First 10 Years Of Bowling
Host Cities for USBC Tournaments by Year
| Next - Previous - Top - Last 17 Years of bowling before I joined the team some of the previous members Marvin Hofer currently is the team manager
| This is the team the year before I joined the team Team originally started by Jim Lusk former State Secretary around 196? - Marvin Hofer took over the team in the late 70's I will try to dig up some more information about the early years if any one has any information it would be appreciated
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I will add pictures from all the previous years as they become available. If you have any previous years information please email to this address
| We have a lot of Pictures already and are available on cdrom up to 2013 if you would like one contact the team captain of this team and he will provide you with the CD ROM. or we can zip them and email them to you. | Jim Lusk as far as I can tell originally started this team in the early 1960's approximately
Shift times for the team Tues 10:00 pm. We did not get done until 1:30am or 2am Wednesday at 4:30pm Sgls - Dbls. Dates were March 11, and 12, 1984
| This Team Originally started out as Jim Lusk's ABC team estimated in 1969 any further information would be appreciated, Jim did not ever bowl on the team, from the time I started with Marvin, and his first year of bowling the ABC was in the early 1960's according to him, he also did not bowl every year consecutively.
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1985 Tulsa Oklahoma Click on Picture to view Shift times for the team 10:00 pm and 4:30 pm next day Wednesday, dates are March 11, and 12, 1985
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Team Existence 18 Years | Le Roy's First Year Jerry Fercho did not show up we picked up a bowler don't remember the name Grady Bowled with another Bis team the yr before
This is Le Roy's first year on the team the same for Grady, we are the new boys on the team, our wives went along we stayed at the Union Plaza motel we are sitting on the beds talking in our room Grady Leroy were against the wall, Janette and Joy sat on the foot end, the door was open they | Nubs and News of Events that have happened during our journey to all the different cities that have hosted the ABC Tournament Grady - Leroy Partners Marvin - Al Partners While we were waiting for Marvin and Clarice, Grady and Janette were in our room waiting, we were just talking, the girls at the foot end of the bed by the door hallway, some guy walks into the room, when he sees Grady and I he runs out, we go out in the hall to check and there is a knife laying on the floor of the hall way that was not there before, so what do you think the guy was going to do with two women? and a knife!!! Needless to say we closed the door and locked it. While we waited for Marvin and Clarice. |
1986 Las Vegas Nevada Mouse Over Picture
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1986 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 2 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 19 Years | Le Roy Krein- Grady Porter Marvin Hoffer- Al Sorenson Elmer's Strobel First year Willies Wisenberger First Year
| Willie drives with joy and I and sings and plays guitar all the way it was a blast. Except for the snow storm we had to drive through to get there. We could not see the hood of the car most of the trip. Grady - Leroy Dbls partners Marvin - Al Sorenson partners Elmer - Willie partners
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1987 Niagara Falls NY Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1987 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 3 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 20 Years | Daryl First Year Marvin Hoffer- Daryl Bugner Le Roy Krein - Grady Porter Al Rhode - Willie Wisenberger Al's Rohde First Year
| Al Rohde and I fly this year Niagara has a snow storm we get rerouted out of buffalo our luggage gets sent some where else, and doesn't show up until the next day and to top it all off we bowled at 10:30 that evening, luckily some of our equipment makes it in that evening before we bowl. Grady drove and picked us up at the airport with only minutes to spare as we bowled in 1/2 hr from the arrival. Grady and I are Dbls Partners |
1988 Jacksonville Florida Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1988
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Team Existence 21 Years | All Yrs are consecutive Grady Porter- Le Roy Krein Eric Engler - Al Rhode Marvin Hoffer -Al Sorenson
| We all flew into Orlando and drove up to Jacksonville it rained every morning like clock work at 8am til 9am just when we wanted to go for breakfast, on our way back from Jacksonville we get rerouted by the Highway patrol because of a forest fire inland and it was thick so we had to take a coastal road back to Orlando, and the traffic was terrible thank goodness we left early that morning,. after we made it past the fire zone we had to drive 100 miles per hr to make it to the airport because we were flying out at 10am that morning, when everyone woke up they couldn't believe that I was driving that fast speed limit was 75 at the time, but I said to them we don't have to worry 5 mins before a highway patrol men past me at a 100 + because he went by me like a bullet. |
1989 Wichita Kansas Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1989 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 5 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 22 Years | Eric and LeRoy both bowl 700 in the Bowlers Journal Dbls Event Leave in the top Ten Listing End up in Twentieth Grady Porter - Leroy Krein Eric Engler - Al Rohde Marvin Hoffer- Al Sorenson
| Al and Leroy fly to Wichita and while we were there it was so windy it almost tore the doors off of the center we bowled at and lots of time the doors would blow open, they had a sand storm there so bad that the interstate was closed because it was impassable, plugged with sand.
