GLAC USBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ball of Choice Raffles held at GLAC USBC events!
LOCAL MEMBERSHIP DUES ONLINE PROBLEM
Local membership for GLAC USBC is $10. We voted in 2022-23 to keep the local membership pricing the same even though the full standard membership amount had to increase to $30 (local dues would be $13). With the new system on BOWL.com allowing local membership to be purchase, we cannot offer the $10 membership price online. We suggest to avoid paying the higher price, please submit local membership through your league to be processed just like before. Thank you.
NEW LOCAL AWARDS ARE HERE!
League Secretaries have been emailed the new award form. Please submit your league’s award and enjoy our new awards!
- 50 pins / 100 pins over average game
- 100 pins over average series
- 700 series for Ladies
- 299 & 300 game
- 11-in-a-row
- 800 series
- 140 POA award will be changing to 150 POA award once the award is depleted
- NORTH GLAC LOCAL AWARDS | SOUTH GLAC LOCAL AWARDS
- Awards that are now discontinued: 150 Game; 175 Game; 225 Game; 250 Game; 275 Game; 700 Series
Saturday, June 14, 2025
WINNETKA BOWL
Awarding $1,000 for First Place
Based on 50 teams entered
Saturday, July 12, 2025
1:00pm
WINNETKA BOWL
20122 Vanowen St
Winnetka, CA 91306
(818) 340-5190
DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM
DEADLINE TO ENTER: JULY 6, 2025
Entry fee: $30 per team
Winter league team champions will qualify to bowl in the GLAC USBC Tournament of Champions tournament. Prize money will be donated by the GLAC USBC and the Champions get bragging rights for being the BEST for 2024-25!
ELIGIBILITY: 2024-25 GLAC USBC Adult winter leagues only (minimum of 24 weeks; league must have started after 8/1/24 and ended prior to 7/1/25; DEADLINE TO ENTER: JULY 6, 2025.
2025 GLAC USBC
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
The Hall of Fame luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, July 12 at 11am in the Meeting Room at the Best Western Hotel connected to Winnetka Bowl.
Meritorious Service:
GLADYS STEVENSON
MIKE WILLIS
Professional Performance:
KARL KURTZ
All GLAC Adult League Secretaries are invited to attend.
RSVP your attendance by July 19
2025-26 WINTER PACKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. USBC certification training, awards, league rules and Tournament opportunities will be discussed. Space is limited so Secretaries may attend only one location. Food is ordered based on registration. Please let us know at least 48 hours in advance if you cannot make it.
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SAT, JULY 26 – 11am to 2pm |
SUN, JULY 27 – 11am to 2pm |
2025 SOCAL PRINCE & PRINCESS
OPEN TO ALL CURRENT USBC MEMBERS
Sponsored by
Saturday, September 20, 2025
9:00am
(8am check-in)
Forest Lanes
22771 Centre Dr
Lake Forest, CA 92630
(949) 770-0055
ENTRY FORM COMING SOON!
ENTRY FEE: $100 per person ($125 after 9/4/25)
ENTRIES CLOSE: 9/18/25
Youth may enter with USBC Scholarship waivers.
Five games qualifying and top 5 stepladder roll-off.
**TWO DIVISIONS:
• PRINCESS (Females only)
• PRINCE (Male only)
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OPEN TO ALL CURRENT USBC MEMBERS
ALL SCRATCH COMPETITION
Sponsored by
Saturday, September 27, 2025
9:00am
(8am check-in)
Forest Lanes
22771 Centre Dr
Lake Forest, CA 92630
(949) 770-0055
ENTRY FORM COMING SOON!
ENTRY FEE: $100 per person ($125 after 9/15/25)
ENTRIES CLOSE: 9/25/25
Youth may enter with USBC Scholarship waivers.
Five games qualifying with top eight in each division advancing to Finals bracket. Champions will be crowned in each division.
OVERALL FINALS: The champions (Queens & Masters separately) will bowl a one game match to determine the overall champion of their respective event.
DIVISIONS:
• QUEENS & MASTERS
• SENIOR QUEENS & MASTERS Aged 50+
NOVEMBER IS BVL MONTH!
Greater LA County USBC rolled out the BVL Challenge to all leagues and collected $7,396!! We were honored as the 3rd highest donation to the California USBC for the 2024-25 season!
