GTA Bowling Tournaments

January 3rd, 2012

We are now moving into the busy part of our bowling season and there is much happening for those of you that enjoy competing in the tournaments, I have outlined below some of the upcoming scheduled events but check the website for more details and some new events will be posted shortly as they have just been rec'd.

1) Coming in March will be several one day bowling clinics for the those bowlers who want to gain knowledge on playing different lane conditions, ball reaction, etc. More detailed format will be posted shortly and these clinics will be run by two Canadian international coaches and will feature in classroom and on the lane instruction. There will be limited number of bowlers accepted per clinic, please advise me if you are interested and we will generate a list.

2) Woodbridge Bowl is hosting a 9 pin no-tap doubles tournament Feb.4 and Feb.5. Complete details are posted on the website.

3) Bowlerama Barrie will be hosting their monthly "Beat the Champ" singles handicapped tournament on Feb.18, full details will be posted in the next couple of days as well as the results from the last event.

4) Kennedy Bowl will be putting on their own handicapped doubles tournament on Feb.18
and will be played on their house shot, there will be two squads, more info will be posted
in the next couple of days.

5) The next Players Tour event will be at Classic Bowl on Feb.11 with squad times at 12:30 and 3:00...these tournaments are SCRATCH and played on a more demanding shot. The doubles event that was scheduled for April 28 at Planet Bowl has been cancelled.

6) It appears the Greater Toronto Tenpin Bowling Ass. (GTTBA) will be having their 2012 mixed doubles at Woodbridge Bowl on March 24-25 and March 31-April 1, I would expect the forms will be posted shortly on their site. Go to "links" on our www.gtabowling.ca to view their site.

7) The GTTBA will be using Classic Bowl for the men's and women's city championship on May 5/May 6 since VIP Lanes has closed down, again I sure the forms will be posted soon on their site and a reminder these GTTBA tournaments are sanction and you must have a CTF card to participate.

8) The Zone Bowling Club is preparing for their next event and it appears it will be a handicapped singles tournament on March 3/2012. I am waiting for the official release from their executive.

9) The Niagara Tenpin Bowling Association has open the 2012 Dominic Biamonte Hall OF Fame handicapped singles to everyone this year and it will be helded on March 3 and March 4 at the Cataract Bowling Centre in Niagara Falls, this flyer will be posted shortly with complete details.

Douglas Matchett

www.gtabowling.ca

gtabowling@hotmail.com

November 4th, 2011

We are very pleased to welcome Barrie Bowlerama as an official sponsor of the GTA Bowling website, to find out more visit our advertiser's page and click on the ad or visit www.bowlerama.com, we look forward to working with their staff and have posted two up coming events that I feel will be happening on a regular basis, the "Beat The Champ" is unique concept and having the chance to dethrone the current champ will be a challenge for all of us.

The 9 pin no-tap tournament to raise funs for the ten pin Youth Bowlers is a good cause and the chance to make a few dollars at the same time works for me. I have suggested they do two squads next time enabling the bowlers to make a day out of it and if you don't perform well in the first squad you will have the option to re-enter, they are open to the idea if the turn out warrants it. We need to support these events to encourage more tournaments. Go to the GTA Bowling website under "upcoming tournaments " for complete details.

Just a reminder that Rowe Zone Bowling Store "Hot Deals" is still going strong, don't forget to check it out if you are in the market for new equipment, get them before they are gone, click on this link for more details................... http://www.rowebowling.com/hot-deals.htm.

It looks like the annual scratch tournament in Niagara Penninsula will be held on Jan.8/2012,this tournament is normally scratch played on a house shot, we will be posting more details when the organizers have confirmed time and date.

We are very fortunate that Planet Bowl has step up to the plate for those of us that prefer to practise during the week and have not been treated very well at our previous venue, they are offering all bowlers the following rates and if you bring your group every attempt will be made to give you lanes together (will be based on availability) .After all socializing is a big part of the game and a house with a friendly staff is a bonus. See you there!

Monday Night....practise on a sport shot for $2.00 per game 9:00-closing

Wednesday...pay $5.00 fee per bowler then bowl for $0.25 game 8:00-closing

Thursday....pay $7.00 per bowler for two hours

***Taxes will apply and subject to change with out notice***

Contact Planet Bowl if you have any questions, their info is available through our "LINKS" at www.gtabowling.ca.

