Three leagues finished the first half of the league's split seasons.  Git-R-Done (Terry Jackson, Mark Rogers, David Norman, Brandon Simpson) took first place in the Galaxy Classic League.  3 Strikes 1 Spare (Julia Landreth, John Rice, Bill Schutters, Mark Rogers) placed first in the Wednesday Wonders League.  Double A (Dean Acker and Bobby Abrams) placed first in the Classic Doubles League.

12/15/13

Mark Rogers, with a score of 840 for three games, and Lynn Estes ,with an 832 score, placed first and second for the men. Narita Rose (784) and Gail Campbell (692) bowled the highest women’s scores.  Thirty-nine bowlers took part in the Annual Chritstmas Tournament.

11/26/13

Glenn Masters placed first for the men and Beverly Shearer was first for the women in the 8th Annual Turkey Shootout.  John Hickam and Narita Rose placed second for the men and women in the tournament.  More than forty bowlers turned out for the annual tournament.

10/07/13

Brandon Simpson rolled the first 300 game of the season on the Galaxy Classic League.

10/01/13

Three local bowlers placed in the 30th Annual KS USBC BA Sr Tournament.  Robert "Peanut" Johnson placed first in the 70-74 age class.  Steve Woltering and Steve Marionneaux finished second and third in the 55-59 age class.

09/16/13

The MCBA met on September 16 at 5:30 PM.  Although an official meeting couldn't be held because there were not enough directors present MCBA President Harvey Poynter did talk about the upcoming senior state tournament.  As of this meeting over 60 entries have come in.  The entries close Sept. 23.  Three bowlers will be on each lane for the tournament and the lanes will be oiled between squads.  Lineage will be $15 for the 6 game series bowled.  The house will donate a bowling ball to be raffled at the tournament.  Beverly Shearer asked about the association paying the directors USBC dues.  Harvey said the association would as it did last year.  Discussed the 50/50 pot that the association runs on Monday night and if the person running the pot would get their bowling paid for that night.  Harvey ask the members to consider paying or help with the expenses for him, Gary Kerns and Dean Acker when they attend state meeting.  Harvey asked the members to work on getting local senior bowlers to bowl in the state tournament and told them how good of a job Dean Acker does with the senior tournaments.

08/11/13

The MCBA board of directors met on August 11 at Galaxy.  Association President Harvey Poynter told the members the senior state tournament dates were changed at the state Jamboree to the last weekend in September.  Harvey said he got to meet with the new USBC regional representive.  Carl Daniels asked if we will hold a local seniors tournament before the state seniors tournament.  Decided not to since the state senior tournament is only a few weeks away.  Discussed selling items or holding raffles.  Harvey stated Corky Steimetz will be retiring as KY State association manager after 41 years.  He also stated the KY State Hall Of Fame is now leaning more toward sevice over performance.  None of the MCBA HOF nominees were voted into the state HOF this year.  Jenny Norman said she would check on towels to give to the bowlers at the sr state tournament.  Mark Rogers and David Norman said they would take care of the brackets.  A 50/50 pot will also be run.  Lewis Jones Jr said he would get association managers emails from the USBC and send entry forms to the association managers to put out at the centers in their association.

07/28/13

Four bowlers represented the Madison County Bowling Association at the Bluegrass State Games held at Eastland Lanes in Lexington.  Carl Daniels won gold in the 55 and over sanctioned singles event and Dean Acker won bronze in the same event.  Lewis Jones Jr won silver in the 20-54 open singles event.  Lewis Jones Sr won silver in the 55 and over open singles event.  Lewis Jones Jr and Lewis Jones Sr won gold in the 40-54 sanctioned doubles event.  Dean Acker and Carl Daniels won gold in the 55 and over sanctioned doubles event.

07/26/13

Ron Roberts took first place in the monthly Seniors Tournament at Galaxy.  Lois Evans placed second and Pat Holtzclaw finished third.  This will be the last monthly seniors tournament of the season.

07/01/13

Brandon Simpson rolled a 299 game on the Monday Mixed League.

06/23/13

Lewis Jones Sr placed first in the monthly Seniors Tournament at Galaxy.  Gary Holtzclaw placed second and Carl Daniels finished in third place.

05/19/13

Beverly Shearer placed first in the monthly Seniors Tournament at Galaxy.  Mike Huser and Skip Cowell tied for second place.

04/30/13

The second annual Galaxy Champions Tournament took place at Galaxy Bowling Center on April 28.  Kymmi Bowles won the Galaxy Champions Tournament beating Ronnie Thomas in the best 2 out of 3 game finale.  Gary Cromer placed third in the eight hour long double elimination tournament.

04/07/13

Four new members of the Madison County Bowling Association's Hall Of Fame were voted in at the MCBA's Annual Meeting.  The new Hall Of Fame members are Bobby Burton, James Noe, Ron Roberts and Beverly Shearer.

04/07/13

The MCBA held the Annual Meeting on April 7 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  President Harvey Poynter brought the meeting to order.  He stated that there was a conflict with the dates of the upcoming senior state tournament to be held at Galaxy.  The women and men both are scheduled to hold tournaments at Galaxy on the same weekend.  Harvey said we would look at moving the senior tournament to different dates.  Harvey went over bowler comparison charts for the current year compared to last season showing the association was up 2 members.  Harvey asked for a report from the Hall Of Fame committee.  David Norman said we had 4 nominees for the HOF.  The board voted all 4 nominees into the HOF.  James Noe, Ron Roberts, Beverly Shearer and Bobby Burton are the newest HOF members.  Harvey suggested that we only send 1 nominee each year to be considered for the KY State HOF.  Jenny Norman asked were all the nominees sent last year.  Harvey said the state didn't receive the nominees last year but he would take them himself to make sure the nominee would get to the jamboree meeting to be voted on.  Harvey asked how should we select the nominee to send to be voted on at the state meetings.  David said we have a point system in place.  Harvey said with the point system we wouldn't have to vote.  Dean Acker said the State HOF votes nominees in on performance and service.  The board voted to send 2 nominees to be voted on by the state using the point system.  Harvey also said he thinks the person who made the nomination should attend the state meeting and present the award.  Harvey said he would if he had to but would rather the person making the nomination do it.  Gary Kerns told the members the jamboree will be in Owensboro this year.  All board members with terms expiring were reelected to the board.  Harvey said to let bowlers know that the association meetings are open and they are welcome to attend.  The board set the lane inspections for Sunday August 11 at 10:00 AM.  The MCBA will hold a meeting after the lane inspections are completed.  Harvey asked if anyone had anything else to discuss.  David said the house will hold the annual Galaxy Champions Tournament in April.  Harvey asked if there were any old business. None.  Any new business.  Dean asked about possibly holding monthly seniors tournaments.  Harvey told him if he to go ahead if he wanted to do it.  Lewis Jones Jr told Harvey we should discuss the change in the awards coming up in the 2014-15 season.  The local associations will be responsible for buying the awards, type of awards and what scores are eligible.  Harvey said we need to find out what awards the bowlers want and how we would pay for them.  Possibly raising dues or running 50/50 pots.  We will need someont to run the 50/50 pots.  Peanut Johnson suggested the team captains collect the 50/50 tickets from their teams giving to a person who collects the tickets.  It was asked if the association would be paying for KY State Bowling Tournament entry fees this year for those who attend the state meeting.  Lewis suggested paying $50 for each person who attends the meetings.  Harvey said we should think on it and decide at our next meeting.  Beverly Shearer asked if we would give goody bags, towels and or shirts at the senior tournament.  Harvey said we could look into it.  Meeting adjorned.

03/24/13

More than sixty bowlers turned out for the 2nd Annual Lemetta Dause Memorial Tournament.  The tournament raised over $1,100 with the proceeds going to Hospice Care Plus in Lemetta's name.  Narita Rose placed first for the women.  Mark Rogers and Lewis Jones Jr tied for first place for the men.  Pictures from the tournament are posted on the Photo Page here.

03/05/13

Three bowlers have bowled 300 games over the past month.  Raymond White on the TGIF League, Lewis Jones Jr on the Friday Night Mixed League and Shawn Barton on the Galaxy Classic League.  Updated the 300/800 Page.  To view click here.

01/21/13

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on January 21 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter called the meeting to order.  The Lemetta Dause Memorial Tournament was discussed.  Harvey said he would like to look into putting together a booklet to raise money for the tournament.  Harvey asked Ray White how much Galaxy would charge for lineage this years tournament.  He will get back to us.  Harvey said he would like to see the tournament grow bigger every year.  Peanut Johnson said he could post the information and asked for something to be put together to post and Beverly Shearer asked for the same to put in the Register.  Dean Acker will also put the information about the tournament in his bowling column in the Register.  Harvey asked Lewis Jones Jr to put something together.  Harvey asked the members to think of ideas of how to increase the participation in the Annual City Tournament.  Tyler Morgan suggested letting teams use their scores from league play for the City Tournament.  The board voted to let teams use their scores from league play during the week of February 11th - 15th. 

01/10/13

Posted the final results from the 2012 Kentucky State Bowling Association Handicap Bowling Tournament on the KSBA Page.

01/07/13

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on January 7 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter called the meeting to order.  Discussed the City Tournament.  Changed the dates for the City Tournament to February 9-10 and 16-17 with the sessions starting at 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM each day.  The Lemetta Dause Tournament date will not change and be held March 24 at 2:00 PM.  Harvey told the board because of the short time we had to meet a meeting will be scheduled for February 21 at 5:45 PM.

12/21/12

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on December 3 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter called the meeting to order.  Harvey read over the Christmas Tournament rules.  Dean Acker asked about the Senior Tournament date.  The tournament will be held next October at Galaxy.  Harvey talked about filling the vacancies on the board.  Beverly Shearer nominated Merle Meade and Harvey Poynter nominated Mark Rogers.  Both were elected to the Board Of Directors.  Harvey thanked David Norman, Jennifer Norman and Beverly Shearer for there help with the Turkey Shootout Tournament.  Harvey asked the members to work on getting prize donations for the Lemetta Dause Memorial Tournament.  The date for the Lemetta Dause Tournament was set for March 24 at 2:00 PM and the dates for the City Tournament was set for February 23,24 March 2,3 bowling 2 sessions.  Billy McGuire asked about updating the 300 board.

12/20/12

Lynn Estes and Narita Rose placed first in the Annual Christmas Tournament.  Tyler Morgan and Beverly Shearer placed second in the tournament.  Thirty bowlers turned out for the annual tournament held at Galaxy Bowling Center.

11/27/12

John Hickam rolled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League.

11/22/12

Mark Rogers and Kenny Smith placed first and second for the men in the 7th Annual Turkey Shootout.  Narita Rose and Novel Davis finished first and second for the women in the tournament.  Also updated the Photo Page with pictures from the 7th Annual Turkey Shootout.

11/12/12

Ron Gugel bowled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League.  This is the first 300 of the 2012-2013 season at Galaxy Bowling Center.

