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  • 2010 USBC Queens  About2010 USBC Queens
    April 23 - 28, 2010
    El Paso Convention Center
    El Paso, Texas     If youre a female USBC member whos ready to show what youre made of on the lanes, then you should enter the USBC Queens. Its the opportunity of a lifetime to go head-to-head for big bucks against the best women bowlers in the world.You may know that the USBC Queens (formerly the WIBC Queens Tournament) is held in conjunction with the USBC Womens Championships and draws nearly 300 of the worlds top amateur and professional female bowlers. If you enter the 2010 Queens, youll be competing for a share of a $200,000 guaranteed prize fund and a $30,000 first prize.Get ready because the Queens has an interesting and exciting format. You and the other contestants bowl 10 qualifying games on challenging USBC Sport Bowling lane conditions before the field is cut to the top 25 percent that roll an additional five games. From there, the top 63 qualifiers plus the previous years champion advance to double-elimination match play. Each match consists of three games with the highest total advancing. The stepladder finals include the four finalists from the winners bracket and the winner of the contenders bracket. The finalists bowl one-game matches, but if the top seed loses, a second game is necessary to determine the champion.The field is ultimately narrowed to the top five. If you bowl well enough to make the tournament finals, youll bowl on live national television because the stepladder finals are televised by ESPN and ESPN2.Read More
  •   2010 USBC Queens Schedule
    Friday,
    April 23    		6:45-8:15 p.m.Practice Session A and B Squads (Fresh Condition)
    Oil Break
    9:00-10:30 p.m.Practice Session C and D Squads (Fresh Condition)

    First Qualifying Block (5 games)
    Saturday,
    April 24    		9 a.mSquad A
    NoonSquad B
    4 p.m.Squad C
    7 p.m.Squad D

    Second Qualifying Block (5 games)
    Sunday,
    April 25    		9 a.m.Squad B
    NoonSquad A
    4 p.m.Squad D
    7 p.m.Squad C
    After the completion of Block 2, the top 80, including all ties (if 320 or less participants) or the top 25% including all ties, (if more than 320 participants) will bowl a third block of qualifying on April 26.

    Monday,
    April 26    		9 a.m.Third Qualifying Block (5 games)
    Cut to top 63 plus defending champion.
    1 p.m.Match Play Begins (3-game matches) 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.
    32 participants will be eliminated and 32 advance by end of day.

    Match Play continues (3-game matches)
    Tuesday,
    April 27    		9 a.m8 eliminated
    10:30 a.m.8 eliminated
    12:00 p.m.4 Winners of this match are guaranteed a TV spot. 4 eliminated
    1:30 p.m. The losers of Winner’s Bracket matches are seeded #3 & #4. 4 eliminated.
    3:00 p.m.2 undefeated bowlers will compete for #1 & #2 seed. 2 eliminated
    4:30 p.m.2 contenders remaining compete for #5 seed

    Wednesday,
    April 28    		7 p.m.USBC Queens Televised Finals
    The top 4 from the Winner’s brackets (#1 - #4 seed) and the winner from the Contender’s bracket (#5 seed) compete in the single elimination stepladder finals.
    Example: #5 vs. #4, winner vs. #3 and so on.
    The Finals will be a single-elimination stepladder format. The winner of the 4th match in the stepladder finals will be crowned USBC Queens Champion.
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    Phone: (800) 514-BOWL (2695), ext. 3173.
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    USBC Communications
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FEATURES
  • 2010 USBC Queens  2009 ResultsWinners Bracket:
    Contenders Bracket:    CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDMatch 1
    Lisa Bishop, Belleville, Mich., def. Brenda Edwards, Mansfield, Texas, 221-199 (Edwards finishes fifth, earns $7,500.)
    Match 2
    Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., def. Bishop, 262-224. (Bishop finishes fourth, earns $9,500.)    Match 3
    Kulick def. Michelle Feldman, Auburn, N.Y., 221-170. (Feldman finishes third, earns $13,000.)    Match 4
    Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., def. Kulick, 247-204. (Kulick finishes second, earns $18,000; Johnson finishes first, earns $30,000.)    Read More
  • 2010 USBC Queens  2008 ResultsWinners Bracket:
    Contenders Bracket:    CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDMatch 1
    Carol Gianotti, Australia, def. Joy Esterson, Annapolis, Md., 237-222. (Esterson finishes fifth, earns $7,500.)
