12th Annual Angie Kreitzer Memorial Queens Tournament
What: Scratch tournament for GDUSBC female members, adult or youth, with a 170 or higher average
When: Qualifying (6 games) – Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m.; Match play finals – Nov. 11, 1 p.m.
Where: Bowl 10 Fairborn
Entry: $60, forms available at local bowling centers and at www.daytonbowler.com
Angie Kreitzer Memorial Princess Tournament
What: Handicap tournament for GDUSBC female members, adult or youth, with a 169 or lower average.
When: Qualifying (4 games) – Nov. 11, 10 a.m.; championship round – 1 p.m.
Where: Bowl 10 Fairborn
Entry: $40, forms available at local bowling centers and at www.daytonbowler.com
Angie Kreitzer Memorial Queens Tournament
Past Champions
2011 – Teresa Suber
2010 – Trisha Reid
2009 – Jennifer Owens
2008 – Trisha Reid
2007 – Mandy Wilson
2006 – Jane Bloom
2005 – Jennifer Owens
2004 – Linda Kelly
2003 – Kari Watson
2002 – Lori Reasoner
2001 – Linda Kelly
The list of tournament champions is a who’s who of the best women bowlers in the city and the state.
Linda Kelly, Jennifer Owens and Trisha Reid, all two-time champions, are just three of the eight accomplished bowlers who have laid claim to the crown at the Angie Kreitzer Memorial Queens Tournament since the event’s inception in 2001. Competition is always tough in the elite scratch tournament for bowlers with a 170 or better average.
“It’s an incredibly strong field every year,” tournament director Candace Sawmiller said.
But tournament organizers believe that high average bowlers aren’t the only ones who have a competitive streak so the Greater Dayton United States Bowling Congress has added the Angie Kreitzer Memorial Princess Tournament to its slate of events this season. The Princess and Queens tournaments will be held at Bowl 10 Fairborn Nov. 10-11.
“We want to expose female bowlers who carry a lower average to the same type of tournament experience,” Sawmiller said. “Some people tend to be a little afraid of scratch events so we made it a handicap tournament.”
The Princess Tournament is for adult and youth bowlers who carry an average of 169 or less. Youth bowlers who cash will be awarded scholarship money. The tournament formats are similar with the Queens entrants bowling six games of qualifying and Princess competitors four games before the fields are cut to the top half. The Queens Tournament will have double elimination match play while the Princess Tournament will use an eliminator format.
“The suggestion for the new tournament actually came from one of our bowlers,” Sawmiller said. “And it’s great because we want to increase the number of bowlers who compete in our tournaments.”
There are more than 1,400 adult women and 360 youth female bowlers in the local association. The addition of the Princess Tournament opens the door for many of those bowlers to compete.
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