11/05/12

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on November 5 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  President Harvey Poynter brought the meeting to order.  Harvey said the State Senior Tournament will be held the first weekend of October next year.  Harvey passed around the state associations financial report for the members to review.  He said 9 out of 21 association were represented at the state meeting in Louisville.  Zone G was made official at the meeting.  Joyland Bowl in Lexington and Frankfort were added to Zone G.  Harvey said because of the lower attendance at the state tournament he proposed having 3 or 4 regional tournaments in September or October with 1 out of 5 teams advancing to the state tournament.  Since the regional tournaments will be closer to where the bowlers bowl it would increase participation.  He said the state adds $6,500 to the state tournament each year and that money could be divided between the regions.  Gary Kerns said he thinks Galaxy could get a regional tournament every year.  The state won't be able to vote on the proposal until the state meeting next year.  Harvey let the members know about the KSBA's yearly newsletter.  He let the members know Teddy Gregg will be Vice President from Zone G.  The board set the Turkey Shootout for November 18 at 2:00 PM at Galaxy.  The tournament will be the same as last season.  The Christmas Tournament was set for December 16 and will be the same as last year.  The Lametta Dause tournament will be set for a date in March and the City Tournament will be set for dates in February if dates are open.  The city tournament will be worked on at the next meeting. 

10/17/12

The final results of the 2012 Senior Kentucky State Tournament are posted here.

10/01/12

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on October 1, 2012 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  President Harvey Poynter brought the meeting to order.  He asked the members to think about nominees for the openings on the board of directors.  He said we need nominees who are interested and willing to work for the bowlers in our association.  John Poynter was removed from the board of directors because he wouldn't be bowling this season due to medical issues.  Harvey told the members he thought Galaxy has done a good job with the lanes and was proud of the things the association has accomplished.  He asked the members to support the state tournament and attend the state meeting in Louisville.  Also to get the entries in early to get the date and time you want.  Harvey said he would try to visit leagues and talk to the bowlers.  Hall Of Fame nominations are open and we need to push getting nominations in early.  David Norman told the board we need to display the HOF plaque.  The board decided to hang the plaque above the leaderboard located at lane 1.

09/10/12

The Madison County Bowling Association met on September 10 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  MCBA President Harvey Poynter started the meeting giving information about the new Zone G which includes the Madison County Bowling Association.  He passed around a map showing the area of the state the zone will cover.  He told the members he and Gary Kerns will be directors on the KSBA's Board Of Directors.  He reminded the members about the state tournament in Louisville and the state meeting held on the first Sunday of the tournament.  He read information from the state tournament flyer about the location of the events and the host hotel rates.  He also reminded the members about the upcoming monthly tournament.  The board decided not to hold a local Senior Tournament this year because of the short time to put one together.  The state Senior Tournament was moved up to October this season.  David Norman made a report on the Hall Of Fame.  He said he would send out reminders to the league bowlers about nominations for the HOF.  He hoped to get the nominations early so the HOF committee will have more time to go over the nominees information.  Harvey asked the tournament committee to come up with next months tournament.  Ray White informed the members about a tournament that Galaxy was holding the upcoming Sunday.

08/12/12

The 29th Annual KSBA Senior State Tournament will be held in Henderson, KY on October 6 & 7, 2012.  For more information go to the KSBA Page.

08/09/12

Updated the Yearbook Page.  Posted the winter and summer league averages.  Posted the 2011-2012 USBC achievement awards and posted the 2012 City Tournament final standings.  The Yearbook Page also includes the winter leagues final standing sheets.  Photos from this past season will be posted soon.  Anyone with photos from this past season or other seasons and would like them posted on the Yearbook Page please send them to ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

08/07/12

Galaxy Bowling Center will hold the 2nd Annual Galaxy Swap on Sunday August 26 at 3:00 PM.  Galaxy will hold a Monte Carlo Tournament the same day at 6:00 PM.  More information on the Main Page or call Galaxy at 624-4444.

08/07/12

The Madison County Bowling Association met on August 5 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  MCBA President Harvey Poynter called the meeting to order.  Harvey reported on the KSBA's Jamboree.  Four directors attended the meeting (Harvey, Gary Kerns, Dean Acker and Carl Daniels).  The MCBA will be in a new zone titled Zone G and will include associations south of ours and associations from the Northern Bluegrass Bowling Association.  This will increase the number of possible state directors the MCBA could have on the state board.  Gary Kerns and Harvey will be on the state board of directors from Zone G.  These changes are expected to be voted in at the November state meeting and will increase the number of zones to seven.  Harvey stated that we will have the only house in our zone with enough lanes to hold the annual state tournament.  The MCBA last held the state tournament in 2004.  He also reported that the Senior State Tournament will be held in October this year and starting next season the tournament will be held in centers between Interstate 65 and 75.  There will also be a new age group for the senior tournament starting at 50 to 54.   Harvey also let the members know that the Lexington Area USBC BA lost their charter with the USBC.  Since no associations were willing to take on handling the USBC memberships for their association the women's association in the Lexington area will handle taking the memberships for their bowlers.  Harvey appointed David Norman, Julia Landreth and Carl Daniels to the Audit Committee.  Harvey asked David Norman (Hall Of Fame Committee) about the state association not receiving this years MCBA Hall Of Fame nominees.  David said he sent the information to Gary Kron in May.  Harvey said he was told to send the nominees to several state directors to make sure the nominees are received and that it will be at next years Jamboree before the nominees can be voted on for the state Hall Of Fame.  Harvey reminded the members about the KSBA State Tournament in Louisville.  The monthly tournament was set for September 23 @ 1:30 PM.  The tournament committee was asked to come up with the tournament format.

08/07/12

Updated the links for the 2012-2013 USBC League Rule Book and the League Operations Handbook on the League Page.

08/06/12

The K.S.B.A. will hold the 57th Annual Kentucky State Handicap Bowling Tournament in Louisville, KY on November 3-4, 10-11 & 17-18.  The Singles and Doubles will be held at Kingpin Lanes.  The Team Event will be held at Fern Valley Strike & Spare.  Entries available at Galaxy Bowling Center and will be posted on the Main Page.  Entries close October 31, 2012.

07/23/12

Dean Acker, Carl Daniels, Lewis Jones Sr and Lewis Jones Jr represented the Madison County Bowling Association at the Blue Grass State Games in the bowling event.  Carl Daniels won the gold medal and Dean Acker received the silver medal in the sanctioned singles event in the 55 and over age group.  Dean and Carl  won silver medals in the sanctioned doubles event in the 55 and over age group.  Lewis Jones Sr won the gold medal in the open singles event in the 55 and over age group.  Lewis Jones Jr won the gold medal in the sanctioned singles event in the 20 to 54 age group.  Lewis Sr and Lewis Jr won the gold medal in the sanctioned doubles event in the 45 to 54 age group.

06/25/12

Posted the minutes from the KY State Bowling Association's Annual Meeting held in Lexington on November 6, 2011 on the KSBA PAGE.

06/10/12

Links to the Southern Bowling Congress and the Memphis Area USBC websites have been added to the Links Page.  The sites have added the Madison County Bowling Association to their links pages.

06/07/12

The 75th Annual Fall Meeting of the Southern Bowling Congress will be held in Jackson, MS on August 18 and 19.  The Association Letter,  the Delegate Certification and Tournament Entry can be downloaded on the Main Page.

06/01/12

The 48th Annual KY State Jamboree will be held in Bardstown, KY.  The Jamboree and Tournament will be held at Bardstown Bowling Center.

05/20/12

The Bluegrass State Games Bowling Event will be held at Eastland Lanes in Lexington on July 21 & 22.  Click here for more information.

04/16/12

The Galaxy Champions Tournament took place April 15 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  After 7 hours of bowling Tyler Morgan took first place in the tournament.  Lewis Jones Jr was the runner up and Bobby Abrams placed third in the tournament.

04/09/12

Robert "Peanut" Johnson won the MCBA Senior Tournament held at Galaxy Bowling Center with a 746 series.  Lynn Estes placed second with a 724 series.

04/02/12

The MCBA Board Of Dirctors met on April 2 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Vice President Gary Kerns brought the meeting to order.  The board voted to send all four new Hall Of Fame members to be voted on by the state board for the state Hall Of Fame.  Representatives for the Gilmin House spoke to the board about helping them with a charity tournament.  Gilmin House is a public charity located in Berea and is open to young men in crisis.  It is affilated with 7 local churches.  They said they hope to bring local churches and the community together to bowl and raise money.  It will also let people know what they do.  They hope to make the tournament an annual event.  They said they would get the prizes for the tournament and hoped to hold the tournament in the middle of May on a Sunday at 2:00 PM.  The lane inspections were set for August 5 at 11:00 AM and the next associaton meeting will be held after the lane inspections.

03/17/12

The MCBA Board Of Directors held the Annual Meeting on March 17 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter brought the meeting to order.  The financial statement for the association was passed around for the board members to review.  Six directors were re-elected to the MCBA Board Of Directors.  Harvey Poynter was re-elected to President.  Gary Kerns to Vice President.  Judy Poynter to Sergeant-At-Arms.  Dean Acker, Terry Jackson and Beverly Shearer to Directors.  Harvey said over all our association has had a great year.  He said the leagues are up this year and thanked the members for the support of the Lametta Dause Tournament.  He said the Tournament Committee and Hall Of Fame committee did a good job.  He thanked Jen for taking up the 50/50.  Harvey told the board he felt good about getting rezoned by the state association to the new Zone G.  David Norman said our association has the best turnout at the state meetings.  The state tournament will be held in Louisville this year.  Harvey told the members there will be four new directors on the state board from the new Zone G.  He said our association only has one vote on the state board (Harvey is on the state board of directors) and with the new zone we could get more state directors from our association.  Harvey asked the members if anyone had anything to talk about.  Peanut Johnson asked if any money from leagues went to the associaton.  No money comes from the league.  The association does take up a 50/50 pot on the Galaxy Classic League.  Dean Acker said the local senior tournament was set for April 9.  Tyler Morgan said there would be a double sweeper on April 1.  The members discussed who would work the Lemetta Dause Tournament and how the prizes will be distributed. 

03/06/12

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on March 5 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter brought the meeting to order.  Harvey said Randy Burgess,  Madison Southern bowling coach,  wanted to speak to the board.  Randy asked for volunteers for next Saturday and Sunday to help out with the Regional High School Bowling Tournament to be held at Galaxy Bowling Center.  He said they need score keepers and help with working the doors collecting the $5 entry fee from the spectators.  He said the house will be closed to open bowling during the tournament.  He said he would like the volunteers to be at Galaxy by 8:15 AM to help but can come at anytime to help out.  He said Dean Acker would be the main score keeper with the helper getting the scores to him.  Madison Southern and Madison Central will be involved in the tournament.  Harvey said he got a letter from Central asking for a donation for the bowling team.  The board voted to donate $125 for the Central bowling team.  Harvey asked any board members helping out at the regional tournament to wear their association shirts.  Harvey reminded the directors about the upcoming Lemetta Dause Memorial Tournament and asked members to try to get prizes.  Harvey said someone would be at the tournament to accept the donation from the tournament.  He also told the members to get the word out to the bowlers,  that we will be putting out flyers and Dean Acker will put information about the tournament in his newspaper column.  Harvey asked when someone gets a prize to email it to the directors and as prizes are collected to re-email the list to keep everyone updated on the prizes collected.  Beverly Shearer asked if the flyer could be put in the paper.  Dean said he would ask.  Harvey asked for a report from the Hall Of Fame Committee.  David Norman said he needed to get with Merle Meade to get more information from him before we vote on who to send to the state.  Harvey told the board we will hold our Annual Meeting on March 17 at 11:30 AM at Galaxy Bowling Center.  He also said wait and set a date for the lane inspections when we can be sure we will have enough directors to help out.  Galaxy Bowling Center will hold a House Champions Tournament in April consisting of four brackets based on handicap.  A plaque or trophy will be awarded to the winner.  Dean Acker asked if we were going to hold a Senior's tournament.  Harvey said to lock in a date with Galaxy.  David Norman said Galaxy will have two league this summer that Galaxy will not charge lineage to help increase the prize fund for the league.  Amy Kaylor was removed from the board of directors.

