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Save the date: 2024 GIBA 11thFrame.com Open set for Aug. 16-18; Holiday Inn room block open through July 17

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 2:00 pm
Save the date: 2024 GIBA 11thFrame.com Open set for Aug. 16-18; Holiday Inn room block open through July 17
Dakota Solonka, center, with the check for winning the 2023 GIBA 11thFrame.com Open. GIBA administrator Joe Engelkes is at right and some has-been bowler and journalist is at left. Photo by Rosie Engelkes.

It is official: The 2024 Greater Iowa Bowling Association 11thFrame.com Open at Cherry Lanes inside the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, Iowa, will be Aug. 16-18.

Cherry Lanes Manager Bob Hochrein also announced that a special room block already is set up with the Holiday Inn: there are 25 rooms both Friday and Saturday night of that weekend at $139 per night. Call 563-556-2000 and reference 11thFrame.com Open.

The weekend again will feature a Friday sweeper, and the tournament Saturday and Sunday will feature a maximum field of 156 entries that annually sells out within a few days of entries opening.

GIBA administrator Joe Engelkes will announce when entries open and I will report it as well.

Dakota Solonka is the defending champion.