About the Phoenix Bowling Senate (PBS)

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A Historical account of the start of the

Phoenix Bowling Senate from one of the original members.

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IT ALL STARTED IN NOVEMBER 1983, WHEN DON BAXTER (THE 1ST PRESIDENT OF PHOENIX BOWLING SENATE) BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHO LIVED IN LAS VEGAS, NV, INVITED US TO BOWL IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL TOURNAMENT IN LAS VEGAS, NV. HERE ARE SOME OF THE BOWLERS: DON BAXTER, JOHN GAINES, KING BOLDEN, LOUIS JOHNSON, and ROBERT REYES. WE PAID OUR TNBA MEMBERSHIP THRU THE TOURNAMENT, MR NORMAN GRAYSON WAS THE WESTERN REGION TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR.



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IN 1984, THE WESTERN REGION TOURNAMENT WAS IN LOS ANGLES, CALIFORNIA. MR GRAYSON SENT US TNBA MEMBERSHIP CARDS AND THE WESTERN REGION TOURNAMENT APPLICATIONS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHO THE BOWLERS WERE BESIDES THOSE ABOVE.



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WE REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM TNBA HEADQUARTERS SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER 1984 AND RECEIVE A LETTER/PACKAGE (DATED OCTOBER 4, 1984) FROM MS MARGE LEE, TNBA SECRETARY/TREASURER WITH EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO START A NEW SENATE.


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PHOENIX BOWLING SENATE WAS CHARTERED FEBRUARY 5, 1985. THE FIRST OFFICERS OF THE PBS WERE DON BAXTER AS PRESIDENT, JOHN GAINES AS VICE PRESIDENT, MYRTLENE GAINES AS SECRETARY, AND LOUIS JOHNSON AS TREASURER/TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. WILLIE SMITH BECAME THE TREASURER AT A LATER TIME.



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THE PHOENIX BOWLING SENATE HAD 105 TNBA MEMBERS ON OUR FIRST ROSTER AND BOWLED THE WESTERN REGION TOURNAMENT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IN NOVEMBER 1985. WE HAD THREE TOURNAMENTS (SINGLES, DOUBLES, AND SINGLES/DOUBLES) IN OUR FIRST FULL BOWLING SEASON AS A THE NATIONAL BOWLING ASSOCIATION SENATE.


















Phoenix Bowling Senate

Of The TNBA

" PBS Member "

Louis Johnson






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