02/07/12

This years nominees for the Madison County Bowling Association's Hall Of Fame are Dean Acker, Carl Daniels, Lewis Jones Sr and Merle Meade.

02/07/12

Posted the results of the 2012 MCBA's Annual City Tournament here.

02/06/12

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on February 6 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  President Harvey Poynter brought the meeting to order.  Twelve directors were present for the meeting.  Harvey asked for a report from the Hall Of Fame committee.  David Norman said four nominations have been turned in and also said if these are the only entries he thinks all four deserve to be in the HOF.  He told the board we need to vote for one of the nominees to be considered for the state HOF.  Harvey said maybe we send one for performance and one other.  We have to the end of March to send in HOF nominations.  Harvey thanked David for all the work he did on the HOF.  Robert "Peanut" Johnson made a motion to accept the HOF nominees.  The motion got a second and passed.  The board discussed the City Tournament.  Harvey said we had a good turnout last year.  Harvey read a letter sent by the Madison Southern High School bowling coach Margeret Tilsley asking for a donation to help the school bowling team.  The board voted to give $250.  Dean Acker asked if we were going to help out Central's bowling team.  Harvey said we would if Central asked for a donation.  Harvey told the board about Lemetta Dause passing away and how she supported our tournaments.  He said we would hold a tournament on March 17 in her name with the proceeds going to Hospice in her name.  He also said he hoped to make it an annual tournament.  Harvey asked to get the word out and asked the directors to try to get prize donations for the tournament.  Beverly Shearer said she would try to get someone from Hospice to accept the donation at the tourmament.  Harvey said we will be working with the Madison County Women's Bowling Association.

01/28/12

The Madison County Bowling Association will host the Lemetta Dause Memorial

3-6-9 No-Tap Tournament with proceeds going to the local hospice in her name.   The tournament will be held March 10 at 1:00 PM.   Prizes for both men and women will be awarded to the winners in the tournament.  More information on the tournament will be posted on the main page.  If you plan to bowl in the tournament please let us know so we know how many lanes to reserve by clicking here.

01/20/12

Neil Haggard rolled his second 300 game of he season on the Friday Night Mixed League.  Neil nearly missed another 300 game rolling a 279 game the first game of his 792 series leaving a 10 pin the first ball in the 10th frame.

01/20/12

The Southern Bowling Congress will hold it's 75th Annual Handicapped Bowling Tournament in Fort Smith, Arkansas on March 10,11,17,18,24,25,30,31 and April 1.  The entries close February 8, 2012.  The entry form can be downloaded on the main page.

01/03/12

John Poynter rolled an 814 series on the Galaxy Classic League.  His series is the 6th 800 series bowled at Galaxy Bowling Center.

01/03/12

The MCBA approved the dates and rules for the Annual City Tournament.  Information on the tournament is posted on the Main Page.

12/21/11

The final prize listing for the 56th Annual KSBA Handicapped Bowling Tournament is now posted on the KSBA Page.

11/09/11

The MCBA Board Of Dirctors met on November 7 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  President Harvey Poynter called the meeting to order.  The KSBA's state meeting was discussed.  He told the members that he now on the state board of directors as a zone director.  Harvey said he was disappointed that only six directors attended the meeting.  He said Ashland asked the state board to redistrict our association from the zone in which Ashland and the Madison County BA are both in to zone G which includes the Tri County, Lake Cumberland and Danville associations.  This could increase the number of directors we can get on the state board.  The change could go through at the next state meeting,  He also reported that centralizing the state tournament in Louisville and Lexington was discussed.  Harvey asked for dirctors interested in being delegates to the state board meetings to fill out an application.  We can send three delegates to the state meetings.  Billy McGuire reported that the 300 board is up to date.  David Norman reported that he didn't get any feedback from the Hall Of Fame forms he put out.  He said we need to get the forms out to the association members.  The state jamboree was discussed.  Harvey said it is important that directors attend the jamboree.  This is when the legislative committee meets and state business gets done.  Voting on moving our association to a new zone will be voted on at this meeting.  The tournament committee (Beverly Shearer, David Norman and Lewis Jones Jr) will take care of setting up the Annual Turkey Shootout Tournament and getting out the tournament flyers.

10/31/11

Neil Haggard rolled his first 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League on October 24.

10/16/11

Brandon Simpson rolled his second 300 game of the season on the Galaxy Classic League on October 12.

10/11/11

John Poynter rolled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League on October 10.

10/05/11

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on October 3 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter call the meeting to order.  The number of board members was discussed after three directors were removed from the board.  Lewis suggested trying to get someone from leagues not represented on the board.  It was suggested that we leave the number of directors at 17 if no one is interested in joining the board of directors.  The board voted to leave the number at 17 if no one is interested.  The board discussed when to conduct the lane inspections to increase the number of directors that can attend and help out.  Moving the date of the inspections to the end of the season was also discussed.  The board voted to conduct a Scotch Doubles Tournament on October 15 at 12:00 PM.  The tournament will use 90% of 220, use current average of 12 games or yearbook if no average and a blind draw will be used to put doubles teams together.  Harvey asked for more directors to help out with the tournaments.  David Norman reported on the Hall Of Fame.  David said the HOF guidelines have been revised.  The new guidelines are based on the KSBA guidelines.  Harvey told the directors to read the new guidelines and to ask David if there are any questions.  David also reported on the glass case the association wanted to put on the wall at lane 1.  Galaxy said it was ok for us to install a glass case on the wall.  John Poynter said he would look into getting a case built.  David said he would look into the prices of new cases.  Harvey asked the directors to spread the word about our Hall Of Fame to league members.  He also said we need as many directors as we can get to attend the State Meeting and  local bowlers to bowl in the state tournament.  Jenny Morris asked about association shirts for directors to wear to the state meeting and tournament.  Harvey asked for a list of directors who need shirts.  Meeting ajorned.

09/20/11

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on September 12 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The K.S.B.A.'s annual state bowling tournament was discussed.  Association President Harvey Poynter told the members that the MCBA should have a vote at the state association meeting on November 6 at 9:00 AM.  Harvey is to be voted in as a zone director on the KSBA Board Of Directors.  He also asked if the board of directors wanted to bowl in the state tournament on teams made up of board members or the members go to the tournament with their own teams.  The members voted to go with their own teams.  The board set the annual "Turkey Shootout" No Tap Tournament for November 20 at 1:30 PM.  Harvey asked the tournament committee to come up with a tournament for October and report back to the board.  The next meeting is set for October 3 at 5:45 PM.

09/16/11

Brandon Simpson rolled a 300 game on the Wednesday Wonders League on September 14.

09/04/11

Ron Gugel rolled a 300 game on the Friday Night Mixed League on September 2, 2011.

08/25/11

Galaxy Bowling Center will hold a Monte Carlo No Tap Tournament on Sundays at 6:30 PM.  The tournament will be held weekly as long as there is enough bowler participation.  Nineteen bowlers bowled in the first Monte Carlo Tournament last Sunday August 21.

08/12/11

The lane inspections were conducted at Galaxy Bowling center.  Four M.C.B.A. directors (Dean Acker, David Norman, Jenny Morris and Lewis Jones Jr) conducted the lane inspections.

07/30/11

Updated the Yearbook Page.  Added 2010-2011 winter league averages, USBC achievements, city tournament results and league final standing sheets.

07/27/11

Dean Acker, Carl Daniels, Lewis Jones Jr, Lewis Jones Sr and Steve McKnight represented the Madison County Bowling Association in the Blue Grass State Games held at Eastland Lanes in Lexington.  Dean Acker and Carl Daniels took the silver medal in the doubles event in the 55 and over age group.  Lewis Jones Sr took gold medals in the sanctioned singles event and the open singles event in the 55 and over age group.  Steve McKnight and Lewis Jones Jr took the gold medal in the doubles event in the 40-54 age group.  Steve McKnight took the silver medal in the sanctioned singles event in the 20-54 age group.

07/15/11

Mark Rogers bowled a 299 game on the Classic Doubles League.  Only an 8 pin on the last ball cost Mark a 300 game.  He will receive an 11 in a row trophy from the USBC.

07/11/11

Dean Acker, Carl Daniels, David Norman and Harvey Poynter represented the MCBA at this years KSBA Jamboree held in Nicholasville, KY.

06/30/11

The MCBA now has a page for bowlers to submit questions about their membership, league rules, tournaments, etc.  Click on the Questions Page link located on the main page or on the league page.

06/23/11

Posted the dates of the KY State Bowling Association Jamboree to be held in Nicholasville, KY on the main page.

03/31/11

Lewis Jones Sr rolled a 299 on the Wednesday Wonders League leaving a 7 pin on the last shot.

03/28/11

The MCBA Senior Bowling Tournament was held at Galaxy Center on March 28.  Twelve bowlers participated in the tournament.   Lewis Jones Sr. placed first and Gary Holtzclaw took second place.

03/10/11

Updated the Officers & Directors Page adding the new directors voted onto the MCBA Board Of Directors at the Annual Meeting in February.

03/07/11

The MCBA board of directors held their annual meeting at Galaxy on Sunday February 27.  Ten board members were present for the meeting.  Association President Harvey Poynter started the meeting by suggesting we increase the number of directors on the board by five.  He stated there were four asking to join the board of directors and we have one opening and also said the only expense would be buying association shirts for the new members.  He also suggested that we no longer pay the state tournament entry fees for the members who attend the state bowling association meeting at the annual KSBA tournament since we will have so many board members.  The board voted to approve the increase in the number of officers and directors on the MCBA board of directors to twenty.  Six directors terms expire on August 1, 2011.  Amy Mayrhofer, Carl Daniels, Ben Conner, David Norman, Billy McGuire and Renda Roberts.  To free up another spot for a new director Harvey suggested making Renda Roberts a honorary director since she won't be back bowling on a league until next season.  The board voted unanimously for another two year terms for Amy, Carl, Ben, David and Billy.  The board also approved the change for Renda from director to honorary director.  Harvey then asked for nominations for new directors.  The nominees are as follows:  Jenny Morris,  Julia Landreth,  Gary Holtzclaw,  Robert "Peanut" Johnson,  Tyler Morgan and John Poynter.  By an unanimous voted each nominee was voted onto the board of directors.   Harvey discussed the income and expenses of the association over the last 6 months.  The association paid out around $900 than was brought in during that time.   The association has brought in more than $1,200 from 50/50 pots and brackets.  More than $600 has been brought in from USBC local dues.  The current account balance is $1,102.   Harvey stated that we paid out $200 in bereavement donations.  He also told the members to let the bereavement committee, Beverly Shearer and Judy Poynter, know of any deaths of association members and their immediate families so they can take care of getting them the donations.  The board voted on several motions.  The board voted to increase the association manager's salary to $500 and the President's salary to $250.  Voted to pay the 2011-2012 USBC state and national dues for the board members.  Voted not to pay for state tournament entry fees for the KSBA state tournament next season for the members who attended the state board meeting.  Voted to buy association shirts for the new board members.  David Norman, a member of the Hall Of Fame committee, presented the board with the HOF guidelines.  He said the committee had three nominees in mind for the next meeting to vote on.  Buying a plaque was discussed for putting the HOF members on to be displayed at Galaxy.  The board voted to buy the plaque.  A HOF nomination forms will be available for all bowlers in the MCBA to make a nomination for next year.  The local Senior Tournament was discussed.  Dean Acker passed out a draft for the tournament for the board members to look over.  The board set the tournament for Monday March 28 at 6:30 PM.  The board voted to accept the senior tournament rules from the draft.  The board will next meet on Monday March 7 at 5:45 PM.

