Janine Primrose (pictured) of Gardnerville, Nev., developed a knack for finding herself behind in matches during her run to the 2009 USBC Senior Queens title, and she has continued to fight her way back to victories at the 2010 event at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center. Finding herself down going into the final game of her first and second round matches on Monday, she rallied with games of 245 and 247 to defeat USBC Hall of Famer Nancy Fehr of Cincinnati, 613-567, and Melody Felton of Colfax, Iowa, 653-635, respectively.
USBC Hall of Famer Anne Marie Duggan (l.) of Edmond, Okla., defeated fellow hall of famer Dana Miller-Mackie (r.) of Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday to win the 2012 USBC Senior Queens presented by Storm. Duggan, who turned 50 last month, defeated Miller-Mackie, 199-173, at the International Training and Research Center in Arlington, Texas, to claim the title. The event featured a field of 56 of the top senior women bowlers in the country.
USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie (l.) of Albuquerque, N.M., earned the top seed Monday for the stepladder finals of the 2012 USBC Senior Queens. Miller-Mackie defeated 2010 Senior Queens champion Char Hammel (r.) of Las Vegas, 605-597, to earn the top seed. Hammel will be seeded second, while Anne Marie Duggan of Edmond, Okla., and Tish Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo., will be the third and fourth seed, respectively.
The top senior women bowlers in the country will descend upon the International Training and Research Center starting Friday to compete in the 2012 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens. The Senior Queens, which will be contested for the 13th time, will feature a change this year with the final four players in the bracket taking part in the stepladder finals, which will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV on Oct. 23 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.
The dates and location for the 2012 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens have been changed. The qualifying, match-play and championship portions of the USBC Senior Queens will take place at the International Training and Research Center in Arlington, Texas next fall. The official dates and details of special events for competitors will be available in early spring. New for 2012, the tournament will feature a stepladder championship round.
Paula Vidad (center) of Sun City, Calif., claimed the 2011 USBC Senior Queens title and a check for $3,500 in record fashion as she defeated defending champion Char Hammel of Las Vegas at the Oncenter Convention Center on Wednesday. Vidad put together games of 225, 221 and 269 for a 715 series, the highest championship-match score in USBC Senior Queens history, while Hammel finished with 211, 225 and 202 for a 638 set. 
Paula Vidad (l.) of Sun City, Calif., topped defending champion Char Hammel (r.) of Las Vegas, 639-542, to earn the No. 1 seed for the championship round of the 2011 USBC Senior Queens on Tuesday. Hammel still has a chance to successfully defend her title after advancing out of the contenders bracket. With the double-elimination format, Hammel will have to defeat Vidad twice to claim the coveted title and $3,500 first-place prize. 
USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie (pictured) of Albuquerque, N.M., was extremely ill during the second round of qualifying at the USBC Senior Queens, but battled back to take the lead after three rounds Monday. Miller-Mackie finished with a 3,278 total for 15 games to edge out second-round leader Patti Schultz of Braidwood, Ill., by two pins (3,276). The top 32 finishers now will enter the double-elimination match-play format.
A few physical adjustments and a new mindset helped Patti Schultz (pictured) of Braidwood, Ill., into the second-round lead at the USBC Senior Queens on Sunday. The 53-year-old right-hander also started the day in 16th place, but averaged more than 232 on the way into the top spot with a 2,193 total for 10 games at the Oncenter Convention Center. USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., is second with 2,178, while opening-round leader Cynthia Johnson of Bowie, Md., is third with 2,159.
When Cynthia Johnson (pictured) of Bowie, Md., planned her trip to Syracuse for the USBC Women's Championships, she had no intention of staying in town to compete in the USBC Senior Queens. Luckily for Johnson, her friends and teammates had enough confidence in her abilities to talk her into staying, and she's now the first-round leader at the Senior Queens with a 1,128 five-game total at the Oncenter Convention Center on Saturday. 
Char Hammel (pictured) of Las Vegas defeated defending champion Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., in back-to-back matches Wednesday morning to win the 2010 USBC Senior Queens title. Hammel came out of the contenders bracket with one loss for the right to
face Primrose for the title. As the undefeated player, Primrose had to lose twice in the title match. Hammel won the opening three-game total pins match, 590-554, to force a deciding match, which Hammel easily won 705-520.
USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie (pictured) of Albuquerque, N.M., led the final round of qualifying for the Senior Queens rolling 3,445 for her 15-game total, easily topping the old record of 3,147 set by Lucy Sandelin in 2009. Miller-Mackie paced the field by nearly 200 pins. The top 31 finishers along with 2009 champion Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., will enter the double-elimination match-play format. The final spot in match play went to Terri Cooley of Danville,
Ky., who finished at 2,843. 