2/11/2010

 Notice for all spectators –

The $5 admission charge is only valid for one site of competition.   All sites will be selling an “all-access Saturday” pass which will allow spectators to travel from one site to another and not pay an additional full admission charge.   Cost for the Saturday all access pass is $8/person, children 5 and under are free.

Also, participants/coaches only receive free admission at their tournament venue.   Admission will be charged for all players/coaches if they are not bowling at their assigned tournament site.

Respectfully,

John Losito, Commmissioner
Nebraska High School Bowling Federation
321 Victory Ln.
Lincoln, NE 68528
(402)-475-3469

2/4/2010

STATE TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Dear NHSBF Coach,

 The 2009-2010 NHSBF State Tournament will take place Saturday-Sunday, February 13-14, 2010 at Sun Valley Lanes, Parkway Lanes, Madsen’s Bowling and Billiards and Hollywood Bowl in Lincoln.  Once again I am pleased to announce thanks to the generous donations from the Alan & Marcia Baer Foundation, the Lincoln Bowling Association and QubicaAMF, this year’s finals will be televised on NET.

 The TV finals will be broadcast on NET, with dates and times TBD.  Due to a delay in scheduling the production meeting, the final schedule for TV taping is NOT OFFICIAL.   This is the TENTATIVE taping schedule;
• Girls D finals 9am               Boys D finals 10:15am
• Girls B finals 11:30am         Boys B finals 12:45pm
• Girls A finals 2:30pm          Boys A finals 3:45pm
• Girls C finals 5:00pm          Boys C finals 6:15pm
• PLEASE NOTE – THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!!

There will be a 15 minute lunch/production break from 2pm-2:15pm.  All teams making the TV finals should report to Sun Valley Lanes ONE HOUR ahead of their assigned squad times.  Also, all students must have their parents sign the TV release form.  Forms are enclosed with this letter.

 Qualifying will take place on Saturday, February 13th according to the following schedule.  Teams must report to the center one hour ahead of their respective squad time (singles must report 45 minutes ahead of start time):
• Class A  Sun Valley Lanes 7:30am start, check-in by 6:30am
• Class B  Parkway Lanes  9am start, check-in by 8am
• Class C  Hollywood Bowl  10am start, check-in by 9am
• Class D Girls Madsen’s  8am start, check-in by 7am
• Class D Boys Sun Valley Lanes 2pm start, check-in by 1pm

As a reminder, students will not be allowed to wear denim/corduroy during competition.  Coaches are required to follow the uniform rule and will not be allowed to wear denim.  A coach may wear a like team uniform, or they will be allowed to wear “business” attire instead of a team uniform.
 
 
The Country Inn & Suites will be the host hotel for this event.  This hotel has the largest indoor pool in Lincoln.  A room rate of $82 + tax is available for our event.  Please mention the ‘state bowling rate’ to get the discount.  To make your reservations, please call (402)-476-5353.  The Country Inn is located at 5353 N. 27th St., and is approximately 15-20 minutes away from each bowling center.

 We also have enclosed a letter to distribute to your parents, and a TV release for your athletes.   Please have all of your students and parents sign the release before arriving at states.  You will need to make copies locally to get this done.

 Check out our NEW ONLINE STORE to purchase your commemorative state high school bowling t-shirts and other NHSBF merchandise.   Go to www.nhsbf.com to order your shirt today, as we will only have a VERY LIMITED amount of shirts on-site.

 Finally, we would like to encourage all spectators to show as much ‘team spirit’ as possible.  We encourage spectators to ‘paint their bodies/faces’, as well as develop ‘team signs’, however, signs that distract other spectators, or are inappropriate, will be removed.  Also, we would like all of you to contact NET television BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER the event to inform them that you like to see high school bowling on television.  Also, please contact your local bowling center and ask them to show the high school finals at their center when it airs. 

 Thank you for a tremendous season and good luck to all of you advancing to states.

Respectfully,

John Losito,
NHSBF Commissioner

PS – Don’t forget, if you have not turned in your TV release forms, you need to have parents sign the TV release prior to coming to states.