03/01/11

Brandon Simpson rolled an 812 series on the Galaxy Classic League on February 28, 2011.  A list of the 800 series and 300 games can be viewed on the awards page.

02/15/11

The MCBA board of directors met on Monday February 7 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The board discussed the possibility of holding a local senior tournament and decided to go ahead and hold a senior tournament.  Association President Harvey Poynter ask Dean Acker to come up with rules for the tournament to present at the next association meeting.  Harvey told the members to remind bowlers about the city tournament.  He also reminded the members of the dates and times of the tournament.  David Norman made a report about the possibility of our association joining the Chamber Of Commerce.  After getting the yearly fees for joining and other fees that it would not benefit our association enough for the amount it would cost the association to be apart of the organization.  The board agreed with David and voted not to pursue joining the Chamber Of Commerce.  Harvey asked for a report from the Hall Of Fame Committee.  David told the board about establishing the guide lines for the Hall Of Fame and making nominations at our next monthly meeting.  The board decided to have 3 nominees from which 1 person will be voted in each year.  The vote will be conducted by private ballot from the members of the MCBA Board Of Directors.  Also a nomination will be made to the state HOF each year, the nominee will be a member of our local HOF.  The board voted to hold the annual meeting of our association on February 27 at 5:00 PM or after the city tournament has ended.

01/05/11

The MCBA board of directors met on Monday January 3 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Association President Harvey Poynter asked for a report from the Hall Of Fame committee.  David Norman said the committee was waiting to get a copy of the K.S.B.A.'s Hall Of Fame application.  He said the bowlers from our association in the K.S.B.A.'s Hall Of Fame would be put into the MCBA's Hall Of Fame.  Harvey then asked for a report from the Bereavement Committee.  Beverly Shearer asked the board to whom the association would donate money too and how much we would donate.  Harvey stated we have been donating $100 to the family of bowlers or immediate family members of bowlers who have passed away.  The board voted to donate $100 to the family of local bowlers who pass away and $50 to a local bowler who has had an immediate family member pass away.  Amy Mayrhofer asked if our association will be holding a local senior bowling tournament this year.  The board discussed holding a local senior tournament.  Harvey asked Dean Acker and Carl Daniels to head up a Senior Tournament Committee and to report back at our next meeting with the number of eligible bowlers and how the tournament would be run. Harvey said he would run brackets on the Galaxy Classic League.  The board voted to have the $5 from each bracket go to the association.  The money will be used for donations and where needed.  Harvey asked if we had any new information on the Chamber Of Commerce.  David said he would contact them and get the fee to join along with any other charges.  The board will next meet on February 7, 2011.

01/05/11

Linked the 2011 MCBA's Annual City Tournament dates and rules on the Main Page.

12/08/10

The MCBA board of directors met on Monday December 6 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Dates and times for the annual city tournament were set at the meeting.  The tournament will be held on February 19, 26 & 27 at 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM.  The entry fee was set at $20 per event and $5 for the all events.  Association President Harvey Poynter said he wanted volunteers for two committees,  a bereavement and hall of fame committee.  Judy Poynter and Beverly Shearer will head up the bereavement committee and Dean Acker, David Norman, Carl Daniels and Mark Rogers will head up the hall of fame committee.  Harvey asked that any nominations for the MCBA hall of fame be voted on at the associations annual meeting in March.  He said that the bowlers from our association already in the state and national hall of fames should be on the MCBA hall of fame.  Joining the Richmond Chamber Of Commerce was also discussed.  David Norman said it costs $225 a year or $20 a month but didn't know if the price would be different for non profit organizations and would let us know at the next meeting.

12/05/10

The Southern Bowling Congress 74th Annual Handicap Tournament entry form available here.  Entries close February 9, 2011.

11/08/10

Posted the minutes from the 2010 Kentucky State Bowling Association Jamboree that was held in Corbin on the KSBA Page.

11/06/10

The MCBA met on Monday November 1 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The board discussed the upcoming state tournament.  Association President Harvey Poynter gave out the new association shirts and asked the members to wear the shirts to the KSBA meeting on Sunday.  He also told the members to remind bowlers about the Turkey Shootout tournament and the other monthly tournaments.  He also asked if the tournament flyers would be ready to put out next week.  Lewis Jones Jr said he would have it done by then.  Gary Kerns asked if the association would be interested in joining the Richmond Chamber Of Commerce.  He said we could use them to help promote the monthly tournaments.  Harvey asked Gary to check on it for us.  The MCBA will next meet on Monday December 6 at 5:45 PM at Galaxy.

10/05/10

The MCBA board of directors met on Monday October 4 at Galaxy.  Twelve directors were present for the meeting.  The board set the date and times for the monthly tournaments for Oct, Nov and Dec.  Information for the tournaments are posted on the main page.  Association President Harvey Poynter asked the association directors to remind the bowlers about the upcoming state tournament.  He also let the directors know that to get the state tournament hotel discount at the state tournament host hotel bowlers need to reserve their rooms 20 days before the start of the tournament.  The board voted to let Randy Burgess take the 50/50 pot for the next 2 weeks.  The money will go to the Southern High School bowling team.

09/12/10

Added the 09-10 summer league averages on the Yearbook Page.

09/06/10

The MCBA met on Monday September 6 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The board will send 3 teams to the Kentucky State Tournament to be held in Ashland.  The members of the teams will represent the Madison County Bowling Association at the Kentucky State Bowling Association's board meeting.  The board voted to buy shirts to wear to the tournament along with other events the board members will be attending in the future.  The money for the shirts and the state tournament will be raised by selling 50/50 tickets.

08/28/10

Added links to the 2010-11 league rule book, league operations handbook and MCBA 300 games and 800 series page on the League Page.

08/17/10

Bowlers were able to try out 3 oil patterns on August 2, 9 and 16 and vote on their favorite pattern.  The Main St oil pattern received the most votes and will be the house oil pattern for the 2010 - 2011 season.

07/25/10

Four members of the MCBA competed in the Blue Grass State Games on July 24 & 25.  Dean Acker and Carl Daniels earned the silver medal in the double division in their age group and Carl also earned bronze in the singles division in his age group.  Steve McKnight and Lewis Jones Jr received the gold medal in the doubles division in their age group.  Steve McKnight lost in a roll off in the singles division in his age group.

07/16/10

The three patterns to be used in the tournaments to be held on August 2, 9 & 16 are the Bourbon St, High St and Main St oil patterns.  More information on the patterns are linked on the main page.

07/16/10

Four bowlers from the MCBA participated in the KSBA Jamboree singles tournament held in Corbin.  Mike Dillon, Lewis Jones Jr, Steve McKnight and Mark Rogers bowled in the tournament held July 10.  Mark Rogers represented the MCBA at the KSBA board meeting held on July 11 in Corbin.

06/05/10

Posted the entry blank for the singles tournament to be held during the KY State Bowling Association's Jamboree in Corbin, KY.  The singles tournament will start at 2:30 PM on July 10.  Click here for the entry blank.

05/22/10

Posted the KY State USBC BA's meeting minutes at last years state tournament.  The minutes are posted on the KSBA Page.

04/30/10

The Yearbook Page now includes USBC achievements and the City Tournament results for each of the last few seasons.  I hope to add other information from each season.

04/09/10

Lewis Jones Jr rolled a 300 game on the Friday Night Mixed League.

04/06/10

The MCBA board of directors held the annual meeting on Monday April 5.  Ten directors attended the meeting.  Gary Kerns was re-elected as Vice President and the other directors whose terms were up were re-elected to the board.  Mark Rogers was elected to the board replacing Kim Breeding who resigned from the board of directors.  Lane inspections were set for Sunday August 1 at 9:00 AM.  President Harvey Poynter told the members about the 3 tournaments with different oil patterns  to be bowled in August to be voted on and decide the new house pattern.  Harvey also talked about our association funds and how we built the account back up from the beginning of the year with 50/50 pots and hosting the Senior State Tournament.   Moving all the leagues to the left side of the house to make it easier for Galaxy to keep the league lanes in good working order was also discussed.  Gary Kerns asked about the state jamboree.  Lewis Jones Jr said the information about the jamboree would be posted on our website as soon as Lewis receives the information.  Harvey told the members it was important to attend the jamboree.  Policies for the state association are voted on at the jamboree such as possibly centralizing the state tournament instead of moving the tournament to a different zone each year.  The next meeting of the board of directors was set for August 1 at 11:00 AM or after the lane inspections have been conducted.

04/03/10

Galaxy Bowling Center will be hosting a tournament to introduce a new oil pattern on Monday August 2, 9 & 16 @ 6:30 PM.  On August 16 bowlers will vote to decide between the 3 oil patterns.  The pattern winning the vote will be the new house pattern for the 2010-2011 season.  If you have any questions contact Amy Mayrhofer at 624-4444 or amy.mayrhofer@galaxybowling.com.

03/19/10

The MCBA held a board meeting on March 1 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Tim Price ask the board if one of the monthly tournaments could be held to raise money for a charity for Spinal Bifida.  The board told Tim we would try to do a tournament next season possibly in August.  The board also discussed the oil pattern at Galaxy and how inconsistent it is from lane to lane.  Also discussed the pinsetter breakdowns and issues such as dropping pins.  Amy Mayrhofer, Galaxy league coordinator, said the oil pattern will be changed sometime this summer and the mechanics are working on the pinsetter problems.  She also said the oil used in the machine is the top of the line oil when asked about the type of oil used.

03/14/10

The City Tournament ended today.  The final results will be posted soon on the main page.  The total number of events bowled are as follows:  14 teams, 24 doubles, 36 singles and 26 all events.

03/03/10

Galaxy Bowling Center has been listed for sale on Coldwell Banker DeSloover Realty's website.  The asking price is $3,900,000.  For the link for the website with more information click here.

03/02/10

Forty four bowlers participated in the Scotch Doubles Tournament held at Galaxy Center on Sunday February 28.  Donna and Tammy Fourre took first place in the tournament.  The tournament paid five places and four door prizes were drawn for a total $527 in prize money.  Be sure to check the main page for our next tournament.

02/26/10

Sign up sheets for the City Tournament are on the counter at the front entrance at Galaxy.  Sign up sheets will also be passed out on league nights.

02/07/10

Eight six bowlers from around the state participated in the 28th Annual KY State Senior Bowling Tournament held at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Five bowlers from the MCBA placed in the tournament.  Gary Holtzclaw and Renda Roberts place in the Class B Division and Fletcher Cruse, Mike Dillon and Clifford Rose placed in the Class C Division.  Go to the KSBA Tournament Page for all bowlers who placed in the tournament.

