Open Championships

This Saturday, January 10, 2025, 11:00 a.m. kicks off the annual Madison Area USBC Open Championships, brought to you in part by major tournament sponsor Rob Bailey’s Pro Shop. **Corrected from 11:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This year the events will be conducted on Kegel Stone Street. This is a recreation pattern and very similar…

2024-25 Open Championships The Madison Area USBC invites all adult members to compete in our annual Open Championship Tournament, running weekends from January 11 through February 9, 2025, and hosted by Schwoegler’s Entertainment Center. With convenient squad times at 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, bowlers can choose the schedule that works best for them. This…

Bowl-A-Vard Lanes will host the 2023-24 Open Championships over five weekends from January 13 through February 11. The Open Championships has Five-Person Teams, Doubles, and Singles events, and optional All Events. Each event has handicapped divisions, or you can opt to enter a scratch division instead. Tournament Features 100% Handicapped – Highest over average wins!…

Tournament Extended One Weekend There is higher than expected interest in the Open Championships so far, with 42 teams and 94 sets of minors already signed up to qualify. Some of the shifts are starting to fill, so we will extend qualifying shifts by one weekend, adding four shifts over April 10 and April 11…

The Madison Area USBC will run individual Team and Doubles & Singles qualifying sessions for the Open Championships this season, hosted by Village Lanes. Dates will be available from March 5 through April 3. Entry Forms & Lane Availability Aside from the Pandemic Rules, there are some changes for you to be aware of. Entry…

A star-studded weekend with lots of Hall of Famers bowling including Senior Bowler of the Year Gayle Seltzner whose name wasn’t announced due to a short circuit in the microphone. It was only a mild electrical shock and the rehab is going well, so I should be ok again soon. Or something like that. Seltzner,…

A dozen teams and 16 sets of minor events pairings participated on opening day of the 2019 Open Championships this past Sunday – quite a bit for a first weekend. So far, 84 teams have already entered. The last squad of the tournament is already full and others are filling quickly so if you are…

With 106 teams competing in the Open Championships tournament this year, three random entries were drawn and the captains of those teams will receive a certificate for a new Motiv bowling ball from Rob Bailey’s Pro Shop. The winners are: Entry #25: EZ Pickens – Captain: Brian Broughton Entry #61: Double Down – Captain: Leonard…

Bowl-A-Vard Lanes will host the inaugural Madison Area USBC Open Championships on weekends from January 7 through January 28. There will be two squads on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m, and two squads on Sundays at 10:00 and 1:30. Check the squad listing on the entry form for the complete set of dates. 2017-18 Open…

90 teams and 169 sets of minors are signed up to bowl (or have bowled) at Prairie Lanes in 2017 the MBA Championship tournament. Below is an updated squad report. Two years ago, we had 109 teams and 201 sets of minors at Schwoegler Entertainment Center. There is still room for you to help us…

The 2016-17 MBA Championship Tournament has 64 teams entered so far and is well ahead of the entry pace of the last two years. City Tournament Entry Form Last year was an anomaly since the tournament was held in November/December due to the state tournament. The last January tournament, in 2014-15 at Schwoegler’s, was a…

50 teams (20 are Budweiser League Challenge Teams) and 95 sets of minors are signed up to bowl the MBA Championship tournament already, and below is an updated squad report. Squad 8, January 15 at 1:30 is pretty much full (room for one set of minors – 2 bowlers). Other squads are still fairly wide…

Prairie Lanes will host the annual City Tournament on weekends from January 7 through January 29. There will be two squads on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m, and two squads on Sundays at 10:00 and 1:30. Check the squad listing on the entry form for the complete set of dates. 2016-17 City Tournament Entry Form 2015-16…

The official final results are posted with prize winnings. Congratulations to all the tournament titlists, champions, and cashers. Checks will go out in the mail on Friday, January 15. Reminder: 1. Checks are issued per entry. If you cashed on two different teams, you will get two different checks. 2. Checks are mailed to the…

The first two weekends of MBA Championship Tournament bowling are complete, with only 11 teams and 13 sets of minors competing over the first two weekends. Even so, we have 82 teams entered so far, and are a few teams ahead of the entry pace last year when we ultimately reached 109 teams. Current Standings…

The 2015-16 MBA Championship Tournament currently has over 70 teams entered, roughly the same pace of entries as last season when we had a total of 109 teams. With the WSBA State Tournament in town this year, our City Tournament is being held in the fall – having started November 21 and originally scheduled to…

It was a wild final weekend to an already high scoring tournament. The team scratch title and the Division 2 Team championship each changed hands twice. The Budweiser League Challenge leaders fell to fourth place. And four perfect games were thrown on the final day, where just one had been rolled (Joe Braatz) through 14…

