Midwest Qualifiers for the 2011 Women's US Open

Thanks to the sponsorship assistance of Ebonite International, women bowlers in the Midwest will have five qualifyingtournament opportunities to not only win paid entries into Bowling’s 2011 U.S. Women’s Open in Euless, TX, but a series of
high-quality opportunities to test their skills.

The Midwest series will begin with the Hammer Illinois Women’s Open on Sunday, Nov. 28, at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, IL - the birthplace of the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour. Additional one-day events will include the:

● Ebonite Joliet Women’s Open at Town and Country Lanes, Joliet, IL, on Sunday, Jan. 2;
● Track Wisconsin Women’s Open at AMF Bowlero, Wauwatosa, WI, on Sunday, Feb. 13;
● Robby’s Lake County Women’s Open at Brunswick Zone-Hawthorn, Vernon Hills, IL, on Sunday, Mar 27;
● Columbia 300 Indiana Women’s Open at Olympia Lanes, Hammond, IN, on Sunday, May 22.

Each tournament will be a one-day event with six qualifying games for all players, followed by eight games 

of match play for the top eight qualifiers (based upon at least 32 entries). Entry fee for each event is $125.

All of the events will begin at 10 a.m., except the Robby’s Lake County Women’s Open (9 a.m. start time).
While all tournaments are open to any USBC adult and youth woman bowler,only players who have not won

national titles under the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America’s U.S. Women’s Open rules will be 

eligible to win the paid U.S. Women’s Open entry which will be awarded in each event.

In addition to the U.S. Open entry awarded at each tournament, a sixth entry will be awarded to the 

woman who finishes highest in combined earnings for all five tournaments, but does not otherwise win 

one of the five entries.

The tournaments are being organized and conducted by Windy City Bowling News publisher Lisa Vint, a 

former Professional Women’s Bowling Association/LPBT competitor and LPBT Director of Membership 

Services.

“Scratch-level women bowlers across America, let alone in the Midwest, have very few competitive 

opportunities since the PWBA and PBA Women’s Series ceased operations,” Vint said. “The 2011 U.S. 

Women’s Open is going to be an historic event, with nationally-televised finals to be held in Cowboys’
Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It seems like a perfect opportunity to conduct not one, but a series of 

events to help women bowlers get ready to bowl in an environment that will help them prepare for 

the U.S. Open.

“We will conduct these events using the U.S. Women’s Open lane conditions.We are inviting all women

- whether they are national title-holders who are ineligible to win spots or not - to enter and compete 

for the prize money. Even those who win spots can bowl more than once,” she said. “The goal, beyond 

awarded U.S. Women’s Open entries, is to provide women with great competition at an affordable price

and using a simple format that will dramatically reduce any travel expenses.”

Any woman bowler who would like to receive an entry form and additional information is asked to 

contact Lisa Vint by e-mail at: wcbn@wi.rr.com or by telephone at 262-642-3989.