Master Bowlers' Association of Alberta

Tournament Division Results – Tournament #1 & 2

The results of the first two tournaments in the tournament division for the 2015-2016 season are as follows:

Congratulations to Holly Harris of Olds on winning her first Tournament!!  Holly bowled a 2061.

The men’s tournament #1 winner was Tim Wiseman of Sherwood Park with a 2140.  This is Tim’s 2nd win.

Jennifer Baker of Edmonton rolled a score of 2209 to take tournament #2. This is Jennifer’s 8th tournament victory with the Masters!!

The 2^nd men’s tournament was won by Karie Kreutz of Wetaskiwin.  Karie bowled a 2187 and collected his 3rd set of stars.

Congratulations to all.  Great bowling!

Teaching Division Results – Tournament #1

The first teaching division tournament is complete.

Congratulations go out to Joleen Dalby from Edmonton on winning in the North Teaching Ladies division with a +228.

Donna Smith of Red Deer won the South Teaching Ladies tournament with a +210.

Great bowling ladies!!

On the men’s side, Craig MacDonald of Edmonton won the North Teaching Men’s division with a +304 and Rob Miklos of Lethbridge won in the South with a +162.   Congratulations!

Senior Division Results – Tournament #1

The Senior’s POA Division was won by Jim Linnen of Sherwood Park.  Jim rolled a +236.

Greg Gigliuk of Red Deer was victorious in the Senior’s Scratch division with a 2094.  This is Greg’s 12^th Master’s win, 5^th in the Senior Division.

Congratulations to everyone on a very successful tournament!

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:

Gerry Anderson of Edmonton, Garry Klein of Sedgewick, Gail Versteegt of Fort Saskatchewan, Lynda McIntosh of Calgary, and John Ondrus of Lethbridge.

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

Coaching Upgrade Information

We are once again reminding and encouraging our current Level II coaches to complete their upgrade to Competition Coach before the end of December, 2015.

To be eligible to be a National Coach, you must be certified Level II with Competition Coach upgrade or Competition Coach certified by December 31, 2015.

Please see our upgrading page for further information regarding the upgrade process and what is required.

If this is still unclear to you, please contact the office at 403-309-6916 or via e-mail at mbaofalberta@gmail.com

Thank you to our “Website Keeper”

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark Polivchuk for looking after our website, not only throughout our bowling season, but throughout the rest of the year as well.

Mark is always very prompt in posting information when asked and keeps our website up to date with what’s going on in the bowling world!!

Thank you Mark for the great job that you do for the Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta!!

Master/Youth Tournament

This is a reminder of the upcoming Master/Youth Tournament on November 21, 2015 at Paradise Lanes in Calgary.  There will be a shift at 3:00 p.m. and a 7:00 p.m. shift, if necessary.

ENTRIES TO BE FAXED TO Maria Wood at (403) 532-9395

If you have any questions please call Maria at (403) 285-4575 after 6:00pm

Nationals this year will be held in Surrey from June 28, 2016 – July 3, 2016

Due to low registration, we have cancelled the MED clinic in Sherwood Park on September 18, the Intro to Competition clinic also in Sherwood Park September 25-27, and the Community Sport Initiation clinic in Calgary on Sept. 27.

If you have any questions, please forward them to Technical Director Brian Sudbury at mbaofa.techdir@yahoo.ca.

The AGM was held May 24, 2015 in Red Deer.  Everyone who attended the meeting had their name put into a draw for a pair of bowling shoes sponsored by Sanders Pro.  This year’s recipient was Rhod Hubbard of Calgary.

National Success

The 2015 Nationals were held in Hamilton with Alberta once again bringing home some hardware.

Congratulations are going out to our Senior Division Team for bringing home the gold!!  They bowled very well and had the gold wrapped up before the last 2 games of the tournament.

Greg Gigliuk broke the record for the highest average recorded to date for a Senior at the Nationals.  Greg averaged 268.1 for the 21 games.

Our Tournament Division Ladies and Men’s teams both finished in 3rd place bringing home bronze medals.

The Teaching Ladies finished up in 3rd place as well, capturing bronze medals, while the Teaching men were 7^th.

Congratulations to Leanne Hutchingame, our Teaching Division Ladies Single.  Leanne finished in 2nd place winning herself a silver medal!

Jennifer Baker and Tim Wiseman, our Tournament Division singles qualifiers, finished 7^th and 5^th, respectively.

James McAra, our Teaching Men’s Singles representative finished in 7^th place, while Rollie Poitras of the Senior Division finished 6^th in the singles portion of the tournament.

Congratulations to all of the Alberta representatives on their performance at this year’s National event!!

Alberta 5 Pin Cards

This will be the first reminder of the season regarding Alberta 5 Pin Cards.

All Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta participants are required to have an Alberta 5 Pin card by November 30th 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.

The 5 pin cards must be purchased thru a local proprietor or directly thru 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 for notices of change of dates or times. Sometimes changes do have to be made and we don’t want anyone missing out or arriving for a tournament on the wrong day.

Important Coaching Information

Have You Upgraded Your Level 2?

