Congratulations to our winners of the 3rd tournament in the Teaching and Senior Divisions and the 3rd and 4th tournaments in the Tournament Division.

North Division Teaching Ladies-Denise Howie of Edmonton +101
South Division Teaching Ladies-Lori Kurz of Calgary + 378
North Division Teaching Men-Steve Leckie of Edmonton + 357
South Division Teaching Men-Cody Beveridge of Calgary + 186

Pins Over Average Division – Georgette Lafreniere of St. Paul took the win with a +382.

Scratch Division – Ken Malcomson of Medicine Hat had a 2190 to pick up the win in the Seniors Scratch division.

Tournament Division

The tournament division has now completed their 3rd and 4th tournaments.

The ladies third tournament winner was Melynda Bruneau of Calgary with a 2136. This is Melynda’s first tournament victory. Congratulations!

The winners of the fourth ladies tournament were Alyssa Batchelor of Calgary and Dianne Violini of Lethbridge. These ladies tied with a score of 2112. This is Alyssa’s first tournament win with the Masters, and Dianne’s 49th!!

In the men’s division, Dexter Wiseman of Sherwood Park won the third tournament, and his 2nd Master’s tournament, with a score of 2243.

Matt Schultz of Sherwood Park took the fourth tournament in the men’s division
with a score of 2151. This is Matt’s 5th tournament victory.

Congratulations to all of the winners!!

Senior Division Provincials

The dates for the Senior Division Provincials are Saturday, April 6, 2013, and Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Paradise Lanes in Calgary. The start times will be Saturday @ 3:00 p.m. and Sunday @ 9:00 a.m. Paradise Lanes are located at 3411 17 Avenue SE. The phone number there is 403-272-4570.

Teaching Division Provincial Information

The Teaching Division Provincials are being held at Chinook Bowaldrome in Calgary on Saturday, April 6, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m. Chinook Bowladrome is located at 6455 Macleod Trail South. The phone number there is 403-252-5747.

Hotel Information

Fran Clarke has been negotiating with The Delta Calgary South Hotel and they are offering a rate of $139/night (plus taxes) for the Provincial weekend. There are currently 10 rooms blocked so if you are interested in booking there, you may want to do that fairly soon. When booking, please refer to Chinook Bowladrome, or you can call the hotel and speak directly with Maria Powell (403-225-8622). The address is 135 Southland Drive SE. Phone 403-278-5050 or 877-
278-5050.

For those attending the Teaching Division Provincials at Chinook Bowladrome, Brian Sudbury has been in contact with the Sandman Hotel & Suites Calgary South. They are located at 8001 11th Street SE. If booking a room, please ask for the rate for Crown Metal Packaging. The rate is $139.00 + tax. No ID is required. This rate should be good at any Sandman. It may change a bit from location to location but the Crown Metal Packaging discount rate should apply. The phone number for the Sandman is 403-252-7263. Toll free 1-800-726-3626. 

Terry Ell has provided a list of hotels close to Paradise Lanes for the Senior Division Provincials:

Blackfoot Inn – 5940 Blackfoot Trail SE – 403-252-2253
Radisson Hotel – 2120 16 Avenue SE – 403-291-4666
Holiday Inn – 4206 Macleod trail SE – 403-287-2700
Holiday Inn – 1250 McKinnon Drive NE – 1-877-654-0228
Sheraton Cavalier – 2620 32 Avenue NE – 403-291-0107

Thanks to Fran, Brian Sudbury and Terry for providing this information!

Coaching Resumes

This is a reminder to get your coaching resumes updated. The deadline for resumes for Teaching and Senior divisions is before the first ball is thrown on the last day of the Provincial tournament.

The deadline for the Tournament division is before the first ball is thrown on the morning of the final tournament.

Volunteers Required for 2013 Nationals – Calgary

We are still recruiting volunteers for the 2013 Nationals being held in Calgary from June 29, 2013-July 4, 2013. If you are interested there are still a number of positions available where the committee could use some help. Please contact Maureen Atkinson at 403-254-5852 to get on the volunteer list.

Assessment Fee for Non-Participating Masters

Please note that any non-participating Master who wishes to coach at the National level will be required to pay a $300.00 assessment fee. 

Master/YBC Tournament

The annual Master/YBC Provincial tournament is being held on March 17, 2013 at Heritage Lanes in Red Deer. This is a great event that gives our youth bowlers a glimpse at what being a Master is all about.

Teams are made up of a bantam, junior and senior YBC bowler as well as a Master bowler. We need Masters from all divisions to support this tournament!!

