2007-2008 Season Set to Begin
Each year starts with a fresh
outlook, a sense of anticipation, and greetings with
others looking to make this season a memorable one.
An off season of preparation is about to end. The couple of weeks leading
up to start of a new year is full of last minute chores.
Knowing you are going to be away from home and family
for the next 5 months. It is a feeling that never gets
easier.
But as soon as I pulled into the parking lot of AMF Bowlero lanes in
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin I knew it was "Time to go to work"
There is truck work, web work, and paper work that will keep me busy right
up to practice session on Monday morning. That is when I
will shift my attention to bowlers and competition.
I think the USBC Masters tournament is a great event to kick off the start
to a new season. But when I am trying to get everything
organized for a new season I wish there was not some 400
plus bowlers around to complicate the situation. Don't
take that wrong bowlers but it would be so much easier
to have a couple weeks of smaller tournaments to get
things flowing before we get bombarded.
I have been doing this long enough to numb myself to anything outside of
my responsibilities. Sunday offered an optional practice
session for the bowlers wanting a little extra prep
work. I expected 50 to 100 bowlers to take advantage of
the opportunity.
Wrong the place was packed with bowlers. The 72 lane house had to have 300
bowlers. It looked like the tournament had already
started. It would have been easy to get caught up in the
requests a practice session brings. But those balls were
not going to put themselves on the shelves. 250 new
bowling balls had to be organized and shelved.
It is always nice to see friends and work mates that you have not seen in
a while. It was especially nice to see Ron Bragg,
because Ron helped me get the shelf work completed.
There is room for 210 balls on the shelf which may sound
like a lot but when you start trying to have variety to
choose from you can only hope you have enough of what
you need for the week.
I order 20-15lbs and 8-16 lb balls of each of our performance balls. So I
have to be quite selective of who I give the balls too.
We are not here to give away or seed product. We are
here to perform and hopefully win the USBC Masters. Or
strategy and focus is on our chosen staff of bowlers.
Brunswick has about 25 bowlers representing us this year at the
Masters. I am curious exactly what that number is, but
you can see that I will be challenged to have enough
balls to satisfy the request of those on our staff let
alone those that are not.
It will be a very busy week and I look forward to the beginning of not
only the competition but the opportunity to share
knowledge and experience with our readers.
The truck work is done, the web work will never be done, and in just a
couple hours we will start the practice sessions. I
invite everybody to join us. We would love to see you at
the tournament site, but if you can't make it, stop by
Brunswickinsiders often. I think you will enjoy this
years additions.
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Quick Tips is a new
addition to brunswickinsiders.com.
You will find short statements that are intended to
trigger a thought that might help you get to the next
level.
You will be able to find Quick Tips as part of the full
version of Brunswickinsiders or you will be able to
access it through your mobile browser with the addition
of "Insiders On The Go"
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| Meet
the 2007-2008 Brunswick Pro Staff |
| Brunswick's Exempt
Pro Staff |
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Parker
Bohn III |
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Mika
Koivuniemi |
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Brad
Angelo |
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Sean
Rash |
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Tom
Baker |
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Mike
Mineman |
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Steve
Weber |
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Sean
Swanson |
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Other Brunswick staff
members competing in the USBC Masters
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Johnny
Petraglia |
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Del Ballard
Jr. |
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Carolyn
Dorin-Ballard |
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Diandra
Asbaty |
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Missy
Bellinder |
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Steve
Rogers |
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PJ Haggerty |
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Tom Carter |
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Bo Goergen |
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Jason Guest |
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Bob
Hochrein |
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Robert
Lawrence |
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Mark London |
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Mark Moore |
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Jason Poli |
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Carmen
Salvino |
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Bill
Spigner |
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Robbie
Spigner |
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Jason
Sterner |
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Johnathan
Van Hees |
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