Postponing any events is really an easy choice

With the threat of spreading the COVID-19 virus first and foremost in their minds, state and federal governments are acting and reacting to what they feel is in the best interest of our people, our country, and our health.

We all have to try to do our part.

If delaying, postponing, or cancelling our bowling activities can make a difference, then so be it. Various league officials have contacted me asking what to do.

This is the advice I’ve been giving: Depending on how long this mandatory closure of bars, restaurants, bowling centers, etc. lasts, each league will have to make its own decision on how to handle the rest of the season for its league. (League officers: Please keep Riverwood Lanes, ALL of your individual league bowlers, and me, advised of what that decision is.)

Life, and time, do go on and, as the weather improves and activities move outdoors, league decisions could change.

For all concerned: Stay safe, stay healthy.

City Tournament participation: Women’s Division (40.0%) same as last year. OPEN division (100.3%) DOWN from 147%. Overall participation: DOWN almost 30% from 104.6% to an all-time low of

77.9%!

Membership: Down from 480 to 456. (For the 20192020 season, 456 Usbccertified members (170 female, 286 male including all Youth bowlers, which almost doubled!).

(Participation is alculated by (5 * OPEN TEAM entries-32) or (4 * Women’s TEAM entries-9), (4 * each S&D entry-8 Women’s, 43 OPEN), then dividing by number of members.)

2020 City Tournament champions recap:

* Women’s TEAM: Dewitt Lumber (2932) (2083+849 hdcp) OPEN TEAM: The Blind Squirrels (3647) (2974 +673 hdcp)

* Women’s TEAM Actual: 300 Bowl(2060) OPEN TEAM Actual: Morning Wood(3402)

* Women’s Singles: Hannah Post (777) (694+83 hdcp) OPEN Singles: Allex Leaureaux (824) (676+148 hdcp)

* Women’s Singles Actual: Becca Chase(653) (205/264/184) OPEN Singles Actual: Craig Stradtner (737) (214/244/279)

* Women’s Doubles: S Cuthbertson/ M Montney(1512) (1162+350 hdcp)

OPEN Doubles: N Jonaitis / D Tessman (1551) (1158+393 hdcp)

* Women’s Doubles Actual: B Chase / H Post(1213) (537+676) OPEN Doubles Actual: B Maney / R Wyrick (1407)

* Women’s All-events: Hannah Post(2279) (2030+249 hdcp) OPEN Allevents: Dan Tessman (2314) (1717+597 hdcp)

* Women’s All-events Actual: Becca Chase(1737) (547/537/653) OPEN Allevents Actual: Randy Wyrick (2160) (728/692/740)

The MP USBC YOUTH SINGLES CITY TOURNAMENT - 3/2½020 has been “put on hold” indefinitely!

ALL STATE TOURNAMENTS have also been “put on hold” indefinitely:

Including, but not limited to:

* Annual Northern Michigan State Championship at Lucky Jack’s in Traverse City

* Annual Northern Michigan Women’s State Championship, Traverse City

* Annual MS USBC OPEN State Tournament in Livonia

* Annual MS USBC Women’s State Tournament in Muskegon

* Annual MS USBC YOUTH State Tournament in Bay City

Check out the BOWL.

COM website for current bowling news! (See full articles on BOWL.COM/NEWS)

* Start of 2020 PWBA Tour season postponed indefinitely

* USBC postpones or suspends national events until May 1

* USBC announces Intercollegiate Team And Singles Bowling Championships are postponed indefinitely

* New York Youth Director selected to receive USBC Youth Volunteer of the Year Award

Local Notable:

As City Tournament Singles was winding down last Friday at Riverwood Lanes,

(which seems a lot longer than four or five days ago), Chad Canute decided to increase the excitement. In his final game of Singles, after posting games of 199 and 214, he rolled out 12 consecutive strikes for his third career 300 game! Well done Chad, well done indeed!

Mount Pleasant USBC — Serving all mid-michigan communities. (Almost 60 different Michigan cities are represented within our active bowlers from 20182019.)

Hope to see you “on the lanes” soon. THIS ALREADY IS a bowling season to remember!