The results for the Player's Tour tournament held in Montreal are now posted on our site. The Jan.14/2012 tournament has been moved to Burlington Bowl and we will be correcting that part of the schedule very soon. Remember the doubles tournament being held at the end of the year is OPEN to everyone. These are scratch tournaments played on Sport Shot conditions.

Douglas Matchett

September 10th, 2011

The 2011/2012 bowling season has officially kick off for most ten pin bowlers and for the most part may shape up to be very interesting for all who have been participating
in tournaments as early indications that there will be something happening each month. Rowe Zone Bowling Store (www.rowebowling.com) has unleashed a "Madness in September" special for those who are thinking about a new ball or shoes (act fast as only a limited number of balls will be available).

Storm Virtual Gravity "Nano"

Regular price $219.95
Now Only $189.95

Storm Anarchy

Regular price $214.95
Now Only $174.95

***finger grips, thumb slugs, sleeves and taxes extra***

Starting on Sept.6,2011 all ladies and men's shoes will be on sale!!!!
Check with the store for more details.

We have posted the Player's Tour schedule for 2011/2012,these are scratch tournaments on a more demanding shot and the first event takes place Sept.17 at Planet Bowl with two squad times available. The cost is $80.00 and $70.00 for re-entries. Depending on the amount of bowlers at least the top 16 advance to match play.

There is now a group that will be doing handicapped tournaments through out the year and their next tournament will be held at Brunswick Zone on Sept.24 (they ran a very successful tournament at Club 300 in mid summer). The final details will be posted very shortly on our website as soon as I rec'd them. Please do not call Brunswick Zone as their centre is hosting it but the staff will not be able to give you any details, it is an outside group that is doing the organizing and check in with our
website regularly for complete format and times.

I have been in touch with Ariel Domingo regarding 9 pin no-tap tournaments that where a huge success at Woodbridge Bowl last year and the good news is he intends on continue them with the first one being sometime in October, he is currently waiting for the leagues to get up and running then will confirm the dates. Again keep checking back with us and as the times and details get confirmed they will be posted.

If you know of any tournaments in the works have the organizers contact me and we can help promote them. Good Luck and Good Bowling to all.

url: www.gtabowling.ca
email: gtabowling@hotmail.com

Douglas Matchett

August 27th, 2010

As September approach's bowling leagues are now ramping up for the 2010/2011 season and we are doing the same, our bowling web page will have some slight changes, nine pin no-tap, handicapped and scratch tournament listings will have their own web page and we will be posting other tournaments, not just GTA Bowling tournaments. We have had inquiries about our fall tournament schedule, we have currently suspended holding tournaments at the moment so we may focus on getting more advertising on our website and tournament flyers. These advertising dollars will enable us to maintain this website and the balance will be put towards prize fund in future tournaments. We need your help to grow so please recommend any business you know to get involved, many bowlers have visit our site on a regular basis but have not registered with us (it only takes a moment to do this), our data base is for our own use and we DO NOT share the info with anyone. Lets encourage bowlers to sign up.

We are very pleased to have the following companies sponsoring our website and tournaments, VOLKS Darts and Rowe Zone Bowling Store, please support them when ever possible, they are making this website possible!!!!!

On August 20-22, I had the pleasure in attending the TSN Classic Bowl Championship as a player and spectator, what a terrific job Ed Sousa and the staff at Classic Bowl did in putting on a great tournament on such short notice, the TSN production crew did a very professional job as usual and to have Vic Rauter and Randy Pedersen handling the commentary certainly added to the prestige of this event. Vic Rauter has worked for TSN the past 25 years and is a household name in Canada, to get the services of Randy Pedersen, a 13 time winner on the Professional Bowlers Tour and commentator for ESPN broadcast PBA tournaments for USA and Canada. All playoff games will be shown on TSN2 for the next ten weeks starting on Tuesday, August 31 at 8pm. See below for the full TSN schedule.

Date

Event

Time ET/PT

Network

Tuesday, August 31

Tuesday, September 7

Tuesday, September 14

Tuesday, September 21

Tuesday, September 28

Tuesday, October 5

Tuesday, October 12

Tuesday, October 19

Tuesday, October 26

Tuesday, November 2

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

8pm/5pm

TSN2

Schedule subject to change without notice.