TWO WINNERS:
Valencia Lanes, Vegas Aces – $510 – BOWLING BALL WINNER (Highest donation)
GLAC Adult/Youth Travel League – $283 – BOWLING BALL WINNER (Highest donation per league member @ $18.87 PP)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE OTHER LEAGUE DONATIONS
- ONLINE APPLICATION
- Deadline: MAY 1
- All applicants must be HS Seniors and current youth members of the Greater LA County USBC.
- A maximum of two boys and two girls will be awarded $500 each, but not necessarily every year if the required points are not met.
- All Applicants MUST submit the last three years of school transcripts in order to be considered.
- Provide a copy of BOWL.com membership profile and a current photo.
ATTENTION LEAGUE SECRETARIES…
- Visit the LEAGUE SECRETARY INFO page for league documentations (league app, dues worksheets). Also, let us know if you need pre-printed cards for your league.
- Remember that all bowlers in your league must submit a USBC membership application card – SUBS INCLUDED! Failure to certify a bowler will result in league game forfeitures or possible suspension. Also DON’T hold on to the membership cards – You may cost someone their 300 or 800 honor award!
- END OF SEASON AWARDS: Seasonal league ending awards for adults leagues must be requested. Please fill out the online form by NOVEMBER 1. Once on file, we will continue each year. If you wish to change your options, please submit a new form. Thank you! Click here for the form.
- All membership expires July 31. Summer leagues with current members may extend until October 1 for award purposes only.
- All summer leagues must re-certify by October 1. Summer averages will then be posted. The winter re-certification will post averages with summer averages backed out.
- Submit ONE check or money order payment with each submission. Only personal checks from bowling centers or League Secretaries will be accepted. Make payment out to “GLAC USBC”.
- Rulebooks are no longer printed and can be downloaded at BOWL.com.
- The minimum age to join an adult league is 18
- Birth dates are required on the membership cards in order to process
REMINDERS…
Reminder… Senior membership pricing for $25 are for those bowling in “SENIOR” certified league only. If a senior membership bowler bowls as a regular or substitute in a “Standard” league, they must pay the difference to upgrade to Standard membership. If the senior bowler bowls in another senior league, then they are fine with their senior membership.
- Youth must be aged 17 prior to the start of the season for their last year of eligibility.
- Youth turning 18 during their last season of competition must complete SafeSport online at SafeSport.org.
- Youth may participant in adult singles tournaments if they provide the signed USBC waiver prior to competition and the event is certified to accept youth in the event. All prizes must be paid as SMART scholarships.
NEW RULES:
- Only a DRY TOWEL or Shammy is allowed to clean a bowling ball once USBC certified competition has begun.
- If only fingers are used, the thumb hole must be plugged and an “X” marked for the palm position.
Check the list of USBC non-conforming bowling balls to avoid league forfeitures or being disqualified in tournaments. Click here for list…
OUT OF SPECIFICATION. If it is found that a bowling ball is or is suspected of being out of specification, the bowler must be told by the tournament or league official to remove the ball from competition until it can be measured. If the ball is not removed or the bowler had prior knowledge of such, games are subject to forfeiture or disqualification. If the bowler had no prior knowledge, the games would not be subject to forfeiture, but the ball would not be able to be used until it meets specifications.
How is this rule enforceable and what is the penalty for those who don’t comply? Once it is discovered that a bowler is using equipment which is not within specifications, the ball must be removed from competition and corrected before it can be used during certified competition. If the bowler uses a ball that is non-conforming with knowledge that it is out of specification, the scores are subject to forfeiture.
USBC INFO
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Welcome to the 2024-25 Season!
The new season came fast. We will be running our new events from last one more time to see if we get a larger turnout. We still paid out $1,000 to the first place Tournament of Champs team last year even though we did not have that many entries. Don’t lose out on the FREE prize money! All of our tournament information is on this website.
Our focus is still on our youth and continuing to re-build your youth programs. Help us to support the active youth programs that we have as they are not only the future of our sport, they are also the future of our society. We also welcome increased adult participation and involvement in our youth committee to raise funds to provide additional scholarship opportunities.
The Board of Directors and I will continue to work hard to provide the best product for the bowlers of the Greater LA County USBC, however if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us as we would love to hear from you.
The Greater LA County USBC is the largest local association in the state and our goal is to keep growing while we battle the loss of some of our centers. Thank you for your support and for helping to keep bowling alive in SoCal!!
Thank You,
Andre