Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., came back from an early
deficit to defeat Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., in the
championship match of the 2009 USBC Senior
Queens at the National Bowling Stadium on Wednesday. Primrose, who was the only undefeated bowler leading up to the final
match, bowled games of 164, 233 and 231 on her way to a 628-598 victory
in the three-game, double-elimination match play finals. She received
$3,000 and a tiara for the win, while Miller-Mackie took home $1,700.
The dates and location for the 2012 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens have been changed. The qualifying, match-play and championship portions of the USBC Senior Queens will take place at the International Training and Research Center in Arlington, Texas next fall. The official dates and details of special events for competitors will be available in early spring. New for 2012, the tournament will feature a stepladder championship round.
Paula Vidad (center) of Sun City, Calif., claimed the 2011 USBC Senior Queens title and a check for $3,500 in record fashion as she defeated defending champion Char Hammel of Las Vegas at the Oncenter Convention Center on Wednesday. Vidad put together games of 225, 221 and 269 for a 715 series, the highest championship-match score in USBC Senior Queens history, while Hammel finished with 211, 225 and 202 for a 638 set. 
Paula Vidad (l.) of Sun City, Calif., topped defending champion Char Hammel (r.) of Las Vegas, 639-542, to earn the No. 1 seed for the championship round of the 2011 USBC Senior Queens on Tuesday. Hammel still has a chance to successfully defend her title after advancing out of the contenders bracket. With the double-elimination format, Hammel will have to defeat Vidad twice to claim the coveted title and $3,500 first-place prize. 
USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie (pictured) of Albuquerque, N.M., was extremely ill during the second round of qualifying at the USBC Senior Queens, but battled back to take the lead after three rounds Monday. Miller-Mackie finished with a 3,278 total for 15 games to edge out second-round leader Patti Schultz of Braidwood, Ill., by two pins (3,276). The top 32 finishers now will enter the double-elimination match-play format.
A few physical adjustments and a new mindset helped Patti Schultz (pictured) of Braidwood, Ill., into the second-round lead at the USBC Senior Queens on Sunday. The 53-year-old right-hander also started the day in 16th place, but averaged more than 232 on the way into the top spot with a 2,193 total for 10 games at the Oncenter Convention Center. USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., is second with 2,178, while opening-round leader Cynthia Johnson of Bowie, Md., is third with 2,159.
When Cynthia Johnson (pictured) of Bowie, Md., planned her trip to Syracuse for the USBC Women's Championships, she had no intention of staying in town to compete in the USBC Senior Queens. Luckily for Johnson, her friends and teammates had enough confidence in her abilities to talk her into staying, and she's now the first-round leader at the Senior Queens with a 1,128 five-game total at the Oncenter Convention Center on Saturday. 
To become a champion, you have to beat the best, and that's exactly what Char Hammel (l.) of Las Vegas did at last year's United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens in El Paso, Texas. Hammel dethroned defending champion Janine Primrose (r.) of Gardnerville, Nev., in back-to-back matches to capture the coveted title, and the victory was her most memorable bowling moment. The Senior Queens gets underway with 10 qualifying games on April 23 and April 24. 
Char Hammel (pictured) of Las Vegas defeated defending champion Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., in back-to-back matches Wednesday morning to win the 2010 USBC Senior Queens title. Hammel came out of the contenders bracket with one loss for the right to
face Primrose for the title. As the undefeated player, Primrose had to lose twice in the title match. Hammel won the opening three-game total pins match, 590-554, to force a deciding match, which Hammel easily won 705-520.
USBC Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie (pictured) of Albuquerque, N.M., led the final round of qualifying for the Senior Queens rolling 3,445 for her 15-game total, easily topping the old record of 3,147 set by Lucy Sandelin in 2009. Miller-Mackie paced the field by nearly 200 pins. The top 31 finishers along with 2009 champion Janine Primrose of Gardnerville, Nev., will enter the double-elimination match-play format. The final spot in match play went to Terri Cooley of Danville,
Ky., who finished at 2,843. 
Patti Schultz of Braidwood, Ill., had the highest five-game block in USBC Senior Queens history as she took the first-round qualifying lead Saturday. Schultz shot 1,171, an average of 234.2, at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center to top the old record of 1,117 set by Lucy Sandelin in 2009. All 101 players in the field will complete their 10-game qualifying Sunday before the field is cut to the top 39 for Monday's final five-game qualifying round.
Transplanted Australian Janine Primrose (pictured left) of
Minden, Nev., who has never won a bowling title of consequence, will
meet United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Dana Miller-Mackie of Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday in a one-game match to determine the 2009 USBC Senior Queens title. Under the
double-elimination format, Miller-Mackie will have to beat Primrose, the only unbeaten player, twice in three-game matches to win the title.
Lucy Sandelin (pictured) of Tampa, Fla., is the top qualifier for the match play finals in the 2009 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens, finishing the qualifying portion of the tournament at the National Bowling Stadium on Monday with a tournament record 15-game total of 3,147. Sandelin, who won the 2007 Senior Queens, led a field of 31 women ages 50 and older into the three-game, double-elimination match play portion of the event Monday afternoon. Defending champion Sandy Postma of Lansing, Ill., rounds out the 32-player match play field.