We are trying something different this year with the Women’s Championship Tournament and the Open Championship Tournament: They will be conducted during the same time period at the same centers. Our current plans are to alternate each group on each weekend. The team event will be held at AMF Annandale, and the singles and doubles will be held at AMF Capital Plaza the last weekend of March and the first three weekends of April. This is an experiment to better serve the bowlers.
Meanwhile, the Youth Championship Tournament will be held at Bowl America Woodbridge the first two weeks in March.
Instead of a BVL Kickoff this year, we will conduct a mixed tournament with some funds going to BVL. The tournament will be held at Bowl America Fairfax the first two weekends of November and will consist of a team event of two men and two women and a mixed doubles event in the first year. If the first year is successful, we will expand it in the future.
League applications are being received at a pretty good pace. Those we receive first will be processed first.
As a reminder, the dues for the current season have not changed:
If I have confused you, call me at the office, and together we will figure out the problems.
With the new schedule of only publishing two copies of BOWL Magazine this season, you can still read my column on this site.
I hope all of you enjoyed your summer vacation and are now ready to put some hurtin’ on the bowling pins. Most centers put in new pins for winter, and they have a flat bottom that makes them harder to knock down, so bear down.