Howdy from my "down time" (yeah right)! We hope everyone is enjoying their summertime so far, and we have lots to update you on from the world of JBT,so read on! Bowlers of the Year published! On the "Year End Awards" section of the website, you'll find our winners of the Go Wireless JBT Bowler of the Year Awards for each of our five conferences. There were some tight races and great performances by so many of our bowlers- congratulations to the winners AND the four runners-up, who comprise each division's All-Star Teams. Check it out today! Further awards will be announced and presented at the TPC Awards lunch, so don't miss it! TPC fast approaching! Every day brings us closer to the Touring Players Championship, our best-of-the-best event, July 18-20. If you're eligible, you have been mailed entry info. If you didn't get it, it means we don't have your correct address, so please contact us if so. If you've sent back your entry info, thank you! A complete list of eligible bowlers, and if we've received your RSVP, is on the website, so check that out. If you are eligible and haven't sent back your info, please do so ASAP! Also, our room block rate at the host center expires June 25. In a tight economic world, we want to again point out that this is by far the very best entry fee to prize fund ratio tournament anywhere all summer, so don't wait any longer to get ready for the TPC! Main Event Info released! We know you're busy getting plans done for the summer, but it's not too early to get ready for the 2008 Main Event, December 25-28 in Las Vegas. Entry blanks are now available right on the website- print one out and get in on the biggest prize fund of the year (again with unbeatable ratios) now! We've sent a separate email featuring details on the Main Event, but the main point remains- $5,000 guaranteed first for scratch, singles, doubles, team, and all-events in scratch and handicap-- BE THERE! Record Books Updated One of my many summer projects is updating the record books on the website, especially records that are based on season or career-long performances. Check those records out- they're a great trip down memory lane. Also, I literally scan through most of these records by hand, so if I missed anyone, please let me know and we'll make it right! Fall Schedule Published and Nearly Complete! On the schedule page, you'll see published the majority of the JBT schedule through December 2008. Remaining dates are just pending final confirmation, so we're almost all set! You'll be mailed copies of the schedule once it's all done, and you'll shortly be able to enter 08-09 events directly online- you'll see how soon. Check it out! Help us schedule 2009 dates!!! Our goal is to schedule the full season as soon as possible, but in order to do that we need to know when city and state usbc tournaments, and other dates to avoid, are, and that is easier said than done. PLEASE, if you know when your state or city's tournament dates are, or any other dates we should avoid, let me know immediately! In most cases, we are able to work AROUND your local usbc dates, but we need to know sooner rather than later. We have to book JBT dates far in advance because of the large demands we put on a host center, so we can only wait so long. Then we have to finish our schedule, people get upset when dates overlap....... eeeek. So, thanks in advance for helping create a schedule beneficial to everyone. Dave Leverage Bowling Camp Aug 15-17 Flyers are now available for this camp, featuring former exempt PBA national members Dave Leverage, Jim Pratt, Ben Laughlin and Carey Hoffman. It's at AMF Union Hills Lanes, and for more info just contact Dave at 602-550-5788, or pick up a flyer at JBT events. Don't Forget the Verve!!! Summer is a perfect time for kids out of school to make extra income spreading the virtues of Verve!!! Looking for a few extra bucks? A little motivation selling a product that you can be proud to promote is a pretty darned good idea. The Verve team is ready and willing to help you get started-- just click on the Verve link on our site to get going! JBT Dead Letter Office Every time we do a mailing, we get quite a few letters returned for wrong address, or can't send them out because we have incomplete information. So... let me try this: If you are any of the following people, or know them, could you get in touch with me, so we can hopefully get these lonely pieces of mail to their rightful recipients: Robert Smith, Valerie Holguin, Zach Prince, Sam Cefalu, Erica Lockhart, Ryan Howard, Jackie Jones, Caycee Landers, Dominic Cuomo, Jamar McDaniel, Jacob Camacho, Nick Muller, Eryk Jensen, Andrew Kellogg, Jaime Ferry, Jared Yamasaki..... thanks!!! See You Soon! During the continued down time, we're continuing to work hard behind the scenes to get ready for our big summer tournaments, and an amazing season 13 starting late August. Feel free to drop me a line any time, kick major, major butt at Junior World team, Junior Gold, or other non-JBT events coming up, and we'll see you at TPC, Tour Trials, and Desert Open before you know it!