THE HAMMER BOWLING AWARDS ARE HERE !!! Hammer Balls and Bags Galore !!!
Thanks to Jeff Ussery and the rest of the great staff from Hammer Bowling, we are able to provide all the Hammer Ball and Bag awards ON SITE this season. As you can see in the pictures above, the bowling balls and bags are ready to be awarded at all our events this season No more waiting for your award to arrive at your home after a tournament - you win it, you take it home with you !!! |
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Welcome To the Hammer Youth Challenge Series Website !!!
This webpage will provide information on upcoming "Hammer Youth Challenge" tournaments presented by Essential Bowling Concepts.
Once again, all of the Hammer Youth Challenge Finals will be taped for future telecast on Time Warner Cable Sports 32 & Wisconsin on Demand (Channel 1111).
Thanks again to everyone at Time Warner Cable for supporting local televised bowling along with other high school and youth sports.
******** UPDATE 10-30-09 ********
Congratulations to all our divisional champions from the Kalahari Open:
*** Blake Vodicka, Raw Hammer
*** Katie Zwiefelhofer, Girls Scratch
*** Cotie Holbeck, Boys Scratch & Hammer Challenge Match Winner
Kalahari "Stay & Play" Qualifying Winners:
Raw Hammer - Blake Vodicka - $50; Clayton Moss - $25
Girls Scratch - Stephanie Vora - $50; Kim Engel - $25
Boys Scratch - Kyle Anderson - $50; Trevor Gunther & Kyle Krol, $13 each (tie)
Random Drawing Winners - Kyle Geurtsen - $50; Josh Dory - $25
The Sabre Lanes Open Boys Finals (with the Raw Hammer Division Match) begin airing on Time Warner Sports 32 this next week.
The first airtimes are Sun. 11/1 @ 4:30pm, Tues. 11/3 @ 9:30am, Wed. 11/4 @ Noon, and Friday 11/6 @ 11:30am.
Set your DVR's, or catch it soon on Wisconsin on Demand Channel 411
If you made the finals in either Sabre Lanes show, and did not pick up your DVD's at the Kalahari Open, they will hit the mail early next week. Downloadable entry forms for the Holiday Mixed Doubles will be available online on November 10th.
Remember, $1000 TOTAL IN MERCHANDISE PRIZES ARE ADDED TO EACH HAMMER YOUTH CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT, thanks to Hammer Bowling... Shirts, tote bags, roller bags, and balls can be yours... but you have to bowl to win !!!
SO - For all HYC Regular Format Singles Events BEGINNING WITH THE AUGUST 2009 EVENT -
A) NO Current or Former USBC Collegiate members; and
B) A 19 and under age limit as of the tournament date.
(Bowlers normally ineligible under A & B above will be allowed to bowl the adult/youth and mixed doubles events if they are 21 or under, but with a limit of 1 such bowler per team);
We feel that these age limits will help keep the Hammer Youth Challenge Series competitive for ALL of our participants. *** Boys Scratch
*** Girls Scratch and the
*** NEW - "Raw Hammer" Division
3 Divisions of Competition at each "Regular Format" tournament:
The 2009-2010 HYC schedule is set - mark these dates on your calendar:
Sunday, August 30, 2009 - Castle Lanes, Racine - Regular Tournament Format - All 3 Divisions
Prize List - available through THIS Word File
Hammer Ball Raffle Winner - Matt Mead
Hammer Challenge Ball Winner - Jeremy Gorgas
"Bring a Friend" Bag Winner - Kyle Anderson
Sunday, September 20, 2009 - Sabre Lanes, Menasha - Regular Tournament Format - All 3 Divisions
Prize List - available through THIS Adobe File
Hammer Ball Raffle Winner - Joseph Dietz, Jr.
Hammer Challenge Ball Winner - Gene Pobloski (Sarah's Dad... throws a great house ball !!!)
"Coaches Program" Ball & Tote Bag Winners - NONE - No eligible centers submitted the minimum of 5 entries required to win a ball.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 - Kalahari Resort Bowling Center, Wisconsin Dells - Regular Tournament Format - All 3 Divisions
Prize List - available through THIS Adobe File
Hammer Ball Raffle Winner - Kim Brown
Hammer Challenge Raffle Winner - Beth Brown - Great Day for the Brown Family !!!
"Coaches Program" Ball & Tote Bag Winners - NONE - No eligible centers submitted the minimum of 5 entries required to win a ball or tote bag.
No Tournaments in November (WI High School Season)
Sunday, December 27, 2009 - Castle Lanes, Racine - Holiday Mixed Doubles
Scratch and Handicap Divisions - ONLY 36 TOTAL DOUBLES TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE between the Raw Hammer and Scratch divisions !!!
