barrette shot the second highest series in the history of the USBC Women's Championships on Wednesday to power her team to the top of the Classic Division standings. Barrette shot an 804 series on games of 288, 248 and 268 at Northcross Lanes in Huntersville, N.C., to propel Ebonite Bowlers Map of Roseville, Calif. (pictured), into the Classic Team lead with 3,210.

The Quack Pots of Coventry, R.I., rolled a 2,703 series to take the overall lead in Division 2 team competition Thursday at the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships at Northcross Lanes. The team's three-game series was only 31 pins shy of last year's Division 2 team champion, Jax 1, of Jacksonville, Fla.

How they approach the pins has changed, but Judith Williams-Mosher and Janet Norwood's love of bowling remains the same. The two women competed from their wheelchairs Sunday in the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships at AMF Carolina Lanes.

The first of more than 8,700 teams took the lanes Thursday as the 2007 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships began for the first time in the state of North Carolina. Over the next three months more than 43,000 bowlers from across the country will descend upon the suburban Charlotte, N.C., area to take part in the Women's Championships, which is the largest participatory sporting event for women in the world.

The Charlotte, N.C., area will become a bowling mecca for thousands of women from across the country when the USBC Women's Championships begins April 12. For the first time in the event's 90-year history, the USBC Women's Championships will be conducted in suburban Charlotte and will feature 8,710 five-player teams - more than 43,000 bowlers - competing for national championships.

With entries continuing to come in at a steady pace, the deadline for entering the 2007 USBC Women's Championships has been extended until March 30. More than 8,600 teams already have signed up for the world's largest participatory sporting event for women, which will be held in Charlotte, N.C., beginning April 12 and concluding July 2.

A record team series highlighted title performances at the 2006 USBC Women's Championships as the event ended its 109-day run at the National Bowling Stadium Monday. Together Once Again of North Richland Hills, Texas, set the all-time record team series on June 15 to win the Classic Division with 3,350.

DeAnn Kubr had a new ball and a new doubles partner, and both proved a boon for her at the United States Bowling Congress 2006 Women's Championships presented by the Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus. Kubr, 47, moved into second in Division 4 singles; fifth in doubles (along with partner Jane Buckendahl); and first in All-Events competition.

For Fort Wayne, Ind. bowler Sandy Kaiser, bad weather on the other side of the country meant good fortune on the lanes at the United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships presented by the Eldorado, Silver Legacy and Circus Circus. Kaiser and doubles partner Coleen Fritsch, also of Fort Wayne, moved into fifth place in Division 2 Doubles competition.

Shannon Sellens brought the "wrong ball" to the competition, which ironically enabled her to take over second place in Classic Division Singles at the USBC Women's Championships. Her "mistake" resulted in a 768 series (245, 255, 268), just three pins short of leader Karen Stroud.

Mary Louise Young of Houston, Texas, was honored for her 50th United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships appearance Thursday evening at the National Bowling Stadium. Young, 76, who competed in her first national tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1954, accepted her plaque from tournament manager  David Biber.

Together Once Again of North Richland Hills, Texas, set the all-time record team series Thursday, taking the lead in Classic Division with 3,350 at the USBC Women's Championships. The team series eclipsed the previous record of 3,327 set by High Roller-Cherry Hills, N.J. of Henderson, Nev., bowled in 2002.

With defending United States Bowling Congress Queens champion Tennelle Milligan, the Barry Asher's Embroidery team of Costa Mesa, Calif., moved into the Classic Division Team lead Wednesday in the USBC Women's Championships. Gina Daroszewski of Franklin, Wis., moved into the Classic Singles lead Thursday with a 720 series.

Floridians Linda Martinez and Melissa Stewart teamed up to take the Classic Doubles lead in the United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships. Martinez, a 26-year-old human resources professional from Jacksonville, and Stewart, 24, who works for her family's ventilation business in Port St. Lucie, combined for a 1,411 total Thursday at the National Bowling Stadium.

It takes a special breed of cat to be a member of the United States Bowling Congress Travelers program. Travelers spend nearly four months out of every year away from home, family and friends at the USBC Women's Championships. Currently numbering 12 members, the travelers assume the countless day-to-day tasks behind the scenes to help make a tournament succeed. Without tournament registrars, record keepers and squad room facilitators, the Women's Championships would not happen.