ARLINGTON, Texas – Dexter Bowling and the United States Bowling Congress have agreed on a partnership that will keep Dexter as the exclusive title sponsor of the USBC High School All-American Team.

The three-year agreement also includes Dexter’s sponsorship of the USBC Coach/Player Luncheon at the Intercollegiate Team Championships. Dexter has been the official sponsor of the USBC High School All-American Team since 2005-06.
“Dexter has been a big supporter of high school and youth bowling, and it is great that we can continue our relationship with them in the coming years,” USBC Executive Director Stu Upson said. “Being named to the Dexter All-American Team is one of the most prestigious honors a high school bowler can achieve and the recognition of these bowlers is because of the commitment Dexter has made to this program.”

Each year, five male and five female USBC High School members are selected for the Dexter/USBC High School All-American Team. Each All-American receives a $1,000 scholarship.

“We look forward to continuing our relationship with USBC to promote high school and collegiate bowling,” Dexter Shoe Company Vice President Bud Clapsaddle said. “It is important to recognize the many young bowlers who are not only great ambassadors for the sport but also make important contributions to their communities.”

Coaches or team administrators nominate eligible contenders for the Dexter/USBC High School All-American Team. Selection to the team is based on bowling accomplishments, academic achievement, letters of recommendation, extracurricular activities and community involvement, and submitted essays and resumes. Minimum requirements include a 3.0 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale and at least one letter of recommendation.

The Dexter/USBC All-American Team awards are presented at the USBC Junior Gold Championships in July.

Dexter Bowling also will sponsor the USBC Coach/Player Luncheon at the ITC. The ITC is the pinnacle event of the college bowling season, bringing together the top 16 men’s and top 16 women’s teams in the country to compete for national titles.

Go to BOWL.com/highschool for more information about the Dexter/USBC High School All-American Team.

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MUNICH, Germany – At the halfway point of qualifying, Team USA holds the lead in the coveted five-player team event at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Men’s Championships.

The Americans put together a three-game set of 3,314, an average of 220.9, to take the lead Thursday heading into the final round of qualifying Friday. The top four teams after six games will advance to the semifinals, which will be contested Friday night.

Team USA had games of 1,142, 1,122 and 1,050 and leads Finland by 29 pins on the medium oil pattern. Chris Barnes led the Americans with a 692 series and was followed by Tommy Jones (670), Bill O’Neill (663), Patrick Allen (645) and Wes Malott (644).

“I think we are in good shape because tomorrow’s long pattern plays to our strengths,” Barnes said. “The goal is to get the top seed so you can have choice of lane pattern in the semifinals and final. I like our chances in the semifinals, especially if we can get there and choose the pattern.”B

arnes said the team was satisfied with the score, but felt like they could have finished a little stronger in the third game to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field.

“The last game today was a little disappointing,” Barnes said. “I thought the third game we could make up some pins and pull away a little bit. At the end of the day, 1,050 is a good score, but we left some pins out there.”

Rhino Page also bowled Thursday, but his 640 series did not count toward the five-man team total. In Friday’s second round, Malott’s score will not count. Both players scores will be credited toward their all-events score, however.

BowlingDigital.com will provide live streaming of the semifinals and finals of each event and coverage also can be viewed live on BOWL.com. The team semifinals and final are scheduled to begin Friday at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

In the all-events race, O’Neill maintained the top spot with just three games remaining. He has totaled 4,717 for 21 games, an average of 224.6, and leads Barnes, who has 4,633, by 84 pins. Korea’s Jang Dong-Chul is third, 94 pins behind Barnes.

The top 16 players in the all-events standings after 24 games advance to Masters match play Saturday. Allen sits in fifth at 4,489, Jones is ninth with 4,437 and Malott is 12th with 4,406. Page is currently 26th at 4,323.

The 2010 WTBA World Men’s Championships features 356 competitors from 65 countries competing for medals in six events – five-player team, trios, doubles, singles, all-events and Masters match play.

