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VARSITY BOWLING

Varsity Bowling
Give me a 'B' For Varsity Bowling
Picture this scene: The best athletes in your community are gathered for the
annual high school varsity letter awards banquet. Halfback Henry and Jumpshot
Jenny already have received accolades from the Master of Ceremonies for their
accomplishments, but the attention is now focused on Susan Strike, Central High's
varsity bowling superstar. 
Bowling is Central High's newest varsity letter sport, he proclaims, and we're
extremely proud to announce Susan Strike has not only earned All-Conference
honors for leading the Little Nine with a 206 average, but she led Central High to
its first state bowling championship. 
A standing ovation follows. You beam because Susan is a product of your youth
league program. She is the first of a new generation of Varsity Bowling letter
winners and she'll serve as an inspiration for hundreds of young bowlers in your
community. 
This scene may sound like a dream to you, but it's a reality in some areas of the
United States where a handful of dedicated proprietors have laid the groundwork
to launch the nation-wide Varsity Bowling program during the 1998-99 bowling
season. 
Varsity Bowling is going to be a two-pronged attack: 
1. From the Top Down - 
Five states have been selected to participate in a targeted Varsity Bowling program
during the 1998-99 with a focused effort to secure state high school athletic
association approval for the sport. 
2. From the Bottom Up - 
Every local/regional proprietor group in any area of the United States is invited to
test the Varsity Bowling waters on their own. A comprehensive organizational kit,
including detailed manual, videotape and support materials, is available today
from the Young American Bowling Alliance and the Bowling Proprietors Association
of America to help your proprietor group and local association volunteers get a
headstart in organizing a high school club conference to demonstrate the
program's feasibility. 
Varsity Bowling is a program that cannot succeed without the commitment and
dedication of the proprietors. You own the arenas, you have the expertise and it's
your youth bowlers who will benefit the most. 
Varsity Bowling is one of the most comprehensive step-by-step organizational
programs ever developed in bowling (or any sport). It is based upon 10 years of
experience and research in Northern Illinois and Michigan's Upper Peninsula,
culminating in resounding success. 
Be Part of Bowling's Biggest Success Story in
Decades
Varsity Bowling will become our sport's most significant success story in decades,
with your help. Mark these figures down and watch them grow: 
In 1996-97, only 728 of America's more than 16,000 high schools offered any
kind of bowling program. Out of 6.1 million high school students who participated
in athletics in 1996-97, only 15,600 were able to bowl for their schools. Only seven
of America's 50 states had as many as 30 high schools offering bowling as an
extracurricular activity. 
Bowling has nearly 500,000 young people participating in Young American Bowling
Alliance leagues and tournaments. They know and love bowling, and most of them
are denied the opportunity to experience the thrill and excitement of bowling for a
letter for their high school teams. 
American Sports Data states interest in bowling is at an all-time high among
young people, with a 15% increase in interest among pre-teens and 17% growth in
interest among high schoolers. 
As a proprietor, you will never experience any program as rewarding as you'll
discover by becoming a part of the Varsity Bowling team. 
Send for your comprehensive Varsity Bowling organizational kit, including detailed
manual, videotape and support materials, today! 
order your kit now 
or 
Send for your comprehensive Varsity Bowling organizational kit, including detailed
manual, videotape and support materials, today!
To order your Varsity Bowling kit, please send an email to Jennifer Williamson or
call her at the Young American Bowling Alliance (414 423-3398. 
Smart Program
The Scholarship Management and
Accounting Reports for Tenpins (SMART)
program will help locate and secure
existing bowling scholarships for YABA's
membership. SMART will also help any
organization start and manage a new
bowling scholarship program while
relieving new and existing bowling
scholarship providers from the burden of administering their scholarship funds. 
YABA has developed two service levels to accomplish this mission: 
LEVEL ONE 
Level one is SMART's information and assistance level. This SMART level can be
contacted in one of three ways - telephone, mail or email. SMART Level One will
provide the following services: 
Information on how to start a bowling scholarship league, tournament or written
application. 
Information on how to manage the scholarship dollars collected. 
Advise, assist and support organizations regarding any problem encountered in
conducting or administering their scholarship programs. 
A booklet containing location of scholarship leagues, tournaments, and written
scholarships offered worldwide; universities and colleges that offer bowling
scholarships and those offering bowling as a scholastic or club sport; and national
scholarship applications. 
LEVEL TWO 
In Level Two, the organization forwards their scholarship dollars to SMART, and
SMART will manage their scholarship dollar on a daily basis. 
SMART charges no fee to use the program. SMART operates off the interest made
on the scholarship funds. At the end of each bowling season (July 31st) SMART will
deduct the operating expenses from the total interest earned. The remaining
interest will be credited to each organization. The amount each organization
receives will be determined on a percentage basis by the total amount of
scholarship funds in their account. The organization then may use the interest as
new scholarships at their discretion. 
For more SMART information, write to SMART 5301 S. 76th St., Greendale, WI
53129, call 414/423-3343, fax 414/421-3014 or e-mail Ed Gocha at
egocha@bowlinginc.com. 
1999 Youth and Collegiate Bowlers Scholarships 
SMART's 1998 Youth and Collegiate Bowling Educational Guide is provided here for
you to download.
Junior Olympics Program
To help young bowlers progress from their first visit to a center
to becoming a Junior Olympic Gold member, YABA has created
a pipeline (to be released in July 1999), to guide them through
the different stages of development and prepare them for
active roles as participants in the adult membership
organizations. 
