For those of you who believe in Santa Claus, he will be here soon, and I hope he brings you everything you wanted. I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year.
By Thanksgiving, the office had processed all league applications that had been received. You should receive your cards in a couple of weeks. They are being sent to you by USBC Headquarters in Arlington, Texas by nonprofit mail, so it takes a while.
We ask all the Youth contacts to be sure to place shirt sizes on the application cards. Meanwhile, our awards department is pretty well caught up the awards.
Look for the entry forms for the Women’s Championship Tournament and the Open Championship Tournament in the centers over the holidays. The Women’s Tournament will be held at Bowl America Chantilly the first three weekends in March. The Open Tournament will be held at Bowl America Shirley (team) and Bowl America Woodbridge (doubles & singles) the last three weekends in April. I hope to see all of you participating in the tournaments.
We are sending to secretaries a list of the bowlers in their league who, so far, have not paid their membership dues. Any secretary who finds a discrepancy on the list should contact the office, and we will adjudicate all problems.
The office will be closed from noon on December 24 until January 4.