For complete coverage of the World Men’s Championships, including photos, videos, stories and results, visit BOWL.com.

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ARLINGTON, Texas – The United States Bowling Congress will bring an international touch to the sport this fall with the launch of Team USA Experience leagues, a new Sport Bowling option that will allow bowlers to test their skills on the lanes.

Team USA Experience leagues were developed to give bowlers the opportunity to compete on the same challenging lane conditions that members of Team USA face when competing against the top players in the world at international competitions. These patterns are used by the World Tenpin Bowling Association in major contests such as the World Championships, Pan American Games and QubicaAMF World Cup.

“Taking on these types of conditions can really help a bowler learn more about their game,” said Team USA head coach Rod Ross. “Our teams have put in a lot of work to learn the nuances of the patterns and that has helped us achieve the success we have had at the international level.”

Team USA Experience leagues will be Sport Bowling leagues. Advancements in technology and the prevalence of forgiving lane conditions tend to conceal weaknesses in the games of even the top bowlers, which led to the development of Sport Bowling.

Sport Bowling provides lane oil patterns that are more challenging than typical league conditions. Bowlers who compete in Sport leagues are eligible for exclusive awards, special discounts on equipment through USBC partnerships with pro shops, a monthly e-newsletter that highlights honor scores and access to a members-only page on BOWL.com.

The new Team USA Experience leagues will offer a great variety of challenges since there are 12 patterns available – four short, four medium and four long patterns. Each pattern is named after an Olympic host city.

The short patterns start with Sydney at 33 feet, followed by Stockholm (34 feet), Beijing (35 feet) and Los Angeles (36 feet). Atlanta, at 38 feet, is the first of the medium patterns along with Seoul (39 feet), Athens (40 feet) and Montreal (41 feet). The long patterns include Tokyo (43 feet), London (44 feet), Mexico City (45 feet), and Paris (47 feet).

You can learn more about the Team USA Experience leagues, including a look at the lane patterns, on the Sport Bowling page of BOWL.com. You also can go to BOWL.com to learn about the Team USA program.

For Sport Bowlers who wish to compete in PBA Experience leagues, in which bowlers take on the same lane conditions used in PBA competitions, those leagues also will be available this fall.

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The fundraiser paired sponsored teams with current Senior PBA Stars. The PBA professionals competing in the tournament included Bob Chamberlain, Tom Baker, Tom Carter, Dale Eagle, Bob Kelly, Sam Maccarone, Ron Mohr, Johnny Petraglia, Ron Profitt, Dave Soutar, and Wayne Webb.

The sponsorships levels were the Alz Star Team Level of $5,000, the Super Star Level of $2,500, the Champion Level of $1,500, the Celebrity Level of $1,000, and the Hall of Fame Level of $500. Mike Irwin and the staff at Capri Lanes treated the participants to a wonderful evening of festivities including two games of bowling, a prime rib dinner, a silent auction, raffle, and live music. The event was a huge success.

The sponsors for the competing teams were as follows:

• Alz Star – Capri Lanes, Kettering Health Network, and Premier Partners.
• Champion – New Page, WoodGlen Alzheimer’s Community and Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, WoodGlen Forget Me Not, Riverside Renegade, and Bowling Stones.
• Celebrity – Hospice of Dayton, Orville Smith & Nick Manos Memorial, and Victory Lanes.
• Hall of Fame – Chapter Champions, Chapter Hopefuls, Dayton Marriott, Greater Dayton USBC. Just For Laughs, KeyBank, The LeBron Team, 1040, Teradata Intelligence, and Wagner Insurance Agency.

The GDUSBC was represented by local Senior Champions Evelyn Fields, Paulette Hanselman, Craig Baker, John Papp, and Don Berry. Each of the bowlers had just completed winning titles in the local senior tournament and then they took their winning ways to this event and captured the inaugural title. Baker and Hanselman had the high scores in their respective divisions.

The Miami Valley Alzheimer’s Association has a very simple but demanding mission: To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

Their vision is a world without Alzheimer’s.

