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

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

TSN Classic Bowl Championship

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

8pm/5pm

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

TSN2

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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