With this road map, youth bowlers will be guided through five
different levels of bowling; Introduction to Bowling, First
Organized Program, League Participation and Introduction to
Tournament Competition, Purely Competitive and Elite Competition (TEAM USA). 
The Gold Progam 
Who are Gold members? 
The Gold Program is the highest level of the USA Junior Olympic Bowling Program.
To become a Junior Olympic Gold member, athletes must carry a minimum 165
average for girls and 175 for boys based on at least 21 games and be YABA
members in good standing. Only Gold members are eligible to participate in the
Junior Olympic Program's pinnacle event, the Junior Olympic Gold National
Championships. More than 500 athletes competed in the National Championships
held in July in Orlando, Fla. Complete Coverage of the 1999 Junior Olympic Gold
National Championships. 
Gold members (YABA members with minimum average of 165 for girls and 175 for
boys) may qualify to compete for a spot on the Junior Olympic Bowling TEAM USA
through the Junior Olympic Gold National Championships. 
The program's goals are to emphasize advanced training, coaching and team
bowling. In addition, the program will help develop more elite bowlers to feed into
collegiate or professional bowling and become future members of American
Bowling Congress or Women's International Bowling Congress. 
How does the Junior Olympic Gold National Championships work? 
Athletes qualify for the National Championships by winning or finishing high
enough in a Gold Event. (Entries paid by the Event sponsor.) 
The five-day competition is conducted on multiple lane conditions and consists of
double elimination match play. The top 16 boys and top 16 girls advance to
round-robin finals to compete to win the six boys and six girls spots available on
the Junior Olympic TEAM USA. 
The Junior Olympic Bowling Program was created from YABA's partnership with USA
Bowling, and in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. The Junior
Olympic program focuses on athletes' skill levels rather than age and gender and
offers several player development levels. 
Gold members have the opportunity to become members of Junior Olympic TEAM
USA, chosen annually at the Junior Olympic Gold National Championships. Being a
Junior Olympic TEAM USA member offers several benefits, including representing
the United States in national and international competition, access to scholarships,
training at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
all-expense paid travel and competition fees, uniforms, recognition from other
skilled bowlers and being part of a feeder system for future TEAM USA members. 
Canadian members are eligible to be Junior Olympic Gold members, compete in
the National Championships and earn scholarships. They are unable to be Junior
Olympic TEAM USA members. 
Canada has its own tournament, the Canadian Tenpin Federation Team Trials,
which lead to its champions being named to TEAM CANADA. 
For more information about the Junior Olympic Program, email yabayl@juno.com
or jogold@juno.com. 
Featured Events
Junior Olympics Program 
To help young bowlers progress from their first visit to
a center to becoming a Junior Olympic Gold member,
YABA has created a pipeline (to be released in July
1999), to guide them through the different stages of
development and prepare them for active roles as
participants in the adult membership organizations. 
1999 USA Bowling
Championships 
USA Bowling and $10 May
Get You Around the
World. Nothing in sports
compares to wearing the
red, white and blue and
representing your country
in international
competition. Your chance
to experience the feeling
first hand is as easy as
one, two, three steps.
Take that first step today
by bowling in a Local
Qualifying event. Bowling
centers may conduct
qualifiers at any time,
during regular league
sessions or special
events. Associations can
easily build a Local
Qualifier into an
Association Championship
tournament. Send your
all-events champion or
your high-average bowler
to the next level. 
Coca-Cola Youth
Bowling
Championships
Tournament 
June 23, 1999 
The Coca-Cola? Youth
Bowling Championships,
conducted by the Young
American Bowling Alliance
(YABA) and sponsored by
Coca-Cola? USA, is the
premier international
tournament for youth
bowlers.
Featured Events
Junior Olympics Program 
To help young bowlers progress from their first visit to
a center to becoming a Junior Olympic Gold member,
YABA has created a pipeline (to be released in July
1999), to guide them through the different stages of
development and prepare them for active roles as
participants in the adult membership organizations. 
1999 USA Bowling
Championships 
USA Bowling and $10 May
Get You Around the
World. Nothing in sports
compares to wearing the
red, white and blue and
representing your country
in international
competition. Your chance
to experience the feeling
first hand is as easy as
one, two, three steps.
Take that first step today
by bowling in a Local
Qualifying event. Bowling
centers may conduct
qualifiers at any time,
during regular league
sessions or special
events. Associations can
easily build a Local
Qualifier into an
Association Championship
tournament. Send your
all-events champion or
your high-average bowler
to the next level. 
Featured Events
Junior Olympics Program 
To help young bowlers progress from their first visit to
a center to becoming a Junior Olympic Gold member,
YABA has created a pipeline (to be released in July
1999), to guide them through the different stages of
development and prepare them for active roles as
participants in the adult membership organizations. 
1999 USA Bowling
Championships 
USA Bowling and $10 May
Get You Around the
World. Nothing in sports
compares to wearing the
red, white and blue and
representing your country
in international
competition. Your chance
to experience the feeling
first hand is as easy as
one, two, three steps.
Take that first step today
by bowling in a Local
Qualifying event. Bowling
centers may conduct
qualifiers at any time,
during regular league
sessions or special
events. Associations can
easily build a Local
Qualifier into an
Association Championship
tournament. Send your
all-events champion or
your high-average bowler
to the next level.