All certified Level 2 coaches have until December 31, 2015, to upgrade themselves.
They must complete 3 easy steps.
1. Accept and sign the Code of Conduct
2. Successfully complete a short written technical test
3. Successfully complete the (MED) Make Ethical Decisions Online Evaluation – Competition Introduction available at http://coach.ca This test is to verify you understand the steps used to make a decision, not your decision for an ethical situation.

These steps are for coaches who have previously taken the Level 2 theory and wish to upgrade.

Please understand that after December 31, 2015, the opportunity to upgrade from the old Level 2 to the Competitive Coach will no longer be available. We are recommending that you do not wait until the last minute to upgrade in the event that there may be a number of coaches in various sports doing the same thing. We wouldn’t like to see someone trying to do this at the last minute and find out that the website is down!

Please check the MBA of A website at http://www.mbaofa.ca for more detailed information regarding the upgrading process.
The Code of Conduct and the technical test are both available from the website.

Upcoming Coaching Clinics

The following clinics are now being offered to interested bowlers and coaches:
Competitive Coach Clinic-August 28-30, 2015 – Chinook Bowladrome – Calgary
Making Ethical Decisions (only) for Introduction to Competition-Aug. 29, 2015-Chinook-Calgary
Community Sport Initiation-September 20, 2015 – Sherwood Bowl – Sherwood Park
Community Sport Initiation-September 27, 2015 – Chinook Bowladrome – Calgary
Competitive Coach Clinic-September 25-27, 2015 – Sherwood Bowl – Sherwood Park

Please check the website or with your local proprietor for more information regarding these clinics. Your proprietor should have the information posted in their center.

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 on Saturday, November 21, 2015, at Paradise Lanes in Calgary, with a shift at 3:00 p.m. and also a 7:00 p.m. shift, if necessary.  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.

Please note that the dress code for this tournament for the Master bowlers is as follows:  Full Alberta Uniform, no Master’s golf shirt or shorts.  Masters not in full uniform will be disqualified.  This will be strictly enforced.

Late Renewal Fee

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

Casino

Thank you to the following volunteers for coming and helping out with the Casino over the August long weekend:  Bob Stirling, Joey Wood, Sarah Simmons, Gary Baird, Harvie Pocza, Jamey Frank, Joe Wood, Shelley Struthers, Deb Boswell, Alyshia Meyers-Christensen, Eric Christensen, Rhod Hubbard, Rob Wolfson, Sharon Arndt, Dennis Arndt, Brian Sudbury, Bev Gigliuk, Greg Gigliuk, Brian Rossetti, Frank Clarke, Bev Magnus, Mark Miller, Eleanor Howard, Paul Cenkner, Melissa MacDonald, Kyle Greggain, Albert Hesse, Rita Poruchny, Virginia Cullen, Sharon Fedick, Matie Rubi, Maria Wood.

Your time was deeply appreciated!!

The 2016 Nationals will be held in Surrey, BC, from June 28, 2016 – July 3, 2016!! 

 June 28 and July 3 will be travel days.

A reminder that we have a number of coaching clinics coming up!

Calgary

Intro to Competition
August 28 – 30

Making Ethical Decisions Upgrade
August 29

Community Sport Initiation
September 27

Sherwood Park

Making Ethical Decisions Upgrade
September 18

Community Sport Initiation
September 20

Intro to Competition
September 25 – 27

Full information sheets can be found on our Coaching Clinics page.

Brian Sudbury is teaching a number of upcoming clinics in Calgary.

Intro to Competitive Coach – Aug. 28-30

Making Ethical Decisions – Aug. 29

Community Sport Initiation – Sept. 27

Full information packages can be found on our Coaching Clinics page.

Ernie McLellan is teaching a Community Sport Initiation clinic in Sherwood Park on Sunday, September 20.

The full information package can be found on our Coaching Clinics page.

Ernie McLellan is teaching a Making Ethical Decisions clinic for Level 2 coaches upgrading to the Competition Coach certification. Certified Level 2 coaches must complete the upgrading process by December 31, 2015 or their certification will lapse.

This MED clinic is to train certified Level 2 coaches in the area of Making Ethical Decisions – Competition Introduction. This course is not required. However, completion of this course will reduce the on-line MED evaluation – Competition Introduction fee to $0.

The course will take place in Sherwood Park on September 18. More information can be found on our Coaching Clinics page.

Brian Sudbury is teaching a Making Ethical Decisions clinic for Level 2 coaches upgrading to the Competition Coach certification. Certified Level 2 coaches must complete the upgrading process by December 31, 2015 or their certification will lapse.

 This MED clinic is to train certified Level 2 coaches in the area of Making Ethical Decisions – Competition Introduction. This course is not required. However, completion of this course will reduce the on-line MED evaluation – Competition Introduction fee to $0.

The course will take place in Lethbridge on June 6 in conjunction with the full Intro to Competition clinic. More information can be found on our Coaching Clinics page.

The Master Bowlers’ Association of Alberta is hosting a Competitive Coach workshop from June 5-7 in Lethbridge.

More information can be found on our Coaching Clinics page.

1. Accept and sign the Code of Conduct
2. Successfully complete a short written technical test
3. Successfully complete the (MED) Make Ethical Decisions Online Evaluation – Competition Introduction  available at http://coach.ca This test is to verify you understand the steps used to make a decision, not your decision for an ethical situation.