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PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

2023 HOF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE RECIPIENT – McGRATH

2023 Hall of Fame Inductee
MIKE McGRATH


Mike McGrath from Petaluma was nominated for this induction by his good friend, Barry Asher. Mike grew up at Golden Gate Lanes in El Cerrito (East Bay) and started his professional bowling career at age 19 winning his first event in 1965.

Mike won back-to-back PBA National Championships in 1969 and 1970 when he was the tour’s leading money winner. McGrath finished his career with 10 tour titles, $238,305 in career earnings and the legacy of being one of the top left-handers in the PBA. McGrath is a member of the PBA Hall of Fame (1988), the USBC Hall of Fame (1993) and this year, a member of the California USBC Hall of Fame posthumously. We sadly lost Mike in 2017 at the age of 71. He will be honored posthumously by his good friend Barry Asher, who is also being inducted this year.

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

2023 HOF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE RECIPIENT – ASHER

2023 Hall of Fame Inductee
BARRY ASHER


Barry Asher is bowling lifer. He has been inducted into 8 Halls of Fame, has 10 National PBA titles, 4 USBC Open Championship titles and owns a pro shop inside Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley.

What some of you may not know are the cool things that Barry has done because he IS a bowling lifer. His father was a prop man on the set of Lassie that ran back in the 50’s to 70’s so Barry visited the set often. Barry also bowled league with the infamous Roy Rogers at Reseda Bowl and the coolest thing is that Barry was the technical adviser for the movie, the “Big Lebowski”. For 10 days he was on set making sure that the bowling scenes were authentic. Barry was also was invited to Ken Griffey Jr.’s Hall of Fame induction. I’m sure they all celebrated later in Barry’s bowling pin shaped swimming pool. Congratulations Barry! California is so proud to honor you.

SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE RECIPIENTS

2023 HOF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE RECIPIENT – BUNETTA

2023 Hall of Fame Inductee
BILL BUNETTA

Award accepted by Danny Ayers

Bill Bunetta has a long history with bowling starting in the 1960s. He was intrigued with instruction, development and coaching of many PBA members on the tour and became known as the “Professor”. Many of those that he helped became PBA Hall of Famers. Bill also implemented many rules and regulations that are still used today on the PBA tour including the top 5 stepladder finals format. Continue reading 2023 HOF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE RECIPIENT – BUNETTA →

MERITORIOUS SERVICE RECIPIENTS

2023 HOF MERITORIOUS SERVICE RECIPIENT – JOHNSON

2023 Hall of Fame Inductee
BOB JOHNSON

Bob started at age 15 working for the Pacific Bowler newspaper in Orange County. He also spent several years as Editor of the California Bowling News based in Burbank. During more than a decade covering the bowlers and bowling events of California, Bob wrote with style and grace about everything from outstanding league accomplishments to local sweeper results to pro tournaments. Among his most-remembered feature stories were several about Glenn Allison’s 900 series (at La Habra “300” Bowl in 1982), one about Pete McCordic’s televised 300 game (at Gable House Bowl in Torrance in 1987) and one about how local bowlers and other residents prevented Midtown Bowl in Los Angeles from being burned down during the so-called “Rodney King riots” in 1992.

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ADULT TOURNAMENTS

GOLD RUSH 100

This event is open to ALL California USBC adult members with 2022-23 membership. 

ELIGIBILITY: Combined Doubles Partners’ ages must equal 100 or more (ages as of tournament date).

June 24-25, 2023

KEYSTONE LANES

Norwalk

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
OPTIONAL SCRATCH RESULTS

PAYOUT:

HANDICAP DIVISION
1  $1,250 Kelli Hampton DeBrady Hampton
2  $1,000 Christie Mochinaga Chris Delegge
3  $750 Alonzo Haywood Roy Coleman
4  $500 Otha Stubblefield Colby Calkin
5  $350 Larry Spejcher Steve Such
6  $200 Nancy Rehse Rosemarie Cassidy
       
OPTIONAL SCRATCH DIVISION
1  $200 Larry Spejcher Steve Such
2  $100 Larry Spejcher Jeff Lindenmuth
3  $40 James Cavender Matt Uller

FORMAT:
Open Doubles
3 games total on the same pair of lanes.

PEPSI INFO / RESULTS

2023 PEPSI CHAMPIONSHIPS

Over $1 million dollars awarded in Scholarships since 1998 for this tournament!

AWARDING $61,000 IN
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2023!

