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Welcome to the Morris County
NJ USBC Website
Located
in Morris County, New Jersey
Our goal
is to encourage and support the sport of bowling, both Youth and Adult. This site was
developed to keep you informed of what is happening in the Morris County
NJ USBC. Our services and activities are listed, just click
on the buttons to the left to view the respective information.
We
provide a United States Bowling Congress presence in 7 premier bowling
centers in Northwest NJ, which include Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties.
2023-2024 Morris County NJ USBC Honor Roll
Morris
County Bowling News:
Attention League Secretaries!!
As the 2023-2024 Winter
Bowling Season winds down and comes to an end, please be mindful in
submitting your leagues final average sheets. Final averages must be
submitted to the
Association Manager as your leagues are completed. These
averages will be required for entry into the Champion of Champions
Tournament!
5/11/24: Noel Colwell is home and healing. Thanks for all the
thoughts and prayers. He is walking and has begun light exercise.
His recovery will be a long and slow one.
4/28/24 - The 2024
Morris County NJ USBC annual meeting concluded this morning.
County officer elections took place. Carol Chadwick was elected
President uncontested for a 2 year term. Jim Testa was elected 2nd
Vice President for a 2 year term. Joyce Brokling and Carol Scheu
were both reelected as directors for another 3 year term. Nidia
Haneveld and Naomi Estrin were elected in as Morris Counties newest
Directors for a 3 year term.
Noel Colwell, and Vicky Dodd were awarded Life Members, and Rich Cron was awarded
Member Emeritus.
Present to receive their achievement awards were Chris Lynch and
Jeff Morin of Peerless I (2651) and Peerless II (Ty Carra, Robert
Mockenhaupt, Chris Lynch and Mitch Sacks)(2762) for First and Second
place Team Scratch. Clinton Hill with All Events Class B high score
(1939), and Clinton with Craig McCarrick for Handicap Doubles first
place (1694), in the Open Tournament. Sandra Steinwand for All
Events C Class (1729), PinPals (Nancy Wasileski, Sandra Steinwand,
Christine Hunsicker, and Nancy Hunt) for Team Gross (3177), The
Fabulous Four (Jennifer Dunklin-Dorazio, Jen Drury, Nidia Haneveld,
and Michele Layton-Brown) for Team Net (2554), Nidia Haneveld/Michele
Layton-Brown for Doubles Net (1433) and Michele Layton-Brown for
high game/series (269/703) at the Womens’ Tournament, Christina
Wyble (770) and Jim Beyel (846) for County High Series for the 22-23
Season.
Not present but awarded at Boonton Lanes were Brian Olsen and
Steve Marczak for first place Doubles Scratch (1456), Melissa Vizzi
first place All Events Class C (1761) and and Team DGBS: Jessica
Smith, Karine Polgar, Scott Barberi, and Louis Weigelt first place
Team Handicap (3224).
Zak DuHaime rolled the Tournament High Series of 802, and tied Mitch
Sacks for the Tournament High Games of 300, giving him the Scratch
AND Handicap Singles Titles!
Justin Puchalski was not present to be awarded high series 22-23
season (846) tied with Jim Beyel.
Committee reports were given and the meeting adjourned.
The Morris County NJ USBC would like to thank all of the bowlers who
attended, and we look forward to another great year serving you, the
Morris County bowlers.
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Upcoming Morris County Tournaments:
Saturday and Sunday, May 18th and 19th 2024,
The 8th Annual Morris County Doubles
Tournament. Held at
Bel-pike Lanes
in Belvedere, NJ. Any
combination of doubles teams. m/f, f/f, m/m. For entry information,
directions to the center, and a downloadable application,
Click here!
The Morris County NJ USBC Annual
Queens/Princess Tournament will be
held Sunday June 2nd 2024 at
Boonton Lanes.
Click to
download/print an Application
Upcoming NJ State USBC Tournaments:
Date: April 27-28, May 4-5, 11, 18-19, 2024 -
New Jersey State Open, at
Strathmore Lanes in Aberdeen, NJ
Date: June 8th 2024 -
NJ
Annual Womens Senior Tournament held at
Howell Lanes, in Howell, NJ
Why
should I sanction with the USBC?
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is the national governing
body for the sport of bowling. The USBC's mission is to provide
resources, services, and standards for the sport. The USBC
consistently updates, interprets, and enforces the playing rules,
for USBC league and tournament competition. The Morris County NJ
USBC Association, is the local bowlers liaison to the national
governing body. We can assist you with understanding the rules and
specifications as they apply to the sport of Bowling, and ensure
your bowler statistics are recorded in the national bowler database.
Sanctioned leagues help promote fairness and integrity in the sport.
By adhering to specific rules and regulations, sanctioned leagues
ensure that all bowlers have an equal opportunity to compete and
succeed. Additionally, as a sanctioned Morris County USBC bowler,
you may be eligible for local achievement awards, and as a USBC sanctioned
bowler, honor scores will be recorded in the national bowler
database.
To become sanctioned, bowlers can fill out a USBC membership
application form, pay a sanction fee, handing the completed form and
applicable fee in to you league or competition official to be
submitted to the local association, or you can go to the USBC
website and
sanction online.
Please note: If applying online, your local association is Morris
County, New Jersey.