02/02/10

The MCBA board of directors met on Feb. 1, 2010 at Galaxy.  The board made final plans for the Senior State Tournament.  The board also set the city tournament date for March 6 & 7, 13 & 14.  Event times 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM each day.  Entry fee will be $15 per event and $5 all events.

01/19/10

Forty bowlers took part in the 3-6-9 No Tap Tournament held January 17 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Lynn Estes and Kim Conner place first in the tournament for the men and women's divisions.  The MCBA paid out a total of ten places and awarded eight door prizes totaling over $400 in cash and prizes.  The next monthly tournament will be a Scotch Doubles held Sunday February 28 at Galaxy.

01/06/10

The MCBA board of directors met on January 4, 2010.  The board discussed the upcoming Senior State Tournament deciding to buy a bowling ball to raffle for the tournament, doing a 50/50 pot each session and running brackets.  The board also set the February monthly tournament for Sunday February 28.  The tournament will be a scotch doubles.

12/23/09

The KY State Bowling Assoc. sent out the final results of this years state tournament.  The results are posted on the KSBA Page.

12/13/09

The MCBA held the Christmas No Tap Tournament on Sunday Dec. 13.  Lametta Dause and Lynn Estes placed first in the tournament for the women and men.  Thirty eight bowlers participated in the tournament.  The next tournament will be held on Sunday January 17 at 1:30 PM.  The tournament will be a 3-6-9 No Tap.

11/22/09

Congratulations to Beverly Shearer and David Norman for finishing in first place in the women and men's divisions in the 4th Annual Turkey Shootout.  Fourty-one bowlers turned out for the tournament sponsored by Nationwide Insurance and Galaxy Bowling Center.

11/10/09

Posted the minutes from the Jamboree from the meeting held on July 12 on the KSBA News Page.  Posted the KSBA Seniors Tournament entry form and tournament rules on the KSBA News Page

11/09/09

Nationwide Insurance and Thurman M Parsons will be sponsoring the 4th Annual Turkey Shootout and our annual Christmas Tournament.  Nationwide is the exclusive auto insurance partner of the USBC and USBC members could receive a special discount.  Call Thurman Parsons at (859) 624-9199 for more information.

11/03/09

The MCBA board of directors met on Nov. 2.  The time of the Turkey Shootout tournament was changed from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM.  The annual Christmas tournament was set for Sunday Dec. 13 at 1:30 PM.

10/25/09

The MCBA held the 3-6-9 No Tap Tournament on October 25 at Galaxy.  Beverly Shearer finished first for the women and David Norman finished first for the men.  Twenty Nine bowlers turned out for the first tournament of the season.  The Annual Turkey Shootout will be held on Sunday Nov. 22 and our annual holiday tournament will be scheduled in December.

10/06/09

The MCBA will hold a 3-6-9 No-Tap tournament on Sunday Oct. 25 @ 1:00 PM and set this years Turkey Shootout No-Tap Tournament for Sunday Nov. 22 @ 1:00 PM.

09/09/09

The Galaxy Classic League and the Friday Night Mixed League standing sheets are now posted on the league page.  The other leagues will be posted soon.

08/16/09

Posted the 08-09 USBC bowler's achievements on the Awards Page.

08/04/09

The MCBA will conduct the lane inspections at Galaxy on Saturday August 15 at 10:00 AM.  All directors are encouraged to help with the lane inspections.

07/15/09

Gary Kerns placed 1st in the KSBA's Jamboree Singles Tournament held Saturday at Galaxy.  Harvey Poynter placed 2nd and Amy Mayrhofer placed 3rd.  Bill Bradley was voted into the KSBA's Hall Of Fame and the Madison County Bowling Association was awarded the 2010 Senior's State Tournament at Sunday's meeting of the KSBA board of directors.

07/02/09

Updated the Yearbook Page, posted the 2008-2009 Winter Yearbook Averages.

04/12/09

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on Monday April 6.  The upcoming KSBA Jamboree was the main topic of discussion.  The board set the next meeting for Monday July 6 @ 6:30 PM at Galaxy Bowling Center.

04/11/09

Jameson Inn will be the host hotel for the KY State Bowling Association Jamboree.  To get the discounted rate of $61 tell them you are here for the KSBA Jamboree.  If any problems getting the rate email ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

04/04/09

Results of the No Tap Tournament on April 4:  Men 1st David Norman, 2nd Neil Haggard.  Women 1st Miranda Rowe, 2nd Beverly Shearer.

03/23/09

The MCBA will host a No Tap Tournament on April 4 at 2:00 PM.  This will be the last monthly tournament of the season.

03/17/09

Posted the minutes from the MCBA's Annual Meeting on the Minutes Page.

03/16/09

Harvey Poynter and David Norman placed 1st in the Scotch Doubles No Tap Tournament held on March 14 at Galaxy Bowling Center.

02/28/09

Added a link to National League Bowling at www.nationalbowler.com.  At this site bowlers use scores from their local sanctioned leagues to compete with bowlers across the county.

02/14/09

Added a link to the PBA's website on the links page.  Also made some changes to the main page.

02/11/09

The Scotch Doubles No Tap Tournament and MCBA's annual meeting will be held on Saturday March 14 instead of March 7 because of a scheduling conflict with the M.C.W.B.A.'s City Tournament.

02/04/09

The MCBA board of directors met on Feb. 2 at Galaxy and 14 of 15 directors attended the meeting.  The board set the annual meeting for Saturday March 7 @ 1:00 PM.  The board also decided to hold our next monthly tournament after the annual meeting.  The tournament will be a scotch doubles no tap and will be held at 2:00 PM on March 7.  More information about the tournament is on the tournament page.  Terry Jackson, Carl Daniels and Lewis Jones Jr were appointed to conduct the lane dressing inspection at Galaxy.  They were asked to try to conduct the inspection on March 7 @ 12:00 PM.  Billy McGuire told the board he would have Joe Sageser's name put on the 300 plaque.

01/29/09

Joe Sageser rolled the first 300 game of the year at Galaxy and had a 790 series on the Galaxy Classic League.

01/19/09

The City Tournament final results are now posted on the Main Page.

01/07/09

Two rules for the City Tournament have been changed.  The entry fee will be $15 for each event and bowlers will have until January 9, 2009 to bowl 12 games in a league at Galaxy.

12/18/08

Entries for the City Tournament are now available at the counter at Galaxy Bowling Center.

12/08/08

Posted the final results of the 53rd KY State Handicap Bowling Tournament on the front page and on the KY State B.A. page.

11/26/08

The MCBA's board of directors met November 24 at Galaxy.  The date for the city tournament was set for January 10-11 and 17-18, 2009.  The events will be bowled at 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM.  Please see the Tournament Page for more details.

11/19/08

The monthly meeting of the MCBA's Board Of Directors will meet Monday November 24 at 5:30 PM at Galaxy.  The meeting was originally set for December 1.

11/12/08

A reminder that the 3rd Annual Turkey Shootout will be held on Sunday November 23 @ 2:00 PM.  The MCBA will hold the Holiday No Tap Tournament on Sunday December 7 @ 2:00 PM.  Please go to the Tournament Page for more information about the tournaments.

11/05/08

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on Nov. 3.  Harvey Poynter, President of the MCBA, informed the members that the KY State Bowling Association's Jamboree will be held in Richmond next July.  The board voted to nominate Bill Bradley for the KY State B.A.'s Hall Of Fame.  The MCBA will hold a holiday Tournament in December and the City Tournament will take place in February.  More information on both tournaments will be posted later on the Tournament Page.

10/24/08

Jack Noe was elected to the Kentucky Bowling Hall Of Fame at the KY State Jamboree meeting held in Georgetown.  Jack has been a member of the Madison County Bowling Association since it was established.  He was manager of Maroon Lanes and is currently an honorary director on the M.C.B.A's Board Of Directors.

10/20/08

The MCBA will hold the Annual Turkey Shootout 3-6-9 Tournament on Sunday Nov. 23 at 2:00 PM.  More information will be posted on the tournament page.

10/01/08

At The Sept. 29 meeting of the MCBA Board meeting the members voted to purchase a 300 plaque to list the bowlers who have rolled 300 games at Galaxy.  David Norman, Lewis Jones Jr and Beverly Shearer were appointed to the tournament committee.   The tournament committee was asked to put together a tournament for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  The Upcoming City Tournament was also discussed along with possibly sending bowlers to this years State Tournament in Paducah.  The board also discussed possibly sponsoring tournaments with Galaxy.  The board approved the purchase of association shirts for two new board members.  The next meeting will be on Monday November 3 at 5:30 PM.

09/23/08

The M.C.B.A. Board Of Directors will meet on Monday September 29 at 5:30 PM.  The meeting will be held at Galaxy Bowling Center.

09/16/08

Posted the league standings for the Galaxy Classic League and the Friday Night Mixed League.  Requests for other league standings to be posted on the league page please email ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com .

08/12/08

Updated the Awards Page, posted the complete list of USBC achievements for 2007-2008 and the bowlers who bowled 300 games at Maroon Lanes.

08/12/08

Updated the Yearbook Page, posted the winter league averages.

08/08/08

The lane inspection for Galaxy had to be moved from Sunday August 10 to Sunday August 17 at 9:00 AM.

06/03/08

The 44th Annual Kentucky State USBC BA Jamboree will be held on July 12 & 13 at Cosmic Bowling Lanes in Georgetown, KY.  Scheduled for July 12 is a workshop at noon and a singles tournament at 2:30 PM.  Scheduled for July 13 is the KY State BA Executive meeting at 9:00 AM.  Everything will be held at Cosmic Bowling Center.

05/09/08

Galaxy Bowling Center starting on Wednesday May 14 at 7:00 PM will hold a weekly tournament.  The tournaments will be different every week with different oil patterns.  The tournaments will run through the summer.  Please click here for more details.

04/09/08

Summer Leagues are now forming.  For more information about the summer leagues call Galaxy Bowling Center at 624-4444.

04/04/08

Gary Wagoner rolled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League on March 31.  He will receive a 300 plaque from the USBC.

04/03/08

The MCBA met on Sunday March 30 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Dean Acker and Terry Jackson were voted on to the board of directors and Jack Noe was voted a honorary director.  A No Tap Scotch Doubles tournament was set for April 13 at 2:00 PM.  Lane inspections was set for Sunday August 10 at 9:00 AM.

03/22/08

Please check out our bulliten board located at Galaxy Bowling Center's main entrance.  Information on upcoming tournaments, association meetings and Dean Acker's weekly bowling column among other information are posted there each week.

03/19/08

Joe Sageser rolled a perfect game on March 17 on the Galaxy Classic League.  He will receive a 300 ring from the USBC.

03/15/08

Relay For Life will hold a 3-6-9 tournament on Sunday March 30.  Please check with Galaxy Bowling Center for more details.

02/20/08

The MCBA set Sunday March 30 at 1:00 PM as the date and time of this years annual meeting.  The meeting will be held at Galaxy Bowling Center.  All bowlers in the MCBA are encouraged to attend the meeting.

02/15/08

This is the last weekend for the City Tournament.  Please see the tournament page for information on the tournament.  Results of the City Tournament will be posted on the main page.