PEPSI RESULTS BOOK
(The State Finals Scratch Results were corrected)
Scholarships will be uploaded to SMART before June 7.
All scholarship winners will receive a packet with certificates and SMART information.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – SCRATCH
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – HANDICAP

CONGRATULATIONS…
Derrald Monteverde – U12 Boys
Alexandra McCowan – U12 Girls
Brandon Rother – U15 Boys
Lindsay Greim – U15 Girls
Vaughn-Jayden Oliva-Colobong – U18 Boys
Katelyn Abigania – U18 Girls

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CONVENTION

CONVENTION 2023

HOTEL PICCADILLY
Fresno
JUNE 10-11, 2023

Andre Eubanks, Tom Leigh, Steve Johnson, Linda Stewart
Pauline Armstrong, Cindy Akin, Amber Waybright, Terri Azvedo, Lynn Matsubara

2023 Legislation that passed:
PA #1: Article V – Board of Directors – Management /
Section A. Board Composition, Authority and Duties
Lowered the Director count for the State Board  from 15 to 13

PA #2: Article VII – Meetings / Section A. Annual Meeting
Allows two delegates instead of one for local associations with 200 or less members.

PA #3: Article VII – Meetings / Section A. Annual Meeting
Lowered the Annual Meeting quorum from 40 to 25.

PA #4: Article VII – Meetings / Section B. Board Meeting
Lowered the quorum from 10 to 9 for State Board meetings.

LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS with CREDENTIALS SUBMITTED:

Central California USBC
Chico USBC
Citrus Belt USBC
Contra Costa County USBC
Gr LA County USBC
Grass Valley/NV City USBC
Humboldt USBC
Modesto USBC
Monterey Peninsula USBC
North County USBC
Orange County USBC
Peninsula USBC
San Diego USBC
San Gabriel Valley USBC
Santa Barbara USBC
Santa Clara County USBC
Sierra Gold USBC
Stockton USBC
Ventura County USBC

CONVENTION DOCUMENTATION

2023 Convention Reports – Committees
2023 Convention Reports – Officers and Directors
2022 Meeting Minutes
2022 By-Laws
2023 Legislation
Financial Statements

Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting!

SAVE THE DATE FOR 2024…
June 1-2
Holiday Inn Ontario Airport

 

 

BVL REPORTS

BVL 2023 REPORT

BVL Committee The Bowlers to Veterans Link Hospitals and Presentations Report 

On behalf of the bowlers in California, the CUSBC BVL Committee has donated $92,100 to the following Veterans Centers in California for 2022-23 season. Since 1959, the California BVL Fund has donated over $9,840,330.20 to our California Veterans.  We want to thank all of you for your continued support of the California BVL.

2023 California USBC Helen Duval Veterans Tournament.
McHenry Bowl, Modesto – March 25, 2023

Youth bowlers in California will continue to be a part of the Fundraising as well as participating in the Helen Duval Veterans Tournament. *NEW* this year will be a $500 scholarship for the two youth champions as well as $50 scholarships for the other youth finalists. 

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BVL RESULTS

2023 HELEN DUVAL VETERANS TOURNAMENT

HOSTED BY MODESTO USBC

Open to USBC members: Men, Women and Youth!

BVL qualifying winners from each category and division will represent their local association in this tournament.

Saturday, March 25, 2023
12:00pm

McHENRY BOWL
Modesto

CONGRATULATIONS CHAMPIONS
(Men) Jacob Sory – Stockton
(Women) Kathleen Collier – Chico
(Boys) Anthony Nava – Stockton – $500 Scholarship
(Girls) Carly Herrick – Modesto – $500 Scholarship

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

*NEW* the two Youth Champions will receive a $500 scholarship. All other youth finalists will receive a $50 scholarship.

The four BVL Champions this year will each receive a custom BVL Strike12Creations.com jersey!

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CA SINGLES RESULTS

2022 CA STATE SINGLES

This event is open to ALL California USBC members with current membership.  An Optional Scratch division is available for all divisions and youth are eligible to participate with a signed USBC Scholarship waiver prior to competing. 

October 15-16, 2022

McHENRY BOWL

Modesto

Handicap Payout
Optional Scratch Payout

Official Handicap Results
Official Results – Optional Scratch

You must have 2022-23 California USBC membership in order to participate. Ball waivers must be completed (online or hard copy) and submitted at check-in.

ENTRY FEE: $50 per person
Optional Scratch Division $10

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