Entry information has been sent to the bowling centers and your proprietors should be running house rounds in the near future. Please take the time to check it out and join in. It really is a lot of fun for those who get involved!!

Website Changes

For those of you who check out information on our website, http://www.mbaofa.ca, you may have noticed that it has changed. That is because we have a new website “manager”. We would like to thank Mark Polivchuk of Calgary for taking on this task.

Stacy Green of Lethbridge was the original developer and webmaster of our MBA of A website over 10 years ago. We wish to thank Stacy for his generous contribution of time and knowledge in getting our website up and running and also for maintaining it. Stacy had made numerous changes and upgrades to the website as the years passed, always making it a better and more informative site!

Thank you Stacy for your support and contributions to the MBA of A.

AGM Date

The date for this year’s AGM is Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer (6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer – 403-346-2010).

National Dates

The dates for the 2013 Master’s Nationals are from June 29-July 4, 2013 in Calgary. June 29 & July 4 are travel days.

The second tournament of the Teaching and Senior Divisions has been completed.

The results of that tournament are as follows:

Teaching Division

– North Division Teaching Ladies – Gwen Bonik of Edmonton bowled +340

– South Division Teaching Ladies – Sharon Arndt of Calgary +131

– North Division Teaching Men – Yvon Hachey of St. Albert +574

– South Division Teaching Men – Brett Vidican of Okotoks +283

Seniors Division

Pins Over Average Division – Sylvia Masikewich of Edmonton with a +193

Scratch Division – Fred Ruttan of Edson with a 1946

Congratulations to all of the winners in both divisions!!

First Tournament(s) Complete

The first tournament(s) of the 2012-2013 season are now complete.

The winner of the first tournament in the Tournament ladies division was
Jennifer Baker of Edmonton with a 2221. This is only Jennifer’s second year with
the Masters but it is already her 3rd victory. Congratulations Jennifer!

In the men’s Tournament division, obtaining his 19th victory, was Bruce Morter
of Edmonton with an incredible score of 2605! This is Bruce’s 31 st year with
the Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta. Bruce has received his lifetime
membership award with the MBA of A for 25 years of service and has also won
the prestigious Master Bowlers’ Association of Canada Award of Excellence.

We felt it was worthwhile to include Bruce’s individual game scores of the
tournament as he did not have a game under 300. Bruce’s games were 324,
318, 311, 337, 330, 302, 307, and 376.

Bruce backed up Saturday’s tournament with a 4th place finish on Sunday rolling
a 2146.

Congratulations on an amazing tournament and a great weekend of bowling!

In the second tournament, Annette Campbell of Spruce Grove won her 4 th
tournament with a score of 2223.

On the men’s side, Aaron Arndt of Edmonton rolled a 2343 to secure his 4 th
tournament win.

Congratulations to everyone in the Tournament Division on your great bowling!!

The first tournament of the Teaching and Senior Divisions has also been
completed.

In the Senior pins over average division, Rick Westoby of Lethbridge won with
+103. On the scratch side, Eric Andersen of Ponoka rolled a 2230!

In the ladies North Teaching division, Donna Ginther of Spruce Grove won with a
+152. Melissa Olson of Calgary won for the South division with a +231.

On the men’s North Teaching side, Alex Krykowski of Lloydminster rolled a +134
to take the first tournament. In the South men’s division, Brent Olsen of Calgary
was very decisive in his victory with a +348.

Notable Scores

We would like to congratulate Derek Home and Gene Ziebarth. Derek bowled a
415 at Bonnie Doon Lanes during the 1st Tournament Division tournament and
Gene rolled at 408 in Sherwood Park at the 2nd tournament.

Check Schedule for Changes

Zone 3 Teaching and Senior Divisions should note the change for the second
tournament. It will now be held on Saturday, November 17 at Unchaga Lanes in
Fairview. Start time is 9:30 a.m.

Tournament Division note the start time for your next tournament on Saturday,
January 5, 2013, at Paradise Lanes in Calgary. Start time will be 4:00 p.m.

New Life Time Members

We would like to congratulate the following bowlers on reaching 25 years of
membership with the Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta:

Merrill Harrison of Calgary, Tracy Smith of Calgary, Cory Hoople of Edmonton,
Tom Stevenson of Calgary, and Mike Violini of Lethbridge.

These bowlers/coaches will be receiving their recognition award sometime
throughout the season! Please take the time to congratulate them on their
accomplishment.

We would also like to congratulate Bob Guthrie of Leduc on 40 years of
membership with the MBA of A. Bob continues to participate in the tournaments
in the Senior Scratch Division. Congratulations Bob!

