Month: June 2016

The First Coast USBC Youth Leaders Chapter held their annual membership meeting on Sunday June 26th at Bowl America Southside.  During this meeting several bowlers joined the group, the bylaws were updated, and elections were held to determine officers for the upcoming year.

Welcome brand new members to Youth Leaders — Alex Evans & Kyle Johns representing King Pins, and Ethan Torrent representing Bowl America Orange Park.  Bowlers from all centers are encouraged to join; we’d like to have at least 2 from each center participate going forward.

The bylaws were updated based on recommendations from the Youth Committee Chairperson, removing language for non-merged associations, adding (reinstating) the Youth Leader of the Year award, and clarifying the dress code.

Local Chapter Election Results: Liz Speight was voted in as President, Matthew Waters was voted in as Vice President, and Chyna Romedy was voted in as Sergeant at Arms.  Their terms officially begin August 1st, 2016. Congratulations!

Lastly, we’d like to thank Harley Romedy for her years of service and dedication to both the local and state Youth Leaders programs. Harley served as our local Youth Leaders President and as the Zone 1 Director for the State.  Harley will be going to the University of Pikeville this fall, bowling for their team on scholarship!  Her sister, Chyna, was elected this weekend as the new Zone 1 Director, with Briana Pisani being elected as the Director-at-large.

The next local Youth Leaders meeting will likely occur in August — once determined, details will be posted on this website.

Over the past 4 weekends, youth bowlers from around the state traveled to New Port Richey & Spring Hill to compete for scholarships — bowling in teams, doubles and individually.  Several bowlers from the First Coast USBC did really well and we’d like to recognize performances in the top 15%.

(Note: 1 in 12 entries for team, doubles & singles will earn scholarships… roughly the top 8%.  For the “All Events” results, only the top 2 in each division earn scholarships.)

2017 State Tourney Results – unofficial week 4

Team, Division 3: 11th place out of 106 teams – “Equipo Dos” from King Pins Bowling Center — Jacob Smith, Corey Palmer, Kenneth Etheridge & Gaven Weiland

Team, Division 3: 12th place out of 106 teams – “Liquid Strikes” from Jax Lanes Grove Park — Ryan Franz, Liz Speight, Matthew Johnson & Kaden Kovach

Team, Division 4: 4th place out of 87 teams – “Nassau #1” from Nassau Lanes — Landon Plungis, John Nunn, Selena Jordan & Matthew Jordan

Doubles, Division 3: 20th place out of 187 pairs – Brandon Roberts & D. J. Atwood from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 3: 22nd place out of 187 pairs – Savannah Good & Anne Levasseur from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Doubles, Division 4: 2nd place out of 167 pairs – Landon Plungis & John Nunn from Nassau Lanes

Doubles, Division 5: 8th place out of 119 pairs – Jordan Petersen & Andy Kuchler from Bowl America Orange Park

Singles, Division 1: 1st place out of 255 entrants – D. J. Atwood from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 1: 10th place out of 255 entrants – Nick Thwing from Batt Family Fun Center

Singles, Division 1: 33rd place out of 255 entrants – Jacob Bassell from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 2: 3rd place out of 137 entrants – Tyler Ryals from Bowl America Mandarin

Singles, Division 2: 5th place out of 137 entrants – David Grigg from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 3: 26th place out of 211 entrants – Jack Metlika from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 3: 30th place out of 211 entrants – Brandon Belz from Bowl America Orange Park

Singles, Division 4: 16th place out of 201 entrants – Kyle Johns from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 4: 20th place out of 201 entrants – Brandon Roberts from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 5: 10th place out of 124 entrants – Thomas Piert from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 5: 11th place out of 124 entrants – Landon Plungis from Nassau Lanes

Singles, Division 6: 7th place out of 64 entrants – Nathan Andrews from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 8: 2nd place out of 55 entrants – Julia Edenfield from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 8: 6th place out of 55 entrants – Kaden Kovach from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 9: 7th place out of 121 entrants – Alyssa Someillan from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 9: 16th place out of 121 entrants – Dakota Metlika from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 10: 6th place out of 123 entrants – Sydney Piert from Beach Bowl

Singles, Division 11: 7th place out of 97 entrants – Naomi Floyd from Batt Family Fun Center

Singles, Division 11: 14th place out of 97 entrants – Paige Childress from Jax Lanes Grove Park

Singles, Division 12: 6th place out of 64 entrants – Gabriella Anderson from Bowl America Mandarin

All Events HDCP AND Scratch, Boys Division 2: 1st place out of 138 entrants – John Nunn from Nassau Lanes

All Events Scratch, Girls Division 8: 2nd place out of 55 entrants – Julia Edenfield from Jax Lanes Grove Park

All Events Scratch, Girls Division 12: 1st place out of 67 entrants – Jordan Petersen from Bowl America Orange Park

 

 

 

The Saturday Youth bowling program at Bowl America Orange Park wrapped up the 2015-2016 season today (6/18) with their awards ceremony.  Congratulations to all the youth bowlers for their accomplishments.  Photos are below:

Keglers – 1st place team – “No Names” – Matthew, C.J. (not pictured) and James (not pictured)

