Bowlers and industry representatives planning to attend tournaments and trade shows across the country can save money on airfare thanks to a
special American Airlines group rate that takes 5 percent off the lowest applicable fare. Destination cities include Las Vegas, New York City, Reno, Nev., Omaha, Neb., Detroit and Dallas-Fort Worth. Discount fares are valid for travel on American Airlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, oneworld Alliance, and codeshare partners
from anywhere to your event destination.
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.
Killer 'B' Promotions (KBP) and the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) have announced the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement under which KBP will create and market a line of PBA-branded bowling balls for use in
the Teen Masters. The licensing agreement is part of a joint effort by the PBA and KBP
to spur the growth of competitive youth bowling.
Team USA members Chris Barnes (l.), Tommy Jones, Kelly Kulick and Shannon O'Keefe (r.) will travel to Cyprus to take on the best bowlers from 46 other countries this week at the inaugural World Tenpin Bowling Association World Singles Championships. The event, which will take place at Galactica Bowling Center in Limassol, Cyprus, begins with the opening ceremony Wednesday with competition scheduled to begin Thursday.
The United States Bowling Congress has announced special incentives leading up to the 2013 USBC Queens, including packages for international or collegiate teams entering together. The Queens, a World Bowling Tour event, will take place Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 2013 (Labor Day weekend) at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center, immediately following the conclusion of the WTBA World Championships, which will be held in the same center.
More than 100 student-athletes had the opportunity for their skills to be evaluated and to meet with college coaches during the four-day Bowling Combine for College Prospects, which wrapped up Friday at the International Training and Research Center in Arlington. The 48 girls and 60 boys who participated in this year's Bowling Combine were run through a series of tests at the ITRC, the official training center of Team USA. 
Sixteen-year-old Greg Young (l.) of Viera, Fla., swept 15-year-old Ashley Dunn (r.) of Palmdale, Calif., 216-155 and 214-158, in the best-of-three-game title match of the Teen Masters Grand Championship Wednesday night to win a $64,000 scholarship package, the richest scholarship prize in youth bowling. The tournament finals were conducted on a special one-lane installation in Vanderbilt Hall, inside New York City's Grand Central Terminal.
Each year, hundreds of new bowling balls are put on the market and before they reach consumers, prototypes are inspected thoroughly by the United States Bowling Congress to ensure they meet specific standards. The USBC Equipment Specifications team has developed a battery of tests to make sure every bowling ball that makes it to the consumer market is legal based on USBC rules.
Eight of the nation’s best high school bowlers - four boys and four girls - are headed to New York City’s Grand Central Terminal for a two-day battle Tuesday and Wednesday, competing for a $64,000 “full ride” scholarship prize which will be awarded to the winner of the 15th annual Teen Masters Grand Championship. Kamron Doyle (r.) of Brentwood, Tenn., at age 14, and last year’s 14-Under champion Ashley Dunn (l.) of Palmdale, Calif., 15, will lead their respective divisions into the finals. 
The 2013 USBC Team USA Trials will feature an extended format and stepladder finals when the event is held in January. The Team USA Trials will take place Jan. 2-7 at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. The event allows any USBC member the chance to earn a spot on Team USA with spots also available on Junior Team USA. All USBC members are eligible to compete in the Team USA Trials.
The International Bowling Campus and Ebonite International have agreed on a sponsorship deal making the Brands of Ebonite the presenting sponsor for the 2013 and 2014 North Pointe Junior Gold Championships. The agreement will make the Brands of Ebonite International the official bowling ball of the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships and the United States Bowling Congress Survivor Tournament. The Brands of Ebonite include Track, Columbia 300, Ebonite and Hammer.
Former Wichita State bowler Katie Verbil (pictured) narrowly missed becoming the first woman to roll a 900 series Wednesday night at West Acres Bowl in Wichita, Kan. The Phoenix native threw 33 consecutive strikes to start the Battle of the Sexes league, but a 10-pin ended the run for the left-hander. She finished with games of 300, 300 and 279 for an 879 series. Pending formal approval, Verbil's series would be the highest in bowling history by a woman, according to United States Bowling Congress records.
Four bowlers earned national youth titles Friday at the 2012 North Pointe Junior Gold Championships. AJ Johnson of Oswego, Ill., Robyn Renslow of Brentwood, Calif., Bradley Crouse, Nazareth, Pa., and Breanna Clemmer, Clover, S.C., all came away with championships in their respective divisions at Woodland Bowl. A record total of 1,929 athletes took part in the event competing for more than $250,000 in scholarships.
Four bowlers earned automatic spots on Junior Team USA as qualifying wrapped up Thursday at the 2012 North Pointe Junior Gold Championships presented by Brunswick. Michael Coffey of Melbourne, Fla., Matthew Farber of Plainview, N.Y., Natalie Goodman of O'Fallon, Ill., and Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., all earned automatic spots on Junior Team USA in 2013 by virtue of their 25-game totals in the 20-and-under division to end qualifying at Woodland Bowl.
After back-to-back years of strong performances at the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships presented by Brunswick, Thea Aspiras (pictured) of Chesapeake, Va., is once again lingering near the top of the leaderboard. The Norfolk State junior finished 37th last year in Las Vegas and sixth two years ago in Indianapolis. After 15 games of qualifying, she sits in 14th place in the 20-and-under division with 2,897 (193.13 average) and is again in position for a big finish. Live streaming of the event starts Thursday at 8 a.m. Eastern. 
With three lane patterns at three bowling centers over three days, the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships presented by Brunswick tests the versatility of the players competing in the event. Competing on a long, medium and short pattern, the players are challenged by the USBC Sport Bowling conditions. And for the 20-and-under boys who wrapped up competition on the short pattern Tuesday morning, they were put to the test like never before.
For the first time in the 15-year history of the event, the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships are broken into divisions by age. But that didn't stop nine brave bowlers in the younger division from challenging their older counterparts. Six boys and three girls eligible for the 15-and-under division opted to compete in the 20-and-under division, which began with the opening round of qualifying Monday. Live Streaming starts Thursday at 8 a.m. Eastern.
The United States Bowling Congress Youth Open Championships got underway Thursday at Expo Bowl in Indianapolis. The event runs July 12-14, 19-23 and 27-28. The non-qualifying tournament is patterned after the USBC Open Championships and USBC Women's Championships. Youth bowlers compete in Team (four players), Doubles, Singles and All-events.