What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer who first described it in 1906. It is defined as a progressive and fatal brain disease that affects more than 5 million Americans. Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.

There is no current cure for Alzheimer’s.

Some other sad but true statistics regarding Alzheimer’s

• Every 70 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer’s
• It is estimated that 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s
• One out of eight people over age 65 has Alzheimer’s
• 200,000 to 500,000 Americans younger than age 65 have Alzheimer’s
• Alzheimer’s disease is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States
• Currently, there are no disease-modifying therapies
• 70% of those with Alzheimer’s and other dementia live at home, cared for by family and friends
• Almost 11 million Americans are caring for a person with Alzheimer’s or another dementia – approximately one out of three of these caregivers is over age 60
• Direct and indirect care for those with Alzheimer’s amounts to more than $172 billion annually
• By 2050, there could be as many as 19 million people with the disease

Nev. – Member delegates heard announcements about program changes, voted on two dozen legislative proposals and elected four members to the United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors during the 2010 USBC Annual Meeting.

Headlining announcements made during the meeting was news of the creation of a new independent corporation to oversee and manage SMART (Scholarship Management and Accounting Reports for Tenpins) funds. The corporation will have its own board of directors comprised of bowling industry leaders with financial backgrounds.

“This corporation was created to have a total focus on the care of SMART funds and promote youth bowling scholarships,” USBC President Jeff Boje‚ said. “This board will remain consistent with people eminently qualified to manage those funds.”

USBC Executive Director Stu Upson detailed several program changes designed to improve the overall financial strength of the organization.

“USBC must build reserves in order to strengthen our position to invest in the sport in the future,” Upson said. “We need the membership to support our program changes this year, while USBC develops vastly new products and benefits for bowlers.”

Some of the program changes Upson discussed include:

• USBC will offer a new credit card partnership with Nationwide that gives card users free USBC national membership and other bowling-related benefits.
• USBC will put the U.S. Women’s Open on hiatus for 2011.
• U.S. Bowler magazine will be an electronic-only publication, while U.S. Youth Bowler will continue to be mailed to homes.
• The 2011 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships will be broadcast exclusively on BOWL.com.

Delegates approve eight proposals and reject 16.

The most discussed item of the legislative session by the 1,049 voting delegates related to proposal B-7, which would have given the USBC Board of Directors authority to change bylaws.

The proposal required a two-thirds majority for passage and was rejected. Overall, delegates approved eight amendments and rejected 16.

Two incumbents, two newcomers elected to USBC Board of Directors

Current USBC directors Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Keller, Texas, and Michael Italia, Warrington, Pa., joined newcomers Mark Martin, Waterford, Mich., and Deanna Rose, Fairport, N.Y., in being elected to the USBC Board of Directors by the delegates attending the Annual Meeting. All were elected on the first ballot with 956 ballots cast.

Dorin-Ballard had 787 votes, Italia 623; Martin 507; Rose 486; Bill Vint, East Troy, Wisc., 413; Michael Carroll, Huntington, W.Va., 407; Dale Bohn, Collinsville, Ill., 205; Steve Kaplan, Monroe, N.J., 158; Gary Anderson, Taylors, S.C., 119.

Baker named USBC president

Darlene Baker, Mahomet, Ill., was named USBC president at the Annual Meeting. She is the first female president in the history of the organization. Baker will begin her term Aug. 1. The remaining board officers will be announced following the June board meeting.

USBC raises nearly $2 million for charity

USBC once again generated significant financial support for charity. USBC Bowl For The Cure led to a more than $1.1 million donation to Susan G. Komen For The Cure at the 2010 meeting. Contributions to Bowlers to Veterans Link from USBC were nearly $826,000, an increase of more than $100,000 from the previous year.

Results of 2010 USBC Annual Meeting Legislative Session

League Rules
Amendment No. LR1 (Rejected)
Rule 100h. Senior
Deletes the rule related to senior leagues.

Amendment No. LR2 (Approved)
Rule 102c. Duties of the President, Item 3
Requires bank statements to be sent to the president.

