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Welcome to the Morris County
NJ USBC Website
Located
in Morris County, New Jersey
Our goal
is to encourage and support the sport of bowling, both Youth and Adult. This site was
developed to keep you informed of what is happening in the Morris County
NJ USBC. Our services and activities are listed, just click
on the buttons to the left to view the respective information.
We
provide a United States Bowling Congress presence in 7 premier bowling
centers in Northwest NJ, which include Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties.
2023-2024 Morris County NJ USBC Honor Roll
Morris
County Bowling News:
4/13/24: Morris
County Bowlers, Please keep our former President of the
Morris County NJ USBC, Bowler, and my friend, Noel Colwell
in your thoughts and prayers as he has been fighting heart problems
for years, which ultimately led him to be hospitalized many times
over the course of the last year. He has just had a successful heart
transplant. His recovery road will be a long one, and I hope you can
all say a prayer for him and his family that he ends up well and can
get back to a normal life. Get well soon
Noel.
4/4/24: It is with great sadness that we
announce the loss of one of our earliest Hall of Fame inductees
(from 1984), Tom Morrison. An incredible bowler and a true
gentleman. Condolences go out to his family and friends.
Morris
County bowlers dont forget!
The 2024 Morris County NJ USBC Annual Meeting will be
held at the Hopatcong Senior Center,
32 Lakeside Blvd. Hopatcong NJ on Sunday April
28. That's THREE WEEKS
AWAY!
All Morris
County sanctioned bowlers are welcome. Meet the board. Air your
questions and concerns. There will be County Awards given out, and
there will be refreshments. For further information,
click here.
4/10/24:
Shes in the spotlight again! Morris County's own Youth Hall of Famer,
Lauren Marks, of Caldwell University, has been named the
National TenPin Coaches Association Division II strike percentage
leader at 48.30%!!
Looking for a previous featured article?
They are all saved, and can be viewed by
clicking here!
Upcoming Morris County Tournaments:
The
60th Annual
Edith A Kinney Youth Championship
Tournament at
Rockaway Lanes
has been completed.
Live Scoring was a success and will be online to view as scores are
confirmed. Once confirmed the final prize list will be available for
viewing and distribution.
April 14th, 20th and 21st.
The 87th
Annual Open Championship Tournament at
Boonton Lanes
Entries are
closed! We have a record turnout for the tournament, and the competition should be
fierce!
The tournament is running, Live scoring is set up
and running. Stay tuned! See you on the
lanes!
Saturday and Sunday, May 18th and 19th 2024,
The 8th Annual Morris County Doubles
Tournament. Held at
Bel-pike Lanes
in Belvedere, NJ. Any
combination of doubles teams. m/f, f/f, m/m. For entry information,
directions to the center, and a downloadable application,
Click here!
Upcoming NJ State USBC Tournaments:
Date: April 27-28, May 4-5, 11, 18-19, 2024 -
New Jersey State Open, at
Strathmore Lanes in Aberdeen, NJ
Why
should I sanction with the USBC?
The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) is the national governing
body for the sport of bowling. The USBC's mission is to provide
resources, services, and standards for the sport. The USBC
consistently updates, interprets, and enforces the playing rules,
for USBC league and tournament competition. The Morris County NJ
USBC Association, is the local bowlers liaison to the national
governing body. We can assist you with understanding the rules and
specifications as they apply to the sport of Bowling, and ensure
your bowler statistics are recorded in the national bowler database.
Sanctioned leagues help promote fairness and integrity in the sport.
By adhering to specific rules and regulations, sanctioned leagues
ensure that all bowlers have an equal opportunity to compete and
succeed. Additionally, as a sanctioned Morris County USBC bowler,
you may be eligible for local achievement awards, and as a USBC sanctioned
bowler, honor scores will be recorded in the national bowler
database.
To become sanctioned, bowlers can fill out a USBC membership
application form, pay a sanction fee, handing the completed form and
applicable fee in to you league or competition official to be
submitted to the local association, or you can go to the USBC
website and
sanction online.
Please note: If applying online, your local association is Morris
County, New Jersey.
Association
# - 86884
Yearly Membership Dues are $27.00
USBC
Sanction:
$15.00, Morris
County Local: $12.00
Bowlers sanctioned out of
county, must be sanctioned in Morris County to compete in leagues and
tournaments in Morris County. This is a $12.00 (local only) sanctioning
fee. All bowlers must complete Morris County USBC sanctioning cards for
every league they bowl and/or sub in.
2023-2024 Official USBC Rules Handbook
USBC
National News!
