IGBO ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
We heard from New England IGBO
Representative Rob Silliman this month
regarding our membership. The
Annual (and Mid-Year) Tournaments have a
moral support clause which allows non-USBC
certified leagues (such as ours) to
participate using our established
handicaps. However, we will not be
eligible for awards unless we join USBC
as individual associate members. I
believe that is a $25 fee per
tournament. If participating in
tournaments is something that many of
our members are interested in, it would
behoove us to become a USBC-certified
league in the future. As far as
the other tournaments throughout the
country and participating as non-USBC
bowlers...each tournament has its own
rules. Visit
www.igbo.org
for tourney info and any other info you
might need.
As for the Denver tourney, I believe
there are at least 3 of us who have
expressed interest in attending.
I'll be out of town for a couple of
weeks (gay daddy cruise to Mexico!), but
will be pushing this event hard upon my
return.
And keep in mind there is a tournament
Feb 16-18 at New Haven, CT that you may
still have time to enroll in. Go
to the IGBO website for more
info.
KAREN SINGS!
Several of us attended Karen's show at
Fratello's Saturday night. She put
on an awesome show and is not to be
missed! Soon, we'll all be able to
say we knew her when!! She has
upcoming shows at the Girlspot (Club
Gallery) in Providence on Feb 10th at
9pm, the Common Man in Merrimack on Feb
13th from 6-9 and the Common Man in
Windham on Feb 14th from 7-10.
Make an extra effort to get out and
support our singing sister. For
CD, gig, bio, and other info, visit her
website,
www.kgrenier.com.
NEW MEMBERS
Since we have several new members that
have joined us in the last few weeks,
I'm including a brief history of some of
our accomplishments. First off,
this newsletter comes out at the
beginning of the month and keeps you
updated on what's happening with the
league and lists any events that you may
have interest in attending. If you
have anything that you would like to see
in the newsletter or have any
announcements, please see Tim or email
him at
timrich64@comast.net.
We also have our own website, run by
Christine. The site keeps track of
standings & recaps, and offers links
to various items of interest in our
community. You can find it at
http://home.comcast.net/~MerrimackGNL/.
We have a 50/50 drawing every week run
by Hung and his crew...just $1 a
ticket...you can't win if you don't
play! We are in the process of
joining IGBO (International Gay Bowling
Organization), which will open us up to
a whole new world of gay bowling that we
haven't even imagined yet. Tim is
your IGBO rep.
For the rest of the league, if you
haven't introduced yourself to Bob,
Mike, Kel, Rick W, or Richard yet,
please do so tonight!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Feb 10 - Karen Grenier,
Girlspot @ Club Gallery, Providence, 9pm
Feb 13 - Karen Grenier,
Common Man, Merrimack, 6-9pm
Feb 14 - Karen Grenier,
Common Man, Windham, 7-10pm
Feb
16-18 - Sweetheart Invitational - New
Haven, CT
April
13-15 - Gotham Open - New York City
May
4-6 - GREAT - Rochester, NY
May
5 - NHGMC Concert - Plymouth
Congregational Church, 7:30pm
May
6 - NHGMC Concert - Derryfield School,
Manchester, 4pm
May
19 - NHGMC Concert - Christ Episcopal
Church, Portsmouth, 7:30pm
May
20 - NHGMC Concert - Redfern Arts
Center, Keene, 4pm
May
23-28 - IGBO Annual XXVII - Denver, CO
June
3 - NHGMC Concert - Unitarian
Universalist Church, Nashua, 4pm