Keglers – 2nd place team – “Bowl is Life” – Ryan, Evan and Drew (not pictured)

Keglers – 3rd place – “Avengers” – Chris, Joe and Tyler (not pictured)

Keglers – Girls High Average (118.26), High Game (162), High Series (455), HDCP Game (236) and HDCP Series (677) – Emerson

 

Keglers – Boys High Average (190.75) and High Game (268) – Evan (not pictured)

Keglers – Boys High Series (681), HDCP Game (280) and HDCP Series (733) – Matthew (not pictured)

Keglers – Most improved Bowlers – Emerson and Marc

Keglers – Bowlers of the Year – Emerson and Matthew

Keglers – Perfect Attendance – Matthew, Joe, Marc, Chris & Evan

Sharpshooters – 1st place team – “Fireballs” – Andy & Luis (not pictured)

Sharpshooters – 2nd place team – “Team 2” – Johnny, Damian and Patrick

 

Sharpshooters – 3rd place team – “Goofballs” – Jordan and Emily (both not pictured)

 

Sharpshooters – High Game – Emily (150) and Jacob (151) (both not pictured)

Sharpshooters – High Series – Katie (273) and Patrick (304)

Sharpshooters – HDCP Game – Callie (201) and Jacob (200)

Sharpshooters – Most Improved Bowlers – Patrick and Emily (not pictured)

Sharpshooters – Perfect Attendance – Katie, Patrick & Travis

Sharpshooters – Bowlers of the Year – Jacob and Emily (not pictured)

This July, 14 youth bowlers from our association will travel to Indianapolis, IN to compete in the Junior Gold Championships.  This is an annual, national scholarship tournament for the top youth bowlers in the United States, where entry to the tournament is earned through qualifying events (not by simply paying an entry fee).  The Junior Gold Championships uses multiple, unannounced “sport shot” oil patterns, over several days, that challenge the bowlers beyond what a “typical house shot” pattern or tournament would.

Below you will find the qualifiers’ names, division, and tournament in which they earned their entry to the national championships:

Alex Evans, U12 Boys – Storm Survivor Tournament

CJ Lloyd, U12 Boys – FCUSBC Scholarship Tournament

John Nunn, U12 Boys – Jacksonville Jr. Bowling Tour

Thomas McLaughlin Jr., U15 Boys – American Legion Auxillary

Trezure Connelly, U15 Girls – Georgia Youth Bowling Tour

Liz Speight, U15 Girls – FCUSBC Travel League

Jacob Bassell, U20 Boys – FCUSBC Travel League

David Dedman, U20 Boys – FCUSBC Travel League

Ryan Franz, U20 Boys – Jacksonville Jr. Bowling Tour

Alex Pierce, U20 Boys – FCUSBC Youth City Championship

Vishnu Sagi, U20 Boys – Jacksonville Jr. Bowling Tour

Marisol Dodson, U20 Girls – FCUSBC Scholarship Tournament

Heather Duncan, U20 Girls – Georgia Youth Bowling Tour

Harley Romedy, U20 Girls – FCUSBC Youth City Championship

 

10 of the 14 entries were awarded through tournaments / leagues sponsored by the First Coast USBC.  For more about Junior Gold membership or qualifying events, please contact your coach or visit bowl.com.  Best of luck to the bowlers, and be looking for an update with their results in late July!

The FCUSBC Youth Leaders chapter will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 26th @ 1:30pm, at Bowl America Southside.  Elections will be held during this meeting for all officer positions (President, Vice President, Office Manager & Sergeant at Arms).  A minimum of 8 Youth Leaders members is required to hold the elections; however, anyone wishing to join Youth Leaders should attend this meeting and may be able to participate in voting/running for office.

If you are interested in running for office, please send an e-mail to fcusbcyouth@gmail.com to receive an “Intent to Run” form.  Additionally, if you are an existing Youth Leader that cannot physically attend this meeting or have any questions, contact Harley Romedy or send an e-mail to fcusbcyouth@gmail.com.

Youth bowlers have a great opportunity during the Summer to bowl two games each day for FREE!  There are 2 programs — “Kids Bowl Free” and “Summer Blast Pass” — where parents can register their children for the center of their choice.  Once registered online, you’ll receive a weekly e-mail with personalized coupons/passes to print & bring to the center.  Please refer to each program’s website (provided below) for all of the details, as they are not identical.  Spread the word to your friends — it’s a great way to work on your game and introduce others to youth bowling!

Kids Bowl Free

Participating centers: Batt Family Fun Center, Beach Bowl, King Pins Bowl, Nassau Bowling Center

Summer Blast Pass

Participating centers: Bowl America Mandarin, Bowl America Orange Park, Bowl America Southside

The Annual Meeting for the First Coast USBC Board will be held at 1:00pm this Saturday, June 4th, in the meeting room at Bowl America Southside.  All members of the First Coast USBC are invited to attend.  Several director positions are up for election.  Active adult members in good standing are eligible to submit Intent to Run forms and become a candidate.  Please e-mail fcusbcyouth@gmail.com with your questions.