Amendment No. LR3 (Approved)
Rule 102f. Duties of the Treasurer, Item 7
Changes the time frame for retaining treasurer records from 120 days to one year from completion of the season.

Amendment No. LR4 (Rejected)
Rule 105. Absentee and Vacancy Scores
Allows for individuals on a team to bowl baker format for one absentee or one vacancy score if the team is comprised of three, four or five players.

Amendment No. LR5 (Approved)
Rule 106a. Series – How Bowled
Allows for each game or frame to be bowled on a different pair of lanes.

Amendment No. LR6 (Approved)
Rule 111c.
Gives leagues more flexibility for requesting pre/post bowling.

Amendment No. LR7 (Rejected)
Rule 111f. Time Limit for Bowling
Restricts a league from adopting a rule that requires less than 15 days to pre- or post-bowl unopposed.

Tournament Rules
Amendment No. TR1 (Rejected)
Rule 315. Multiple Participation
Allows individuals to place more than once unless the tournament has a rule otherwise.

Amendment No. TR2 (Approved)
Rule 319a. Conditions that Apply
Treats all averages, including summer averages the same.

Amendment No. TR3 (Rejected)
Rule 319a. Conditions that Apply
Requires bowlers to report their current average if it is higher than their previous season’s book average, not just the 10 pin increase.

Amendment No. TR4 (Rejected)
Rule 319a. Conditions that Apply
Requires bowlers to use a composite average of all leagues if higher than the bowler’s highest 21 game average.

Amendment No. TR5 (Rejected)
Rule 319e. Average Adjustment for Entry
Requires bowlers to report their 21 game tournament average if it is higher than their highest USBC average.

Amendment No. TR6 (Approved)
Rule 320a. Two Lanes Required
Allows for each tournament game or frame to be bowled on a different pair of lanes.

Amendment No. TR7 (Approved)
Rule 329. Protests and Appeals
Changes the time frame for protesting rule infractions to 72 hours and the time frame for appealing tournament management’s decision to 10 days.

USBC National Bylaws
Amendment No. B1 (Approved)
Article VI, Meetings
Section A. Annual Meeting, Item 2
Provides for electronic balloting as the final system used for voting, unless the president determines the circumstances require a different method.

Amendment No. B2 (Rejected)
Article II, Purposes
Section B. Chartering State and Local Bowling Associations
Requires non-merged local associations to be merged by Aug. 1, 2012. (Amended)

Amendment No. B3 (Rejected)
Article III, Membership and Dues
Section B. Dues
Raises state and local dues maximums in the same increments as national.

Amendment No. B4 (Rejected)
Article III, Membership and Dues
Section B. Dues
Changes maximum USBC adult state membership dues from $1 to $5.

Amendment No. B5 (Rejected)
Article III, Membership and Dues
Section B. Dues
Changes maximum USBC adult membership dues from $10 to $15. Changes maximum state adult membership dues from $1 to $2 if the association is merged adults. Changes maximum state adult membership dues from $1 to $3 if the association is merged adult and youth.

Amendment No. B6 (Rejected)
Article IV, Board of Directors
Section B. Election, Item 2
Changes requirement for credentials to be filed with USBC from 24 hours to 90 days.

Amendment No. B7 (Rejected)
Article IV, Board of Directors
Section E. Authority and Duties, Item 14
Gives the board the authority to make important decisions any time of the year.

Amendment No. B8 (Rejected)
Article VI, Meetings
Section A. Annual Meeting, Item 3(b), Elections
Allows affiliate associations to have delegates and voting rights at the Annual Meeting.

Amendment No. B9 (Rejected)
Article VIII, Amendments
Allows legislation for General Playing Rules, League Rules and Tournament Rules to be conducted in even-numbered years.

Amendment No. B10 (Rejected)
National Bylaws
Changes the national bylaws

Resolution for Articles of Incorporation (Withdrawn)
Gives the board the authority to make important decisions any time of the year.