01/29/08

Posted league standing sheets for Galaxy Classic, Wednesday Wonders and Thursday Classic Doubles.  Please e-mail requests for posting of other league's standing sheets at ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

01/23/08

The MCBA board of directors met on Saturday January 19 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Scheduled who will work the city tournament.  Also got a report from Galaxy of some changes they hope to do in the upcoming months.  Galaxy will replace the bowling pins in February with wood pins.  They are also going to take out the volleyball court in front of the center and put it on the bypass side of the building at a later date.  Also looking at buying a used oil machine that is an upgrade from the current machine and this summer will break down and rebuild each lane from 1 to 32.  New paint, new leagues and an emphasis on keeping the center clean among other things is in Galaxy's plans this year.

01/22/08

This week I saved the Galaxy Classic League standing and recap sheets from Galaxy Center's league software.  I'm looking at switching to saving from their software each week instead of the bowling software I have been using and will also be posting standing sheets from other leagues starting within the next week.

01/19/08

Thirty Four bowlers turned out for the Scotch Doubles Tournament On Jan. 19.

01/05/08

Added an Achievements Page to the website.  Added a button on the navigation links for the page.

01/01/08

The complete list of the KY State Tournament bowlers who have placed in this years tournament will be posted soon on the main page.

12/15/07

Dean Acker started writing a bowling column in the Richmond Register.  The first column ran on Saturday December 8.  Depending on the space available Dean hopes to have the league standings, men's high games of 225 or higher and women's games of 200 or higher.  He also wants to include honor scores and other noteworthy accomplishments.  Dean can be reached at deanynater@yahoo.com.

12/08/07

The MCBA met on Saturday Dec. 8.  The board set the city tournament rules, dates and times.  The board also set the next monthly tournament for Jan. 19 at 1:00 PM.  The tournament will be a scotch doubles with the doubles teams put together by a blind draw.

12/08/07

Thirty-Three bowlers bowled in the Holiday No-Tap tournament on Dec. 8.

12/05/07

The state tournament results are now official and I was informed that the checks should be sent out shorty.

11/17/07

The KSBA announced that the 2008 KY State USBC BA Senior's Tournament will be held in Somerset, KY on February 2-3, 2008.  Please check Galaxy Bowling Center for entries or e-mail ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

11/14/07

Posted the current standings for the KY State Tournament.

11/12/07

The MCBA met on Saturday November 10.  The board set the next monthly tournament for Dec. 8 at 1:00 PM.  The tournament will be a no-tap tournament,  more information will be posted on the tournament page.  The board also discussed the city tournament and voted to buy association shirts for the new board members.

11/07/07

The current standings for the KY State Tournament is now posted on the main page.

11/04/07

Galaxy Bowling Center installed the MCBA & MCWBA's new bulliten board at the front entrance.  Our associations will post tournaments and other information along with the names of board members of both associations.

10/25/07

KY State Tournament entry closed on Oct. 21.  I hope to post the tournament standings and final results.  Check the main page for information on the state tournament.

10/13/07

The MCBA met on Oct. 6, 2007.  The board set the next monthly tournament for Oct. 20 @ 1:00 PM.  The tournament will be a 3-6-9 No Tap Tournament.  The board also scheduled the 2nd Annual Turkey Shootout Tournament for Nov. 17 @ 1:00 PM.  This tournament will be a scotch doubles and turkey & hams will be awarded to the winners.  The board set the next meeting for Nov. 10 @ 12:00 noon.

10/01/07

The Galaxy Classic League Standings are now posted on the League Info Page.

08/31/07

The MCBA Board Of Directors Met On Saturday August 25, 2007.  The board voted to lower the local association dues from $5 to $4 making the cost of the USBC card dues $15 for the 2007-2008 season.  The next meeting was set for Sat. Oct. 6 @ 2:00 PM.

08/30/07

The MCBA and the MCWBA met on Saturday August 25, 2007.  The associations discussed buying a bulliten board to put up at Galaxy.  Youth bowling was also discussed.  Both associations agreed to work together on holding monthly tournaments and running the annual BVL tournament on November 10.

08/20/07

The 52nd Annual KY State Handicap Bowling Tournament will be held in Owensboro on November 3-4, 10-11, 17-18.  Information about the tournament is now posted on the Tournament Page.

08/09/07

The 2006-2007 MCBA Average Yearbook is now posted on the Yearbook Page.

07/27/07

Will be posting this years MCBA Yearbook in the near future.  I have also received several older yearbooks from Jack Noe and may be getting the yearbooks from all the previous seasons of the MCBA.  I may try to post the yearbooks on the website.

07/26/07

The MCBA will conduct the lane inspections at Galaxy on Saturday Aug. 4 at 9:00 AM.

06/29/07

The MCBA Board Of Directors met on June 19 at Galaxy.  The board worked on the KSBA Jamboree.  voted to nominate Jack Noe for the KSBA Hall Of Fame, set the date and time for the lane inspections for Galaxy and set August 18 at 1:00 PM for our annual Welcome Back No Tap Tournament at Galaxy.  Check the tournament page for more information.

06/13/07

The MCBA will host this years KY State Bowling Association's Annual Jamboree on July 14 & 15 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  For more information email ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com

06/13/07

The Southern Bowling Congress will hold their 70th Annual Fall Meeting In Jackson, MS on August 18 & 19, 2007.  For more information contact Bill W. Blackburn @ billb@southernbowlingcongress.org.

04/12/07

Shawn Barton rolled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League on April 9, 2007

03/16/07

Updated the USBC Page linked on the Main Page with some helpful links.

02/27/07

Ron Elliott and Regina Barton both rolled 300 games on the Galaxy Classic League.  Ron rolled his 300 on February 12, 2007 and Regina on February 26, 2007.

02/21/07

2007 City Tournament results are now posted on the main page.  The prize money will be given out at our annual meeting on Monday February 26 at 5:00 PM.  Those not in attendance will have their prize money mailed to them.

02/19/07

The city tournament standings will be posted soon on the main page.

02/18/07

Maroon Lanes closed Friday February 16 at 11:00 PM and will not reopen as a bowling center.

02/06/07

I put a link for the city tournament's current standings on the front page.

01/31/07

The MCBA's Annual City Tournament starts this weekend.  See the tournament page for more details.

01/30/07

The Madison County BA and the Madison County WBA met on Saturday January 27, 2007 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Please click HERE to view the meeting minutes.

01/26/07

Reminder that the MCBA will hold a 3-6-9 no tap tournament this Saturday at 1:00 PM at Galaxy.  The MCBA's annual city tourament will be held the first 3 weekends of February at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Please see Tournament Page for more details.

01/13/07

The MCBA board of directors met on Jan. 8 at Galaxy.  The board decided to hold a 3-6-9 tournament at Galaxy on Saturday Jan. 27 at 1:00 PM.  Discussed sponsorship of the City Tournament.  Set next meeting for Jan. 29 @ 5:30 at Galaxy.

01/12/07

(EDITED 1/26/07) Maroon Lanes may close on February 18, 2007.  Jack Noe manager of Maroon Lanes said the center may have been sold and may close on February 18.  At this time it is not sure if Maroon Lanes will reopen at a later date or if the building will be used for another business if it is sold.

12/13/06

The MCBA board of directors met on Dec. 11 at Galaxy.  The board set the city tournament schedule as follows:  team event will be at Galaxy on Saturday Feb. 3, Sunday Feb. 11 and Sat. Feb 17 and the singles & doubles events will be at Maroon Lanes on Sunday Feb. 4, Saturday Feb. 10 and Sunday Feb. 18.  The board also set the entry fee at $15 and also discussed getting sponsors for the tournament and awarding prizes.  The next meeting was set for January 8 at 5:30 at Galaxy.

12/08/06

The KY State B.A. announced the dates and times of the Senior's State Tournament to be held at Briar Bowl in Somerset this February.  Please see the Tournament Page for more details.

12/07/06

The MCBA met on Monday Dec. 4 at Galaxy.  The board discussed the upcoming city tournament at the meeting.  The full minutes will be posted on the Minutes Page.

11/16/06

Just a reminder that the "Turkey Shootout" Low Score Tournament takes place this Saturday at Galaxy @ 1:00 PM.  More info on the tournament page.

11/09/06

The MCBA met on Nov. 7.  The board voted to help pay the USBC dues for youth bowlers who were interested in bowling in sanctioned leagues.  Also will help with the local youth bowling association. The board set our next tournament for Nov. 18 at Galaxy.  The tournament will be a Low Score Tournament (please see tournament page for more information.  Complete minutes will be posted on the minutes page.

11/01/06

Several members of the Madison County B. A. attended the KY State Bowling Association's annual meeting in Louisville Sunday.  The Madison County B.A. requested the KSBA hold next years KSBA's Jamboree in Richmond.  The KY State Bowling Association voted to hold next years Jamboree in Richmond.   This is the 2nd time in the last 5 years the M.C.B.A. will have been host to the KSBA's Jamboree.

10/25/06

Bill Pianovski rolled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League, Monday Oct. 23.

10/23/06

Added a link to the new website Neil Haggard built for Maroon Lanes on the links page.

10/22/06

Fourty-seven bowlers turned out for the 3-6-9 Scratch No-tap Tournament Saturday.  David Norman finished in first place for the men and Wilma Whittamore finished first for the women.

10/13/06

The MCBA met on October 10 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The board discussed the problems with the company that we had bought our association shirts and decided to go with a different company to complete our order.  Discussed possibly working with the women's association on some tournaments.  Made plans to hold a low score holiday tournament set for Saturday November 18 at Galaxy.  More info on this tournament soon.  Set the next meeting for Nov. 7, 2006 at Galaxy.

10/04/06

Tony Mason rolled a 299 game on the Galaxy Classic League, Monday Oct. 2.

10/03/06

The MCBA board of directors meeting was postponed till Oct. 10, 2006.  The meeting will be held at Galaxy at 6:00 PM.

10/01/06

A letter sent by the KY State Bowling Association to all Kentucky association managers stated that the state tournament entry forms had an error concerning where the events will be bowled.  The team event will be held at Fern Valley Strike & Spare and the singles and doubles events will be held at AMF Derby Lanes.  For more information please call 502-447-6216.

09/26/06

The MCBA announced a 3-6-9 Scratch No Tap Tournament to be held at Galaxy Bowling Center on Saturday Oct. 21, 2006 @ 1:00 PM.  Please go to the tournament page for more details.

09/25/06

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Scotch Doubles Tournament.  Wilma and David Whittamore won first place in the tournament.  The other places will be posted soon on the tournament results page linked on the main page at the bottom.

09/12/06

The MCBA will sponsor a Scotch Doubles Tournament on Sept. 23-24 @ 2:00 PM.  Please go to the tournament page for more details.

09/12/06

The MCBA met on Sept. 5, 2006.  The board approved a Scotch Doubles Tournament.  The board also voted to send association members to this years state tournament.  The board removed a director who isn't bowling this year and voted Chad Bischof to the board of directors.  The next meeting was set for Oct. 3, 2006 at 6:00 PM.  The meeting will be held at Galaxy.

08/27/06

Posted the bowlers who placed in the Scratch No-Tap Tournament held August 12 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Click here to go to the page the results have been posted.   Also updated the 2005-2006 average yearbook with final averages that I hadn't received at the time the yearbook was posted earlier.

08/14/06

Thanks to everyone who bowled in the Bowler's Appreciation No Tap Tournament Saturday August 12.  Fourty-five bowlers participated in the tournament.  Michael Kolibaba placed first in the men's division with a 694 series and Connie Cramer placed first in the women's division with a 667 series.  Please check the tournament page for upcoming tournaments.

