August 2023

Welcome back for another season of the Master Bowlers Association of Alberta.

Teaching Woman Dominate the Nationals in St. John’s

Congratulations to our Teaching Women Team as they won Gold. They did not have to bowl the last day, (but they did) as they lost only 3 games out of 21. The team was Eva White, Valerie Connell, Keera Usman, Stacy Fong, Chelsi Paxton and coach Scott Wiseman. Eva White also won Teaching Women singles Gold! Bradley Tytgat won Tournament Men Singles Silver. Jennifer Baker finished 8th in a tough field in the Tournament Women Singles event. Teaching Men came 5^th, Tournament Men and Ladies both came 4^th, while Seniors were 6^th.

Dear Fellow Masters,

To assist our tournament directors and hosting proprietors, we are asking for your cooperation when participating in our tournaments.

You must Pre-Register with the zone directors a week prior to the tournament. This will allow the proprietors to book the appropriate number of lanes for the tournament. This also helps the proprietor enter names into the electronic scoring before the tournament begins. These actions will help in getting our tournaments started on time.  

Bowl Alberta will continue with the “no show” policy. If the bowler does not show to the event, the proprietor will be charging the Master Bowlers the lineage for that person.  Those charges will need to be passed onto the bowler and the bowler will be charged the amount. The bowler will not be a member in good standing until the amount is paid.  Bottom line, it may come to “you are saying you are going to be there then you will need to show up or cancel one week prior”. 

Your zone directors are:

	Home	Work	e-mail
Zone One
Michelle Armstrong	(780) 712-4394	(780) 723-4617	micharm@telus.net
Zone Two
Rollie Poitras	(780) 645-5261		p.rollie@hotmail.com
Zone Three
Carol Bailey	(780) 831-7357	Cell-(780) 228-1778	tomcar@telus.net
Zone Four
Dorry Mielke	(780) 884-1719		milkydm@hotmail.com
Zone Five
Bonnie Malmas	(403) 844-3948		bgmalmas@hotmail.com
Zone Six
Sarah Simmons	(403) 988-6211		ssimmons81@gmail.com
Zone Seven
Shirley Kultgen	(403) 527-7823		malkey@telus.net
Zone Eight
Rob Miklos	(403) 393-1110
Tourn. Division Directors
Bradley Tytgat	(403) 288-6557		brad.tytgat@gmail.com
Dexter Wiseman	(780) 886-4504		dtdwiseman@gmail.com
Senior Division Director
Bev Gigliuk	403-597-7674		bgigliuk@gmail.com
Teaching Division Director
Dorry Mielke and Sarah Simmons	As above		As above

Alberta 5 Pin Cards

MBA of A members competing in qualifying tournaments must be a member in good standing with the Alberta 5-Pin Bowlers’ Association and the Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta. The 5 pin card must be purchased through a local proprietor or directly through the Alberta 5 pin office.

Tournament Schedule

Enclosed you will find the schedule for the season’s upcoming tournaments. Please remember to check future newsletters and with your zone directors for notices of change of location, dates or times.  Sometimes changes do have to be made and we do not want anyone missing out or arriving for a tournament on the wrong day.

Cost of Tournaments

We anticipate the following tournament fees for the upcoming season. These fees will be confirmed once the Board of Directors meet in September.  Teaching and Senior Division tournament fees are $110.  The Youth Fee for the Teaching Division (under 21) is $65.  Tournament Division tournament fees are $135.  The Youth Tournament Fee (under 21) is $90.

Master & Youth Tournament

Included with this newsletter you will find an entry form for the Master & Youth Tournament.  These entry forms are to be forwarded to Paradise Lanes. Mark Miller’s information is included on the entry form.

The Master & Youth Tournament will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 21 & 22, 2023 at Paradise Lanes in Calgary.  The start times on October 23 is 2:00 p.m. (1^st shift) and on October 24 is 9:00 a.m. (2^nd shift). You choose the shift you prefer to bowl.  The entry fee is $50.00 per bowler!

Please be sure to include your phone number on the entry form.  This is in the event that you need to be contacted in the case of a time change or cancellation.  Neither are likely, but having your phone number makes this much easier!  Thank you.

Upcoming Coaching Clinics

We have 3 clinics scheduled so far.

1. Grande Prairie – Community Sport – August 19, 2023
2. Virtual – Community Sport – September 23, 2023
3. Medicine Hat – Competitive Coach Workshop, September 15-17, 2023

Announcements have been sent out and details can be found on-line @ Clinic Dates and Locations | Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta (mbaofa.ca).

Late Renewal Fee

Please note the late fee of $20.00 if renewal fees are not paid by September 18th of the current bowling season. 

The 2024 Nationals will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba fromJune 30, 2024 – July 5, 2024.  Travel dates June 30, Opening Ceremonies June 30 and departing July 5