IGBO Annual Celebrates 26 years
By The Kansas City IGBO 2006 Annual Tournament
Committee
Republished from October 2006 IGBO Newsletter
 May 2006—The IGBO Annual Bowling Tournament celebrated
its 26th anniversary in “The City of
Fountains”, Kansas City, Missouri over this
past Memorial Day weekend. The tournament
drew 548 bowlers from across the United
States and Canada.
The IGBO 2006 Annual Tournament Committee
would like to take this opportunity to
thank each of the bowlers and non-participants
who visited our fair city. The staff at
each of the three bowling centers used for the
tournament also wishes to express their thanks.
The tournament committee has received several
comments from the center staff as to how
fun it was for them to host our group. We
hope that your stay and tournament experience
was enjoyable and that you were able see
many of the attractions that Kansas City has
to offer.
The Westin Crown Center hotel hosted the
tournament bowlers for the week. The tournament
started on Wednesday evening with
Registration in the Washington Room of the
Westin Crown Center Hotel and continued
thru Saturday afternoon. Bowling started on
Thursday afternoon with the Team Event.
Don’t let anyone tell you that IGBO doesn’t
have some phenomenal bowlers. Congratulations
to Jerry Ankenbrandt, David
Garber and Dereck Van Royen, who each
bowled a perfect 300 game. Jerry also shot an
800+ series and had a 298 game during the
tournament. James Thigpen rolled a 299
game. Rick Harrelson rolled three 160
games for a triplicate patch. Three bowlers
also picked up the 7-10 split. We had a total
of 232 Special Achievement awards won during
the tournament along with 8 Honor Scores.
There were 828 200 or higher games bowled
during the tournament along with 914 +40
pins over average games.
Now for some of the statistics of the tournament,
we had 548 bowlers, of which 65 were
women. Of the 65 women who entered the
tournament, 42 also entered the Optional
Women’s Handicapped event. There were 37
Non-participants who attended the tournament.
345 bowlers and non-participants stayed
at the host hotel. 600 bowlers, non-participants
and guests attended the awards banquet
in the Grand Ballroom of the Westin Hotel.
228 bowlers entered the Optional Scratch
Event. 184 bowlers entered the Optional
Scratch Masters Event with the top 6 bowlers
in each of the five divisions advancing to a
round robin competition. 39 bowlers signed
up to use the transportation services the tournament
offered. The total monies paid out
for the weekend, to include Singles, Doubles,
Team, All-Events, Team All-Events, Scratch,
Scratch Masters, Darkroom Doubles, Mega
Brackets, Women’s Optional Handicap and
raffles was $48,000.00. After all was said and
done, over 230 bowlers received a check for
monies won during the tournament. I hope
Sharon’s hand recovers from having to sign
all those checks.
Congratulations to the Atlanta Committee for
winning the bid to Host the IGBO 2008 Annual
Tournament.
Again, a sincere Thank You is extended to each
of the bowlers from the IGBO 2006 Tournament
Committee and we look forward to seeing
you at upcoming events.
In Unity, Fellowship and Communication
The Kansas City IGBO 2006 Annual Tournament
Committee
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