MS USBC OPEN State Tournament has begun…
The opening weekend of the tournament was last weekend in Battle Creek.
Two Mount Pleasant-area teams, C&O Sportswear and Big Cat’s Boyz, are not scheduled to bowl until the last weekend of February at Bowlero Family Fun Center (5-person TEAM) and M-66 Bowl (D&S).
Online reservations are closed but, if interested in competing at the state tournament, call the state office at 616-625-2032 to find out what weekends still have openings to enter. For additional weekend bowling fun, try the Northern Michigan
State Tournament in Traverse City. (Details below!)
Northern Michigan Tournament
• Annual Northern Michigan open Championship, Traverse City, Saturday/sunday from March 16 to May 19, except Easter weekend. MP USBC reserved weekend: March 23/24. Locally, contact Dave Lewis (989-5608009) to reserve your team’s entry. Our TEAM reservation sign-up sheet is at the Riverwood Lanes counter to fill any openings for our 18 team-squad.
Many of the 18 TEAM / 90 D&S spots have been reserved, but a few are still just waiting for your call! CALL TODAY! If our Mid-michigan reserved weekend(march 23/24) fills up or doesn’t match your weekend availability: Contact Hillerie, 231-947-2610 ext. 306 at Lucky Jack’s for available weekend squad options in March, April and May.
MP USBC City Tournament plans
The 2024 MP USBC City Tournament is scheduled for the first full week of March. The tournament will be five (5) evenings from Monday, March 4 through Friday, March 8. Regular Monday through Thursday evening leagues don’t bowl that week, so all league members can, hopefully, plan to enter the city tournament! Monday/tuesday nights are only team event, while Thursday/ Friday are only Singles & Doubles. Wednesday night will have both team and S&D. (All squads begin at 6:30pm, with 10-minute warm-up beginning at 6:20 p.m.) Women’s and open division teams can select whichever night matches their schedule for that week.
Women’s team (4-women bowlers) & open team(a combination of any 5 male OR female bowlers). For Women’s and
OPEN S&D, your Doubles division also determines what Singles division you will bowl in.
9th Annual BVL No-tap Doubles
Riverwood Lanes Squads at: noon and 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Entry fee: $60 per team, 3 teams (6 bowlers) to a pair of lanes. Contact Riverwood or text entries to Bob Potter at 989-944-1588. Also, ALWAYS looking for additional sponsors to help generate more tournament teams and increase our Annual Donation to BVL!! Last year, the MP USBC BVL Donation, under the watchful eye of Scott Campbell, set an alltime high of $8,000.00 to BVL. (Our donated funds remain in Michigan and are designated to Veterans medical facilities in Battle Creek and Clare!)
National tournaments
2024 USBC Open Championships in Las Vegas, NV (February 23-July 29) 2024 USBC Women’s Championships in Reno, NV (April 27-June 29)
Remaining state tournaments (open, women’s and youth)
If questions for any MS USBC state tournaments, please call 616/635-2032 for additional help or clarification. • 97th Annual MS USBC Women’s State Tournament, Grand Rapids, weekends:
Feb. 17 to May 5 (unless extended). Women’s State tournament offers a 4-woman team event (Grandville-station 300), D&S (Westgate Bowl) and All-events.
• 41st Annual MS USBC Youth State Tournament, Livonia & Plymouth (Merribowl & Plaza Lanes), March 9 to Apr 21(unless extended). Contact Becky Pope (989506-6299) for entry forms and details. Reserved deadline was LAST FRIDAY, January 26, 2024! Website: MS USBC for details. QUESTIONS? Contact the MS
USBC office at: 616-635-2032.
• Twin Soo Tournament(feb 10 — June 2, 2024) — Mt. Pleasant area sends teams every season! Annual Twin Soo Championship tournament, Sault Ste. Marie, February 10 — June 2. Call or email today! Contact Karlene Mills at Dondee Lanes, Phone: 906-632-2269, Email: info@dondeelanes.com
See you “on the lanes” at Riverwood and/or various centers and tournament sites during 2023-2024.
Stay Safe, Stay Healthy. Mid-michigan finds their bowling needs at Riverwood, Snowbird, & Pins!