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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

Barnes and Cole Claim Valentine Doubles Title

As any good jockey will tell you, the key to winning is to select a good horse and hold on as he makes his run. That is just what Eddie Barnes did as he partnered with Sheldon Cole and held on for dear life. Cole posted a score of 774 and combined it with Barnes’ 686 to win the Doubles tournament with a combined score of 1460. Cole’s 774 also took the men’s Singles title while Tonya Dunovant took the women’s Singles title with a score of 746.

Nicole Allen and Frank Jacobs, Jr. each claimed second place spots in their respective Singles divisions. A tie score of 1451 posted by partners Nicole and Tonya Dunovant, and Nicole Allen and Sheldon Cole took the second place spot in Doubles. For complete payout details, click here.

First Place Doubles Winners Sheldon Cole & Eddie Barnes

Sims-Sharpe and Stubblefield Take November Doubles

Gloria Sims-Sharpe and partner Ollice Stubblefield waited until the last squad of the November Doubles tournament before posting the top score of 1437 to win the $800.00 first place doubles prize. Early leaders Tonya Dunavant and Anderson Springfield shared the second place prize of $600.00 with Geneva Smith and Evelyn Barnes.

Virginia bowler, Jo Jo Petty took the $250.00 first place men’s Singles event while early leader Tonya Dunovant held on to take the ladies’ Singles event, winning $125.00. For a complete list of all winners, check the following link: November Doubles Results

First Place Doubles winners

Ollice Stubblefield & Gloria Sims-Sharpe

Greensboro Hosts Senate Re-birth Tournament

In its heyday, the City of Greensboro was home to the largest TNBA senate in the state of North Carolina. Somewhere along the way, membership dropped, leadership disappeared and the senate was disbanded. Last weekend, Joe Marshall along with several future members of the senate hosted a membership drive and rebirth tournament. Tommie Young worked with Joe to make this tournament a reality and hopefully initiated the restoration of the Greater Greensboro Triad Area TNBA Senate.

Officers and tournament officials from the Bull City TNBA Bowling Senate were on hand to assist the Greensboro group with this tournament. Bull City TNBA Bowling Senate members Brenda Bethea, Lisa Little, Nathaniel Whitfield, Tommie Young and Eddie Barnes spent hours doing whatever was needed to keep the tournament running smoothly. Bowlers and officers from the Durham, Raleigh, Hampton, Va. senates were on hand to participate in the tournament. The tournament netted a total of 42 doubles entries and 56 singles entries.

Durham bowlers Lisa Little and Nathaniel Whitfield walked off with the first place Doubles prize of $500 with a score of 1431 and local bowler, Michael Moore won the first place Singles prize of $210 with an excellent scratch score of 749. Congratulations go to these bowlers and also to Joe Marshall, Gwen Sanders and the rest of the Greensboro “senate-t0-be”members for a very successful first tournament.

Bull City TNBA Wins Bowling Challenge

Twenty five members of the Bull City TNBA Bowling Senate were successful in avenging the 2009 loss from the first Bull City Bowlers—Bull City TNBA Challenge match. The Challenge is a tournament in which the winning participants gain bragging rights for the upcoming year. This year’s tournament was dominated by the Bull City TNBA bowlers who 10 out of 10 points in the 1st game. Things improved slightly for the Bull City Bowlers in the second and third games, but at the end the Bull City TNBA bowlers finished with approximately 28 points to 7 points for Bull City Bowlers. Bull City Bowlers won the Strike Challenge by 7 to 6 margin.

Little and Quick Wins Valentine Doubles

Lillie Quick and Lisa Little teamed up to post the top doubles score of 1586 to take the Valentine Doubles Tournament. Bowling scratch scores of 652 and 631 respectively, Lisa and Lillie far out distanced second place finishers Louise Hopson and Lillie Quick. For their first place finish, they shared $550.00 and $280.00 for second place

Sheldon Cole, Lillie Quick and Lisa Little took first place awards in the Scratch, Female and Open divisions of the Singles tournament respectively. Michael Robinson was awarded $25 for scoring the first 300 game in one of our tournaments. See detail results on our Tournaments page or by clicking on this link. Valentines

Training Opportunity Offered To Bull City Senate Youths

The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is offering an intensive multiple-day-training opportunity to National Bowling Association (TNBA) active youth and qualified coaches. Training will take place at the International Training Center in Arlington, Texas and selected individuals will receive a bowling education similar to a Team USA camp experience. This valuable opportunity represents an effort to further strengthen the collaborative relationship between the USBC and TNBA bowling organizations.

The National Bowling Association was founded in 1939 by African Americans and is open to all members of the bowling community. TNBA is an organization committed to the principals of Sportsmanship, Fellowship and Friendship. Youth members of the organization compete in TNBA and USBC certified local, regional and national tournaments annually.

The Bull City TNBA Bowling Senate (BCTBS) has developed a program to increase the level of knowledge and participation in the sport of bowling. This program provides the training necessary for area youth bowlers to become more competitive and ambassadors for the sport of bowling and TNBA. It will provide financial assistance to area youth bowlers to cover the tuition cost for their participation in this unique training opportunity. Through this program, area youth bowlers will compete with other area youth bowlers to participate in an intensive multi-day training opportunity at the International Training Center.

Participants will receive two days of training with one of three world class USBC professional coaches at the Center. The Bull City Bowling Senate will be responsible for all training expenses for the youth bowlers, while participants will be responsible for transportation and housing. Participants are expected to share the knowledge they receive with local youth bowlers when they return and become ambassadors for the sport of bowling and TNBA, emphasizing sportsmanship, fellowship and friendship.

Although the exact date of this training opportunity has not been confirmed, estimated time frame will be during the first two weeks of August, 2011. See a short video of participants in this training program by clicking on the following link. TNBA Youth at ITRC