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48th Tournament
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The dates for the 48th Annual Lee Evans
Tournament of The Americas are set for August
1-7, 2010 at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
Our 2010 Tournament Sponsors
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Brunswick and QubicaAMF.
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Reports of participants have started to
come in.
For the Junior Division bowlers for both Junior
A and B have been entered by Colombia, Peru and Puerto
Rico. The USA Junior B team has also been chosen and will
be: returning bowler, Michael Coffey-Orlando, new to the
tournament is Makayla Douglas, Melissa Perez - Miami, and
Gregory Young- Orlando.
If you have not sent your National
Acceptance Form, please do so shortly.
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Our Headquarters Hotel will be the Crowne Plaza Universal.
This hotel has offered tournament participants and guests
a very good room rate which will be in effect both before and
after the tournament dates should you arrive early or
plan to stay after the tournament to enjoy all
Orlando has to offer.
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Plans for 2010...
We will again bowl at
Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando - August 1-17 2010. For those
going to the World's Men's Tournament in Germany, you could get
a flight to Germany from Orlando.
We will again start practice on Sunday and end
on the following Saturday. Our Award Banquet will be
at the Crowne Plaza on Saturday evening.
We hope to see you all in Orlando.
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Plan on joining us in Orlando, Florida in 2010
for a great bowling experience and bring the family to join in
on all of the fun Orlando has to offer. The
Crowne Plaza is in the heart of the tourist area, close to
Universal Studios and only a block from International
Drive.
We are pleased to be able to offer you accommodation there at
a very attractive cost. Please adhere to deadlines for
reservations. All reservations must be made through
the hotel on an official tournament reservation site.
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Spectators
are welcome and there is no entry charge for watching our great
bowling competition. The competition starts at 9:30 am each day,
Monday through Saturday, starting August 2, and will end each
day at about 2:00 pm. See
our schedule for events. Come to our Opening
Ceremonies on Sunday, August 1 at 3:30 pm and help welcome the
best bowlers of the countries of the American Zone, lined up
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Need airport transportation on arrival?
Grant Transportation, our tournament bus
service, can arrange a van in advance for groups at an
attractive price. Phone them at 1-407-843-5258, them you
are with the Tournament of The Americas group. http://www.granttransportation.com/HOME.htm
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 |
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BWAA
Past President
Dick Evans Dies at Age 78 |
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Dick
Evans, award winning writer, brother of Lee Evans and a
special friend to the Tournament of The Americas leaves us
after a short battle with cancer. |
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DAYTONA
BEACH, Fla. - Dick Evans, Past President and Life Member
of the Bowling Writers Association of America, died
Sunday, July 4 at the age of 78.
Evans
had the distinction of being the first daily newspaper
reporter inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame (1986) and the
American Bowling Congress' Hall of Fame (1992).
Among his many awards, Evans received the Billiards' and
Bowling Industry Service award in 1986. He was also
awarded the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America
V.A. "Chief" Wapensky award in 2007, which
recognizes an individual who has made a major contribution
to the advancement of the bowling industry.
> More
on Dick Evans > |
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The 22nd Florida International
for 2010
was cancelled |
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We will have an adult only version of
it,
bowling along side of our new
World Seniors Invitational Tournament
in Orlando and will try it again in 2011
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More
information on our Florida International pages
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An all new tournament - WSI
started in the Spring of 2010
and all information is now on our site |
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Tournament Champions 2010
Terri Depka, US Virgin Islands & Feleciano Freire, Brazil
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This tournament is for Seniors, ages 50+, bowling
scratch
in three age divisions, with the highest age division being
handicapped. It will be an invitational event, with
no limit to the number of players from each country. However,
all players must be certified by their country to enter. |
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Trios teams may be mixed as to age and country where a
full team is not possible for you. We can not
guarantee that if you do not already have a team that a full
team will be available. |
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The bowling schedule is now set for the
tournament, with men and women bowling singles, doubles, and trios events and a Master Event,
bowled over two days, for the championship title. |
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Come
visit our World Seniors pages for newest information |
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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
Senior 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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In The News ..... |
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FIQ-WTBA American Zone has changed its name
American Zone has new and 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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That ...... |
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Sites to See
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see.
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- The best
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The entire site contents can be downloaded for a small fee or you
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If you need web graphics or the tools to make them, you have to
try this website.
Like to read new bowling ball
reviews? Try www.123bowling.com
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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: in USA, Puerto
Rico, and US Virgin Islands: 1-954-577-9948
All countries: Tel/Fax: 1-954-423-4081
Phone calls can be answered in
English only.
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