08/10/06

I've added some new links at the bottom of the main page.  The links include USBC news, KY State BA news, city and state tournament information and pics, animated pics and other things I have found that is related to bowling.  I will be working on the new links over the next week or two.  Any ideas please let me know.

08/08/06

The Galaxy Classic League will meet on August 21 at 6:30 PM.  The Monday night league will start on August 28.  Please call Galaxy at 624-4444 for more league information and Maroon Lanes at 623-4236.

08/06/06

To make it easier to get to our website you can now just type   bowlky.com   .

08/04/06

The MCBA board of directors met on August 1.  The board members worked on the scratch no-tap tournament.

07/11/06

The MCBA met on July 11.  Twelve of fifteen board members were present for the meeting.  The members conducted lane inspections after the meeting at Maroon Lanes.  Galaxy's lane inspections will be conducted on July 15 at 9:00 AM.

07/07/06

The MCBA received official notice that our association in now a charter member of the USBC.

06/22/06

The MCBA met on June 6.  Eight board members attended the meeting.  The board approved the donation of $1,440 to the Big Brothers Big Sisters to sponsor 12 children to bowl in a Big Brother Big Sister League at Galaxy this summer.  The board also approved the purchase of shirts for board members to make them easy to recognize at association sponsored tournaments.  Approved the Scratch No-Tap tournament date, time and rules (please check the tournament page for more information).  Also set date and time for the lane inspections for Galaxy (July 15 @ 9:00 AM) and Maroon Lanes (July 11 @ 5:00PM).  The next monthly meeting was also set for July 11 @ 5:00 PM at Maroon Lanes.

05/11/06

Updated the Minutes Page with the minutes from the May 1, 2006 association meeting.  The next meeting of the MCBA will be on June 6, 2006 @ 6:00 PM at Galaxy Bowling Center.

04/28/06

Summer league now forming at Galaxy (624-4444) and Maroon Lanes (623-4236)

04/27/06

The meeting of the MCBA had to be postponed due to the fire at Galaxy Bowling Center on Tuesday April 25.  The meeting is rescheduled for Monday May 1 at 6:00 PM.

04/22/06

The MCBA met on April 18, 2006.  Harvey Poynter was elected President and Gary Kerns Vice-President at the meeting.  New board members were also elected and the complete list of officers and directors will be posted on the directors page before Aug. 1, 2006 when their terms begin.  The board will next meet on April 25 to work on unfinished business from this meeting.

04/08/06

The MCBA will hold an organizational meeting open to all bowlers in leagues sanctioned under the Madison County Bowling Association.  The meeting will be held on April 18, 2006 at 7:00 PM.  The meeting will be at Galaxy Bowling Center.

04/01/06

Tony Mason rolled a 300 game on the Wednesday Wonders League March 29.

03/23/06

Eric Grimes rolled a 824 Series on the Galaxy Classic League Monday March 20.

03/16/06

Galaxy Bowling Center will host the King Of The Hill Tournament on Sunday April 2, 2006.  For more information see flyer at Galaxy Bowling Center or contact Johnny Boswell at 624-4444.

03/15/06

Posted the minutes and bylaws of the KY State Bowling Association.  Please click view the documents here.  They will open with Microsoft Word.

03/10/06

USBC bowler's achievements for each league have been updated on the League Page.

02/20/06

City Tournament results are now posted on the main page.

02/15/06

Winners of the 2006 MCBA's Annual City Tournament will be posted on the front page soon.  Please check back later this week.  The awards that were on back order arrived this week.  Bowlers who have earned awards from the USBC should get them within the week.  If not please let your league secretary know.

02/09/06

Rocky Anglin rolled a 300 game on the Galaxy Classic League on Monday Feb. 6.  He will receive a 300 ring from the USBC.  He also rolled his first 700 series.  Feb. 11 and 12 will be the final days of the MCBA's Annual City Tournament.  Our association had members compete in three different divisions at this years KY State Seniors Tournament in Danville, KY.

02/01/06

A reminder that the MCBA's Annual City Tournament starts this weekend.  Please go to the tournament page for more information on the tournament.

01/13/06

Ron Roberts rolled a 300 game on the Wednesday Wonders League on January 11, 2006.  He will receive a 300 plaque from the USBC.  On January 22, 2006 Galaxy Bowling Center is holding a BVL Tournament.  Please contact Galaxy for more information at 624-4444.

01/08/06

Posted the KSBA's State Tournament final prize listing on the main page.  Updated the tournament page by adding information about the MCBA's Annual City Tournament.  Also some USBC achievement awards are still on back order and will be given to your league secretary as soon as they arrive.

01/06/06

The 24th Annual K.S.B.A. Seniors State Tournament will be held in Danville, KY on February 4 & February 5, 2006.  For more information please e-mail me at ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com or contact Jim Shelton, the tournament director, at 859-236-9535.

12/15/05

The MCBA directors met Monday Dec. 12.  The MCBA's Annual City Tournament was the main topic of discussion.  The city tournament will be held the first two weekends of February 2006.  Please check the tournament page for more details about the tournament in the next week.  Those bowlers who are eligible for the 200 key chain award from the USBC and have not received it will get the award shortly.  The award is currently on back order.

12/07/05

The M.C.B.A. will hold a short meeting on Monday Dec. 12, 2005 after the Galaxy Classic League has finished bowling.  The meeting should start around 8:50 PM.  The board of directors will discuss the upcoming city tournament and set the date of the next association meeting.

11/29/05

Jeanette and Tim Lainhart placed first in the Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament held at Maroon Lanes on Nov. 25.  Maroon Lanes will hold thier annual holiday doubles tournament thoughout the month of Dec.  Please call 623-4236 for more information about the tournament.

11/16/05

The league info page will now have information about every league under the MCBA.  League officers, bowlers eligible for USBC awards and any information a league would like to have posted on this site.  Ron Roberts of the Wednesday Wonders rolled a 299 game on Nov. 9.  Dustin Woolery rolled a 297 game on Nov. 7 and Billy McGuire rolled a 298 game on Nov. 14 on the Galaxy Classic League.

11/08/05

Bowlers who are eligible for USBC awards should receive them shortly.  I received a shipment today and will get them to the league secretaries as soon as possible.  If you think you have qualified for an USBC award and do not receive one please let your league secretary know.

10/19/05

Bowlers in the MCBA should be receiving their new USBC cards shortly.  If you do not get a USBC membership card please let me know at ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

10/12/05

Bowlers who have qualified for USBC awards will be posted on this site in the near future.  I'm working on an awards page and will try to have it up as soon as possible.

10/05/05

The Galaxy Classic League can now view the league standings on the League Info Page.  Please report any problems to ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

08/29/05

I have posted the 2004-2005 MCBA Yearbook.  Please let me know if there is any problems viewing the pages.  The lane inspection for Maroon Lanes and Galaxy Bowling Center have been completed.  Thanks for everyone who took the time to help out.  Most leagues will be starting up over the next couple of weeks.  If you are interested in bowling in a league please call Maroon Lanes at 623-4236 or Galaxy Bowling Center at 624-4444.

07/16/05

I will be updating the Yearbook Page with the 2004-2005 M.C.B.A. Yearbook as soon as the summer leagues are over.  Winter leagues will be forming soon.  Please check with the local centers about league information.

05/05/05

If interested in bowling in a summer league please call Maroon Lanes at 623-4236 or Galaxy Bowling Center at 624-4444.

04/10/05

The meeting set for April 5, 2005 had to be canceled because of attendance.  The next meeting of the MCBA board of directors will be posted at a later date.

03/28/05

A reminder that the MCBA will meet on April 5, 2005 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The meeting will start at 7:00 PM and is open to all MCBA members.

03/10/05

Troy Conner rolled a 804 series on February 21, 2005 on the Galaxy Classic League.  This is the first 800 series rolled at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Troy  will receive a 800 series watch from the American Bowing Congress.

03/06/05

It was announced at the MCBA's Annual Meeting that Joe Silver was named the new General Manager of Galaxy Bowling Center.

03/06/05

The MCBA met on March 1, 2004.  Three new directors were elected to the board,  Wilma Whittamore, Joe Silver and Roger Shackleford.  The board voted not to merge with the Madison County Women's B.A. , the MCWBA had decided not to merge with the MCBA at an earlier date. The board voted to add $250 to the prize fund of an upcoming doubles tournament sponsored by Galaxy Bowling Center and the MCBA.  The board also voted to sponsor kids unable to participate in the summer bowling camp at Galaxy this summer because of financial reasons.  If you know of a kid or would like more information e-mail ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com

02/26/05

The MCBA set March 1, 2004 as the date of our annual meeting.  The meeting will start at 7:00 PM at Galaxy Bowling Center.

02/10/05

A reminder that Maroon Lanes will hold a No-Tap tournament this Sunday at 1:00 PM.  Those interested may call 623-4236 for more information.

02/09/05

The MCBA held a meeting on Feb. 7, 2005.  The board removed Wayne Shofner as a director and voted Gary Kerns to the board of directors.  The board discussed the city tournament and who would work the tournament.  March 1, 2005 was set as the date for our annual meeting.  The time and place will be posted later when they are set.  The MCBA will next meet on Feb. 14, 2005 at Galaxy Bowling Center at 9:00 PM

02/08/05

Ron Roberts and Lewis Jones Sr. represented our association at this years KY State Seniors Tournament in Georgetown.

02/01/05

The MCBA would like to congratulate John Poynter and Linwood Armstead for recently rolling 300 games at Galaxy Bowling Center.  John followed up his 300 game in Dec. with a 299 game last month.

01/31/05

The MCBA will meet on Monday Feb. 7, 2005 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The meeting will start at 9:00 PM.  The City Tournament will be the main topic of discussion.  All MCBA members are invited to attend.

01/24/05

The MCBA's Annual City Tournament will be held as follows:  Team event on Feb. 20 and 26 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The Singles and Doubles event on Feb. 19 and 27 at Maroon Lanes.  The events will start at 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM each day of the tournament.

12/08/04

The dates, times and rules for the 2005 MCBA's Annual City Tournament will be posted soon.  Please check the tournament page for information on the tournament as soon as it becomes available.

12/07/04

The MCBA postponed the monthly meeting scheduled for Dec. 6 until later in the month.  The next meeting will be posted when it is scheduled.

12/07/04

The final results of the state tournament with payouts is now posted on the state tournament page.

11/30/04

Maroon Lanes will hold a Christmas Doubles Tournament during the month of December.  Please call 623-4236 for more information about the tournament.

11/29/04

The MCBA set the next board meeting for Monday December 6, 2004 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The meeting will start at 9:00 PM.

11/28/04

The final results of the state tournament are now posted on the state tournament site.  Thanks to all who participated and everyone who helped work the tournament and made this years state tournament a great success.

11/15/04

The state tournament continues for one more week.  I will post the final standings on the state tournament web page as soon as all averages and memberships can be verified.  Until then I will post the preliminary results of the tournament.  Please use the link on the main page to get to the state tournament web page. 

10/27/04

The MCBA held a meeting on Oct. 25 to work on the state tournament.  All members of the MCBA are welcome to attend our next meeting on Nov. 1.  We are going to do a run through of signups and other jobs associated with running the state tournament.

10/19/04

The MCBA's board of directors met on Oct. 18 at Galaxy Center.  The board discussed getting scorekeepers for the state tournament and finding out which sessions the board members could work.  The next meeting was set for Oct. 25 at Galaxy Center.  Members of the M.C.B.A. are welcome to attend the meetings and help with the state tournament.