No Tournaments in January or February (WI High School Season)
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - Adult/Youth Doubles & & Sunday, March 21, 2010 - Regular Singles Format
Both Events at the Kalahari Resort Bowling Center, Wisconsin Dells
Additional Scholarship Prize List For Bowlers Who Bowl Both March Events & Their Family Stays at the Kalahari Resort at least one night from March 19-21
April 17, 2010 (Sat) - Raw Hammer Division & April 18, 2010 (Sun) - Scratch Divisions
Hammer Ultimate Challenge - Wheelers Bowling Center and Delavan Lanes, Delavan.
Special Format - Bowl 4 Games in Each Center For Qualifying - Match Play Semifinals
Next Hammer Youth Challenge Event:
Sunday, December 27 @ 10:00am - Holiday Mixed Doubles
At Castle Lanes - Racine
Remember - One member of each doubles team can be up to 21 years old and/or a USBC Collegiate member for this tournament - all non-merchandise prizes are paid in scholarship awards, regardless of age.
Check in Starts at 9:00am
TV taping Immediately After Semifinals
Entry Fee for Both Raw Hammer (370 team average or less) and Scratch Divisions - $90/team Prepaid (received by 12/22), $100/team On-site.
Entry Blank will be available here about November 10th.
Prizes Awarded By Hammer Bowling at EACH Hammer Youth Challenge Regular Event This Season
ALL PREPAID ENTRANTS have a chance to win a Hammer Bowling Ball or 2 Ball Tote bag from a random drawing after qualifying - 1 Ball and 1 Tote Bag will be given away. Boys Scratch Division Winner will receive a Hammer Bowling Ball !!! (Based on 30 division entries)
Girls Scratch Division Winner will receive a Hammer bowling Ball !!! (Based on 15 division entries)
Raw Hammer Division Winner will receive a Hammer Bowling Ball !!! (Based on 20 division entries)
Parents and bowlers' friends... YOU could also win a Hammer Bowling Ball by entering the "Essential Bowling Concepts Shootout" at each Hammer Youth Challenge Event this season... details at tournament check-in
Hammer Final Challenge Match Returns for the 2008-2009 Season - Again this sesson, any additional sponsor scholarship funds and a Hammer Three Ball Roller Bag (ARV $165) will be awarded to the winner of the match between the boys scratch and girls scratch champions at our Regular Singles Events !!! Thanks again to Hammer Bowling for providing their support again for the 3rd consecutive season !!!
For the 2009-2010 season, to help bowlers and their families with limiting expenses, Hammer Youth Challenge events will be single day events for qualifying, the semifinals and the TV Tapings
Essential Bowling Concepts will once again televised the "High School Bowling Club Challenge" series on a VERY limited basis.
The "HSBC Challenge" is tentatively set to be telecast during January and February 2010 on Time Warner Cable Sports and Wisconsin on Demand Channel 411.
If you are a high school coach in Wisconsin, and you are interested in having your team appear on the "HSBC Challenge" shows this season, please contact us below so we can provide you details and sponsorship requirements for your teams appearance.
BREAKING NEWS FOR 2009-10
The Hammer Youth Challenge Series will no longer be USBC Certified. We are joining other tournament series, such as the: Junior Bowlers Tour in New York/New Jersey (http://pages.prodigy.net/lpezzano/index.html),
the JBT Southwest/West US (http://www.juniorbowlerstour.com),
and the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin Gran Prix tournaments (http://www.wigrandprix.com), that do not agree with the limitations on scholarship award use that SMART has in place, along with the amount of administration fees charged and interest the USBC keeps for itself, and join these tournament series with no longer certifying events with USBC.
All future scholarship awards will be held in trust for the bowlers at Harris Bank, N.A. Each scholarship winner will be able to view their account balance online through www.harrisbank.com, along with receiving a quarterly statement showing the amount of funds in their account mailed to their home.
Bowlers who wish to receive their scholarship award(s) - which will require proof of enrollment to their college/university/trade school - will need to file the "Scholarship Request Form" that will be placed on the website after the August 2009 Tournament
We feel that our new relationship with Harris Bank will provide even more financial benefits to the Hammer Youth Challenge Series bowlers than the SMART program.
UPDATE !!!! - There have been some FALSE RUMORS circulating that bowling in the Hammer Youth Challenge series, or any non-certified tournament, would make you ineligible for USBC Youth certified events or for ANY college bowling. This, of course, is NOT TRUE. As long as we do not break any of their eligibility rules (which we won't), this will not happen.
Almost all your high school bowling club matches and tournaments are not certified and there are many uncertified leagues and tournaments out there. YOU ARE FULLY ABLE to bowl the Hammer Youth Challenge Series as a USBC Youth bowler.
The people spreading these rumors are uneducated in the rules of youth bowling. This is the 4th year of the Hammer Youth Challenge Series and we would never jeopardize any bowler's eligiblity in any way.
If anyone has any questions regarding this matter, feel free to contact us by email at hammerhitsharder@live.com, or pull us aside at a tournament - we'll be happy to make sure that everything is fully understood by our bowlers.
