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Open Championships minor events pairings will be ‘first paid, first served’

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:00 am
Open Championships minor events pairings will be ‘first paid, first served’
The National Bowling Stadium in Reno will host the USBC Open Championships again in 2013 and 2014. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
I get a kick out bowlers who pay their entry fees way late and then complain about their squad times at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked how I get the “good times” at the Open Championships. The answer is simple: as soon as it’s possible, I pay the entire entry fees for our two teams and request squad times. I wrote about doing that online for the first time earlier this year when I paid...