    Match 2
    Amy Stolz, Castle Rock, Colo., def. Gianotti, 217-179. (Gianotti finishes fourth, earns $9,500.)    Match 3
    Stolz def. Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 234-232. (Johnson finishes third, earns $13,000.)    Match 4
    Lynda Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, def. Stolz, 215-195. (Stolz finishes second, earns $18,000; Barnes finishes first, earns $30,000.)    Read More
  •  BowlTVCheck out these videos of great women bowlers whove made their marks in the Queens.Once you visit BowlTV for the first time you will quickly find that it becomes a part of your daily routine. There you will find advice on how to play the Cheetah or the Scorpion from the pros who won Lumber Liquidator’s PBA Tour tournaments on those very patterns such as Chris Barnes, Rhino Page or Wes Malott, classic videos of legends such as Marion Ladewig, Dick Weber and Barry Asher in their prime, highlights of Team USA competition from around the world, and much, much more.
  •   HistoryThe USBC Queens debuted as the WIBC Queens Tournament in 1961 in Fort Wayne, Ind., as a companion event to the WIBC Championship Tournament.A field of 122 bowlers hit the lanes for the first Queens, which was conducted at Northcrest Lanes. Janet Harman, a former Navy lieutenant from Cerritos, Calif., went undefeated in six matches and averaged 199 to become the champion. She defeated Eula Touchette of East St. Louis, Ill., 794-776 in the final four-game locally-televised match to earn the $1,000 first place prize.The list of Queens champions is a whos who of womens bowling. Sixteen past champions have been enshrined into the USBC Hall of Fame, including the events first champion Harman, Donna Adamek, Patty Ann, Loa Boxberger, Pam Buckner, Cindy Coburn-Carroll, Anne Marie Duggan, Pat Costello, Dotty Fothergill, Millie Ignizio, D.D. Jacobson, Betty Kuczynski, Sill, Judy Soutar, Lisa Wagner and Dorothy Wilkinson.Only six bowlers have won multiple titles with Macpherson and Ignizio the only three-time winners. Macpherson won in 1988, 2000 and 2003 and Ignizio won in 1967, 1970 and 1971. The other multiple winners whose titles came in back-to-back years include: Adamek (1979-80), Dorothy Fothergill (1972-73) and Japans Katsuko Sugimoto (1981-82). Aleta Sill won two titles which came in 1983 and 1985.Read More
  •   Past ChampionsCheck out all the great champions in Queens history dating back to the first tournament in 1961. Will you add your name to this infamous list?2009 - 20002009 - Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y. (247-204)
    • Runner-up- Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.
    2008 - Lynda Barnes, Double Oak, Texas (215-195)
    • Runner-up- Amy Stolz, Castle Rock, Colo.
    2007 - Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J. ( 192-143)
    • Runner-up Diandra Asbaty, Chicago
    2006 - Shannon Pluhowsky, Lincoln, Neb. (228-210 and 203-178)
    • Runner-up Runner-up Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
    2005 - Tennelle Milligan, Yorba Linda, Calif. (205-219 and 202-177)
    • Runner-up Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond, Okla.
    2004 - Marianne DiRupo, Succasunna, N.J. (193-242 and 226-202)
    • Runner-up - Michelle Feldman, Skaneateles, N.Y.
    2003 - Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., (218-193)
    • Runner-up - Kendra Gaines, Sebring, Fla.
    2002 - Kim Terrell, Antioch, Calif., (227-214)
    • Runner-up - Kim Adler, Cocoa, Fla.
    2001 - Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, North Richland Hills, Texas, (213-197)
    • Runner-up - Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J.
    2000 - Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nev., (227-202)
    • Runner-up - Marianne DiRupo, Dearborn, Mich.
    1999 - 19901999 - Leanne Barrette, Pleasanton, Calif., (269-213 and 256-174)
    • Runner-up - Dede Davidson, Woodland Hills, Calif.
    1998 - Lynda (Norry) Barnes, Wichita, Kan., (213-157)
    • Runner-up - Karen Stroud, Canyon, Texas
    1997 - Sandra Jo Shiery, Coldwater, Mich., (209-185)
    • Runner-up - Audry Mullan, Richmond, Va.
    1996 - Lisa Wagner, Bradenton, Fla. (231-226)
    • Runner-up - Tammy Turner, West Palm Beach, Fla.
    1995 - Sandy Postma, Lansing, Ill. (226-187)
    • Runner-up - Carolyn Dorin, North Richland Hills, Texas
    1994 - Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond, Okla. (238-218)
    • Runner-up - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich.