3/31/24 - LAS VEGAS – DeeRonn Booker has
arrived. The 33-year old right-hander from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, won the 2024 United States Bowling Congress Masters at
Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas on Sunday, claiming his first
major championship and becoming the third African-American bowler to
win a major title on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour.
Read more
11/9/23 - ARLINGTON, Texas – The United
States Bowling Congress has released its most recent scoring
research report related to string pinsetters. The report concludes
there is no statistically significant difference between the scoring
pace of USBC-certified string pinsetters and traditional free-fall
machines.
Read more
"The Future of the Sport 2023 recap, 2024 Preview"
An article by Chad Murphy, Director of the USBC, addressing the year
of 2023 in review and upcoming future of the sport.
Please note USBC
specific
equipment specifications and
changes as of 8/1/2020.
Note as of 8/1/2022
COVID rules are no longer in effect and shall not apply to any
league or competition.
Did you know? A little bowling 101
A bowling lane is 42 inches wide and 60 feet long, with the length
being measured from the foul line to the head pin.
There are a few features about a bowling lane however, that you may
not have known, but will eventually find useful. As a beginner,
you're most concerned about the pins, and how to get the ball to
knock as many down as possible. Also you'll try to avoid stepping
over the foul line. There are two lines of dots on the approach to
help you with this. They are called approach dots,
with the first set of approach dots located 12 feet from the foul
line, and a second set located 15 feet from the foul line. The
approach dots are there for the bowler to aid in a starting point
for the bowling ball delivery.
Another set of indicators or "targets" placed for your use
are the arrows. The arrows on the lane are located 15 feet from the
foul line, And start at board 5 through 35.. For right handed
bowlers, the arrows go from right to left, starting on board 1 (at
the right gutter) to board 40 (at the left gutter), for left
handed bowlers the boards are numbered opposite, from left to right.
These arrows are used to help target where you want to throw the
ball. Alternatively, some bowlers concentrate on the pins, others
have learned to focus on a specific arrow, or target, and adjust
their starting point on the approach, and the targeting arrows to
create a certain motion to the pins, useful for both strikes AND
spares.
There is yet one more set of indicators you may wish to take
advantage of. A 42 inch wide bowling lane contains 40 narrow boards,
running the length of the lane. Some lanes have markings farther
down the lane called range finders. Not all lanes have these
markings, because it depends on the type of lane and the
manufacturer of the lane. Lanes are either made out of wood or a
synthetic material. All modern lanes today are synthetic. They are a
very hard material that is similar to a Formica counter top. All
lanes with range finders are synthetic lanes. The first set of range
finders start 34 feet from the foul line and are 3 feet long. They
are located on board 15 for both the left and right handed bowlers.
The second set of range finders start 40 feet down the lane and are
3 feet long. They are located on board 10 for both the left and
right handed bowlers. The range finders are used to help the bowlers
that roll a hook or curve ball. When the ball travels down the lane,
it will hold a path in the same direction for a specific distance.
The ball will them come out of the oil pattern and start to
hook in an inward direction (towards a higher numbered board).
The distance the ball stays in the path and starts to move inward
will vary based on the length of the oil on the lane. In most cases
the ball will start its path inward around the second range finder
(40 to 43 feet). Learning to see the ball motion down lane is an
acquired skill that can take years of practice to master. An
additional factor affecting performance is the oiling of the lane.
Oiling the lane not only protects the surface of the lane, but also
influences the behavior of the ball as it progresses down the lane.
The entire lane is normally not oiled, with the final few feet,
called the back end, normally left dry. The reason for this is,
greater friction exists between the ball and a dry surface, as
opposed to that between the ball and an oiled surface. This greater
friction enables a ball to hook as it approaches the pins. There are
a number of different approaches to oiling a lane, referred to as
"oil patterns". Some make scoring easier, some make it very
difficult. Reading ball reaction goes a long way into deciding how
to target your shot using the aids mentioned above. What is a
helpful pattern for one bowler may adversely affect another's
performance. This is of particular importance to the advanced
bowler, who relies on the very smallest details to give him or her a
competitive edge.
So far we've talked about markings that serve as aids to your
approach to the lane, oil or conditioner application, and to your
placement of the ball. Mastering these techniques, will go a long
ways towards determining the skill level you'll attain.
You might not have known that in the sport of bowling, the
characteristics of a bowling lane could make things quite so
complicated. Or did you?
If you have
any suggestions, comments or requests, please email the Association
Manager at
morriscountynjusbc@gmail.com.
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