Making Ethical Decisions Upgrade Deadline Reminder

The Alberta 5 Pin Bowlers’ Association has asked us to remind everyone that
all current NCCP Level 1 coaches must complete your Making Ethical Decisions
upgrade by December 31, 2013. Failure to do so will disqualify you as a
recognized coach for events requiring current certification.

Volunteers Required for 2013 Nationals – Calgary

We are still recruiting volunteers for the 2013 Nationals being held in Calgary
from June 29, 2013-July 4, 2013. If you are interested there are still a number
of positions available where the committee could use some help. Please contact
Maureen Atkinson at 403-254-5852 to get on the volunteer list.

Welcome back to another season!

Our Team performed very well at the National Championships in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Our contingent won the Aggregate for the first time in many years. Congratulations to the entire contingent. Our Seniors won Gold dominating the field by only losing 2 games the whole tournament. Vivianne Neal, a rookie, had 20 wins and 1 loss in match play. Georgette repeated as the Gold Medal winner in the singles competition. Tom Stevenson averaged 262.

Our Teaching Men waited until the last game to win their gold medal.  Coach Brian Sudbury and the team now have a few more grey hairs. They were tied with Southern Ontario going into the last game. We took 7 points while Southern Ontario took 5 for a 2 point win. The teaching men were a plus 1063 while Ontario was plus 873.

After a slow start, our Tournament Ladies won their last 9 games to easily take the Gold Medal. They had a solid team effort with rookie Jennifer Baker leading the way with a 259 average and a high game of 405. Dianne Violini had 18 wins and 3 losses in match play.

Mailinda Thomson won the Teaching Ladies Gold Medal and Adrian Burke won the Silver in the Teaching Mens singles.

Matt Schultz had an extremely close Gold Medal match but had to settle for a Silver Medal in Tournament Division Singles. Bonnie McDonald won a three person one game roll off to qualify for the Tournament Division Ladies Singles step-ladder and ended up with a Bronze Medal.

Our Teaching Ladies tied for 5^th and were only 8 points out of third place. Our Tournament Men finished 4^th by ½ a point to Quebec.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped us at our July Casino in Calgary. Rumor has it our next Casino event will be New Year’s Eve 2013.

Thank you to all of the volunteer coaches who helped at this year’s bowling school in Calgary. We had a very good turnout.

We are hosting the 2013 Master Bowlers’ Association of Canada Championships in Calgary this year from June 29 – July 4, 2013. We need volunteers for a number of activities. Please contact Maureen Atkinson at 403-254-5852 to get on the volunteer list.

We hope you all have a great year and can land a spot on our Alberta Contingent for this year’s Nationals.

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 Maria Wood.  Maria’s information is included on the entry form.

The Master/Youth Tournament will be held this year on Saturday and Sunday, October 20 & 21, 2012 at Paradise Lanes in Calgary. Please note that the shifts will be combined if there are not enough entries.

5 PIN CARD REMINDER

This is a reminder that all participating members of the Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta must have a CURRENT 5 pin card.  You must be a member in good standing in both the Canadian 5-Pin Association and the Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta prior to November 30^th of the current bowling season. Should you happen to make a National team without a card you will be disqualified and not allowed to go to the National event.

CHANGES TO THE BOARD

We would like to thank Georgette Lafreniere for her 15 years of service on our board as the Senior Division Director.  Georgette has done a fantastic job over the years as the Senior Director, bringing many new ideas to the Provincial Tournaments.  Georgette has made the Provincials a great event with the many fun enhancements that she has made!!  You will be missed not only for your great tournaments, but for the wonderful job you have always done by sending in the results in a timely and accurate fashion.

Also, a big thank you to Terry Desaulniers who is stepping down as the secretary for the MBA of A.  Terry has done a wonderful job of keeping the minutes for the Board meetings and the AGM’s for 15 years.

We would like to welcome Terry Ell as the new Senior Division Director.

Please check the insert included with this newsletter for contact information for your Board members!

AGM DRAW WINNER

Congratulations to Terry Desaulniers on winning a new pair of Dexter bowling shoes sponsored by Sanders Pro Distributors.  Those who attended the Annual General Meeting had their name put in the draw and were eligible to win.  The meeting was held on May 27, 2012, in Red Deer.

LATE RENEWAL FEE

Please note that the late fee of $10.00 if renewal fees are not paid by September 21st of the current bowling season.

Remember, the 2012 Nationals will be held in Calgary, Alberta from June 29, 2013 – July 4, 2013!!