Syracuse offers a different slice of New York New York state of mind

While the Women’s Championships has not been to Syracuse since 1954, this year’s event will mark the 10th time the tournament has been held in the state of New York:

Year 1929

City Buffalo

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Highlights from El Paso

A look at some of the outstanding performances and other interesting happenings from the 2010 Women’s Championships in El Paso, Texas:

• Jodi Woessner of Oregon, Ohio, claimed the Diamond and Scratch All-Events titles with a record score of 2,330.

• Woessner’s effort included a record-tying 816 series, the sixth 800 in 91 years of Women’s Championships competition. Michelle Feldman of Auburn, N.Y., shot 816 on the way to the Classic Singles title in 2009.

• There were three perfect games and two 800 series. There have been 12 300s and six 800s in tournament history.

• Bowlers Choice Pro Shop of Tonawanda, N.Y., led the scratch portion of the event as well as the Diamond Division with the highest team series in USBC Women’s Championships history. The group fired games of 1,160, 1,085 and 1,179 for a 3,424 scratch effort.

• Emma Hendrickson, a 101-year-old bowling sensation, extended her own record as the tournament’s oldest participant with her 51st consecutive appearance.

• Mini Tvaska, 92, has competed in more Women’s Championships than any bowler and made her 64th consecutive appearance. Her tournament career began at the 1947 event in Grand Rapids, Mich.

If you build it …

For the second consecutive year, the Women’s Champi- onships will be contested on specially-constructed lanes in a convention center. But what, exactly, does it take to build a state-of-the-art bowling center?

Construction: It takes a team of at least 30 car- penters, electricians and laborers approximately six weeks to construct the 48 lanes needed to conduct the event. When the tournament is completed, it takes about five days to dismantle the venue.

Materials: Enough lumber is used for the installation to construct at least five three- bedroom homes. More than six miles of wiring also is required to handle the tournament’s electrical needs. After the 2010 event, all salvageable materials went to Habitat for Humanity- El Paso.

Local help: USBC hires between 50 and 75 people locally to help operate the tournament.

1931 New York 1937 1940 1954 1959 1967

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Rochester Syracuse Syracuse Buffalo

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1984 Niagara Falls 1996

Teams 307 242 531

1,185 4,538 4,491 6,094 9,074 7,423

Total visits to New York state: 9 Total teams: 33,885 Total bowlers: more than 170,000

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