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Helen Duval Veterans Tournament

2012 State Finals
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Mission Hills Bowl
10430 Sepulveda Blvd.
Mission Hills, CA  91345
(818) 361-1221

Official Results

	BOWLING FOR VETS @ SEPULVEDA VA Rosie Parker, Executive Director for Bowlers for Veterans Link, BVL, in California was presented with a poster of Disabled Veterans by GLA Voluntary Specialist, Larry Foster of the Sepulveda VA at a recent BVL tournament in the San Fernando Valley. Part of the donations received from the BVL helps pay for the games that disabled veterans from West LA and Sepulveda Campuses participated regularly.  Larry started with 4 veterans last year, and soon that number rose to 12-15 veterans participating in this twice a month program. Though the lure to get the participate was originally food, this changed in a short time, as the veterans were more interested in the thrill of competition,  the recreational aspect, and the spirit of comradely! Great job Larry!

Open to USBC members: Men, Women and Youth!

CALIFORNIA BVL CHAIR:
Rosie Parker
149 E Russell St
Azusa, CA 91702-4921
626-334-8745
rap24682@verizon.net

www.bowlforveterans.org

Welcome to the 2011 – 2012 Bowling Season!

The Bowlers of California have proved yet again that “WE ARE THE BEST” when it comes to supporting our Veterans. From 1950 thru 2010, the California BVL Fund has donated $8,566,982.78 to our veterans. This 2010-2011 year’s efforts, totaling $116,392.42 brings that total to $8,683,375.20. The committee Thanks all of you on behalf of the Veterans of California.

As you know, these funds are used to purchase recreational equipment, field trips, coffee, and office equipment for use by the veterans, and to help with social events and special outings. The California BVL Fund was recognized by the National BVL Organization for making the largest donation by a State Association at the USBC Convention in Grapevine, Texas this year. We know none of this would be possible without your continued dedication, resourcefulness and hard work and again, We Thank You.

Unfortunately, our Military is currently in conflict and we are again asking for your continued support and assistance in helping our veterans return to the way of life they left. We urge you to remember the BVL Creed, as follows:

“For the good things of life at hand for millions of us, thousands gave their lives. In our service and Veterans Administration Hospitals are other thousands who escaped death fighting with the same spirit for the same cause. Our debt to them is profound. The least they might expect is that all of us accomplish everything within our means to restore them to normal existences.”

The bowlers of California have kept the promise made to our Veterans in 1950, “We won’t forget you”.

Awards will be presented to the local associations that donate the three highest amounts. Awards will also be presented to the associations who have donated $2.00 or more per member. All of the Awards will be presented during the California USBC Annual Meeting in Sacramento, June 10, 2012.

Association Managers, please make a copy of the packet for BVL Chairman and President.

Please read all of your enclosed information. Youth bowlers in California will continue to be a part of the Fundraising as well as participating in the Championship Tournament event. All the information needed to include the Youth is in your packet.

PLEASE REVIEW THE CHANGE ON AVERAGE RULE A. B. C. on the California USBC Helen Duval Veterans Tournament Rule sheet.

Hall of Famer Helen Duval Passes Away at Age 94

Helen Duval, a United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer, passed away Thursday, July 29. She was 94.

“Helen was a very talented bowler and she touched so many people’s lives through her work with the Bowlers to Veterans Link and her years of coaching youth bowlers in California,” said USBC President Darlene Baker, who also chairs the BVL board. “She was a tremendous ambassador for the sport and will be greatly missed.”

A lifetime resident of Berkeley, Calif., Duval started bowling in 1938 and joined her first league a year later. She had taken a job after graduating high school and after work each day she had to wait for the bus to go home. She passed the time watching people bowl at the nearby Cal-Rec Center.

“Somebody asked me if I’d like to try bowling,” Duval recalled in a 2006 article for the Contra Costa Times. “I had never tried it before. I was a natural.”

She would go on to become one of the pioneers of women’s bowling, and was a founding member of the women’s professional bowling movement in 1959. She won two professional titles during her career and in 1961 captured the Nationals Doubles tournament with Nobu Asami.

In 1969, Duval won both the Women’s International Bowling Congress (now USBC) Championships team event and all-event titles. She was selected to the All-American Bowling team three times and held a high average of 200 in 1967.

Duval also proved to be a great teacher of the sport. She started teaching bowling clinics in the 1950s when the American Junior Bowling Congress requested she help bring the sport to California’s youth. After impressing people in the states, Duval traveled to Asia where she conducted more bowling clinics and seminars.

She said in a 1992 Bowlers Journal article that her son, Richard, was her motivation. Richard was diagnosed with polio at age 5 and was hospitalized for almost a year. But Duval helped her son to bowl – he started in a wheelchair and later was able to stand at the foul line – and Richard eventually became accomplished enough to have a short stint on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. The experience of working with her son helped her develop techniques for teaching disabled individuals.

She did extensive work with the BVL, the nonprofit group that provides programs to veteran and active duty service men and women. For more than 20 years she went to veterans hospitals across the country to teach the sport. The BVL named her honorary co-chair in 1985 and in 2000 she received the Secretary’s Award, the highest award given by the Department of Veterans Affairs, for her unwavering commitment to America’s veterans.

Duval was honored as a “bowling legend” at the National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum’s Salute to Champions Gala in 1993. Two years later she received the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America V.A. Wapensky award. She was selected as the BPAA’s Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award winner in 2007.

Duval, who owned an eight-lane bowling center in Oakland, Calif., along with her husband, Rosy, was one of the first women to become a member of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. She served for five years, following her appointment during the Kennedy administration.

She was inducted into WIBC (now USBC) Hall of Fame for Superior Performance in 1970, and was inducted into the Ladies Professional Bowlers Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1996 she was inducted into the Senior Athletes Hall of Fame.  

In lieu of flowers, a donation in Helen Duval’s name can be sent to the Bowlers to Veterans Link, 11350 Random Hill Rd., Suite 800, Fairfax, VA 22030.

Annually there are visits and presentations to various Veterans Facilities in our state. Your association president will receive notification of the time and date. This is a very good opportunity to witness what happens to your BVL donations. For further information, please contact Rosie.

Thank You for all YOU do for our California Veterans

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