May 16th, 2010

Having completed our third tournament in six weeks I have mixed feelings as we prepare for the fall schecule,when we embarked on this venture there was much discussion with a mixture of bowlers to see if there was a following out there to make it successful, the format we created was well received and we option to move forward, we are very thankful for those who attended the first three tournaments but on the other hand greatly disappointed with the bowlers who assured us of their support and have not attended one tournament. I have talked to bowlers who have attended our GTA Bowling Tournaments and the overall response was to maintain our current format, we may tweak it a bit over the summer but I don't see any major changes coming. I find it interesting when discussing our 9 pin no-tap tournaments that the biggest excuse is that they have a 200 plus average and are at a disadvantage, giving up 20-25 pins per game, yet the winners in the first three men' division tournaments paid out were 4 averages in the 180's,2 in the 190's,3 in the 200-204 range,4 scratch bowlers, this confirms what I have been saying all along, putting all our lame excuses aside, whether it is a 9 pin no-tap, handicapped or scratch tournament you still need to bowl well to finish at the top.

For any bowler who would like to bowl in scratch tournaments, there is a Bowlers Tour that has been running for the past few years through out Southern Ontario. They feature one tournament per month starting in September. They will be posting the 2010-2011 schedule next month, for more info go to our "LINKS" page and click on Rowe Zone Bowling Store and click on tournaments, this will give you all the required info you will need.

If you want to stay in touch with what's happening with bowling in the Greater Toronto area, send us your e-mail address simply by clicking "Contact Us" at the top of the page and fill out the form and summit it. we do not share this data with anyone!)

Douglas Matchett

May 3rd, 2010

We have now posted the results for our second GTA Bowling tournament held at VIP Lanes on May 1/10.Special thanks to all who attended, we look forward to seeing you on May 15 at VIP Lanes. We will be taken a break after this next tournament for the summer months and should be posting our fall schedule in the near future. The traffic to our website has surpassed all our wildest expectations, if you are visiting our site do send us an e-mail so that we can add you to our data base (we do not disclosed these to anyone), this will enable us to notify you when something new is happening in the bowling community.

Planet Bowl now have their Strike Mor Pro Shop open full time, if you have any questions contact Planet Bowl and ask for the Pro Shop (check under our "links" for contact information.) If you don't know what your previous averages are for the past three years you can go to our "LINKS" page and click on Greater Toronto Tenpin Bowling Association then scroll down the left column to "book averages" and select year and bowlers name. Only players who played in a sanction league will be posted here. Please keep in mind that you do not have to play in a sanction league to be eligible for GTA Bowling Tournaments (see our rules page).

Let's make our May 15 tournament our biggest of the year, e-mail, encourage and promote it to other bowlers, we need to grow our numbers to succeed, there are numerous bowlers who have talked about coming out but have not shown up, now is the time to show us your support!

If you plan on attending on May 15,you can help us prepare the paperwork by registering on line in advance (should you register in advance and are unable to attend at the last minute, that is not a problem). If you have any questions, drop me an e-mail.

Douglas Matchett

April 19th, 2010

We have now posted the results for our first GTA Bowling tournament held at VIP Lanes on April 17/10.

Here are some answers for some of the inquires we had:

These are all ONE day tournaments, each date is a separate event

We will have a phone number available for the fall events but in the meanwhile please contact us through e-mail (leave me your number and I will contact you)

Women and men compete in separate events held at the same time and location

Special thanks to all who attended on April 17,we look forward to seeing you on May 1st at VIP Lanes.

Planet Bowl is very close to having their Strike Mor Pro Shop open full time. If you have any questions contact Planet Bowl and ask for the Pro Shop (check under our "links" for contact information.

April 5th, 2010

Congratulations to the staff at Brunswick Zone on running a great nine pin no-tapped tournament on March 20,there was 92 entries.

We are quickly coming up on our first tournament for April 17 at VIP Lanes. If you plan on attending please register in advance on line so we can schedule your lanes in advance, just pay your entry fees when you arrive.

Planet Bowl is very close to having their Strike Mor Pro Shop open full time. If you have any questions contact Planet Bowl and ask for the Pro Shop (check under our "links" for contact information.

April 15 is the closing date for registering for the provincial championship in Windsor, I have rec'd a couple of inquires from bowlers needing 1-2 players for teams and doubles. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested in playing on the May 22 long weekend. Check under our "links" for tournament info.

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