    1993 - Jan Schmidt, Rochelle, Ill. (201-163)
    • Runner-up - Pat Costello, Orlando, Fla.
    1992 - Cindy Coburn-Carroll, Tonawanda, N.Y. (184-170)
    • Runner-up - Dana Miller-Mackie, Fort Worth, Texas
    1991 - Dede Davidson, San Jose, Calif. (231-159)
    • Runner-up - Jeanne Naccarato, Tacoma, Wash.
    1990 - Patty Ann, Arlington Heights, Ill. (207-173)
    • Runner-up - Vesma Grinfelds, San Francisco
    1989 - 19801989- Carol Gianotti, Perth, Australia (207-177)
    • Runner-up - Sandra Jo Shiery, Bronson, Mich.
    1988- Wendy Macpherson, Henderson, Nev. (213-199)
    • Runner-up - Leanne Barrette, Yukon, Okla.
    1987 - Cathy Almeida, Pennsauken, N.J. (850-817)
    • Runner-up - Lorrie Nichols, Algonquin, Ill.
    1986- Cora Fiebig, Madison Heights, Mich. (223-177)
    • Runner-up - Barbara Thorberg, Florissant, Mo.
    1985 - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich. (279-192)
    • Runner-up - Linda Graham, Des Moines, Iowa
    1984 - Kazue Inahashi, Tokyo (248-222)
    • Runner-up - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich.
    1983 - Aleta Sill, Dearborn, Mich. (214-188)
    • Runner-up - Dana Miller-Mackie, Fort Worth, Texas
    1982 - Katsuko Sugimoto, Tokyo (160-137)
    • Runner-up - Nikki Gianulias, Vallejo, Calif.
    1981 - Katsuko Sugimoto, Tokyo (166-158)
    • Runner-up - Virginia Norton, Cypress, Calif.
    1980- Donna Adamek, Apple Valley, Calif. (213-165)
    • Runner-up - Cheryl Robinson, Destrehan, La.
    1979 - 19701979 - Donna Adamek, Apple Valley, Calif. (216-181)
    • Runner-up - Shinobu Saitoh, Tokyo
    1978 - Loa Boxberger, Russell, Kan. (197-176)
    • Runner-up - Cora Fiebig, Madison Heights, Mich.
    1977 - Dana Stewart, Morgan Hill, Calif. (175-167)
    • Runner-up - Vesma Grinfelds, San Francisco
    1976 - Pam Buckner, Reno, Nev. (214-178)
    • Runner-up - Shirley Sjostrom, Bloomington, Minn.
    1975 - Cindy Powell, Navarre, Ohio (758-674)
    • Runner-up - Pat Costello, Orlando, Fla.
    1974 - Judy Soutar, Leawood, Kan. (939-705)
    • Runner-up - Betty Morris, Stockton, Calif.
    1973 - Dorothy Fothergill, Center Ossippee, N.H. (804-791)
    • Runner-up - Judy Soutar, Leawood, Kan.
    1972 - Dorothy Fothergill, Center Ossippee, N.H. (890-841)
    • Runner-up - Maureen Harris, Irving, Texas
    1971 - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y. (809-778)
    • Runner-up - Katherine Brown, Columbus, Ohio
    1970 - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y. (807-797)
    • Runner-up - Joan Holm, Chicago
    1969 - 19611969 - Ann Feigel, Tuscon, Ariz. (832-765)
    • Runner-up - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y.
    1968 - Phyllis Massey, Alameda, Calif. (884-853)
    • Runner-up - Marian Spencer, Oklahoma City
    1967 - Mildred Ignizio, Rochester, N.Y. (840-809)
    • Runner-up - Phyllis Massey, Alameda, Calif.
    1966 - Judy Lee, Lakewood, Calif. (771-742)
    • Runner-up - Nancy Peterson, Phoenix
    1965 - Betty Kuczynski, Cicero, Ill. (772-739)
    • Runner-up - LaVerne Carter, Las Vegas
    1964 - D.D. Jacobson, Playa Del Rey, Calif. (740-682)
    • Runner-up - Shirley Garms, Island Lake, Ill.
    1963 - Irene Monterosso, East Rutherford, N.J. (852-803)
    • Runner-up - Georgette DeRosa, Hillside, Ill.
    1962 - Dorothy Wilkinson, Phoenix (799-794)
    • Runner-up - Marion Ladewig, Grand Rapids, Mich.
    1961 - Janet Harman, Cerritos, Calif. (794-776)
    • Runner-up - Eula Touchette, East St. Louis, Ill.
