IGBO NEWS

Lots of IGBO news this month, so sit back, relax and enjoy!  First off, thanks for all who participated in the mail-in tournament.  Winners will be announced in Atlanta at the IGBO Annual Tournament (more on that later).  There are 2 IGBO raffles taking place now.  The first is the multi-city raffle for the spring season.  Tickets are $1 each, with cash prizes going out to the top 10 winners.  The top 3 winners also receive a Storm bowling ball and a prepaid entry to the mid-year tournament in San Diego in November.  The grand prize winner receives a 3 night's stay at the host hotel in San Diego.  Tickets must be purchased by April 23rd.  The other raffle taking place is for the Northeast Regional Gift Basket (of which we still have time to make a donation if we so choose).  Tickets for this are $5 each OR 3 for $10.  Some of the prizes in the basket include an IPOD, $200 Visa gift card, 2 round-trip tickets on Midwest Airlines, his/her Storm watches, a digital camera, and many others.  A complete list of prizes is available on the counter near where Tim is bowling.  Tickets must be purchased by March 26th.  Syracuse won the bid for the Mid Year Tournament 2009, so this raffle is a way for us to help support them in their fund-raising efforts.  Also, the IGBO national newsletter is out for the spring and is available from Tim.    

As I mentioned earlier, the Annual Tournament is in Atlanta this year from May 21-26th (Memorial Day weekend).  I will be attending the tourney and I know Christian has expressed interest in going as well.  Entry fee is $99 per person, if entered by 4/23 and $109 if after that date.  If you would like to bring a non-bowling friend or just want to attend without bowling, the fee is $45, which gets you into the banquet and the hotel parties.  You can register online (www.igbo2008.org), but if there are more than one of us going, it is best for only one person to register the team (assuming we want to bowl on the same team!)  The host hotel is the Omni Hotel at CNN Center (they film CNN across the street).  Rooms are available from $99-109 and can room up to 4.  I know Christian was asking about airfares, so I'll share what I found.  For the dates I chose (I'm staying from Wed-Wed), the price was $244 (w/ tax).  There were cheaper prices out there, but the times didn't work for me.  Anyway, I would be glad to answer any questions you may have about the tournament or about IGBO in general.