Association
# - 86884
Yearly Membership Dues are $27.00
USBC
Sanction:
$15.00, Morris
County Local: $12.00
Bowlers sanctioned out of
county, must be sanctioned in Morris County to compete in leagues and
tournaments in Morris County. This is a $12.00 (local only) sanctioning
fee. All bowlers must complete Morris County USBC sanctioning cards for
every league they bowl and/or sub in.
2023-2024 Official USBC Rules Handbook
USBC
National News!
Congratulations to
the 2024 USBC Collegiate Hall of Fame Inductees
4/18/24: Jack
Connaughton of Lafayette, Indiana; Kelly Kulick of Union, New
Jersey; and Rick Steelsmith of Wichita, Kansas, earned induction for
their on-lane performances as Student-Athletes. Gordon Vadakin of
Wichita, Kansas, joined the inaugural class in the Coach category.
Karl Nickolai of Canton, Michigan, completed the 2024 class for his
dedication to collegiate bowling as a Contributor.
3/31/24 - LAS VEGAS – DeeRonn Booker has
arrived. The 33-year old right-hander from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, won the 2024 United States Bowling Congress Masters at
Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas on Sunday, claiming his first
major championship and becoming the third African-American bowler to
win a major title on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour.
Read more
11/9/23 - ARLINGTON, Texas – The United
States Bowling Congress has released its most recent scoring
research report related to string pinsetters. The report concludes
there is no statistically significant difference between the scoring
pace of USBC-certified string pinsetters and traditional free-fall
machines.
Read more
"The Future of the Sport 2023 recap, 2024 Preview"
An article by Chad Murphy, Director of the USBC, addressing the year
of 2023 in review and upcoming future of the sport.
Please note USBC
specific
equipment specifications and
changes as of 8/1/2020.
Note as of 8/1/2022
COVID rules are no longer in effect and shall not apply to any
league or competition.
Did you know? A little bowling 101
A bowling lane is 42 inches wide and 60 feet long, with the length
being measured from the foul line to the head pin.
There are a few features about a bowling lane however, that you may
not have known, but will eventually find useful. As a beginner,
you're most concerned about the pins, and how to get the ball to
knock as many down as possible. Also you'll try to avoid stepping
over the foul line. There are two lines of dots on the approach to
help you with this. They are called approach dots,
with the first set of approach dots located 12 feet from the foul
line, and a second set located 15 feet from the foul line. The
approach dots are there for the bowler to aid in a starting point
for the bowling ball delivery.
Another set of indicators or "targets" placed for your use
are the arrows. The arrows on the lane are located 15 feet from the
foul line, And start at board 5 through 35.. For right handed
bowlers, the arrows go from right to left, starting on board 1 (at
the right gutter) to board 40 (at the left gutter), for left
handed bowlers the boards are numbered opposite, from left to right.
These arrows are used to help target where you want to throw the
ball. Alternatively, some bowlers concentrate on the pins, others
have learned to focus on a specific arrow, or target, and adjust
their starting point on the approach, and the targeting arrows to
create a certain motion to the pins, useful for both strikes AND
spares.
There is yet one more set of indicators you may wish to take
advantage of. A 42 inch wide bowling lane contains 40 narrow boards,
running the length of the lane. Some lanes have markings farther
down the lane called range finders. Not all lanes have these
markings, because it depends on the type of lane and the
manufacturer of the lane. Lanes are either made out of wood or a
synthetic material. All modern lanes today are synthetic. They are a
very hard material that is similar to a Formica counter top. All
lanes with range finders are synthetic lanes. The first set of range
finders start 34 feet from the foul line and are 3 feet long. They
are located on board 15 for both the left and right handed bowlers.
The second set of range finders start 40 feet down the lane and are
3 feet long. They are located on board 10 for both the left and
right handed bowlers. The range finders are used to help the bowlers
that roll a hook or curve ball. When the ball travels down the lane,
it will hold a path in the same direction for a specific distance.
The ball will them come out of the oil pattern and start to
hook in an inward direction (towards a higher numbered board).
The distance the ball stays in the path and starts to move inward
will vary based on the length of the oil on the lane. In most cases
the ball will start its path inward around the second range finder
(40 to 43 feet). Learning to see the ball motion down lane is an
acquired skill that can take years of practice to master. An
additional factor affecting performance is the oiling of the lane.
Oiling the lane not only protects the surface of the lane, but also
influences the behavior of the ball as it progresses down the lane.
The entire lane is normally not oiled, with the final few feet,
called the back end, normally left dry. The reason for this is,
greater friction exists between the ball and a dry surface, as
opposed to that between the ball and an oiled surface. This greater
friction enables a ball to hook as it approaches the pins. There are
a number of different approaches to oiling a lane, referred to as
"oil patterns". Some make scoring easier, some make it very
difficult. Reading ball reaction goes a long way into deciding how
to target your shot using the aids mentioned above. What is a
helpful pattern for one bowler may adversely affect another's
performance. This is of particular importance to the advanced
bowler, who relies on the very smallest details to give him or her a
competitive edge.
So far we've talked about markings that serve as aids to your
approach to the lane, oil or conditioner application, and to your
placement of the ball. Mastering these techniques, will go a long
ways towards determining the skill level you'll attain.
You might not have known that in the sport of bowling, the
characteristics of a bowling lane could make things quite so
complicated. Or did you?
If you have
any suggestions, comments or requests, please email the Association
Manager at
morriscountynjusbc@gmail.com.
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