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NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING

Meet Brian Lewis

USBC’s new Managing Director of Tournaments discusses nationals

US BOWLER: You were recently promoted to the execu- tive level in charge of USBC tournaments. What does it mean to fill the shoes of Jack Mordini, who spent nearly four decades at USBC?

BRIAN LEWIS: Tough

shoes to fill. Jack contributed a great deal to USBC events and to the industry as a whole. Like Jack, my goal is to continue to keep our events moving for- ward, in terms of growth, prize money, service level, new cities, venues, look and feel of the events and all aspects including revenue generation. USB: We’re starting

a new era in the Women’s

a chance. We are finalizing our estimated prize funds now and the numbers look very good, the prize pools are large. I believe our ladies will be pleasantly sur- prised by the overall prize distri- bution. As far as the convention center build, I am not sure most the Women’s Championships bowlers know what to expect. We are looking forward to hearing many people who say, “wow”! USB: Out in Reno, at the

Open Championships, your team made several changes to the event. Most notably, allowing beverages during competition. How has that decision been received by bowlers on site?

“As we expected, the beverage policy at the Open has been well received by the bowlers on-site.”

Championships. How is every- thing going in El Paso? BL: The venue is spectacular.

Quite a few people have stated this may be one of our best builds ever. The ladies are in for an exciting time. I can tell you the city is rolling out the red car- pet, our bowlers and guests will feel very welcome. USB: What kind of feed-

back have you received on the two major changes, the handi- cap format and the convention center build? BL: After some initial nega-

tive comments about going to all handicap, we have heard very little. Our sense is that the bowlers are going to give this

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BL: As we expected, the

beverage policy at the Open has been well received by the bowl- ers on-site. There have been no major problems with its imple- mentation or complaints from those who have bowled. Those bowlers who choose to consume a beverage are enjoying it and those who choose not to have a beverage don’t seem to notice a difference. USB: The Open

Championships is going back to Reno in 2011. For those people “on the fence” about a return trip to the National Bowling Stadium, what makes 2011 a tournament they don’t want to miss?

BL: With our great partner-

ship with the city of Reno, we have the Eagle’s Nest program that rewards our team captains returning to Reno in 2011. Remember this includes a give- away of four cars or trucks to those lucky captains. That’s pretty good odds! In addi- tion to the Eagle’s Nest, Reno itself is constantly changing. Every year there are always new things, shopping, restaurants and the ball park. Also, USBC continues to add features to the tournament, like new brackets products, group check-in, etc. Stay tuned, we may be unveiling some new items for the 2011 tournament, too. USB: What kinds of chang-

es might we see in the future for the Open and Women’s Championships? BL: As I talked about mov-

ing our events forward, you can be sure we will continue to change. Our goal for the Women’s Championships is to look at our new format closely to be sure our bowlers are satis- fied. Similarly, we want to con- tinue to make our arena settings fun and exciting for the women. This event is important to USBC and we need to grow it. For the Open, we are on solid ground thanks in large part to our great captains who keep bringing teams year after year, location after location. We need to con- tinue to recognize them. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43
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