

2022-2023 Opening Message

Welcome to our bowling family!
We have just started our 2022-2023 bowling season and we are hoping for great
things to our bowling community this season. My first goal is the protection of all
our bowlers. We hope Covid 19 virus is about to be over with. My first and fore-
most goal is the protection of all our bowlers. We are hoping all bowling centers are
back in operation now and ready to get back to a full bowling season.
Tournament’s update: We are hoping that all team captains and bowlers will
review our website and sign your teams up for our upcoming tournaments.
Our next tournament will be the Senior Open Tournament to be held
at Pla Mor Lanes in Statesville at Pla Mor Lanes beginning for 2 weekends (Oct 1-2
& Oct 8-9). The tournament manager is Angel Metsch, and she is excited to host
our online tournament or you can mail your entries to her. Remember the deadline
date is Sept. 23, so please get your entry in soon. If you have questions, she will be
happy to assist; just reach out to her via her contact information for the tournament.
Our next tournament will be the Men’s “Pop MeNeeley” Tournament held Nov.5-
6, 12-13 & 19-20. The tournament info - is on our website & there is a link that you
may take for the online registration. This is a handicap tournament with a 4-person
male team, doubles, singles, all events handicap, and scratch events as well. You can
sign up as you did last year online, and entries can also be mailed to you upon your
request. Just send me an email or call me and I will send you an entry. We welcome
you to support our tournament and let’s get back on track. The tournament
manager is Yvette Davis, and she can be reached at ncstatebowling@gmail.com or
704-399-1788 and best time to reach her is 9 am - 5 pm on Mon, Wed, & Thursday.
Friday and Saturday office hours are 9 am – noon. The only evening hours are
Thurs. 6-8 pm. No Sunday or Tuesday office hours. If I am out of a town for a
tournament, please leave a message and I will return the call as soon as possible.
You will be able to see all updated information on 2022-2023 Officers and Directors
and we are all anxious to assist you if we can or direct you to the appropriate person
who can assist you. We do have a new President and Vice President this year and
we look forward to a successful new year with them as our leaders.
We truly miss outgoing President Bonnie Smith. We wish her much success. We
welcome our incoming President Pris Hamilton and Vice President Angel
Metsch. We have quite a few new board members that I would like to welcome also.
Check out the list of our board of directors because we could not do it without them
as well. Board Members and I look forward to working together as a team and
providing our bowlers with the best service possible this season. We look forward to
seeing you on the lanes at our tournaments soon. We wish you much luck this
season and let’s bowl some great scores! We are starting a new season and hope it
will be even better and stronger this season and seasons to come.
Yvette Davis, Association Manager