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1990 Reno Nevada Reno,Nevada,1990,LeRoy,Marvin,Al,Eric,JoseHernandas 1990 Reno Team Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1990 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 6 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 23 Years | 1990 Companion Team
The first year this team added a companion Team so someone did not have to sit out for team Grady doesn't make it this year for some reason or another, so we end up picking up a sub for the tournament, Jose Hernandez, out of Texas and a very good bowler, bowls well with us and we cash in the team
| Doubles Partners We struggle to get a team together but manage Marvin Hoffer - Leroy Krein Al Rohde- Eric Engler |
Toledo,Ohio,1991,ClarenceMoch,DarrellLauer,Al,LeRoy,Eric,Marvin 1991 Toledo Team Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1991 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 7 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 24 Years | 1991 Companion Team
We didn't bowl so good as expected but several of us placed high in the side tournaments running in the other houses, Clarence and Darrell bowled the 10 game marathon the day we left for Toledo and drove all night so they could bowl with us the next evening, we bowled at 10:30pm so it gave them a little more time to make it to the team event, but not to much to spare, they made it in about 2 hours to spare we were all worried, but they finally showed up. | Doubles Partners Clarence Moch 1st yr Daryl's First Year Clarence Moch - Daryl Lauer Al Rhode - Eric Engler Le Roy Krein- Marvin Hofer |
1992 Corpus Christy TX Corpus,Christy,Texas,1992,Clarence,LeRoy,Al,Marvin,Eric 1992 Corpus Christy Team
Marvins,25th,Year,Plaque. Marvin's 25 Year Plaque Congrats 25th Year Patch. Marvins 25 year chevron
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1992 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 8 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 25 Years | 1992 Companion Team
LeRoy Bowls 700 in team and two big 600's in Sgls and Dbls ends up leading all events in ABC for almost two weeks 1963 Total
| Doubles Partners Le Roy Krein- Marvin Hoffer Al Rohde- Eric Engler Clarence Moch - Mechanic from Capitol Lanes
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1993 Tulsa Oklahoma Tulsa,Oklahoma,1993,Eric,Marvin,Clarence,Al,LeRoy 1993 Tulsa OK Team Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1993 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 9 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 26 Years | 1993 Companion Team
LeRoy Bowls 300 game 700 Series in Bowlers Journal Dbls with Clarence Moch in the Doubles Place top 100
| Doubles Partners Marvin Hoffer - Le Roy Krein Al Rohde - Eric Engler Clarence Moch - Companion 93 Scores for all team Members
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1994 Mobile Alabama Mobile,Alabama,1994,Al,Eric,Clarence,LeRoy,Marvin 1994 Mobile Al Team Click on Picture to view
Shift times for the team Tuesday 10:00 pm and Wednesday 4:30 pm Dates are March 11, and 12, 1994 | Next - Previous - Top - Last 10 Years Left to right Pix
Team Existence 27 Years | Companion Team
| Doubles Partners Marvin did not get a 25 yr plaque because they quit the 25 yr thing then started it again the next year Sorry Marvin you deserve the plaque. Marvin Hoffer - Le Roy Krein Al Rohde - Eric Engler Clarence Moch - Companion |