2016-17 season welcomes Kendra Hardy as new GHUSBC President
Kendra Hardy becomes GHUSBC President Thompson & Kelley assume VP roles August 1, 2016 was the first day of the 2016-17 bowling season and fiscal year for the Greater Houston USBC. It also marked the end of outgoing President, Larry Caldwell’s tenure, and ushered in new President Kendra Hardy. Kendra has served in a variety
- Published in 2016, 2017, Greater Houston Bowling News
GHUSBC & Doris Chesser selected for Texas Bowling Writers Awards
GHUSBC Recognized by Texas Bowling Writers for State Awards Doris Chesser Selected for “Article of the Year” Greater Houston USBC has been selected for Awards by the Texas Bowling Writers Organization for the 2015-16 Bowling Season. GHUSBC has been awarded the 1st Annual Multimedia Award for “the many ways it promotes and publicizes the association.
- Published in 2016, Greater Houston Bowling News
Texas bowler reaches 60 years of participation at 2019 USBC Open Championships
LAS VEGAS – Jamie Brooks of McKinney, Texas, was recognized this week for reaching a special milestone at the 2019 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, and he’ll likely take center stage again next year when he joins another of the tournament’s elite clubs. With his march to the lanes at the South Point Bowling
- Published in 2019, Greater Houston Bowling News
Houston to Host 2022 USBC Open Championships at New Venue
The U.S. Bowling Congress has selected Houston to host the 2022 USBC Open Championships over a period of six months at a new mixed-use sports complex under development in North Houston. It will be Houston’s first time hosting the event, which will be the 119th edition of the tournament, and attracts about 50,000 bowlers in
- Published in 2018, Greater Houston Bowling News
Bowling Set for NCAA Opening Round in Houston Friday, April 12, 2019
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Just three years removed from claiming the school’s first NCAA Division I era team national championship, the SFA bowling team returns to NCAA Bowling Championship play after a one-year hiatus. The Ladyjacks’ quest for their second national title at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship begins Friday afternoon at Emerald Bowl in
- Published in 2019, Greater Houston Bowling News
Texas bowler rolls ninth perfect game of 2019 USBC Open Championships
LAS VEGAS – Bryan Ellis of Quinlan, Texas, is no stranger to the spotlight at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, though 13 years passed between visits. At the 2006 event in Corpus Christi, Texas, he started the his tournament campaign with a 299 game, leaving a 4 pin on his final shot. This
- Published in 2019, Greater Houston Bowling News
GHUSBC Mourns Loss of Bowling Icon Bill Lillard Sr.
USBC HALL OF FAME MEMBER BILL LILLARD SR. DIES AT AGE 89 ARLINGTON, Texas – Bill Lillard Sr. of Houston, a United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer and the USBC Open Championships career pinfall leader, died Sunday following a battle with Leukemia. He was 89. Lillard, elected to the USBC Hall of Fame in
- Published in 2017, Greater Houston Bowling News
Local Bowler Rolls Houston’s First 900 Series
LOCAL BOWLER, SEAN OSBOURN, ROLLS HOUSTON’S FIRST 900 SERIES ARLINGTON, Texas – If you’re at Copperfield Bowl in Houston on a Thursday night during the bowling season, you’ll likely run into Sean Osbourn. But, it was an unexpected guest appearance at the center Monday that yielded a record-setting performance for the 24-year-old right-hander, who became
- Published in 2016, Greater Houston Bowling News
Cearstyn McGhee – A Tribute to Coach Ed Calcote
In Loving Memory Walking into the bowling center, Day 1, scared and excited, I didn’t know what to expect. Out of nowhere “Hello, I’m Ed Calcote the Youth Director of AMF Alpha and we’re excited to have you.” I didn’t know what the present or the future would hold with my bowling, and I for
- Published in 2016, Greater Houston Bowling News