10/11/04

The MCBA met on Oct. 11 at Galaxy Center.  The board worked on the state tournament.  Harvey Poynter resigned from the board of directors.  The next meeting was set for Oct. 18, 2004 at Galaxy at 9:00 PM.

10/04/04

John Poynter was the winner of our Pre-state Bowling Tournament held at Galaxy Bowling Center October 3 with a series of 702.  Twenty-Three bowlers took part in the tournament.

09/28/04

The MCBA board of directors met on Sept. 27 at Galaxy Center.  The board worked on the upcoming state tournament.  The board will next me on Oct. 11, 2004 at Galaxy.  The meeting will start at 9:00 PM.

09/05/04

I have updated the Yearbook Page with the 2003-2004 Yearbook.

09/01/04

The board met on Aug. 31 at Galaxy Center.  A Pre-State Tournament was set for Sunday Oct. 3 at 10:00 AM.  Please check the Tournament Page for more details.  The next meeting was set for Sept. 20.

08/10/04

The board met on Aug. 3 at Galaxy Center.  The state tournament was the main topic of the meeting.  The board approved purchasing embroidered towels to sell at the tournament.  The board voted to meet every two weeks up to the state tournament.  The next meeting was set for Aug. 17 at Maroon Lanes.

07/08/04

The board met on July 6, 2004 at Galaxy Center.  The board approved buying the Brackman brackets software for the state tournament.  The board also approved paying the annual fee for the association website and the printing of a four page booklet about the state tournament to hand out at the jamboree.  Ron Roberts (Copyrite Printing) printed the booklet at his cost to help out our association.  The next meeting was set for Aug. 3 at Galaxy Bowling Center.

06/20/04

The board met on June 8, 2004 at Maroon Lanes.  The State Tournament was the main topic of discussion.  The KSBA will hold their annual Jamboree in Georgetown, KY on July 10 and 11.

05/18/04

The board met on May 4, 2004 at Galaxy Center.  The board discussed the upcoming State Tournament.  All M.C.B.A. members are incouraged to attend the State Jamboree in Georgetown on July 10 and 11.  The next meeting is set for June 8 at Maroon Lanes.

03/04/04

The tournament results posted at the end of the MCBA Annual City Tournament stand.  The Tournament Committee didn't find any rule violations and approved the results of the tournament.

03/03/04

The board met on March 2, 2004 at Galaxy Center.  This was our annual meeting.  The board announced that the City Tournament results would be posted later this week because they had to check with the ABC rules department about the wording of a tournament rule.  The board removed two directors from the board because they had missed meetings without contacting the board.  Dustin Woolery and Bill Hare were elected to the board of directors.  The next meeting is set for April 6, 2004 at Maroon Lanes.  The meeting will start at 7:00 PM.

02/05/04

The board met on Feb. 3 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The board discussed the City Tournament.  The board changed the date of the 3-6-9 Doubles Tournament to March 21, 2004.  Perry Wyrick was voted onto the board of directors.  The next meeting was set for March 2, 2004 and will be held at Galaxy Bowling Center.

01/08/04

Lewis Jones Sr. and Lewis Jones Jr. won the month long Holiday Tournament held at Maroon Lanes with a score of 1328.

01/08/04

The MCBA met on Jan. 6 at Maroon Lanes.  The board approved the city tournament rules, dates and times.  The board also voted to guarantee $1000 for 1st place team, $500 for 1st place double and $250 for 1st place singles.  At Johnnie Culton's request he was removed from the board of directors.  March 2, 2004 was set as the date for our annual meeting.  The meeting will take place at Galaxy Center at 7:00 PM.

01/03/04

Added Bowler's Achievement Award pages on the League Information Page.  The achievement listings for each bowling center is located above the league info for each center.

12/23/03

Ronnie Thomas of the Sundowners League at Maroon Lanes rolled a 723 his first 700 series.

12/22/03

Twenty-One doubles teams participated in the 3-6-9 Tournament held at Galaxy Bowling Center on Dec. 21.  The winners of the tournament were Lisa M. and    Scott H. with a 1481 series.  Please check the tournament page for more tournaments of this type in the near future.

12/03/03

The M.C.B.A. is sponsoring a 3-6-9 Tournament at Galaxy Bowling Center on December 21 at 2:00 PM.  Please check the Tournament Page for more details.

12/03/03

The MCBA met on December 2 at Galaxy Center.  The board discussed a holiday tournament for Dec. and decided to hold a 3-6-9 tournament at Galaxy Center on Dec. 21.  The board also touched on the State Tournament and City Tournament.  The next meeting was set for Jan. 6, 2004 at Maroon Lanes.

12/01/03

Maroon Lanes will hold a Doubles Tournament from Dec. 1, 2003 - Jan. 5, 2004.  First place is guarenteed $300.  Please check at the counter or call 623-4236 for more information.

11/17/03

Added an information page for the 2004 Southern Bowling Congress Annual Tournament .  The link is located on the main page.

11/06/03

I am putting together a site for the 2004 State Tournament.  Your input is welcome.  The site can be viewed by clicking on 2004 KY STATE TOURNAMENT.

11/05/03

The MCBA met on Nov. 4 at Maroon Lanes.  The board discussed holding the 2004 State Tournament.  The board also discussed holding a holiday tournament in Dec.  The next meeting will be Dec. 2 at Galaxy Center.

11/03/03

The M.C.B.A. presented their proposal and was awarded the 2004 Ky State Tournament at the annual state association meeting in Bowling Green on Nov. 2.  Thanks to our association members who put in the work needed to get the tournament to come to Richmond.  I will be working on a page for State Tournament information.  Ideas for the page can be sent to me at ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com .

10/22/03

Added a couple of new links on the Links Page.

10/14/03

The MCBA held its monthly meeting at Galaxy Center on Oct. 14.  The final proposal for the KY State Tournament was discussed.  The board voted to buy shirts for the board members to wear to the Ky State Tournament this Nov. and when we help the with the Women's State Tournament.  The next meeting is set for Nov. 4, 2003.

10/08/03

The MCBA meeting for Oct. 7 had to be moved to Oct. 14 at the last minute.  President John Beranek had to be out of town for a few days.  We are sorry for any inconvenience to our association members who didn't get the word of the meeting time change.

09/08/03

The Board of Directors met on Sept. 2 at Maroon Lanes.  The YABA and The KY State Tournament were the main topics of discussion.  Everett King was removed from the board at his request.  The board will next meet at Galaxy Center on Oct. 7.

08/26/03

The 2002-2003 Yearbook is now posted on the Yearbook Page.

08/26/03

The Sundowner League standing sheet is now posted on the League Info page.  If any leagues in the MCBA would like to have their standings posted please contact me.

08/20/03

The board of directors met Aug. 5 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  Bill Bradley spoke to the members about the Ky State Tournament.  The MCBA also elected 4 new directors:  Bill Bradley, Harvey Poynter, Wayne shafner and Michael Weaver.  The next meeting will be at Maroon Lanes on Sept. 2, 2003 at 7:00 PM.

07/29/03

The M.C.B.A. will meet on August 5, 2003.  All board members are expected to attend the meeting as we will be discussing the State Tournament.  The Lane Inspection Committee will be at Galaxy Bowling Center on Sat. August 2 at 9:30 AM. and at Maroon Lanes on Monday Aug. 4 at 5:00 PM.

07/25/03

It has been a slow summer for local bowling news but this could be a busy winter.  The M.C.B.A. is currently putting together a proposal to present to the Ky State Bowling Assoc. to bring the 2004 State Tournament to Richmond.  Check back for more information.

05/05/03

Galaxy Bowling Center now has a web site.  I added a link to the site on the links page.  If you know of a site of interest to our association members please let me know and I will add a link to the site on the links page.

04/27/03

I will try to post the winter league yearbook averages within the next few weeks.  Please check the yearbook page to view the yearbook averages for the 2002-2003 season.  Also check the new league page for league meetings and start dates for the summer and winter leagues.

04/10/03

I have added a League Information Page to the site.  I'll be posting information about leagues in our association.  If a league would like to post something please contact Lewis Jones Jr. at ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com.

04/02/03

The MCBA met April 1, 2003. At the meeting the board dismissed two directors (Gordy Hall and David Whittamore) because they haven't been showing up for meetings.  The board approved the date and rules for the June Doubles Tournament at Maroon Lanes.  Set the next meeting for June 3, 2003.

03/10/03

Josh Linville rolled a 298 game on the Sundowners League at Maroon Lanes.  Josh rolled the game March 10, 2003 and will receive a 298 ring for the score.

03/09/03

Bural Culton and Michael Beeler placed 1st in the March Doubles Tournament held at Maroon Lanes on March 9.  They finished with a score of 1322.

02/26/03

The MCBA held it's annual meeting on Feb. 25, 2003.  John Beranek was re-elected President and John Poynter was elected as Vice President of our association.  Three new directors were also elected to the board.  Eli Harness, Bev Ingram and Worth McGuire are the newly elected directors.  The board approved the April Doubles Sweeper rules.  The board set the next meeting for April 1, 2003 at 7:00PM.  The meeting will be held at Maroon Lanes.

02/19/02

The MCBA's Annual City Tournament ended Sunday Feb. 16.  The results of the tournament are posted on the main page.  Thanks to everyone who bowled and help work the tournament.

01/08/03

The M.C.B.A met on Jan. 7, 2003.  Six of Twelve directors attended the meeting.  The board set the next Monthly Tournament for March.  The board approved the City Tournament rules.  Everett King was appointed to the Hall of Fame committee.  The board removed Bryan Culton from the board because he has other interest and was unable to attend meetings. 

01/05/03

Greg Brown and Pete Stamper won the Doubles Tournament held at  Maroon Lanes.  They shot a score of 1402 to place 1st in the tournament.

12/05/02

The M.C.B.A. met on Dec. 3, 2002.  Ten (10) of fifteen (15) board members were present.  The board passed a motion to remove three (3) directors.  David Whittamore was voted to finish the term of Vice-President for Brian Dexter.  The board discussed helping the women's association with their state tournament which will be held in Richmond in 2003.  The boad voted to accept the tournament format and rules for the Double Sweeper set for Dec. 14, 2002.  Passed a motion to hold the monthly tournaments the second Saturday of each month.  Set the city tournament dates for Feb. 1,2,8,9,15 and 16.  Passed a motion to hold the annual meeting on Feb. 25,  2003.  The board set the next meeting for January 7, 2003 at 7:00 PM.  The meeting will be held at Maroon Lanes.

11/30/02

A link for bowling300.com is located on the main page.  This site is has links to bowling associations and centers from around the country.  The site also list tournaments for amature bowlers.  The site has placed a link to our site in return for the link to their site.  Please check out the site.

11/30/02

A link for the A.B.C. Hall of Fame has been placed on the links page.  If you would like to link a site on the links page please let me know.  ljonesjr2000@hotmail.com

11/23/02

The M.C.B.A. held a meeting on November 19, 2002 at Maroon Lanes.  Nine board members attended the meeting.  The board discussed holding a bi-monthly tournament alternating between Maroon Lanes and Galaxy Bowling Center.  The board also discussed bringing the Ky Bowling Assoc. State Tournament to Richmond.  The board worked on the annual city tournament,  the Tournament Committee will report back to the board at our next meeting with dates and times.

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