USBC Queens

The USBC Queens is an annual ten-pin bowling event for amateur and professional female bowlers, sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress. The event is one of four women's professional majors since the PWBA tour returned in 2015 and the female equivalent of the USBC Masters, now one of the four majors on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.

The format for the USBC Queens tournament is similar to the USBC Masters. All entrants bowl 15 games of qualifying over three days. The top 63 qualifiers plus the previous year's champion are then seeded for match play. Match play consists of three-game, total-pinfall matches in a double-elimination format. First-time losers during the match play rounds are not eliminated, but are instead placed into an elimination bracket, where they must survive all subsequent three-game matches to have a chance at making the championship finals. The last five remaining players with either one or zero match play losses are seeded for the televised finals, which is a single-game stepladder format.[1]

USBC Queens history

The USBC Queens made its debut in 1961, as a companion to the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) National Tournament.[2] It was known as the WIBC Queens from 1961–2004, until the WIBC became a part of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) on January 1, 2005. The tournament is part of the World Bowling Tour, annually attracting a field of hundreds of the top bowlers from around the world.[1]

Ten bowlers have won at least two USBC Queens titles, with only two winning three times: Millie Ignizio (Martorella) (1967, 1970, 1971) and Wendy Macpherson (1988, 2000, 2003). Both bowlers are now in the USBC Hall of Fame.

USBC Queens champions

2021 Event

The 2021 USBC Queens tournament was held May 12–18 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada. The tournament had 110 total entries and a $128,700 prize fund, with a $20,000 top prize. A five-player stepladder format was used for the live streamed finals on May 18. American Julia Bond won her lone match in the finals from the #1 seed position, defeating 2011 Queens champion Missy Parkin 238–154 for her second PWBA title and first major.[3]

  Match #1     Match #2     Match #3     Championship Match
                                     
    1 Julia Bond 238
      2 Liz Kuhlkin 211     3 Missy Parkin 154
      3 Missy Parkin 236     3 Missy Parkin 223  
  4 Diana Zavjalova 172     5 Verity Crawley 220  
  5 Verity Crawley 197  

Final Standings:
1. Julia Bond (Aurora, Illinois) – $20,000
2. Missy Parkin (Laguna Hills, California) – $10,000
3. Liz Kuhlkin (Schenectady, New York) – $6,000
4. Verity Crawley (England) – $4,500
5. Diana Zavjalova (Latvia) – $3,500

List of champions

References
  1. Official Queens website
  2. USBC Queens has rich history. Article at www.bowl.com, April 14, 2008
  3. "JULIA BOND WINS FIRST MAJOR AT 2021 USBC QUEENS". pwba.com. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
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