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Beginning Year League
Information – What’s New
By Bette Addington
California Bowling Writers
This Workshop is put on each year to not only hand
out league packets to secretaries and the new Aver-
age booklets but also to bring everyone up to speed
on any NEW changes that will affect their leagues
this coming season.
The first topic of discussion was
Bonding
. Presi-
dent Neubig shared that USBC doesn’t cover league
envelopes that mysteriously get lost while in a
league secretary’s possession. By this he was refer-
ring to when bowlers turn in their envelopes to a
league secretary, he or she needs to make sure they
are not left out in plain view while the secretary is up
to bowl! Be sure to put them away in a safe place.
Also, President Neubig read a question he found on
bowl.com concerning whether a bowler who had a
felony twenty years ago could hold the position of
league secretary and the answer is no, they still can-
not hold that position if they have been convicted of
a prior felony. It was stressed that a good way for
secretaries to keep track of money they have been
given each week is to have a sheet that you have
each team representative sign with the amount they
are giving you in their envelope that week to verify
what they are paying so there is no misunderstand-
ing and you can refer back to that sheet if there are
any questions.
Assoc. Manager Nancy Weber then explained what
she needs from secretaries when they submit their
league’s sanction and the league bowlers’ sanc-
tion cards.
One of
the hardest things is
getting all your league
bowlers to fill out a
sanction card the first
night they are bowling
as well as any bowlers that bowl multiple leagues
need to also fill out a sanction card form for all their
additional leagues when they bowl in these other
leagues their first time even though they have al-
ready paid for their card in their first league of the
season. If you do not fill out a card for an additional
league you are bowling in, your name will not be on
the league roster. It should be the responsibility of
the team captain to be sure all their team fills these
cards out throughout the season when a bowler
bowls on your team as a sub or alternate.
USBC sanction cards have gone up this season
which reflects the dues increase passed a year
ago at the USBC National Convention. Cards are
$21 ($13 – National; $2 – State; and $6 – local). If
you are a bowler transferring from another CA
association and have a valid 2017-18 USBC card,
the transfer fee is $6. If you are a bowler trans-
ferring from another state and have a valid USBC
card, the fee is $8.
Please fill out your USBC sanction card application
clearly and if you have a pre-printed form (bowled in
the same league last season), be sure to check that
your name, address and phone are correct if you
have moved or married. If any of this incorrect, this
is where your USBC card will be mailed and you
might not get your card in the mail when they are
mailed out. If you get married or have a change of
address during this new season, you need to submit
a new sanction card to get the information updated.
It usually takes two months from the start of fall
leagues to get your new USBC sanction cards. You
can always go online to bowl.com to see if you are
listed to check your status.
There is also a league roster sheet in all the secre-
taries’ league packets for the secretaries to list all
their league bowlers that you send in with your sanc-
tion cards. You only need to send this sheet in once
at the beginning of the season and the purpose of
you providing all the names of your league bowlers
is to help Nancy have a place where she can double
check a name of a bowler if she can’t read their
sanction card application.
USBC will bond a league up to $10k. If a
league’s prize fund exceeds $10k, you need to
put that information on your league sanction
form in order to be covered.
Hope this helps give you some further advice on
what takes place and is discussed at this annual
Workshop. It is open to any league officer and al-
ways takes place mid-August. This should also let
you know how important it is to have both a league
president and league secretary who are efficient and
will take the time to do their job for the betterment of
your league. This is why it is so important to have at
least one team member attend the league meeting
at the start of your season to be sure the correct
people are elected to these positions.
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