NOTE: Entries are up to 106 teams. Last minute entry? Contact the MBA at 221.0300 or . | Entry Form | Current Standings | When Paul Hellenbrand of Waunakee shot his 787 series in Division 1 Singles, most everyone thought the 181 pin over average set would not be touched and that everyone else was playing for…

NOTE: Entries are up to 88 teams. There are still openings an ALL of the last four squads, the weekend of the 24th and 25th. Contact the MBA at 221.0300 or . | Entry Form | Current Standings | Scores continued to defy gravity over the second weekend of the MBA City Tournament. The USBC White 2…

The MBA Championship Tournament, sponsored by Stop-N-Go Convenience Centers, is conducted by your local bowling association. It offers team, doubles, and singles competitive opportunities for our members. The tournament is designed for bowlers of all average ranges from 99 to 239, and features two 100% handicapped divisions with a separate scratch division. There are a…

Paul Hellenbrand, bowling for Kalscheur Septic out of Waunakee, threw the high individual series of the tournament so far with a 787 set on games of 253, 277, and 257. His series was in the Singles event on Squad 4 on Sunday afternoon. Teammates described the 202 average Hellenbrand with “when he’s locked in ……

The 2014-15 Madison Bowling Association Championship Tournament, “City Tournament”, returns to the west side and 2010-11 host Schwoegler Entertainment Center. 2014-15 City Tournament Entry Form We have reserved 20 lanes on each of 16 shifts to be held weekends starting Saturday, January 3 through Sunday, January 25. There will be two shifts each day; Saturdays…

The 2013-14 MBA City Tournament saw participation growth for the seventh consecutive year. 103 teams participated, up from 91 last season.  There were 178 sets of minor events entrants, also a new high. The UNOFFICIAL final results are posted here pending average checks, Budweiser League Challenge verification and other whatnot. Once those chores are completed this…

The USBC White 2 condition continues to vex many city tournament bowlers as it plays much more difficult than in past years. Only four of the 72 Division 1 and Division 2 teams that have bowled so far have been able to muster ‘average’. Of course, ‘averages’ are earned on increasingly forgiving house (USBC Red) conditions…

The 2013-14 MBA Championship Tournament will run two additional squads this year. The new squads are Saturday, January 25 at 11:00 a.m (12 lanes available), and Sunday, February 2 at 11:00 a.m. (28 lanes available). The addition will provide teams affected by the water main break additional opportunities to reschedule. So far, the 2013-14 city…

With temperatures cold enough to freeze your hair off, Madison Bowling Association members hit the lanes to kick off the first weekend of the annual Association Championship tournament. The USBC White 2 condition proved very challenging to the competitors. The condition was selected for its additional volume to combat the high friction surface at Badger…

All team captains in the 2012-13 MBA Championship Tournament received a free ticket for a end of tournament drawing.  This year, the MBA will give away three Ebonite Challenge bowling balls.  We will also give away two Columbia double ball totes. The winners of Ebonite Challenge bowling balls are: 1. Entry 15, Kevin Freymiller 2….

Unofficial final results with prize listings are posted, pending average and eligibility verification.  Congratulations to all the scratch titlists and division champions! Herb Kimpel threw the last shot of Squad 14 to be “Reverse Joe Bowler”, concluding another successful MBA Championship Tournament. Unofficial Final Standings Budweiser League Challenge Standings Ebonite Challenge Winners

There are 34 teams with entries turned in already, two more squads (eight and 10 teams) being organized, two more squads of eight rumored to be building, and another dozen entries “penciled in”.  If all of that comes through, we can easily expect at least eighty teams this year – and hopes of breaking the…

City tournament entry forms will be distributed to MBA bowling centers this weekend.  The slight delay came with a last minute major sponsorship deal with Budweiser.  Ebonite has been added as a major sponsor and will be the official ball of the 12-13 tournament.  The MBA thanks these and our returning corporate sponsors. Title Sponsor…

The 2012-13 MBA Championship Tournament will be held at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes in Madison starting Sunday, January 6, 2013 through Sunday, January 27, 2013.  There will be two shifts each day, at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00. The tournament will again offer a $1,000.00 League Challenge prize fund, a free bowling ball to squad organizers (eight or…

The MBA has an unprecedented two years of association tournaments booked in advance, and tournament sponsors are quickly re-upping their commitment to keeping our championship tournaments top-notch events. Bowl-A-Vard Lanes signed on again this year, committing $1,000.00 to the City Tournament and Masters, and $300 to the Senior City Tournament and Senior Masters.  Bowl-A-Vard, incidentally, will…