PCA
The Parents-Coaches Association (PCA) is an organization
which was formed in October 1992 to provide an opportunity
for youth bowlers to obtain scholarship money to attend college
or technical schools upon graduation from high school. Various
fund-raising events are held throughout the year to support
the goals of the association.
The PCA offers a Saturday morning bowling program for children
from the age of 5 years old to 22 years old. This league
is the primary program of the PCA, with other leagues and
tournaments sprouting off of it. The home center for
the PCA and the Saturday morning league is Greenway
Bowl in Odenton Maryland.
Since we began, we have extended from offering scholarships
in just tournament format play to include actual scholarship
leagues. For the past nine years we have also become involved
in the
Junior Gold Program (JG). The JG program is designed as
a showcase for higher average bowlers and offers $50,000 in
scholarships during their National Finals each year. Close
to 1000 bowlers, representing the top ¼ of one percent of
youth bowlers in the nation, compete each year in the National
Finals. The opportunity to compete in the National Finals
for scholarships as well as the right to represent the youth
of the United States in international competition, must be
earned by winning a JG event.
To date the PCA has awarded an excess of $200,000.00 in scholarship
dollars to over 900 bowlers. By the completion of this year,
we should topple the $225,000.00 mark.
The PCA conducts various events through out the year for
the bowlers to participate in. Click here to see results
from the annual PCA Open
For more information on the PCA and M.A.Y.B.E. events, please
contact us at PO BOX 224, Odenton, MD 21113 or E-Mail
PCA . Fax 301-912-1039
MAYBE
The Mid Atlantic Youth Bowling Extravaganza (M.A.Y.B.E.)
is an umbrella of the PCA. We were approached by our youth
bowlers in the summer of 1998 with the request to provide
an additional level of tournament competition. The first M.A.Y.B.E.
was held in November 1998 at Brunswick Normandy. Since that
time, we have offered M.A.Y.B.E. tournaments on a monthly
basis. These events are divided into separate division for
scratch and handicap bowlers. Each of these events also provides
an opportunity for local bowlers to earn a
JG entry for the National Finals.
In 1993 we began offering
scholarship leagues during the summer. In 1995 we expanded
these leagues to include a fall, winter and spring league
on week nights. These leagues have been available at AMF Laurel,
AMF Country Club and Greenway Bowl over the years. In 1998
we modified our format for these leagues to provide for JOG
qualifying. These leagues feature competition in both a handicap
and scratch division. Since 1998 we have offered a minimum
of four leagues a year. Each league features a 10 week format
of 4 games each night.
Since the JG began in 1997, we have through tournaments and
M.A.Y.B.E. leagues advanced 140 local bowlers to the National
Finals. Maryland has ranked in the top three each year for
percentage of bowlers represented by State. Our talented bowlers
have represented our State well and many have earned scholarships
at the National Level.
For more information on the PCA and M.A.Y.B.E. events, please
contact us at PO BOX 224, Odenton, MD 21113 or E-Mail
PCA.
PCA holds a MAYBE Invitational Tournament in the summers.
To be eligible to participate in this tournament, you must
have enough points to be invited. Points are earned
for attending MAYBE tournaments and for placing at the tournaments.
The MAYBE points can be viewed Alphabetically
or Numerically .
After you bowl in a MAYBE Tournament you will start to create
a MAYBE Tournament Average. After so many games bowled
in MAYBE Tournaments you will start using that average, toward
handicap figuring. The averages may
be viewed in Maybe Averages
.
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