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ARLINGTON, Texas - USBC Collegiate has determined sectional-qualifying assignments for the 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships. Now, the nation’s top men’s and women’s collegiate bowling teams can begin charting their courses toward the 2010 national title.

The four sectional qualifiers will be held March 13-14 at AMF Parkway Lanes in Allentown, Pa.; Holiday Bowl-Brainerd in Chattanooga, Tenn.; Landmark Lanes in Peoria, Ill.; and the South Point Hotel and Casino Bowling Center in Las Vegas.

The top four teams in each division at each sectional will advance to the 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships, which will be held April 14-17 at the El Paso (Texas) Convention and Performing Arts Center.

On the men’s side, defending national champions Wichita State, the No. 1 program in Team Ranking System points, will compete in the Peoria Sectional. No. 2 Lindenwood will headline the field at the Chattanooga Sectional. No. 3 Fresno State and No. 4 Robert Morris (Ill.) will head to the Las Vegas Sectional, making No. 5 Webber International the lone top-five team at the Allentown Sectional.

In women’s competition, No. 1 Central Florida, which is coming off a victory at the 2010 Backhaul Direct Hoosier Classic, will be the featured team at the Chattanooga Sectional. No. 2 Wichita State, the reigning women’s national champions, will head to the Peoria Sectional while No. 3 Pikeville and No. 4 Webber International will compete in the Allentown Sectional. No. 5 Robert Morris (Ill.) will participate in the Las Vegas Sectional.

The complete men’s and women’s 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships Sectional Qualifier field (teams listed in alphabetical order):

MEN
Allentown Sectional
Briarcliffe, Erie Community College, George Mason, Hudson Valley Community College, Michigan State, Mohawk Valley Community College, Monmouth, Ohio State, Penn State, Penn State-Berks, Pikeville, Robert Morris (Pa.), Rochester Institute of Technology, Sacred Heart, St. John’s, Webber International, William Paterson, Youngstown State.

Chattanooga Sectional
Central Florida, Davenport, Florida State, Houston, Indiana, Lindenwood, Louisiana State, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Missouri Baptist, North Carolina State, Purdue, Rock Valley, Saginaw Valley State, Santa Fe, Urbana, Virginia Tech

Peoria Sectional
Bellarmine, Calumet College of St. Joseph, Delta, Kansas, McKendree, Morehead State, Nebraska-Omaha, Newman, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Toledo, Vincennes, Viterbo, Western Illinois, Wichita State, Wisconsin-Madison, Wright State.

Las Vegas Sectional
Arizona State, Fresno State, Martin Methodist, Nebraska-Lincoln, North Texas, Robert Morris (Ill.), San Jose State, St. Ambrose, UC-Davis, UNLV, West Texas A&M, Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin-Whitewater.

WOMEN
Allentown Sectional
Adrian, Briarcliffe, Erie Community College, Hudson Valley Community College, Michigan State, Mohawk Valley Community College, Notre Dame College, Ohio State, Penn State, Penn State-Berks, Pikeville, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Institute of Technology, Webber International.

Chattanooga Sectional
Calumet College of St. Joseph, Central Florida, Davenport, Florida State, Grand Valley State, Houston, Indiana, Lindenwood, Louisiana State, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Michigan-Ann Arbor, Missouri Baptist, Missouri State, Purdue, Rock Valley, Southern, Union, Urbana, Virginia Tech.

Peoria Sectional
Bellarmine, Elmhurst, Illinois State, Illinois-Urbana, McKendree, Newman, Robert Morris-Peoria, South Dakota State, Viterbo, Western Illinois, Wichita State, William Penn, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Platteville, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wright State.

Las Vegas Sectional
Arizona, Ball State, Fresno State, Martin Methodist, New Mexico, North Texas, Robert Morris (Ill.), St. Ambrose, San Jose State, Texas A&M, UC-Davis, Washington State, West Texas A&M.

Sectional assignments are based on the Team Ranking System points earned in USBC Collegiate-certified competition throughout the season. USBC Collegiate attempts to place no more than two of the top eight schools and no more than four of the top 16 schools in a sectional based on final TRS totals. Sectional Qualifier fields are determined by taking geographic distance, economics and field size into consideration.

