January 29, 2010

There have been some updates added to the schedule page with the results under the Winner column. The 50/50 Team and Doubles tournaments have been added as well as the Fort Dodge and Bowlerama results. To view these, CLICK HERE.

January 07, 2010

An updated points list through the 50/50 tournament has been added to the results page. You can view this page by clicking on Results on the left side of this page or by clicking HERE. Also please note the update in the scrolling marquee at the top of the page, as the tournament information for the Cherry Lanes Team Tournament on January 30th was wrong on the schedule page.

December 29, 2009

The results for the tournament that was held December 13th, at Premiere Lanes, are now available. Don Breeden ended up winning the step ladder finals, and the rest of the results can be seen on HERE

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas everyone!! There are a few tournaments that are coming up in the next few weeks including a New Years Day tournament in Muscatine at Plamor Lanes more information can be found HERE. There is also a sweeper tournament on January 3rd at Cherry Lanes in Dubuque. The following weekend is a busy one for GIBA points events. On Saturday, January 9th, the Fort Dodge Ford/Calisesi Chiropractic tournament will be held at Ridgewood Lanes with shifts starting at 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM with finals to follow the later shift. More information can be seen HERE. The day after Fort Dodge, we have a combination GIBA/Mid-Iowa event at Bowlerama Lanes in Des Moines. I will be running this tournament so we will use the GIBA format of 8 games qualifying for that one. I am also taking reservations for that tournament so let me know if you would like a spot for that one.

November 23, 2009

The Iowa Open tournament was held this past Sunday at May City Bowl in Cedar Rapids where 66 players competed. Bowlers bowled on the US Open shot for 8 games of qualifying and a 10 game round robin finals. After an exciting finals, Shannon Buchan came out on top. The complete results can be seen by clicking HERE.

November 13, 2009

The next Greater Iowa tournament will be on November 22nd at May City Lanes in Cedar Rapids. This is the Iowa Open tournament with the winner to receive a paid spot in the US Open. Check out the official flyer by clicking HERE

November 02, 2009

The Big Gun tournament was held this past weekend on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Totem Bowl in Marshalltown. There were 46 players in the field with Jeremiah Mckeever coming out as the champion. The complete results, including prize money, is available on the schedule page, or by clicking HERE.

October 23, 2009

The first GIBA/Mid Iowa combination tournament was held on October 11, 2009 at Merle Hay Lanes. The field consisted of 57 bowlers, with Scott Wohlwend coming out on top in the 5 man step ladder finals. The results can be seen by visiting the link on the schedule page or by clicking HERE.

October 20, 2009

Hey All!!

We have the annual Big Gun tournament coming up on Saturday October 31st at Totem Bowl in Marshalltown. The starting time for this tournament will be 4:00 PM, and I already have a good number of entries. I am attaching a copy of the flyer and prize list based on 40 entries to this note.

Big Gun Information

Also, I wanted to let you all know that my son, Gregory, has been working on updating our website and the information on it will be more current going forward. The schedule is out there along with results from our first tournament, and we will have the results from the second tournament out there as soon as I get the final prize fund payout from Kathy. I will also get the up to date point list posted and we will have links to flyers for upcoming tournaments as well. The Mid-Iowa schedule is out there if you click on any of the combo tournaments shown on the GIBA schedule page also. Let me know if you have suggestions for other changes and I will pass them along to Greg so we can test his skills.

I am also attaching a file with flyers for the 50/50 Doubles and Team tournaments at Cadillac Lanes on December 19 and 20. The doubles will fill very fast, and we have lots of added prize money lined up for both days so get those entries filled out and sent in as soon as possible. The only way to reserve a spot for the doubles is to pay the entry fee in advance. The limit is 75 teams and last year we had 11 additional teams on the waiting list more than a month prior to the tournament. 50/50 Entry Form

Dave Bartlett also sent me a flyer for a doubles tournament he is holding on November 1st, the day after the Big Gun. I am attaching the flyer as well. He will use a pattern other than the typical ?house? pattern for this tournament. Click HERE for the flyer.

-Joe Engelkes

September 21, 2009

The first tournament is in the books as 41 bowlers competed in the Rick Eighme Memorial at Cadillac Lanes on September 20, 2009.  Tom Hess recorded the victory after the 10 game sweeper was complete.  To see the tournament results of the Rick Eighme Memorial, click here.