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2009 California Pepsi Championships Awards
$70,000 in Scholarships to 220 Youth Bowlers!

Classic Bowl, Daly City

Congratulations CA Pepsi Champions...
Tyler Duncan, Alex Greiner, Nicole Tweedy and Amanda Fry!

Scholarship Payout
A copy of the Pepsi results have been mailed to all participating centers. Also all scholarship recipients were mailed a scholarship packet. Please contact us if you do that receive that packet (9x12) by June 15. Thank you and Congratulations!

Results from State Finals
Girls Handicap | Boys Handicap | Girls Scratch | Boys Scratch | Stepladder Roll-Off
 

Thank you Classic Bowl for being great hosts to this event!

Saturday Bracket Results | Sunday Bracket Results
Mega Bracket (two day overall):
1st: Scott Christensen $170; 2nd: Nicole Hiraoka $80; 3rd/4th: Tommy Neuzil & Michael Grzyb $40 each
$380 profit to the Pepsi Scholarship fund for 2009.

All Pepsi scholarship recipients will receive a scholarship packet in the mail after June 3.
All scholarships will be held with SMART.

Alex Greiner, Chris Valenzuela, Amanda Fry and Ashley Ajimura earned automatic berths into the
2009 Jr Gold USBC Finals to be held this July in Indianapolis, IN.

First place finishers in 12-Up divisions from the District Finals held in March receive a CUSBC commemorative watch for their outstanding achievement.

Welcome to the 2009 California Pepsi USBC Youth Championships. Every youth bowler should be given their FREE chance to qualify. Last year California awarded $70,000 in scholarships and your youths deserve a chance at this great opportunity!

1. State finalists in the scratch division are competing for 4 berths (2 boys/2 girls) into the USBC USA Jr. Gold National Championships held in Indianapolis, Indiana (July 2009) along with a travel stipend.

2. There will no longer be a Pepsi National Finals for the handicap division.

3. Bowlers in the 12-up division who have an entering average of 211 or higher MUST compete in the Scratch division.

4. Handicap for all levels throughout is changing to 100% of 210. COACHES, MAKE SURE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR BLS SOFTWARE as well as the new entry fee amounts and Aug 1, 2008 birthday cut off date!

5. State Finals registration will be online only. Coaches, please help your bowlers without computer access.

For the 9th year in a row, www.BowlersParadise.com will be sponsoring this event along with Elite Bowling, www.elitebowling.com, Brunswick, Pin Point Bowling Concepts (located inside AMF Beverly Bowl), Todd’s Pro Shop (located inside AMF Mardi Gras Lanes), RotoGrip, The Bowlers Alley (located inside Buena Lanes) and Champions Bowling & Embroidery (located inside Fountain Bowl). These sponsors will be donating items for our fundraising raffle at the district and state finals sites helping us to raise more scholarship dollars. Please support these sponsors and help us THANK them for their generous contributions and support!

IMPORTANT: Make sure that all coaches and bowlers read the TOURNAMENT INFORMATION & rules carefully. Thank you for your support and participation in one of the largest scholarship events in California. Last year we worked extremely hard with your help in raising funds so that we could award $70,000 in scholarships! With the rising cost of education, this tournament strongly benefits many young bowlers on their way to a promising future.

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Pepsi Chairman and Co-Chair

12-Up State Finals Information (12-Up divisions only): State Finalists qualify from the District Finals to the State Finals based on a ratio of 1:5 per division. State Finalists are competing for scholarships and the top four scratch bowlers will earn berths into the USBC Jr. Gold Championships (July-Indianapolis, IN) each receiving a travel stipend. The State Finals will be a certified sport bowling event. All scholarship winners from the State Finals will receive a scholarship packet in the mail in June with instructions on how to retrieve their funds from SMART.

Click on the Tournament name below for UNOFFICIAL RESULTS.
11-Under Scholarship Winners will receive a packet in the mail in June.

IMPORTANT PEPSI DATES

Please email the chairman if you have any questions about this event or about Pepsi scholarships.

California has an outstanding history at the International finals. Since 1983, California has had over 20 top four finishers totaling over $46,000 in scholarships. This proves that many of the top youth bowlers in this country are right here from California. 

2007 Pepsi Results | 2008 Pepsi Results

CALIFORNIA PEPSI CHAMPIONSHIPS FORMAT

BRIEF QUALIFYING OUTLINE:  Center level qualifying is based on a ratio of 1:3 with bowlers competing within six divisions: 11-Under Boys & Girls; 12-Up Handicap Boys & Girls; and 12-Up Scratch Boys & Girls from their home certified youth league.  (No Pre-Bowled or Post-Bowled scores can be used.)  Bowlers that qualify from their center to the district finals will bowl 3 games in March at the District Level Finals in their respective District. (Districts are based on their home bowling center location in the state).  The 11-Under division will compete for scholarships only at this District Level.  The 12-Up divisions will compete at the District Level and will qualify based on the 1:5 ratio to the State Finals. First place finishers in the 12-Up divisions at the District level will be awarded with commemorative watches and certificates for their outstanding performance.  Scholarships for the 12-Up divisions are awarded only at the State Finals.

STATE FINALS: The format of the State Finals is six games of qualifying with the overall final top 4 bowlers (total pins plus handicap) entering the stepladder finals for each division (16 total bowlers). The stepladder finals will determine scholarship placement as well as who our representatives will be entering the national finals.  All fundraising held at the state finals goes directly into the 12-Up scholarship fund. 

SCHOLARSHIP BREAKDOWNS:  The 11-Under Division's scholarships will be distributed after the State Finals.  Their results will be included in the State Finals results book which will be mailed to each bowling center and local association.  All scholarship winners are mailed a scholarship certificate and letter of congratulations.