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6919 W. Broward Blvd. #277
Plantation, Florida 33317

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Tournament Participation - Record High

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our 2008 Award Banquet will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, a few blocks from our hotels.

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.

ToA Will See Changes in 2008

In 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.

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.

Our tournament 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.

Also the Tournament 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.

For 2008, we have 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.

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.

Florida International 2008

....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.

Headquarters Hotel on International Drive
in the heart of Orlando's attractions
at special tournament price

More information on our Florida International pages

21st Tournament
2008 Fla. International Winners


Michel Laffilay, France Mylene Juhel, France Adult Division Champions 2008		John R. Wilson, Ireland Yvonne Randell, Ireland Seniior Division Champions 2008

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.
The SFI of 2007 is over. If you missed the fun and competition this year, you won't want to miss it in 2008.

In The News .....

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.

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.

Tournaments.....Here and There

American Zone .....

Results 2008 PABCON's
Championship of the Champions -
San Salvador, El Salvador.......
USA bowlers, Shannon O'Keefe and John
Janawicz take the gold in singles. (more)

...... This and That ......

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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.

Tournament Office Mailing Address, Phone and Fax Numbers

Tournament Office Mailing Address,
Phone and Fax Numbers