how do you find tournaments

[noeymc]

i live in north east ohio and it seems like there are never any tournaments atleast from what i see online and at the lanes i bowl at

[bowl1820]

i live in north east ohio and it seems like there are never any tournaments at least from what i see online and at the lanes i bowl at

You check and ask at the local bowling lanes for flyers etc., you go online and search for tournaments in your area. Check the regional and tournament sub-forums of the bowling forums.

[billf]

Call other lanes besides where you bowl. My local center doesn't have many but the centers south of me do so I got there for tournaments.

[UBowling]

From what I understand that area should have a lot of tournaments, or at least be close enough to find some good ones. I agree with the statements above. Talk to multiple centers in the area and see if they have or know of some in the area. Not only talk to those at the front counter and look through their flyers, but talk to the guys in the pro shop. Talk to other bowlers as well, a lot of the time bowling doesn't have good marketing and relies mainly on word of mouth to get the message out there.

[noeymc]

thank you all for your info

[Davec13]

Our local news paper has a small bowling section in the thursday edition. Any tournaments that are coming up are always listed there.

[Gmjmma]

in the akron area between Bill Whites TwinStar, Bill Whites Akron Lanes and Amf Rivera theres quite a few tournaments between now and febuary.

I just bowled in one today at Midway Lanes

[billf]

I actually saw a flyer today in my home center for a tournament at a competing center. I was kind of surprised and delighted at the same time. If more centers would cooperate like this it would benefit them all in the long run.

[Gmjmma]

Isnt there a big tournament in Springfield OH in Febuary?

[billf]

State championships start and run through most of the summer.

[Gmjmma]

State championships start and run through most of the summer.

Not trying to highjack the thread buy are you doing any of those?

[billf]

Of course. I do them every year. Team, singles and doubles. We finished tenth in team year before last.

[Gmjmma]

Nice. Today was the first tournament i have ever done in bowling. didnt do so great it was on wood lanes and that was a new exerience

[billf]

My home center is wood, very old wood. I enjoy doing tournaments just to bowl at different places.
BTW, my coaching company is sponsoring our team for State this year so the name will be Bowlerz Score Coaching. Hopefully Derrick and I can both bowl great at the same time. It's usually one or the other. City tournament last year I bowled a 780 series on the team event, he got a 610. Doubles he got a 760something and I shot a 572. Just once we will put it together and blow everyone away.

[Gmjmma]

lol nice

[75lockwood]

Google works :D

http://www.ohiostateba.com/tournaments.html
http://www.bowlingtourney.com/tournament-listings/state-listings.php
http://www.hoinke.com/Hoinke_Classic/Hoinke_Home.html

[noeymc]

bill if you need sub let me know =P

ps i am going to do a 9 pin tournament on thanks giving =D

[billf]

Good luck with the tourney.

[noeymc]

Google works :D

http://www.ohiostateba.com/tournaments.html
http://www.bowlingtourney.com/tournament-listings/state-listings.php
http://www.hoinke.com/Hoinke_Classic/Hoinke_Home.html

i seen thos but there to far south looking for north more around cleveland area

[Derrick1183]

yeah it would be nice for me and bill to both have good games together and hopefully that will all change this year:)

[MisterSinister]

Google works :D

http://www.ohiostateba.com/tournaments.html
http://www.bowlingtourney.com/tournament-listings/state-listings.php
http://www.hoinke.com/Hoinke_Classic/Hoinke_Home.html

Yeah, but searching is hard. If people did some searching on thier own, there wouldn't be two threads started within a week with pretty much the exact same title.

[noeymc]

i did search i always search before i ask

[J Anderson]

Yeah, but searching is hard. If people did some searching on thier own, there wouldn't be two threads started within a week with pretty much the exact same title.

Don't pick on Noeymc. He started his thread first.

[noeymc]

thank you Anderson lol

[MisterSinister]

To be fair, I did not mention noeymc by name. Just making a general observation.

[75lockwood]

Lol be nice in general, if people didn't make threads, we wouldn't talk and bowling boards would be a ghost town :(

[ShortChanged]

Better late than never?

http://www.bowling300.com/tournamentn.htm#OHIO