CURRENT EVENTS
"THANK YOU" TO OUR JBT-GRADUATE SPONSORS
We would like to take this opportunity to thank several of the graduates and friends of the JBT program who have donated back to the scholarship fund for the current group of young bowlers. Their help is very much appreciated.
For the 12th consecutive year, Chris Forry has sponsored the Buddies Pro Shop Open, one of the can't-miss-it tournaments of the year for our scratch bowlers. Chris has also once again sponsored the JBT Bowler-of-the-Year awards.
Ed Gallagher is the brand manager for EBONITE, the title sponsor of the Junior Bowlers Tour. The partnership between the JBT and EBONITE (with Ed leading the way) has given more of our junior bowlers the opportunity to use the top-notch equipment produced by EBONITE and has added greatly to the JBT scholarship fund.
Robin Czyzewicz has conducted a variety of fund-raisers on behalf of the JBT over the past several years and donated all of the profits to the scholarship program, helping the prize funds at the Masters Tournament and the Challenge Tournament.
Ken Bailynson has been making regular donations to the JBT over the past several years. His recent large contributions have made it possible for the Inter-Conference Team Tournament to return at the 2011 Challenge Tournament.
Chris Leyen has been making donations the last few seasons to our Delaware Valley Conference events. Chris and his three children are all JBT champions, the only such combination in JBT history...at least so far.
The final person deserving of mention, although he never bowled in the JBT, is Geary Trumbore. Geary is the editor and publisher of the Bowlers Gazette, a favorite news source of the Delaware Valley bowlers. Geary has conducted fund-raisers for the scholarship fund and awarded free entries to the JBT Las Vegas Open, allowing bowlers to compete in an exciting event they might have otherwise missed.
JBT WELCOMES EBONITE AS TITLE SPONSOR
The Junior Bowlers Tour is happy and proud to announce that EBONITE is now the title sponsor of our events. Ebonite's support will greatly assist our scholarship program and the JBT will be awarding Ebonite bowling balls at each tournament.
Ebonite's sponsorship also enabled the creation of the popular EBONITE ONE-BALL TOURNAMENT in 2009, which has become one of our most popular annual events. Several other projects are under consideration and will be announced when plans are finalized.
On behalf of the Junior Bowlers Tour and its bowlers, we thank Ebonite for their support of youth bowling.
BUDDIES PRO SHOP BOWLER-OF-THE-YEAR AWARDS
The JBT offers its thanks to Buddies Pro Shop for once again sponsoring the Buddies Pro Shop Bowler-of-the-Year awards and for donating scholarship prizes for the 2010-11 Bowler-of-the-Year winners. Each winner (each conference, scratch & handicap divisions) received a $100 scholarship for their accomplishments throughout the season. Buddies Pro Shop will continue to sponsor the Bowler-of-the-Year awards in the 2011-12 season. Buddies Pro Shop (located at Nutmeg Bowl in Fairfield, CT) supplies assistance for all bowling equipment and drilling needs, and has a large following of JBT bowlers and their families from throughout the Northeast. Make sure you visit their website at www.BuddiesProShop.com.
BUDDIES PRO SHOP BOWLER-OF-THE-YEAR 2010-11
SCRATCH DIVISION
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NEW JERSEY |
KENNY RYAN |
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NEW ENGLAND |
PAUL SMITH |
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DELAWARE VALLEY |
MIKE ZANGHI |
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NEW YORK |
MATT FARBER |
HANDICAP DIVISION
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NEW JERSEY |
KEN THOMPSON |
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NEW ENGLAND |
BRADLEY JOHNSON |
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DELAWARE VALLEY |
JAKE CHANNELL |
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NEW YORK |
CASEY SPARACIO |
2011-12 SEASON WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER ENTRY CREDIT POINTS
The 37th season of the Junior Bowlers Tour is now underway and once again the popular Entry Credit Points program will continue, awarding points at each singles event throughout the season. These points can be accumulated by each bowler and then exchanged towards the end of the season for a full or partial entry fee payment into four of the JBT's most prestigious events.
The Nerve-Wracker, the JBT Las Vegas Open, the JBT Challenge Tournament and the Buddies Pro Shop Open are among the events with the largest scholarship payouts of the JBT season. Now they will also be among the least expensive (or even FREE) for bowlers who trade in their Entry Credit Points.
Bowlers will earn Entry Credit Points by making the finals and by being the qualifying leader after five games. The new Repeater Bracket will also award ECPs to four bowlers in each division in each singles event. A complete explanation of the Entry Credit Point program and the Repeater Bracket are available on the rules page of this website.
REPEATER BRACKET ADDS EVEN MORE EXCITEMENT TO JBT EVENTS
The return of the popular Repeater Bracket in 2011-12 adds another highlight to JBT competition each week, and best of all....IT'S FREE. Beginning with the second event of each conference, this season-long program will give bowlers the opportunity to win valuable Entry Credit Points (see below). All bowlers who finish in the top 32 positions (in each division) will be automatically entered in the Repeater Bracket in the next singles event in that conference.
Once again this season, there is no charge for the Repeater Bracket and the top four finishers in each division will earn Entry Credit Points towards four of the end-of-the-season larger-prize tournaments. Beginning with game one, bowlers will be matched against one another in single-game matches using the scores they roll in the tournament. Bowlers winning at least three matches will be among those earning Entry Credit Points, with the fourth game determining the bracket finalists and the fifth game determining the winner.
The Repeater Bracket will be posted at each event before the start of the tournament with the pairings determined by the final standings of the previous event in the conference (#1 bowls #32, #2 bowls #31, etc.). With this as a part of the JBT program, even those bowlers who are struggling in an event will have the goal of reaching the top 32 in the final standings, which would make them a part of the next tournament's Repeater Bracket.
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We have posted a summary of each of the JBT seasons of the past. We will continue to add to the JBT History page until we reach the present. Make sure you check it out -- there are lots of interesting facts from the early days of the JBT to the present.
Just a reminder, we will be listing the high games bowled in JBT competition during the 2011-12 season on a separate page. Click the button below to reach our Honor Roll page.