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FEATURED BOWLERS
  • Brenda Edwards  Brenda EdwardsStats:
    • 2009 USBC Open Doubles Champion (With Stephen Padilla)
    • Finished 5th at 2009 USBC Queens
    • 2007 Team USA Member
    Brenda Edwards was ready to quit bowling for good – her father, whom she identifies as her only reason for bowling – had recently lost his battle with pulmonary fibrosis, leaving her unsure of where she was in her life and how bowling fit in.But the former Team USA member comes from a family in which bowling is just what you do – sister Jeri Edwards coaches Team USA, her other sister Kathy Zeilke won PWBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1993, and her brother designs bowling balls for Brunswick.Brenda herself already had learned how to operate a ball spinner at 11 years old in the makeshift pro shop of her fathers basement. So when boyfriend and USBC Silver Coach Stephen Padilla asked her what her father would want her to do, an answer was easy to come by.He said If you give up on this, youre not honoring your Dad, because he started you on this path and youre going to stop walking before this path is done,Edwards recalls of the conversation with Padilla that inspired her to bowl the 2009 USBC Queens. And I decided to bowl. She also, it turned out, decided to bowl extremely well – finishing 5th in the event when, just weeks prior, she was not even sure if she wanted to bowl league anymore. But the many realizations that Brenda Edwards has come to since losing her father have a lot more to do with life than with bowling. The gift her father gave her in death was an appreciation for the fragility and fleetingness of life.Tomorrow isnt promised to anybody, Edwards asserts. Were not even promised the next moment in time. You have to live in the present.Read More
  • Liz Johnson  Liz JohnsonStats:
    • 11-Time PWBA Titlist
    • 2009 USBC Queens Champion
    • Only woman ever to appear on a Lumber Liquidator’s PBA Tour telecast
    • 2008 Team USA Trials Champion
    Liz Johnsons success over the past few years has made her such a transcendent figure in the sport that all Kelly Kulick could say after losing to her in the championship round of the 2009 USBC Queens was that she could not think of anyone better to lose to.If there is any bowler I want to finish second to, it's Liz, Kulick said. She's having a great career. She just keeps fighting and seems to overcome everything." Liz is unbelievable, says former Queens champion and two-time Womens U.S. Open winner Kim Terrell-Kearney. She can be the best player man or woman when she sees what she likes.Liz Johnson is seeing what she likes with increasingly frequency these days, following up her historic appearance as the first woman to make the televised finals of a Mens PBA Tour event in 2005, when she defeated Wes Malott in the semifinal match before losing to Tommy Jones in the championship round, by clinching a Team USA Trials title and adding the 2009 USBC Queens crown to a spoil of championships that includes two titles at the Womens U.S. Open.I'm a fighter, Johnson said after winning the 2009 Queens event. When it comes to anything, especially bowling, I'm going to fight my way through."Read More
  • Kelly Kulick  Kelly KulickStats:
    • Became first woman ever to earn Lumber Liquidator’s PBA Tour Exemption on June 4, 2006
    • 2003 U.S. Women’s Open Champion
    • 2007 USBC Queens Champion
    • 2009 USBC Queens Runner-up
    If you doubted for a second that Kelly Kulick would win the 2007 USBC Queens event when the news broke that she had made the telecast, you might not have known that she had a force on her side far more powerful than any mere mortalthat force, of course, was Spider Man.When Kulick discovered that a Long Island fan of hers happened to have a father who wrote the Spider Man series, it wasnt long before professional bowling made an appearance in #20 of the Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man comic book series which, incidentally, just happened to be released on the very day Kulick won the Queens.I never thought that something like that would happen to me, Kulick told the New York Times. But no one will fault her for coming just short of a second Queens victory this year when she ran into one of the hottest bowlers in the worldTeam USA member Liz Johnson who, to this day, remains the only woman ever to compete on a mens professional bowling telecast.Kulick finished a mere second at the 2009 Queens tournamenta loss which, given the caliber of bowler it took to best her that day, Kulick can live with."If there is any bowler I want to finish second to, it's Liz, Kulick said. She's having a great careerRead More
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    (Note: Parental consent is required for nominees under the age of 18)    The name of the bowler you would like to nominate:
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    email to QueensSubmit@bowl.comThank you for your nomination! While we are unable to respond to each individual submission due to the volume of submissions we receive, we will be contacting you if your nominee is chosen to be featured on bowl.com.    Read More
 
 
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