Wayne Dubs, one of the Tournament Director’s, would like to say a special thank-you to all the bowlers from across Ontario who participated in this year’s Rose City Tournament. It is bowlers like yourselves that make this event such a success. We had a record turnout of 325 entries for the tournament. The prize payout was over $5,000 this year. The dates for next year’s tournament will be August 12th thru August 13th 2017.

Wayne indicated this tournament is the second largest tournament in Ontario. The tournament is sanctioned by CTF. The tournament runs with three divisions of Men, Women, and Mixed. The events hosted in the tournament includes Teams, Doubles, and Singles. Teams now also bowl 4 games eliminating the low score with handicap. A new draw this year coming up is that pre-paid entries will be put in a cash draw. The results from the tournament held this past August can be found on our web site

https://www.weckba.com/city-of-roses-tournament/

I was a little nervous about bowling in this tournament because it was my first time back to bowl after a total knee replacement just 6 months prior. I had just bowled 3 weeks of practise prior to this event. My decision was just to bowl in the Singles event. The incentive for me coming to bowl in this tournament was that I would bowl just 4 games then my worst score would be thrown out. I was not strong enough to bowl in more than one event. This tournament allows you to bowl in just singles which for me was very helpful given my special circumstances. On behalf of our association we would like to thank the tournament organizers for hosting this event.

Catherine Wilbur