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We have heard from countries who traditionally
attend our tournament and from some who have not been with us
for awhile. As of July 17, 2008, we expect 173 bowlers
from 17 countries to participate with approximately 250 total
people at the tournament counting bowlers, Delegates, Coaches
and guests. |
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Confirmed bowler entries come from Aruba, Bahamas,
Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands
Antilles, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela and the Virgin Islands. |
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Although some countries will not be able to field
complete team entries, Aruba will be bringing 16 players - all
teams to Orlando, Bermuda will have both Junior Divisions in
competition and the Virgin Islands will have Junior A's
bowling. A total of 6 countries will be sending
Junior B teams - Aruba, Bermuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Puerto Rico, and the USA. |
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Our Quality Inn Plaza Hotel room reservation block closed out on
Monday, July 7, please call us if you need rooms. We are
now booking rooms at the Orlando Metropolitan Resort, only 6
blocks away, as long as they have rooms available and these
rooms must be reserved through the Tournament Office. The
cost per room is the same at both hotels. |
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Our 2008 Award Banquet will be held at the
Embassy Suites Hotel, a few blocks from our hotels. |
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Need airport transportation? Town &
Country Transportation offers it for small and larger groups at
a discount if arranged in advance from airport to hotel and
back. See their website at these links..
http://www.townandcountrytransportation.com/services.htm
http://www.townandcountrytransportation.com/discount.htm |
QubicaAMF has elected not to do the lane
conditions for the 2008 ToA. Brunswick is stepping in to
see that we have top conditions for the tournament week.
Will Ehlers, Brunswick, will be in charge of lane conditions. |
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ToA Will See Changes
in 2008 |
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accordance with wishes expressed by the Delegates during our end
of tournament meeting this past tournament, the Bowling
Tournaments of The Americas Association will make several
changes to both the event days and the place of the 2008
Tournament of The Americas. We believe these changes will
benefit both the bowlers and the tournament. Also the
starting date will be unusual this coming year to accommodate
the Junior bowlers who will also attend the World Junior
Tournament which will also be held at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando. |
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Starting in 2008, the tournament will again move to not only a
new bowling center but to a new city. The 46th Tournament
of The Americas will be held in Orlando, Florida. Our host
bowling center will be the 80 lane "Boardwalk
Bowl". Boardwalk Bowl has had many large events in
their house and has both the experience and facility to handle
major tournaments. We look forward to working with their
staff to produce a memorable event for our bowlers. |
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starting dates will be adjusted to accommodate the Junior World
Tournament which will also be held at Boardwalk Bowl in July
2008. Realizing that the junior bowlers participating in
the Junior World's will already be in Orlando, Florida, the BTAA
thought it less of an expense and travel consideration for our
American Zone junior bowlers who may also participate in the
Tournament of The Americas to start our 2008 tournament
immediately after the Junior World. |
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of The Americas will no longer have our mid-week "day
off". In 2008 and for future tournaments, the ToA
will start with Official Practice and Opening on a Sunday (for
2008, it will be Sunday, July 28th). This should
make it easier for travel time for most of our teams.
Competition will start on Monday. The number of events and
the number of games for each event of the tournament will not
change. We will conclude our week as always on a Saturday
with the last day of team event. |
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secured hotel accommodations at a very reasonable price at the
Quality Inn Plaza on International Drive, near the convention
center of Orlando. This hotel is in the heart of the
Orlando attractions and with Orlando's I-Trolley, at a
nominal cost, as well as free transportation from the hotels to
theme parks, visiting Orlando's many places of interest will be
easy for our attendees with out rental cars. Additional
needed rooms will be made available at the Orlando Metropolitan
Resort, just a few blocks away, through the Tournament Office
only. |
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Plan on joining us in Orlando, Florida in 2008
for a great bowling experience and bring the family to join in
on all of the fun Orlando has to offer. Spectators
are welcome and there is no entry charge for watching our great
bowling competition. Bowling starts at 9:30 am each day,
Monday through Saturday, starting July 28th, and will end each
day at about 2:00 pm. See
our schedule for events. Come to our Opening
Ceremonies on Sunday, July 27 at 3:30 pm and help welcome the
best bowlers of the countries of the American Zone lined up
shoulder to shoulder across the house. |
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Florida International 2008
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....2008 - We're on the Move,
Follow us to
Orlando, Florida |
We have Moved! And had a great time
in Orlando
for our 21st Florida International Tournament
See us in Orlando, Florida for the
22nd tournament
May 2-9, 2009
More fun, more to see, more to
do,
and the bowling competition is still great.
Orlando - a place for the whole
family to be.
Join us for a real bowling vacation.
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21st Tournament
2008 Fla. International Winners |
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Michel Laffilay, France
Mylene Juhel, France
Adult Division Champions 2008 |
John R. Wilson, Ireland
Yvonne Randell, Ireland
Seniior Division Champions 2008 |
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Our Thanks to Brunswick and Will Ehlers for a great job in lane
conditions for the
tournament and to QubicaAMF and their Steve Fede for his
help
during the week.
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The SFI of 2007 is over. If you missed the fun and competition this
year,
you won't want to miss it in 2008.
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In The News ..... |
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2008 USBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS CONCLUDES
Two notable records were set or
matched by seniors.
Mini Tvaska, 90, of
St. Petersburg, Fla., broke the participation record by attending
her
62nd consecutive Women's Championship.
Emma Hendrickson, 99, of Morris
County, N.J., tied the record for oldest participant in tournament
history. She matched Ethel Brunnick of Santa Monica, Calif., who
competed at 99 in 1987.
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FIQ-WTBA American Zone has changed its name
American Zone has new shorter name. It's now
called the Pan American Bowling Congress - PABCON. If you haven't
found it's website yet, Click
Here to see it. It's mostly in Spanish and still
says American Zone for now,
but more is appearing in English. The BTAA will try to carry
English translations of some of it's information on our
website.
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Tournaments.....Here
and There
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American Zone .....
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Sites to See
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Tournament
Office Mailing Address,
Phone and Fax Numbers
The Tournament Office does not have a permanent office at
the bowling lanes, but will use the following mailing address and the
Tournament Office will be run from the office
of the Executive Director,
Paulette Watson. Please address all
mail to our tournament address:
Bowling Tournaments of The
Americas Association
6919 West Broward Boulevard #277
Plantation, Florida 33317 USA
Telephone:
1-954-577-9948
Fax: 1-954-423-4081
Phone calls can be answered in
English only.
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