Final Results of the 2010 Season

The final results for the 2010 season are now online. You can find them at the navigation link on the left of the menu on the web site.

WNDA Winter Meeting

The annual winter meeting has been rescheduled for Saturday, January 15, 2011. The meeting will take place in the Atlantic City, NJ, area from 9:00-3:00. More details on the venue, room rates, and agenda will be posted soon.

Watch this space!

WNDA Members Sweep the Top 20 Rankings

The National Duckpin Bowling Congress just released it's Top 20 Women rankings for the 2009-1010 season and all of those who made the list are WNDA members.

Jackie AdamsLeading the rankings is Jackie Adams who makes her first appearance in the #1 spot. This was a great year for Adams, having been inducted into both the NDBC Hall of Fame and the Pro Tour Hall of Fame last Spring. 

There are also several WNDA bowlers who are making their first appearance in the top 20. Congratulations to all of the women for an outstanding season.

You can see the 2010 Rankings at the NDBC website: www.ndbc.org. 

New Photos Online

Photographs from the Pinland Bowl event and the Grand Prix Invitational at AMF Towson are now available on the WNDA website. Visitors can access the galleries through the "Photo Gallery" link on the top menu bar of the website or by following the link on the event page from the schedule.

Sykes Wins Grand Prix Invitational, Named Bowler of the Year

Amy Sykes, is definitely back in the groove. The Pittsfield, MA, resident captured her 14th WNDA tournament victory at this weekend's Grand Prix Invitational at AMF Towson. 

Sykes had qualifying scores that placed her sixth heading into the semi-final rounds. In division match-play, she accumulated a 4-1 record with a 5-game total of 743, earning the top spot in the ladder finals. In the final game, defending champion, Connie Ward of Ontario, Canada, put up a great defense with a 143 game, but Sykes prevailed with her 163.

Ward, who won the 2009 Grand Prix Invitational and was seeded 3rd on the ladder, earned the chance to bowl against Sykes by first outscoring 4th seed Lisa Huber of Baltimore 136 to 116. Huber had won the first match against the wild card, Stacey Gaegler of Finksburg, MD, with a score of 130 to 119. After her win over Huber, Ward triumphed over 2nd seed Kristy Penny, also of Baltimore, with a 155 to Penny's 133.

Top 5: Kristy Penny (3rd),Stacey Gaegler (5th), Amy Sykes (1st), Lisa Huber (4th), and Connie Ward (2nd)

This was Sykes second win on the 2010 circuit and after returning from a long hiatus.  She previously took the crown at Johnson's Lanes in Hamden, CT.  In 2008, Sykes relocated to an area without duckpin bowling after her marriage, then took even more time away from the sport in 2009 with the birth of her son, Benjamin. She returned to the WNDA tour this year and has again hit her stride with her victory.

Her two tour wins and overall performance also earned her the 2010 Bowler of the Year. Sykes has earned the honor five times before. In 2004, the WNDA inducted her into its Hall of Fame.

The final results can be found at this link.