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Northern California Junior Elite Tour
By Debbie Haggerty
In July 2014 while attending the National Jr Gold
Championships I was approached by several youth
bowlers wanting to talk about a new tournament club
so they can better prepare themselves for Jr Gold.
WelbySpanton was instrumental in helping plan, pro-
mote and implement this idea into the newly formed
NCJET Jr Bowlers Tournament Club. We had several
meetings with different bowlers and parents and came
up with our tag line, ―Compete with the Elite‖. The
Club was formed and just finished our first season,
crowning our Players of the Year and our NCJET All
Star Team.
We must give credit to Lindsey Wong and Vaughn
Karabedian for their help with the structure as we
modified the old NCJBT Club that they once operated.
The point system is fair and not only rewards bowlers
for performance and attendance but also penalizes for
violations of the rules.
We held 8 events this year and averaged 50 bowlers
per event. We have asked coaches to come and vol-
unteer their time to help the kids learn about Sport
Patterns, equipment and lane play. Each event is a Jr
Gold Qualifier and all scholarship funds are handled
by SMART. We have several sponsors: 3G, 900
Global, BowlersDeals.com, Dexter, Vise, 1-2-3
Awards.com and Logo Infusion.
Our Players of the Year received Scholarships,
Plaques, Dexter 9‘s shoes, Champion shirt, and 3 ball
roller bag with shoe attachment from Vise Girls Player
of the Year: Amanda Vogt - 16, from Strikes Unlim-
ited, 249 total points, 3 – 1st places, 3 – 2nd places and
1 – 3rd place, averaged 167 for 66 games.
Boys Player of the Year: Vincent Luong – 12, from
Strikes Unlimited, 205.5 points, 2 – 1st, 1 – 2nd, 3 – 4th
place, averaged 152 for 74 games.
Our All Star Teams received Scholarships, Plaques
and a shirt from Logo Infusion
Girls All Star Team:
Maranda Pattison – 15, from Windsor Bowl and Dou-
ble Decker Lanes, 207 points, 2 – 1st, 1 – 2nd , 2 – 3rd
place, averaged174 for 58 games.
Ashley Schelske – 16, from Strikes Unlimited and
Country Club Lanes, 177 points, 1 – 1st, 3 – 2 nd, 2 – 4th
place, averaged 163 for 52 games.
Alexa Sylva – 16, from Cloverleaf Family Bowl, 166
points, 3 – 1st, 1 – 2nd, 1 – 3rd place, averaged177 for
44 games.
Jennifer Loredo – 13, from Fresno State University,
165 points, 2 – 1st , 1 – 3rd, 2 – 4th place, averaged 168
for 47 games.
Boys All Star Team:
Noah Tom – 17, from Danville Bowl, Earl Anthony‘s
Dublin Bowl and Cloverleaf Family Bowl, 185 points, 2
– 1st , 1 – 2nd , 1 – 4th, 2 – 5th place, averaged 193 for 74
games.
CJ Waterman –14, from Strikes Unlimited, 181 points,
2 – 1st , 2 – 2nd , 1 – 3rd place, averaged 170 for 62
games.
Nick Postag – 16, from 4th Street Bowl and Cloverleaf
Family Bowl, 177 points, 2 – 1st, 1 – 2nd, 2 – 3 rd place-
from 4th Street Bowl and Cloverleaf Family Bowl, 177
points, 2 – 1st, 1 – 2nd , 2 – 3rd place, averaged 195 for
68 games.
Andrei Tacorda – 15, from Steve Cook‘s Fireside
Lanes, 132 points, 1 – 4th, 4 – 5th, 1 – 6 th place aver-
aged 183 for 70 games.
..Honorable Mention goes to Welby Spanton for bowl-
ing the high game of the season, 300.
Honorable Mention All Stars: Madison Bailey, Ashley
Santos, Ryder Halliday, Welby Spanton, Daniel Chin,
EJ Baradas and Derrick Mar
A special thanks to all the volunteers, especially John
Mehlum for doing our stats and Steve Tom for selling
tickets for our raffles, Irene Wilson and Tim Cagle II for
check-in, and the Board: Tracie Tang, Jaime Pattison,
Matthew Gallagher, WelbySpanton, and John Mehlum.
For more information you can call Debbie Haggerty
at (916) 663-5897, email debra.haggerty7@gmail.com
or message us on Facebook. Everyone is welcome!
Airene Morales, received the Coordinators
Award for bringing in the most entries
It's all about the
kids!
Christian Chan,
winner of the Storm
Lock bowling ball
Pam Tamagni from Valley Center Bowl,
brought in 16 teams and 48 doubles entries!
USA Bowling National Tournament
Qualifying Starts In October
By Terry Bigham
USA Bowling crowned its first national champions dur-
ing the summer and the path to the 2017 USA Bowling
National Championships starts next month with the first
of 16 regional events.
The USA Bowling Regional events will be held through-
out the country to determine the 32 regional champions –
16 teams in the 15-and-under division and 16 teams in
the 12-and-under division – that will advance to the na-
tional championships tournament in Cleveland in July.
―The inaugural USA Bowling Championships was a
great experience for everyone involved and it was excit-
ing to see youth teams compete for a national title on
television,‖ said International Bowling Campus Youth
Development Managing Director Gary Brown. ―Youth
bowlers from throughout the country were able to see the
excitement of this tournament and we encourage teams
to take advantage of the opportunity to compete in a re-
gional event and possibly earn a spot in the national
championships.‖
IBC Youth Development started USA Bowling as a team
-based youth program to introduce youngsters to the
sport. The program follows the structure of other youth
sports by placing children on a team, providing a coach,
and holding regular practices and weekly competitions.
The USA Bowling Regional events were introduced
three years ago to give teams additional opportunities for
competition. The regional events led to the first USA
Bowling National event in 2016 with the finals televised
on CBS Sports Network.
The dates, region and sites for the 16 USA Bowling
regional events to be held during the 2016-2017 season:
 Oct. 15-16 – Southeast, Buffaloe Lanes, North, Raleigh,
N.C.
 Oct. 29-30 – Ohio Valley, Beaver-Vu Bowl,
Beavercreek, Ohio
 Nov. 5-6 – Upper Midwest, Sun Valley Lanes, Lincoln,
Neb.
 Nov. 12-13 – Midwest, Northrock Lanes, Wichita, Kan.
 Nov. 19-20 – Northeast, Rab‘s Country Lanes,
Staten Island, N.Y.
 Nov. 19-20 – Lower Great Lakes, Mike Aulby‘s
Arrowhead Bowl, Lafayette, Ind.
 Dec. 17-18 – Atlantic East, Smyrna Bowling Center,
Smyrna, Tenn.
 Jan. 7-8 – South Central, Plano Super Bowl, Plano,
Texas
 Jan. 14-15 – Coastal South, Boardwalk Bowl, Orlando,
Fl.
 Jan. 21-22 – Pacific Southwest, Cloverleaf Family
Bowl, Fremont, Calif.
 Jan. 28-29 – Southwest, Cactus Bowl, Tucson, Ariz.
 Feb. 25-26 – Heartland, St. Clair Bowl, Fairview
Heights, Ill.
 March 4-5 – South, Vestavia Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.
 March 18-19 – New England, Westgate Lanes,
Brockton, Mass.
 TBD – Mountain, TBD, Colorado
TBD – Upper Great Lakes, TBD, Minnesota
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