The sectionals will consist of 32 Baker System games each day for a total of 64 Baker games. The top four teams based on total pinfall in each division following the completion of competition at each sectional will advance to the 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships.

In addition, these four locations will host qualifying for the 2010 USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships on March 12. All participants will bowl six games with total pinfall determining final standings. The top four finishers in each division (men and women) at each Sectional Qualifier advance to the USBC Intercollegiate Singles Championships, scheduled for May 16-18 at AMF Euless Lanes in Euless, Texas.

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There were 64 teams competing and the unofficial low score to cash was 3266. Scores will be verified and checks will be written and sent within the next three to four weeks.

Click here for PDF file of complete “OFFICIAL” results.

Thanks to Joe Taylor and the staff for running a great tournament.

Individual Award Scores from the tournament
Eddie Graham 300 Game and 819 Series
Joe Hoelscher 225 300 229 – 754
Ken Hurst 299 235 226 – 760
Andy Bizub – 11 in a row – 279 game
George Gohagen III – Big 4

Ladies Scores above 700
Jane Bloom 234 237 238 – 709
Katie Hale 223 222 263 – 708

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So far this season, USBC Collegiate has added 25 new schools to its roster of institutions fielding collegiate bowling teams. Those additions are expected to push USBC Collegiate’s total number of certified schools to 175, which would represent a 16.4-percent increase over the 152 schools that participated in 2008-09.

The current growth spurt has been felt across the country, but spikes have been seen in Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Iowa and Wisconsin.

Viterbo University, located in Lacrosse, Wis., is among the schools that are newly-registered this season. Director of Athletics Barry Fried explains what prompted Viterbo’s decision to begin fielding bowling teams.

“One of the primary reasons we decided to add intercollegiate bowling was the increasing popularity of the sport,” Fried said. “It’s one of the fastest-growing sports in the country as 46 of 50 states have club or varsity bowling programs in high school. We felt the addition of bowling might give us a recruiting niche and help increase our enrollment.”

Currently, USBC Collegiate has approximately 2,775 registered bowlers in its program. That is nearly 150 more bowlers than it had last season and nearly 300 above its final number from 2007-08.

The current growth pattern can be attributed to many factors, but USBC Collegiate Manager Gary Brown thinks it is largely due to the financial benefits experienced by both schools and bowlers.

“Of the 25 new schools we have added this season, just about half offer at least some form of financial assistance to bowlers,” Brown said. “The student-athletes and their parents definitely see that and want to take advantage of it. Collegiate bowling already offered the opportunity to pursue the sport they love and compete for team and individual national titles. Now, it can help them pay for their educations, too.

“For the schools, bowling costs very little in the way of equipment to buy and facilities to use and maintain, and it boosts enrollment by allowing these schools to tap into the huge number of high school bowlers across the country. It’s a win-win situation for them. I think that’s why we’ve seen this huge spike this year and why we already have schools expressing interest in starting new teams in 2010 and 2011.”

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We here in the Dayton bowling communtiy should be very proud of the Raider teams as their hard work is paying off.

As membership applications began to arrive in the Greater Dayton USBC office, and were beginning to be transmitted to national headquarters, it became evident that there were problems at both the levels.

The data being sent was not being configured properly and both the organizations experienced computer problems. USBC headquarters had us halt the processing of applications till the problems were resolved.

As of the first week of October, both computer systems are operating properly. We began processing all applications again and expect to be completed by the end of October. We apologize for any delay.

If you have entered any of our tournaments and have not yet received your membership card, bring your league receipt showing that you have purchased your card for this season. We will extend the 45 day period that the receipt shows.

Thank you for your support and understanding. If you have any further questions regarding your membership application, please contact the Greater Dayton USBC at (937) 222-2695 or (937) 222-9422.

“Unofficial Results”

A complete listing of “Unofficial” results (pending AVG. verification), click here.